I Get What I Want…

I Get What I Want…

I Get What I Want! I wish this was some declaration of how life always turns out the way I had planned. No such luck unfortunately.  There are lots of things I want...some material, some emotional and some more altruistic and I fall woefully short most of the time in all three categories. Does that [...]

The Sun is Out…Must be Pimms O’Clock

The Sun is Out…Must be Pimms O’Clock

It's been a fun weekend so far and the great news is there is an extra day of it! \o/ It's Memorial Day weekend in the states and in the UK it's the Spring Bank Holiday. The weather was gorgeous yesterday but today is a little more overcast where I am. But the great news [...]

Ain’t Nothing Going on But the ‘Rents

Ain’t Nothing Going on But the ‘Rents

I have the parental units visiting this weekend. Oh the joy! No, really...it is a joy to see them. As I've written before my stepmother has Alzheimers and my father hasn't always dealt with it well. He's always been a man on a short fuse with a bark terrifying more scary than his bite and [...]

If You Were Born Without Wings, Do Nothing to Prevent Them Growing

If You Were Born Without Wings, Do Nothing to Prevent Them Growing

The title of this post is a quote from Coco Chanel. It's not always easy to avoid the things in life that clip your wings a little but how you deal with those situations and/or people will determine how quickly your wings recover and you feel ready to take flight again. Those scars and dents [...]

Sunday Trip to Calas Galadhon for Clawtooth Blogger Challenge

Sunday Trip to Calas Galadhon for Clawtooth Blogger Challenge

Many of you know I love good challenge and do several of the ones that Strawberry Singh sets for fellow bloggers on her blog. Berry shared a challenge yesterday from another blogger, Cajsa Lilliehook.  Firstly let's look at why Cajsa has invented this wonderful challenge. The creator of Clawtooth is the super talented Bubbles Clawtooth. [...]

Choosing Wisely

Choosing Wisely

The problem with knowing if you made the right decision about something is that you never know until it's too late. Whatever you did either succeeds or fails. Now, failure isn't always a bad thing...we learn from failures sometimes even more so than from the successes in life. Entrepreneurial Flair My boss at MadPea...the Queen [...]

A Bit of ‘How’s Your Father?’

A Bit of ‘How’s Your Father?’

While I was working on the pictures for this post I started to think about the playful terms and phrases we have in our vocabulary for sex. So, I figured I'd have a little romp through the words we use for a little 'rumpy pumpy'. I'm going to avoid the straight out adult terms and [...]