Galahs, cool, tea

1. Five galahs (pink and grey cockatoos) in a tree, squawking to each other. Why do the pretty birds have such rough voices? Peacocks sound weird.

2. Getting home to a cool house after a hot walk, taking off my sweaty backpack and sweaty sunglasses and having a cool drink.

3. Tea without sugar is less horrible each day I stick to it.

Plum, husband, cool

1. My little boy was vomiting all yesterday. This morning, as I held him over a bucket again, I was so very very relieved to learn from his big sister that he had eaten part of a red plum for breakfast. Otherwise it would have been an immediate trip to the emergency room.

2. My husband is home to look after us.

3. We have a big cool house with air conditioning to get us through this heat wave.

Contacts, cool, bath

1. Making a list of useful contacts for my freelance business and finding it runs to six pages. I know more people than I thought.

2. Handing out invitations to my son's 4th birthday party. "Cool!" says his best friend Finn.

3. I leave the bath tap running too long and it nearly overflows. The kids are delighted that it is so deep and completely fail to call me - I catch it just in time.