INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY
Yesterday, was the above...a global day for celebrating economic, political & social achievements of women past, present and future....(since 1911). Thousand of events are held throughout the world to 'inspire' women......some have a theme....
Just Like ours.....a good excuse to go out,(and not do the ironing), eat 'erotica' pizza (and generally stuff our faces), drink carafes of wine (actually i think i was the only one on my side of the table actually drinking it, and that's why i have pink eyes today, nothing to do with conjunctivitis!!!) ...and talk about Facebook. A friend said we spend most of our day on it, and then come out and talk about it....true, although, i haven't got a farm/pond/or a zoo (and don't want one.....so stop sending me gifts)!!!
Oh, i forgot & have raffles (which i never win.....)and play quizzes which makes me realise how utterly 'thick' i have become, as the only answer i got correct (for the other team), was where would you find Wisteria Lane.... i mean why weren't there any medical questions???....i've become such an expert having watched McDreamy....i could probably do brain surgery too!!!
So, today i have spent hours draped over encyclopedias, history, geography books and general knowledge questions & tonight i will be revising trivial pursuit answers. All so that i am well prepared for the next time!!! Or maybe we can just have a quiz on the programmes i watch whilst ironing (please???)
PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH....
I'm always telling the children to be more organised.....don't leave everything to the last minute....but there i was running around last night trying to find a mini market that sold 40 denier black tights...i ended up at the supermarket, BUT no way was i going to wear American Tan, but the only ones they had were footless, so i think i looked like s'thing out of the 80's.
I also thought i could squeeze into my M & S faithful black trousers of circa 1990's, but the button popped, and i had to resort to a skirt, one in which had gone 'furry' in the wash. By this time i had forgotten about the sparkly green eyeliner....that didn't go at all with the purple ......
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and why is it my children wouldn't go to sleep when they were supposed to, could it have been they're mothers behaviour, i.e. throwing things out of drawers, and complaining she didn't have anything to wear at the top of her voice!!!??? Thank god for Barbie.....so at least i could get out the door unnoticed. Of course what you wear doesn't really matter....especially if you've put your 'booster' on, nobody actually can see anything else!!! ...and once you've had a few glasses of wine you don't care anyway.....!!!
OSCARS
My favourite dress (because that's what it's all about...haha)...had to be Cameron Diaz, and of course as soon as i saw it, i went up to my wardrobe to see if i had anything remotely like it....i did, a clutch bag...(my sister bought it for me)...one that would only just cover my chest...if that!!! But still...
Plenty of hotties at the Oscars too many men too little time....most of them 'divine'...!!!
Must say though Sarah Jessica Parker....what were you thinking?, ....she's waisted away....and looked like she was wearing an expensive sack of potatoes. I mean there was me thinking it was just me struggling with bulimia/anorexia the only difference is i can't seem to be sick after all the binging!!! ...
FACEBOOK
Can become an addiction...but it can also become a life-line....(obviously not for the ones who have been stabbed to death or shot by jealous lovers/husbands)....but for us...most of you reading my blog. For me, especially when i've been 'stuck at home' with small/big children that are ill or if i am, or the weather is to bad....or just because. AND thanks to Facebook, i now have a life......instead of cleaning/cooking/all morning, i now spend my time either talking to my friends on here.....or arranging to see them....it's GREAT!!! Wonderful also to be in touch with soo many friends from the past....i possibly am an addict, but rather Facebook than E-Bay, at least i don't spend any money!!!
Although today my retail therapy was very 'economic' it involved filling up imaginary trolleys at Asda & Tesco's....for about 2 hrs......You really miss BIG supermarkets when you live 'over-seas'....and pickle & gravy...amongst others.....(creme eggs and caramels too- although i'm trying soo hard not to think about chocolate today..!!!...)
BATTLE OF THE BULGE
is officially starting....although have not been able to do any exercise today, due to excess food and drink last night.....but have walked up and down the stairs many times today as i keep forgetting things.....and thinking i'm in this room, but why???
I keep opening the fridge too, an automatic motion when entering the kitchen.....and getting depressed when the only sweet thing i can find is diet yogurts. This is it though, fed up with everything being too tight, and summer is coming, and although it's too late for the bikini diet (would of needed to start that year's ago), i am hoping to get rid of a few 'extra' kilo's. My wii instructor has probably grown a pony-tail and i'm still trying to reach the goal i set for myself a year ago!!! But nevermind, I have been inspired though by other Facebook friends who are doing so well ......
Need an early night and my head is so full of 'information' (that i won't remember in the morning) so....night night
Lots of Love
Tracey XXX
P.S. Can't find my Thesaurus that's why there isn't many loooooong words today!!!
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Sakis Rouvas
Greek equivalent to Robbie Williams???....Although, i've not seen him with bunny ears.....he's more prone to wearing tight white trousers....and saftey pins!!!. Famous for Eurovision and his 'jumping' performance (although, you couldn't actually make out the words of the song)....also Presenter of X-Factor here.....which is the only reason is worth watching.....!!! XXX
Sunday, March 7, 2010
IT'S GONNA BE....A LOVELY DAY....!!!
TODAY is the 7th March, a special day for all of us living in the Dodecanese Islands....it was this day in 1948 that the islands finally became Greek again, after years of tyranny, wars & occupation. Parades through the streets and dancing in the squares.....a holiday to celebrate all that is there's (and not for sale!!!).....Now if we can all get through the next few seasons without going bankrupt (from high taxes....and 'living' in general) we might just be able to stay here!!!
I went with my husband & younger children and stood watching the main parade in town...and bumped into one of my Greek friends....stood behind us were some youngish boys....so we had full commentary on the school girls who marched past -who had the shortest skirt, biggest breasts....and longest legs...all quite amusing!!!
I'm glad my daughters didn't march today, i'm sure my husband would probably have hit them if they had said anything about them!!!
It was not til later did i realise that the hot chocolate i had been drinking had left a nice rim around my mouth/moustache...very attractive....!!! and with all the 'kissing' ( Greek greeting- left & right cheeks)i also ended up with multi-coloured lipstick on my face.
OMG it's started 'boys in the house'....not 2-5 yr olds that run up and down the stairs but teenagers, lets just say my husband is not over keen on this new development. We were invaded by them yesterday.....they seemed to multiply, everytime i left the house !!!
You try to remember what you were doing at that age, i was still very shy & hiding from my boyfriends ....(got a feeling they aren't like me???) it was later that i turned into Glenn Close from Fatal Attraction.....poor guy, no wonder i'm 'blocked'!!!
FASHION TIP.....a friend always compliments me on my 'costume' jewellery (i save my diamonds/rubies etc....for when i really go out...haha)......BUT if you want to take the attention away from holes in tights (like i always seem to have).....jeans that have been coloured in (i always have bleach spots on mine, biro works well)....and a large bottom half....then jewellery is the way forward!!!....THE BIGGER THE BETTER!!!
NEWS IN BRIEF
Oh dear Vanessa is not happy about JD's new film and 'love' scene with Ange....can't say i blame her can you? With her lips i'm surprised anyone can get away. I was always on and am still in Jens camp. Brads left at home with the kids, bet he's got an nanny though, or two or three'.....but Jude had one to....these celebs are not 'safe' wherever they are.....!!!
I can't believe i'm 'blogging' my book is calling out my name....as i was calling 'Edwards' in my sleep last night...whoever thought vampire sex could be so erotic....Yes, they finally 'do it' in Book 4!!!
Yesterday i spent most of the day on my hands and knees with the dustpan & brush. I dropped everything you could imagine from jars of coffee, honey to herbs and spices.....i made sure that my husband handled the wine....
Mark Twain wrote 'wine is a clog to the pen, not an inspiration'......Oh, for me it's just the opposite!!! It helps the words flow......just thank god for spell-checkers when i start hitting all the wrong keys!!!
VALENTINES DAY....could not believe that McDreamy, McSteamy, Bradley Cooper & Auston were all in the same film......so how come it wasn't particularly brilliant???.... other than the fact you got to see McSteamy semi-naked!!! and what's so great about an actress who can do a Russian accent???... you just have to live here a few years to pick one up!!!
Lots of Love
Tracey XXX
I went with my husband & younger children and stood watching the main parade in town...and bumped into one of my Greek friends....stood behind us were some youngish boys....so we had full commentary on the school girls who marched past -who had the shortest skirt, biggest breasts....and longest legs...all quite amusing!!!
I'm glad my daughters didn't march today, i'm sure my husband would probably have hit them if they had said anything about them!!!
It was not til later did i realise that the hot chocolate i had been drinking had left a nice rim around my mouth/moustache...very attractive....!!! and with all the 'kissing' ( Greek greeting- left & right cheeks)i also ended up with multi-coloured lipstick on my face.
OMG it's started 'boys in the house'....not 2-5 yr olds that run up and down the stairs but teenagers, lets just say my husband is not over keen on this new development. We were invaded by them yesterday.....they seemed to multiply, everytime i left the house !!!
You try to remember what you were doing at that age, i was still very shy & hiding from my boyfriends ....(got a feeling they aren't like me???) it was later that i turned into Glenn Close from Fatal Attraction.....poor guy, no wonder i'm 'blocked'!!!
FASHION TIP.....a friend always compliments me on my 'costume' jewellery (i save my diamonds/rubies etc....for when i really go out...haha)......BUT if you want to take the attention away from holes in tights (like i always seem to have).....jeans that have been coloured in (i always have bleach spots on mine, biro works well)....and a large bottom half....then jewellery is the way forward!!!....THE BIGGER THE BETTER!!!
NEWS IN BRIEF
Oh dear Vanessa is not happy about JD's new film and 'love' scene with Ange....can't say i blame her can you? With her lips i'm surprised anyone can get away. I was always on and am still in Jens camp. Brads left at home with the kids, bet he's got an nanny though, or two or three'.....but Jude had one to....these celebs are not 'safe' wherever they are.....!!!
I can't believe i'm 'blogging' my book is calling out my name....as i was calling 'Edwards' in my sleep last night...whoever thought vampire sex could be so erotic....Yes, they finally 'do it' in Book 4!!!
Yesterday i spent most of the day on my hands and knees with the dustpan & brush. I dropped everything you could imagine from jars of coffee, honey to herbs and spices.....i made sure that my husband handled the wine....
Mark Twain wrote 'wine is a clog to the pen, not an inspiration'......Oh, for me it's just the opposite!!! It helps the words flow......just thank god for spell-checkers when i start hitting all the wrong keys!!!
VALENTINES DAY....could not believe that McDreamy, McSteamy, Bradley Cooper & Auston were all in the same film......so how come it wasn't particularly brilliant???.... other than the fact you got to see McSteamy semi-naked!!! and what's so great about an actress who can do a Russian accent???... you just have to live here a few years to pick one up!!!
Lots of Love
Tracey XXX
Bradley Cooper
Oooooh.....sooo nice....i've liked him since his journalist days, all those years ago in 'Alias'!!!.....
Friday, March 5, 2010
Mr. Big
He's one of those men who just has a certain s'thing, don't you think??? My Blog got published and i hadn't finished editing and am too tired now......so nevermind....i was going to add some of Samatha's lines....and do a spell check...but hey....!!! There's always tomorrow, and my book is calling me now...XXX Not the one i'm meant to be writing, but the vampire love story of course!!!
Thursday, March 4, 2010
IT WILL COME TO ME LATER....!!!
The last time i went to see The Bone Man - Doc was when i had a sprained ankle. Which was caused by a sudden decision that i should start jogging. I then went out and bought new trainers and everything. I felt that i should go undercover in the dark the first few times until i wasn't quite so wobbly...and out of breath. However, after only 5 mins not only was i panting soo much, and my heart was racing i had also managed to trip and fall...resulting in a month of stumbling around chasing toddlers round swimming pools in pain!!! Never to jog again...in the dark or in public...now it's all on the wii....and i can read my book at the same time!!!
So anyway, back to the Bone Man,( the Doc who called me a 'rabbit' the last visit and asked if i was Catholic when i replied to the no. of children i had) was actually quite sweet, and made little tutting noises and kept saying mmm "difficult...difficult "...when he realised i also had a Greek husband and i would need to rest my arm for a while!!!
To cut a long story short, it has also resulted in my lack of blogging this week due to hand/arm/shoulder pain....i was a little bit worried it was caused by my posture on the lap-top and my fast typing!!!...however, it has actually been sore for 2 mths....and having self diagnosed myself on the internet from having a swollen armpit to thinking i had a brain tumour i finally went to get it sorted out!!!
OMG would really be ..... is it Friday already???, the week has gone by in a cloud, not a nice little puffy, springy white lamb one...but more of a gloomy, dark, grey oppressive one!!!
HAIR COLOUR - does it define your personality???
I was asking myself this question....i am now 'two toned'...as in a reddy blonde, i used to be the ultimate 'ginger nut' as a child, and then i went 'Born Blonde', (and my life changed!!!) and although i haven't dyed it in years and it's pure Mediterranean 'sun in'...it has left me a bit of both, red & blonde = strawberry blonde. Which explains things, split personalities (unless i really do have bi-polar)....the fiery short tempered redheaded side and the rather dizzy, fun blonde part of me. I think i might need some highlights/lowlights for my other personalities too!!!
Then i began thinking about all the series i like with women in....Desperate Housewives, Friends, Sex in the City ,etc, etc....and there is a blonde, redhead, brunnette in all of them, the only one who is an inbetweener is Rachel from friends...sort of a brown/blonde.....Who would you compare youself to....and why??? I would like to be Carrie from Sex in the city...a writer, dreamer, a good friend to her friends and of course she gets Mr Big in the end!!! Would not be able to walk let alone run though in Jimmy Choos....!!! But Samatha has the best lines, so incredibly funny!!!
and most of them too rude to print...!!! However, this one doesn't have the 'f' word in....
Carrie :- I'm not going to replace a man with some battery operated device.
Miranda:- You haven't met 'The Rabbit'
Samatha:- Oh come on, if you're going to get a vibrator, at least get one called 'The Horse' !!!
The Oscars are coming up, i can remember watching The Golden Globes, eating a packet of crisps thinking....oh well by the time the Oscars are on i'll be looking as good as the nominees....but i won't of course the only difference is i need a bigger chair to sit on and larger size packet of crisps to fill me!!!
I haven't really been doing 'funny' this week...and haven't found any really good clips. The only film that has made me laugh out loud and really giggle uncontrollably was 'It's Complicated' with Meryl Streep & Alec Baldwin.....i really liked it. Especially when she is throwing up and he is telling her how he likes the fact she no longer has bikini waxes...and shes gone all 'native'.
Well most women i know go 'native' all winter, saves a lot of time and husbands/partners complaining where there razors/shaving gels have gone. Plus it keeps you warm. And who has ever really found a hair removal cream 'sweet smelling and pleasantly scented'???...it smells revolting and only acts as a man deterrent.....which also can be useful at times....not tonight darling, i've got to do my moustache!!! they'll stay well away!!! plus you automatically lose weight when you decide to de-fuzz!!!.....AND why is it that as you get older you suddenly start sprouting hairs that you never had before???, whilst the male species shed most of there hairs on the bathroom floor everyday....and it takes you hours to clean up after them!!!
NEWS IN BRIEF...
Certain German politicians have suggested that Greece sell it's islands...(can you imagine...???) and the Acropolis to pay of it's debts.....are they forgetting what they did to the Greeks in the Second World War, and what they stole etc..etc.. and what the English did to...i haven't forgotton about the marbles' ......Have a feeling with comments like this the German tourists will not be too popular this year...i've already had snide remarks from an insurance office, as i didn't have the photos (never mattered before), but he said "oh no...got to do it the English way now".... I should of turned round and said "oh organised and efficient then!!!".
He isn't even Greek.....!!!
That's it from me....nite, nite.
Lots of Love
Tracey XXX
So anyway, back to the Bone Man,( the Doc who called me a 'rabbit' the last visit and asked if i was Catholic when i replied to the no. of children i had) was actually quite sweet, and made little tutting noises and kept saying mmm "difficult...difficult "...when he realised i also had a Greek husband and i would need to rest my arm for a while!!!
To cut a long story short, it has also resulted in my lack of blogging this week due to hand/arm/shoulder pain....i was a little bit worried it was caused by my posture on the lap-top and my fast typing!!!...however, it has actually been sore for 2 mths....and having self diagnosed myself on the internet from having a swollen armpit to thinking i had a brain tumour i finally went to get it sorted out!!!
OMG would really be ..... is it Friday already???, the week has gone by in a cloud, not a nice little puffy, springy white lamb one...but more of a gloomy, dark, grey oppressive one!!!
HAIR COLOUR - does it define your personality???
I was asking myself this question....i am now 'two toned'...as in a reddy blonde, i used to be the ultimate 'ginger nut' as a child, and then i went 'Born Blonde', (and my life changed!!!) and although i haven't dyed it in years and it's pure Mediterranean 'sun in'...it has left me a bit of both, red & blonde = strawberry blonde. Which explains things, split personalities (unless i really do have bi-polar)....the fiery short tempered redheaded side and the rather dizzy, fun blonde part of me. I think i might need some highlights/lowlights for my other personalities too!!!
Then i began thinking about all the series i like with women in....Desperate Housewives, Friends, Sex in the City ,etc, etc....and there is a blonde, redhead, brunnette in all of them, the only one who is an inbetweener is Rachel from friends...sort of a brown/blonde.....Who would you compare youself to....and why??? I would like to be Carrie from Sex in the city...a writer, dreamer, a good friend to her friends and of course she gets Mr Big in the end!!! Would not be able to walk let alone run though in Jimmy Choos....!!! But Samatha has the best lines, so incredibly funny!!!
and most of them too rude to print...!!! However, this one doesn't have the 'f' word in....
Carrie :- I'm not going to replace a man with some battery operated device.
Miranda:- You haven't met 'The Rabbit'
Samatha:- Oh come on, if you're going to get a vibrator, at least get one called 'The Horse' !!!
The Oscars are coming up, i can remember watching The Golden Globes, eating a packet of crisps thinking....oh well by the time the Oscars are on i'll be looking as good as the nominees....but i won't of course the only difference is i need a bigger chair to sit on and larger size packet of crisps to fill me!!!
I haven't really been doing 'funny' this week...and haven't found any really good clips. The only film that has made me laugh out loud and really giggle uncontrollably was 'It's Complicated' with Meryl Streep & Alec Baldwin.....i really liked it. Especially when she is throwing up and he is telling her how he likes the fact she no longer has bikini waxes...and shes gone all 'native'.
Well most women i know go 'native' all winter, saves a lot of time and husbands/partners complaining where there razors/shaving gels have gone. Plus it keeps you warm. And who has ever really found a hair removal cream 'sweet smelling and pleasantly scented'???...it smells revolting and only acts as a man deterrent.....which also can be useful at times....not tonight darling, i've got to do my moustache!!! they'll stay well away!!! plus you automatically lose weight when you decide to de-fuzz!!!.....AND why is it that as you get older you suddenly start sprouting hairs that you never had before???, whilst the male species shed most of there hairs on the bathroom floor everyday....and it takes you hours to clean up after them!!!
NEWS IN BRIEF...
Certain German politicians have suggested that Greece sell it's islands...(can you imagine...???) and the Acropolis to pay of it's debts.....are they forgetting what they did to the Greeks in the Second World War, and what they stole etc..etc.. and what the English did to...i haven't forgotton about the marbles' ......Have a feeling with comments like this the German tourists will not be too popular this year...i've already had snide remarks from an insurance office, as i didn't have the photos (never mattered before), but he said "oh no...got to do it the English way now".... I should of turned round and said "oh organised and efficient then!!!".
He isn't even Greek.....!!!
That's it from me....nite, nite.
Lots of Love
Tracey XXX
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Josh Holloway
Ok we all get a little lost watching him.....but it's worth it!!! He can call me freckles anytime. Will Blog later .....
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