What's on my desk today ????

Some days I don't know what I will find on my desk, besides old shopping receipts.

Hidden treasures that have been tucked away in a rush to put them somewhere. 

Todays mini treasure is #Daisy by #MarcJacobs and a lovely lace tin from #IKEA. 

It seems time flies and we are already into May 2015

May 2015
So here I am back again at the "Where is everything again?"  stage - hence the title it will be Somewhereonthedesk!

It is 5 months since my last post, in that time I have been dabbling in learning how to use other Social Media platforms, including Twitter (@genangel14), Instagram (genj68), Yelp and Flickr. So far the L plates are still on display.

January saw a visit to the Lego exhibition at the beautiful Royal Exhibition Buildings in Melbourne. It also found myself and my family sitting in a the rain at the Melbourne Zoo, listening to the Zoo Twilights and the awesome music of Bernard Fanning and Little May and the first of an upgrade in accomodation to the top floor and penthouse of the hotel we were staying at overlooking the Crown Casino area.

As  2015, was to be my year of new experiences and some life experiences for my children we embarked on a P & O Cruise in February on board the Pacific Jewel for 3 nights. Leaving Melbourne Friday night as the band played on the top deck as the city disappeared in the distance and we headed out through the heads and towards Burnie in Tasmania for a day. I can now say I have been to Tasmania, albeit a very short visit and for one day only, which included a bus trip to Devonport to see some of the sites and an hour visiting Burnie's art precinct and museum in the rain. Further experiences were had when we decided to learn to ride the Segways on the ship, only after the ship was able to turn out of the gale force winds, with King Island sheltering its return back to Melbourne.   We all managed successfully to stay upright on the Segways in the wind, as the boat rocked and we traversed through the obstacles supplied to test out our skills. It was so much fun, almost like having the cold wind on your face from snow skiing in winter time.The cruise was very enjoyable and fantastic entertainment,in the bars and the atrium and throughout the ship. A new experience for the following week was still feeling the motion of the boat for a few more days even though we were back on land.

I became unemployed, through an involuntarily redundant a few weeks ago.
Since then I have had a lovely time catching up with friends I don't otherwise see very often when I am working full time. With a day trip to Echuca on the Murray River and a trip to Melbourne for womens business networking  with Samara Magazine.
Hence my love of good food and nice red wines of my local area has become a bit of a passion recently.

I celebrated my birthday in style with a night at the Park Hyatt in Melbourne (@ParkHyattMelb)with my husband. Where we explored the city at night and found some fantastic bars and restaurants to visit, including Siglo rooftop bar, Lui bar in the Rialto Tower, Federation Square for breakfast and cafe Duomo in historic Block Arcade for lunch.
Once we overcame the shock and amazement at the accomodation upgrade that we received - An Ambassador Suite, we enjoyed the gas log fire and relaxed in front of it until it was time to adjourn to the Executive Lounge for evening drinks and canapes. Absolutely everything at this hotel was spectacular and the service and attention to details grately appreciated by us and made our stay memorable.
Join me for my next blog where I take you through some of the trials of job searching.
Cheers for now