Flavour Of The Month (FOTM) is our nod to old-school blogging days. We’re sharing a taste – a ‘flavour’ if you will – of what’s happened in the month just gone.
Why do we do this?
There are a few reasons actually. First and foremost, we like to be able to google our lives. All too often, Christina has asked me when we did something and all I’ve had to do is search Mr & Mrs.
But we also love writing about things that either don’t really fit anywhere else or that isn’t quite a big enough story to have its own stand-alone article.
Best of all, we love sharing important moments of our lives here, so you get a real flavour of what’s happening with us in these posts.
Things are getting pretty exciting here! We’re just putting some final touches on our travel plans for our next big trip. We’ve had plans to be in Europe over May (for my birthday) for a while, but we’ve decided to try and incorporate some North American travel in there too. And seeing as how cheap … Read more
I must admit, things have been pretty quiet round here since our friends’ dog Indi went back home after their Japanese holiday. If you’ve ever had to pet-sit, you’ll know what I mean. Even now – a week later – we’re still looking round wondering where the dog’s gone. However, it has meant we haven’t … Read more
I don’t know about you, but this has probably been one of the most relaxed Januarys we’ve had in ages. Strangely enough though, we’ve been pretty busy. And as the month speeds headlong towards February, it’s not looking like 2018 is going to be all that quiet at any point. This week’s Edition sees the … Read more
Summer is really coming on here in Sydney. The sky’s a lot clearer than last week and a prolonged heat wave is on the horizon. I don’t know if this has had any more of an impact on how much our furry house guest – Indi the English Staffordshire Bull Terrier – sleeps, but she’s … Read more
It’s been one of those rare peaceful starts to the year for us. Rare indeed. But since starting back in the office, our inboxes have stayed mercifully unpeppered, our phones have been reasonably quiet and our social commitments relatively undisturbed. I’ve got a feeling this could well be the calm before the shitstorm, but we’re … Read more
And like that, it was all over. As we force the box of decorations box back into storage for another year and the last of the pine needles gets sucked up the vacuum cleaner, we reflect on the Christmas and NYE just gone. Early January is always a funny time of year, isn’t it? Hard … Read more
It’s Christina here, taking over from Jim for this week’s IG Edition. I’ve got lots to share about my reunion with the wonderful women I met in Puglia and our plans for the holidays. It’s funny writing this week’s update now as you’ll be reading it on my birthday! Something feels different this year…the weather … Read more
Hands up who’s ready for Christmas? It reminds me of that classic scene from the English TV show The Young Ones, where Rik Mayall says: “Hands up who likes me?” I’m not ready for Christmas at all. And it’s two weeks away today. To think that in a fortnight’s time I’ll be sitting watching people I … Read more
And like that we’ve got only 2 full weekends before Christmas! WTF. I mentioned in last Friday’s newsletter last Friday’s newsletter that I liked December because it feels like a short month. I think I should probably take that back. This month is looking just a bit too short for me. But in spite of … Read more
In many ways, I love this time of year. Yes, the Christmas season means all the stress of Christmas shopping and organising plans for the festive season. But on the other hand it means summer’s almost here and you start to see invitations to all kinds of awesome parties. This week just gone definitely had … Read more