30 in 2005

I'm 21 with 15 years experience. I think this kind of thinking and the chopping off of my hair are certain signs of a mid-life crisis. ...

Tomorrow is my 36th birthday. And I cannot for the life of me think of 36 things to say in one coherent post so I thought a nice little ramb...

I am a realist and I usually tell it like it is. In fact my friend M and I once had a conversation where she said that she would never say i...

1. On some introspection I have decided that I don't dislike spiders. Especially small harmless ones. What I do dislike are the cobwebs....

1. A 'reveal' so long in the making that all very bored parties have left the stadium. 2. As pristine as this looks in the picture,...

The In-between: This is when the appliances arrived and the new floor (a soft ivory travatine) was being laid. The very small dining area...

The In-between: This is the picture of the shell of the kitchen. With the units and appliances pulled out, part of the floor removed and t...

The before: There is nothing wrong with this kitchen besides the fact that it is bog standard (not always a bad thing) and plain boring (i...

In the 5 and something years that I have pretended not to care about people not reading this blog I have never changed the template. I tried...

1. I've left my job. Of 5 years. Taken a career break as it were. 2. From tomorrow I am not just a full-time mum, I'm a hands on m...

1. My head has been messed up for many months now about a variety of things I don’t wish to share here. ...

Oh March, am I glad to see you or what! In February I was lost for words. I make no apologies or excuses for this, just state it for posteri...

My grandfather died last Thursday. He was an incredible man, definitely the patriarch of the family, the standard to which all others in ...

Dudes, this year has not started well at all. At the end of last year my parents lost a family friend and at the beginning of this we lost a...

I first learnt about death when our dog died - I was just about to enter my teens. I only understood its permanence and the meaning of abse...

Hello New Year! I'm still here! I'm still here? Yes! Really? I promise. To do better? One can only try! Please try hard, ok? Will yo...

This is post 365 - a pretty poor showing for a blog that's been around since before I turned 30. Maybe it's a sign that this is not ...

We are not christian but so many of our friends and neighbours are that we celebrate with enthusiasm. The Fernandes's, the Kurien's,...

Ok so I'm not doing a travelogue because this place has been done and done again many times over by people far better equipped and verbo...

1. I wish I could say that it's the snow and freezing weather that's kept me from blogging, but really it's just sheer unadulter...