Birthday Eve

I'm in the grip of post-race euphoria all day and enjoying a bit of cafe culture on my Birthday Eve. It's action stations! First off, we take the train across the city, to a suburb with probably [Read More]

Believe in the Run

I'm pumped to the max. It's the first ever Sydney Harbour 10k and I'm part of it! I can't think of a better way to start my Birthday Eve. It's dark when I leave the house, and the sun is just [Read More]

Carb Loading

It's the morning after the night before and the day before race day which means it's time for some serious carb loading! I start as I mean to go on and have a big breakfast with the boys from [Read More]

It’s Party Time!

So the cake is iced, the balloons are blown and it's time to be a smarty and start to party - David is 40! We've reserved a room in one of David's favourite places, Harts Pub, where there's great [Read More]

The Race to Cake

So I rush home from work and get to work on David's Picture Perfect Cake. I have a small window of opportunity to get this little baby iced and decorated before I decorate myself and collect the [Read More]

Back to Back

It's an early but exciting start to Thursday. I'm making my comeback at the gym. I haven't enjoyed my fortnight bad-back induced gym exile but it's true what they say, absence does make the heart grow [Read More]

Another Birthday Bake

It's the morning after the night before and I'm feeling a tad fragile. I can't stomach gourment gorging and imbibing fine wines on school nights like I used to. Getting older sucks! I'm also [Read More]

Birthday Boy

I wake up at 4.30 AM! I wasn't joking when I said I was extremely excited about David's birthday. David has always been absolutely fabulous, but now he's forty too! Hooray! It's a big birthday which [Read More]

Bring on the Birthdays!

I squeeze in a sneaky run after work. I have to go hard and go fast because I have David's cake to decorate. The Chocolate Fudge Cake looks good enough to eat, but I resist the urge and get down and [Read More]

Christmas in July

I'm so excited! It's July 1. This can only mean one thing... Christmas in July! It's Winter here in the Southern Hemisphere; it feels like Christmas, it looks like Christmas and now it is Christmas! [Read More]