Welcome to ‘Gaelyne’s Sanctuary’. If you’ve visited in the past (welcome back!) you probably noticed I’ve given my site a new name and look. I’ve spent several months working on this revamp – mostly trying to find the time to work on it. I chose the name ‘sanctuary’ because I found working on it has given me a sense of peace while the rest of my world seems to be falling apart. My husband was fighting lung cancer, so life was a little crazy then. It’s a place where I can come and make one small corner of the world a little brighter.
I have a variety of interests but they boil down to cooking, writing, taking photos and playing Bingo on Facebook. I hope you enjoy your visit and feel free to talk to me in comments or on the contact page.
What's in my Sanctuary?
My Blog
I had a few off-site blogs before deciding to have a blog on my own site. I don't blog very often, but when I have something I want to share, I'll write about it. The topics range from general, fitness, cancer, diabetes, vaping and maybe a rant here and there.
Recipes
I love cooking, sharing recipes and enjoying myself in the kitchen. Most are recipes I wanted to share with my kids or have available so I wouldn't lose them. I don't do fancy stuff, but I like challenging myself with learning to cook something I've never made before.
Photos
I enjoy taking photos with my camera and have a few projects I do such as Photo of the Day, and 12 of 12 days and a group on Flickr and Facebook called Challenge Friday. If I happen to cook something I'm pleased with, I'll often take a photo of it for my pic of the day. Mostly the photos I take are snapshots of my life, which is pretty mundane, I think. But my world is different from what my family in the USA experiences so sharing seems a nice thing to do.
What's New?
Highlights for 02-27 May 2019
Finally, the rain has come! Thursday, May 02, 2019 We’ve been needing rain for months now and last night and today we finally have had
Highlights for 22 April – 28 April 2019
This was a weird week because Monday was a public holiday – Easter Monday – and Thursday was also a public holiday – Anzac Day.
Highlights for 14 April – 22 April 2019
I’ve had an interesting week… Sunday, April 14, 2019 This past week had some super wonderful highs, some majors lows and lots of in-between. As
Highlights for the Week of 31 March – 7th April 2019
Sunday Beach Highlight Sunday, March 31, 2019 I had a lovely walk by the beach this evening, and I’m not sure what magic made it
Highlights for the Week of 26-29 March 2019
It’s here! Tuesday, March 26, 2019 My new rowing machine is here and man is big. I love it – and even learned how to
Highlights for the Week of 18-24th March 2019
Monday, March 18, 2019 I have an old rowing machine and I’ve been working at using it more but it has issues. (Like you come
Don't Miss...
Roof Restoration
Last year I had a roof leak repaired and they showed me photos of work that needed done on the roof. It took quite a
Photo a Day 2020
These photos are 2020 my Photo a Day selections. I try to take photos on most days, even if it’s just what I made for
Photo a Day 2019
These photos are my Photo a Day 2019 selections. I don’t take pics everyday, but I try to on most days, even if it’s pretty
Photo a Day 2018
These photos are my Photo a Day 2018 selections. I don’t take pics everyday, but I try to on most days, even if it’s pretty
Challenge Friday
I’ve joined another photo group, where a challenge word is given on Fridays and we have a week to take photos that represent our interpretations
Random Instagram Pics
My Facebook Fitness Page
06Jun20 Self photo taken for sending into a live quiz show on Facebook. I was hoping to win a bottle of wine, but alas. #2020pad #muchlatergram #selfie #quizshowfun
18Jun20 Took my new car to the pub… so I could take a walk on the Heysen Trail. It was a lovely afternoon walk and a nice first time out on my own with my car. #2020pad #muchlatergram #heysentrail #walk #winterinaustralia
12May20 Ten of my 12 of 12 photos for May 2020. It was a good day. I had a nice chat with my sister, got a gift from the tax office that was actually a surprise. I took the bins out and saw the horse across the road, then checked out my giant lavender bush. I did some washing, worked on a combination of IFTTT and Zapier to get my ToDo list items from Alexa into ClickUp easily. I had my weekly T2 diabetes injection (not fun, but it’s made a BIG difference in my glucose results). Then I played ...
02Jul20 Rainbow! I had to go do some paperwork things at the DMV (Service SA here) and on the way there was a very short-lived cloud burst of rain that hit just as I was going through a roundabout. It was a scary moment because I couldn’t pull over but also couldn’t see. Once I was parked and walking to the offices, I noticed this lovely rainbow. A little beauty on a grey day. #2020pad #rainbow #afterthecloudburst
10May20 This lock is impossible to get unlocked. It’s rusted right through. I did finally get into the shed - I needed to because that’s where some items we have listed in our test store are kept. Someone wanted to buy up the rest of the Gameboy pouches and I was all for that. So I had to face my fear (of spiders) and then use a whole lotta ingenuity to get into the shed. The real surprise was once I got inside. The last time I saw it everything was covered in cob webs and things were ...
13May20 Neurmal was only half asleep… how could I tell. She was purring. She’s still the weirdest little sweetheart in this household, even if she does boss me around the kitchen about her food, and tell me my technique is all wrong in the gym. And she loves attacking Noble. But then she’s all sweet and purring, licking instead of biting. Sigh. She’s not so little anymore either. #2020pad #catsofinstagram #tooadorable
04Jun20 Neurmal and Noble sound asleep. I wonder what they’re dreaming about? #2020pad #muchlatergram #catsofinstagram #sleepingcats #sleepingcatsofinstagram
29May20 It’s time to eat. And my glucose meter agrees. 4.4 is definitely a low, and no - I didn’t even feel any effects from it, which is a worry. ##2020pad #muchlatergram #t2diabetes #glucoselow #type2diabetes
27May20. MediAlert thingy. One of those things where if I press the big button and hold it, it calls a few people who will hopefully come to my aid. #2020pad #muchlatergram #medialert #incaseofemergency
18May20 Don’t hassle me I’m asleep. This is how I know Noble is really sleeping vs ignoring me or just dozing. #muchlatergram #catsofinstagram #letsleepingcatslie #sleepykitty #2020pad
06Jun20. New sticker from Dark Horse Rowing. I’m unsure just where to put it, but have lots of things I could write in aside from my 17min 2k rowing time. Things like “Improving with practice” “Only going to get better” “A deep dark secret”…. LOL! #muchlatergram #rowing #darkhorserowing #keepmoving #iamadarkhorse #imadarkhorse
Was working a bit late so ordered ‘nachos’ online. Uhhh… these aren’t the nachos I make. #2020pad #disappointed #muchlatergram #notmynachos
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