It’s been a while since my last post! I’ve been adjusting to a new norm. I don’t think there’d be a person in this world that wasn’t aware that we’re currently experiencing a global pandemic. Coronavirus or Covid-19, started supposedly in a wet market…
Never in a million years did I think back when I did my last Taking Stock post in December 2019 that my next one would see the world in the midst of a pandemic. I was so positive and optimistic about 2020 – a…
MISSING MOJO ALERT! It happens to us all now and then and it’s my turn now. Yes – my mojo is missing! What’s that mean? Well, I’m feeling a bit flat. I’m overwhelmed with all my ‘to-do’s’. You know that feeling – it’s all…
WELCOME TO THE KITTEN FOSTER FILES #6 In The Kitten Foster Files #5 I told of the rollercoaster ride with my first neonates. I can now report that we are out the other side and all is well which makes the whole ride well…
As a mother, a sister, a relative, a daughter, and a friend; and as a perimenopausal woman in her 50’s who is prone to anxiety; and as a human whose immune system is compromised so she gets sick very easily¹, the Coronavirus ‘pandemic’ has…
The last getaway or holiday I had was when I went to Cairns for a few days to visit my daughter in September 2019. It was a break away but not exactly what I’d call a holiday. Since then I was sick for two…
WELCOME TO THE KITTEN FOSTER FILES #5 This post honours the memory of the gorgeous Archie pictured above. It’s also a glimpse of the realities of fostering baby kittens. THE ‘A’ KITTIES On Sunday 2 February, I collected my 3rd foster litter. I was…
2020 was full of so much promise. A fresh new decade all sparkling clean and new! It has though, been rough so far. Here in Australia there’s been the ongoing relentless drought, all the dreadful bushfires, now torrential rain and flooding (plus throw in…
WELCOME TO THE KITTEN FOSTER FILES #4 Hi Kitten Lovers! Well as predicted in The Kitten Foster Files #3, I no longer have Belle and Holly. The day came where I had to drop them back to the RSPCA to be desexed and then…
Here’s a little trip down memory lane … right back to the early childhood years when life was so carefree and simple. Did you used to watch Romper Room when you were a kid? I believe it was Miss Patricia who hosted the show…
This post is part of the Gorgeous 50’s series inspired by a book given to me by one of my sisters on my 50th birthday – ‘Grown up and Gorgeous in your 50’s’ by Pamela Robson. I will be sharing some of Pamela’s words…
Hello there and welcome to THE KITTEN FOSTER FILES #3 On 28 November I announced that I was going to become a foster carer for kittens (and maybe puppies down the track – though I’m not so sure now that fostering puppies will work…
