Category: Holidays
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RoadTripping Dysfunctional Family-Style Part 2
Day 6 of the holiday, and due to the third world WIFI facilities of northern NSW (or it could be the communication lines offered by establishments at the level of the old man’s budget), I have been forced to resort to typing on the Ipad. Which, as it turns out, requires a level of coordination…
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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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Compression and Putting Your Children First At Christmas
Photo by Maria Mandanas at http://www.flickr.com The definition of compression is the action or state of being squished down or made smaller or more pressed together. When a pile of material is squished together and made smaller and more dense,, this is an example of compression. Compression is when you reach fifty and realise that…
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Do You Still Seek Your Parents Approval In Middle Age?
When you make the decision to migrate to the other side of the world like I have, your relationship with your parents inevitably changes. #148466028 / gettyimages.com My dad and I never shared what you would describe as a conventional relationship. He was twenty years old when he had me and at the time was…
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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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When Will I Be Middle-Aged Enough To Want To Go On A Cruise?
Don’t get me wrong, I discover more and more great things about being middle-aged, every day. Cruise Ship Reflections by Marinell Turnage at http://www.flickr.com Not having to worry about being judged on my looks is the best thing ever, and being able to roam my local streets looking like a bag lady when I go for…
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Pulling Off The Beach-Babe Look In Middle Age
Photos sourced from Pinterest.com.au Very few of us can pull off even a full-piece like Pamela Anderson. And ladies, unfortunately, it’s getting closer to that time of year. As the temperatures finally begins to rise and the Uggs and winter coats are discarded, (along with those binge-eating excuses of ‘because it’s cold’), it’s almost time…
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The Holiday Period
Dear Period, Forgive me for abandoning all hope of ever being able to decipher how your special powers of diarising work exactly, when no matter how meticulously I plan ahead you always seem to appear slap bang in the middle of my hard-earned two weeks of holiday. Courtesy of Libra I begrudgingly give you ten…
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Holiday Eating And Survival Of The Fittest
What is it about holidays that your body decides that it can suddenly eat whatever the fuck it likes without gaining any weight? That it can devour the kind of fast food (and in massive quantities) that you haven’t dared even sniff since your twenties, without any detrimental effect to your muffin top? This week,…
LOUISA SIMMONDS 