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Unexpected
Today is another day when I feel suddenly and inexplicably happy! It seems to happen more and more often.
Not bad for an arthritic diabetic with heart failure who can't walk more than a few yards!
Thanks for the happiness! -
John falls and is in hospital
Last evening John had a fall on the stairs. He refused to let me call an ambulance and with a great deal of difficulty Charles & I managed to get him upstairs and into bed ( Read more... ) -
Christmas feelings
As a big fan of Christmas, I've been feeling rather low about my inability to feel any Christmas cheer this year, and I've been wondering why that is ( Read more... ) -
Floods
I am so lucky to live at the top of a high hill, (although I don't always thinks so when I want to walk anywhere) and am safe from any kind of flooding (provided the roof doesn't collapse)
I've been feeling almost guilty at being so safe and dry when I see all the poor people who have been flooded out of their homes, sometimes for multiple times. I ( Read more... ) -
Changing password
What a faff I've had changing my password. Shan't do that again in a hurry! -
Brrrrrr! Winter!
I'm so cold that I'm seriously considering putting on the central heating. I've just put the supplementary electric heater on in this room, feeling terribly guilty at doing so, but my knees are so stiff and painful that I'm finding myself stumbling around instead of walking. My fingers are very stiff too, but at least they're not yet as grossly ( Read more... ) -
Feeling sad.
I'm feeling rather sad today.
My niece is getting married in Norfolk in a couple of weeks and I've been really looking forward to it. I had the hotel booked and paid for in mid June and have been counting the weeks ever since.
But, now, John is in the middle of a long drawn out series of hospital tests and has been told he mustn't drive. There's ( Read more... ) -
Cookery
I've been watching Raymond Blanc cooking with tomatoes - I would love to have the patience to make tomato stock as he did, because I really fancied the tomato risotto he made, but there's no chance of the whole suspended-bag-over-a-bowl thingy remaining undisturbed overnight in a house with three cats, besides which I would have to accumulate a ( Read more... ) -
Lent and self-deception
I was considerably exercised as to what to give up for Lent this year.
I had mooted giving up using the Internet, but realised that I simply don't have sufficient self-control to keep it up for six weeks, so I came up with an idea.
I would not allow myself to use the Internet until I had done at least an hour's writing.
I didn't start on Wednesday ( Read more... ) -
Pesky e-mail
I'm totally confused and in despair about my e-mail program.
Ever since I got my new PC I've had problems with e-mail programs.
I had used Thunderbird for years without any mishap, but almost as soon as I got the new PC, with Windows 7, Thunderbird decided to play up and threw all my contact addresses away.
After various trials of other e-mail ( Read more... )