We are all told to not sweat the small stuff. After all, it is meaningless in the grand scheme of things. I am not very good at this. I seem to sweat all the time. A month ago I got a speeding ticket with 4 demerit points and another thing related to my stupidity and impatience on the part of … [Read more...]
words for wednesday-embrace the absurd
"Only those who attempt the absurd will achieve the impossible" Escher … [Read more...]
words for wednesday-not your average cookie
" I love my friends. They only take the important stuff seriously. Never themselves " You know those women who are really uptight and always have to do everything a certain way, and think before they speak, wear loose cardigans in dull colours and try recipes before they serve them, think only … [Read more...]
Words for Wednesday-I am idiot with bed head
"I used to be reasonably intelligent, passably attractive and funny. Now I am just an idiot with bed head" me, mother of a rower My younger daughter started her on water rowing this week which means our 5:15 … [Read more...]
words for wednesday-clever women
"The silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it needs a very clever woman to manage a fool" Rudyard Kipling if you love Rudyard Kipling take another look at his beautiful poem, IF, by clicking here … [Read more...]
the things people do -free diving
When I went out to the pool this morning after a work out to drink my coffee and think about nothing and everything, I found a still body on the bottom of the pool. I mean totally still. It was a guy in his early 30s, a beautiful specimen, and while I may or may not have fantasized briefly about … [Read more...]
is it just me- or does this look like Keith Richards
Yes I am on holiday and I have just read Richards autobiography LIFE (holy drug use, batman, holy orgy, batboy) but don't you see the resemblance? Seriously, after one glass of wine and a slight breeze through those leaves- it is a dead ringer to the skinny rocker. Please don't send them to … [Read more...]
it is all up to me
Whenever I spend a chunk of time with my mom she says to me one of two thingsyou are working too hardor How is business? How are you managing financially? They are completely opposite. It kind of cracks me up.I can't always tell which one is coming but it is always one or the other. That … [Read more...]
surviving dress shopping with teenage daughters
My daughters went to a formal dance a few weeks ago As it always is, two children from the same family are always always very different First girl finds a very well priced fabulous dress that fits her perfectly (I mean perfectly) on the very first hanger She runs to me and says 'done. And I will … [Read more...]
words for wednesday on saturday-speechless
" I never get sick" me this week just before getting sick I always think that the reason I never get sick- it has truly been 10 years and I have had nothing all- is because I can't. This is the rule for people who are self employed with no staff, and single … [Read more...]
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