As you can see the site has had a spring makeover, a huge thanks to John, he gave up hours to do it for me, I just felt I needed to thinking of spring time and forget about snow and winter. I need to feel the warm sun again and for an hour or two …
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Year:2010
Survival!
I read this week a survey which asked 2000 women what they would most like to change in 2010 the overall answer was saddening, there response was that “men should become the main breadwinners again” what a state this country is in, if you go the school playgrounds at 3.30 you will see how many …
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Some Really Good Seating
We really like the look of the reclining chairs this company has to offer and Joanne plans to save to get Paige one, but to be honest she will have to wait till she has stopped growing as they are very expensive, I wish I had the money to just go out and buy her …
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Birthdays & New Chairs
On Monday Kyle had his 6th birthday, it was also half term so Graham had taken the day off, they all went for a day out to Monkey World, I had arranged for them to come back to me and I would cook a warm meal for them and do a birthday cake for him. …
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Romance In The Air
This has been a quite but very special weekend, John came home Friday evening after been away all week carrying a dozen roses, a bottle of good champagne and a box of Thornatons chocolates so that has been a good start to our weekend. Saturday we headed into town to buy the things we needed …
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Haircuts & Exams
Alone at the moment but still so busy and wondering how I am going to fit everything in before bed time, but at least I feel content. It was hairdo day today and although I wanted radical the very nice hairdresser called Robert was no so keen on the idea and talked me into just …
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Asparagus & Prawn Risotto
This dish to me is the perfect curl up on the sofa with a bottle of wine and good movie supper dish, it is creamy rich yet the asparagus keeps it spring fresh, I find although you have to stand over a risotto, quite a simple dish which you can play around with and make …
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Ready For A Make Over
Today Sunday which is meant to be a day of rest has proved to be my busiest day this week, getting John packed for the week, sorting out all his exam gear, plus his gym stuff and swim things, along with checking his car over, giving it a quick wash, while having an asthma attack …
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Who Needs Shopping Bags?
Thank you to all my friends that have been in-touch wishing me get well, nice to say that now I believe I am on the mend, the winter months are always bad for me, this climate does not suit Asthma, if I had the money I would be warm and sunny for January and February. …
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Cyclists Beware!!
This really upset me this week and it also shows how bad some people really are. Joanne was taking the children into town on Sunday morning for a little treat, she set off to walk down the river path that leads into town this path is a shared path with a cycle lane at the town …
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Strange Week
Most weeks just float by, not this one, it has been a real roller-coaster with all it’s ups and downs. I am sat here at 1.15am writing as I am on that many steroids they won’t let me sleep, I have fallen victim to another chest infection which in turn upsets my asthma as well, …
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Another Little Gem, The Salty Monk
I just fell in love with the bathroom on this little place, it is in a very pretty part of Devon, it looks very picture chocolate box, it is small very romantic and also serves amazing food, but it is a little more expensive than my usual stop overs, it is not one I would take …
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