Menopause Be Damned

image shows kitty in a pink dress jumping up on a path in a park

I have made myself a promise. Menopause be damned, I’m going to lose some of my excess weight. Though I’m finding out it’s an easier thing to say than to do. Like most things we want in life, the things we really, really crave are fiendishly difficult to achieve. I’ve been on a plateau for … Read more

The Sting of Failure

May was an interesting month. We celebrated Mother’s Day in New Zealand, my eldest daughter in Otago, studying medicine, gleefully explained she now understood Mr D’s fatigue as she’d learned about beta blockers. My eldest son learned the frustration of teamwork. My only children now, fast becoming young adults themselves, the twins, also did well. … Read more

Aim High

It’s been nearly two months since we married and we’ve had nothing resembling a honeymoon. We finally took off on Thursday night for the wilds of the South Wairarapa Coast of New Zealand. We could do this thanks to the assistance of husband number one, who was happy to take my children for a few … Read more

Wedding Dance

By popular demand, the wedding dance that shocked the lot of you! Or maybe not, as this was the wedding of Mike and Kitty, so you never quite knew what was going to happen! Have fun, be kind, just do it.  Not bad for a Parkie and a Cardiac Arrest Survivor. I reckon.. Link in … Read more