The most of me you will ever see

June 12, 2015 by 17 Comments

It’s my birthday today! Yeehah! I have survived 47 years. That’s a lot of surviving.

In honour of the fact that I have made it this far and because I love writing lists here is a list of 47 thoughts on my 47th birthday

  1. I am really glad I married my husband
  2. I did something right in raising my child. He is a magnificent person
  3. I really feel quite sanctimonious giving up sugar
  4. I would kill for a slice of birthday cake with icing sugar made with icing sugar and butter and the white of an egg (my favourite icing recipe)

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“She didn’t want to waste her husband”

March 17, 2015 by 1 Comment

Sometimes I pick the nail polish off my nails. It irritates my husband beyond compare and I never understood why – until I witnessed my dear friend Kerri doing it over lunch.

It lead us to talking about it – talking about all sorts of bad habits like nail peeling, nail biting, mindless eating, thumb sucking and eating your dead husband.

Have a look

Do you have any bad habits? Any habits of your friends or family that irritate you? Would you eat your deceased husband’s ashes so that you didn’t waste him?

 

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I need to diet so don’t tell me not to. Especially if you’re a size 8

March 12, 2015 by 27 Comments

I spend a lot of my time online, I read a lot about body acceptance and self love, I read about diet and nutrition mainly because I am always trying to improve mine. Sadly I have yet to find a diet that advocates eating toast and nutella and drinking sweet, milky tea everyday.

The one thing that I have noticed, perhaps as a broad generalisation, is that most of the people who are spouting the “love your self, you are worthy, drop the diet and learn to love your inner beauty” message are of a certain body type themselves. And, to be honest, I am quite sick and tired of size 8 women telling me how I should feel about my size 12 body.
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The time I got into bed with my best friend

March 9, 2015 by 5 Comments

Regular readers (my sisters and husband) will know that I have been a bit chatty instead of writing last week I just jabbered away in front of the  camera.  Well, I’ve done it again and chances are I am going to keep doing it – it’s quite addictive this talking stuff and Kerri and I do a LOT of it.

This time we are talking about a million things – we touch on aging, my hypochnodria, make up routines and dirty linen. Literally.

Have a look

Do you take your make up off before you get into bed? Honestly?

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Completely out of my comfort zone….

March 6, 2015 by 16 Comments

I’m not even sure how to preface this one because

  1. I hate appearing on camera
  2. I am better at writing than speaking
  3. I hate the sound of my own voice

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