This thing happened to me

The guy with the iPhone soundtrack.

April 29, 2013
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I was in the bank the other day there was a man in his late twenties, slouchy pants, truckers cap and sick beats emanating from his pants pocket. I assume it was his pocket. Gosh I hope it was his pocket. And I assume they were sick beats, I really don’t know much about townie [...]

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Huddled around the kettle.

April 22, 2013

My colleagues and I huddled around the kettle, desperate for the warmth provided by even the most revolting instant coffee. Hopping from one foot to the other in an office that is too warm not to be air-conditioned and too cold for the cooling system, hoping that someone would find the balance soon. We got to talking [...]

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Suit of Armour.

April 4, 2013
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I was reading a biography years ago about a successful business woman in the late eighties working in the music industry. The name of the woman and the book both elude me now. The heroine of the book, in a way I’m sure was common then {now?}, donned a suit of armour to face her predominantly hostile [...]

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Pokies; Yes I’ll drink your coffee and not gamble.

February 25, 2013
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I don’t know how many of you have been into Poker Machine {Pokies} lounges lately but they are pretty darn fancy! Comfy chairs, dim mood lighting and coffee machines. Seriously, sometimes I like to go hang out in there after particularly difficult days at work and just soak it up. Long gone are the days [...]

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A ‘Fashion Blogger’ who doesn’t DO credit.

February 15, 2013
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You know what, I think it’s very important that I say this here. Hubby and I talked about it at length one night. You see, when we met I had a little ‘thing’ for credit cards. That little thing had got me in some ‘big’ trouble. I had almost $15,000 on credit and store cards [...]

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Hot and Cold.

January 8, 2013
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You’re hot and cold. One minute you’re here, the next, you’re not. In the past few weeks I’ve seen you twice, only for a minute or two at a time. That’s not the way it’s supposed to be. I need more of you. More from you. Some days I sit and wait for you. You [...]

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Human Kindness

December 11, 2012
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When I was younger, nothing would make me bawl like the Human Kindness song in Beaches, the movie. Bette Midler and her big ass voice would do it every time. She would start to sing, the music would build and well that was the end of me. Emotive music will always move me to tears. [...]

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Adult Bullying Happens.

December 4, 2012

I’ve told the stories about me growing up, the rush to be a grown up and then dissatisfaction with the life I had being that very serious grown up. I was in a rush to get somewhere, to be someone and to leave behind the playground politics, the drama and the bullying. Having been on [...]

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A ramblings one just showed up.

August 29, 2012
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I don’t know if it was the LemSip MAX {not sponsored} or the copious amount of time spent napping in the past day or two but all of a sudden I had some random ramblings and I thought I might share them. They’re not overly thoughtful nor meaningful but they’re here. That’s what counts, right? [...]

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The Colourful Strangers

August 18, 2012
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As the sounds in this cafe build into a dull roar I wonder about all the people in it. I wonder about a lot of things. This you guys know. I wonder about their stories, their successes, their losses. The noise begins to quiet. I see a guy in orange pants, a purple t-shirt and [...]

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I see you watching me.

August 2, 2012

As I strutted through the shops the other day and I noticed something. Dressed in my boots, stripe pencil skirt, black tee and ombre hair flying in the breeze, I was getting a bit of attention. Not all of it good. I’m being totally up myself here. Most of the attention was from women. You know, [...]

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Date Night and The Gambler.

July 30, 2012

Sometimes we bust out of the ordinary and go on a date. Sometimes it’s planned and sometimes it’s not. When it’s planned we almost never go. Isn’t that weird? It seems if we have to do it, because it’s on the calendar it just loses its appeal. Last night we decided at the last minute to [...]

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Smart People Blogs

July 26, 2012

I popped over to read this article about full fat versus reduced fat products because  I was interested. You know me, I prefer to drink the whole fat milk and enjoy that then drink skim milk and get confused with a glass of water. And that was LONG before I first gave up sugar and found out [...]

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Consumer Issues.

June 20, 2012

Today I’m having consumer issues, like should I get option one or option two of Castagram’s new iPad cases..? Or, should I return this jacket because it doesn’t button up? Or should I sell up my life and future offspring’s earning potential and move this this multi-million dollar Tuscan villa? And lastly, where the heck [...]

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What Would You DO?

May 31, 2012

I’ve been holding on to this one for an appropriate amount of time to pass. You see it’s a story from in the trenches in property management. It’s about a lady. She was renting a house from us. A rural property perfect for horses. It was about 20 minutes outside of Gympie and she had had at [...]

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Best laid plans of mice and men

May 14, 2012

Saturday’s are my day to drink coffee, write my heart out and work an hour or two if I must. This weekend I had made plans to hit the Autograph knit sale with my cousins Trina. 9am at the Gloria Jeans office for coffee pre-knitwear assault. I’d have enough time for the gym before and [...]

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Yellow Seal Nails – A Trend HAS Emerged

May 10, 2012

This week I wore yellow on my nails. Seal as seen on “The Voice” type yellow, it seems. But I’d had the polish for ages, since last year in fact, and hadn’t used it. Yellow, I thought, it’s a bit much. Without even thinking the other night I started to layer it on. I love [...]

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The princess and the…. sock?

April 26, 2012

The other night, late as usual, I crawled into bed next to my husband. The room was dark and his rhythmic breathing filled the silence of the room. Getting cosy down under the covers, I sighed. Fresh sheets, mmmmm, my favourite. Stretching out, settling in. Then I felt it. Towards the bottom corner of my side [...]

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ASS out of U and ME

April 24, 2012

I was reading that post above on the Seven Cherubs facebook wall about the old ‘What, don’t you have a TV’ comment that people toss around for those with large families {though some ladies with two children had been asked the same thing. What? That doesn’t even make sense}. It got me thinking of all [...]

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Learner drivers need HELP

April 18, 2012

At dinner a little while ago, we got onto the topic of learner drivers. You see, my Dad and my Uncle have been responsible for training their fair share of drivers. Patient and understanding {and strong, should there be an accident, they don’t bawl like girls I like did} they undertake a task that would [...]

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