Weirdly I can’t really tell whether the last few weeks, since coming back from the US, have gone slow or fast, a bit of both I guess.
This week I had my last appointment with the ENT consultant, and really after spending just over £2,000 (thankfully paid directly by the insurance company) it’s sort of back to square one.
I am a bit disappointed.
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The festive season is over and Adrian took down our Christmas decorations at the beginning of the week.

We have a few amaryllises in bloom/about to bloom:


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As you may have noticed, I've been struggling to keep up with LJ this year but not to the point of being completely absent.

A few weeks ago I got the chop from a friend's  LJ in one of his periodic culls. I am not sure what 'crime' I committed as I am certain it was I who had commented last, but I'll never know as his is a friends-only journal. ( Read more... )

I'm back working at the office full-time without knee brace. I still used one crutch this week but it's time to let it go ( Read more... )

We had another little outing into town today.

From Penge to Trafalgar Square


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We went to see "Black Swan" straight after work


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Last night I had my weekly Skype call with my brother and my parents, and I was surprised not to see my mother there ( Read more... )

I took a few pictures in Sitges (of the town, the beach/the men on it, and us) and here's the first batch, the "respectable" one.



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Last night we went to see "Pranzo di Ferragosto" (Mid-August lunch) at the cinema: a sweet, low-budget Italian movie, filmed at the director's apartment in Rome. All the elderly ladies are non-professional actors (one ( Read more... )

We were trasnported to France this evening! We went to see

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For us the week-end kicked off in posh Chelsea where we went to see Keira Knightley's latest film: The Duchess.
It was good entertainment: spectacular costumes and beautiful buildings. The acting was fine too.

And going from a duchess to a 'simple' OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire), tomorrow night the lovely Joanna Lumley

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