Dear Diary, Today is Monday and I’m having a bad day of ‘mondiatis’. On top of my headache-is-me weekend, it’s a very cold and gloomy day today. Thus, my list for DAY 17 will be all about things I love but can’t have today… Hopefully, my readers can relate 1) COFFEE I’ve been a…
Month: February 2018
Day 16 – Lazy Saturday
Dear Diary You would understand me when I say that I wait for the weekend all five workdays. It comes, the weekend, and goes so quickly that I am very sad to see it go. Then, I wait again. Every week I plan so much for the weekend. But it is either rain or unbearable…
Almost HP reunion – Finding Your Feet – movie review
The Feel-Good Film of the year Well, it is. It is amazingly good. It is kind, warm, cuddly. You will laugh a lot. You will cry a bit. You will aaawwh and ouuuch. You will nod your head quite a bit too. So, get your friends together, or like me, take your mum. Take your…
Day 15 – Defender of the Fatherland Day (День Защитника Отечества)
Defender of the Fatherland Day Dear Diary, Today is DAY 15 of my writing challenge and it is a special day – Russian Men holiday. I won’t bore you with history lesson (in both Soviet and Russian history), you can read for yourself (link above). What I will do is to share with you my…
Day 14 – If I could live anywhere
Dear Diary These ‘blog prompt’ lists are driving me insane. Choices, choices and more choices. They (prompts) put so many ideas in my tired brain. They have made me think of things I have never thought of or forgot about. They made me remember stuff. They even made me cry. Today is DAY 14 and…
Day 13 – Something I miss
Dear Diary, It is DAY 13 of my writing challenge to myself. And today I picked out a very emotional, if not tear-jerking topic – SOMETHING I MISS. I am an adult (it sucks). I have moved a lot. Well, I moved countries and continents. I lost a lot of people along the way. So,…
Day 12 – What If
Dear Diary, Today is DAY 12 of my writing challenge and one of my lists suggests I write ‘something you always think ‘what if’ about’. What can I say ‘What If’ is the biggest trap It is so big, deep, barbed and dangerous it can cause depression. I know I have been there….
Day 11 – If I were an animal…
Dear Diary, I am up to DAY 11 in my writing challenge to myself. It’s been exciting and … difficult so far. It has been difficult to keep up with the schedule and the regularity of it. Post-a-day is not as easy to do, especially if you are full-time working mum/daughter. Anyhow, today is DAY…
Day 10 – Rambling out loud – The biggest Peeve
Dear Diary, Today is DAY 10 of my writing challenge. And what do I do? I spend the whole day doing all sorts of housework. Please, do not get me wrong. I love my house and love doing things in it. As a matter of fact, I am turning into recluse: I’d rather spend time…
It takes two to tango – Book review for NetGalley – The Art of Hiding by Amanda Prowse
What would you do if you learned that the life you lived was a lie? Nina McCarrick lives the perfect life, until her husband, Finn, is killed in a car accident and everything Nina thought she could rely on unravels. Alone, bereft and faced with a mountain of debt, Nina quickly loses her life of…
