From me to you.. my favouritest of favourite Elbow songs. 

And no - it's not just because I've had two of them. 

Shut it.

".... and I'll bring you further roses but it does you no good. It does me no good..."

Speaking of divorces - want to know my official stance? They suck. 

I mean, there's all the emotional crap, that goes without saying. Then there's the really boring stuff that has to be dealt with. Sort of like a loose thread on your favourite jumper that looks like it'll just pull out easily but doesn't. The string just knots up, ruining a lot of the garment landscape around it. 

I'm learning to care about a lot of things a lot less. I'm also learning what I can and can't control... And lemme tell you, there's an awful lot more of the latter than the former.

Fuck it. Let's just listen to Elbow, shall we?

Ps - Never listen to a hard house remix of The Kings of Leon's Use Somebody. You'll thank me for this totally random piece of advice later. 
 

Hey you. No, not you. You.
Wanna see my Instagram photos? Give you a dollar.

Thinkings..

A mere 65 days stands between me and my 40th birthday. Just in case you were curious, bored and/or interested.

But first - the boyfriendliest's birthday is fast approaching. Like two weeks from today kind of approaching. I have a few gift ideas rattling around in my melon but haven't quite decided on what will be, I'm sure, the greatest gift of all time (TGGOAT).

I always like to give gifts that are not just cool but meaningful as well. Now, TGGOAT ... well, it's for my boyfriend, my favourite person in the whole world. So it's going to have to be some kind of awesome.

Think, eBeth, think!

(I'd be remiss if I didn't mention that two of our three children also have birthdays before my gloriously undignified descent into old age happens in 65 days and the other a mere 11 days afterwards. But they're easy - see.. I've turned them on to the concept of Amazon wish lists. They think of it, whack it down on their list and ka-blam! Perfect 'just what I always wanted' present scenarios ensue!)

ps - Amazon totally owes me for all the business I will now, surely, throw their way. Vouchers will be fine, Mr Amazon, thanks. 

My favourite Dilberts

Nerd ahoy / Coffee dork.

The scene:
I'm reading my usual RSS feeds on a Sunday morning. He's taking a break from killing things / playing Call of Duty: Black Ops and looks over my shoulder.

He: You read a Starbucks gossip blog...?!!!

Me: Yeah, why?

He: No reason, but isn't that a bit uh... yeah?

Me: Well, remember when I told you that they were changing their logo earlier this year and I was the only person that we know who knew, including the good people at our local Starbucks? And do you remember how it was me who told said good people that their logo was changing and they just looked at me like I was this oracle of total awesome?*

He: Uh.. yeah?

Me: That's why. Well, that and because I fucking rule.

He: .... smirks and goes back to killing things.

(*okay, they didn't really look at me like I was awesome.. they looked at me like I was an idiot who always orders overly complicated lattes and who happens to read a Starbucks gossip blog.)

What's that? Why yes, that is a new picture over there. Enjoy!

In other news.. here's the song I can't get out of my head - Enjoy!

And here's the viral video that makes me laugh Every. Single. Time. I watch it.
Yeah? - Enjoy!