by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Jan 29, 2017 | Health
Last Wednesday I had a one day breakdown. I was tired from working quite hard at a part-time job I really enjoy but I had awoken with an overwhelming sense of futility and general gloom. I walked the dog in the hope that the feeling would lift, but as I stood...
by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Jan 15, 2017 | Health, Talking Points
“God,” I exhaled as I pulled on a suede Chelsea boot in a glamorous shoe shop sale, “that feels so comfortable!” As I said it, I cringed. In revelling in the comfort of that flat-soled boot, was I crossing that unseen line into what was hitherto known as ‘middle age?’...
by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Nov 28, 2016 | Health
It is a matter of not inconsiderable pride to me that I have something in common with the late and most magnificent Freddie Mercury. What is it, you wonder. A penchant for singlets? A four octave vocal range? A thick, luscious moustache? It’s none of these. What we...
by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Sep 26, 2016 | Health, Travel
I’ve just checked out the top ten phobias. Spiders are number one, shortly followed by snakes and heights. Can’t see ‘unreliable flush’ on the list, but that is what I fear most of all. Is it a Catholic thing? The terror of the turd bobbing about in the pan? The...
by Fortysomething Fan Girl | May 19, 2016 | Family, Health
I could be wrong and I’m willing to be corrected , but I’m pretty sure that the term ‘sunblock’ didn’t even exist in the Northern Hemisphere in the 1970s and 80s when I was growing up. In those heady days when the UV rays of the...
by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Mar 15, 2016 | Health
My Slipped Discography In a bid to feel productive but unable to knuckle down to some actual work, I have been prowling the net on the hunt for a fantasy all-inclusive holiday to a far-flung, five star resort – with spa facilities and high speed boat transfers....
