….and hello to Shereen Paige. I am transferring my blog to a new one in my name, so all old posts are now there, and I will now update that blog instead of this one. So to catch up on the exciting life and times of *moi*, visit me at my new blog- [...]
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I am having a massive crisis of confidence. We all know I am due to start uni this week. The reason we all know this is because I have been shouting it from the rooftops (and blogs…and forums…and facebook…), that I am going to uni, and I am going to be great! [...]
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This is a fiction story based around real events- there was a holiday, there was a hippy campervan, there was a slightly harrassed but loving mother… the rest is elaborated, exaggerated and/or downright fabricated!
I reckon I have worn a trench between the campervan and the ablution block today. Back, forth, back, forth….back, forth. [...]
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Yes it is true. After over a year of wanting this wondrous machine I have relented, splurged, TREATED MYSELF to a Thermomix.
My Thermomix aka Thermie is changing my life. It (I almost want to say ‘he’- Thermie is like a new member of the family) is a revelation, a sensation, a [...]
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Nothing drives me more bananas than when, not long after a meal, my kids whine with at me, “Muuuummm, I’m staaaaaarrrrving!”
Straight away, in righteous indignation, I respond with “You are NOT starving! You don’t even know what it feels like to be hungry! I will take you to a third world [...]
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Today I had to go to the dentist. I hate the dentist, in fact I am terrified. It is right up there at the top of my most feared list, right after public speaking and karaoke.
I had a 90-minute appointment, which I was absolutely dreading. This would be the final [...]
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Tendrils and wisps of rainbows and love
You try to grab on but find that you can’t
A promise of life bringing wonder and hope
Now ebbs away slowly like melting snow
A perfect tear glistens, burns a trail as it falls
Caught and carried by your angel, a butterfly soul.
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Friday started just like any other day, with me dragging myself from bed and sitting half asleep on the couch whilst Awesome Hubby brings me my morning coffee. It was raining, had been for most of the night, and once my eyes were formally open for the day I eyed the pelting sky with [...]
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I have always been a bit of a hoarder. I like to keep stuff. I can’t bring myself to throw anything away that has any form of sentimental value, no matter how random or innocuous, much to Awesome Hubby’s distress. He likes to throw stuff.
My endearing habit of keeping things [...]
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Happy 54th Birthday, Mum. It is with love and affection I remember your favourite things, imagining what I would have bought for you if you were still here.
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