I love the snow. I have happy memories of sledging on Beverley Westwood as a child. One year we were having such a good time that when the light started to fade we walked into the town for something to eat – then went back out and sledged in the moonlight. Magical. I’ve had adventures…
Category: Middle-aged me
Me Day – again
Two years ago, on 8th January, my husband told me he was leaving. One year ago, on 8th January, I wrote this. I decided that I would declare the 8th of January Me Day. A day to acknowledge that I’ve survived, that I’m not the woman I was. I wish I could go back and…
Black Ice
Time to get back to the gym yesterday, after a bit of a lay-off over Christmas. Into the gym kit – leggings, T-shirt, hoody, trainers, heart-rate monitor – and off out for the 8am session. The gym is just a short walk from the house. The slush from the day before had frozen overnight. It…
No Plans
I have a few days annual leave, starting today. I have no plans. I haven’t even made any plans that have had to be cancelled. Yes – Covid-19 has been with us for so long now that these few days hadn’t even been booked when it all started. Unlike my planned-and-paid-for-but-then-cancelled trip to Naples in…
It’s Chriiiiistmaaaas (Nearly)!
Twenty days to go until Christmas. It’s going to be a funny one. And I don’t mean ‘funny ha ha’. What are your plans? Are you going for the full 3-household Christmas bubble from 23rd to 27th December? Or will you retreat from the world and use the holiday period as a much-needed excuse to…
Lifting Heavy Stuff
I’m a kitchen designer, but designing kitchens isn’t all that the job entails. Mostly I sit at a computer, but sometimes I have to get physical. I have to work stock. I have to help a customer with a purchase. I have to just shift stuff from A to B. And from time to time…
Bonfire Night 1977
It’s 43 years ago today since I met my first husband. (Can you believe 1977 was 43 years ago!!! They’ll be telling us next it’s 20 years since the Millenium!!) I was 16 at the time – but less than a week off being 17. I desperately hoped he wouldn’t ask my age until I…
Taking the Bull by the Horns
Lockdown will start in the UK on 5th November. That’s tomorrow. Glad I hadn’t planned a bonfire party (although the government hasn’t stopped us eating bonfire toffee, which was always the best bit). I hate to be bored. I also like to take matters into my own hands, I like to feel that I have…
Meeting the Ancestors
I’ve just renewed my subscription to Ancestry.com. It’s worth every penny – I pay for full access to the worldwide records. As many of my ancestors emigrated (or were transported…) – to Australia, to the US, to New Zealand, to Canada – I need to be able to access everything. And as hobbies go, it’s…
Fully and Well
Feeling a bit better – certainly heading in the right direction, although I know there’s a long way to go. Feeling stronger emotionally and mentally, which means I stand a better chance of coping with whatever comes along next. Thanks and more thanks to the people who’ve read this blog and have been so supportive…
