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  • Denial? Me? No way!

    Did I mention I have Early Onset Parkinsons? There, I said it. I don’t often. I was diagnosed in January 2008 and have been trying to forget it ever since. But you can’t. Shame. Recently juggling all my commitments has been tricky. I’ve shed a few but have still a way to go. I resent…

  • What shall we do today?

    Elder and I had a lovely day together yesterday. We dropped Little One off at nursery and went for a cup of tea at Waitrose (BIG treat), caught the bus into town, forgot all about household chores for a while (me), was thrilled with a ‘well done’ sticker from the dentist (him) and mooched round the…

  • Reboot

    Sometimes it is time to take a step back, look around, focus on the good. Today has been lovely and horrible in unequal measures. I won’t bore you with the details but suffice to say it’s time to get a grip. I can either wallow or progress. I choose to be positive. Hard but necessary.…

  • The magic fabric roundabout

    It was a case of fabric out fabric in today. A box to the lovely Christine from mysewingcircle.com who is going to use my destash lovelies for charitable purposes. Out it went. Then on the way back from a physio appt ( wrecked hand) I found these gorgeous skirts and monsoon top from our local…

  • No, I really am actually a grown up

    Time for a trip down memory lane…I was walking down to a girls night out this week (which was fab btw, a much needed treat) when I passed this poster. Now, Mr McCullough was a bit of an idol to me when I was a teenager. The Bunnymen were my heroes. Porcupine was my first…