At the age of about 13 or 14 I started doing volunteer work. I volunteered regularly until about 18 years ago when my volunteering kicked into overdrive. Those last 18 years have seen me holding executive positions (often multiple at one time) and committing as many hours to volunteering as I was working (I sacrificed…
Family
Friday fish & chips
We have a bit of a family tradition that whenever possible we have an easy Friday dinner and have a family movie night. Thanks to a range of reasons we haven’t done this for a few weeks and we have all missed it. But tonight we are going to make it happen. The plan is…
Mother’s Day
Last Sunday was Mother’s Day in Australia. I’m not sure if that’s the same around the world, but I have a feeling our dates might differ? Anyway, last Sunday is was the turn for mum’s in Oz to be spoilt. The Hub and I are probably a little different in our approach to most people.…
Ludo has arrived
At the end of last week The Hub and I made the epic trip to collect the new addition to our family (about 5 hours drive each way so it was a long day). Ludo is a delicious caramel bundle of pure joy. He’s 9.5 weeks old, weighs 1.7kg (3.7lb) and has won all of…
Retreat!
When you read this I will have just touched down in Queensland for a writing retreat. This is the 4th time this has been scheduled and, thanks to covid, has had to be cancelled each time. Touch wood nothing happens to derail our plans today. You might think we are home and hose knowing I…