From the monthly archives: April 2011

Easter Fun at the Hunter Valley Gardens

By On April 22, 2011 · 6 Comments

We love Easter. The faith aspects of the weekend are very important to us as a family, but we also love the opportunity to simply relax and spend time together. My husband’s job involves long hours at the office or out of town and our weekends are often hectic. Easter is four glorious days of [...]

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This is What Optimism Looks Like

By On April 18, 2011 · 10 Comments

Have you ever wondered what Optimism looks like? No? Well, I’ll give you a moment so that you can see what you come up with….

*quietly humming The Girl from Ipanema to myself while you think deep thoughts*

So. What do you think? Something in a kind of sunshiny yellow colour? A large smiley face? [...]

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It’s All a Matter of Timing

By On April 17, 2011 · 3 Comments

I have a terrible sense of timing.

I blame this timing-deficit for many things – my lack of sporting prowess, my inability to tell a joke, my limitations on the dance floor and my uncanny ability to purchase an item just before it becomes available at a bargain price. My timing issues have affected [...]

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When The Words Won’t Come

By On April 15, 2011 · 11 Comments

I’ve had a very frustrating week, writing-wise.

I’ve had a gazillion great ideas for posts here, articles at Suite101 and posts for my new blog Living Upside Down (launching in May). I’ve gone to bed each night with words dancing about in my brain and I’ve wished for a chinograph pencil in [...]

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Results – Giveaway: Paris Dreaming by Anita Heiss

By On April 11, 2011 · 2 Comments

Thank you so much to everyone who entered my giveaway to win a copy of the wonderful new novel Paris Dreaming by Australian author Anita Heiss.

There were 27 entries (comments + retweets) and the random number generator spat out number 16 as the winning entry.

Congratulations Benison O’Reilly. I’ll be in [...]

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When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Coffee (and Cake)

By On April 7, 2011 · 7 Comments

It’s been one of those weeks (more than one of them, actually). Nothing too dramatic – no crises or major dramas – just a very busy family schedule for the past few weeks that has left me with a constant feeling of vague anxiety and a seemingly endless To Do list.

I woke today with [...]

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The Never-Ending Tube of Toothpaste

By On April 5, 2011 · 13 Comments

If you’ve ever been in a long term relationship, you would be aware that after a while you start to develop a few quirky habits as a couple. My husband and I have been married for more than 17 years, so we have our share of odd routines.

One of our more entertaining habits is [...]

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Guest Post: Why Paris? Anita Heiss on the Setting for Paris Dreaming

By On April 4, 2011 · 3 Comments

My new novel Paris Dreaming is about a feisty, focussed young woman – Libby Cutmore – originally from Moree, working as an arts educator at the National Aboriginal Gallery in Canberra who finds herself temporarily thriving in gay Paree.

Many people have already asked me ‘Why Paris?’ in terms of the setting [...]

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Giveaway: Paris Dreaming by Anita Heiss

By On April 4, 2011 · 28 Comments

“I’m telling you now: I’m never having another boyfriend – EVER!”

Libby is on a man-fast: no more romance, no more cheating men, no more heartbreak. After all, she has her three best girlfriends and two cats to keep her company at night and her high-powered job at the National Aboriginal Gallery in [...]

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Who Am I?

By On April 1, 2011 · 4 Comments

I’ve really enjoyed reading through the comments on my recent posts about Mummy Bloggers, Blog Awards and Blogging Success. There have been some really interesting points made and I have been nice to discover that I’m not the only one who has been pondering the meaning of life, the universe and blogging [...]

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