Sydney is rapidly sinking in a big'ol vat of the flu. Everywhere you look people are sick and as per acceptable and encouraged practice, they are all being-strong-and-pushing-through which translates literally to coming-to-work-when-they-should-be-home-in-bed-sharing-germs-with-their-cats-instead-of-with-me. Needless to say after weeks of public transport with strangers coughing everywhere and meetings with workmates sniffling away, I woke up the other morning with a throat like sandpaper and … [Read more...]
Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice…
...that's what little girls are made of. And lets be honest, whether we are 6 or 30-something or 70-something we all like sweet, pretty things, you know it's true. Things and Stuff and More Things Thursday is brought to you this week by a couple of sweet links a SABH announcement and a Christmas gift flash-back. Up first the food: I remember years ago being told that you could grow a pineapple from the crown. Turns out it's true, no joke. Check out these step by step instructions from … [Read more...]
A taste of Christmas
Christmas this year was at the house of one of RJ's sisters, the table set with handmade snowman place-cards and a festive centrepiece of Christmas Bush and Magnolia Blossoms. Even Mother Nature appeared to be in a celebratory mood and a beautiful day allowed the adults to sit on the back deck basking in the sun, while the nieces and nephews ran around like banshees and spent more time in the tree-house than on the ground. In true Aussie style the turkey was cooked on the BBQ, prawns … [Read more...]
Grandma Takes a Trip
Before we left on our little adventure there was, amongst other things, a small matter of what on earth to wear to Blogher '11. There were parties to attend after all, and I needed sparkly items ... and I'm sure there were a multitude of other reasons I made up at the time to justify why I had to go vintage shopping on the last weekend before we flew out ... 'Grandma Takes a Trip' in Surry Hills was recommended to me by a friend as a place to find something fun. I had been meaning to go there … [Read more...]
Weekend DIY – it’s hammer time
I've decided that I need something made out of wood to use for photographs. As the counter tops are old yellow plastic-y laminate, and the floors are unfortunate vinyl or carpet, and the dining table is almost black, and really really big cutting boards and butcher blocks are prohibitively expensive, I figured I'd just make what I wanted [of course I did]. Had a rough idea of what I was looking for and the answer came in the form of tongue and groove cypress pine floorboards - some how … [Read more...]
Dinner for one
So everyone has that diner they eat when there is no one else around - no one to feed something from each of the food groups to, or appease with a steak, or impress with something complicated that was 'just a breeze to throw together'. It's that thing that you generally eat standing up at the counter, or wearing an ex's t-shirt in front of the TV, or even curled up in bed with the cat. Some hectic nights we resort to fried eggs on toast and I've been known to have cereal with frozen … [Read more...]
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