This is not a post about my slippers per se. Don’t get me wrong. I have a pair of slippers that I adore. A pair of Uggs that were a much craved after Christmas present two years ago. But it dawned on me this week that I am living in my slippers.
Musings
Ranty Friday — Boasts
Not people boasting about stuff, that one-up-manship that men do in the pub but on Ranty Friday this week I am talking about something I read a lot: Estate Agents’ details. You know the ones I am talking about, don’t you? You don’t? Let me give you some examples: “This property is in a residential location” — well no shit Sherlock. Where would it be? In the middle of an
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Musings
Rewinding the clock
Rewinding the clock Wouldn’t you like to rewind sometimes? To push the pause button and rewind a bit? To get to a point where you think “I could do with rewinding the clock, just a little bit” and being able to do it a bit. Or a lot? When I think about finding a photo for this week’s theme on The Gallery the first thing that springs to mind
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Musings
The Little Book of Big Wisdom
They say that the best things come in small packages. Well I do when people take the mickey out of me only being 5’4 and now shorter than two of the teens. Three if youngest is wearing her spiky shoes. So when a little book landed on my doorstep called The Little Book of Big Wisdom I was intrigued.
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Musings
Ranty Friday — Lord Rennard
Right before we go any further this rant is not about him, nor am I making any comment about him. So if you are thinking of suing me for libel you can forget it. What am I talking about is my understanding of events this week. A case of sexual harrassment against him is dismissed due to lack of evidence. Now. Another thing to get straight here. This does not
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Exploring
The Gallery — Something Beautiful
They say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, don’t they? And true beauty in the eye of this beholder is natural. The things that I find most beautiful are the things that occur naturally. Or are au naturel. I don’t find Katie Price particularly beautiful when she is full make up, back combed hair and pouting. But the pics of her in riding gear, hair back
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Musings
Sport Relief Launch Day
is today!! Today is the day that all their plans for 2014 are revealed. And I just wanted to give you, my lovely readers, a heads up on some of things on their website: Sport Relief There is much excitement and chatter about an episode of Only Fools and Horses being shown soon as it features DAVID BECKHAM *runs round with pants on head*. The “Lovely David” as the gorgeous
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Musings
FA Cup Dreams
Everyone knows about the FA Cup. Don’t they? It’s one of those iconic things that you recognise whenever you see it. Children dream of their team winning it. Players dream of lifting it. And whilst they all dream about it and think about it, it is always just out of reach.
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Musings
Ranty Friday — B&Q Again
To date I have not had to blog about the same rant twice on Ranty Friday. I blog, I get it out of my system and I calm down again. Or whatever it was I was ranting about get resolved and that is the end of that. Not this week though The reason I spotted the gift cards in B&Q that made me rant last week was because we
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Musings
The Gallery — New
I look out of the living room window at this time of year and vow that we will get our garden sorted this year. There is nothing really wrong with it, it just needs a bit of tlc. And at this time of year it looks even more neglected than usual. The grass is too long, there are leaves from the trees on the grass, there are weeds, it just
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Supporting
#TeamHonkRelay
This time last year I was knee deep in #SecretThing. My immediate family knew that I was off to Ghana with Comic Relief with Annie and Penny, but nobody else. The suspense was killing me and as Sport Relief and the Great British Bake Off aired I got incredibly emotional. We watched as Lorraine Pascal went to the Virtuous Women’s Bakery knowing that a fortnight we would be there too.
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Musings
Ranty Friday — Stereotyping
Ranty Friday is back baby. Not with a bang but more with a grrrrrrr. It didn’t feel right that my first post of the year would be a Ranty Friday so I skipped last week. And to be honest I didn’t have anything in mind until we went to B&Q at the weekend. C had hardly got her car off the drive en route to her new flat before