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Enervated
MAN, I am TIRED.This filthy, stinking, pooping weather (yes, I said 'pooping' - I don't feel that I should unleash my more, er, fruity language in a blog post). I just feel ENERVATED. Isn't that a...
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Milestones
Who would have thought it would be so difficult to blog without internet access?Ha ha.It's fun to play house but I am really missing being online - it's actually quite frightening how dependent I am on...
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High Five for Friday
1/ A billion years after everyone else, slowly but surely my mother is learning how to text (although I got a bit freaked out when she put a winking face - ;-) - in one of her texts... that's just not...
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Driving Miss Daisy
A couple of weeks ago my landlord/ friend/ surrogate-father-figure/ sort-of-older-brother-type-person had an operation on his knee. [Sigh. It's no good, none of those labels really works or explains...
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It's my birthday...soon
So, as the title of this post suggests, it will soon be my birthday.29.Hmm.I'm not one of those people that gets freaked out about getting old not much but I am aware that I am now fast approaching the...
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The List
So, you got to read about my birthday wish list.Hope it was fun for you, because today I'm going to tell you what I actually asked for. It's exciting. Firstly, I did actually ask for a new wing mirror...
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In no particular order.
Well, hello there!Goodness, what a bad blogmother I have been, leaving this little part of the world wide web lost like nobody's bairn. Sorry. The trouble is, I'm having great difficulty in recalling...
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A rare occurrence
Today I finally had enough. I reached the point of no return and had to give in and book a haircut. This is a rare occurrence for me - almost at the once-in-a-blue-moon point (ok, I lie, I'm not that...
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London 2012: Week 1
I've now been at home for just under a week, spending time with two of my brothers and my parents as well as hosting my Scottish family for a few days. It's been fun. On Monday we headed off to the...
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Unlucky for some
My second foray into Olympic excitement came in the form of Beach Volleyball tickets - DPB's family had one spare so, deciding that one could not attend too many Olympic events, I jumped at the chance...
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High Five for Friday!
I haven't done High Five for Friday for a couple of weeks, so here it goes:1/ Driving back to England through the hills around MoffatLoch Skeen2/ Discovering a new bookshop near DPB's flat3/ My cat...
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An ode to Waitrose
If you've read any of my other posts you'll know that I'm a bit of a country bumpkin (a bit? a lot).DPB is Mr London Man (yes, that's what 'DPB' is short for).It's an interesting combo. As it was the...
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All things Downton
One of the consolations for the end of summer (I know, I'm being a little premature here) is the slow stream of teasers and adverts for TV's autumn schedule. The most exciting of these? Downton Abbey,...
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Prints please
While I'd love to say that I can exist happily without things it is perfectly obvious that this is not the truth. Who doesn't love a bit of retail therapy?With a non-existent budget for anything,...
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En Vacances...
I've just returned from a blissful 4-day holiday in Dorset - no mobile reception, no internet, no computers, no internet oh, I've already said that. It was a pretty intense experience, to be honest -...
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In which we return from Paris and I prove that I'm still alive.
You might be forgiven for thinking that DPB and I decided to stay in Paris forever and that I might never blog again, but luckily you'd be wrong (about the blogging bit. The Paris bit would be...
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An ability to procrastinate is a wonderful thing. Discuss.
It's a beautiful sunny day here, yet thanks to my exceptional ability to procrastinate, I am forced to sit inside and work on job applications and funding proposals with only the cat for company.And...
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Back to School.
A slightly misleading title, because Scottish schools go back in August and I haven't been to school since the early years of this millennium, but you get the idea.The town has filled up with new and...
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Life's a beach
Yesterday I borrowed Mr C's ex-racehorse (Polly was - surprise, surprise - out of action)and headed to the beach for a gallop.It was spectacular. Despite the sun and blue skies, it was a chilly,...
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You know you'll never be a style blogger when...
... you get emails about waterproof clothing, find them quite interesting...... and then write about them.Hmm...p.s. I love my waterproof trousers (I have two pairs). Just so's you know.And yes -...
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