the end was just the beginning
I've been worrying that I have early-onset dementia because I keep forgetting stuff, but someone told me I probably have perimenopausal "brain fog." When I stared at them blankly - in a non-early-onset dementia kinda way - they told me to Google it. Cheers. According to the ABC: "‘Brain fog’ is a term not fully... Continue Reading →
DD and I were a bit ambitious when it came to our first holiday together - we tried to cram waaaaaaay too much in. By the time his conference finished - halfway through the Thursday of the first week - we only had seven days to see Cape Canaveral, Savannah, Lake Tahoe, the Napa Valley... Continue Reading →
I don't think I've ever been anywhere as beautiful as Lake Tahoe. It was soooooooo gorgeous it took my breath away ... or perhaps it was the -8C temperatures? Let's stick with it being the scenery. I wasn't very chirpy prior to my arrival. We got up at 4am in Savannah to catch our two... Continue Reading →
I'm not really one for Valentine's Day. Neither is DD. But when I arrived at his place yesterday I was greeted with French champagne and a Vietnamese beef salad he'd made for our lunch. It made me very smiley. When the heat of the sun was gone, we went to the beach for a swim.... Continue Reading →
I was moaning about something crappy that happened around mid-February last year to a friend when she replied: "The downside to your blog is that your remember these dates." Ironically, the crappy thing that I was moaning about WASN'T on my blog. But while searching for my Doctor Who Valentine's Day post to put on... Continue Reading →
Wow DD did a lot of driving on our holiday. Fortunately he's super-zen, so it hardly flustered him at all (except when I was behind the wheel). After his conference finished in Florida, I sent us on a six-hour road trip to Savannah for the weekend (via the Kennedy Space Center and St Augustine) with... Continue Reading →
Remember the time I accidentally booked myself and my ex-hubby into a disabled motel called The Wheels Resort for holiday? Extra-spacious bathrooms and a nice, handy ramp into the pool, but a bit shag-on-a-rocky rather than shag-a-lotty. Well, it happened again, this time with DD, in a little Florida town called St Augustine. Disabled bathrooms... Continue Reading →
One of the things I was most excited about doing on my holiday was visiting The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios in Orlando. I've spent much of the kids' childhoods reading them the books and watching the movies together over and over. One of our most memorable childhood moments with the eldest... Continue Reading →
Despite dating for more than 16 months, DD and I had never spent more than 48 hours together until recently. Work, kids, dogs and distance usually keep our time together to a minimum. So, when DD mentioned he was heading to his annual work conference in Florida, I asked/begged/pleaded to tag along. I figured one... Continue Reading →
As if anything would run smoothly when HouseGoesHome headed off on holiday. The dramas started the moment I woke up on the morning of my flight and discovered the dogs had "upset tummies" - they'd defiled virtually every square centimetre of the lounge room floor. Yay! Then, two hours before the cab was due to... Continue Reading →
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