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Thursday June 20th 2013

‘Happy Days’ Archives

Middle age is a blessing. Apparently.

Middle age is a blessing.  Apparently.

So here's some good news for all you Gen Xers who are shoving back hard against the term middle age. A clever man in the UK has written a book about middle age and all the good things that go with it (and if you're 40ish you're middle [...]

Friday laugh

Yay.  The end of another working week.  So here's an oldie but a goodie to give you a good laugh.  Glad I clean up before the cleaning lady comes around.

Friday inspiration

Happy Friday everyone.  To set you up in the good mood you deserve to be in for the next three days check out this cute clip.  Normally I'm not a cat fan, but that could change.

I’m off the drink again. Wrong month. Again.

I’m off the drink again.  Wrong month. Again.

Gosh it seems like only yesterday that I gave up drinking in what I like to call Dry August. That was in 2010. Quite a long time ago. I stole the term Dry August from the Dry July campaign that ran the month before. I'm a little slow at catching on [...]

Prince Ken and Princess Barbie

Prince Ken and Princess Barbie

Oh, who am I kidding. I'm so thrilled. My favourite things--Prince William and Princess Kate combined with my other favourite things Ken and Barbie (ok, wine and champagne would be in the favourite thing mix, but it's not that sort of post [...]

Nerdy stuff for nerds

Nerdy stuff for nerds

I love to watch the SBS show Letters and Numbers. For the uninitiated it's a word creating and maths equation solving program. Rivetting? Not much, but if you tape it and cheat with the time it will stave off Alzheimers. Well that's how I'm [...]

Happy V Day

Happy V Day

In honour of Valentine's Day, I offer you the stupidest song ever. In the world. In history. Yes, it's Heart's All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You. Yep, the song that gave us the euphemism "we walked in the garden, we planted a seed". Oh the good old [...]

Oh dear

This is one for we girls. My he's lovely. Despite those tatts.  I've actually got no idea what he's selling.  Don't care either.

How to achieve your 2012 NY resolutions

How to achieve your 2012 NY resolutions

The following is my Gen X Girl column that appears in the Townsville Bulletin's Savvy magazine. Apparently the world is going to end this year so I’m a bit hesitant about making New Year’s resolutions. Seems a bit of a waste to deprive [...]

Why did the koala cross the road?

Why did the koala cross the road?

Look at this series of photos of a very cute koala who paid us a visit over the holidays.

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