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 is fighting lung cancer that’s spread to his leg bone, so life is a little crazy right now. 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. But my world is different from what my family in the USA experiences, so sharing seems a nice thing to do. Usually, my photos are snaps from my daily life, which is pretty ordinary. But my world is different from what my family in the USA encounters, so sharing is 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
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12 of 12 Pics
What’s the 12 of 12 about? The idea behind 12 of 12 is to take 12 photos that show what your day was like on
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
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
Random Instagram Pics
My Facebook Fitness Page
23Jul19 This is a book, made by other grieving parents in my area for others in the same situation. In my group for spouse grief, we talked about doing similar. As the meeting ended, the therapist offered a copy for me to give to my grieving niece who lost her son a year ago. A very lovely act of kindness, indeed. #2019pad #grief #griefsupport #actsofkindness
16Jul19 I had a coupon… and really wanted to try the ‘Italian’ sausage. (This was pepperoni and sausage - a great combo!). The pizza was so big I actually had to open the door wider to get it in. This was so big I still have a couple of meals left in my freezer for a rainy day. #pizza #newyorkstyle #italiansausage #pepperoni #dinnerforonex8 #2019pad
19Jul19 I took the longer slower way home from a dental appointment just so I could see the beach. It was cold today so I didn’t stay long, but it sure was lovely to view. #beach #christiesbeach #2019pad
06Aug19 Having a last visit with the beach before my trip. #Seasideview #hallettcove
03Aug19 I’m sure the Cole’s delivery driver and the packer thought this order must be for a crazy cat woman… I have a good reason though. And I even found a safe place to store all the cat food too. #2019pad #catsofinstagram #crazycatlady #stockingup
19Jul19 I loved watching these seagulls having a chat over the railing. #beach #christiesbeach #seagulls
20Jul19 Well that’s just the wrong cat! Moonshine decided to try sleeping where the other cats sleep. It appears I’ve trained yet another cat to sleep on the kitty blankets, not on my doona. #2019pad #catsofinstagram #mycatsthinkimcrazy
01Aug19 Annual mammogram over and done with. This marks 18yrs since I had breast cancer. The 1 spot was a bit of calcification. Phew! #2019pad #annualmammogram #mammogram #breastcancersurvivor
30Jul19 Breakfast for dinner. And it was sooo good. 2 slices of bacon, lots of mushrooms, toast with vegemite, some scrambled eggs with cheese and green onion and one over easy egg with the yolk broken so it oozed onto the toast (the way I like it). I couldn’t decide on which way to have the eggs so did both just to see if I could. #2019pad #cooking #breakfastfordinner #eggs #scrambledeggs #eggsovereasy #mushrooms #toastwithvegemite
21Jul19 Sunday is prawn night. This week I made a Thai curry with asian veggies and skipped the pasta in favour of trying a wild rice mix I found - the first I’ve seen in Australia. It was brown rice, wild rice and a red rice I’ve never heard of before. Very nice! #cookingforone #cooking #2019pad #prawns #thaicurry #wildrice
07Aug19 Not only did I score a seat, I got a seat in the Polaris section. Thanks @united ! #usaadventure2019 #unitedairlines
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