Tuesday 5 April 2011

Whats going on

Tulips snapped at Norfolk Lavender last year
The latest news from the Barrow Burrow in bullet point form because I feel too crap to write at length but want to post:
  • Became a Great Auntie yesterday - an 8lb boy born to Lucy, my brother's daughter, and Ben, her partner.
  • I didn't get shortlisted for the Pratchett Prize last week.  But I'm cool with that.  I'll write some more about why soon.
  • Very bad weekend energy-wise, but I'm cool with that too.
  • Pat is grumpy because Spurs just lost.
  • Pat is also grumpy because he is trying to lose a stone in four weeks before the cricket season starts.
  • Therefore we are on a low carb diet.  My tummy is much happier as a result.
  • Ducklings on the pond out back, this year's first.
  • Frogs in the pond out back, doing lots of 'cuddling'.
  • Not so consistent with the mindfulness meditation so far, but what I am doing managing to do is really helping.
  • Have declared April a Self Care Month.
  • Am saving for a new laptop, and feeling like I am committing an act of extreme betrayal, because I love this one so much, knackered tho it is.
  • My name is Rebecca and I am a chocolate addict.
  • The garden is starting to look green again, and Pat mowed the lawn, despite the duck glowering at us from her nest under the hedge.
  • My counsellor/guru thinks I should write erotic fiction.
  • Toying with starting a new blog about my fixation with notebooks, journals, planners, filofaxes and  all kinds of stationary.  Trying to think of a funky name (leave your ideas in the comments section below!)
Happy April everybody!  Spring is here!

3 comments:

  1. The way you wrote about the frogs 'cuddling' and the duck 'glowering' really made me giggle! I have total mental pictures of anthropomorphised animals watching you and Pat like you're mad and ruining their day! :) Hehehehe!
    With the new blog, there is a website called bookshelf porn so maybe something like stationery porn? Or maybe something a bit less....porny? Depends on the angle of the blog I guess. Hmmm....

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  2. @milliewray,no seriously, that duck really does glower! I like the idea of stationary porn too. could cause some dodgy Google searches tho...

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  3. Love the idea of stationary porn! I'm going to be doing an 'aspiring writers survival guide' that includes a few choice items from my own collection! But I suspect yours – especially the notebooks – will be much more beautifully decorated/illustrated than mine! Amy xxx

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