September 2008
A weekend jammed with activities
There is a chance that when I go to sleep tonight I may not wake up until Wednesday.
John, wake me up before you go, go.
August 2008
Someone searched for my blog on google using the following words:
purple bag sold out georgina
Funnily enough, my blog does actually come up in the search results using these words.
I learn all my mothering skills from Kristin, John’s sister. She is a brilliant mother. Today she outdid herself.
Kristin: Did you bring some of those cupcakes from New York for me to try?
Me: Yes but there’s only two left because I didn’t realize you were all coming.
Three children: CUPCAKES!! CUPCAKES!! CUPCAKES!!
Kristin: No the cupcakes are full of alcohol so only...
Conversation at dinner last night
Me: It's freezing in here. I have a cashmere jumper on and I am still freezing. Wool is the warmest material so how can I possibly be cold.
John: Cashmere isn't wool.
Me: Um, yes it is. (John googles it on his iPhone to check)
John: Oh yeah. But what material comes from sheep?
Me: Wool (a bit gobsmacked at this point)
John: Really, doesn't cotton come from sheep?
Me: NO! Cotton grows on trees.
John: So paper is made from cotton.
Me: Are you kidding me?
John: It's just been a while since I thought about this stuff.
Catching up on the many RSS feeds I get each day. I am still taunting myself with the Ebay Jimmy Choo feed.
Today an item has gone up for sale that proves that designers also make mistakes. Description: White leather patent gold shoes. No good can come of that.
Berry and I have had an email discussion today about how Michael Phelps can be so geeky looking but at the same time make our legs feel like jelly when he gets out of a swimming pool.
I advised her that he is going to be hosting the first Saturday Night Live this season.
She emailed back:
When is it on? (And if you say ‘Saturday night, live’ I will punch you in the knee).
Without...
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We have decided at the last minute to spend the long weekend up at the Cottage again. This means a 6 hour drive is coming up soon. It’s kind of hard to make conversation for 6 whole hours.
On the last drive up we talked about concerts we had been to. You know when people ask you about the first concert you ever went to and you kind of mumble the answer because it is usually super...
Thank you!!
I started this blog purely for my Mum. Slowly but surely I seem to have gained a lot more readers. Which to begin with was a little bit scary but I am slowly getting used to the idea of sharing details of my life with strangers.
The best part is the emails I receive from readers. So this post is to say a big thank you to those people who have emailed me about books I should read, cupcake...
When I set up my domain name and email address account I made it such that regardless of what email address you use, as long as it ends in @[redacted].com I will receive it. For people who may have trouble with their spelling. Although now that I think of it if you can’t spell Georgina you are going to screw up the second half of the address too. Anyhoo…..
My friend Carl thinks...
A different viewpoint
I sent a link to this post to Berry. Berry was one of my first friends in New York. She arrived only a few days before me. We went through a lot of interesting stuff in our first few weeks so I was interested to see if she felt the same way as I did. First she wanted to know if I had been dropped on my head because clearly I didn’t remember how bad some of the bad bits were (it’s...
I’ve just been facebook friend requested by my boyfriend’s Dad. Next thing he’ll have his own blog.
“The first month in New York for a newcomer has this certain amazing magic about...”
– www.gapingvoid.com (via allthelatestmoves)
I was thinking this very same thought as I walked home today. Except not quite as articulate. Mine was more like this - I wish I could go back in time and enjoy those first few months in NY just one more time. Even the bad bits.
Help! Panty Hose
lissak06:
Do you think it is required to wear pantyhose (When wearing dresses, skirts etc.) at an Office where Suits or Ties are a constant?
Aren’t they a b*tch?! I am wearing a pair today and wonder if it would be ok to remove them. :P
Last year my employer was hell bent on getting the women to wear stockings/pantyhose. Not only did they send more than one email about it but I also arrived...
In an effort to reduce the amount of emails I receive in all three of my email accounts I have started unsubsribing from a lot of stuff that I just don’t read anyway.
What irritates me is when I go through the process of unsubscribing (which in some cases is confusing and definitely requires concentration lest you end up being subscribed to more newsletters than you originally were) and...
John: Are you allowed to have wine during your juice cleanse?
Me: Um, no.
John: But it's a form of juice.
I am only 4 car rentals away from being upgraded to the highest Hertz Gold Club level - the Hertz Presidents Circle. Want to know why I am amused by this? I don’t even have a valid driver’s license.
The only difference between the old level and the new level is that I will be treated like crap by Hertz customer service only 75% of the time as opposed to 85% of the time.
Don’t ever let anyone tell you that New Yorkers are not a friendly bunch. Time and again I am blown away by how lovely they can be. I was just in the Westerly buying some Flaxseed Oil. I’ve never bought it before so I was spending ages reading the labels of each brand trying to determine which one to buy.
A fellow customer leans over and picks up one of the bottles and says...