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Big girl pants on
It was a pretty shitty day yesterday. As you know, I’m looking for work and I had an interview a few days ago (you can read about it here ). As you also know, I’m looking for a lodger – and I’d found one (and you can read about that here…
Getting There
The other day, I fancied a day out. As a volunteer for a well known heritage charity, I get free entry into all of our properties – great for someone on a budget. All I have to do is get there. I fancied going to Quarry Bank – I see signs…
The Hunt for Gainful Employment
The Big Day I had an interview this afternoon. I run a business with my husband (you remember, the one that walked out of the marriage back in February). This is severely career-limiting, as you can imagine, so I need to find some sort of…
How do you sleep at night?
What is it with sleep? It’s the only thing that gets harder to do the harder you try to do it. I don’t always sleep terribly well. Maybe it’s to be expected, what with the husband moving out an’ all. Some nights, I just don’t sleep at all.…
What was the question again?
I’ve been trying to avoid talking about Brexit. But I’m watching the EU Election results, and I’m sad. I believe in democracy, I believe everyone has the right to have their opinion listened to. I believe everyone’s vote counts. But –…
There was an old lady…
I found an old lady. It’s Dementia Action week (20th – 26th May). About a year ago I was privileged to be able to access Dementia Friendly training via the place that I volunteer. I can’t recommend the training highly enough. It was run by…
Rubber Chicken
I’ve had to cut back enormously on what I used to spend, after my husband walked away from our marriage – here’s what I’m doing. In that post I promised a blog post devoted entirely to Rubber Chicken – and here it is. For those who don’t…
Physically fit at 58
The time has come to renew my gym membership. This means that I’ve been going to the gym for a year now. Time to take stock. It’s not cheap, but I go every other day, come hell or high water, so the cost-per-session is tiny. I’ve managed…
Technical difficulties
I have experience. I have skills. I have qualifications. But what I don’t have, right now, is a job. Well, that’s not quite true. I do have a job – I’m a director of a limited company. But it’s a limited company that I run with my husband…
It’s OK to be happy
This is my third attempt at writing this. I normally write, think about it for a bit, edit, then publish. But this one is causing me grief (absolutely no pun intended). It’s Mental Health Awareness Week. I’ve never been depressed in my…
Husbanding my resources (oh the irony!)
I’m cutting back. You’ve heard of Extreme Ironing? This is Extreme Economising. But also – I’m determined to keep on eating healthy food. This is my way of taking control. So I’ve made myself some rules – here they are Rule 1 – using up…
Doing the Deed (Poll)
I’ve decided to change my name by Deed Poll. It feels like the right thing to do, all things considered. I guess the expected thing would be to go back to my maiden name, but I have a problem with that. Quite apart from the problem I have…
