A little calm on a sunny day It has now been a little over three months since I started the process of coming off citalopram. I think that now I can say I have finished with it… for the time being at least. If you haven’t been following the thrilling story of my decision to […]
A strange encounter in the mist…
Anyone there? Quackers Ugly ducklings… Mist melts off Yesterday morning, my Super Sister and I had one of our all-too-rare walking dates. Instead of the planned trip to the Whangie, overnight snow persuaded us to change our plans and have a circuit or so of Strathclyde Park. When we set off the mist was so thick we could […]
Hanging out and learning about baking
Hot new baking tips I gathered this week: If you want strongly coloured icing, spend money on the best colours you can find. To make an iced cake easier. Freeze a Madeira sponge and ice it while half defrosted. If your cake won’t rise, maybe the baking power isn’t fresh. Too much baking powder can […]
Businesses I can’t be arsed to set up
Blooming good ideas Some people are starters and others finishers when it comes to enterprise. (Probably many other things too.)I’m in the prawn cocktail category of the entrepreneurial feast. For me it’s all about the idea. The idea and nothing else. I leave meat and two veg to the others. I’ve met people who say they […]
Google + hangouts: Much easier than they look.
Man, It’s hard to be a (single) woman…
Opportunity should know better Many men are sexual opportunists.Oh, that’s a bit of a statement, isn’t it? I’ll bet you or your man aren’t. Nope, not us either.However, last week a couple of friends and I enjoyed some delicious lunch and a wide-ranging and entertaining conversation.All three of us at some point over that last […]
Trouble on the doorstep: What would you do?
You know you’re the parent of a three year old when…
Buzz and Woody When someone, apropos of nothing, asks: “You know that cowboy?” And, of course, you do. It’s Woody from Toy Story, chum of Buzz Lightyear. You wince when the conversation comes round to just how early Darling Child was potty trained. “I’m not tired,” is usually followed around three minutes later by snores. There is Lego […]