Holiday fun
Well, the Easter break has come and gone for another year and I can start going about my business as usual. I’ve managed to notch up another successful yearly mission in keeping a low profile amidst...
View ArticlePhotomania
Well the day finally came recently for our photo shoot. I’d had this organised for ages and my husband wasn’t getting out of it, despite his aversion to any type of recording or digital photographic...
View ArticleMT trenches revisited, again.
Another week in the MT trenches is now over and done with and I can hear the collective sigh of relief from various family members as I toss my leg over the armrest of my favourite TV-viewing armchair....
View ArticleSmell city
I’m into smells. No, not the bad smells that waft from my bathroom occasionally or from my son’s running socks – I’m talking about the pleasant smells of home-made soy candles laced with essential oils...
View ArticleHome alone
I recently had to go away to Melbourne to attend a conference being held by the company that I contract my medical transcription services to. To not attend wouldn’t have been a bad thing but getting...
View ArticleAds of nauseum part 4
Hands up who likes ads? No takers? Welcome to my world. Once upon a time, many light years ago in my dim, dark past – I actually liked ads. They were informative, colourful and were generally based...
View ArticleMuch ado about what?
It all started innocently enough. A comment or two on our Facebook community page about the problem of excessive mozzies on the island and some semi-helpful advice about what to do to eradicate the...
View Article… and the saga continues…
It all kicked off.. as per previous posting.. with the rather innocuous subject of a few mozzies and methods of eradication in the local area and quickly blew out into a standoff between the island...
View ArticleThe renovation run
The last two-and-a-bit weeks have been a testament to my resilience while under duress, my tact, my dedication to the cause and my patience. My mother will probably argue in regard to my habitual and...
View ArticleSo, what of it?
I think about a lot of things. How things work, why things are the way they are, where we come from. I read books on evolution and ancient man and subscribe to Darwin’s theory of evolution. Having...
View ArticlePersonality plus
Well, my drug trials begin soon. Not the kind that involve a criminal court and an angry mob, I’m talking about the needle-in-the-vein, guinea-pig-experimentation kind. And I’m the guinea pig. I’m...
View ArticleThe chicken run
I was back at the hospital recently picking up the much-anticipated trial drugs from the endocrinology department. I am not a fan of many hospitals, this one in particular. There were too many bad...
View ArticleThe credit shuffle
My son recently tried to expand his trust horizons and hit me up for my credit card number to make a purchase because he didn’t have a credit card. The statement that he would pay me back after my...
View ArticleThe week from hell…
I’m recovering slowly from the week-that-shat-itself with a minor migraine and a stiff drink of diet coke. I managed to sail a little too close to the metaphorical mind snap this week and it is a...
View ArticleFly me
I’ve finally bitten the bullet and gotten myself a passport after 15 years of subtle pleading and a bit less-subtle harassment from my other half. I’m still not sure that I want to physically get in a...
View ArticleDogs and me
I’ve been lucky enough to have had the company of a few dogs over the years. Each and every one of them has enriched my life in some way and taught me a thing or two about loyalty and love. Whoever...
View ArticleTravel bug bites
It’s been a while. Between illness, travelling and new hobbies I haven’t given much thought to writing this blog. Although I should. I have been asked more than once to keep this blog going and so I...
View ArticleThe Black Dog
I watched a program on television recently that dealt with the issue of suicide and mental illness and how prevalent it is amongst our younger generation. Don’t get me wrong. Suicide and mental...
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