Off Topic

Sometimes when I need a break from writing, I like to post about random stuff!


Five tips for a woman

Five tips for a woman… (Courtesy of S.B. via the RWNZ loop) It is important that a man helps you around the house and has a job. It is important that a man makes you laugh. It...

The one with the whole banana

After Ceroc classes on Thursday nights, a group of fellow dancers (including myself) who need to unwind before heading home, head for a certain establishment that’s open 24/7...

A Christmas Wish

Well, after a rather lengthy hiatus, I’ve decided I really do believe in Santa, after all! Let me tell you why. Our very old (17 years), rather deaf and definitely tottery in...

The best hens’ night EVER!

I’ve been to a few hens’ nights in my time and they’ve ranged from one extreme to the other. There was the ‘tewwibly pwoper’ hens’ night, where the...

Mr Romance

I promised myself when my hubby set up this blog for me, that I wasn’t going to use it as a forum to comment in a negative way on anyone or anything. Should have known that me,...

Uncommon meanings for common words

(Thanks to Rob for sending me this!) Once again, The Washington Post has published the winning submissions to its yearly contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings...

A very special book

We moved house in Easter and I thought I’d opened every single carton, but lo and behold I discovered another unpacked box. Like so many of the sturdy archive boxes we purchased,...

The silly things we do while staying at hotels

I have to share this with you. When I’m stressed, I make what the airforce terms as ‘errors of omission’. In other words, my brain turns to mush and I do silly, uncharacteristic...
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