Seven days seems like a long time having not put fingers to keyboard here and I’ve missed it. Indeed, it has just been one of those most irritating sort of weeks where there has always been something demanding my immediate attention – leaving me absolutely no provision for carrying out any essential maintenance tasks such as eyebrow sculpting, moisturising elbows or engaging in full body exfoliation (my plan is…
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Cut above the rest
Not wishing to be rude about the individuals to which I am referring, but isn’t it refreshing when you meet someone genuinely a lot thicker than you? For me this is a fairly rare event seeing that I am blonde and from Reading, but a trip to the hairdressers today left me feeling almost on…
And sew I am
Man I’m tired, although to be fair it is my fault! Last night, after quite a busy weekend, I sat down and attempted to produce some cushions for our newly decorated master suite and guest quarters with some left over curtain fabric I had. Being tired anyway, I managed to cut the material wonky, pricked…
What’s in a smell?
I don’t smell, and to be frank I am rather disappointed. Perhaps I should explain further…. I am a girl (I hope that didn’t come as a surprise), and like most girls I am partial to the odd splash of perfume every once in a while and very much enjoy buying/receiving little containers of unnaturally…
The coming of age…
On Sunday I turned 26 – a sadly unavoidable chronological event that, admittedly, I was putting off mentally for as long as possible. Having reached this grand old age however – as with previous birthdays, I feel relatively unchanged – albiet a little wiser after trapping my hair in the car door this morning, rendering…
A short break in the schedule
I’m going to disappear now until at least next Wednesday. As my friend Catherine kindly reminded me: ‘a neglected blog is the sign of a full life’. Seeing as I have blogged almost everyday since the birth of ALBD, I feel a short absence may be in order before I start being able to write…
The fate of Graham
Thursday 4th October 2007,11:27am. There is one mini muffin left in the box at work, One mini muffin all alone, I know it has calories in it I shouldn’t consume, but I’m desperate to give it a home. I’ve called it Graham – you see my thinking is, I won’t eat it if I think it…
Girl Flu
I have found something ultimately much worse than Man Flu. Girl Flu. For years women have poked fun at men for complaining at the slightest sniffle, for declaring themselves bed bound when prescribed lemsip, for fearing they have a pandemic disease with every cough and sneeze, or for feeling they can not go on in…
Goodbyes and Silliness
Today, another one is leaving us. This time it is my very good friend Catherine who has seen me through all sorts of crises both personal and work related, and I am only just coming to terms with not being able to see her every weekday as I have for the past two years. Instead Miss…
Eyes closed, deep breath, head down…GO!
As you may have gathered from the rather desperate plea below to Mr Savile, I have been approaching the start of the new academic year with enormous trepidation. Indeed, there is nothing like having 4 months of your own free time given back to you to remind you what it is like to lead a normal life again…