Guilty
17/02/12 • 4 Comments

I’ve had six weeks without having a drink but last night I fell of the wagon. Nothing extravagent. No out of control drinking. I feel fine this morning and have been up with babies since 6. Basically I really wanted to enjoy a few drinks with dinner with old dear friends that we haven’t seen for a long time. So what does this mean? Do I keep going. Start again? Fair to say HSM has given me a different perspective on the choices I make around drinking. That said I do want to enjoy a drink with friends, choose wine when I’m having a lovely dinner and have a glass of bubbles if I want to celebrate. We had a wonderful night last night. I do however feel guilty and would love some advice from my fellow HSMers!

Wisdom and Words that Matter
16/01/12 • 2 Comments

Last week included back to back meetings with staff. Chats about their hopes, their dreams and their aspirations. Discussions around values and what matters in a work place. Some of the conversations were tough. Some thought provocking. Overwhelmingly though they created a ground swell of conversation and thinking about what a good organisation is culturally and why we do what we do. Those conversations continued after work and across the dinner table. I certainly spent a lot of time thinking about the type of work culture I want to create. In the words of my fabulous and fearless founder and a wonderful man and friend Jack Heath – ‘it’s about getting the right people on the bus’ – even more so – ‘it’s about getting the right people in the right seats on the bus’. That’s tough and even when a person is fantabulous if they’re not the right person [...]

Run run as fast as you can
15/01/12 • 0 Comments

Beautiful gorgeous sunshinny day in Melbourne. Fabulous drive to the beach to visit a friends new beach house and amazing almost two year renovation. Harry and Holly both swam in the pool, played with the dog and slept on the ride home – happy munchkins. Two runs this weekend and feeling pretty good about life. Still feeling a little bit on a grandiose high. Sun shining, music blaring and running along the yarra bike path thinking about running a marathon. Bizarrely I’ve run two – each time training through hangovers to clear the cobwebs from my head. One week down and feeling brilliant – bring it on Hello Sunday Morning.

Greek Lamb Salad and a Movie
14/01/12 • 1 Comment

Sitting down to watch a movie. No big deal other than we haven’t done it for 5 years. Saturday night is always a nice dinner with an even nicer bottle of red or two.  Greek Lamb Salad and a movie! Beach tomorrow. Run and a nice lunch today. Almost a week down, Hello Sunday Morning.

Groove is in the Heart
13/01/12 • 1 Comment

Had the day home with Harry Harrison today. Poor little man is sick sick sick and has been with a revolting rash for almost 8 weeks. Its been a big week. Big week at work and big week trying to juggle childcare with sick bub. Friday night is usually beer and pizza with a few red wines and some music in the front room. Not tonight. Tonight Harry and I have pulled out some Delite and done a little groove is in the heart boogy. I’ve just read other peoples Friday night posts and have felt the same about dreading the Friday night pull of looking forward to a relaxing beverage or 3 million to unwind from a busy and pretty high stress week. Tonight I’m drinking my lime and soda, will have a cup of chai tea after dinner and will pop to bed with the goal of getting [...]