In less than a week I’m having 14 people over to my house for Christmas dinner. We’ll toast the day and the season, give thanks for family and friends. The table will be laden with lots of yummy Christmas food, our glasses will be full and afterward, there will be much relaxing on numerous couches positioned in…
‘Tis the season. My life is jam-packed full of ‘stuff’ at present; some important, some annoying, some minor and of course, other stuff that is just downright bloody ridiculous. We all seem to have this kind of ‘stuff’ in our lives, don’t we? Especially in December. My mind is working in bullet point form today so here a few thoughts about some of…
Okay, I’ll admit it. I was supposed to be Christmas shopping this morning. I didn’t mean to go wandering through those furniture shops imagining how fabulous all those lovely things would look in my house. Really, I didn’t. And I only ended up buying a table runner so the damage wasn’t too bad. I can always go Christmas…
I live in a male-dominated household. Three sons, one husband, one dog. It’s like total bloke city here. The only splash of pink in an all-blue landscape comes from me. Sometimes it feels like I’m trapped in one of those American frat houses; the noise level is loud, toilet humour rules, household cleaning (by them) is virtually non-existent and the television is permanently…
“Can you believe it? Christmas will be here in less than 6 weeks!” I overheard Chirpy Blonde Chick gleefully impart this little gem to Mini Skirt Mum while grocery shopping the other day. MSM’s reaction was to smile serenely as she caressed the heads of her two perfectly behaved toddlers. “Oh, I know!” she gloated. ” I only have one more present…
I love watermelon. Nothing says ‘summer’ to me more than a refreshing mouthful of its rosy pink flesh, served straight from the fridge, sliced and ready to eat. Absolutely delish! The boys and I enjoyed a huge melon feast after arriving home from school yesterday. The weather was hot, we were all sweaty after the trip home and…
I love Sunday. It’s my favorite day of the week. And this morning it is especially lovely; blue skies, sunshine and a warm breeze. Hence the reason I decided to eat breakfast outside. Bliss! Adding to the ambience, my unknown guitar-playing neighbour is practising a new piece of music this morning. It’s a wonderful soundtrack for the start of my…
I’m a closet list maker. Are you? There’s not a day goes by that I don’t have a hastily scribbled list of things I need/want/would like to do during the day. And while I don’t always get everything done on that list, I figure I’m less likely to forget it if I write it down. I have all kinds of…
Crikey. Who’d want to be booked on a Qantas flight right now? Thousands of people all over the globe have been caught short, unwittingly becoming casualties of a long-running industrial dispute between management of Australia’s national carrier, Qantas and several of the workers unions here. Through no fault of their own, passengers have found themselves…
Never has a game of rugby been so hotly anticipated by so many. Who would be the Rugby World Cup champions for 2011 – Les Bleus or the All Blacks? From Auckland to Avignon, Peru to Port Elizabeth rugby fans across the globe gathered en masse, either at Eden Park or tuned in via the nearest…
Meet Sarah!
Former wild-child of the 80’s, she’s GenX and proud of it. Lives for music concerts, travel that features plane tickets, and lifting heavy at the gym. Forever planning to write more. Friends and family are everything, as are NZ’s All Blacks. Rather partial to a cheeky glass of Pino.
