I grew up watching Lucille Ball on her hilarious TV show I Love Lucy after school. She was delightfully funny and hugely likable, getting into all sorts of scrapes with her best friend Ethel. She was something else, a woman who was both beautiful and funny. In her era, there were starlets or funny women, …
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With the way the world is today, friendship is more important than ever, helping us through and keeping us sane, giving us the emotional support. I felt like this book would be a good one to read and share with you all right now, so I took it on without realising that it was written …
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"A detective story with no detective" says the tagline on this book, and it's a pretty good description. Set in Edinburgh in 2011, Margaret is a middle aged woman whose life has imploded in London, so she flees to her mothers in Scotland. It's one of the coldest Winters on record, and there are a …
I'm a natural night owl and after years of working jobs that started in the afternoon or evening, my body clock tends to really resist an early bedtime. Add into that mix the fact that as soon as I turn off the light, I start thinking about things, and suddenly I'm wide awake... Having a …
It's the little things at the moment. Here I am, with my coffee in my flamingo mug and a crisp white tee shirt, starting my day out fresh. I wanted to share three little beauty, self care, hair care things with you that made me happy today. 1. New Foundation: Maybelline, Dream Radiant Liquid. I …
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When Sherri moves to town with her 10 year old daughter Katie, she manages to upset the tight knit and cliquey group of mothers by befriending the grieving widow Rebecca, who has a daughter the same age, and a teenage daughter Alexa. Alexa is at somewhat of a loose end over the Summer, and babysits …
Look at all those berries.... The top layer sprinkled on, ready for the oven! Voila! Delicious! This cobbler recipe is delicious and really easy to make. I love it because it's all simple ingredients and you can use either fresh or frozen strawberries. This time I tried it out with frozen mixed berries. It didn't …
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Jia Jia has been married for 4 years, in a relationship based on practical things like making a family rather than love. When her husband announces that they will go on a trip, Jia Jia goes to pack, only to walk into the bathroom to find her husband dead in the bath tub. He has …
I read this in one sitting. The Silence has a strong opening chapter. We meet Isla, a woman struggling with alcoholism living in London in the late 90's, when she gets a call from her father in Sydney, Australia, asking her to come home. He's being investigated for the murder of a woman who lived …
Emily, a pretty and young film assistant, is missing. The police have turned up Mia's house to ask her husband Roy what he knows about this girl, since he was the last one to see her alive. The story that follows is Roy's recollection of events against Mia's, bit both of them might not be …
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