Friday 19 December 2014
Thursday 18 December 2014
Hello, are you feeling festive? For the first time ever I have done the Christmas cleaning. The irony is that now I'm no longer an army wife, I'm finally starting to act like one. I've had gel nails done, eyebrows threaded - should possibly be thinking of getting a spray tan or something and start to obsess about dusty skirting boards...
I know, I was supposed to tell you all about the wives' xmas party, which was blooming weeks ago now. D'you know what, I actually quite enjoyed being waited on by the CO in his mess dress, and cackling along with the whole hen-party-ness of it all. I'm starting to think I may actually miss being an army wife. Did I mention that I wore the same dress to my last ever 'do' in the sergeants' mess that I wore to the first one, 16-odd years ago. Shall I mention it again, just as testament to the wonders of the 5:2 diet?! I'm fasting today, actually. I've just had a delicious oatcake with marmite (no butter), and I'm about to have a cup of miso soup (the Wispa that Son gave me from his xmas choc selection is waiting in a safe place until it's past midnight - might have to stay up especially). Yep, that's my supper. To make up for the fact that my supper yesterday was two helpings of pasta followed by a bag of chocolate coated almonds and two glasses of wine...and after the two glasses of wine I ended up going through old letters and diaries that are stashed in a suitcase under the bed (as you do), and realised that I was effectively doing the 5:2 diet even as a teenager - although, back then, I was worried about getting fat because I was nine stone. Nine stone! Those were the days.
So, the thing is, I'm really, really not an army wife any more (despite the gel nails and housework). Hubby has been employed elsewhere for a month now. I've just signed a two-book deal for historical fiction (yay), so I suppose I have morphed, somehow, from army wife to author. Still a little bit flabbergasted at the whole thing.
Anyway, I'm in the process of sorting out an author website, so when I do, I'll post the link here, and you can see who I really am!
In the meantime, have a fab xmas xxxx
I know, I was supposed to tell you all about the wives' xmas party, which was blooming weeks ago now. D'you know what, I actually quite enjoyed being waited on by the CO in his mess dress, and cackling along with the whole hen-party-ness of it all. I'm starting to think I may actually miss being an army wife. Did I mention that I wore the same dress to my last ever 'do' in the sergeants' mess that I wore to the first one, 16-odd years ago. Shall I mention it again, just as testament to the wonders of the 5:2 diet?! I'm fasting today, actually. I've just had a delicious oatcake with marmite (no butter), and I'm about to have a cup of miso soup (the Wispa that Son gave me from his xmas choc selection is waiting in a safe place until it's past midnight - might have to stay up especially). Yep, that's my supper. To make up for the fact that my supper yesterday was two helpings of pasta followed by a bag of chocolate coated almonds and two glasses of wine...and after the two glasses of wine I ended up going through old letters and diaries that are stashed in a suitcase under the bed (as you do), and realised that I was effectively doing the 5:2 diet even as a teenager - although, back then, I was worried about getting fat because I was nine stone. Nine stone! Those were the days.
So, the thing is, I'm really, really not an army wife any more (despite the gel nails and housework). Hubby has been employed elsewhere for a month now. I've just signed a two-book deal for historical fiction (yay), so I suppose I have morphed, somehow, from army wife to author. Still a little bit flabbergasted at the whole thing.
Anyway, I'm in the process of sorting out an author website, so when I do, I'll post the link here, and you can see who I really am!
In the meantime, have a fab xmas xxxx
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