Between Summer and Winter

My husband was cuddling me in bed the other morning telling me how much he loved this time of year. (Not me) He then went on to say there should be a word for this time of year, ‘you know, between summer and winter.’ I looked at him a bit confused and realised he wasn’t joking. At all.

I said ‘There is darling, and its called Autumn’. He replied ‘oh yeah’. Then tried to move on very quickly. Haha – I still think its very cute a few days later 🙂

Anyway ill just post a few photos of Autumn around the Eastern Suburbs.

A walk at Watson Bay.

A walk around Surrey Hills

Leaves on Queen Street Woolhara.

The Gap. I went walking with a friend and she’s never heard of The Gap Angel, Don Ritchie. It’s incredible the amount of safety barriers, cameras phones etc up there. I have actually been on the scene at an attempted suicide and it was truly violent, frightening and so so sad. I think any suicide that can be prevented by these measures is worthwhile.

We had a snackeroo at Watsons Bay Hotel.

And perused the cocktail menu for my upcoming birthday 🙂

The last few days have been lovely going for walks and pottering around the house. I changed lightbulbs, bought lavender to pot, cleaned out cupboards and caught up on phone calls. Bliss

Off to work for a few days then back to Toowoomba. Take care

A day off

Husband and I decided to take a weekend off and not renovate in Toowoomba. Physically the travel is very draining, drive to the staff car park, bus to the terminal, an hour and a half flight to Brisbane, then cab to the parents to borrow a car to drive the 1hr 45mins to get there. The whole process usually takes about 6hrs each way door to door. We have been going to work then traveling like this non stop for a couple of weeks at a time for about 4 months now and we both need a break. We are still in contact with our builders etc who are doing fences, driveways, flooring etc so there is not much we can physically do ourselves up there anyway.

Anzac Day I worked a night shift. Living so close to the Clovelly Hotel is great but when you have to work and you can hear the crowds playing two up its really hard to not feel a bit down.

Here’s me laying in bed listening to the crowds go off….

Husband went to a BBQ with MY work friends. He had a good time but I had major FOMO seeing everyone relaxing and having a good time while we had a horrendous night shift with poor little babies coming from everywhere.

The rest of the weekend was fantastic. I caught up on the Real Housewives of Melbourne, had Miss Chu, and today went to Bondi to spend my Aquabumps voucher.

Pulled over to snap this rainbow at Tamarama.

Bondi was looking very overcast..

I bought an Aquabumps print that I’ve been thinking over for a long time. Named Lone Swimmer it’s one of his most popular ones but I love it so much I thought Id just bite the bullet and not care that its probably hanging in every second house around the Eastern Beaches.

Lone Swimmer looks fantastic in the big prints do I would recommend buying the biggest one you can afford (which for me was the amount of my voucher!)

I hung it as soon as I got home I’m so chuffed with it.

Now I’m just waiting for dinner to cook which is some lamb cutlets, duck fat potatoes and green beans. I’m also nibbling on some Danish blue cheese and crackers while the husband folds the washing 🙂 what a man!

Take care 🙂

A lovely little Monday

I am pooped. Today was my first day off since last Sunday and work is do busy at the moment I don’t see how I could possibly have days.

I’ve had a babe all week on High Frequency Ventilation, with Nitric, inotropes and extremely anxious parents. I had a win though, extubating the baby straight from High Frequency to Bubble Cpap with Nitric and who thrived. Last I checked he was still off the vent 36hrs later and weaning the PEEP. It was the first time I had extubated a baby off High Freqency and also only the second time our unit had administered nitric through the Bubble CPAP. To say it was a stressful extubation is an understatement… I had a group of doctors and nurses watching. I could even feel one of the Fellows breathing on my neck she was standing so close behind me… Talk about the pressure!

Soo.. This morning it was time for a restorative swim in my beloved Clovelly.

Aaaah…. So good.

I said hello to the dog of my dreams and creepily took a sneaky photo…

I love me a chocolate and white border collie. When I have one I know I will of made it in life!

I changed to Telstra for my phone contract.. Thank god. I finally have reception in my house.

I finished my latest book ‘Finding Ultra’ by Rich Roll. I found it very enjoyable to read and also extremely motivational. In a nutshell it’s about an overweight middle aged man who decides one day to change his lifestyle and becomes an exercising maniac… Here’s a pic.

I FaceTimed my sister who put me on with the chooks and the dog…
Yes, well, it’s been a lovely day and I’m exhuasted with a bit if my new favourite beef stir fry.

Catch ups with my phone

I thought I’d look back through my phone and share some photos to catch me up with life lately.

There’s been some cooking.. A highlight was the chicken and basil lasagne I made last week.

Lots of renovating and building. We found some beautiful floor boards in the old house.

Old versus the new house.

Spending time with the little darlings…

Even at 630 in the morning in the park!!!

Of course weddings are still flowing
steadily.

And im still picking out presents for little ones… The airport now has a Seed.

Life is still good at the beach…

From boozy stormy days at Bondi Icebergs…

To Coogee afternoon runs.

Life’s busy but fulfilling at the moment.
Cheers.

On the move…again!

Tomorrow I pick up the keys to our new digs. We have to move out of my beautiful house, a forced change that I am not taking very well. (that is an understatement….I am acting like a brat!) I just love the house so much and was happy to spend.. Well.. The rest of my life there. Unfortunately the owner agrees with me and wants it all to herself.l I do not blame her. My husband assures me that this is the last time we’ll be moving before we move into our ‘proper, grown up’ house. What a man!

However… All is not lost. We are moving 50m down the road closer to the beach! No more incidental exercise when I have to walk up the hill. We have ocean views and a outdoor area that looks out over a park and the beach. This might even work out better than anticipated.

I’m looking forward to an excuse to declutter and minimize our office space required. I’m just not looking forward to packing and lugging cartons of crap down the footpath. I’ll let you know how we go.

If you are around Clovelly this weekend and you see a cranky looking lady with a little red trolley moving bags along the street come, it might just be me! Stop and say hi xx

My husband and certainly do not resemble anything in this photo whilst we move.

P.s. did I mention my husband is away for the majority of the removal?