Bleugh

I am having real trouble in getting myself going today. Plus side: the stashbuster blanket is cast off and the traditional mittens are out and I have done a few rounds on them Negative side: An ear infection robbed me of sleep and is sapping my energy and I really cannot fully engage with the …

Morning

I grabbed the wrong camera this morning as I carried the  bin bags out to the gate. I knew it at the time but I also knew that the sunrise would change long before I found the card and inserted it and fumbled my way with a heavy camera, two heavy bin bags and a …

Happy New Me

After a little hiccup on last weekend's weigh-in I can now report a Happy New Me. I am soon going to pass a second major weight goal, all being well. The first goal was to shed the 3 kilos that I had put on over last winter and not managed to shake off during the summer. …

That was the year that was. It’s over

I don't believe that I have ever conducted a review of the year just gone. This is a First for me and come to think on it, 2014 itself held more than a few Firsts of it's own. 2014 was the year in which I: Entered my 62nd year on this planet Baked my first …

Well, that was that

Thursday, New Year's Day, was largely a non-event - due largely I feel, to the fact that at 3am we were still sitting by the fire, nursing a bottle of port and reminiscing. We spoke of the attraction of words and the reality or otherwise of falling in love with some unseen person. We recalled this Con …

I’m sticking with you

It's our wedding anniversary today.