I was going to write a post about my first day of classes, but in typical student fashion, I just can’t be bothered. So instead,…
I love olives. They are very much a part of my life. Olives for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Olives for tacos and nachos and pizza. Olives…
It would seem that I’m not very good at this whole blogging thing of late, and I apologise for that. I suppose that it has…
Today I had lunch with a couple of ladies from the state’s foster care office – one was the woman who licenced me and Paul nearly three…
I have happy things to share with the world. Things that include cats in boxes, pretty little visas, and the continuing success of selling my…
[Note: This post has nothing to do with phones or other technology.] Just before bedtime on Sunday I started to feel a bit of a…
To make up for my last few sad(ish) posts, here’s a happy one for you (times three)! Happy #1: I sent off the forms and…
I am counting down the days until The Big Move takes place. Not in exact days mind you, because I won’t buy my ticket until…
It has been an emotionally and physically exhausting couple of days. From an out-of-the-blue emotional crash on Friday, to mark the anniversary of my marriage…
I think that one of the worst things about the life of an expat or repat is dealing with food let-downs. Or is that just…
A lot has changed since I got my first pair of glasses nearly 30 years ago. (That’s glasses as in specs, not drinking vessels, to…
Moving 6,000 miles away means finally clearing out drawers that have long been left cluttered. It also means finding things that you vaguely remember maybe…
It’s another list day. Yay! Today’s list is 10 things I’ve not done in more than a year but that I am going to work…
People bond over the strangest things. Take, for example, my foster daughter and my ANT* Elizabeth (AE) who met for the first time on Sunday.…
Maybe you’ve heard me say it before, but when Paul died people said some pretty stupid things to me. And maybe you’ve also heard me…
Well, it’s been a week since my foster daughter planted her fairy garden and I have to say I was sceptical as to if anything…
This will be a short post, Dear Reader, because I am very sleepy and am going to be early. But I wanted to let you…
I was meant to be scanning old newspaper clippings this evening. But then I got sidetracked playing with Photoshop. So, I guess I’ll need to…
This will be a short post – or rather, a short public service announcement – because I am using my Dad’s netbook as I am unable to get online…
Like most kids, I played Hopscotch growing up. It was a great game and really only required a piece of chalk. And since they used…