Eating for a waistland

life and handbags

2008-06-24T12:23:57Z

We're off on holiday in a couple of days and for part of this time we'll be renting a house in England. The company that arranges the lets sent a note to say that we should telephone a few days before arrival to make arrangements to collect the k...

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breakfast

2008-06-20T06:03:40Z

Cranberry and walnut muffins not as good as I'd expected - but certainly edible.

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Help wanted.

2008-06-19T06:42:35Z

For the sake of mine and Mr Pork's sanity I need to find myself a long-term project given that it is very unlikely that I'm going to get anything like decent paid work in this country. Although I teach a little English I cannot do too many hours ...

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Two snippets of advice

2008-06-18T18:29:05Z

1. Should you ever find yourself wondering how you would look if you drew the loose folds of skin on your face back towards the neck area and then turned your head slightly to the side to get the profile picutre, can I suggest that you do this in...

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QotD: Kindgergarten Rules of Wisdom

2008-06-18T14:07:03Z

What did you learn in kindergarten that you wish you did a better job of applying to the way you live your life today? that throwing a fucking great wendy of a tantrum may not be big, clever or grown-up but it doesn't half feel good. Hang on ...

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dressing up

2008-06-12T17:53:25Z

Salads. What do you about getting the best dressed salad? I've become a bit poncy about the old olive oil and worry that I'm going to end up spending more on that than I do on wine. But given that one has forked out a fair bit for something tha...

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Am I being unreasonable....

2008-06-09T16:08:48Z

...to think that someone who is a friend of a friend, but who has my main email address, has absolutely no right to pass my email address onto her friend, who I don't know at all, who then spams me for a bloody book launch in Paris? And the frien...

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scratch 'n' sniff blogging

2008-06-05T11:39:40Z

It's a beautiful hot, sunny day here and the department store is giving away cologne-drenched tissues as part of a promotion. And probably to keep the scent of stale sweat at bay too. Smelling the tissue took me back to being a child, to the Xma...

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if age is a fabric then hang me in crimplene

2008-06-03T12:26:33Z

This weekend a woman, about 30 years of age, announced to me and the rest of our group that it was about time 'old' women knew when to 'reign it in'. I think that this started because one of the guys said that he'd been to see Kylie in Frankfurt...

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A big hurrah for the world

2008-05-29T09:23:59Z

I'd just like to place it on record that I'm feeling brilliantly happy and enthusiastic at the moment. The sun is shining, I've got a house and a garden, I've painted a picture that actually looks like the thing I started painting, my courgettes ...

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