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Before You Ask…

March 24, 2010 / Codswallop 0 COMMENTS

Okay, I can hear it! What’s a nice girl like you doing flying off to America to sojourn with someone she only knows as a blue-eyed cowboy? Trust me in this…with the chastity belt of my Catholic Convent Education firmly strapped into place by my parents I was as safe as I could be! Plus his mother lived in town, enough said? We got married and put everyone’s concerns to rest before things got nasty and my parents’ neighbours starting calling!

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Well hello there! My name is Vivienne McNeny. I am an empty nester exploring life as a Boomer…you could say I'm happily Boomering along! As a homeschooling Mum I have finally quit the job of role model and mentor to my four children. I do what I want to do, eat when I feel like it, enjoy life with my blue eyed cowboy and clean my house once a month or so whether it needs it or not! In true English form I write about the emergence of my true identity now that I can no longer hide behind my children as their Mum.

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