Category Archives: happy happy joy joy

Under pressure

After months (nay, years) of dilly-dallying around, the Crush emailed me the other day saying I’ve just booked flights. I fly in on Saturday evening at about 6ish and leave on Monday morning around 11ish. Is this ok? Well! What is one … Continue reading

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Weekend round up

…in pictures Cheese, rugby, laughter, friends, cute dogs and wine.

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In which I’m having too much fun to post

Yeah. Sorry about that. Work and life has conspired against me and I just don’t have the time to do anything more at the moment. But just in case you cared. In case you were worried… I’m have an awesome … Continue reading

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The Gallery: Playtime

Well, it’s about time I joined in, isn’t it? I know you lot have been doing it for years but I’ve finally decided to get with it (slightly late this week) and give Tara’s Gallery a go. This week the … Continue reading

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Catching up

It’s been a long time since I’ve written anything remotely interesting here. Apart from a couple of random rants, it’s been pretty quiet. Mainly because I’ve been having too much fun in the real world to think about writing it … Continue reading

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Sure! Let’s meet up! What’s your number?

These words were uttered with abandon. It was the first week of October, 2000. I was in a town I didn’t know, starting a whole new life (sound familiar?) and had the look of a springer spaniel about me (no, … Continue reading

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Pass the zimmerframe

The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is young – Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Grey (1891) I’ve been thinking a lot about getting old recently. I’ve been thinking about my parents … Continue reading

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I fall for the oldest trick in the book

You would think that, at my grand old age, I’d know a downright bad boy when I saw one. You’d think I’d know that, on reflection, it’s probably not a good idea to get involved (or attempt to get involved) … Continue reading

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Steep learning curves

I’ve been in Switzerland for nearly a week now and I can’t believe how quickly the time has flown by. How much has happened over the last 6 days. How much I think I’ve probably started to change. So what … Continue reading

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Sometimes I forget…

… that “real” friends of mine read this blog too (hello T). And then, when I remember (as I did this weekend when I received a text enquiring after “the crush”) I turn a hideous shade of puce and a … Continue reading

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