Archive for May, 2008

Hmmm … I can’t think of a title

I am fretting a bit about Race for Life. There’s less than 2 weeks to go (eek!) and I am not fit! I haven’t been training - I’ve been too lazy! So I won’t be able to run the course, or even jog it! I feel kind of like I’ve let myself down - I […]

Published by Suzy on May 29th, 2008 tagged Life, Diet & Fitness, Race for Life | Comment now »

Wordless Wednesday - 2 weeks to go!! Aaargh!

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Published by Suzy on May 28th, 2008 tagged Life, Race for Life, Wordless Wednesday | 1 Comment »

Thursday Thirteen - Pity Party

7 reasons for a pity party + 6 reasons to be cheerful = 13

My head hurts
My ear hurts
My neck hurts
I am soooo tired
My nose is sniffy
My throat is beginning to be sore
My hubby is away

But …

I am not seriously ill - it’s just a cold!
I can still look after myself and my children
I have a […]

Published by Suzy on May 22nd, 2008 tagged Life, Thursday Thirteen | Comment now »

Wordless Wednesday - Grandad’s Birthday

Abi with her Grandad when she was a baby
Happy Birthday Grandad!
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Published by Suzy on May 21st, 2008 tagged Wordless Wednesday, Photos | Comment now »

101 (or maybe 6) uses for a Morrisons bag

How many uses are there for a Morrisons reusable shopping bag? This is what I was musing this morning, while using one for another purpose … so I decided to write a list! I have quite a stash of bags as I tend to forget to actually bring them with me when going shopping, so […]

Published by Suzy on May 17th, 2008 tagged Life, Nonsense, Ramble | Comment now »

Amazing Grace


Published by Suzy on May 16th, 2008 tagged Songs, Youtube, Music | Comment now »

Desiderata

Sandy Carlson posted the last 13 lines of this poem on her blog for Thursday Thirteen this week and I thought it was beautiful and wise, so I’m posting the whole poem here. (If you want to read my TT, just scroll down - it’s in the next post)
Desiderata
Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
and […]

Published by Suzy on May 15th, 2008 tagged Poetry | Comment now »

Thursday Thirteen - Chimps

I won last week’s TT theme!! I was very surprised to discover that this morning! Thank you!
This week I’m thinking about Chimps, following on from my Wordless Wednesday yesterday of Susie the chimp and her family. I adopted Susie at Monkey World. I’ve been watching Monkey Life (five, UK, weekdays at 6:30pm) and I […]

Published by Suzy on May 15th, 2008 tagged Thursday Thirteen, Chimps | Comment now »

Wordless Wednesday - Susie’s family

Susie the Chimp and her family - Eddi her daughter, and baby boy Bart.

I adopted Susie the Chimp at Monkey World
[Note: This is a cropped version of this photo taken by Tigerlemurguy, and found on Flickr by me.]
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Published by Suzy on May 14th, 2008 tagged Wordless Wednesday, Photos, Chimps | Comment now »

30 days!

There are 30 days left until I do Race for Life on 11th June!
Time is going so fast!!

Published by Suzy on May 12th, 2008 tagged Diet & Fitness, Race for Life, Charity | 1 Comment »