December 27, 2024
Chicago 12, Melborne City, USA
Dear Diary

Happy Valentines Day!

Whether you’re single, coupled up or “it’s complicated”, rest assured that *I* love you and have collected some vintage valentines to prove it! Make the most of the special offers on fizzy wine and chocolates, and avoid the over priced roses and it’ll be fine.

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Dear Diary

Outfit Post: Something to Celebrate

Welcome to another week. The weather is pretty grotty, so at this time of year I grab any excuse to celebrate and cling onto it for dear life, and it just so happened that this weekend another opportunity presented itself. On Saturday lunch time I had my Sign Off sessions for Level 2 Roller Derby

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Dear Diary

Romantic Legs

Tomorrow it will finally be February. I’m looking forward to January being over, and February brings along an excellent excuse for a celebration, Valentines Day. Lots of people have a funny relationship with Valentines Day, they can’t stand the cliched romance that somehow has to be crow barred into just one day, the heart shaped

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Dear Diary

What’s Your Cold Remedy?

Well, so much for all those plans for 2014. Any serious attempts at health and fitness have been shelved while I fight off a cold that I’ve now been suffering from since before New Year. Thankfully Ultra Chloraseptic sent me a care package before Christmas that has been immensely helpful, it contained a mug, lemon

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Dear Diary

Fitness Goals for 2014

Yep, it’s that time, to take stock of the year gone by, and look ahead to the year that’s coming. I looked back over last years highlights in December, and now it’s time to set some goals of my own. Pass My WFTDA Roller Derby Minimum Skills This is a big goal for the year

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Dear Diary

Healthy Highlights of 2013

Well, 2013 is drawing to a close, and I thought before we get to the shiny new year it would be worth taking a look back at my highlights of 2013 in a fit and healthy sort of a way! I started the year last by taking part in Janathon. I’m not taking part this

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Dear Diary

Highlights of 2013

The last day of the year is finally here. Tomorrow there’ll be a whole shiny and new one to hopefully make great, but today it’s time to look back at some of my years highlights. I started the year with a published piece on Norwich in Pretty Nostalgic magazine (you can read a PDF here),

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Dear Diary

Happy Christmas!

Yes, I am making that now officially a thing as I sign off for Christmas! Have a fabulous Christmas, sod diets and only do exercise if it’s fun, it’s only one day!And yes, I did enlist the help of my husband in turning my Roller Derby helmet into a Christmas pudding. Why on earth would

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Dear Diary

Happy Christmas Eve Eve!

Yes, that’s officially a thing now as I say so! I’m off to do festive things, like buying presents, and less festive things, like doing the once yearly tidy up of my house! I’ve had a very festive fun filled weekend just gone, including the arrival of a fabulous Festive Fleur dress with baubles print

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