Going Through The To Do List
This year started well. Once we got back from Canberra and the Christmas and New Year festivities, it was time to create a list of things I needed to do around the house. But before I did that, I bought some books from Helena’s Curiosity & Book Shoppe in Bentleigh. ($3 each, BARGAIN!) We have […]
50 Goals to Achieve In Life According to AI
So I continue to ask ChatGPT some questions to see what answers it returns to me for a bit of fun. I’m fast becoming aware that AI is like that nerdy and logical person that we all meet in life that takes things as they are. Never questioning, never taking risks, never enjoying life, never […]
What’s Your Own Amsterdam?
When I think of Amsterdam, I think of the great (and mostly wonderful) memories for me. The Netherlands will always be a country near and dear to my heart because of the friendships made during my time on a Vocational Exchange but also in recent times, meeting a friend there in person at a time […]
Well Hello 2023
Welcome 2023! I’m sitting here in bed tapping out this post on my phone and wondering what to write. This morning, Andrew says to me that “isn’t it a tradition that you end the year in a way that you want it to start?” So end it with a celebration or something memorable to ensure […]
Walk Around Lake Tuggeranong
This morning was a beautiful day which had to be enjoyed with a long walk around the lake before breakfast. Some people were out and about doing the same thing.
Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Yuletide & Zarathost!
To my friends, family and readers, Christians, Jewish, Pagans and Zoroastrians. Have I left anyone out? 🤣 Thank you for taking the time to read my rambles and rants on this blog, sharing your feedback and comments through the year. I wish you and your family a Merry Christmas or a wonderful festival of lights, […]
Protected: The Blundens Christmas Letter 2022
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Our New Backyard Is Finally Finished!
Check out the video of the transformation. Finally, after waiting for more than a year for this work to start due to covid restrictions and then the work delayed through three months of inclement weather, we have our new back yard. If you want to see the BEFORE and AFTER of the project and everything […]
Happy New Year!
I don’t do new year resolutions. No, I plan them in my head – and then promptly forget them for the rest of the year. However there’s nothing like a fresh new year to start planning what you’d like the year ahead to be about. A new year is a new start. A line in […]
Is Your Life Today What You Pictured a Year Ago?
I use the Jetpack app for all my blogging on my mobile to tap out a post and it has some daily prompts to help people to start blogging. Every day I look at the questions but just write my own thing. Today was different. Let’s give this a go. So here’s the question on […]
Weed Killer
Ageing & Mortality
Yesterday I caught up with a long time girlfriend at a shopping centre near her home for lunch and coffee. We met at University attending Geography 101 classes in our first year at Monash University and since then, despite our studies and then, careers going on different paths: hers towards Geology and Education in remote […]
Survival of the Richest
I stumble upon this post, Survival of the Richest by Douglas Rushkoff who tells us how the ultra rich of this world are preparing for the end of the world and it strikes me that they’ve been part of the problem. Rather than be creative enough to think of ways to make the world better, […]
Caulfield Park
Yesterday was a gloriously sunny day which have been few and far between this summer with constant rain and hail. I decided to take mum to Caulfield Park which is nearby but we hadn’t been in years. Many years ago, my father was a publican at one of the nearby pubs. We lived near the […]
A Frenchie Afternoon
Well what a lovely day. Well, the weather was shite. It was 15 degrees and rained in the morning but there were bursts of sunshine at various times. For the last year or so, I have been going to a local cafe for my French conversation group. I love having this weekly catch-up with them […]
Am I Nostradamus?
Looking through my journals today (I have tonnes of them but I only focussed on the 6 of them that covered 2020-2022) and I come across this entry. Tick, tick, tick. There’s a lot there that has happened. Russian war. Major Optus & Medibank Private cyber security hack affecting millions of Australians. Floods Etc. Now […]
Walking on Grass
Well not so much walking. More like, wanting. Today was a glorious day. I played 9 holes of golf this morning then came home to have lunch and bask in the sun room with all the sunlight coming in. We have just laid the new turf and we are watering it every morning and evening […]
Baking
Today I woke up, got dressed in my gym gear and went for a run. I hadn’t been jogging for over six months and jogged 2 km as a start, then walked until I got my 10K steps in. It felt good as I pondered about starting a new Saturday routine and doing a weekly […]
18 Holes on a Monday Morning…and Counting
It was so weird to stand there on the first hole and tee-off with a group of ladies at the Golf Club this morning. I tried to kerb my feelings of guilt. Everyone else would have been at work – or preparing for work at 8 o’clock. Instead, here I was, driver in hand ready […]