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About me - Janet Harris

I am British through and through, I was born in a city called Birmingham (England's so-called 'second city) and grew up there. As far as I know all my ancestors were English as far back as I can trace them. I moved to Solihull, which is a reasonably small

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Entertainment > TV Characters & Personalities Why I love Simon Cowell
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Simon Cowell is a hard shell with a soft, soft centre. There are people who will violently disagree with this statement, but these are the people who are taking him at face value and not seeing the real man.It is so easy to hate him. After all he is blunt and to the point, telling people they have no talent, shattering their ... More..

Relationships & Family > Cheating Spouses & Affairs Cheating: Is it really worth it
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Cheating it's a very ambiguous word. After all, you can cheat at cards, you can cheat during an exam you can even cheat death ! But cheating on your partner can have such serious implications not only on you and the person you have cheated with, but on your loved ones too. I should know, it happened to me.It starts off innoce... More..

Style & Beauty > Clothes (Other) Most embarrassing clothing disasters you've experienced or observed
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I am almost certain that I was born without a fashion gene. Nowadays my daughter is on hand to make sure that I do not make any huge fashion mistakes, but back in the late 1960's, it was a different story.As I began my college course straight after leaving school, the mini-skirt was almost dead. It had been a fashion revelati... More..

Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Brothers and sisters
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"Did you ever know that you're my hero, and everything I'd like to be"These words are from the song "Wind Beneath My Wings" and exactly describe my feelings for my wonderful sister, Annette.I am seven years older than Annette, we were always really close because I had longed for a sister and so when she came along it was like... More..

Parenting & Pregnancy > Parenthood Empty nest does not mean "empty life"
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When the youngest of my kids started school, I felt as though my life had gone downhill. I missed the little hand in my mine as we walked to the shops, I missed the constant stream of questions, I missed the cuddles and kisses throughout the day I know it sounds dramatic, but I felt.redundant !Of course I got over it. After a... More..

Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Shopping at the grocery store
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If there is one thing guaranteed to make my blood boil and turn me into a screaming, roaring sea monster, it's supermarket shopping. I find it time-consuming and totally exhausting. Oh I know I can log on to my computer and shop from home, choosing my groceries from endless lists and having the whole thing added up for me at ... More..

Parenting & Pregnancy > Parenting (Other) A letter to the kids you leave behind
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My Darling Joy and SimonHaving the two of you in my life has been the most precious gift that anyone could bestow upon me. You have both enriched my life so much, that I feel so sorry for people who have not known the love and the happiness that I have experienced as your Mother.You have both grown into well adjusted, mature ... More..

Society & Lifestyle > Personal Morals & Values Why people have affairs
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There are many reasons why people have affairs and I speak from personal experience on this one. I'm not proud of the fact that I cheated on my husband if I could turn back the clock so that it did not happen then I would gladly do so and things would have been very different.Of course there is the scientific and biological a... More..

Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Exercise
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I'm not built for exercise."Who is she kidding?" I hear you cry, but it's true, I'm not.As a small child I was never any good at all the things that kids love to do. Outside my school was a horizontal metal bar held up by two posts on either side of the steps leading up to the main door. Some of the kids used to turn upside d... More..

Relationships & Family > Relationships & Family (Other) Commentary: Loving life on the far side of 50
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When my 50th birthday arrived, I had quite a positive attitude towards it. After all, age is just a number, you are as old as you feel, but as the months went by I began to realise that being in your 50's means that things do change some for the better and some for the worse.For a start, I found that gradually, I could no lon... More..

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