I picked Claire up mid morning and we went to our local Stately Home .... to see their Christmas decorations.  However as an extra bonus we couldn't have picked better weather if we had specifically ordered it.  So we had a lovely few hours.

So I will have some photos to share soon .... but until then -

19. How long do your shoes/boots last ( Read more... )

That has been a good, but busy 4 days ... now for the rest of the week I am just covering for a couple of hours each morning. I saw the lady that I am covering today when she came in for her hospital appointment. She is having major eye problems, that I can sympathise with having had surgery, but 10 days on her eye isn't getting better. So that' ( Read more... )

Just as I got in from Church on Sunday a friend text me to say that the lady doing the afternoon/evening shift at the Reception had phoned in sick.  Mel wondered if I could do it ... and I agreed, so Mel said she would let the team know ( Read more... )

Yes, we have completed the first week of the year ... scary when you think about it that way ( Read more... )

Now I just have to get used to the new prescription!  Actually, that's one of the advantages of having damaged vision, I am used to my sight beiing "off" that the new prescription usually changes easily.  So, let's hope this is the same.  However with 4 changes ... long distance/short distance/ astygmatism/prism in my right eye ... and as ever new ( Read more... )

Yes, 34 years ago today is when I had my eye operation.  It is amazing how quickly those years have gone ... and how well my eye continues to do.  Overall I am slowly losing the sight in that eye, but considering this time 34 years ago I was actually blind in the eye, I am positive about how things are going.  A torn/detached retina, was the ( Read more... )

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While Porky's Hare Hunt was the first Warner Bros. cartoon to feature a Bugs Bunny-like rabbit, A Wild Hare, directed by Tex Avery and released on July 27, 1940, is widely considered to be the first official Bugs Bunny cartoon (Thanks WikepediaAnd so I had a reason to actually sit at the pc ( Read more... )

7 What is the worst medical procedure you’ve ever had?... And is also the best ( Read more... )

Sadly I ended up in A&E yesterday ... and Jiffy didn't want to be left out so I had to take him to his vets today ( Read more... )

LOL - yes, I said I was keeping up, and then it all fell apart! So here goes for 3 days =

21 Would you rather not be able to see any colors or have mild but constant tinnitus (ringing in the ears)?Easy for me - as I already said I have lost some of the sight in one of my eyes, and as most of you know I am colourblind ... so, for me, it is ( Read more... )