Minnie’s Musings
Random ramblings of a middle aged, middle class, middle income woman
about
Category: Uncategorized
-
This morning I am contrasting an idyllic hour berrying with a friend on a local common, catching up, hearing news, grumbling with a giggle to this morning’s stress filled aggravation where nothing – and I mean NOTHING – seemed to go right. Now I am sitting on a train I can pause for a fume.…
-
Yesterday we had a lovely afternoon. We cleaned the BBQ (a feat in itself), washed the garden table (constantly covered in the dust and needles from the two enormous fir trees that dominate our back garden) and found the outside crockery (IKEA basics). Mother-in-law and brother-in-law joined us for burgers and sausages with new potatoes…
-
Alongside the death of Ozzy Osborn (who by quirking fate – for which read random claim to fame – lived up the road in a house once occupied by my godfather in his army days, and is now buried down the road from my parents (or rather tarmac pathway in Highgate Cemetery) we saw the…
-
My youngest has just had a conversation with a recruitment consultant which segwayed into a discussion about his son’s recent diagnosis of autism, at the age of five. He is bewildered and frightened, concerned for his wife and other sons. He is feeling isolated. Goodness me, it brings back memories and the tears well up…
-
In the knicker department is my new mission. I have decided that I should make like French women (with a heavy dose of middle aged, comfort is my priority thrown in) and pay more attention to my attire right down to my smalls. No more mix and match, black with white, white with neutral, neutral…
-
So after several days of revising until the small hours , catching calls from the DWP and watching England with one eye while stitching my embroidery with the other, I can report the following: Business models are all pervasive. I just mentioned a thing called the Balance Score Card to my Best Beloved and he…
-
My desk is tidier than it has been for months. I have a test on Wednesday. This test is on the business analysis section of my course that I signed up for in a bid for self-improvement. At the moment I am heading towards a borderline fail/pass, depending, so I am attempting to learn all…
-
The city of Oxford in term time with the city of Oxford in the Summer. Do you prefer being mown down by student cyclists and failing to find a seat in any coffee shop because someone is writing a 2000 word essay on their laptop so is ensconced for the duration. Or streets teaming with…
-
Why have mullets returned? Why are the youth of today sporting these filial atrocities? They didn’t look good in the early 80s and they don’t look good now. One’s negative opinion has not been enhanced by one’s Best Beloved’s oft repeated anecdote that his father shaved him.l a mullet when his primary school was suffering…
-
Packed up and departed holiday park with 10 mins to spare. Hurrah! Now creeping along the motorway between The Hague and Rotterdam so 10 minute cushion is evaporating. Arghhhhh! Luckily we have another cushion built into our arrival time at Dunkirk. Of course, by smugly declaring that we have a cushion we are asking for…
Minnie’s Musings 