I found Jordan to be one of the most startling places I have ever been too, it ignited images in my mind I have not had since I was a child, and it has a landscape that set my senses on fire. We arrived in Jordan at the Gulf of Aqaba, my husband relating the …
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Month:March 2009
Red Nose White Wine Wow.!!!
This wine is simply amazing get to Tesco’s and grab some before it is all gone, £2.49 the best money I have spent. It is produced by Damien Hurst who makes good wine and this is his effort for Africa so yes, I will gladly support Africa £1 from every bottle goes to comic relief. …
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Fun Family Day
Sunday 29th March, started a little differently we woke to the sound of the fire alarms beeping at us, this normally happens if they have gone off, and I am sure that we would have noticed if they had, so we got up to work out what was happening. We had no electric, this meant …
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A Mum & Daughter Day
Joanne and I have had a great day today Saturday 28th March, we went for a girlie shopping day in Southampton. Although neither of us had a lot to spend we really had fun looking in just about every fashion shop there is. Also having time to talk to each other without one of us …
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Confused
Yesterday I read in the Express an article that told me, the real problems ahead of us is not the current credit crisis, but the population explosion, it stated that within the next 20 years at the current rate of people coming into Britain and babies been born, we would be running out of food …
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Red Nose Day
I have never been into this red nose thing, I understand all the good it inspires and the money it raises, just walking around wearing a huge red nose is not for me, that is until today!!! With the help of Tesco I could be wearing a very red nose of my own making, I …
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Headache!!
Well we are now getting down to the nitty gritty of trying to get John set up in his own business, just choosing a name has been a nightmare, at one point we thought about Personal I.T. solutions not good when you see it spells pits !! so it was back to the drawing board. …
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Way Out
After reading the paper today I am amazed the suicide rate is not as high as the unemployment rate, it left me feeling totally depressed, for gods sake we know we are in recession, we know our food bills are nearly higher than the heating bills, we know we are the smallest island yet still …
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New Start
This could be quite an exciting time ahead for us, after John been out of work for over 8 weeks he has made up his mind to try running his own business. It is a flooded market out there lots of people with lots of skills, so finding a niche for himself is not going …
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Never enough time!!
Got say this, I really wish life would slow down just a bit so I could catch up, I am currently so busy I cannot sit down and flick through a magazine or even think to myself I am bored, still I suppose I should be grateful it means when I turn 80 I will …
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NHS what it stands for ??
I have decided after today that NHS is not nationl health service, but need help someday!!!, as you all know my granddaughter Paige has been in hospital for surgury, she was sent home yesterday Friday, she was informed that a nurse would call and check her dressings and generally see everything is doing well. It …
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Back Home
To my great relief Paige is now safely back home, poor little thing is so brave, she cannot really understand why she cannot move her legs or why they are both in plaster, but she still keeps smiling. Joe has the awful task of doing the 4 hour observations and that is right through the …
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