Horror movie right there on my TV – Skyhooks Once again morning television is awash with images from an unimaginable tragedy on the other side of the world. Two bombs going off in the crowd of the Boston Marathon. It’s almost twelve years since we saw the planes crash into the twin towers. The feelings… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Life
Kindness
The other day I was rushing to get to an appointment I was nervous about. In my hurry I dropped a glass bottle of soft drink and it smashed to smithereens on the footpath. I put down my bag and started to try to pick up the many pieces of shattered glass when the local… Read more »
Happiness
Happiness is: A sleeping child. A week without homework. Holidays with no routines. A girls’ night out. A good book. A trashy mag and a block of chocolate. A family dinner. A world without housework (OK that one’s a dream but it would make me so HAPPY). What makes you happy? I’m going to try… Read more »
Fads, Flu and other F Words
This evening’s post is brought to you courtesy of Codral (not in any monetary sense just in the dosed up sense). I’m quickly succumbing to the flu and in amongst the sneezing, coughing and feverish ramblings I decided to write a blog post. So you can all guess how this is going to turn out,… Read more »
Ageing
It is a lamentable state of being, this ageing thing. There are lumps and bumps. Aches and creaks. Mysterious stabs of pain that are nothing, or could be something, who knows. Your knees go on you, then your back gets dodgy. Tomorrow I’m back to the optometrist to pick up my MULTIFOCAL glasses. It wasn’t… Read more »
Writer’s Block
At 8.45am this morning I sat at the computer ready to write my blog post and …. nothing. I think they call it writer’s block. It’s an unusual state for me to be in, usually I have a million and one ideas and the challenge is picking ONE to focus on. Today, nadah, zilch, nothing…. Read more »
Trapped in an Automated Hell
I miss human beings. You know those brave souls who used to man the customer service hotlines for the big companies, the telcos, the electricity, the banks and god forbid Centrelink (the place that handles the Government payments to the unemployed, the ill and families). I seem to have spent weeks trying to sort out… Read more »
Gone The Way of the Dodo
At the risk of coming across all grumpy grandma, do you realise how many things are obsolete now? In the fast paced, ever-changing modern world, technology is outdated before you have even got it home and unpacked from the box. Things which were once considered staples of ordinary life are now museum pieces. Let’s consider… Read more »
Reverse Bucket List
I’ve worked on my bucket list, looked forward, imagined the possible, set the goals. However, it’s easy to get caught up in the future and fail to recognise the past. The many achievements you have managed to accumulate in your time on this planet should be recognised. So today, I’m taking a moment to create… Read more »
Recapturing The Magic?
All right folks, need you to help me decide if this is a good thing or bad? In my younger years Grease was my favourite movie and Olivia Newton John and John Travolta rocked the shows finale with You’re The One I Want – which went on to be one of the best-selling singles of… Read more »
Janine Fitzpatrick is a personal blogger with an untidy house, imperfect children and no celebrity friends.
