I have always wanted a pretty backyard with a chandelier.(The tree is named Howard. He wants a kiss)I have just finished my pretty back yard and I absolutely love it. It is tiny. And perfect.Last week for the first time I lit the chandelier. So pretty, so romantic, so mysteriousso $%#^ing … [Read more...]
widow without the black dress
This is hard for me to write but important to share. I am sharing it because Father's Day is coming but more importantly because nothing scares me more than "under carpet sweeping." If I talk of it and expose it, it cannot hurt us. As many of you know I left my marriage 4.5 years ago. I … [Read more...]
Rules for Aging
One of my favourite books by the same name has chapters on each of the following and actually although the book is bang on and well worth reading, you really only need the titles of the chapters.1.It doesn't matter2.Nobody is thinking about you3.Let bad enough alone4.Ignore your enemy or kill him5. … [Read more...]
jiggly wiggly back of the bus
As I previously mentioned, I am trying to love to run. I have joined a running clinic and due to travel and ice and quite frankly, not liking it or being good at it, I have only been out for a few runs. Today I joined the clinic for our Thursday morning 8 km and all I can say is holy moly … [Read more...]
I can’t believe I forgot to tell you
The most hilarious yet fairly disconcerting part of that long journey back from Jamaica with the pilot who really didn't get it, was when we were refuelling and the stewardesses said "Please unfasten your seatbelt during the refuelling"They were rather insistent with this and it struck me as odd … [Read more...]
our kate
I know I am fairly alone on this - I don't give a whoop about the Royals. Never have. Any lingering interest or marvel I may have had was sideswiped by Charles' declaration to Camilla that he 'desired to be her tampon'. Truth is, my motto is not to spend too much time being … [Read more...]
piss me off-why make green ones?
Everyone knows no one eats the green ones. Why do they make them? I would rather have none left than a dozen ugly, yucky green ones staring back at me.I could be in the throws of PMS, I could be overtired and needing a sugar fix, I could be cranky, I could be needing a lift and STILL even if there … [Read more...]
Words for Wednesday-A New Year’s Resolution that is easy to keep
"Be yourself. Everyone else is taken" Oscar WildeWe sat down to write our goals for 2011 (I know, obnoxious and pathetic until I swear to you that it always … [Read more...]
words for Wednesday-luck
"Luck favours the persistent" Jim Collins … [Read more...]