Kung Fu Manda 🇺🇦
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Solar powered redhead. I'm not a fan of stupid. I pretty much prefer animals to people.
Sad, mushy and complicated.
Sad, mushy and complicated.
The reality of my marriage is being somewhere amazing (Khao Sok, Thailand, up in a treehouse, none the less) and going to bed at 7.30pm as my husband (who has been up since 3am for reasons unknown) is fast asleep.
I'd ditch him and go out drinking alone but it's his birthday and that seems mean 😅
I'd ditch him and go out drinking alone but it's his birthday and that seems mean 😅
November 28, 2025 at 1:29 PM
The reality of my marriage is being somewhere amazing (Khao Sok, Thailand, up in a treehouse, none the less) and going to bed at 7.30pm as my husband (who has been up since 3am for reasons unknown) is fast asleep.
I'd ditch him and go out drinking alone but it's his birthday and that seems mean 😅
I'd ditch him and go out drinking alone but it's his birthday and that seems mean 😅
I decided to do less battle with my hair, do one of those 'curly girl' routines and go full curl. The sensations of dripping wet hair down my back, sticky hair gel, and now having a head full of hair I can't fiddle with, has sent me to hair HELL. So much ick.
Hair looks amazing though, annoyingly.
Hair looks amazing though, annoyingly.
November 19, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I decided to do less battle with my hair, do one of those 'curly girl' routines and go full curl. The sensations of dripping wet hair down my back, sticky hair gel, and now having a head full of hair I can't fiddle with, has sent me to hair HELL. So much ick.
Hair looks amazing though, annoyingly.
Hair looks amazing though, annoyingly.
I now live on the M25. Please forward my mail.
November 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I now live on the M25. Please forward my mail.
There's stuck in traffic, and then there's turn-off-your-engine-and-wee-into-an-old-Pret-cup stuck in traffic. Gotta love the M25...
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
There's stuck in traffic, and then there's turn-off-your-engine-and-wee-into-an-old-Pret-cup stuck in traffic. Gotta love the M25...
Some days you just want to feel the feels, so I'm watching The Green Mile.
October 19, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Some days you just want to feel the feels, so I'm watching The Green Mile.
The big ship is sailing on the alley alley oh, apparently.
September 30, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The big ship is sailing on the alley alley oh, apparently.
Today I have mostly been listing men's suits on Vinted, despite the fact that the site is flooded with them as everyone with an office job works from home most of the week. Husband said I could keep all proceeds, which was the only driving factor as I'm flat broke.
August 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Today I have mostly been listing men's suits on Vinted, despite the fact that the site is flooded with them as everyone with an office job works from home most of the week. Husband said I could keep all proceeds, which was the only driving factor as I'm flat broke.
Oh, hello, random child that i didn't know I had! Broken phone, you say? Sounds expensive.....
August 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Oh, hello, random child that i didn't know I had! Broken phone, you say? Sounds expensive.....
UC are insisting my daughter apply for full time jobs regardless of whether they are suitable or not. As a result she's applying for a plastic surgeon role, and HGV driver and a scaffolder role this week.
July 26, 2025 at 1:35 PM
UC are insisting my daughter apply for full time jobs regardless of whether they are suitable or not. As a result she's applying for a plastic surgeon role, and HGV driver and a scaffolder role this week.
Our 4 hour flight delay back from Venice last night didn't get us home until 4am. I'm beyond tired
July 23, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Our 4 hour flight delay back from Venice last night didn't get us home until 4am. I'm beyond tired
The job market is brutal for recent grads. My daughter is interning and volunteering in 2 places that could unlock so much opportunity, but still needs money, so she's applied for a weekend part-time job 10 miles away that starts at 6am on Sat and Sun, and the bus doesn't run then.
July 23, 2025 at 8:51 PM
The job market is brutal for recent grads. My daughter is interning and volunteering in 2 places that could unlock so much opportunity, but still needs money, so she's applied for a weekend part-time job 10 miles away that starts at 6am on Sat and Sun, and the bus doesn't run then.
My plane home was supposed to take off an hour ago, but there's something amiss....
a woman is talking on a cell phone and says something is wrong with the left phalange
Alt: a woman is talking on a cell phone and says something is wrong with the left phalange
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July 22, 2025 at 10:06 PM
My plane home was supposed to take off an hour ago, but there's something amiss....
I'm in my favourite bar in my favourite city and as we walked in they were playing Just Like Heaven by The Cure, which is apt because a) they are from my home town and b) it really does feel a bit like heaven whenever we visit here 😍
July 22, 2025 at 10:07 AM
I'm in my favourite bar in my favourite city and as we walked in they were playing Just Like Heaven by The Cure, which is apt because a) they are from my home town and b) it really does feel a bit like heaven whenever we visit here 😍
Another Italy trip where my husband's Mounjaro appetite dictates how and when I eat.
We don't do 'meals' anymore, just one or two light snacks a day.
I'm so hungry, yet somehow still chubby. So unfair.
We don't do 'meals' anymore, just one or two light snacks a day.
I'm so hungry, yet somehow still chubby. So unfair.
July 21, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Another Italy trip where my husband's Mounjaro appetite dictates how and when I eat.
We don't do 'meals' anymore, just one or two light snacks a day.
I'm so hungry, yet somehow still chubby. So unfair.
We don't do 'meals' anymore, just one or two light snacks a day.
I'm so hungry, yet somehow still chubby. So unfair.
I swear that my eyesight is failing because I've been married for 26 years and have constant eye strain from the amount of eye rolls that it has caused.
July 21, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I swear that my eyesight is failing because I've been married for 26 years and have constant eye strain from the amount of eye rolls that it has caused.
I'm in my favourite place in the world. I've been here many, many times, and my husband and I refer to places based on events from past trips.
I'm currently in that bar where our daughter left her sunglasses, near the bridge where that man tried to sell you drugs.
I'm currently in that bar where our daughter left her sunglasses, near the bridge where that man tried to sell you drugs.
July 19, 2025 at 10:44 AM
I'm in my favourite place in the world. I've been here many, many times, and my husband and I refer to places based on events from past trips.
I'm currently in that bar where our daughter left her sunglasses, near the bridge where that man tried to sell you drugs.
I'm currently in that bar where our daughter left her sunglasses, near the bridge where that man tried to sell you drugs.
My brain is so fried, and my anxiety is so high that I feel that medication might have to be in my future in order for there to BE a future.
I'm so tired.
I'm so tired.
July 18, 2025 at 9:58 PM
My brain is so fried, and my anxiety is so high that I feel that medication might have to be in my future in order for there to BE a future.
I'm so tired.
I'm so tired.
My mother insists on clicking on every link on every email, in case you're wondering why her email is constantly blacklisted...
July 18, 2025 at 9:55 PM
My mother insists on clicking on every link on every email, in case you're wondering why her email is constantly blacklisted...
2 graduations in 7 months.
That's the kids educated, what's next?
That's the kids educated, what's next?
July 18, 2025 at 9:54 PM
2 graduations in 7 months.
That's the kids educated, what's next?
That's the kids educated, what's next?
Then and now.
Proud.
Proud.
July 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Then and now.
Proud.
Proud.
Me, everytime I read anything about Practical Magic 2: "Please don't be shit, please don't be shit!!"
a woman with curly hair is crossing her fingers and making a face
ALT: a woman with curly hair is crossing her fingers and making a face
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July 14, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Me, everytime I read anything about Practical Magic 2: "Please don't be shit, please don't be shit!!"
My husband is currently enjoying a free wine, courtesy of the Liverpool supporting bar server, just because he has a scouse accent.
I swear I get all the shit luck just so that my husband can live the blessed life.
I swear I get all the shit luck just so that my husband can live the blessed life.
July 5, 2025 at 4:23 PM
My husband is currently enjoying a free wine, courtesy of the Liverpool supporting bar server, just because he has a scouse accent.
I swear I get all the shit luck just so that my husband can live the blessed life.
I swear I get all the shit luck just so that my husband can live the blessed life.
You know when you're out, and you see your ex, and you think 'wow, I dodged a bullet there, because they have really let themselves go and are clearly bat shit CRAZY!'?
Anyway, unrelated, Happy Independence Day to the USA.
Anyway, unrelated, Happy Independence Day to the USA.
July 4, 2025 at 8:35 PM
You know when you're out, and you see your ex, and you think 'wow, I dodged a bullet there, because they have really let themselves go and are clearly bat shit CRAZY!'?
Anyway, unrelated, Happy Independence Day to the USA.
Anyway, unrelated, Happy Independence Day to the USA.
One minute* you're a VP at Merrill Lynch, a jaded city dweller verging on burn out, next minute* you're in the depths of Sussex raising squirrels and Googling bee skeps and how to weave them.
*By minute, I mean 25 years - ish, but still....
*By minute, I mean 25 years - ish, but still....
June 28, 2025 at 3:37 PM
One minute* you're a VP at Merrill Lynch, a jaded city dweller verging on burn out, next minute* you're in the depths of Sussex raising squirrels and Googling bee skeps and how to weave them.
*By minute, I mean 25 years - ish, but still....
*By minute, I mean 25 years - ish, but still....