by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Dec 24, 2017 | Family, Talking Points
Last week I wrote about ‘cheery receptacles’ and their role in my childhood Christmases. Later, in the bath, it struck me that ‘receptacles’ made it sound as though my home was a depository for redundant kidney dishes and medical waste. It’s not. But I am a big fan of...
by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Dec 17, 2017 | Family
‘Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house… Not a battery could be found to reconnect the mouse.’ Christmas is almost upon us and, if you have moderate issues around control, as I do, you will be anticipating the things that might go badly over...
by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Nov 19, 2017 | Family
I’ve hidden this month’s credit card statement from my husband. This is something I have to do from time to time or run the risk of his leaving me. Or worse, leaving me to pay the thing myself. I know that I won’t be the only person who disguises...
by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Nov 5, 2017 | Family
November already. The season of fog, fireworks and frankfurters. No sooner have we recovered from the halloween cocktails than it’s time to celebrate Guy Fawkes Night. Time to ignite excitement for firework displays, hot punch and jacket potatoes. I find I can really...
by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Oct 28, 2017 | Entertainment, Family, Food
Halloween in the twenty-first century is how I know I am not a genuinely modern person. I am a twentieth century person in disguise. Yes, I love some of the innovations of this millennium. Park Assist is just great, Netflix has changed my life and I’m genuinely...
by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Sep 17, 2017 | Family, Nature, Talking Points
I have it on good authority that once they’ve seen my Frilly Echeveria, people won’t stop talking about it. Captivated by its crinkly edges and entranced by its pink blush it is the stuff of which certain dreams are made of. Horticultural dreams, largely. My Frilly...
