As I get older, I'm all for making my life easier. Which is why I'm always on the lookout for the best lifestyle appliances to help me out around house and home, or to help me look my best and live the good life as I get older. Lifestyle Appliances to Make Life Easy Today we'll look at three …
How to live the good life
Things your mother never told you.
Sponsored Post. My dear Mum is always telling me that it's no fun getting old. As I'm sitting here I thought of a quote from Bette Davies: "Getting old is not for cissies." And then there's another saying about the fact that getting old is better than the alternative. Mae West famously …
To Do Lists or Not To Do Lists?
I’m a big lists person. I make lists all the time. The sad thing is making to do lists doesn’t seem to make me more organised. Far from it. Rather it seems to have the opposite effect because I have lists scrawled on scraps of paper in my handbag, a list of things to do in my desk diary, lists in …
17 Reasons Why Camping is Good For You
We’ve just had a lovely weekend away down south. Not in five star luxury, not in three star convenience ... but under canvas in a tent. And it was brilliant. Which has led me to think about the reasons why camping is good for you. Really good for you. Honest! Dave and I didn’t fall out putting …
What age is elderly? What age is Mature?
Here's the thing. I was an expat wife and a stay at home mum for around 20 years. When the day came and our house was empty except for Dave and myself I felt completely at a loss. I also, overnight, felt quite a lot older. I spoke about the empty nest syndrome and all that it entails on radio the …
Are you Living The Good Life?
As I've been trawling the Perth city streets in search of a new place to live, I've thought a lot about what makes a place, a suburb or an area really desirable or not. Actually, scratch out the word 'thought' and insert 'drawn blood'. I've agonised too much. I'm always in search of elusive …
Inspiring women – Brenda Ellen
Nearly everyday I'm inspired by women in some way. Their strength, their beauty, their creativity, their entrepreneurship and their ability to lead from the hip always makes me want to ask lots of questions to find out what makes them tick! Today I'm interviewing a very inspiring 50+ woman, an …
And so this is Christmas in Australia
This dear Lifestylers, is my last post for 2013. It's not a 'Wrap' of the year, because that's happening over at my other blog, ZigaZag where Tastemaster Rich Keam who won one of the "Best Jobs in Australia" is also helping me out with his best 10 experiences this year. For you my dear friends I …
Problogger Event and The Meaning of Life
I've just returned from the Problogger Training Conference in Surfers Paradise, Queensland and I have to say that it was like no other conference that I've ever attended. As my hubby, Dave said to me: "You're incredibly lucky that you are so passionate about blogging and that all the speakers have …