Month: March 2013

List upon list…upon list…

Heading overseas for 6 months means stuff to do, lots and lots of stuff and requiring a bunch of lists to prevent mild doses of panic…a trip such as this is meant to be fun isn’t it?

Created my first list in January, another in Feb, one for March and another for April…all in the hope that the May list will simply state ‘Pack’, Get on Flight, ‘GO!

For those contemplating a similar sojourn or are simply curious about why Janes’s been acting slightly crazed of late here’s February’s Top 20 things to do:

• Pop leave application in – total days less public hols? 135
• Confirm Company approval – thumbs up, phew!
• Inform family – Mum’s started worrying already
• Inform staff, family, friends – sighs of envy, rather nice
• Pop first bottle of bubbles – a cheapie as now on budget

• Find someone to manage home Unit lease – yea Georgina
• List what stays, what goes with fully a furnished lease
• Find Title Deed, prep paperwork – good thing I’m organized
• Plan day for Unit’s advertising photos – starting point
• Secure list of good carpet, spring clean, curtain cleaners

• Unsubscribe all auto emails – remarkably liberating
• Develop travel budget – may need to sleep in alleyways
• Update official budget – no incoming, plenty outgoing!
• Stop monthly fashion mag subscriptions – um? No!
• Book Writers Retreat – sigh of joy

• Clean out storage space in prep for more – liberating
• Start clean out with bathrooms – share excess girly stuff
• Pay balance of existing holiday deposits – no excuses now
• Create March list… Gulp!
• Pop another bottle of bubbles – deserve it!

A hearty tick against all….

Watch out for April’s list!

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‘One day’ be damned…

One day I’m going to retreat to the south of France to write my book” How many times have I said that to myself, possibly to you? Too many. Time to take action!

Have registered to attend a writer’s retreat in Tuscany Italy and will follow with a six month sojourn somewhere in the south – to write, to dream, to explore. Would you like to come along? Well pour a wine, put your feet up, click on http://www.indulgedivulge.com and join me…

Laugh as I attempt to master two foreign languages…No sir, I ordered an omelette not pig trotters! Oh! I thought this train went to Nice not Rome? Smile as I share stories about the locals, the food, the architecture and the culture of the little villages I will be calling home and enjoy a few visual feasts as I share the best of my happy snaps.

My lovely friend Jenny and I will complete our already planned exploration of Bruges, Barcelona and Paris and then I’ll head on down to my retreat. Up and away in May, and for me, back to earth in November.

As you know I am passionate about the work I do and the company I work for, one that thankfully values me enough to put their blessing on my sabbatical, therefore will back at the desk November 18th – rejuvenated, restored and reenergized. A huge thank you to Janice (my Leader) Tim (her Leader), Bridget (Leader to all) and the fab Queensland team for making this possible.

There’s a lot to do beforehand, a lot to experience while there and I plan to entertain you along the way…I do need to practice my writing skills after all and who knows, may even get published…or not…the thrill is in the journey.

Look out for my next post ‘List upon list upon list’

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Abbracci a tutti voi (hugs to you all)

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Create visual ‘stories’

Bringing treasures together to create a visually stimulating ‘story’ never fails to give me pleasure, something to do with the old retail days no doubt, therefore finding fabulous blogs featuring people who share this passion is always exciting. This lovely collection thanks to Alex Berlin, an interior designer who makes her living creating unique, welcoming, aesthetically pleasing homes, this one hers. Muted greys, touches of pink and gold appealing to both masculine and feminine.

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Extract and photos compliments of an interview by The Glitter Guide on Alex, whose style aesthetic can be seen on her personal blog: Things That Sparkle.
http://theglitterguide.com/2012/05/08/style-at-home-alex-berlin-of-things-that-sparkle/
Photography by Danielle Moss.

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