Well I finally got to see the carpets. I Was very disappointed with the general staff attitude and the often inaccessibility of the huge store but I'll come back to that in a bit. I found a simple mat £3 to replace a damp destroyed one and then a gorgeous teal fluffy rug that I'm thinking about. I was rather disappointed with the choice of carpets ( Read more... )

It's actually quite a weird thing and I suppose it's come about because I've got so little control over my life and my life choices these last two years, but I'm not sure when I actually started doing this. Today in the charity shop the lady was sorting out the jewellery where I wanted to be (I always check out the jewellery to see what I can ( Read more... )

If you have a sense of humour about things, then I think that's half the battle.
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Over on fb mikesmaddie, my friend posted this and I really do agree with it. I laugh a Lot, in the midst of deepest darkness and hopelessness I still find something to make me laugh. It can be anything, and whilst it is a coping mechanism it is definitely a panacea, often a ( Read more... )

Four hours at that place yesterday. Just me and my mother which is the first time we've been allowed there alone. And so I did a check up. And the results of that check up have caused yet more vicious rows with my father tonight. An issue I'd said was a logistical nightmare but was overruled on because 'you just don't understand these things',, ( Read more... )

How I remember how this story was originally received all those years ago, it made people cry, I made people cry, how brilliant is that? The other thing is that I never mention Whitby in it or said that it was based in Whitby in my mind yet everyone who commented said Whitby. I haven't seen my adored Whitby for years now, it's not exactly ( Read more... )

So. Today. I'm not sure how to summarise it really. Flashed at 😵 Armed Police all over the moors covering a massive area 😱 Treated atrociously then ignored at one garden centre 😣, left and treated wonderfully at the other 💜 All in 4 hours. Four hours. Trust me! 😂
Firstly we decided to go to Cherry Hill Garden Centre on Stokesley Road outside ( Read more... )

Mik Scarlets Talk was particularly enlightening because people with disabilities don't ever have professional support or guidance or advice on sex from health care workers. I have been celibate for many years because of all the different disabilities and how they affect me. But if I've tried to discuss this with a doctor they flinch away, unable ( Read more... )

This is another video from the BBC Ouch Storytelling Live event by Georgie Morrell who is blind. I found this story particularly poignant because of the similarities to my own experiences. The way she talks about her mother having to help bathe her at 21, and how she felt, oh hell, been there alright ( Read more... )

All of the following videos are from a BBC Ouch Storytelling Live event, in which disabled people used humour to discuss difficulties they have faced in their lives. I am linking to all of them, 4 different videos here and another two to follow separately as they both deal with issues that affect me greatly and I wish to write about them.

Ruby ( Read more... )

Well Donald Trump has slid to even lower levels than ever by urging to terminally ill to hang on to vote for him before dying And then by the way, he doesn't care about You, just your vote!
"I don't care how sick you are," the Republican nominee said ( Read more... )