Tag Archives: Life
It’s Been A Ruff Week
Archie, the newly adopted Kelpie cross, has brutally assassinated one of my Peter Alexander purple sheepskin boots a mere two days after arriving here. With the fluff lust still raging inside him, he has gone on to hunt and disembowel … Continue reading
Wax on, wax off.
It’s been a while. Not since the last ill-fated winter escape to Fiji, had I professionally denuded the pasty pins. As we hoisted ourselves from the winter couch and crawled back towards the prospective light of sunnier days, I got … Continue reading
What dreams may come?
“You’d better find the vision board and buy a lotto ticket”, declares the man who finds these invocations to the Universe about as credible as ouija boards. My first attempt at a vision board was assembled at a team bonding … Continue reading
Posted in Family
Tagged Alfa Romeo, cars, hipsters, humor, humour, lake Como, Life, lotto, ouija board, real estate, vision boards
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Cruising with George
I ‘m no fan of cruise ships. The Poseidon Adventure, Gilligan’s Island and The Love Boat all seemed to me to be perfectly valid reasons to avoid a floating holiday. Many of the contemporaries of my youth disagreed, however and … Continue reading
Posted in humor, Travel
Tagged cruise ships, Europe, George, humour, Life, murano glass beads, travel
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Turning of the stone
Our honeymoon surpassed all my expectations. It was extraordinarily enjoyable and we shared many wonderful experiences. But it’s me we’re talking about – it was never going to be entirely without incident now, was it? You may recall the unfortunate … Continue reading
Posted in humor, relationships, Travel
Tagged honeymoon, humour, kidney stones, Life, relationships, travel
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The Spa Treatment
I’m a sucker for a day spa. Give me a gift voucher with a spa menu to choose from and I’m one happy lady. I’m getting my Zen on from the moment I enter and some softly spoken, smiley young … Continue reading
Learning The Hard Way 