Love? Life? Joy!
I went out for dinner with a very old and very good friend of mine on Friday night, and we somehow ended up talking about what we were doing this time last year. And my word, how things have changed! I don’t think I’ve ever gone through a 12 months of such emotional turmoil, of such epic personal achievements or... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Adventureland From the Heart
Two Weeks Notice is one of those films that I always watch when I catch it on TV, even though I have it on DVD. It’s a great film to have on in the background and also one of those films you can enjoy at a really basic level when you need some good old fashioned escapism. I can quote... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: a little piece of joy Feel Good Film of the Week
It’s nearly Chrismas!!! Well, it’s nearly December, so that means it’s nearly Christmas too, right? I may as well be blunt and say that I flipping love Christmas! The large intake of food, the singing mechanical creatures around the house and the lack of laughter at cracker jokes around the table. In the past few weeks, the Christmas adverts have... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: a little piece of joy
Having sampled a pear, walnut and gorgonzola pizza at a friend’s Italian restaurant recently that pretty much rocked my world, my boyfriend and I found a new challenge in crafting savoury pear recipes. As he is quite the dab hand at poaching an egg, this challenge soon took us in to the realms of brunch, and some rather eggcelent breakfasts:... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Domestic Goddess Ilona's Weekly Munchies
The Time Traveler’s Wife is many things: a brilliant debut novel, a modern classic, a romance, a fantasy, a sob-fest, a book which has been adapted into a mediocre film… Whatever you think about it, one thing is for damn certain; it gets people talking. At a very basic level, it does what it says on the tin: it’s a book... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: a little piece of joy Emma's Book Club
Now I’ll be honest. I like Boris Johnson. He is like a lovable floppy haired bear, isn’t he? Our darling London Mayor said some pretty radical statements recently, in his column for The Telegraph, about how people should stop picking on the super rich. WHAT? Super-rich people get verbal abuse? How ghastly. Nobody hates the super-rich purely because they are... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Fire me up baby! Rant Yazmin Joy
Last weekend I found myself sat on the foyer of a hotel at 4.30am, pizza slice in hand, in a conversation with a friend about my parents. I was adopted when I was a month old, and I’ve known for so long that I forget that not everyone knows. It’s not part of everyone’s life. So we chatted. I explained... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: a little piece of joy From the Heart
Everyone has a handful of films which they can count on in their hour of need; that film which can always lift them out of a particularly rotten mood or that go-to film whenever they’re in need of some light entertainment. I have four such films: 10 Things I Hate About You, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days,... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: a little piece of joy Feel Good Film of the Week
I am definitely NOT a gym-bunny. Two minutes on the cross-trainer and I am already thinking about all the other things I’d rather be doing e.g. watching Coronation Street and eating a packet of biscuits. The longest I’ve had a gym membership for is a year, which I think is a serious achievement! I don’t mean I paid for it... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Empowerment: Man! I feel Like a Woman! Poppy Gillian
Over the last few weeks, as I have settled back into work and home life (following half term) I have had a profound revelation: I NEED TO BLOODY CHILL I’m a perfectionist! A lot of people will see this as a positive attribute right? I mean there’s nothing worse than a substandard job. A perfectionist will put in 100% to... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: a little piece of joy Mirror Mirror: Self Improvement