Well, yes.you can apparently. I can attest to that. Personal experience. While I was convinced that you can only binge on sugary -carb-loaded whatever ( I bet you don’t even need to use your imagination…everybody has a week spot for something food concerned) – Well- turns out calories are calories, and, much like finances, if […]
Category Archives: fairytales
Early retirement cleaning projects, naturally….
I knew this was coming. It was inevitable. Major cleaning assignments, that up until my early retirement were classified as : “when I have the time”. Well, I never really had the time. I mean I had the time to clean, but not to tackle those nasty hidden spots nobody sees unless you make a […]
Is being a clueless woman actually a virtue?? (Bridget Jones as a test case)
Yep, Bridget. Jones. Come on- don’t roll your eyes at me. It’s summer here, temperatures are around 98 Fahrenheit -(or should I say Farenhight) and I have a thing about using the air-condition – it is not environmental, not frugal- and I am trying to acclimate myself to natural occurring temperatures -be it high temperatures […]
Trying to listen to my body
For years I’ve been hearing everywhere that I should listen to my body. Meaning- my body should decide what I eat, how much of it I eat, how much I train and when I get to rest. Well, there comes a time (and age) in a woman’s life when she has to admit to herself […]
The possible hidden feminist story behind Cinderella -and why I stopped wearing high heels.
Cinderella is not considered to be a feminist story- au contraire- some people might even say that it has a very conservative narrative: poor girl being subjected to hard unjust house labor by her evil step mother, who has nothing on her little mind except parties and catching noble husbands for her daughters. the miserable […]
