As I was tidying the house last week I found an envelope from my Birthday last year. Clearly I’d put it away in a safe place to make sure I didn’t lose it – I always do things like this but then end up just forgetting where this seeming ’safe place’ is! This is one [...]

(Do you like what I did with the title? hehe)
OK well I guess I should explain the title a little bit. Basically, I am feeling extremely nervous about being an auntie. Yes, I know there are still 5 months to go until the arrival of the baby – and my sister’s got far more to [...]

The best thing about summer being here is definitely going out for a picnic. All you need is a nice day, you don’t even really need people – I love a good picnic in the sun with a good book and a bottle of wine!
My ideal picnic itinerary would be as follows:
(Serves 1-4 people)
Sandwiches – [...]

well, with all the drama of the last week it would be easy to just crawl in to a hole never to see the light of day again…but then again there are a lot worse things going on in thw world other than my trivial problems!
Things are fast improving since the burglary, everything was covered [...]

The last week has been a bit of a mad one. First my little sis announces she’s going back to her beau (the one she had the near-break up with and hence stayed with me for a number of weeks) and then my house gets burgled.
Firstly, I was glad to see the back of my [...]

Well, by the title of this blog post I’m sure you can guess what I’m going to talk about. She’s still here! But at least she’s starting to open up a bit about what’s going on, and she’s also helping me with the business, which is real boon.
After I wrote my last blog I decided [...]

Well… my sister’s still here. I don’t mind, I really don’t. It’s just, well, my house is only meant for one person (and the cats, of course). It’s all getting a little bit claustrophobic in here now. She insists on sharing a bed, which is fine, but I like to spread out, and she’s virtually [...]

Well, just as I thought January was going to be a quiet month for me, it’s all gone a bit crazy! It started off nicely enough – I had an EFM connection installed at my house easily enough. Then I spent a rather eye-opening evening watching a play put on by the Hebden Bridge players. [...]

Well New Year has come and gone and, no, I didn’t have anyone to kiss when the ball dropped! Doesn’t matter, I had a great time at my sister’s in Manchester. Well, I was with my sister and Jools Holland and guests!
I think I have decided to move back to Manchester, but not just yet. [...]

“Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.” – Norman Vincent Peale
Well firstly let me apologise if my last blog raised the hopes of anyone re: the new man. Nope, it didn’t work out. Like most middle-aged men on the internet, it turns out he was only [...]