Category: Just Because
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First Dry Step Climbing Since Forever + No Makeup Required
Yesterday was one of those learn to dance on a moving magic carpet type of days. After delayed meetings and timing challenges, I finally climbed my steps – without a raincoat for the first time in forever! Two thousand steps climbed this week, exploring perspective vs comparison and showing up without masks.
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New Machines and Old Friends
Never say never! My new Nespresso Essenza Mini arrived for van adventures, complete with the learning curve of proper initialization. Between figuring out coffee temperatures and catching up with a special friend over lunch, it’s the small moments that keep me #smilingontheinside.
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Couple-Time Disrupted: Navigating Work-Life Balance
2025 is A Chocolate-Free Year We all make a difference #smilingontheinside – Tuesday 01 July 2025 I read in the NZ Herald that RJs – the manufacturer of Jaffas – the orange flavoured chocolate balls – is stopping manufacture. How sad is that! I bet there’ll be spike in sales now. I wonder whether me…
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CLIENT SUCCESS – HUGE WIN!
Thursday Finished on a High! Defining “success” #smilingontheinside – Thursday 26 June 2025 In my day job, one of the things my team and I do, is help veterinary clinics fill their job vacancies faster. Alan and I have a veterinary profession job board – amidst a number of huge competitors, while we’re just the…
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ANOTHER FULL SOLAR CYCLE
I was a “summer” baby Another 365 solar cycle completed #smilingontheinside – 17 June 2025 I find it interesting how solar “cycles” have us (me!) reflecting … questions like “what have I achieved in the last 365 days…?”, “where am I at today vs today-365…?”, “am I healthier…? fitter…?” When it comes to healthier and…
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BLUE SKY – AT LAST
First Beautiful Blue Dome Day In Over A Week! A “Mixed” Day #smilingontheinside – Monday 16 June 2025 Yesterday dawned bright, chilly and clear. The alarm went off at 05:30 – my deadline for “no fluids” was 06:00 and I wanted to make sure I had time for my morning coffee and to drink a…
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Made in New Zealand – for us – it’s about integrity
Supporting Local Businesses Made in New Zealand – for us – it’s about integrity #smilingontheinside – Saturday 14 June 2025 As small business owners, supporting New Zealand-made products isn’t just a choice – it’s a matter of integrity. After all, how could we ask our clients to buy local from us, while not doing the…
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The Joy of Homegrown Vegetables
Nothing beats homegrown vegetables Growing Your Own #smilingontheinside – Tuesday 10 June 2025 Back in the day, when my inlaws were fit, healthy and still living at home, I remember Erina telling me once that in fifty-something years, she’d only ever bought potatoes (from a grocer) once. That was the year blight got to her…
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INTERNAL FIT0UT – FIRST RUN
Colour ways and weather ways Salerno Blue + Wood + Noce Nagano #smilingontheinside – Saturday 31 May 2025 With the opportunity to start completely new, I was a bit nervous on what “theme” colour to choose. For some reason, interior design felt oh-so-much more daunting than choosing quilting fabrics. Even though, in a way, the…
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A DREAM – 20 YEARS IN THE MAKING
Motorhome “Aways“ About to Start Pinching Myself! #smilingontheinside – Friday 30 May 2025 It’s taken 20 years of dreaming and finally, here it is! The beginning of another chapter in My Ordinary Married Life. #smilingontheinside I’m still pinching myself! I can’t believe that this motorhome is ours… that we’re not just hiring it… borrowing it……
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WHICH ONE MRS ROGERS…?
An Ordinary Day Made Extra-Ordinary Same Ole… Same Ole… #smilingontheinside – Thursday 29 May 2025 Until about 16:30, my day was pretty ordinary. I’d pulled my hair out with software that wasn’t going as I wanted – lately, that’s been pretty ordinary. It had rained pretty much all day. Again, becoming ordinary. I Flagged the…
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It’s a “Pea Soup” morning
Met Service forecast doesn’t match what I’m seeing I was surprised when I opened the blinds at daybreak this morning to discover pea soup fog. There was no mention of it yesterday in any of the forecasts. If My Hero was home – which he’s not – he’d say something like “I’m not surprised”. Very…
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Jack Frost is Getting Closer
Balloon on a BBDD! There’s something invigorating walking on a chilly morning when your breath vaporises with each step… when you stride out as a way to warm up … when you pull your hands back up into your sleeves to keep them warm. Walking on those types of mornings is a wonderful feeling. This…
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Incremental Progress
Little Things = Big Things It’s only when we look back we can see how far we’ve progressed. But we can’t see that, if not only there’s nothing to see, but there’s no line in the sand to identify the Beginning. Real Life has ups and downs. When “life” happens to interrupt our plans and…
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A bit of a Foodie Day
Breaking Bread – communion and community It’s long been a societal tradition to “break bread” as a way of connecting with others. In other words, of dining and eating together. When we break bread, we’re saying, “I trust you, I care for you, I want to share this moment and this sustenance with you.” It’s…
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Feeling Virtuous and a Tad Greedy
Finding Treasure at the Hamilton Farmer’s Market I stumbled upon Volare’s Limited Edition Sourdough Fruit Loaves at their Hamilton Farmer’s Market stall – though I can’t pinpoint exactly when. Was it last year…? Time seems to be speeding up and galloping past far too fast these days! A sign of age, I know! The Annual…
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This One’s Made The Cut
Month by Month Progress to Success Have you noticed, automagically, ideas that were a great idea each New Year somehow become huuuuge mountains come Christmas…? Each year, since forever, I’ve told myself I’m going to select (at least) one photo per month and file it in my Next Year Calendar File. Until this year, it’s…
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The Fork in the Road
We’ve got a decision to make – do we go left or right…? Fiat or Ford…? German or Italian design?
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Exploration at Home
Where Do You Think This Goes…? We went on one of those “let’s see where this goes” bike rides yesterday. One of us – more than the other – had a rough idea of the general direction we were heading 😉🧭 On the way home we stopped for coffee at our local – Jam on…
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