While recovering from nasal surgery, apart from feeling like I’ve had the worst head cold known to man for 2 weeks, I’ve had no sense of taste. It’s really because I’ve lost my sense of smell that I’ve lost my sense of taste. I have to say, it’s very weird to eat and not taste…
Health
Noses
Why noses? Because yesterday I had surgery on mine. I’ve struggled for years to breathe through my nose and recently it started to become painful. Turns out I’ve had a severely deviated septum (the bit that divides your nostrils). It was bent and completely closing off one side of my nose. They wanted to do…
Say no to body shaming
Last week in Australia, Instagram removed the ability to see the number of likes a post has received. You can see the likes on your own post, but that is all. They’ve done it as a trial, although I imagine it will be rolled-out around the world in time. The reason they have done it…
Dust storm
A week or to ago, Canberra was hit with a dust storm. It came in really quickly – at least the visible dust did. My eyes started reacting before I could see anything. It coated everything in a thick red layer – carried in with strong winds (up to 90km/hr or 56 miles/hr) from the…
Cruising the South Pacific
Recently (although it already feels forever ago) we did a family holiday on a cruise ship to the New Caledonia (Noumea, Lifou, Isle of Pines) and Vanuatu (Mystery Island). I won’t bore you with all the details, but I will say, for a Mum, this was the first holiday I’ve had in over 15 years.…