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
17Mar20 I installed this on my own, and aside from a small leak in the connector that I fixed the next day, it went very smoothly. This bidet was bought before all the hoopla about toilet paper, but I hadn’t had time to install it. This particular brand worked so much better than the cheap one I bought on ebay too. #2020pad #yougetwhatyoupayfor #bidet #diditmyself #toiletpapercrisis2020
05Apr20 Saying G’night to my family overseas at around 1am. Those jammies are so comfortable I ended up wearing them for a good share of the day and hardly getting anything done. I enjoyed the heck out of every ‘lazy minute’ too!! My face and head are finally starting to heal up from a recent bout of eczema. I hate allergies. #2020pad #bedtimeselfie #gnight #jammies #jammiesallday #eczema
03Mar20 My new favourite way to enjoy coffee. I was trying to reduce the amount of milk I use because it raises my glucose even though it’s not supposed to. So a splash of milk and bigger splash of almond milk. I wasn’t prepared to LOVE how it tastes! But I do! YUM! Anyway, this pic is for Challenge Friday and the theme is ‘opening’. I love the style of openings the long life packages have these days. Also, my coffee is from @urbanbrewpods are delivered to me and also make my ...
25Feb20 Since it was Pancake Tuesday and I had a new mini waffle maker to try out, I tried my hand at making cinnamon roll chaffles. The dark colour is from some really excellent imported cinnamon that a friend gave me. And of course, what’s a waffle without some bacon? #waffles #chaffles #cookingforone #cooking #2020pad #cinnamonrollwaffles #bacon
15Mar20 Sunday night dinner. I found frozen pierogies recently so decided to have them with my Sunday dinner. My ex-husband was Polish and there are few dishes I really miss. This is one of them. They were excellent. I had them with some seafood chowder. #2020pad #cookingforone #cooking #pierogies #seafoodchowder #sundaysarespecial
06Mar20 I had a dinner date with a friend and we amused ourselves with his miniature crossbow that shoots toothpicks. #2020pad #miniaturecrossbow #amusingourselves #thatwasfunletsdoitagainsometime
25Feb20 While shopping at Aldi I found this cute guy and took a photo because I thought he was cute. It’s only him. He was there all on his own. There’s more to this story but … later. And, for Challenge Friday, he just happens to have a lot of seams! #cf20 #seams #pig #piggy #stuffedanimals
28Mar20 Putting baking paper in the bottom of the airfryer was a brilliant idea. Clean up is so much easier - No more grease to deal with as it can be removed in one lot and often the pan underneath is still clean. Why didn’t I think of this a year ago?? #2020pad #cookingforone #cooking #airfryer #timesaver #easycleanup
04Mar20 My first programmed workout on my new rowing machine, and this is the PM5 monitor I ordered that arrived today. I installed it myself with no problems at all. I’m trying to find the right damper setting for various purposes (long rows, short rows, etc. The first 6 minutes was at damper 10 and I was meant to hit 16 for my strokes per minute but got close with a 17 average. The 5 minute set was at damper 8 with a stroke setting of 20, which I matched for the entire 5 minutes. I’m ...
30Mar20 Someone from the neighbourhood dropped this off for me. It was expected on a Wednesday and was found on the weekend two blocks away and down a side street. One reason why I love this area - lots of honest and really good people live here. #2020pad #missingparcelfound #faithinhumanityrestored
18Mar20 That was fun and I may go for longer next time, if it’s not too late in my day like today was. I rowed while @shanefarmer did his live bike time today. I was several hours late, but the video still helped make my home gym feel a bit more friendly. Here’s my results, and you’ll have to excuse my camera angle - I wanted to share how much I enjoyed the video! #rowing #darkhorserowing #homegymlife #keepmoving #2020pad
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