Lest we forget
Saturday morning, finally I’ve the time and motivation to run a few errands but it is a public holiday – ANZAC day. As I drove around getting a couple of things done I saw a lot of Australian flags in evidence. I thought about the service men and women who have been involved in a […]
Off work sick
Well my head cold has worsened and I’ve called in sick at work today. I’d called sick yesterday at the pound, hoping it would help my chances for today. Oh well. Ros has suggested I have tomorrow off too, so I’m 100% better. Not sure about that yet.
Munching on a wampi
Wampi are unusual looking fruit, a little like lychees but with a smooth almost papery skin which pops open to reveal the juicy grape like flesh inside. We have just planted a wampi tree in our backyard, and I’m munching on some fruit at the moment – not from our tree, a few years before […]
Fruit trees
Great timing with all the rain we’ve had lately; we’ve been planting fruit trees. We have several varieties of citrus including tangerine, orange, mandarine, lemon and lime. We have several different varieties of tropical fruits including mango, chocolate pudding tree (black sapote), white sapote, abiu – a caramel flavoured fruit, tropical peach, tropical pear, and […]
Kids
Lately I’ve been having some regret about not having kids. It’s kind of weird because I’ve never had any strong maternal drive and I’ve always felt I would make a lousy, inattentive parent. I’m finding more and more that I feel a bit sad when other women talk about their children. It is probably that […]
Don’t know what to blog about
I’ve been so preoccupied with work lately that I haven’t really had much to write about on here. We’re doing our annual budgets and business planning at the moment, going full swing into cost centres which is a first for the organisation and for me. There are times when an accountancy degree would be very […]