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Who cares for the carers?
Let me start by saying, isn’t that a stupid term? ‘Carer’. Of course we care, everybody cares but I suppose ‘looks after-er’ is a bit of a mouthful. Over the Christmas period, I was left asking this question, ‘who cares for the carers’? Actually it’s been on my mind for a while, since a nurse…
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Waving Goodbye to 2025!
Yes it does come round quicker and quicker, it’s not your imagination. I won’t lie, 2025 has not been an easy year: The first 6 months were spent taking Dearest Son to hospital/dental appointments and they were some big deals for a boy terrified of such things. The last 6 months have been spent finding…
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Would you like some GOOD news for a change?
This post will be brief and to the point! In a time where all we hear about is disaster and mayhem, I’m over the moon to be able to bring some good news. If you are a regular to my blog, you will know my family has been going through a very rough patch as…
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You won’t believe what’s happened this week
To say this has been a crazy week isn’t doing it justice. I mentioned before that the fence got badly damaged in the storm last week. Well, there has been no further movement there I’m sad to say but I’ve had to put that on the back burner and here’s why. On Tuesday night, I…
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Nuclear Medicine to Storm Amy
It’s catch-up time my friends! If you have managed to read my last few posts, you’ll know we are on a bit of a rollercoaster as we try to balance the good with the bad which life has thrown at us recently. In amongst all of this of course, gardens grow and need attention, clothes…
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Husband’s Health
This is the post I’d always hoped I’d never write. I try to be a positive person, at home and online. My gardening channel on YouTube, on here and even on the old podcast – positivity is at the heart of everything I do. Not naivety – I’m fully aware of the negative aspects of…
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A Weekend of The Arts
‘Hominin’ Book Launch (Neil R McAdam) & ‘Interstellar 10’ (Roger Sayer) This weekend I was lucky enough to take Dearest Son to a couple of events: It was our first book launch event we’d ever been to and I was keen to take DS (that’s Dearest Son) as I want him to experience new things,…
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Change of transport for allotment visit
High stress levels this week and we’ve barely started this journey. This is going to be a mixed post. Yes, I went to the allotment and I’ll show you some of the work done there but there have been a LOT of other things going on too. Life isn’t too easy at the moment if…
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Results from the garden
Not everything we harvest from our gardens can be eaten. I have been going to the allotment on a fairly regular basis but I don’t seem to have posted much about it so here goes. We have been very busy tidying and harvesting – both are continual jobs but I am very aware that it…
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Family life and other complicated stuff
Well, where do I start? I did say recently I’d had a bit of a week – every week? That’s how it feels at this point. I’m still going through everybody’s older posts to catch up with what I’ve missed so if you have a blog and suddenly see my name appearing on several of…
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First Holiday in 5 Years
To say it got off to a bumpy start would be an understatement. Apart from the car going in to the garage 5 days before our departure – we had a few other issues to contend with. We had been in the car 20 minutes when I realised I’d left the spending money at home.…
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Almost a perfect Sunday
I had quite a busy Sunday and it was almost a perfect day. I made things: I made some sourdough crackers and a lovely dip; started some l.reuteri yoghurt in my new machine which I don’t quite understand; made some rhubarb cordial; choc chip sourdough cookies; vanilla cupcakes. The weather was not great to put…
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