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• Dogs Are a Girl’s Best Friend
  on Mar 19, 2010 in Humour Dating/ Men Things that make me smile
  I love dogs; I can take or leave cats. The difference between cats and dogs is that if you were decorating a room, a cat would be watching you and thinking: “This is so boring, you are are doing that completely wrong - fool”. A dog would watch...
• What women want in a man...
  on Mar 16, 2010 in Humour Dating/ Men Things that make me smile
  Okay, I have been known to contemplate what my expectations should be from men; this made me laugh out loud. I know now where I am going wrong, I realise I am stuck in the expecations of a girl of 32 and still a 22 year old for three: No. 4 & 5...
• Motherhood: the best of times, the worst of times...
  on Mar 13, 2010 in Friends/ Family Fascinating and Flawed Women Poems Quotations Things that make me smile
  “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring...
• Celebrating our friends from Mars..
  on Feb 5, 2010 in Friends/ Family Dating/ Men Quotations Things that make me smile
  That best portion of a good man's life, His little, nameless, unremembered acts Of kindness and of loveWilliam Wordsworth   Like most single women, I have make generic and “eye rolling” statements about men, usually said with tongue in cheek. Bu...
• Poem about having the courage to love
  on Feb 2, 2010 in Dating/ Men Poems
  Touched by an Angel Maya Angelou We, unaccustomed to courageexiles from delightlive coiled in shells of lonelinessuntil love leaves its high holy templeand comes into our sightto liberate us into life. Love arrivesand in its train come ecstasiesold...
• Valentines Day & Romance
  on Jan 26, 2010 in People of Interest Dating/ Men Things that make me smile
  Valentine's Day, February 14th, has a particular significance for me, as it’s my birthday. Actually, being born on “the most romantic day of the year” feels special. It’s particularly lovely when I am with someone (twice the fuss) and now I'm...
• Poem about separation
  on Jan 24, 2010 in Poems Grief/ Loss
  Separation by W. S. Merwin: Your absence has gone through me Like thread through a needle. Everything I do is stitched with its colour.       The simplicity of this poem is what makes it so beautiful. Describes that feeling when you miss some...
• The Five Love Languages book - Gary Chapman
  on Jan 20, 2010 in Reviews Books Dating/ Men Things that make me smile
  "The heart of what love is all about is choosing to do things for the benefit of the other person" Dr Gary Chapman I love finding a book that genuinely makes a difference to my understanding of life and relationships. I do believe we are...
• Family nicknames
  on Jan 19, 2010 in Friends/ Family Humour Things that make me smile
  It amuses me how families can develop nicknames or phrases that become ingrained into the language of the family and seem strange to anyone outside. My sister’s nickname is Bood. There are several explanations of how it came about, but Bood has...
• How I Met Your Mother - TV Sitcom
  on Jan 6, 2010 in Reviews People of Interest Humour TV
  If you miss TV sitcom "Friends"...or have got to the point you can’t possibly watch another repeat on T4, try watching "How I Met Your Mother". It’s an American TV comedy, about a group of twenty-something friends and their li...

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