the end was just the beginning
I'm just back from the most gorgeous mini-break, but ... IT WASN'T LONG ENOUGH!!!!! Why couldn't it have been one day longer? Why??? DD and I were just getting all zen and relaxed ... and then we had to come home again. Boo. Hiss. It was lovely and breezy where we were staying. It's obscenely... Continue Reading →
This celebrity Christmas post is tinged with sadness because on Christmas Day in the U.K., the world lost George Michael too soon. As I write this there aren't many details available, but just last month his team wrote on Instagram that he was putting the finishing touches on a documentary to be released in March... Continue Reading →
I hope you have the most lovely weekend with friends, family, loved ones ... I'm heading off on a blogging break ... although, I've said that before and not managed to tear myself away. But I'm going to try really hard not to touch a keyboard for a week. It's been a long, busy year... Continue Reading →
You are kind. You are smart. You are important. Those famous words from The Help are beautiful reinforcements of self-worth. But I've been thinking a better mantra might be ... You are kind. You are smart. Everyone is important. It's been on my mind ever since I overheard that man on the escalator say: "That... Continue Reading →
I've been stickybeaking at celebrity living rooms and their Christmas trees on Instagram, so I thought I'd share the joy. It also gives you a break from my daily waffling. Though you're probably wondering how the eldest's airport pick-up went ... I didn't cry ... she was slightly giddy with exhaustion and her haul of... Continue Reading →
My eldest daughter arrives home from her school band tour of California this morning. My ex and I are heading to the airport to collect her soon. I'm presuming the trip went well, going by the photographs I saw on the P&C's Facebook page. I received two brief text messages from her while she was... Continue Reading →
Have you seen Madonna's Woman of the Year award speech from the 2016 Billboard Women in Music event? My Facebook feed was filled with raves all weekend. I can't get it out of my mind - it brought tears to my eyes watching it again this morning. Madonna totally let loose on the sexism -... Continue Reading →
I spat the dummy around lunchtime yesterday. I was SOOOOOOOOO freaking over painting my freaking house. And the ceiling STILL looks like absolute shite. I suspect it looks like absolute shite because I didn't put the lid back on the paint can properly, so the paint has gone a weird consistency from the air getting... Continue Reading →
My boss asked me recently if I missed editing magazines. Yesssssss. Of course. Very much. And no. I survived some pretty miserable years in that world. Happily, that's all ancient history ... but it doesn't stop me thinking about what I'd do with a weekly magazine if I got my hands on it. Not that anyone... Continue Reading →
Sometimes its the little things in life that can be the most lovely. I needed a surf fix earlier this week, so I arranged to meet DD at the beach after work. I got there early and settled onto the sand to watch the waves while I waited for him. When he arrived, he was... Continue Reading →
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