SPEAKING EVERY THOUGHT
Saturday, 14 July 2018
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Today's guest is Sue who blogs at From Dust Beautiful Things where she reflects on rising from a broken marriage, re-discovering herself, meeting and marrying her lovely husband, the "joys" of step-parenting, and her Christian faith. Sue is a good friend of my DIL Hannah and we "met" when Sue asked me for some blogging advice because she was in the process of re-inventing her blog. We've been blogging friends ever since.So, I'd like you to meet Sue (if you haven't already) and discover more about her through her post (there's so much I didn't know!)
SHE JUST LET GO AND LET IT ALL BE
Thursday, 12 July 2018
FINDING SOMETHING SPECIAL
A few weeks ago I came across a poem that spoke to my heart. It wasn't particularly "deep and meaningful", it didn't offer world shaking advice.....it didn't even rhyme! But it spoke to me and I've re-read it several times since and posted it on my Memory Board for posterity.CELEBRATING SPINSTERHOOD
Monday, 9 July 2018
HE IS ALWAYS HOME
My husband works from home....it's lovely that he can avoid the hassles of peak hour traffic and the daily commute, but it means that he is always home. This suits him perfectly as he is an introvert and avoiding crowds and office politics is fine by him. It works well for me in that he now takes on most of the housekeeping and is home to greet me when I walk in the door on my work days, but it means that he is always home.Sometimes I miss having the house to myself - not that he's really in my personal space, and not that I don't love him dearly and enjoy his company, but I still miss alone time where it's just me and the cats and nothing going on in the background. I guess in a way, there are times where I miss Spinsterhood - living alone with cats!
A MINOR MISHAP
Saturday, 7 July 2018
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Today's lovely guest poster is Cherie from That Blog Where Cherie Moves To Germany. Cherie moved from the US to Germany after meeting her husband online and falling in love and choosing to head off with him to Europe. She left her country to live in his, and shares her adventures and discoveries as she sets up house in a new land.
Today Cherie is sharing a little snippet of her life that reflects the ups and downs of establishing her home in Germany. I'm sure you'll enjoy her post and make sure you pop over to her blog to read her very interesting love story.
THE IMPORTANCE OF DE-CLUTTERING IN MIDLIFE
Thursday, 5 July 2018
PARENTS
When you reach a certain point in Midlife, you realize that you have become more sensible than your parents (at least that's what it feels like to me). You look at the decisions they're making in their old age and you shake your head wryly and look at your partner with raised eyebrows. You wonder to yourself - "What makes previously sensible people start making poor choices?"
NOW IT'S MIDLIFE AND TIME TO WEAR PURPLE!
Monday, 2 July 2018
WHY WAIT UNTIL YOU'RE OLD?
Last month I wrote a post about getting old and how it will be a really fun time if we let it. I shared a poem by Jenny Joseph called "When I am Old" about a woman who is planning on leaving conventional life behind and doing what she pleases.After I wrote that post I began to think of my life right now and how living in Midlife already gives me so much freedom - in fact I don't have to wait until I'm old to enjoy some of those fun times - it's already happening right now.
CAN CANCER HAVE A SILVER LINING?
Saturday, 30 June 2018
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Denyse is a fellow Aussie blogger who is a retired teacher. She has been through a really tough 12 months after being diagnosed with cancer. Her grace and positive attitude through the ordeal has been inspirational to all who read her blog. She has also been participating in the Outfit A Day Challenge to lift her spirits as she goes through this journey. I asked Denyse if she would share some of the positive lessons and silver linings she has learned along the way.IF WE WERE HAVING COFFEE
Thursday, 28 June 2018
IF WE WERE HAVING COFFEE
It's time to celebrate the end of June, so why not share another virtual cup of coffee with me while I update you on what's been going on in my life lately. I love a good 'Taking Stock' blog post, so I hope you'll humour me and sit a while as I share my news.WRITING MY FIRST ESSAY IN FORTY YEARS!
Monday, 25 June 2018
GOING BACK TO HIGH SCHOOL
Our daughter teaches high school English and told us that she was going to sit the 3 hour Yr 12 English exam with her students to see how she'd measure up. She hadn't tested herself in an exam since university and wanted to see how she'd go.As a challenge she thought my husband and I might like to tackle the creative writing component - we would be given four photos to choose from and one hour to HANDWRITE our essay/narrative! She gave us the questions with some dot point notes that she uses to help her students prepare for an exam question. It had been FORTY years since I'd written an English essay and countless years since I'd handwritten more than my shopping list, so the challenge was taking me to a whole new level!
These are the questions we had to choose from:
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