I have just been asked to do front of house for a local theatre company.... you know...selling programmes...showing people to their seats...in the dark .....down the steps...Hmmmmm?
On a thread about dishwashers Crafty and I differed about the merits of owning one. Just off to bed when I discovered my dishwasher is leaking all over the floor! I think she put the evil eye on...
Evening Sqad. I had quite a bad fall three weeks ago. The damage was to my foot and front of my leg to the knee. I had an x-ray on it last week which was clear for breaks. There is a large lump where...
said the brother. Fancy a few days with us and a few days away birding to celebrate? Be a nice break...he said. So I got up early for the son to collect me at 7am. 6am saw me do the most spectacular...
I feel like I'm in an episode of Soap. Consultant confirmed Intermediate Claudication..as you suspected...at a private consultation in September. He ordered an angiogram. I told them I had had a...
Goes to Gness! Best supporting actress....the attending nurse with a sense of humour. Best bewildered actor.....the consultant. I knew when I was taken into the little consulting room I was not in...
I am going to the hospital for another attempt at the treatment they keep getting wrong. It's now six months since this this hooha started but at least I can finish the serial I have been following in...
And each time was a disaster. Artificial tan on my arms and legs. I have very, very white Irish skin and once, just once before I die I would like a little colour on them. Not dark bit just a bit of a...
My husband raised funds for the Kidney Association. When he died he had just started to organise...."Would you like to visit your childhood home?" People contacted him with the address of the house in...
I don't like to see dead and dying flowers on a grave and I don't go over the top decorating around my late husband's headstone as seems to be the norm now. I made a beautiful wreath and every three...
The sun is glorious so I took a glass of wine to drink on the patio. My pond has some water but I've not planted it up yet. I watched a strange object bobbing about above the shelf....got the net and...
Happily sanding the stairs with my little mouse....short bursts so it doesn't work too hard and what thanks do I get??? None! Leaned over to feel the wood for smoothness and the Mouse blew up! Big...
I've had a banister fitted on the landing and decided to paint rather than varnish or stain it.
How should I teat the wood before painting for the best finish?
Thanks.......
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...