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Pyjama time

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

It’s getting cooler here and I’ve pulled out my autumn/winter pyjamas. This morning I had a paper to finish editing and I did it my PJs. In fact I’m writing this in my PJ’s too. And you know what? It feels so good. A little wicked (I wasn’t brought up to go to work in […]

Back on track…or thereabouts

Sunday, August 29th, 2010

The tumult of yesterday has blown over. I managed to have a gin and tonic, a bath and an early night, so woke early with a new perspective on life – thankfully! Today the rain has stopped, so I put on a dress and went to church, after which I met my husband (the non […]

The hardest job in the world

Saturday, August 28th, 2010

Do you ever have those days when you just don’t seem to get anything done? There are a ton of things I could do, but nothing has a deadline of tomorrow and I’m in one of those moods where it just isn’t happening. Not at all. I’m all over the place, totally aimless and achieving […]

The dog days of summer….

Friday, August 27th, 2010

Summer is drawing to a close. School is back and the mornings are darker. The first leaves are falling from the Rowan tree in front of our house. Each hot day is treated as a surprise and appreciated like gold dust….maybe it is the last one … This year we are all feeling a little […]

Am I a 1950’s housewife?

Sunday, August 22nd, 2010

Recently I’ve been reading Colin Beavan’s book ‘No Impact Man’. It’s about his attempts to live for a year without impacting on the environment. It’s really rather good and last night even made me go onto Amazon and various other sites to delete my shopping basket contents. (And anything that stops me from making late […]