Ginger and Spice and Everything Nice

Everyone knows what animal lovers we are and how much we adore our dogs. These days I mostly post about Finn as he is the most rambunctious and amusing but Pixie and Panda, our geriatric Pomeranians, are both so old and cost a bomb in medications but we adore them none the less. Pixie was …

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The Foot in the Trap

This week in my session with my therapist she told me a little story to help me understand and be able to explain to others if one of my irrational reactions occur. I had told her about an incident when Norm had mistakenly hurt me when we were moving the new TV and when I …

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Safe Words

Norm and I ended up having a lovely Sunday last week, even though we had no plans to do anything at all. I had been wanting to go to the Under the Trees Market in Constantia for ages but we are terrible about getting organised and out of the house on weekends. We decided the …

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Seeing Yourself Amplified

As much as I loved being down in the Garden Route with my SIL, daughter and granddaughter for a month, it is a long time to be away from my home, my pets and my husband. I cannot remember when Norm and I were apart this long. Norm flew down on Monday and then we …

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The Answer

This week has been a communications disaster zone for me! On Monday I received a package which contained a brass bell with a bird on it. It was an item which I had almost bought, in fact I put it into my shopping cart but did not purchase it, so how did it arrive?? There …

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Choose Love

This week I heard someone say that they do not believe in 'falling' in love, that to have a relationship you have to get up each day and 'choose' to be in love. I guess that is no different than what 'they' say about being happy, that it is a choice. I always thought that …

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Posh Pretenders

This week has flown past, possibly because Norm was away since Thursday morning so I was Chief in Charge. It was a bit overwhelming so I put a routine in place since each of the dogs need meds throughout the day, I put on alarms via my phone and of course created a spreadsheet otherwise …

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The Gauge

I was thinking about how we gauge 'success'. Is success an individual measure we use to determine what meets our own criteria or is it a universal concept? But what if the tick-list that others apply does not contain the same things which make you feel like you have attained success? We often lose sight …

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Last Drops

Last weekend the weather was absolutely stunning and we made the most of it, trying to squeeze out the last drops of sunny fun. This week has been cold and the last few days have been really windy. Last Saturday I cleaned the house. Those who know me may have fainted at this statement as …

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Monday Blues

Monday's are never great days as we have just had a weekend to relax and then we are snapped back to the realities of life. Monday now holds even more dread as it is also our weigh in day with my keto group. Last week I gained weight. Considering the feasting we did on the …

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