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ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST

Until now, I was too discouraged to write about my latest experience with male inconsistancy, but now time has mellowed my rage to resignation towards what I probably should have recognised as the inevitable outcome of getting involved with a man who...

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Tags: Men

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26 août 2008

SUNDAY ON MY MIND

After leaving fiston and his family at Luton airport on Sunday, I went to meet muscle man for the first time...sod's law had it that the heavens opened as we arrived in Luton and I was soaking wet and freezing cold in my flimsy little top and open shoes...

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Tags: Men

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25 juillet 2008

MAMMA MIA!

I went to see the film version of Mamma Mia! last week and what a blast!!!! I laughed, I cried, I sang, I danced about on my seat. Meryl Streep and Pierce Bronson as the middle aged lovers reclaiming their youth were sexy and bursting with life; Colin...

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Tags: Films

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16 janvier 2009

DO YOU BELIEVE IN FATE?

When things go wrong for the nth time, when you begin to think you really are a black cat - no, you're not ceskina;-) - do you still manage to believe that it's all for the best because somewhere along the line you know fate is waiting for you to give...

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Tags: Men

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23 janvier 2009

GONE AT LAST

For years I've had a small cyst on my lower eyelid, a tiny blemish that became a huge carbuncle in my minds eye, nobody else could see it, but whenever I looked in the mirror that's ALL I could see...stupid aren't we when we get something stuck in our...

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Tags: Health

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26 janvier 2009

'SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE'

120 minutes of pure Bollywood splendour! A young boy gets on to the Indian version of 'Who wants to be a Millionaire' and wins the top 20,000,000 rupee prize, but he's suspected of cheating and is taken to the police station and subjected to beatings...

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Tags: Films

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27 janvier 2009

MONEY TALKS

No, actually, money screams! The matriarch has had her last three eye appointments cancelled and replaced with one in April, which would have made her more than a year overdue for her AMD check-up...in the meantime, her good eye has been getting progressively...

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Tags: Health

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29 janvier 2009

WEIGHT WATCHERS WEEK 16

Well I really haven't been good this week and on top of that I've been ill, so I wasn't really expecting to lose anything... but I did: Minus 750g I think my metabolism has really started to burn now, it's understood that it's never going to be starved...

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Tags: Diet

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2 février 2009

KLEENEX

It may have been a little unbelievable, a little mini-melo, but 'Seven Pounds', with Will Smith as a man looking for redemption after causing the deaths of seven people in a car crash, had me sobbing last night. Hand over mouth, chest heaving, tears cascading...

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Tags: Films

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28 août 2008

MY HERO

Thank you, thank you, thank you Tesco breakdown service. There I was stuck miles from home as night was falling and along came Terry, my hero. He gave me a lift in his breakdown truck and had me up and running within one hour of my first frantic telephone...

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19 décembre 2008

WEIGHT WATCHERS WEEK 11

Well, I was aiming for 2½ lb this week, but I didn't do it, I'm the same as I was last week, so that's a disappointment. I suppose I should be happy that I didn't put any on given the week I've had. On a much sadder note, my meeting in Walmer closed its...

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Tags: Diet

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24 avril 2009

PERFECT PARENTS?

Why is it that there are some people we just love to hate? Coming back on the Seacat from Cherbourg on Monday, golfer and I had the (very dubious) pleasure of sitting next to the perfect textbook parents. Her: scruffy and unkept in a t-shirt and track...

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Tags: Social comment

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25 juillet 2009

WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES

Last year I cancelled my birthday...this year it's been the best ever. I have a lovely new home, I'm living with one of the rare men that isn't a tosser (you did it golfer...), I've cracked the weight problem with the help of everyone around me, and having...

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Tags: Birthdays

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21 septembre 2009

WHAT ARE THE CHANCES?

Golfer and I wanted to smarten our new building up and obtained a budget of £50 for pictures from the freeholder, Pinnacle...so off we went to the charity shops in search of bargins. And there, a lovely picture for just £4.50 in the first shop we came...

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Tags: Fan-anne

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9 novembre 2009

VANITY SIZING

Having dug out all my old clothes that were too small and raided the matriarch's wardrobe, I have noticed that sizes have expanded over the past ten years...the old size 14 waistbands are approximately 10cm smaller than they are today and the hips are...

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Tags: Social comment

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19 février 2010

YOU'VE GOT WHAT?

...Shingles! Yep, it's chicken pox for over 50s people that have already had chicken pox...for crying out loud, isn't it enough that we have to have all those childhood illnesses without them coming back to haunt us in later life; I tell you, this growing...

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Tags: Health

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6 novembre 2017

REALLY!!

Fifteen months ago I applied for my pension from France...15 months! and I still have nothing. I call and call and call and write and write and email and email, but nothing. On Friday I got another number to call from the Normandy faction: the International...

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Tags: Crazy world

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13 novembre 2017

FIRST EVER PILATES CLASS

Size twenty thighs squeezed into size 14 leggings, check. Trendy trainers, check. Loose fitting, very long top, check. Yoga mat, check. Courage firmly in my two hands, check. I'm ready for my first ever Pilates class and am hoping that as it's an over...

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Tags: Getting fitter

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24 juin 2018

EVENING WITH NEIGHBOURS

We had a nice evening yesterday sitting in the back garden taking in the last of the summer sun: dips and crisps, vodka, wine, fish 'n chips and a lovely summer fruit salad with cream. I have to admit that were it not for Golfer I wouldn't even know the...

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Tags: Friends

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27 juin 2018

STIRRING UP THE PAST

So, I had my first hypnotherapy session today and was not prepared for the emotions it stirred up. I'm not one for looking backwards, but as she wanted some background I started to tell her about my life...by the time I'd finished I'd lost the will to...

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Tags: Moving on

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24 juillet 2008

ROAST LAMB AND MINT SAUCE

I'm pleased with myself! Knowing how much my girl loves lamb and roast potatoes like grandad used to do them, I've pulled off a master stroke: I've bought half a lamb from a farm for £27!! When you think that two lamb chops cost £4 in the shops, I've...

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25 juillet 2008

WARNING

When I am an old woman I shall wear purpleWith a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me.And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer glovesAnd satin sandals, and say we've no money for butter.I shall sit down on the pavement when I'm tiredAnd...

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18 août 2008

SENILITY OR SETUP

Baby sis reckons I invited her and her fella round for spagbol tonight...only trouble is I haven't got the faintest recollection of doing any such thing! She reckons I'm senile. I reckon I've been set up by this little lad who after being taken round...

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12 septembre 2008

PAY IT FORWARD

Seems we're playing with Frenchie folks, to get the present that she's promised me (within 365 days!) I have to promise a present to the first three people that leave a message on this blog. Not saying what it will be, could be big, could be small, could...

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3 novembre 2008

ANY THOUGHTS ON CHRISTMAS?

Do any of you know what you're doing at Christmas yet? Baby sis and I are planning a themed Caribbean Christmas with Pina Coladas, rum punch, sarongs, sunglasses, Reggae music and typical Jamaican food...will any of you be able to join us? Do you have...

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