Category Life
Yoghurt of Mass Destruction
It is a beautiful calm moment in the hectic rush of the weekly grocery shop. The Norwegian is out at a head wetting getting – I hoped- suitably drunk. I had decided to improve the shinning hour by getting the weekly shop done. Brownie points all round. I manage well, getting bananas, plums and coriander […]
Words with Foes
Ever the late adopter I have recently got into Words with Friends. And when I say got into I mean TOTALLY f’in addicted. I play with two friends in London, one in Cambridge, one in Bristol, one in LA and two in Sydney. So at various times of the day and night I get the […]
Between 30 Rock and a hard place
I was shocked and horrified to hear on Radio National the other night that the wonderful and marvellous 30 Rock’s finale show was being pitted against The Big Bang Theory, and that it might not win. The thought of anybody preferring BBT to 30R makes me thing some people just aint wired right. How you […]
It’s B Day
Yesterday was The Boy’s birthday. To celebrate the fact that we have survived a year (and what a year) we’d planned a nice BBQ picnic in our local park, what with this being Australia and mid summer and all we thought we’d be safe. But the rain gods had other plans for the day with […]
If the shoe fits
It is my first day back at work today. Last night I polished my shoes for the first time in 12 months. I know. Sorry Mum. I wondered how many people use shoe polish now, or even know of its existence. And how many shoes are chucked away when they are just scuffed. I imagined […]
Jen S. Wight 