Improvement continues; yesterday's achievements were a shower and walking down a flight of stairs using my feet alternately, rather than always going down on the right (good) foot. Much more than they sound, especially the shower. I had been washing at the sink in the bathroom and in bowls (what my mother used to describe as washing "up as far ( Read more... )

A remarkably busy day so far, including the washing of a huge load of sheets and towels at the laundrette and a visit to Ikea, where I failed to but a mattress pad, but bought pear cider and new glasses to drink it from, and some new bendy chopping boards. I did try to buy the chopping boards locally ( Read more... )

I generally try not to go out on Bank Holidays, since public transport, especially buses, is so poor, and yesterday I stayed in, pottering about. I read a bit (Kate Atkinson's One Good Turn, a detective story, a bit meh), sorted old photographs (numerous hilarious/embarrassing ones of the g-d and her boyfriend when they were babies), and cooked ( ( Read more... )