Reclaiming My Future

Yes, this is a thank you letter…keep reading it if you want an ego boost… Dear Reader, I’m not sure how many times I can say if before it stops sounding genuine but I really do have so much to thank you for. You have, so far (so don’t disappoint! haha) made 2011 one of [...]

And so, yesterday I received my first truly negative comments. And it wasn’t just ‘I don’t like your site’, it was an entire character assassination. I like to be liked…everyone does. When I put myself out there with my honest posts I was afraid that people wouldn’t understand where I was coming from; they wouldn’t [...]

My blog has two birthdays (yes, just like the Queen; it’s that important!)…the first one is May 2009 when I set it up for family and friends to follow me as I prepared, then went, backpacking solo around South East Asia for three months. Although my writing was average, there’s no SEO and I used [...]

Tomorrow is a landmark day.  It means I have just 60 days left until I get onboard the plane and head off to Africa on one of the most eagerly anticipated journeys I have ever taken and I have to say that instead of butterflies, I feel like I have a pirates war worth of [...]

Yes folks, today I join the ‘quarter of a century birthday club’.  I sound old and wise like Yoda don’t I? That’s ok, Yoda kicks ass figuratively, physically and mentally! It’s also another momentous day – 90 days until my big adventure to Africa starts =) Let the good times roll… In the spirit of [...]

I seriously don’t know what happened over the last 2 days that should have signalled the weekend.  I woke up 9.30am yesterday and I don’t remember where the time went after that.  No, I wasn’t drinking (at that point anyway). Yesterday was dedicated to my best friend SMS as she turned 25 on Wednesday (YIKES! [...]

Whilst I am a bit of a novice when it comes to round-the-worlding (and when I say novice, what I really mean is I travelled around Asia for three months and now call myself somewhat of an expert because I’m THAT good) I did find that by the end of my travels, there were certain [...]

Now I should say before you all start worrying, I love my country (especially my coastal town on the English Riviera) when the sun is shining; I have gorgeous scenery around my place. However, there are just a few niggles that get me hating the British Summer…. 1. Boobs The leather-skinned water balloons of a [...]

…when you have no words to speak.  When you have nothing to imitate a tap dance with jazz hands for your captive audience?  You write a letter. And today I’m writing to someone very special; Dear Earth, You are an inspiration!  When home looks like this…

Recently I’ve been trying to get back into the blogosphere and you know what I’ve noticed?  I don’t fit in…anywhere!  It’s like I’m an ugly, waif-like nerd that can’t sit with the cheerleaders, jocks OR the cool kids.  What’s up with that???  I mean, in the blogosphere you’ve got the housewives that talk about recipes [...]