One of my favourite books growing up was the Louisa May Alcott classic, Little Women. I was reminded of this when I caught a snippet of the movie on TV recently – what I think of as the “new” version, starring Susan Sarandon as Marmee and Winona Ryder as Jo. However Miss 26 informed me […]
Couple’s Catchphrases
With Valentine’s Day this week, I thought it would be fun to share some of the silly catchphrases and in-jokes that the husbear and I use. We’ve been together for over 35 years, and married for nearly 33, and I can’t imagine having to begin again with somebody new – mostly because they wouldn’t understand […]
The Lost Inheritance
We’ve had some sad times here in the Spaghetti family over the past couple of years. My father-in-law passed away in July 2021; my mother-in-law, in July 2022 (if she’d lasted just one more day, they would have died exactly a year apart). Since then the husbear and his sister have been busy with the […]
My Lip Story
Perhaps you’ve heard of Liptember (a fundraiser held each September for women’s mental health services) … well this is my Lipstory (Lipstick History)! Like most little girls, my first lipsticks were my mother’s cast-offs, or the tiny lipstick samples courtesy of our local Avon lady. When I started at high school, lip gloss was BIG. […]