Saturday was a nice, relaxing day. Because the daughter and grandson didn't come down, I gained about three hours to the day! I used some of that time to give the kitchen a good clean, including the fridge/freezer. I also watched some DS9 and played W3 ( Read more... )

So, we thought the son was keeping his job, at least until he found another one, but his manager told him yesterday that he didn't want to keep him on. At which point son went into 'react don't think' mode and walked out. *heavy sigh ( Read more... )

Finished 'The ABC Murders' last night. I got most of the awards, including the 'small donkey' for screwing something up. I avoided the 'medium donkey' and 'large donkey' but if I want a full collection, I need to get them :D Not sure the game was worth the money (£23 second hand) but I got it 'free' using my Game points, so it's not too bad. There ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I lit a candle for Lynn and spoke her name. We'd started the service with 'Let us build a house where love can dwell' that talks about us all being named as 'words within the Word' and it felt like I'd (slightly) redressed the balance from Thursday. And it feels like it's all becoming real, at last. The last two weeks have just been ( Read more... )

Lynn's death is still not really sinking in. The day she passed away I was ill, so I'm still not sure if that was the day she died or the day I was really ill. We left all of the organising of the funeral and so on to her kids and only visited once. Even seeing the coffin didn't really help ( Read more... )

Well, this week promises not to be the best of my life so far ( Read more... )

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So funny how families split down the middle at kids' parties. All of Michael's family sat together, and all of Becky's family sat together - it must be the first time my mum and Lynn have had something in common ( Read more... )