Before I graduated from university money was tight. My adult life, until shortly before I got married, was spent not spending money. No, really. Money…
I am now officially a marathon finisher! Can you believe it? No, neither can I. Today’s feat went much, much better than I expected. And…
A couple of nights before we had services for Paul in England*, a woman I know told me a story about feathers. She said when…
Last August I wrote a post titled Plus One, and for the months between then and now my life was thrown into this weird world…
I made my way up to Spokane today for my biometrics appointment as part of my visa application for The Big Move to Scotland. You…
Let me [re]introduce myself: I am Frances – version 3.x. And, much like all of us, I am still in beta. And now you may be wondering…
It’s Friday Eve and my foster daughter had a visit with her mum meaning I was on my own for dinner with plenty of time…
My lovely foster daughter is getting ready for a major life change and I’m amazed at how well she’s handling it. (Or how well she’s…
It’s been a bad day. It started good, but then something happened that caused me to come crashing down. I could tell you what that something…
Well, folks, the Bloomsday 12K results are in. But I’m going to get all melancholy for a bit before I get to that part. You…
Grief is one of those things you can’t really explain to someone who hasn’t gone through it. Even those of us who’ve experienced extreme grief…
One of the many tests my doctor ran as part of my annual exam last week was a vitamin D screening. She was worried that…
I have these conversations in my head where I shout at myself for being so stressed and unhappy and apathetic, then I tell myself to…
Somewhere in the Central Cascades is a small, rural village nestled in the trees. Through the centre of the community is the main street, home…
I spent an hour or so transferring my old floppy disks onto my external hard drive today and was very pleased with myself for managing…
My friend posted a list of 100 random things her daughter wrote about herself out of boredom and I thought I’d give it a shot…
Since my foster daughter had a social engagement this afternoon, I took advantage of the kid-less time to get some miles in on the gym’s…
I’ve been noticing in recent weeks that I’m not eating enough and I need to work on that. Before Paul died my diet and exercise…
This post started as a long ramble about how my [hopefully temporary] malaise got the better of me and I gave up on my silly…
As 2010 draws to a close, I find myself reflecting on the past year. And if I’m honest, I have to admit that it was…