Zen Tip Tuesday In January 2019 I kicked off a little idea I had on the blog called Zen Tip Tuesday – a new guest post series that I too contributed a few posts to whenever an appropriate idea came to me. Contributed posts were affectionately labelled ‘Gems of Zen’. It was fabulously prolific to start with. I had posts lined up for every week for the initial 12 month timeline and beyond. Mid 2020 I decided to take a…
I’m a pretty ordinary person. I’m a middle-aged Mum, quiet, introverted, I’m no entrepreneur, and I don’t excel at any one particular thing. I’m not a model, an author, a journalist, or a celebrity of any kind. I’m kind of a Jill of many…
Some call it Mount Tamborine (like me) and others call it Tamborine Mountain. Doesn’t really matter which you call it but I can tell you one thing … it is a really lovely place to go for a day trip from Brisbane and also…
Hello everyone, and hello to 2021! Happy New Year and I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and are safe and well. I’ve enjoyed my little break from the blog. 2020 was a lot to take on board so to lighten the load for…
It’s time for my quarterly Taking Stock – December 2020 post, the final Taking Stock post for the year and the final post for 2020. Here’s where you can see the other three – March 2020, June 2020, and September 2020, and if you’re…
Shopping Centres It’s nearly Christmas! How’s your Christmas shopping going? I don’t like shopping centres much anymore. Even before Covid I didn’t like them, but with Covid in our lives, more-so now. It’s the wrangling for a carpark, the crowds, the noise, and when…
This is a sponsored post for RedBalloon I don’t know about you, but I find men so much more difficult to buy for than women. There’s only so many shirts, socks, undies, alcohol, and books one can buy a fellow! But there is…
Midlife lifestyle changes As women in midlife we find ourselves needing to make some changes to our lifestyle to accommodate our changing bodies, minds. and therefore, needs. Menopausal hormonal shifts mean we are more susceptible to stress, anxiety, and weight gain. To help keep…
Twenty-eight years ago today I was twenty-eight and gave birth to fraternal twin boys – Twin 1 and then 1 minute later Twin 2. Today my twin boys are twenty-eight, the age I was when I had them. Twenty-eight years ago I became a…
How are we faring here in Australia with COVID-19? As summer draws closer and Christmas nears, Australia is cautiously but collectively breathing a sigh of relief as Coronavirus seems relatively under control here (touch wood). As mentioned in my last Corona Chronicles post –…
Can you believe it’s November already? Where has this year gone? In a whir of a new reality of a Covid-19 world is where! It’s certainly been a year like no other hasn’t it? Putting Covid aside for now though, did you realise that…
A positive from 2020 2020 has been a challenging and very different year for us all. On the positive side, it’s given us a lot of time for reflection. For me has come a realisation that I’ve become much more introspective in my 50’s…
