
Talking Frankly is about everything from housework to human rights. It is a mixture of observation, commentary and opinions.
It also contains a lot of profanity along with the humanity. And please don’t steal my work. Somebody invariably dobs you in and it gets messy.
Enjoy!
Food terminology for beginner foodies
Do you ever go to a restaurant or read a recipe and think WTF does that mean? And then you ask and the waiter looks at you like you're an idiot. Unless you're in a French restaurant where the waiter never lowers himself to look at you so you just order...
Slow cooker sausage stew
I have done a bit of research before commencing part two of the #pbevent blogging challenge - Food Blogging - and I have to tell you that something all food bloggers seem to have is a genuine passion for cooking.And by passion, they really really really really like...
Microfashion
When I first heard the term 'microfashion', I probably assumed it mean short stuff if I gave it any thought at all.But now I know it means fashion for small people.And I'm determined that my girls don't grow up to be as completely clueless as I am. Mainly...
Father’s Day Fashionable Gift Ideas
So I thought I'd take a break from displaying what I'm wearing today. Mainly because I've run out of different clothes, but also because it occurs to me that YOU ONLY HAVE 72 HOURS TO GET YOUR DAD SOMETHING FOR FATHER'S DAY.And don't give me that bollocks about...
Functional Fashion and Funny Bones
I think I need to tell you all something. Beauty is only skin deep. But funny - that goes right through to the skeleton. That's why you have a funny bone.Lordy me - look at me mixing my fashion knowledge with my scientific expertise. But nobody will...
Trendy Tuesday
This morning I have been very gainfully employed by the following:1. Yelling profanities at my phone because it reminded me of the Government's hypocrisy of worrying about the Syrians and Iraqis fleeing violence while they are in Syria and Iraq and determinedly...
Not just a raving leftie.
While under the influence of conversations that included motor-boating, racists, blood types, books, somebody's misguided hatred of Paul Kelly, clairvoyants, paper mache shoes and other perfectly logical topics, I committed to a four week challenge for this blog....
Hello 3 am
I can't be the only one that does this. Sound asleep. Snoring loudly most probably because I do that.Then BOOM. My eyes snap open. Wide awake. Brain goes from 0 - 100.Take a sip of water. Snuggle back down under the cover, eyes screwed...
Four years a parent
Today my first born celebrates four years of being alive. Well she's not to be fair. Her father and I are the ones high fiving each other in the kitchen as she scoots around on her new bike, in her Anna dress covered with her stethoscope and other Doc...
Love will make a way
Whether you are a believer or a non-believer, it's quite refreshing to see the mischief that a group of 'god botherers' are getting up to around the country over past weeks and months. And by mischief, I mean the turning up to the offices of MPs and sitting...
Blah, blah, BLAH
There is a lady in a house, filled with herself, her lover and her two adorable children. They aspire to live a simple life, a happy life, a meaningful life. All at once. She has single handedly changed the definition of 'blah' for me. If I'm...
Wanted: My Mojo
It's a lamentable event in an otherwise perfect world but I feel at the moment that my creative well has run dry. I've had less urge to blog lately and when I found out we had yet another bloody week of dress ups at childcare, this time for book bloody week, I...