If life is too short to ice a cake, then it's too short to hold a grudge. So I swallowed my pride and some aspro and returned to the hardware store for more paint. I even found the same young man to help me, and this time I was quite quick in choosing the exact shade of … [Read more...] about Life is too short
Outrageous youth
The young man in the hardware shop was extremely rude to me. I bought some paint to transform my brick wall into a beach scene, to make it look as though I live on a beach (it only took a few hours to choose the exact shade of blue I wanted) and I loaded the cans into … [Read more...] about Outrageous youth
Targeted?
So now I know where Juan Dolio is. My renter, she who lives on a beach in a Life in Paradise, kindly published a map. (I thought the people looked foreign) It's also interesting to know there is a place in Canada called after my hometown.But I have been TARGETED. What … [Read more...] about Targeted?
Deus ex machina
So I spent the morning with some Young Thing checking my blood pressure, bone density and asking me questions to which I answered almost truthfully. (Who tells the whole truth in a health check-up? Do you?) Anyway, the upshot is I have an exercise regime to … [Read more...] about Deus ex machina
A market demographic
I'm going to do it this time. One of those advertising flyer things in the letterbox got to me. I usually tip the entire bunch of advertising bumfph into the paper recycle bin just under the letterbox, but this one caught my eye, a woman-only gym with a couple of plump … [Read more...] about A market demographic
Life is a Beach
A new tenant moved in this evening, I'm sorry to see the little Life from the Pond depart elsewhere, I must find her again and make a permanent link. She brought luck and frogs to the neighbourhood. But you should see the new one! It's MommC who seems to live on … [Read more...] about Life is a Beach