Last Days & Quotes to Remember
Well, today is my 2nd last day at my current job. All of a sudden, I am filled with sentimentality about a workplace I have been miserable in for the last two years. I will miss some of my workmates...
View ArticleBe good to YOU
Sometimes things just don’t work out. Take craft for example – most of the time I think I can rustle something up that looks ok, doesn’t embarrass me and that most people would think was alright....
View Article2013 – The Year That Was
2013. Twenty Thirteen. What a year. A horrible, horrible year in many ways, but also a year of great highs and small wonders. My marriage broke up and I nearly did too but I have carried on, amid...
View ArticleCleaning is a “sometimes” activity, right?
I was supposed to be cleaning my house today. It has become quite feral due to me being a.) unwell this week, b.) out a lot this week and c.) just plain lazy and too prone to distraction (every week)....
View ArticleKeep your friends close…
The old saying of “keep your friends close and your enemies closer” may well ring true for a lot of people, but I prefer to shorten it to “keep your friends close”, or, better yet, just “keep your...
View ArticleLife Hack Advice
Feeling a bit down in the dumparoo today. Found out some upsetting news last night (news that shouldn’t upset me now that I am all independent and “moving on”and being strong and having respect for...
View ArticleRIP John (or, A Lesson in Expectations)
Last week I had some sad news : a friend of mine, John, had died suddenly over the weekend. I was in shock for a few days. It didn’t seem right or fair or even possible. How could this happen? He...
View ArticleProcrastination, I am Your Queen
I wasted today. Which is better than saying “I AM wasted today”, I suppose. However, it is still bad. I am too old to be wasting time. Frittering it away. Getting distracted (in fact, as an...
View ArticleFiddle Faffing
fid·dle-faf·fle (fĭd′l-făf′l) n. Nonsense. To fritter away one’s time; dally. Nothing sums up what I did on the weekend better than the term “fiddle-faffing”. Whilst it is true that I was quite busy...
View ArticleQuote for the Day : Rest
“…Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of...
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