Mrs Picklebottom Is Properly Horrified

Well hello, groovers and shakers. Or shakers and groovers, either way works. I'm back to talk all about LUURRRRVE. Today is the 13th of February. See how sharp I am? This means that tomorrow is the 14th (razor sharp!), and you know what that means?!! Yep, it's just another day. Well, it is to me....

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Scary Things

Hello again! If you are currently in the land of Oz, I do hope you haven't drowned in a pool of your own sweat.  Lordy, it's HOT. Horrendous, really. Phew! Anyway, pop on the air con on, pour yourself a cool beverage and enjoy a lovely little story I wrote for #FridayReflections.  Alternatively, if you're in another part of the world, where it's frosty and cool, snuggle up with a...

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Money Tree or Faraway Tree?

It has occurred to me this morning that it's 2017 and still no one has discovered how to grow a money tree! What is that about?  When I was younger I suppose I had some strange and very naive ideas about money. Somehow I believed that if you were a good person and didn't care about materialistic things that eventually you would be rewarded. Your fairy godmother would appear and grant you three...

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Waffles Are Delicious

Welcome to another fabulous Friday! I'm joining in again for Friday Reflections with a 20 minute free-write. In other words, the usual meandering musings you expect from me! Done. Here goes:  Timer starts NOW:  Friday seems like a good day to free write. Isn't it interesting how Fridays...

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My Thoughts About Routines.

Hello lovelies! I'm back again. The school term has started in my part of the world. And I was ready. Not sure that my boys were, but they'll survive.  I now have two high school boys, in year ten and seven, and one grade three boy. I am not allowed to post any photos of them, so you'll have to imagine how handsome they are.  That's my totally unbiased opinion! It's a little bit dispiriting...

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One Word

Why hello there! And a happy new year to you! It's still January so I can say that, right?  Apparently there is this thing where you are supposed to choose a word that is meant to define your year ahead.  You know, something like:  Joy Abundance Gratitude Nesstacular (Okay, I made...

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The Month That Was November

Hi there lovelies! Hasn't the year just flown by? Here we are in December and Santa is well and truly on his way!  But before we bring on Christmas and ALL THE FOOD let me tell you a bit about November.  After four years of ad hoc blogging I finally started an online blogging...

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