Just received our daily postal delivery and amongst all the junk mail was an envelope from The Red Cross. Inside I had a pen,2 coasters,2 blank verse cards and envelopes and a bookmark. The pictures...
I find myself in something of a quandary. A (not particularly close) family member has emigrated - with the intention of remaining abroad on a permanent basis. She asked me to allow her to re-direct...
please answer honestly: i have just finished all the ironing and thought of sitting down with a cuppa - does anyone want to join me? haven't got enough cakes or biscuits to go round (not more than...
unusual for me, but we "lost" our beloved dog this week and he was nearly 14 and we got him a 3 months old and its so lonely without him and if I go to bed I wont sleep, nothing worth watching on tv...
This is going to sound like a incredibly ridiculous question but I'm going to ask it anyway...........basically if the royal mint is where money is produced and we're in such hard times financially,...
Will try & keep this short. Last year my older son took out one of these advertised payday loans,nobody knew. He didnt pay it back and rang me in panic - I called them and settled it. Months later he...
We're having a friends reunited reunion afterparty and we want to have a real cheese and cornfest theme regarding snacks, drinks and fancy dress. So far for drinks we have cinzano, martini,...
Is what I would love to be tomorrow. My son has just called in on his way to visit the daughter in Devon. I sent him into the dining room to fetch my cheque book. He was ages and very quiet when he...
Just watching the news and wondering if UKIP’s success at yesterday’s by-election was, as some are claiming, the result of a protest vote – or is support for the party really growing faster than...
The boiler is being serviced this afternoon, between 12.00 and 6.00. We haven't got the heating on and can't have the gas fire on either because that will be serviced as well. I've cleaned the...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-21629363 /// Free prescriptions were introduced in Wales in 2007, Northern Ireland in 2010 and Scotland in 2011. /// Why should England be the only part of the UK to...
"A house that does not have one worn, comfy chair in it is soulless." ~May Sarton "It's really Alfie's house - you just pay the mortgage." ~ adapted from Author Unknown "Hospitality is making your...
Following on from Mrs O Boot contents threads: what stickers do you have in your car windows? I have Royal British Legion Help for Heroes oblong sticker a partially scraped-off one for the World Cup...