I couldn’t afford to go to ProBlogger Event. Ok, I also didn’t think about it far enough in advance to save so I could have gone. I will be going next year for sure! So in exchange for me following the #pbevent hash tag (and making jokes about tagging along with the event) I’m sharing […]
Month: October 2012
Taking note
My greatest learning tip came from my degree. Anthropologists traditionally do field work in remote locations for a few years as a part of their doctoral studies. I was told by a lecturer to only write on one side of the page in your notebook. Why? Because the page that faces the one you […]
Wednesday Food Post – Eating Out
Eating out these days is difficult for me. While I didn’t have to adjust my diet like my husband had to, we weren’t going to eat two different meals all the time. I adjusted gradually, he adjusted immediately. But that leaves me feeling really stuck all the time. So many social functions surround themselves on […]
Hitler
A few years ago, I was at a compulsory seminar for work on race relations. It was a bit of a joke that my office was sent on this, as we were the only people who actually did a job related to that, but hey, rules are rules and the rules stated that we all […]
Domestic
It’s official. Today was the most domestic I have ever been in my life. Cleaned the car (well, started to then let husband do it hehe) Washed the dog Did a few loads of dishes Did laundry Made home made pizza for dinner (including making the base) Made liquid hand soap Peeled a lot of […]
Choices
I don’t know about everyone else, but I get bogged down in day to day life far too easily. Perhaps this is something I learned over the past 18 months, where we were forced to take things so very slowly and carefully. I’m all for living in the moment, as much as I […]
Absenteeism
I’ve felt (and been) a bit absent recently. Not from work, but a little bit from life. Perhaps somewhat ironically, now that things are looking up for us, I’ve been feeling a bit down. I think it’s taken this mental breather of pressure to realise exactly how much pressure we’ve been under and […]