THE INTERNET IS MY CRACK
Today, I awoke feeling delirious with hot sweats. I walked around the house in circles and paced the bedroom so much, that I burned a hole in the carpet. I didn’t know what to do with my hands, nor with myself, because last night my pre paid internet connection ran out of credit, which should [...]
MAJOR MELTDOWN – I JUST DELETED MY BOOK
There I was happily typing away on my book in Storymill, when I decided to tidy up the folders down the side. However, I forgot that Storymill has a major glitch when it comes to managing the views, in that it deletes a different file than you select. Yes, you guessed it, with one click [...]
HANDS UP IF YOU’RE FEELING TIRED
Is it just me or are you feeling like it’s a big push to the finish line right now too? I’m treating my to do list with complete contempt and I wish my week was over before it’s even started. Not for what I have to do, but just because I’m ready for a holiday [...]
WHEN SHE WAS GOOD, SHE WAS VERY GOOD, BUT WHEN SHE WAS BAD …
Six months ago I was going to the gym and walking twice around the Botanical Gardens every week. Then, my gym and walking buddy went overseas for a few months and I let it all slide. Throw in a drinking problem (well the guy at the bottle shop said “same again today?” and “see you again [...]
GUEST POST: AVOID DIFFICULT PEOPLE
The following post is from Kat Bourgeois, author of “What Could You Possibly Be Thinking?!! How ordinary people answered your questions about love, dating, and relationships”. Kat also writes a blog that is a comprehensive week-by week guide to reinventing your life. “We spend far too much time trying to appease, befriend, understand, or otherwise [...]
ARE YOU A FACEBOOK WHORE?
FACEBOOK CODE OF CONDUCT 2.0 @ There are certain things that should never be updated on one’s status – this includes your every bowel moment and that you’re eating toast for breakfast. @ Do not post and tag less than fabulous photos of your friends. You’ll soon rub them the wrong way when you always [...]
SEPTEMBER SPRING CLEAN WEEK 4: “I SPEAK KATIE”
I’m now drinking water religiously, have cut down my alcohol consumption, am eating and enjoying healthy food and I’m meeting up with my friend to start walking around the Botanical Gardens again (welcome home Jacks). As well as transforming my health and fitness, I am also in the process of redesigning my blog to a [...]
SEPTEMBER SPRING CLEAN: WEEK 3
Water – check. Salads – check. Exercise – negative. Besides the boredom of running on the treadmill and the sheer agony of the stepper, what stops me from exercising? It’s not that I’m lazy, nor that I once had chronic fatigue (when even washing the dishes left me feeling like I had just ran a [...]
SEPTEMBER SPRING CLEAN: WEEK 2
The question on everyone’s lips – has she gone the distance and survived the week sans the over consumption of merlot? Why yes, I do believe I did, and not only that, I’ve consumed my entire body weight in water and taken up a rather delightful habit of drinking tea – that real stuff that [...]
THE POST WINTER FAT CRISIS PART II: THE SEPETEMBER SPRING CLEAN
“Take care of the sense, and the sounds will take care of themselves.” The Duchess (Alice in Wonderland) My skin may be as smooth as a baby’s bottom, thanks to giving up the cigarettes and Estee Lauder’s Advanced Night Repair Serum, but too much wine and sugar over winter has left me feeling less than [...]
THE OBLIGATORY POST WINTER FAT CRISIS
“I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me, are the number you get in a diamond” – Mae West It’s that time of year, as spring starts to ever so gracefully steal winter’s dominance over our days, that I come face to face with the copious amounts of food and wine that [...]
ALL OR NOTHING
I am happy to report that I am still a non smoker (cue claps, cheers and general all round pats on back). Whilst I am now free of nicotine, my addictive personality has found a new friend to play with. Enter cabernet merlot – the perfect anecdote for cigarette withdrawals. One not needlessly suffer, or [...]
SAY NO TO CIGARETTES SAY YES TO SHOES
Day 4 sans cigarettes, I reported myself to be a calm and general all round pleasant citizen of the community. I spoke too soon. Nicotine has a score to settle with me, and this time it’s fighting dirty. It got wind of my game plan, and never a good sport or one to lose, it [...]
HAS ANYONE SEEN MY VALIUM?
Yesterday, I experienced a complete meltdown after I accidentally deleted my Facebook page! A sickening feeling engulfed me, as I realised I’d hit the wrong button and wiped my page – it felt like someone had cut off my right arm (separation anxiety at its worst). How could it be gone? Surely Facebook keeps a [...]
