Yes I know that’s not a proper word, what are you? the grammar police??! Life is absolutely redonkulously busy right now, and there is really no other way to describe it. I’m currently spending the Easter break baking a huge multi-coloured train cake for my Grandson’s first birthday party; testing nail polish swatches for a […]
I’ve been thinking about changing my theme recently. Remember that post I did way back about hoarding on my blog? Well I think it might be time for another tidy up; all the Northern Hemisphere bloggers are posting about Spring, and though we in the South are actually on the verge of Winter I’m feeling […]
I have an important ethical question for you and it doesn’t matter what faith, spirituality, Ninja leanings, Jedi Knight or inapplicable category you define yourself as: Does Cardinal Keith O’Brien’s admission of guilt and his very brief apology make him more or less qualified to select a new Pope? It is of course a hypothetical dilemma […]
“Think Global, Act Local” But What If It Feels Like Too Little Too Late? I’ve been MIA from WordPress for over two weeks now so this Daily Prompt is well and truly old hat already; the dog did not eat my homework but a power outage did fry our modem on the 27 January and […]
Fourteen stone in a day!!!! as the gloriously rotund Peter Kay often says. Pure fantasy and for comedy value only of course but a line that pops into my head every time I read the front of women’s magazines. A case in point; Mahalia Barnes, (don’t worry, I barely know who she is either) has […]
According to my physiotherapist I’m a sloucher. I’ve been slouching for years, probably since I first started school, and I’ve been cultivating my inner lazy bear slouch, ever since, but then we already knew that didn’t we? So I’m going to give in to the professional and informed opinion and delete my ‘postaweek’ badge so as not to allow my […]
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 […]
