Taking part in a Secret Santa can often be fraught with difficulty! You either get a fabulous present, or you realise that someone really doesn’t know you at all… I was in two Secret Santas this year… the first one was within a blogging group, amoungst the alumni of Blog with Pip courses. My Secret […]
Yesterday, we made the familiar trip to the hospital where my husband had his liver transplant….this time, it was for a more social occasion – the Liver Transplant Unit Christmas breakup. For two hours…which usually ends up being closer to three…we get to meet up with other transplant recipients and their families, as well as […]
Now we are on the downward slide to the big day, are you dreading facing the monolith shopping centres, full of stressed out people fighting for car parks? Well, if you are in Melbourne, I am here to help…this week’s My Friday Five is a list of local businesses who would love to see you, […]
Christmas is my favourite time of year…I love decorating, I love choosing presents…I love the warmer weather. But there is one aspect which is becoming more and more difficult to deal with each year…coping with food intolerances and allergies while at festive functions! I have a severe lactose intolerance…for those who think that it is […]
I love Christmas lights….my dream was to have our house beautifully lit up once December came round…but sadly, it ain’t ever going to happen. The only lights to be found in our residence is on our wall Christmas Tree. But all around Australia, there are people who take Christmas lights very, very seriously! I am […]
Today, I saw something that used to be a sure sign that Christmas is on it’s way…something I haven’t seen for many, many years….I saw a Christmas Beetle! As a kid, I remember hundreds of these pretty beetles buzzing around the family holiday house…and sometimes inside the house! They used to congregate around the outside […]
Those who were reading my blog this time last year will know that we had a wall Christmas Tree from Ikea…it looked good, but was very heavy to hang. So this year, I decided to go with something different, but still wanted to stick with the concept of having it on the wall. A quick […]
In this city, the next few days after Christmas brings on a mass exodus, as frazzled parents and over excited kids pile themselves, heaps of luggage (including all the Christmas presents!) and the family pets into their cars and 4WDs, and head off to start their holiday on the coast. Although this year, it seems […]