In Australia, the financial year runs 1 July – 30 June. That means tax return time is coming up (while you can submit your return from 1 July, you have until the end of October to get them in). I’m trying to be organised and get our paperwork sorted and submitted sooner rather than later.…
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Tough year, but still a silver lining
It’s been a tough first half of the year (as you’ve probably realised from my absence). I’m trying to get back on track and to do that have decided rather than have a set blogging schedule like I used to, I’m going to post randomly. I’m pretty sure this will mean I post more than…
Back again :)
Wow, doesn’t time fly. Life has been really full on – I meant to post a “taking a break” note to the blog, but I guess I didn’t. Even more embarrassing, I thought it had only been a month since my last post, but turns out it’s been a wee bit longer than that. Ooops!…
Wordle Champion
Wordle is like Mastermind with letters instead of numbers or colours. You have to guess a 5 letter word in 6 or less attempts. You can only use real words (ie found in a dictionary) for each guess. Get a letter correct, but in the wrong position, and the letter turns yellow. Get the letter…
Hercule Poirot and the Nile?
I went to the movies tonight (first time in forever thanks to covid) to see the latest version of Agatha Christie’s Death on the Nile. I’m not wanting to talk about the movie overall (very enjoyable, although Hercule isn’t quite…right – a bit like Bond wearing a tails and asking for a gin and tonic).…