‘Lifestyle’ Archives
Your domestic skills are wanting. So what?
OK, can you make a Victoria sponge? I can but big deal. What good is it to me unless I'm auditioning for Masterchef? Anyway if you can't don't worry. For you are one of a growing breed. A breed that is young mothers--young mothers without domestic [...]
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 [...]
So the rich lie, cheat and are greedy. Big surprise
My daily commute home involves me merging into fairly heavy traffic. Four times out of five I can pretty well guarantee that someone will let me in. I firmly believe that is because I am a courteous driver who let's people change lanes, enter from [...]
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 [...]
Oui, oui madame
Okay, my French could best be described as sucky. As I've mentioned before I'm really bad at it, but that doesn't stop me thinking that I can speak French when in France to real French people who have absolutely no idea what I'm talking about. It [...]
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 [...]
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.
Since when did eating out become so darn hard?
I don't know if it's an old person thing, but I'm getting really jacked off when I eat out lately. From being totally ignored when you stand at the please wait to be seated sign to being ignored when you are actually lucky enough to score a seat, [...]
A champion tantrum
Have you ever been so cranky that you just wanted to throw shit? Or smash stuff? Or just generally behave like an out of control temper tantrum throwing two year old? Well that's how I reckon Marcos Baghdatis was feeling right after he was beaten [...]
Oh school days
This image (click on it to increase size) came to me in one of those then and now emails that are doing the rounds. Interesting isn't it. And uncomfortable close to the truth. When did we take away our children's responsibilities and blame [...]
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