Dear God/gods/cruel providence/unknown universal regulatory systems sacred, profane or other ( Read more... )

Irritations and grievances:

1. Darlows were meant to be bringing some folk around to look at the house at 10.30 this morning, so I made sure I was up and decent, didn't go out on any errands, that the house was halfway presentable &c. Noone turned up, and when I rang asking if there was some delay or wot, I was told it had been cancelled, and ( Read more... )

For no obvious reason, I've just thrown up :-( It was entirely unexpected, so I just thank Gawd that I managed to grab and empty out the fruit bowl in time ( Read more... )

Tipper on the stereo, mixing bowl cradled in one arm, crying into the Christmas cake. A couple of hours before that, I was thinking how content I could be with a life of cooking for other people on a daily basis: slowly, carefully, properly, weighing and measuring, testing and seasoning. I find it very relaxing, very calming, when I have the time ( Read more... )

Backache ( Read more... )

Have just noticed two tears to the jeans I was wearing yesterday, evidently results of my fence-clambering antics, as the placement of the one I noticed first, on the fabric covering my left thigh, exactly corresponds with the large lumpy bruise below it. More to add to the mending pile: I've never felt inclined to rock the ripped jeans look. But ( Read more... )

A while ago, a crack appeared around the plug hole in the base tray of our shower cubicle, and it's since been joined by an ever growing (and lengthening) band of straighter cracks along the tray's raised, 'ribbed' bits ( Read more... )