Do you remember my friend, Mr Competitive? Well he surfaces again because a couple of days ago he frantically phoned and asked if the little guy and I were available for a spot of swimming. And I was highly suspicious. Because Mr Competitive runs a swimming club and I just knew he didn’t have anything […]
Someone Call a Plumber
March 7, 2015 By 43 Comments
Sometimes (okay, rarely), I have an excited feeling in my stomach because my day is going to plan and I just know that before the sun sets everything on my to-do list will be accomplished. Last week there was a moment where I had that feeling and I was feeling confident that I was actually […]
Up, Up and Away to Vanuatu
January 5, 2015 By 28 Comments
It’s annual vacation time and we’re heading up, up and away for a couple of weeks. You might remember that last year we went on a Pacific Treasures Cruise around the South-Pacific Islands. We loved it so much we thought we’d book the same holiday again however, when we looked at the itinerary we noticed […]
A Christmas Dinner Party
December 16, 2014 By 34 Comments
After selling 150 Christmas trees for the Scouts I came home to get ready for a dinner party. I do like to host at least one dinner party every Christmas. We had three couples coming for dinner, my friend Jen and her husband who do a lot of entertaining, Mr Competitive and his wife, and […]
Christmas Trees and Christmas Cakes
December 13, 2014 By 28 Comments
Coming up is the big, tree-selling day and not wanting to be knocked over in the rush, I went down to see John the Italian greengrocer to kindly ask him to set me aside a tree. When I got there I saw he had a few scrawny and draught-affected looking trees that were knee-high to […]
3-Ingredient Cranberry Sauce
December 8, 2014 By 37 Comments
Today was my right leg’s turn to be operated on. And yes, I am talking it up. Not exactly an operation as such, just continuing on with the sclerotherapy and ligations I had last week on my left leg. After an ultrasound where my leg was marked-up I went into the operating room. The surgeon […]
A Wee Bit of Drama
December 2, 2014 By 37 Comments
Today was the day of my ‘procedure’. I had to be at the clinic before 8am so I planned on leaving the house no later than 7.3oam. After I’d done a day’s work in an hour by making beds, putting the dogs outside, washing the kitchen floor, emptying the dishwasher, putting on a load of […]
A Tripe Story
November 28, 2014 By 31 Comments
I promised you a tripe story so here it is… When I was a student nurse, part of our training included an eight-week secondment to one of three centres. You weren’t given a choice (standard) and instead, given orders as to where your secondment was to be. Up for selection was eight weeks in a […]
The Gym Junkie
November 15, 2014 By 43 Comments
I’ve never really liked going to the gym. But everyone else has a membership so I’ve felt I’d better get one too. Over the years I have spent thousands on memberships where I don’t even put one foot inside the establishment that’s taking an automatic monthly direct debit straight from my bank account. Hopeless. Swim […]
Rudolph’s Christmas 2014
November 13, 2014 By 27 Comments
I’m still without my lap top. In between studies, Miss Arabella kindly lends me her computer and that’s been a huge help. As today is Day 4 and as there had been no word, I gave the repair company a call and asked what time today my computer would be ready for collection. The reason […]
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