OK. Here's the story. I fulltime aunty-ed for 3 days. I don't have any kids of my own and I'm still learning about my niece Isabella Lily Joy Gerondis, she changes everyday. Here's my story of how I survived and spoiler... so does she. DAY ONE. I'm there after I finish work to pick up... Continue Reading →
New Year’s Eve
I dread it. That miserable night. The horrors it holds for me. It's cursed. Well... I think more accurately I'm cursed. Maybe cursed is a strong word but honestly, I don't have a great track record. You just re-checked the title to make sure of what day it said didn't you. While I don't blame you... Continue Reading →
My Christmas Movies
Now I love Christmas, so I don't want you thinking I'm making fun. I love watching movies and at Christmas time I like to watch a bunch of good Christmas movies. The problem I have is, there is never enough good ones. So I decided to make my own list. It's still growing and recommendations... Continue Reading →
Chapter 15 – Life goes on
I often wonder if my mother would be proud of us all these days. We’ve all come such a long way from where we were when she left us. So what are we all up to now over three years later? Let me bring you up to speed. We will start with Bridget and Andy... Continue Reading →
12 – Lives Forever Changed
The funeral itself was a day of celebration but the next day was the hardest. As everyone else leaves the funeral and may think of her with a tear every now and then, we to pick up our lives and go on like nothing had happened. Only what had changed was everything. We were not... Continue Reading →
Chapter 9 – The Recovery
When she came out of the isolation and the major bone marrow transplant procedures, she wasn’t the same mother again. She was different. Scared and wary still certainly but now also hopeful and happy. She was able to leave the hospital and come home again, only going in for check ups. Of course she was... Continue Reading →
The morning of the jandal menace
So the this thing happened this morning driving to work. A series of stuff ups leading to me giggling the rest of the drive. I shouldn't be laughing still, it's a serious incident that could have been very bad indeed if it had gone differently, but it didn't. So I'm laughing. Life is too short... Continue Reading →
It’s 2016. Wait, when did that happen?
I work in a job where I type the date over and over into seemingly a million emails a day. Today the date fair smacked me in the face, I'm not sure why it chose today 19.01.2016 to reach out from the screen and slap me round the chops but I'm reeling from the number... Continue Reading →
Laugh Hard Mum….
As i find myself on the eve of my first ever stand up comedy gig that people are paying to see, I find myself reflecting on how I got here. It was my mum. Many of you know about my amazing mum and her struggles to beat the cancer which eventually claimed her life last... Continue Reading →
Gig Groupie – A Serious Application
"So, I've set up the official comedian page, I'm ready to begin my international tour. The only thing left to do is to sort out who will be accompanying me as my throng of groupies. Your duties will be as follows: Coming to all of my gigs, drinking lots of alcohol, taking lots of drugs... Continue Reading →