Glad to be a Girl

Okay, things forgotten in light of yesterday's memorial post are (in no particular order): 1) In a bizarre twist of fate, another person our family knows died on the same day as Gum. We didn't know him that well, but well enough to know he is being missed just as much (if not more since he is a fair amount younger!) as Gum. He was (now follow closely) my ....

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Yesterday morning at 09h55, probably about 2 hours after mom first called me to tell me the nurses didn't think he had much longer, she called to tell me that my grandfather (her father) had died, aged 83. Thankfully she'd called before then and let me speak to him a little on the phone. Apparently hearing is the last sense to go, so although he couldn't respond, I hope he ....

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Another evening spent at home. But I did take some cute bunny pics to keep you entertained. Varen and I really *meant* to go back to gym last night but somehow it just never happened :( It's so cold at night and all I want to do in climb into a nice toasty warm bath with my latest book and read and then hop straight into bed. Sadly my ....

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Nothing much to say this morning ... which is why I've posted 2 book reviews for you ;) That and I'm having a good old catch up with Jam on GoogleTalk ... has been ages since we last chatted cause she is doing her community service in Umtata at the moment! ....

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Jeffery Deaver loves writing short stories. 'All bets are off,' he says. 'Short stories are like a sniper's bullet. Fast and shocking. I can make good bad and bad badder, and most fun of all, really bad seem good.' This is collection of short stories that is instantly gripping and impossible to put down. Loved loved loved this :) But then again, I'm generally a huge Jeffery Deaver fan, ....

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When millionaire Dean Robillard meets Blue Bailey, she couldn't be more down on her luck; her ex has stolen all her money and she's got no place to go. A football hero, Dean is taking a holiday while recovering from a career-threatening injury. He'd planned a solo road trip to get his head together. The last thing he needs is a damsel in distress tagging along for the ride. However, despite ....

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So Friday started out innocently enough and ended up impacting the thoughts of the rest of my weekend. Fairly early on in the day (before lunch), I got a call from a good friend of mine who told me a rumour was going around that another good friend of mine (from a few years ago, who I admittedly haven't had much recent contact with) had himself a boyfriend. This ....

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