After a visit to the new lymphodoema clinic ( Read more... )

My niece has a new boyfriend. We all did so love Jim, the previous one. He was ultimately deemed to be poor husband material, and to be honest he was, but he was quite nice-looking in spite of his wonky teeth and we were used to him and he laughed at our family in-jokes which is the most important thing in a possible future in-law ( Read more... )

We have decided to redecorate the house. As we have been here nearly seven years and so far have only managed to do a small spare room, an ensuite bathroom and the kitchen, I finally persuaded my wife that we should pay someone to do the rest for us. It took us almost a whole weekend just to remove the 70s wallpaper from the bedroom, when we had ( Read more... )

My wife has a nice new job. It's based in Cardiff which is a good two hours from here, but she has negotiated a deal whereby she only has to be in the office a couple of days a week and will spend the rest of the week doing site visits all over the place and also working from home ( Read more... )

Right, I'm going to buy myself a chainsaw for my birthday.
But electric or petrol?

Trevor the vet, removing his rubber gloves: "That was quite tricky. I took me a while to work out what the problem was. It was a bit of a mess, but I managed to drain it completely ( Read more... )

Aother meme, because I can if I want. I am a bit fed up because my cat is at the vets attached to a saline drip, and MiL has somehow locked herself in and keeps ringing to see if I know how she's done it.

LJ Interests meme results

1. julie andrews:
   Julie Andrews was my first heroine, just before Doris Day. Wholesome!
2. julie welch:
   Julie Welch is great ( Read more... )

I know it's been a long time, but I've been busy! Being ill takes up a lot of time you know. I seem to have contracted just about every (minor) middle-aged lady complaint possible, most of which are too gruesome to describe. I have spent a lot of time prostrate on the sofa moaning and groaning and channel-hopping. Some would say these have been my ( Read more... )

I have just invented a new soup. Make onion soup and then stir in mashed potato with pesto and cheese in it.
Looks like baby sick, tastes like Heaven.

Oh man, I can do italics.