cassandra

Thanks… Are you still writing?

Not sure where you live,  but the subject of intersex was recently touched apon in quite a gentle and non confrontational way in the BBC medical series Hobly city..  It wasnt a long storyline but it at least highlighted the fact that such a condition exsists and that people who are intersex are not freaks, not dangerous or weird they are just p…[Read more]

Nice dress ,, I wore  one quite similar for my daughters wedding. Mine was slightly longer and more flared (it was a rock and roll wedding) but I have to say I put a belt on and it really did finish the dress off..

For me its easy. You are who you perceive yourself to be and who you present yourself to me as..

As long as you are an honest and kind person ( I dont mean about your birth gender just generally) I dont give a flying fig about what you do, dont, or used to have under your clothes.

Anyone looking back over my old posts might be able to see that I…[Read more]

Shoot me if you like but… Why?

Why did you stay ? why are you back with new problems? Did the old ones get fixed?  and Why are you putting up with abuse..

*He makes me feel inadequate in the ways that I love him, he says things he doesn’t mean when feeling emotional, and picks fights and escalates them all in the name of “passion”.

All of the…[Read more]

Oh if you want someone to gush about dogs look no further…

hes mine BTW.

Seriously… sorry youve had health problems and that you have been let down by those who should be supporting you right now, hopefully if nothing else the ladies here should be able to lighten a little of that loneliness.

I too have been in this postition,  someone I went to school with and stayed in touch with for over 30 years. My children called her auntie and she came here on holiday (free) every year.  I went to her wedding 4 years ago even though it meant me travelling abroad to do so. But she has gradually forgotten me since she married and the final straw w…[Read more]

@SpinningJen , both my daughter and her OH are trained in animal care they both have vaste knowledge about reptiles so much so that our local rescue calls her OH when they find or are asked to rescue a reptile and he also gives lectures at the local collage. They have a reptile room at home with special tanks lighting heating etc and a strict…[Read more]

Thank you Martin..

@KitKatKitty

My daughter keeps exotics and one of them was Matilda a Brachypelma Smithi, or Red Knee Tarantula. They never handeled Matilda she was too grumpy and would kick out her leg hairs at you which cause a lot of itching. This summer she passed away at the age of 22.. Thats not really old for this type of spider they can live up to 30…[Read more]

@KitKatKitty its sounds as if Christmas is a busy time for you.

We have no family living in the country except my daughter and her husband so they will come round on boxing day.

We used to go to an ex-pats Christmas gathering with a pot luck dinner and carol singing but so many people have returned home it had to be abandoned. Goining out…[Read more]

Another lover of autumn and spring here.. Ive never been great with hot sunny weather and I love all the colours and fun that can be had photographing in the autumn.

Although I did try to squeeze a little extra sunshine this year…

My husband is a strong guy but he has no idea what is a plant and whats a weed. He once mowed right over my rhubarb and my herb garden because he thought they were ugly weeds! So he is forbidden from gardening.

I handle hedge trimmers and shears like a pro  which is just as well we have a hedge all round the house over 130 feet in total its the…[Read more]

I’m one of those awful organised people ..I put a little money away each week and plan ahead. My grandchildren live abroad so I have to wait before buying anything because they grow so quickly.

I dont send toys their other grand parents send loads of toys I try to stick to clothes and books or sending tickets to a show or experience like one of…[Read more]

Thanks ladies… Im rapidly approaching 54 although I quite often feel 104 !

Life changes and in the years Ive been away mine has both stood still and changed.. I left here at a point in my life that was very dark and difficult ..Things could be both dark and difficult now but Ive learned not to focus on those things. Im in the same house with my…[Read more]

Well Ive stuck to it and progressed from the mix to real bread …

Yes I braved the horror of yeast and found it doesnt make me sick like it used to.(?)

Im cooking two loaves twice a week, wholemeal of course and adding all sorts of things sesame, pumpkin or sunflower seeds, linseed, oatmeal and even fine chopped nuts.

OH loves…[Read more]

I did get your PM Lavonne..

Thanks..

Cass

ooh ohh I know where it is and if FF ever does holiday house exchange I bags doing the house swap with you!

Welcome to the forum ..I think things are a bit quiet with everyone off doing Christmas stuff but they really are a lovely bunch once you get to know them.

Cass