Terry Prone: I am desperately envious, but I am also smart, so I play the odds on where I might compete

Design and decorate a table Martha Stewart would be proud of? You don’t want to emulate a woman in her mid-80s who does Pilates at six in the morning. 

My sister is a pain the arse at the most mundane of times, but she comes into her own over Christmas. 

She’s like those job applicants. You know the ones. The ones who sit there looking accomplished and confident in a modest way, waiting for the question “What are your weaknesses?”