After four days of conferences this week (across two different locations), I’m finally home and feel like I can take a breath, and write...

Today I have planned a mini solo retreat to do some idea development and planning for some major research grant applications due in...

So I arrived home from my Canada trip at 7am Friday and I was SO glad to be home. I’d had a final day in Vancouver (I had a 10 hour...

After Montreal, I spent 3 days in Nova Scotia (a night in Halifax and two visiting friends in a more rural area). And it was SO lovely!...

I’ve been here since Wednesday and it’s been a whirlwind but going really well so far. My work meetings and the conference has been great...

My 2024 word of the year is Care. I chose that word after an intense and stressful (at times) 2023, where on reflection I didn’t always...

Next Wednesday I head off for a solo work trip to Canada for 10 days! As an academic, this is to present at a conference, at another...

Somehow it is already 5 days into May! It was a busy start to May with ALOT on at work and family (Al’s parents and sister) arriving to...

I woke this morning at 4.45 (naturally, no alarm) and was SO looking forward to 1-2 hours to myself before my kids woke up. As you can...

During April, I joined in with the CBWC, initiated by Elisabeth. The idea is to walk at least 10 minutes every day. By setting the bar...

I’ve been enjoying quite a few other bloggers posting these Day In The Life posts (SHU, Elisabeth, Jenny among others) so I thought I’d...

Almost inevitably O is now sick (and Al too, but mildly). Exact same symptoms as E (high fevers, cough), so it looks like it has a long...

This year, I chose to nominate one of my goals each Quintile to be my 1% goal. What does that mean? Well, Brooke McAlary, a great writer...

It’s Saturday 3pm, I’m sitting with a cup of tea, the kids are having screen time, and it’s blog post time, hooray! E finally recovered...

E is still sick. She's had 9 days of fever, headache and cough. Thankfully she hasn't been acutely ill: she's been keeping up her fluids,...

I’ve had another blog post sitting in my drafts for a few days about all the fun stuff I did last week (couples night away! Saturday...

When I do my seasonal planning, I divide my years into Quintiles (5 seasons), inspired by SHU. In Australia, the school year runs January...

Today is Easter Sunday, which in our house means the day starts off with an Easter Egg hunt. So much fun, for the kids but also for me- I...

Well, what a week. It ended up being a really good trip, but as I predicted very intense, in fact even more busy than I thought. There...

The weekend just gone was busy and parenting heavy- multiple play dates, lots of solo parenting, lots of home chores and errands. It was...