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An exercise in futility
TAXES I LOVE YOUWent to the tax office today. Boy, I swear they must have sent all their staff on How To Be Nice courses, because they’ve all turned incredibly nice over the last year or so. Whereas before the place used to be Sourpuss City, it’s now actually filled...
A very long post about a confirmation
One thing I found so wonderful on returning to Iceland after many years as a gypsy was rediscovering a sense of community. I loved – and still love – belonging to a tribe. I loved being part of the ebb and flow of life – being present to share births, deaths,...
No mercy. Sort of.
Today YT has shown no mercy and summoned the troops [such as they are, consisting of EPI and AAH] for a serious round of spring cleaning. I’m talking kitchen cupboards, fridge, cleaning out the pantry [which is located off our kitchen and is a general receptacle for...
The terrible Icelandic man-eating geese
I’m getting slightly concerned. For my own mental health. When I could [I won’t say should because I think that word is the Devil’s tool for making people feel guilty] be posting deep insightful exposes about What it is Like to Live in Iceland I DO NOT do this but...
One for the road…
OK people, this is serious, three posts in one day. D'ya reckon this might have anything to do with my newly-discovered workaholism??Anyway! I just had to pass on this link , especially to those of you who have seen the Vagina Monologues. Guffaw![Incidentally,...
Lost in Translation 3
Oh, so that's why you get married!A sign posted in Germany's Black Forest:IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN ON OUR BLACK FOREST CAMPING SITE THAT PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT SEX, FOR INSTANCE, MEN AND WOMEN, LIVE TOGETHER IN ONE TENT UNLESS THEY ARE MARRIED WITH EACH OTHER FOR THIS...
Headless
You know when women go on the pill and they gain weight? Well, something like that's happening to our Polly. She EATS around the frigging clock and is looking decidedly rotund!Also, she appears to have lost her head...... which I've heard also happens to [some] women...
Welcome to the Twilight Zone
Gasp! [The coming-up-for-air-kind.] I have been working my little buns off and I can attest to the fact that being a translating machine is not fun. Twelve hours at the bloody computer yesterday, with merely a break for a run and the occasional cuppa.[OK, enough of...
How to have a good time
An excellent Saturday in 20 easy steps:1. Send the kids away, if any2. Make sure you have a boyfriend [or girlfriend; boyfriend for this particular narrative] who adores you and who is your favourite company in the whole wide world3. Go to an early movie and make sure...
Sundown
What time is it? It’s Annual Report time, which is the time the Corporate World gets frisky. Also the time when YT comes closest to being a veritable translating machine, sitting for hours on end with terms rattling around in her brain like ‘fixed capital formation’,...
PillExplosion
Guess who’s on the pill?Not YT.Not even AAH. (Perish the thought!)That leaves only one female in the YT household. Yes, today our very own little Polly the cockatiel was carted off to the vet in a little miniature handbag-like cage [couldn’t help thinking what a...
Mfuddlemind
Back from a power suit day. Yowsa! The whole damn day wearing one of those muthas. This ends the session that began with my previous power suit day and involves training in the Corporate World and I am happy to report that I’ve now passed GO and can collect many many...
