After 23 years of marriage, honesty knocks romance well and truly out of the ball park.

This week my husband gave me flowers, and before you go all doe eyed or soppy about that let me first share the accompanying conversation that went with them: The Big Fella: “I got you some flowers” Me: “Because?” The Big Fella: “They are Proteas” Me: “??????? And?” The Big Fella: “Some guy who grows […]

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WordPress Weekly Writing Challenge: I Wish I Were ……A Time Traveler

I wish I were a Time Traveler so that I could go back twenty six and a half years and tell my sixteen year old, pregnant self, that everything was going to be okay.  I’d try to make myself understand that I shouldn’t be so hard on myself, that it would be a waste of time and precious […]

Pet Procrastination Post

I should be sat in the Michie Building with my friend Jess revising for an exam next week, right now.  I’m not of course, I’m here with you instead, procrastinating as usual and doing anything other than study. I’ve been meaning to do a post about Domino The Wonder Dog ever since starting my blog […]

Girls With Lots Of Books

That photo on the top right of my blog is not something I just casually grabbed from Zemanta or Google, it’s the real deal, it’s my chair and my library.  Sure, that Ikea Billy Book case still needs filling up a bit more but I still have a lot of books.  Despite having a bit […]

It’s Official: I Have The Smallest Head That It Is Possible To Fit A Degree Into

This week I’m getting to the pointy end of my degree, so to speak.  On Thursday I will have my very last seminars and SwotVac (Swot Vacation) begins!! Though it may seem a little premature when I haven’t actually received my final results, it is apparently time to order my bat cape/academic dress for graduation…..eeek! Now the […]

An Ice Cream Mash Up Party Is Just Cray Cray………..

So, in the past fortnight I’ve been invited to a ‘pre exam ice cream mash up party’ and a 21st birthday party.  That is just, cray cray….apparently, and there you where dear reader wondering how you would ever be able to work a freshwater crustacean into everyday conversation…..as an adjective….or is that noun, or an adverb?  I […]

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