One of the good things about an overcast day is that the clouds hold in some warmth. This morning we had a balmy low temperature of 8c and Canberra is looking for a top today of 12c. For the middle of July in Canberra – that’s not too bad! Dave has woken up late, but is feeling marginally…

It seems hard to believe it is Day 52 already. I just keep typing those day numbers up there in the title of each blog post, and they keep rolling on by. Whilst at times this has felt like it’s gone quite quickly, most of the time it seems to be taking an eternity. When…

Hello all – sorry about the lack of posting! I am at work but am about to head off for a hair cut and colour and will then drive to Canberra tonight. I have some meetings tomorrow but all can be done via phone or Skype so I decided I might as well head over…

This is going to be short and sweet – other things are definitely getting in the way of my blogging! Firstly – Dave. He had PET scans this morning. Results will be sent to the doctor soon. He has to take antibiotics again to make sure the sore on his nose doesn’t get infected. If…

I’m at work. I was tempted to just post those three words and leave it a that. It seems I already don’t have time for blogging! I have mixed emotions. Guilt, excitement, fear, regret… and a few others. There were tears when I was alone in my house this morning getting ready for work. I…

I’m safely home and ensconced in my warm house. With my favourite son, my favourite dog, my favourite bath, my favourite pillow, my favourite bed, my favourite… well the list goes on. I do like my home.     Cat number one was pleased to see me!           I arrived in…

I’m heading off to Wagga shortly so that I make it to Collingullie in time to see Will play footy. Todays game is round 11 of the RFL competition and this will only be the 3rd game I have seen this year. The Gullie ground has car parking beside the oval, so hopefully, apart from visiting…

Shhhh. Don’t tell anyone. I have a secret to share… You know how lots of people think Canberra’s an awful place, well it actually isn’t. I am formally declaring that: I LIKE CANBERRA! A few considerations: Ok, there’s a lot of politicians here, and given tomorrow is election day, many, many people are completely over politicians, including…

A lack of truffles has made me grumpy. First world problem? Most definitely. This morning I walked to the local medical centre for a 9am appointment to see a doctor about my scalp. I now have a range of medications to take/use (including antibiotics) so between Dave and I the bathroom bench here looks like an…

Treatment day is here again. He is booked in for 815am, so this is an early start! Yesterday I made some Anzac biscuits to take out to the nurses at the oncology ward. Do you prefer your Anzac biscuits chewy or crunchy? Personally I like  them a little bit chewy, so I made that recipe….

Today is Day 43 – and Dave is HALF WAY THROUGH his Chemo! Yay! This doesn’t include the 3 weeks of radiotherapy afterwards – but hey we are keen to knock over some milestones 🙂 The cover pic is one I took on my walk at dusk last night. No filter and taken with my…

We are back in COLD Canberra. It was a warm (comparatively) 3 degrees this morning, so Dave decided to go to work on his motorbike!  He hasn’t been to work for well over a week, so he was pretty happy that he was up to going in. He is definitely not as well as he…

First of all can I say very sorry for the intermittent posts this week. It been a bit of a hard one! Dave is FINALLY home from hospital at Kapooka 🙂 Things went a bit pear shaped on Wednesday evening after one of the nurses decided to ‘push’ the antibiotics into his cannula rather than adding…

I left my computer in Canberra so I’m trying to post this from my phone which is a bit of a challenge.I don’t even know what day we are up to. To make it worse its a replacement phone (dodgy) while my new one is on order. I thought we were only going to be…

Steps. They are my latest obsession. Way back on Day minus 1 of this blog, I said that “Three flights of stairs really affects your shopping habits. Any recipe suggestions in this blog may be more about ingredient weight than suitability to the taste buds of Dave whilst undergoing chemo.” Well it turns out I was…

Today’s post is brought to you by the word ‘Why’. It’s one of the most commonly used words in the English language. Maybe not as common as: the, it, if, of, or and, but according to a website I came across it is the 178th most used word. Which, considering the thousands of words we have…