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Written by Cheryl Norton
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Friday, 26 March 2010 |
Our neighbours have two cats which both seem lovely and cute, but one of them has taken to using our front garden as its own personal toilet, and nothing I do seems to stop it, writes Cheryl Barry.
I realise I'm going to sound like a female version of grumpy Victor Meldrew here, and there are plenty of more pressing and serious problems in the world right now, although I swear to God, I've just about reached the end of my tether with this damn cat. After weeks of stepping out of my front door to the incredibly unpleasant smell of poo, I've made it my own personal mission to do something about it.
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Written by Cheryl Norton
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Friday, 26 March 2010 |
There has been so much in the press about celebs having a sex addiction, but does such a thing actually exist, writes Cheryl Green? So far, we seem to have had many high profile men waving their wands in distraction about having such a devastating problem which has ‘ruined their lives’. Hmmmm?
Most recently, Tiger Woods has confessed to the world, but there have been many others, including Michael Douglas pre-Catherine Zeta-Jones (and why ever would you with her about the place?). At the time, Douglas was playing numerous 'sexually driven' characters in his movies, but is that simply a blame thing for him 'liking the ladies', or did he really believe the roles he played fuelled a sex addiction?
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Written by Cheryl Norton
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Tuesday, 02 March 2010 |
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Don't you just hate it when things go wrong, asks Cheryl Barry?
I'm not talking about anything major; just silly things that take time and effort to fix and are a general inconvenience.
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Written by Cheryl Norton
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Thursday, 04 February 2010 |
This month, I've started dancing lessons. It's not a new year's resolution, but more by luck that I'm going. My good friend Lou won a series of dance lessons for two people before Christmas. For some reason, her boyfriend wanted no part in it, so she offered the spare place to me. Being a big fan of the Strictly Come Dancing TV series, I jumped at the opportunity. I was excited to see that each week we'd be learning a new style of dance and had images of dancing the Tango in no time at all.
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Written by Cheryl Norton
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Friday, 18 December 2009 |
We seem to spend most of our lives waiting, writes Cheryl Norton-Barry. There are the big waits, such as waiting for a holiday, waiting for the right partner, waiting for the right job. Then there are the daily, mundane waits, such as waiting for the train, waiting for the queue at the cash machine to disperse, waiting for the weekend.
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Written by Cheryl Norton
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Wednesday, 25 November 2009 |
As I write this, I've been a married woman now for six whole weeks, writes Cheryl Norton. Despite the broken wrist and bouts of tonsillitis, we made it to the ‘Big Day’ with no other problems. We had a fantastic time - the weather just about held off, the food (homemade pie and mash) went down a treat and the drinking and dancing went on all night. It was just so brilliant to be surrounded by all of our friends and family for one whole day.
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Written by Cheryl Norton
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Tuesday, 27 October 2009 |
Two weeks before the wedding day, The Boyfriend had tonsillitis and I had sinusitis, writes Cheryl Norton. It's now a week to go until we get married and I'm typing this with a plaster cast on my right hand. In true cliché style, I broke my wrist on my hen weekend.
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Written by Cheryl Norton
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Tuesday, 06 October 2009 |
‘Chuggers’, or charity muggers, is the name given to the street fundraisers that try to get people to sign up to various charities.
Tottenham Court Road, close to where I work, is besieged with them. Every day there seems to be a different set of people representing a different charity out in force, wearing their brightly coloured coats, weighed down with clipboards and armfuls of literature. "Fair enough!" I hear you cry. "Lay off the decent charity people; they're doing a damn fine job." And I would agree with you....to a point. But what I really object to are their tactics in trying to get money out of you.
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Written by Cheryl Norton
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Thursday, 20 August 2009 |
I'm writing this mid-August, which means it's once again the start of the silly season, writes Cheryl Norton. Yes, the return of the football season; seemingly endless games of football dominating the TV channels and conversation for what feels like an eternity, or at least until May 2010 (oh God, and I was forgetting the World Cup!).
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Written by Cheryl Norton
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Thursday, 30 July 2009 |
Or perhaps you prefer Skinflint? Stingy? Cheap? Or just plain Pikey?
Whatever name you want to use, I think this has to be one of the most unattractive qualities in a person, whether it be a friend or your partner. There's nothing more irritating, or downright annoying, than someone who doesn't pay their way.
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