Category: organising

Book 1/24 – 18 Minutes

I don’t set New Year’s resolutions, but sometimes I spend some time in January thinking about what I want to achieve in the coming year and what I want to focus on. One of the things I decided I want to do this year was to learn more. That...

On our way!

On our way! Melbourne, Australia Melbourne, Australia Last night was spent testing all my devices to make sure they all talk to each other. Of course an iPhone 6 doesn’t want to have anything to do with my 2009 MacBook Pro running an operating system that is three versions...

The day before we leave

The day before we leave New Norfolk, Australia New Norfolk, Australia This time tomorrow we will be getting off a plane in Melbourne and transferring to our flight to Christchurch. We only have a short layover in Melbourne to clear through security and customs (aka Border Force), who are...

Less than a week to go (not that I’m counting)

Less than a week to go (not that I’m counting) New Norfolk, Australia New Norfolk, Australia It’s a weird feeling, knowing that at this time last year I was somewhere over the South China Sea on the way to London (via the long walk to nowhere at Dubai airport)....

12 of 12 June 2015

Friday 12 June started out cold at home, but warmed up very nicely during the day to about 13 degrees. Yesterday had been intense, and I was feeling all sorts of things all at once. I stayed up way too late last night and looked and felt like it...

Week in Review – 12-18 Jaunary 2015

Another week at work. I had a few things happening, and enough little things to distract me from being able to sit down and concentrate on one thing for any length of time. I’m slowly putting the systems from Getting Things Done into place at work, and I hope...

12 of 12 November 2014

I missed the last couple of months of 12 of 12, but I’m back now. I have the September photos, I just haven’t done anything with them. As for October, I completely forgot. I also forgot to do 13 of 13 amd 14 of 14, so I gave up....

Departure minus 8 hours or so

Departure minus 8 hours or so Hobart, Australia Hobart, Australia It’s almost time! What I thought would be a relaxing day at home casually ticking off the last few things to do before I left was anything but. First up today I’d promised Juniordwarf I’d watch a movie with...

Departure minus 2 days

Departure minus 2 days New Norfolk, Australia New Norfolk, Australia So much to do before we go! This time tomorrow I’ll be in Hobart having said goodbye to Juniordwarf and Slabs. It will be the longest any of us have been apart, and I’ve been feeling very guilty about...

Departure minus 1 week

Departure minus 1 week New Norfolk, Australia New Norfolk, Australia Ok, so this is getting real now. We have all the documents from the travel agent. Everything is booked. All we have to do is pack our bags and get on the plane. Hahaha! It sounds easy. It’s hard...