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43 W.T.F!

Yes 43 – I see you baby – shakin’ that ass. And I think to myself – 43 – W.T.F!

Often I try to remember what I was doing at a point in time on a specific day. This morning, driving into work I was radio channel flashing like a man with a tv remote control when I found Nirvana playing Come As You Are. Old school. Oh the memories. And all of a sudden there was that pricking of tears behind the…

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#I&039;m a birthday girl. Woot! Woot!

BBQ Dog

The Artist woke up in a terrible state this morning. He had had a nightmare. I immediately asked if the nightmare was that I had died. Because such was his state. What else could it have been to render him so distraught? It had to be that (that I had died) because his greatest fears would be realised in that he would have to: * be on the frontline (like a General Eisenhower) to deal with two…

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Put a ring on it.

So about 20 years ago I told The Artist that if he liked it then he better put a ring on it. It certainly was about bloody time as I was not getting any younger at the ripe old age of 26 (or so I thought). The Artist was slightly riper than me but was not in any hurry I might tell you. So I put a ring on that too. I think it takes a while to figure out this marriage thing. It’s not for the…

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Expecting

Now some of you might get upset when you read this on my behalf. I am just going to put it out there and tell you what happened. Today at a client, a gentleman of elderly years and not very good hearing asked me if I was expecting. At first I thought I had misheard (as I suffer from wax build-up sometimes) but he persisted when I said no I was not in fact pregnant – almost as if he wasn’t sure…

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HB 2U

So, it you’ d told me six years ago I was going to be turning 46 today I would have boxed your ears, or given you a warm klap as my countrymen would say. Because, how ridiculous is that??????? If you’re wondering how things are hanging, a bit too much if you must ask. Also been battling with a bit of a lurgy that saw me at the chemist late last night with an antibiotic script made out to…

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#Happy Birthday #Tiffany

The Epic Weekend

It has been somewhat of an epic weekend here at the Chez. We had a birthday – I got the gift wrong again in case anyone was wondering. And yes, that was me walking down Crown Street on Friday morning in the pouring rain to American Apparel, for nothing it appears. On Saturday night I had eight young teenage girls sleeping over. They have not previously slept over because back in the day, her…

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Today

There are times when sometimes you wonder about the universe. Because it can be so fucking wonderful and so fucking shit at the same time. I honestly try every single day to find the good. And I always do. Like the whales yesterday off the Maroubra headland. And the black lorikeets today. Nature truly can lift the soul. Today was quite ordinary though. My bus was MIA for half an hour. The…

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#Golden Retriever #Happy Birthday #No dogs allowed

Be a friend and listen to the whinge

I am writing this purely because I need to whinge. I had a good friend on the phone this morning and whinged his ear off to the point where he was about six minutes late for his 8.30 meeting. [This is why he is a friend.] Probably won’t take my calls early in the morning again anytime soon. A few weeks ago I wrote about the Poop and Kakka. The saga still continues with blood vomit, explosive…

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The Poop and Kakka

There have been a few times this week when I have seen people experience not their finest moment. I think perhaps that full moon last week is playing havoc with their senses. I personally am keeping my head down and my bum up as I have no choice in order to meet various deadlines and not get myself fired from gainful employment. In the spirit of remaining in the workforce I stayed on at work…

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Stay home Saturday night - the case for support

Stay home Saturday night – the case for support

Last night we ventured out to dinner with friends. It was an 8pm start so there was more than enough time to walk the dog, relax for a bit and then get going. Or so I thought. Miss13 needed to be dropped at a friend, literally on the way so it was all going swimmingly. We were cutting it fine but making all those traffic lights through the city certainly eased the tension building in the car…

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Why is he called The Artist?

It is particularly apt today that I write this post. I woke up to be smacked in the face with the world wide outpouring of grief over the passing of Prince. This led to a discussion with The Artist and I – and he learned something he didn’t know – many of you too have asked the question. Why do I call him The Artist. Here goes: When I started this blog I asked him to read my first post, he was…

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Other people's blah blah blah

Other people’s blah blah blah

I had occasion on Friday to do Faff Around. This is when I decide that I need to walk away from the good people of Apple and not tie myself to a screen. It usually involves some time at the gym, breakfast – you get the gist. This Friday saw me first off visit the good people at BMW – yes, you heard right, the car needed to home to mama to get brake pads and discs done. My friends on “Good…

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How to get to Honkers when you have flight anxiety

Unsuccessfully trying to recreate that airport scene from The Hangover. Grinning like idiots perhaps stuffed it :) Three weeks ago-ish I stepped off a plane in Hong Kong accompanied by my girls Renay and Paula. I had been worried about the flight over because my Renay does not like to travel in this manner. And I’m not talking economy. I’m talking flight of any nature. A big problem when trying…

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The long walk to work

Yesterday The Artist took Precious in to the Temple of Mechanics of German Engineering located in Darlinghurst. Being organised he anticipated that taxi’s would be lining up three deep to drive him into the city at 8.30am. Because that is a totally realistic assessment of the traffic and transport situation on a Tuesday morning when you are about 1km from the centre of the Big Smoke. You might…

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#Opal Card #Sydney Buses #Transport NSW

The Hug

Indulge me. Today was challenging. Interestingly not because of the people in my immediate orbit because they were most lovely. Sometimes the challenge is residual. And it builds stress. And the anticipation of the residual builds even more stress. My stomach was twisting itself in knots by 10am today. I knew it would already last night. But this is not the point of the story. Before I hit…

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#Golden Retriever #Love you infinity #The moon and the stars

Lateral thinking strategies - a lesson with Lauren

Lateral thinking strategies – a lesson with Lauren

Yesterday I took the dog for his afternoon walk. I was somewhat in a rush as I had two meetings to attend back to back last night and time was of the essence. A few metres from the park we met a woman with two little skye terriers. Koda was beyond delighted with his new friends and promptly dashed off with them running hot on his heels to show them the mud ditch. As he landed I started…

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Behaving badly beach club style - a sad tale by my good self

Behaving badly beach club style – a sad tale by my good self

Today we ventured all of a 100 metres from our hotel suite to a place of repute called Nikki Beach. It came recommended and is very beautiful. Also small children are not allowed. Hence part of my excitement (I no longer have small children so I am allowed to say this again after a brief hiatus). The serenity was immediate, disturbed only by the loud club music and me trying to make myself…

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#Bali #Nikki Beach

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