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A True Story
This is a true story. It’s about my husband, his mum and how it took nearly 65 years for him to find out what she looked like. When my husband was born, the world was a different place. People accepted circumstances that today would trigger the conception of a ‘Go Fund Me’ page. Schools were…
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My Biggest Blogging Mistake: from llamas to rat traps….
I realised this week that as bloggers go, I haven’t reached the point where it has become second nature. I go about my daily business and its not till later I think, “oh, I should have taken a photo of that”. It could be because the equipment I have to take photos with are a…
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Quandaries
I realised today I have a small number of current quandaries. If you’ve read a couple of my posts at least, it should have become apparent that I’m pretty fond of my garden and the birds that visit it. Today however, as I was standing at the sink looking out the window, a tiny sparrow…
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Molehills and Molars
Its always good to take stock at the end of the week and congratulate yourself on how much you’ve managed to survive and accomplish. Didn’t scream at the moron in front of you, who seemed to get buying scratch cards and being a bingo caller mixed up? Well done. How many do they need by…
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New Fridge, New Venture and A Haircut!
Well, its been a very busy few days here at MySlice HQ! The new fridge-freezer arrived at the end of last week – hooray. You really don’t realise how much you depend on these things until you have to go without them; which is usually a situation forced upon us. The instructions that came with…
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My Week in Photos (21st June 2023)
The following photos are a summing up of the past week in my slice of life: The philadelphus ‘Belle Etoile’ (beautiful star) living up to its name. In full bloom and smelling gorgeous. So, that was my week so far. As you can see, there have been highs and lows but thats the way it…
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When Staying Positive is the Hardest Job of the Day
The Scottish word ‘Scunnered’ sums up my feelings for today! I started this blog, my Youtube channel and hopefully will start soon, my podcast, all with the tagline ‘helping you to find more joy in yours (ie your slice of life)……. And here I am struggling to find it in mine! There have been a…
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I Need a Bigger Plate
(Workloads and expectations) You know that expression “I’ve got enough on my plate”? Well, I’ve realised my problem – I just need a bigger plate. Everybody is busy aren’t they? If you want to test that theory, just suggest to someone you know, some new ‘thing’ they should try/read/visit and they’ll tell you they’d love…
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Teaching a dog to ‘speak’
Its harder than it looks!! In my previous post, I made reference to our dog, Scooby. He is an adorable lurcher (great hunter) and we’ve been working on getting him to speak on command….hope you like the results!! https://youtu.be/Rx3trjT4uts
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