Hello, . Up early once more here ‘. I don’t know why, but it may be the total absence of drumming rain. . Yes, I kid you not, all is drier and a lot more silent today, but it is still a very dark morning with very heavy cloud….which promises that this seeming end to [...]
Aug
13
2011
13
2011
Aug
12
2011
12
2011
So It Is Actually True Then!
Hi, . So here I am, writing to you once more to the rapid accompaniment of heavy rainfall, like an encouraging counterpoint to my tapping out my daily post. . I am actually getting quite used to the continuous rain now, after all it is only 28 days since St Swithin’s day….so there may well [...]
Aug
3
2011
3
2011
Sometimes You Just Know That They Are Wrong!
Hello, . I wish you a fine day. It is still unfeasibly warm up here ….and with heavily clouded skies. Yesterday we cunningly went for a long walk in the countryside, before the torrential but warm rain began, with Big H sweating as if it was going out-of-fashion. . That sounds yukky of course, but [...]
Aug
2
2011
2
2011
What Shall I Imagine Today then.
G’day, . I though that I should begin today’s missive with an once again. . It seems a good idea as we are in the middle of a very muggy period. The sun is not necessarily shining down upon us, but it is incredibly hot and stifling under a hazy grey sky. . Yesterday we [...]
Jul
20
2011
20
2011
A Frog Of Your Own.
Hello, Hello, . Good morning once more from the damp depths of England’s more northern parts. . I risk being unusually repetitious this Wednesday morning when I tell you once again that it is raining….with knobs on! Unfortunately everyone is beginning to look our more usual pale-green again, as those lovely slight tans we obtained [...]
Jun
12
2011
12
2011
Two Steps Forward, One Step back!
Hi peeps, . So it is , and a Sunday, and a very fine one it is too. . I was up early this morning, to be greeted by hot sunshine and wall to wall blue skies. The weather has been a bit iffy lately, and not at all the amazing heatwave which was forecast [...]
May
31
2011
31
2011
What A Scary Start to The Day.
Hi, . What a bloody day! . Big H had to be rushed to hospital by emergency ambulance early this morning because he was very ill. . The day was spent with examinations, questions, X-Rays and tests. Everyone concerned could not have been kinder, or more caring and sympathetic, to us all. . He is [...]
May
25
2011
25
2011
Tell Me Wishing Well, Will My Dreams Come True!
Hello, Hello, . Wednesday dawns, with warmth and light grey skies, accompanied by the happy tapping of house elves working industriously on our own little gingerbread cottage, the rhythmic chanting of ‘High-ho, high-ho, it’s off to work we go’ in a fine tenor counterpoint! . I am bending before a bright , held up [...]
Mar
18
2011
18
2011
Mr Fartypants.
Hey Peeps, . They talk about neccessity being the mother of invention don’t they. Well, that has just happened to me….with knobs on it. . Big H is being so horribly stinky today that I cannot bear it. Whatever it is that I have been feeding him, it has to stop, because I am beginning [...]
Jan
29
2011
29
2011
Mud Sucks.
Hello, . The weekend starts here. . I woke up later than usual this morning, due to having a bit of a last night. First of all I enjoyed the pleasure of Big H feeling so well that he made me a lovely meal of pasta with pesto, accompanied by red salmon (tinned). . He [...]
Jan
25
2011
25
2011
All The World’s A Stage.
Hey, . Well here I am again and history is once more. . Having gone to bed at 2.00am, I again managed to be totally awake again just before 4am. . I would much rather be in bed where it is warm but I would eventually get restless and that would disturb Big H, who [...]
Nov
14
2010
14
2010
Morning Call.
Hi, . Here I am, up again . Normally, when it is so totally I try to stay in bed a bit longer if I can, but I had no chance this morning. The birds decided to make such an amazing cacophony of sound, for so long, that I was amazed by it. It sounded [...]
Oct
11
2010
11
2010
From Big H To Russell Watson.
Good Morning, . I hope that you have just enjoyed a good, if not spectacular weekend off work. . As is usual theses days, we have had a very quiet one here, with two small walks, which made a pleasant change. One of the walks took place on Saturday night at about 1am, when everything [...]
Jul
1
2010
1
2010
I Get Some Stupid Ideas At Times!
Hi, . Greetings to you upon this pleasant Friday. Today we have warmth, thick clouds and drizzle….quite nice actually! . Not a lot is happening here at the moment as Big H is feeling a bit weird and weary. The hospital has been in contact today to say that the last blood tests show very [...]
Jun
29
2010
29
2010
Up And At ‘Em.
Hi, . I am a bit late doing a post today because it was a hospital day for us. It was a case of getting up and dashing about madly before hurriedly leaving, cups of tea still on the table only half drunk. . On the plus side it has been yet another beautiful sunny [...]
May
19
2010
19
2010
Now I Know How To Give Injections!
Hi, . What a beautiful day it was yesterday….and it never stopped! After the hospital stuff we went down to Tynemouth and had a superb walk on a freshly washed beach, followed by a stroll on the prom, followed in turn by wonderful fish and chips. . Having said that, I found that I have [...]
May
15
2010
15
2010
One More Step On The Road.
Hey, . Good Morning to you. It is beautiful here today again, a lovely blue beginning to what I hope will be a wonderful weekend. The birds have been happily enjoying bread, along with a packet of ready prepared Yorkshire Puddings that I was foolish enough to take out of the frrrreezer ( that was [...]
May
11
2010
11
2010
Tuesday’s Child.
Hey, . Up once more to connect with you in the earlier hours. . I went to bed a bit early last night so that I could read my book in a bit of peace and quiet as Big H was watching a weird film called ‘The Dancer Upstairs’, I think. He was interested to [...]
Apr
23
2010
23
2010
Mind Control Is Sneaking Up On Us.
G’Day, Just adding an Australian twist to the day again….perhaps it will encourage some sunshine. We are grey and cold again here at the moment, but a little watery sunshine is peeping through every now and again, so I am hopeful. . Big H is doing well at the moment. On the last hospital trip [...]
Apr
20
2010
20
2010
Hospital Duties Today.
Hi, , Greetings from a very sunny and beautiful part of northern England. WOW, now this is what I call a morning! . The birds have already been served a large amount of chopped up pasta with pesto and the remaining slice of toast and Marmite from breakfast….so they are well pleased too. . I [...]
Apr
12
2010
12
2010
It Is Beautiful Today.
Greetings Peeps, . My Oh My, what an outstandingly beautiful day this is. Blue and amazingly warm and sunny with a faint tracing of mackerel cloud in the sky. . I look out of the window to see people in less clothing than usual, smiling and happy, going for their morning papers or walking their [...]
Mar
30
2010
30
2010
The Start Of The New Regime.
Hi, . Hope that I find you chipper today and that your life is going well for you. It is a much duller morning here, with the familiar low and misty grey sky and lots of drizzle, but still warmer. . I have been out to feed the birds already with lots of the birdseed. [...]
Mar
29
2010
29
2010
Busy Day Today.
Hi, . This is a very late post because we have spent the day in the hospital. We got there at ten and finally left at five. . It has been an exhausting day and very emotional for us too. I was a bit worried about Big H getting so tired because he started going [...]
Mar
7
2010
7
2010
An Opportune Visit From A Friend.
Hi, . How are you today. Feeling hungover and dreadful from your Saturday night shenanigans! . Serves you right! . I am feeling fine. Especially when I was greeted this morning with another fine blue day with copious sunshine. How good is that! My are all survivors of the previous terrible weather, with their healthy [...]
Mar
3
2010
3
2010
Finally An Answer To The Question.
Hi, . How do I find you this evening! Hopefully all is going very well for you. . This is a very late post today because Big H and I have been at the hospital. We finally had the appointment to find out the results of all the tests that they did l we were [...]
Jan
20
2010
20
2010
A Definate Air Of Anticipation.
Good day to you, . I hope that I find you safe, healthy, in balance….and happy! . Here at home there is a definite frisson of excitement and anticipation. . Big H finally went off to hospital to see the tropical diseases expert, in order to try and work out what on earth is wrong [...]
Nov
25
2009
25
2009
What Would Big H Like For Breakfast?
Hello Again, . So, once more, I sit here in the early hours of the morning, blogging, instead of getting a good night’s sleep. . It is not my fault this time though….it is Big H’s. . This is because he is so security conscious. . He likes to have the house properly locked up [...]
Nov
20
2009
20
2009
It’s A Quiet Day And It’s Raining Again.
Hi, . No sign at all of the today, but I put out some chocolate digestives and some chocolate chip cookies anyway, because it made me feel better. . The past couple of days have been quiet, because Big H has been feeling exhausted once more, thus requiring him to retire to his bed yet [...]
Nov
10
2009
10
2009
Call Of Duty…
Hey, . Tuesday again, I think! . It is hard to keep track at the moment because of all the upheaval. . Last night Big H rang the friend that he goes to play his computer games with one night a week, and asked him to come over and help him put up his new [...]
Nov
9
2009
9
2009
I Might Swap Our Cow.
Greetings to you all, . Things are picking up here. Not only was I greeted by a most beautiful morning…although very cold….but Big H is up and about again, and looking pink instead of a horrible grey colour. So we are not in for at least a few weeks of him being an old-commie-pinko-sicko. No [...]
Sep
7
2009
7
2009
A Deadly Cup Of Tea.
Hi, . Today I am In Pain. Big Pain. . I had just logged on to write this blog, and Big H walked in and put down a cup of tea for me. Without thinking, I picked it up, and took a big swig. Suddenly, my mouth is filled with totally boiling water, and Pain [...]
Sep
3
2009
3
2009
A Good Result.
Hi, . I was so upset by the this morning that I quite forgot to tell you the good…very good…news about Big H. . You may remember the first blog, where I told you all about his , and then the following one about to solving his problem once and for all. . Well, he [...]
Sep
1
2009
1
2009
The Party’s Over.
Greetings to you, . The party’s over, so to speak, and the Bank Holiday has been and gone. But excellent anyway. I hope that you managed to have a wonderful break, even if you spent a large part of it hiding from the rain, just like us. . We did manage to have one nice [...]
Aug
29
2009
29
2009
Electrocution Is Against My Human Rights.
Hello, . My god, I am going blog mad today. But I find that it occupies me whilst Big H is doing one of his interminable Sudoku puzzles. It used to just be a Monday to Friday thingy in The Times, but now he has bought himself some Sudoku books, which have given him access [...]
Aug
28
2009
28
2009
Mr. T Can SEE!
Hello to you. . I have some excellent and wonderful news to share with you all. . It has to do with eyes, and it happened this way. . My eldest son was unfortunate enough to inherit his eyesight from me, and not from his father. . At an early age he began to become [...]
Aug
22
2009
22
2009
Death To Chocolate Fish.
Good Morning Peeps, . Last night I went to bed early, to read a book, because Big H was playing one of his computer games. He has a big pile of them, all with different titles, but they all appear to be exactly the same game as far as I can see. . It was [...]
Aug
2
2009
2
2009
Sod the Zimmer frame.
Good Morning to you, . This is an unusually leisurely morning for me. Over the last two weeks we have had the plasterers in to replaster two bedrooms, and it is not a relaxing process. Usually I get up hours before Big H, feed the birds, have my breakfast, then sit around in my dressing [...]
Jul
28
2009
28
2009
Not funny at the time.
Hi, . Today has been a busy one. We have started decorating the living room. We are painting everything white in order to get a uniform background, and tomorrow or the next day, we will use our new Dulux Paint Pod. One of the boys has already bought one, and amazingly, it does do exactly [...]
Jul
24
2009
24
2009
No, I don’t want to look at your beer mat collection!
Hey, . Today Big H has been examining, and looking after, all of his fishing rods, waders, flies and whatever. It is a good time to avoid him, as I have no desire to be told yet again about the construction of rods and of his new preference for cane rods, as opposed to his [...]
Jul
17
2009
17
2009
Friday Night Fever.
A damp “Hello” to you all, . Oh dear me, I shall not be going to the ball after all. . There I was, with my vertiginous leopard skin platforms and my satin trousers all dusted off, totally ready to party, but bad weather has cancelled play. . My ‘ concert is now CANCELLED!!!! It [...]
Jul
15
2009
15
2009
ABBA.
Hi to you, . Soon I will be going with a friend band and we are really looking forward to it. We were talking about what to wear and decided it would be fun to dress the way we did back in the ’70′s. The only good thing about becoming so much older is [...]
Jul
12
2009
12
2009
Nasty little swine
Hello, . Today has been fine until 20 minutes ago when I decided to log on and do some of my next post. I started immediately, and was forging ahead smoothly, until I glanced up and stopped in total bewilderment. All there was on the page was a few lines of total nonsense because most [...]
Jul
9
2009
9
2009
Calm after the storm
Hi again Peeps, It is now Thursday and all is well. My long awaited breakfast did not escape from me this time. . Big H calmly sat me down last night and explained a few things about using the computer, once I had finished having I find this a very long winded and awkward way [...]
Jul
8
2009
8
2009
Fly away Peter
Greetings on this lovely morning. . I say lovely morning, but this is not my usual paean to wall to wall blue skies. . Today we actually have that amazing, damp, green, freshly washed look you see when heavy rain has just stopped . I really do love it when the bricks of the patio [...]
Jul
2
2009
2
2009
Let’s talk about parasites.
Hi Peeps, I have just had the hottest night. In the weather sense not the biblical. I eventually got up early because Big H was giving off heat like a furnace. It reminded me of living in the Middle East. It used to be so hot and humid when we lived out there, that my [...]
Jun
26
2009
26
2009
I Hate Crusts.
Greetings – And so the weekend beckons. I hope that you have something good in store . . At the moment I do not have anything special planned because Big H’s energy levels fluctuate a lot. Proven by the fact that I in the living room and black of the walls and ceiling. . I [...]
Jun
21
2009
21
2009
Would you give him one? The Great Game.
Hi again, . I have just realised that there is no sound of traffic outside, so that must mean that I have got the day wrong again and it must be Sunday. I will go and check. Yes, all the shops are shut and I found Friday’s paper. My husband buys The Times every day [...]
Jun
20
2009
20
2009
When will it ever end.
Hi, . Today has been a dusty day here in my house, because my husband has been perched digging out huge holes in the chimney breast, so that he can install a big, ‘fuck off, wall mounted television. . Oh my, if only he got on with the backlog of jobs waiting to be done [...]
