This week I have discovered that I am NOT a size 12. It has taken me some time to admit this to myself and it has come at some considerable cost. I am what is generally known in dieting circles as a yo-yo dieter. I have no clear plan that I follow and no rules … Continue reading The girl is getting fat …
This week I have mostly been humming and hawing about my return to online dating. Ridiculously, I am quite scared. Other than my five-minute delve in to the baffling world of Hinge, which it has to be said wasn't very successful (rightly or wrongly I put this down to my age), I had decided I … Continue reading My heart will go on…
Sod's Law is a constant in my life. If I wait, it will never happen and if I go, it is too bloody soon. I wait patiently for things to happen and they don't. As the end of another years looms just ahead of us, I can't help but think I shouldn't be here. Not … Continue reading A moment in time…
I have started my Christmas shopping. I didn't want to, as I don't really have the money but if I leave it any longer no one will be getting anything for Christmas. Usually I am way ahead by now, as once Elsie's birthday is out-of-the-way in September I start on the Christmas lists. Time though, … Continue reading Short and sweet…
I can quite honestly say I have never been stoned in my life. Or at least I could say that. Now though, I have been stoned. Well and truly "what the fuck is happening" stoned and if I'm honest I am not sure I liked it. Growing up I shied away from any form of … Continue reading The curious incident with the cannabis…
This week has been full to the brim. I have spent most of it trying to find my birth certificate. A piece of paper issued to my parents 46 years ago which proves without question that I am a British Citizen. I've lost it! Not that I ever remember having it in the first place. … Continue reading Born and bred…
Tom has taken to whistling. It is driving me bonkers! If he isn't eating he is whistling, this means that I am now practically force feeding him just so he can't bloody whistle. Sometimes I wonder how Tom and Elsie can be so different, yet so similar. Half the time I don't know Elsie is … Continue reading Meme O’clock…
Yesterday I opened a letter from the pension company. It is apparently time for me to switch my pension to something with less risk involved as my retirement date approaches, so they tell me. A stark reminder that my life is nearly over. Or is it just beginning? Will I be a golden oldie, able … Continue reading Taking it easy…
I am not keeping track of my weeks. Usually I record things that happen or things that I feel are newsworthy for the blog because my memory is worse than useless. I don't know what makes my memory quite so bad and although I joke about having dementia, which really is no laughing matter, I … Continue reading Winter’s coming…
This post was inspired by something I saw shared on Facebook. It was a letter, a young boy had written to his father. A letter of forgiveness. A friend shared the post, along with the caption: 'I hope my boys can say this' The letter gives thanks to all the people who had helped the … Continue reading Abandoned…
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I cheated. Yip I did it, I am not proud of it, but that won't change a thing. This is my story of me trying to survive one day at a time. No guarantees....
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