home sweet home

well it's true, holidays are great, but there's nothing like coming home...

i arrived home yesterday morning after 34 hours of travel! not ideal, but i made it in one piece and in reasonable comfort (business class will do that for a girl!)...

it was freezing when i arrived home but has been blue skies and gorgeous winter sunlight so not that hard to adjust to...

had a lovely day with mum as i settled back into being at home and did just a wee bit more shopping (to finish off the holiday in style)...in fact i made a list of things i wanted to do for myself and in my home this year (whilst away - nice to have time to reflect and think about things i don't ordinarly have time to contemplate whilst here)....and so we started on that list!

balcony plants - tick!
new tv cabinet - tick! (and it's GORGEOUS)

there is a list that is now 2 items shorter, so a good start...


i had forgotten just how nice it is to sleep in your own bed, have your own pillow, on your own favourite bed linen, have a hot shower in your own shower, make your own tea etc etc...

so a few more days to unpack and get myself settled, and the routine of being home will re-commence...

i had an amazing holiday, saw a lot of my favourite people, went to some of my favourite cities, ate lots of my favourite overseas foods, but i really am glad to be home...