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Well, we’ve had some extreme weather here and no mistake. Recently, we’ve had 2 weather warnings, I did some shopping to be safe, and it came to nothing. This time, I did just a little top up shop, and we’re now snowed in. I have bread in the freezer but

We’ve had some rain here, and with the snow slowly but surely melting, things are back to what passes for normal around here. I was surprised to note that our road had been visited by a snowplough and gritter, though not that surprised to see that the

Having to wait 3-and-a-half weeks before I can get a routine appointment with my GP. I couldn’t help it, my response to the receptionist was ‘you’re kidding’. They won’t give me any more eye drops until I see my GP. They obviously worry that I’m going to

It’s been a long week, and it’s only Wednesday. Monday, I did quite a bit of housework. Due to snow and ice, I didn’t go out except to walk the dog. Tuesday, the weather was better, and I met up with my kid sister and we visited with Mum. I was feeling

A busy week draws to a close. Thursday was a quiet day spent at home, just pottering about, and doing some laundry. Friday, we went to visit Mum. On the way onto the ward I saw an air bed in the corridor and joked that it was Mum’s and on approaching her

Almost a year ago, I bought myself a steamer for the microwave, with gift money from my retirement. Can you believe it’s been almost a year! Anyway, we used it a lot and my son liked it so much that I bought him the same one for when he started

Friday, we had a good visit with Mum. She was pretty alert, and even used my name so she clearly remembered who I was. She hadn’t eaten much breakfast, though did say she was looking forward to lunch and she was hungry. We’re still having to wear bright