Life etc

Happy Halloween! It’s very quiet around here, with nary a trick-or-treater. In fact the only guest we are expecting this evening is our financial advisor to discuss Life Insurance and Superannuation. Spoooooky! Tomorrow is...

I feel like I need to be sitting near a pool somewhere sipping a cocktail, reading a trashy book. This afternoon I made do with a long bath (not too deep of course! There’s...

Yesterday morning we had our first family outing since Lily was born. When I heard Dan Zanes was coming to town for the Melbourne International Arts Festival Lily was only a month old and...

A warm wind is whipping about the house today, rattling the loose outdoor blinds and making me feel restless. I haven’t even had a coffee and I am feeling jangly. Lily is fast asleep...

A large box arrived on our doorstep this morning. And inside? 24 copies of my book! Well… a book I illustrated at the end of last year for the wonderful Klutz company. I still...

Today the clean laundry pile threatened to engulf the entire house. Here is the photographic evidence. You see? I really wasn’t kidding about the laundry pile. (See larger).

The other night I was mindlessly patting Lily to try and get her to go to sleep in her cot (and not our bed for a change) and after a few minutes I realised...

Friday was Big-P and my 5th Wedding Anniversary, which means we have now been together for 10 years. A lovely ten years that feels like it has gone by in a heart beat as...

What a long few weeks it has been. Today I woke up with some energy so it seems the antibiotics (again! sigh) seemed to be kicking my current evil bug – bronchitis. We have...

Firstly – I should mention that this is not a photo of Lily. It’s a photo of a baby modeling the Zaky Infant Pillow — “The Zaky is an ergonomic infant pillow designed by...