... but I have still hung washing outside.  I do like to have the washing out if I can.  But by mid afternoon I shall bring it in.  Luckily I have a 3 story house and have an airer that hangs over the stairwell, so in actual fact it does dry pretty well, and doesn't get that "stale" smell that some indoor dried clothes get ( Read more... )

I went to a funeral yesterday .... Back in 1966 we moved back to Essex and our next-door neighbours were a family with a girl 5 years older than me, and a boy 3 years older than her.  In 1986 we moved to the West Contry and just after Mum & Dad moved to Torquay our neighbours parents moved there as well ... so we never really lost touch.  Sadly ( Read more... )

It was a very long 2 days, compounded by the fact I ended up doing an 11 hour shift on Wednesday ( Read more... )

Yes - as promised, photos to share ( Read more... )

... so here I am today, then will dissappear for another couple of days as I have another week of extra shifts ( Read more... )

For some reason my computer won't upload the photos at present - so I will post them when I can (the same with Instagram).  I have spent ages trying to see why, but according to all the things I have looked at my computer/internet etc are 100%, and no settings have been changed ( Read more... )

I had yesterday off (and don't work Fridays) so have given my kitchen cabinets a good clean and tidy.  Sadly I had a lot of "very" empty spaces where Jiffy's things had been ... so it was a combination of cleaning and moving things.  However, a you can guess, it all made sense as I was doing them, but whether I shall remember what I decided is ( Read more... )

Yesterday I went to Jiffy's funeral.  There are very few pet cemeteries, but fortunately for me there is one about a 40 minute drive from me ( Read more... )

How did that happen ( Read more... )

10 days on and I am getting round to writing a bit about dad's funeral.. Like with Mum we all took part, with the 4 boys doing the readings.

Tom started proceedings with this ...

When Tomorrow Starts Without MeWhen tomorrow starts without me, and I'm not here to see ( Read more... )