Category: Drinking
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Everyone Needs A Token Baby Jesus At Christmas
I’ve got earache. The Princess was too mature to adorn the silly moustache. Obviously, mine is real! It’s either payback for jumping into the pool for that revitalising swim on Christmas Day, (sometime between dessert and cheese), to celebrate the end of a glorious lunch that finally made it to the table in spite of…
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Middle Aged Mini Breaks, Romance and Getting The Mojo Back In Your Marriage
The old man and I braved a mini break last weekend. All long relationships need a little bit of TLC occasionally. Hardy’s Bay Wharf – It doesn’t get much more idyllic. Somehow we managed to trick some good friends into the offer of a weekend at The Block in exchange for the protection of our…
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Day 5 Of Sobriety
It turns out that I’m not an alcoholic like the old man said; or only an amateur one, anyway. I reached day 5 of sobriety today. I had intended to go right through the next two weeks without a wine, but you know how it is… Stuff…work…life…and WHY THE FUCK WOULD I WHEN I OBVIOUSLY…
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School Holidays And Thinking About Wine A Lot
The Joys of Cooking by Bucky Schwarz found on http://www.flickr.com Now I’m not one to complain (!), but IT IS week four of both school holidays and the old man’s annual holiday from work. And my living area appears to have been redistributed to accommodate that surplus of testosterone and morphed into a man shed.…
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A Christmas Carol For Middle-Aged Women
Ready to play? Natasha Pantelyat Real middle aged woman!!! Found on Pinterest.com Fill your muffin tops with Bolly, Fa La La La La, La La, La La, Tis the season to be jolly, Fa La La La La, La La, La La. Buy your online Christmas dresses, Fa La La La, La La La, La…
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What Did You Learn From Your Parents? I Learnt About Eating And Drinking Really Well
MY father taught me how to drink alcohol and eat fine food, really well. My education started from the age of about seven, when he would take me out to our local Chinese restaurant on a Sunday, (because my parents were divorced), and we would indulge in the sport of Chinese Food Flicking. A prawn…
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Those Sneaky Holiday Calories
Why can’t the hips lie, just for once? I’ve developed a distinct waddle to my gait since my holiday. I can only put it down to those sneaky holiday calories that have surreptitiously relocated to my hips whilst I was busy ‘holidaying.’ Ok world, I’m ready… Bring it on! by Troy Snow on Flickr When…
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Dysfunctional Family Holiday Alert
Did I mention that I’m slumming it on Hamilton Island for the next week? http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/102285224 Don’t feel bad for me – sometimes a girl just has to suck it up and do what a girl has to do, and I’m prepared. Apparently it’s only going to be 25 degrees, though, and unfortunately the Australian mens…
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What Being A Middle-Aged Woman Really Means
Andi Schreiber bravely went where no middle-aged woman has gone before, recently. She photographed what being middle-aged really means to her in a series of her own personalised photos: Ten Stunning Photos That Prove Women At Middle Age Are Anything But Invisible This is my visual interpretation of what being a middle-aged woman means to…
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The Only Way To Celebrate Your Middle-Aged Birthday When You’re Menopausal
Eat healthily! Peri-menopause is a bitch, or that’s probably how my son Kurt would describe it. THERE! I said the M word out loud – cue all two of my male readers to cough uncomfortably and exit the page as fast as their mouse can click. But it’s a little known fact (unless you already…
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The Hangover That Stopped Me Competing In The City To Surf
English: Runners in the 2007 City2Surf running up William Street, Sydney (Photo credit: Wikipedia) While many smug virtuous people in Sydney were pounding the pavements in the City to Surf running competition early this morning, this sporting failure was lying in bed, head pounding, due to the worst hangover imaginable this side of winter. I’m…
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