I don't know about you, but I always struggle to buy my hubby presents. It's not that I don't know what he likes, I do, but I also know that he always will always say to me when asked : "I'm the man who has everything, I don't need anything." Of course he doesn't have everything, far from it. …
Cancer Awareness – Let’s Fight Cancer
One of my blogging friends has just been diagnosed with breast cancer. My brother in law died way too young from cancer. Most of us will have been touched by cancer in one way or another, and I think we all understand that cancer is a potential threat to anyone and can strike regardless of age, …
Bring Back The Milkman I say
Back in the day we used to get a delivery from the milkman around 4.30am each morning. Fresh creamy milk. Ahh, the bliss. And a glass bottle that you washed out and put back on the doorstep for him to collect when you'd finished. All change These days it's all online subscriptions isn't …
A perfect fit trench coat to make all your worries disappear.
Today Don't sweat the small stuff Just be you. Do you have days when you just feel like you've given up on the will to live? It might be because of niggling worries that overtake you, or a big setback or just a fed-upness that won't go away. Lots of little things can put me into the 'oh crikey I'm …
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10 lovely ideas for Mother’s Day
Mother's day comes twice a year for me. Once when I appreciate all that my Mum has done for me on the British date which is in March, and then again a couple of months later in Australia when I'm the one being acknowledged on Mothering Sunday in May. I feel very blessed. I realise that not …
The Nepal Earthquake
The sight of bloodied children on stretchers, news of so many dead, photos of utter devastation, images of thick dust and rubble now the only remains of centuries old architecture - have been haunting my days and nights. The scenes of desperation as small teams of people tear through bricks and …
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
We popped off to see The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel on a very hot Sunday afternoon last weekend when we wanted some respite from the heatwave. I'd been waiting for this film's release with eager anticipation, and I wasn't disappointed, but I was a little anxious that it might not be Dave's …
5 Surprising Things about Ageing
I've never wanted to get old, and always dismissed it as something that would happen one day in the future, but a future too far away to even think about. That future is looming, a little close for comfort, metaphorically a bit of a dark cape covering up my usual neon pink pashmina. Being …
The truth about online friendships
I've just had 10 basic, one hour internet and social media workshops that I was meant to be facilitating cancelled. Bummer! Were they too expensive? Nooo. They were heavily subsidised, and participants only had to pay around $5 for each session. Who were they for? Seniors. In a target age range …
Farewell 2014
Hello and Goodbye Lifestylers for 2014. I'm taking a bloggie break until the beginning of January to spend time with my family, recharge the batteries and start work on my book. So it's Farewell 2014 and looking forward to 2015. I hope you all have a very Happy Christmas and an equally …
Mystery Case Worth Casing Blog Awards
Today I'm taking part in the Mystery Case Worth Casing Blog Awards by answering some questions about clothes, blogging and songs. Sound intriguing? I'm wondering how you'd answer the questions too. Yes, looking forward to your own Comments in the reply section. 1. How long have you been blogging …
Digital Parents Blog Carnival
Today I'm hosting a carnival! Come along for the ride and perhaps for the read of your life. TaDa! Presenting the Digital Parents Blog Carnival where you'll find a bounty of beautiful blogs. Topics and content range from; funny, sad, thoughtful, helpful, ingenious, curious, and thought …
7 Things to do when you’re feeling down
Taking death, major house moves, financial debt and life changing health situations out of the equation, it's normally the daily grind that gets us down, isn't it? The niggles of life or worries about getting older which lead to a downward spiral where we can wallow in our own little vale of …
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
I posted this as my status on Facebook today. "I know nobody will read my status but sometimes, when I'm bored, I get wrapped up in a sleeping bag and lather butter all over myself and slide around the kitchen floor pretending I'm a slug." I have to fess up. It wasn't mine. It was a Facebook …
What makes us Happy?
If you knew how many days you had to live, would that change what you're doing right now? Would knowing that make you want to do more of what makes you happy perhaps? Your life in days. "The average life expectancy of the global population in 2011 is 70 years, ranging from 80+ years in countries …
5 Tips I learnt from Advanced Style the Movie
I've just been to see Advanced Style, the documentary. It's about several older, stylish women living life to the full as they get older - the Lifestyle Fifty philosophy exactly! Ari Seth Cohen started photographing exotically clad women of an advanced age going about their days on the streets of …
What is Success?
Today I've had one of those kind of "Bluuurhhh" days. You know the sort? Feeling a bit old. Wondering what I've done with my life. Weather a bit blustery, a ton of boring jobs to do that I didn't want to do (Errr ... ho-hum that didn't get done). Moped around a bit ... waiting for unicorns ... …
11 Reasons to embrace Change
Do you ever have dreams that wake you up and have you wondering? I've had two recently. One is a recurring dream that happens every time there's the sniff of change in my life and the other is a new one which had me in a night time sweat. Number one goes something like this. We're travelling …
How Blogging can change your life.
When I arrived in Australia, I didn't know what I was going to do. I was a freelance writer, without any gigs, and I didn't know anyone or have any leads. My children had left home. That left me as an Empty Nester. I was initially occupied with picking up the pieces and sorting out the details …
Feel good look great … by laughing.
As I get older I realise how important it is to laugh. Every day. And I love being with people who make me giggle about life's little absurdities, and if I can't be with someone in real life then I'll take my laughing medicine from friends online. This appeared on my Facebook Friend Lynne's …
Get involved with the Sisterhood, Sister!
So on Friday evening, instead of glugging back half a bottle of wine over dinner with my dearest before plumping down like a stuffed turkey in front of the TV on a cold wintery night I went to an organised Girls' Night Out. I answered "Yes" to the invitation with gay abandon, until the event …
I just want to go home
Is it ok to say that I'm pretty much over boats, buses and planes? Can I admit that after five weeks away in stunningly beautiful places, and a little out of my comfort zone at times, I want to go home? My dear old Mum isn't well, my mobile won't top up with credit due to …
20 Days to a better you – Day 1 – Dance in the rain, don’t wait for the rain to pass
20 Days to a better you - Day 1 I'm on holiday in Europe at the moment, and this post was written and scheduled before I left. Hope you like it :) It's raining, it's pouring, the old man may be snoring, but I'm not! In my tangerine dressing gown and pink fluffy slippers (not a pretty sight) I …
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Inspiring women – Brenda Ellen
Nearly everyday I'm inspired by women in some way. Their strength, their beauty, their creativity, their entrepreneurship and their ability to lead from the hip always makes me want to ask lots of questions to find out what makes them tick! Today I'm interviewing a very inspiring 50+ woman, an …
How to manage Change when you hate transition
A couple of weeks ago my hubby said: "It's the right for me to take a work sabbatical. So let's take this opportunity to go to Europe for a few months." Waaaaaaaaah! Fanblimmintastic! Was my first excited reaction. But I'm not twenty something without life baggage and commitments, and within a …