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Poolside Musings

I love a phone call which begins with a great friend telling you they are coming to visit.   I especially love a phone call from said friend when she tells you that she is putting us up in the 5 star Pestana Palace hotel Lisbon and that we are meeting this Sunday! Well if the hotel is good enough for Madonna, then it’s good enough for us!   Poolside Musings One   - when it looks too much like your boobs it is wrong. Because of the heat, we didn’t do much during the day, instead we lazed by the pool, reading, chatting and people watching.    There’s that great scene in Sex and the City where Stanford and Carrie are talking about judging people and he uses the line, “Carrie, we judge, it’s what we do.”   He’s right, most of us have made people watching a fine art, complimented by the catty comments, either said in your head or to each other.   This in mind I was watching some of the ‘Euro Rich’ at the hotel pool, when one woman caught my eye, as she pulled off her top to

The holiday

Peter’s gone on holiday, back to Jersey for the first time in 3 and a half years.   He’s taking the scenic route with his friend Jamie, up through Spain for tapas, then into France for a surf then onwards to St Malo for the ferry.    I’m home alone for the first time ever.    Normally I go away for a week or two and I’m working, working 10 hour days, making the trip pay for itself, despite some hard drinking with girlfriends and shopping in M&S.   Whenever I get home I look to see what Peter has done in terms of DIY.   I was spoiled a couple of times last year when I got home Peter had, built a desk, a cabinet, varnished the floor, dismantled a bread oven…..etc.    But the last few times, I’ve got home and nothing has been done, not even the vacuuming!   So, while Peter is away I’m making it count, I’ve got a tonne of jobs listed….from finally finishing my fundraising strategy for work, to filling and painting the water damage, getting the kitchen floor varnished again, p