Judging by my Facebook “On This Day” feed, I always seem to get a hankering for home improvement at this time of year. Only the other week, the memories of having my living room redecorated and reorganised popped up and I thought “jeez, six years already?”. Today it was the turn of my en suite… Read More Home Improvements
A few weeks ago I decided that my ankle wasn’t as good as it should be after having fallen over back in May and damaging a few of the ligaments so I headed off to see my osteopath to make sure everything in the foot was where it was supposed to be and get any… Read More Ankles, Eyes and Osteopaths
This morning I am really so not in the mood. The events of Friday with my neighbour have caused me some introspection and I’m not entirely comfortable with my thoughts. I’ve realised that I just fundamentally do not really like most people. I tolerate them and, at times, only just. I’d much rather live somewhere… Read More Monday Reflections
After today’s earlier rant (see Neighbourliness), I’ve been to see my trainer and punched the hell out of his boxing pads until I could barely breathe. It was very therapeutic let me tell you. I apparently threw some pretty powerful punches – I’m sure that picturing my neighbour’s face on the front of the pads… Read More Now I’m calm
Warning this post is going to contain some of my more colourful language, owing to the fact that the subject matter has really made me want to rip someone’s head off I’m having some work done on my house and as the minimum the bank would lend me was more than required, I’ve decided to… Read More Neighbourliness
We have a member of staff here in our office whom I would describe as a “chunterer”. His job is supporting customers so he talks a lot anyway. It’s not unusual for him to be sitting on a call on his desk phone while his mobile starts to ring. Unlike most folks, he is seemingly… Read More The Chunterer
I do not, cannot and will never, understand why it’s acceptable to have absolutely no consideration for other people. When I was a child, I was taught to be considerate of others, whether it be concerning my manners, behaviour or noise level. It seems everyone nowadays thinks that children should be children and allowed to… Read More I Will Never Understand
I realise it’s been a while since I updated the blog with Poppy’s progress. Five months actually. Naughty me. I think part of the reason was that I wasn’t too sure whether the requests for fusses would “stick”. I am therefore very pleased to report that by the end of April, we were seeing regular… Read More Poppy The Lap Cat
When the problems with my right eye started, back in November last year, I thought they were related to a fall that I’d had a few days before, where I’d tripped over something stupid and fallen forward and banged my head. As I was brushing my hair one morning I tipped my head down, everything… Read More About Thyroid Eye Disease
Jaded an cynical as I am, even I can be surprised sometimes. Today I had a verbal altercation with a colleague at the office. They over-reacted to something that I had said to someone else, took it personally (which it most certainly wasn’t) and took issue with it. Wrong move. I really cannot be arsed… Read More The Element of Surprise
