Loving: Our new house. Open spaces. Boozy milkshakes (Galliano and ice-cream.) My new MacBook. Reading: American Housewife, Helen Ellis. Campari For Breakfast, Sara Crowe. Watching: Nothing. We have yet to plug in the TV. Today, Dad and I took Isla to the Peanuts movie. Neil and I went to see Deadpool over the weekend. Loved them both. We should be watching season 2 of Better Call Saul. Listening To: Chet Faker. Working on: Longer blog posts. Unpacking. Not becoming a…
Loving: How Isla says ‘Mammy’. And that her new word is ‘cookie’. And that now she says yes as well as no. Homemade hazelnut lattes. Being without my mobile phone. Reading: City On Fire, Garth Risk Halberg. My initial love for this book has cooled. But I understand that good books are like life, and cannot be interesting all the time. Cuckoo’s Calling, JK Rowling. Kind of over-written, but somehow moreish. Watching: Recently finished Making A Murderer. I think Mr…
And so. Happy 18 months to my sweet, funny, already-geeky girl, Isla Madelyn. This afternoon, I found myself sitting with a bag of ice on my foot. The kid throws a mean sippy-cup. And then she came up and stole a piece of ice for her teeth. Sharing is caring. Here she is inspecting some of her Christmas haul. Complete with Christmas penguin deely-boopers. And here she is decorating her Daddy’s beard. Hope you’ve all had a great few days,…
And so, you know that working-from-home gig? Not so much. Now I’m just home. I’ve been recharging by sniffing books and drinking Pumpkin Spice Lattes. Last weekend, I made Neil go out and get me one. This involved leaving our bed and then the entire house. I almost felt bad. Maybe. I’ve wanted to write here, really I have. But I couldn’t get past: I should really be doing a job I love. I’m taking vitamins and they are giant.…
