Snap out of it.

I’ve not really felt like I’ve been my best self lately. I’m not happy about or proud of this. For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been angry and irritated and impatient and intolerant and sarcastic...

28 candles

Given how much I love Christmas, it probably comes as no surprise that I also love birthdays. I love spoiling my family and friends on their special day, and I approach the preparations for the...

Sad for Sydney

The post-holiday buzz never lasts long enough. We’ve been back in PosyTown for a little over a week now, however I noticed my buzz quickly dissipating at work last Thursday (two days after our...

30 by 30 – We all scream for ice cream

For Christmas 2010, Mr Posy surprised me with a shiny red KitchenAid. I had been coveting these beautiful mixers for a few years, and couldn’t believe that I now had one of my very own to take...

The Year the World Didn’t End: My 2012 Recap

If I could describe 2012 in one word, it would be … hectic. Given I’m not one for stopping at just one word when describing something, I’d say it was also tiring. And demanding. 2012 may have been...

Four Christmases

I’m not really sure why, but I always feel a deep sadness on Christmas Day. Perhaps it’s knowing that it will soon be over for another year, or having unrealistic expectations of what Christmas...

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas

I know I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again – I love, love, love the lead up to Christmas. It’s beginning to look a whole lot like Christmas in the House of Posy. We’ve been busy this past...

Birthday Hoopla

November through December is a very busy festive time in the Posy household. Along with the usual Christmas Eve / Christmas Day / New Year’s Eve celebrations, we have Mr Posy’s Name Day, Mr Posy’s...

Tenth Anniversary Tote

Mr Posy and I don’t really make a big deal over anniversaries; we exchange a card and maybe a token gift, and we’ll go out to dinner, but that’s usually the extent of it. I don’t think we’ve made a...

Gift Guide – Christmas 2012

The lead up to Christmas has always been my favourite time of year. Christmas itself often results in anxiety over trying to fairly split our time with all the family so as not to upset anybody,...

The Big Chop

Back when I vowed to run a half marathon, I mentioned that I was having a recurring dream about chopping off my hair. Any dream dictionary will tell you that willingly cutting off your hair...

Table for One

Today I did something crazy. Something that I wouldn’t normally do. Something that would normally terrify me. I sat in a cafe (okay, a coffee shop’s seating area in a food court, but c’mon, slim...

Groundhog Day, The Sequel

The Blackmores Running Festival was held in Sydney last Sunday, and with it, the half marathon that rain, hail or shine, I was going to run, stumble, walk or crawl to cross the finish line, as you...

It really is all Greek to me

The last time I painted my own nails, I think I must have been about 14. So we’re talking a good thirteen years ago. I’ve had my nails painted since then, but I can probably count the occasions on...

A moment in time

I’m currently drowning trying to keep my head above water in a sea of journal articles and assignments, but I couldn’t let the weekend pass by without a post to celebrate this milestone.Yesterday...

A whirlwind vacation

And, we’re back. Well, we’ve been back for about a fortnight, but I’ve been waist-deep in university assessments and haven’t had the time or the brain-space to even think about writing for...

Days go by

It feels like just yesterday that a friend and I were lamenting over coffee that we were in the middle of March, and now here I find myself at the end of May. We’re almost halfway through this...

MacVentures in iLove

My five year old MacBook finally gave up the ghost. I went to fire her up and … nothing happened … She had been struggling for well over a year, and I’d had my suspicions she wouldn’t be with us...

Would you like fries with that?

When I finally moved in with Mr Posy, and his family moved in to a house across the road, my mother-in-law cried when we told her that we didn’t want her to clean our house, do our laundry, or cook...

It’s a very rocky road

When I was small, I was so fascinated with Church that my mother used to tell my dad that she quite seriously thought I would be a nun when I grew up. They were never quite sure where my interest...

30 by 30

A little over three weeks ago, I turned 27. My birthday was a wonderful celebration, seemingly continuing for a good two weeks, and I was utterly spoilt by my family and friends. Mr Posy and I have...

2011 – A Year in Review

Much like 2010, for me 2011 was a year of growth. There was change and heartache and uncertainty, but there was also much to celebrate. When I was much younger, I always thought that life would be...

Groundhog Day

Do you ever feel like every day is Groundhog Day? Lately, I’ve felt like I’m living the same day over and over; like every day is the same as the last. I’m not exactly unhappy – but I am suffering...

The C-Word: Part II

Click here to read Part I Do you know what other word starts with C? Chemotherapy. Chemo is a funny beast – you’re grateful for it, because it’s saving your mother’s life; but it’s this hideous...

The C-Word: Part I

There are a few choice c-words that come to mind, but I’m talking about The Ultimate – The Big C – Cancer. It was exactly one year ago today that everything changed; it was one year ago today that...

A new addition…

There are two types of people in the world – those that like dogs, and those that like cats. I’ve always had my feet firmly in the dog-loving-camp; Mr Posy on the other hand has always been a...

Feels like home

There’s something about Sydney that always soothes my soul. Up until a month ago, the last proper holiday that Mr Posy and I took was in May 2009, when we went back to New York City for eight days....

Green

I’m at the “business end” of the university semester, and consequently I’ve found myself bunkered down in the uni library the past two weekends. I’ve had a couple of assignments due that I actually...

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Three

Today is PosyDog’s birthday. As the title would suggest, my furchild is three. Hiphiphooray! Mr Posy’s work colleague told him we should just hurry up and have human children. I can’t imagine why....