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Doggie Walking and Elvis!!!

It doesn’t matter how much sleep you get on the aeroplane, the jet lag always gets you; so I felt somewhat blurry and generally out of...

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Aug 26, 20198 min read

A Green and Pleasant Land & Afternoon Teas...

On the Wednesday before I left for my return home UK vacation, I went to the Animal Sanctuary and spent a few hours making up Kongs...

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Aug 23, 20198 min read

Dogs, more dogs and the pellet of youth

Bitter Root pottery was fun this week, though I found out that my old pottery classes, the Berman Ceramic Studio owners, Kitty and Harry...

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Jul 30, 20199 min read

Gyno Gary, another armful of blood tests and Hugh Jackman

I wanted to start with this hilarious link - you'll love it! Worth watching right the way through. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-LTRw...

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Jul 24, 201911 min read

LA Animal Sanctuary, an Afternoon Tea and a little on politics...again...

After learning that my efforts at weight loss resulted on me putting on a pound, I went to Bitter Root Pottery, somewhat ticked off. - of...

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Jul 16, 201910 min read

4th July and earthquakes...laying low :-)

At WW this week, Our Leader Shar, was dressed head to toe in stars and stripes. All very tasteful with a striped blouse, navy shoes a red...

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Jul 9, 20197 min read

Yard Sale, Medical Insurance and Politics

One of the days whilst walking Lulu on the soccer field, I heard loads of screaming. So…it’s baseball season (that’s rounders for the...

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Jul 2, 201914 min read

Poppy, Sheila and no, we are still not Australians!

Poppy and Sheila arrived. Mark drove to the airport and I stayed as my mini isn’t big enough for the luggage too. It was wonderful to see...

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Jun 25, 20199 min read

Jet Lag City and no, I'm not Australian!

Jet lag city!!!! It took 3 days to even start to feel normal. Both of us just seemed to drop off to sleep randomly. It comes over in...

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Jun 24, 20199 min read

Perth....food, wine, laughter and sunsets.

We were picked up in Perth airport which is considerably bigger than the Sunshine Coast. It was lovely to see Andrew. He hadn’t changed...

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Jun 4, 20199 min read

Splendid Sydney....

When I returned to Sydney Mark was working, so I dropped my case off and had a walk around the complex casino area. Didn’t gamble this...

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Jun 4, 20195 min read

The Sunshine Coast, my sister and pugs.

This flight to Sydney was a 7 hour flight. Unfortunately, there was a man with very bad BO. And unfortunately, I kept finding myself next...

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Jun 4, 20196 min read

Beautiful, humid Singapore - an almost completely accurate diary of events.

It was a 17 hour flight to Singapore, so further from LA than the UK. For the 3 weeks, I took a medium and cabin case with my Backpacker...

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Jun 3, 201912 min read

Catch up Blog - pre Trip

Sorry about the delay in writing my blog, it has been a mad month of having little internet while I was away. I will catch up in 3...

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Jun 2, 20195 min read

Live Music, Jake, Avengers and GOT

At WW I lost 3 lbs, which would have been more, but of course I did go to the pool party and definitely had a very large piece of cake...

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May 8, 20198 min read

Pottery and a Pool Party

Something Ive had to get used to is the USAs use of old measuring systems. Everything is in inches, yards and lbs. Even paper sizes are...

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Apr 30, 20197 min read

Back to LA life....

It was nice to be back and actually it did seem like home. LA was warm, sunny and green and the house felt welcoming as we got in, but...

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Apr 23, 20197 min read

'This week I have mostly drinking Margaritas...'

I went for a manicure and pedicure with the gorgeous Jennifer at her recommended venue. I just wore capri trousers and a T Shirt. She had...

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Apr 17, 201915 min read

TV Politics and a Party

It’s been a funny week, filled with getting back into a routine after the manic week with Max and Dani and the lead up to the Party, as...

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Apr 9, 20196 min read

'that's all I have to say about that...'

It’s been a very busy couple of weeks with Max and Dani’s lovely visit in the middle. Aqua has been good, though it isn’t necessarily...

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Apr 4, 201910 min read