Yesterday was a good news and bad news day ( Read more... )

Dear God I have the most boring family tree EVER ( Read more... )

Recent conversation with MiL ( Read more... )

I am officially old. I went to get my newly prescribed varifocals today. They make me feel a bit seasick.

Hello new year, bye-bye old one ( Read more... )

Today I am tidying the house and packing ready to go to Devon tomorrow. Yes, we are spending Christmas with MiL which will probably mean three days of grimness and Scrabble. It Has To Be Done though, or the old dear would be having Christmas on her own and I'm sure the Queen doesn't have to put up with that ( Read more... )

Our new neighbours have kind of settled in ( Read more... )

There is a man in the house, unusually. Luckily he is doing useful things. Filling! Rubbing down! Any number of euphemisms really ( Read more... )

Received from MiL this morning ( Read more... )

Message left by MiL on Ian's answer machine, somewhere around midnight:
"My television isn't working! I can't be left like this! I'm sure the The Queen doesn't have to put up with it!"