tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85256171186817614712011-10-08T10:06:56.544+01:00A little of my life, the universe and all that.that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.comBlogger1291100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-33116662685643160942011-09-25T17:59:00.000+01:002011-09-25T17:59:31.764+01:00

My mother rang me yesterday. That woman will wear me down,she has a rather scary health situation going on,she has to have a bladder biopsy as during another procedure they spotted a red shiny patch in there,fair enough she is afraid, I do have some sympathy you know,well I did have.... She proceeded to talk me through some mythical torture she is about to endure and for some really bizarre

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-18025725203368167062011-06-19T12:29:00.000+01:002011-06-19T12:29:22.962+01:00

You have this really, really wrong. When the milk snatcher was in power and destroyed British industry a result was huge swathes of the populace unemployed,to massage the numbers, in an attempt to keep at least some voters, everyone who had ever had a backache or earache or some simple but ongoing medical thing was put on the sick,my next door neighbour being a prime example,for 20 years too

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-1288748501377107922011-06-03T15:07:00.000+01:002011-06-03T15:07:46.046+01:00

Saw neuro today as an urgent GP referral, I have my baclofen back so less spasms and twitching,I have nothing for the fatigue yet,she has done some more blood tests to rule out a couple more things but says in her heart of hearts she thinks I have secondary progressive MS in my spine ,although she cannot officially diagnose until something shows up in MRI or LP, I 100 per cent do not have a

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-14907258275738505942011-05-23T20:04:00.001+01:002011-05-23T20:04:50.716+01:00

Well that did a lot of good,or rather not,all tests come back negative,no leukodystrophies,heritable spastic paraparesis or rare copper metabolism problems,no thyroid or diabetic issues and no neuro-syphilis ,in fact I am perfectly healthy except I don't function properly,it would seem according to docs that I have either an unknown neurological condition or MS that just isn't testing

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-72444706134191893082011-05-03T11:54:00.000+01:002011-05-03T11:54:04.237+01:00

I am still waiting for the results of my LP, MRI and what seemed like 8000 blood tests that were all done at Addenbrookes on 17th march. I usually see a neuro at my more local hospital,so I rang there again today to see what was going on. The neurology department haven't even bothered turning off their answerphone today! So I took things into my own hands,I rang Addenbrookes where the tests

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-39793282537163982382011-03-31T12:53:00.002+01:002011-03-31T13:09:03.372+01:00

I really do mean to blog more often,honest guv. Trouble is I rarely feel up to the brain effort involved. So here we go on a massive catch up. Daughter Sarah whose new baby died last year has now broken up with her partner and has decided she needs a break and time away,we have all encouraged her to such an extent that she is selling up and going to Australia on a working visa for a year.It will

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-3312056852563485702011-02-05T07:04:00.000Z2011-02-05T07:04:06.852Z

My neurology appointment was brought forward to yesterday based on my clinical need. I want firstly to say ' sorry' to my doc, It seems I was expected to be better by now and for this to be declared a post viral thing,but sadly not, she has narrowed down diagnosis based on symptoms  to three possible conditions, Hereditary spastic paraplegia   Rare about 3 in 100,000 Adrenoleukodystrophy 

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-4422113741396059112011-01-16T17:53:00.001Z2011-01-16T17:55:14.420Z

I know, I know I haven't blogged in ages,still here it is,so make the most of it. So in reverse order(except my brain bit),Sarah my middling daughter was 25 yesterday,it has been a very difficult year for her,first losing her baby boy then her relationship broke up,let's hope this year is better for her. Although I am an avowed atheist I have always celebrated christmas as it helps distract from

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-35254587031727255932010-12-04T15:15:00.000Z2010-12-04T15:15:51.744Z

I had my brain-scan on the 24th of last month the good news is they found a brain,the bad news is no results yet,it amazes me just how long it takes to send some data(scan) from one room in the hospital to another and then how long it takes for someone to look at the results let alone tell me what is wrong with me,but hey they haven't killed me off yet.I just hobble and wobble on alternate days,

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So we are to have a royal wedding,it will be full of pomp and ceremony ,it will cost a fortune and ensure that they can breed and add to those who get the highest benefits in the land,because I am absolutely certain they won't live off their own incomes. At the same time we have that Cameron man studying how happy the nation is,what that translates into is, seeing just how much more shit we

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-83448503411053875392010-11-14T09:54:00.009Z2010-11-15T07:12:37.169Z

When politics is getting a bit rough I always make jokes about getting the candles in,it is of course a reference to the three day week when we had power cuts etc which slowly but inexorably led to the winter of discontent. I currently have a bad feeling and I am stocking up on metaphorical candles again. The students have set the precedent  for the season and I am seeing calls for street protest

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-24075099499486148032010-10-31T11:46:00.000Z2010-10-31T11:46:07.193Z

I saw a neurologist on Friday as an emergency,she says that with all the neuro tests and without the brainscan her best guess is that I am having a bout of 'brain inflammation' and that, subject to scan confirmation, if it comes back again it will be considered MS if it doesn't it will be called a bout of inflammation.She won't give me any drugs for the spasms etc until the scan results are

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-43323228678032915952010-10-26T19:19:00.001+01:002010-10-26T19:22:19.863+01:00

Today I am really low on spoons I tried to get up this morning and the muscles in my back were as solid as a whalebone corset,  I managed to shower and dress went down the garden to feed the chicky doodles only to discover by falling in the back door that I can no longer lift my right leg high enough to get up the step.I went to work,I can still ride the bloody bicycle although getting on and off

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-27530874959270887442010-10-18T21:03:00.000+01:002010-10-18T21:03:15.200+01:00

My friend Karla offered me a ride into town and back,more an 'in transit visit' than a serious shopping trip.We ended up at Lidls,obviously wearing our favourite balaclavas so no one would recognise us. We bought a few bits and pieces then loaded the car and went to pull away,there was the most worrying clunking noise coming from one of the wheels, so we drove back into the car park and had a

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-59039473384721739172010-10-12T19:54:00.000+01:002010-10-12T19:54:39.504+01:00

I have some co-codamol here for shoulder pain whilst I await a response from the local physiodirect bods.... Too much codeine makes one slur and giggle like a tipsy teenager,it does not sit well on my near fifty year old shoulders,in fact tablets having worn off I am now quite embarrassed ,sorry friend Grubby for the strange phone persona.............. I rang the hospital today(several times) as

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-24760013915521430422010-10-05T12:18:00.002+01:002010-10-05T12:25:12.161+01:00

I have just spent half an hour on the phone to physio direct our local refer yourself physio service,all I needed was an appointment with the physio when she is at the docs surgery, as I have hurt my shoulder probably whilst dragging myself up the stairs by the bannister thanks to the other nonsense.Blimey it was like twenty questions,in fact she needed or wanted to know more than my

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-37028454498032001462010-09-11T12:37:00.000+01:002010-09-11T12:37:14.138+01:00

Not the best option,but I really hate nimbys,I have just spent an hour telling a whole pile of nimbys in my village how beautiful and soothing I find wind turbines.........I may yet be drummed out for my anti-establishment ideas. The whole of their argument is based on these don't look pretty especially on a ridge above' ye olde worlde' village,it really is a shame that so many people are

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-44669297704755554402010-08-31T15:23:00.000+01:002010-08-31T15:23:08.801+01:00

My beautiful new grandson not that consultant with a silly name I saw today......... Rory has already reached a weight of 10lb 6oz,by the time I have finished typing this up I suspect he will weigh half a ton,he is feeding and growing well(obviously,ickle fatty !) Sam is very tired but doing surprisingly well. I went to the hospital today for my six monthly visit with the rheumatologist(nice

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-67379462992819340852010-08-19T13:34:00.003+01:002010-08-19T14:30:58.915+01:00

My youngest daughter after being attacked by various forceps and suction things was taken off for an emergency caesarian and delivered a healthy if tired 9 lb 10 ounce boy at 11.45am. So I have a grandson called Rory-James...............photos will be up as soon as I can grab them.

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-14904476528343949862010-08-17T20:11:00.000+01:002010-08-17T20:11:54.481+01:00

Well still no grandson,daughter has high blood pressure on and off,was due to deliver last Friday and is stressing me no end.They have given our Sam 3 lots of hormone gel 3 times trying to induce labour,they have done a sweep of her cervix and would have broken her waters,except a nearby specialist maternity hospital has closed its doors for some reason so a load of their ladies are at Sam's

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-40213008637452403402010-08-07T12:14:00.000+01:002010-08-07T12:14:50.514+01:00

As I explained in no uncertain terms to the loopy theists on my doorstep that unlike my near neighbours, I wasn't eighty with a terminal illness,nor did I have mental health problems I am in fact completely not vulnerable,but sadly did not have several hours free to explain the error of their ways(I really wanted to chase away the black clad vultures),mind you the postman was delivering a letter

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-24531556410124855202010-07-15T19:26:00.000+01:002010-07-15T19:26:45.134+01:00

My life has become a saga/disaster movie/horror story. The bosses are away again,camping for a week,so all I have to do is clean the house feed the kitties and do the itty bit of washing up and laundry they left behind... They went Saturday,Sunday the dishwasher broke down,Monday the burglar alarm had a hissy fit and the panel kept beeping at me until I sussed that it was because a trip switch

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-89648332138998066682010-07-08T18:36:00.000+01:002010-07-08T18:36:37.683+01:00

Nicely wriggled even if I do say so myself. I have convinced the doc that it is a waste of precious NHS funds to go and have an unnecessary  mammogram,but I have had to promise to ring her straight away if there are any changes,seems she has consulted two other docs at the surgery and they agree with me,I more than likely have sympathetic boobies.............

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-20421776736626373612010-07-06T17:19:00.000+01:002010-07-06T17:19:29.000+01:00

Update on earlier posting. Having just read this I don't know whether to hope for a film crew or not. I suspect only sadists would enjoy squashed breasts.

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-27314049804730120782010-07-06T15:01:00.003+01:002010-07-06T17:15:19.198+01:00

I was replacing a badly punctured tyre on the push-bike today when I noticed the chickens gathered around it,they looked like a load of dinosaurs gathered round a carcass.T.rex/chook picture from here. Talking of things that are or should be extinct,I see some more Lords have been pretending to be Brits(pretending is correct me thinks,cos true Brits pay British taxes ) I fancy a version of the

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-76231581824747704202010-07-04T20:50:00.000+01:002010-07-04T20:50:57.960+01:00

As I popped into the village for my paper this morning(which I haven't even glanced at since) everyone and their uncle greeted me,living in a small community is lovely whether it be a small community in a village or a street in a huge city,smiling faces and friendly greetings really make a day start off well. Well that is my be nice section now back to the mumbling.......... I can't find the

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-8273052731481288212010-06-25T20:01:00.000+01:002010-06-25T20:01:08.145+01:00

Sarah seems to be settling down a little,one can't expect her to get over this for a long while yet. I have a sweet little field mouse currently living in the sitting room(thanks Lucifer cat) I am feeding it until I catch it,rather than have it die somewhere inaccessible and stink the place out,I awoke to a neat pool of blood and half a different mouse on the hall floor(that ruddy cat is a zombie

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-73594713974013587752010-06-19T08:39:00.005+01:002010-06-19T09:20:04.154+01:00

Burying a child  completely kills off any semblance of faith one may have held delusions about.Some preacher waffling about how Jesus just loves little babies,yeah right,he allows them to live  a day then kills them off ..........nope,nature is a right bitch,but at least we don't have to attempt to justify anything she does. As you probably gather we buried Michael yesterday two weeks to the

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-15614357023539698612010-06-06T05:49:00.000+01:002010-06-06T05:49:23.392+01:00

My grandson Michael Mason was born by emergency C-Section on Friday and sadly passed away on Saturday,he was the most beautiful little blonde boy you ever saw. Now we have to look after Sarah.

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-4900691329429215862010-05-29T07:02:00.000+01:002010-05-29T07:02:52.889+01:00

Just as I thought she was better my Hoppy went to sleep last night and didn't wake up this morning.

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-12915916662843045162010-05-28T19:11:00.002+01:002010-05-28T19:36:20.355+01:00

Most people assume I live a quiet life.,rarely leaving the village,haven't had a holiday since 93,very rare nights out at the pub,let me tell you,if I could find the time for a quiet life I would. Instead I am sitting writing this on notepaper in bed yesterday,in fact by the time I have typed this up it will be several yesterdays ago.So what has been happening ?Sam and Sarah have been on the

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-78215000397249060022010-05-19T20:26:00.002+01:002010-05-19T20:27:52.486+01:00

Am I a silly cow or what,I got Grubby to do some drilling for me last week,he went to move a nearby coat and I said no don't worry any dust will brush off.....Well it didn't so I foolishly put a full length waxed duster coat(Don't tell anyone but I have a cowboy hat too) through the machine on a cold wash thinking it would be OK.....I have just ordered a can of Barbour Thornproof Wax Dressing  .

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-4880426515686437252010-05-10T12:26:00.000+01:002010-05-10T12:26:04.563+01:00

So having given up smoking for three months now I have decided to decorate,I started with the easy bit,the front hall........ Halfway through my best friend decides to empty her loft of baby goodies,cot,first size bed,car seats,bouncy seat,changing mat,bedding,clothes etc etc.......and announces they need picking up,my other friend has donated a fridge to the cause as the door on mine is held

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-2782041215973689312010-05-02T21:26:00.000+01:002010-05-02T21:26:25.322+01:00

Well it finally happened,after all these years of attempted indoctrination I have shouted at my mother to stop trying to convince me of a benevolent sky fairy. I had rung her to tell her the good news about our Sarahs baby,she had another scan friday and it seems one of the arteries that was too small has started to grow and if things keep on the way they are he may not need surgery straight

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-13419971509748878402010-04-25T13:48:00.003+01:002010-04-25T15:10:31.236+01:00

Thursday evening I was just pottering around wondering what to do as I didn't have to help an old lady in to bed when I suddenly came over all peculiar,shivering and sweating and wobbly,you just know don't you when it is going to be a proper illness........Within the hour I was effectively glued to the bog with a bucket on my lap,I was so poorly I really did think it was some kind of poisoning,

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-7931303669263533032010-04-15T21:27:00.000+01:002010-04-15T21:27:49.283+01:00

Sometimes I feel as though I am living a horror film,this one isn't 'the birds' though,it should be entitled killer cats.....as I have blogged previously a random strange cat broke in and ate my beautiful little zebra finches and then the other night I came in from work to find the evil Lucifer had got another random cat pinned in a corner,it having snuck in his cat flap, and was screaming in

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-75218506381642873112010-04-13T06:19:00.000+01:002010-04-13T06:19:58.387+01:00

Isn't life strange,no matter what I do or how carefully I choose my path, life is always chaotic around me. So a series of updates,Sarah is signed up for some counselling as she isn't coping well with the worries over babies heart problems,Sam seems to have pre-birthing depression,goodness knows what will happen post-natally. I forgot to photograph it but the crocheted hexagon baby cardi of

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-40979649890586944272010-04-02T22:10:00.002+01:002010-04-02T22:22:17.536+01:00

And I have a lot of cussing to do. Since I last blogged here a lot of stuff has happened,some manky strange cat broke in and managed to get into the cage and ate all four of my beautiful little zebra finches,a falcon/hawk/raptor of some kind  attacked my aviary, luckily it only managed to remove a single tail feather from one of the cockatiels.....my pooters ability to surf the web died upon my

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-65719296790406024032010-03-06T12:39:00.000Z2010-03-06T12:39:52.238Z

A decision has been made,not an easy one and it is obviously changeable at any time depending on whether Peanuts heart gets any worse or not. Sarah has decided that baby(nanna's ickle Peanut) deserves a bash at life.So we are all here to support her and Peanut if he should need it. So back to the knitting needles and crochet hooks for me.

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-61840801789073021112010-03-05T12:56:00.000Z2010-03-05T12:56:37.772Z

It looks like our Sarah's baby isn't meant to be,things are so bad with his heart they have offered to terminate/induce labour anytime from now till her due date.They can operate,but it will be a series of ops and he will be physically unable to do anything much and will probably end up with brain damage too. My poor girl.

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-19946464371612209792010-03-04T18:43:00.000Z2010-03-04T18:43:53.190Z

As you regulars will know I have a pair of pregnant daughters,sadly my poor Sarah has had more bad news. Having gotten the all clear after CVS testing it has now been discovered that baby has hypoplastic right heart syndrome and at the very least will need major heart surgery as soon as he is born.Sarah is off to Leicester tomorrow to see a pediatric cardiothoracic surgeon,we will know more

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-50318069472725660742010-02-28T12:13:00.000Z2010-02-28T12:13:03.332Z

On Friday Grubby and I went to the local town for some shopping and a bite to eat,we went to our usual Italian place where we were served by the same waitress we always have,bearing in mind this girl must serve thousands over the months she always remembers us,even to the extent that she had kept my scarf that I left behind last time we went and without even being asked brought it out to me,she

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-66149485717076435512010-02-25T16:21:00.000Z2010-02-25T16:21:54.436Z

So there I am minding my own business when I see a small child being really quite awful to her pet guinea pigs,her Mum said she was desperately looking for a home for them...........Grubby just laughed and suggested I apply for charitable status as an animal sanctuary.........

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Well I was until everything seized up ! I had my appointment today with the consultant,he tells me that my bendiness in times past is down to 'A hypermobility syndrome' nowhere near like what bendy girl has but officially bendy. Seems I have a combination of things going on,I have psoriatic arthritis and some quite common post bendy damage,mind it seems to have been a complete waste of time as

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-49872185095221235432010-02-21T07:46:00.000Z2010-02-21T07:46:00.779Z

A few weeks ago a chappy came to repair my heating timer,I wasn't in ,so he left a note saying contact the contractor to rebook the appointment,I duly rang them up and arranged for someone to visit and fix timer,I left a contact phone number and waited for said day. Repairs day arrives,repair man arrives perfectly on time but brings a pump not a timer with him,he tells me he will come back next

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-74945162607639438442010-02-13T13:53:00.000Z2010-02-13T13:53:03.514Z

I got home from work Friday to be told by my neighbour that one of the ex batts had escaped and they had recaptured her for me .They don't know who is who amongst the girls,so I have no idea either.The weird thing is that the chooky was found wandering around out the front of my house,but short of being able to fly to a height of about 16 feet or going against all chicken instinct and

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-91370779109789039252010-02-11T15:06:00.000Z2010-02-11T15:06:03.297Z

Look what I made.........

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-47202195049176036752010-02-09T18:18:00.001Z2010-02-09T18:18:53.793Z

In truth I don't feel quite so frantic today,probably because I have kept myself more than a little busy.Another lady cancelled work today,so it is a good job I don't need ciggie money any more. So today I treated my house as if it were one of the big houses where I work.........I am such an untidy slapper,it has taken hours, but it was well worth it,almost the entire house is gleaming,it is

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-83383734487395988302010-02-08T11:23:00.000Z2010-02-08T11:23:08.816Z

Firstly,if I am rude to anyone,please forgive me ? I am temporarily completely insane I have had every cough and cold germ known to man in the last few weeks,my allergic asthma starts around mid march and on Tuesday last week I found myself hacking like someone with consumption whilst trying to inhale tobacco fumes. So Wednesday I took myself off to the smoking cessation clinic. Well the wild

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-24871118480084061202010-02-03T14:26:00.003Z2010-02-03T14:59:28.036Z

Yay,woohoo,fab,brill. Bugger have I just had a happy snivel......... Our Sarah got her test results back today,no genetic abnormalities whatsoever and I am going to be Nanny to a BOY come July. Expect to see lots of pics of boy clothes I have made. I am considering some of these for a start,they are just too cute to resist. I have also got an appointment at the smoking cessation clinic this

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-85333409820952737672010-01-26T16:10:00.000Z2010-01-26T16:10:05.601Z

I have been busily crocheting away,the offspring are already arguing over who is having which item. I am pleased to tell you that they like my interpretation of the hexagon cardigan.For some reason I could only take a fuzzy photo of the little blankie for Sam's sensory corner but it does seem to be what she and James want. Talking of Sam,she had her first scan today,the baby is officially due

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-54719641711123042342010-01-20T17:30:00.003Z2010-01-20T19:02:24.732Z

A little explanation for yesterdays post.I was very down as I had been unable to save my friends hennie when she became ill sunday,I also felt quite guilty as she had asked me several times to look at her and each time she had appeared perfectly fine to me.Still I am not a vet and I did my best for her.So instead of hennie blogging I just had a pathetic day or two. Yup I have had my self pitying

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-43960978360083446912010-01-19T19:29:00.000Z2010-01-19T19:29:06.898Z

Which bit do you tell the Consultant ? For those not in the know,I am waiting to see a rheumatologist or somesuch at my local hospital,I have a huge long history of strange goings on with joints and tendons,so where do you start on your first appointment ? Do I tell him that I had bad back aches when I was a kid and that the doc said I should learn to sit and stand straight (I still remember my

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-10783694993222156942010-01-15T15:56:00.000Z2010-01-15T15:56:29.696Z

Firstly,that tip of the day.......... If you put hair colour on, then put marmalade on, then realise halfway through everything that.......... a) the water won't be hot in time to rinse your hair b) your hair and the marmalade will be done at the same time you are in trouble,so turn boiling fruit off,stoke up fire to heat water as well as turning immersion heater on,then give your hair its

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-4831385236622991852010-01-12T19:50:00.000Z2010-01-12T19:50:14.865Z

In the comments on my last post people were joking about burning books to keep warm,well today I saw one worthy of pyromaniac experimentation,on the bookshelf in the house where I work on Tuesdays was a book by the awful poo lady  (sense about science weren't impressed with her either) amongst piles of self help crapola,the only self any of them help, if you ask me, are the pockets of the

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-68087228638187075732010-01-10T06:39:00.001Z2010-01-10T06:40:06.587Z

My heating is fixed,yay!! I popped into the village yesterday morning and while buying some wildbird seed I overheard a conversation,part of which went "well the coal merchant says they can deliver,but the driver says we will be lucky to get some as in his opinion the yard is just about empty" So I fly,well cycle, round the village,no-one has coal in,I start ringing farm shops in neighbouring

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-62444668967936502892010-01-07T17:07:00.001Z2010-01-07T17:07:34.166Z

My house is cold at the best of times,Grubby will confirm having seen condensation on my kitchen floor,thanks to an extremely humid day and a floor so cold I would swear I was built over an old Indian burial ground a la all the best horror stories.Well obviously it isn't that warm here at the moment(minus 8c last night).So today is the day my heating has broken,the riddler thingy has snapped in

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-43283518345436007322010-01-03T14:37:00.000Z2010-01-03T14:37:34.389Z

I had cheats rarebit for lunch.........unlike the real thing it required no roux making or reduction of beer and mustard....in my strange but delish version you put your toast under the grill and whilst it is doing, grate cheese,add a beaten egg, a pinch of dry mustard and a teaspoon of horseradish sauce,mix well, spread on toast and plonk back under the grill till nicely cooked.It is jolly

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-33514059650728756422009-12-28T18:17:00.001Z2009-12-28T18:21:13.433Z

About 6am last wednesday morning I confiscated a mouse from the cat,the cat wasn't best pleased and gave me a nip,so I washed my hand where I was bitten and went off to work............. After lunch I was at home panic wrapping the last of the pressies when I noticed the back of my hand was filling with fluid and ballooning up quite dramatically,so off I trog to see the doc for antibiotics,

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-38647725450650317342009-12-20T13:36:00.001Z2009-12-20T13:36:47.912Z

Well I have been a busy bunny.........since we last chatted I have : Had most of my hair cut off,made three fugly hens for a chicken keeper friend and taken orders for two more from another ex-batt keeper,proceeds to a hen rescue charity, I have made two baby cardis with matching hats,made a start on two five pointed star blankies,been to work dog knows how many times,defrosted the hen's

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-73521944214510924392009-12-08T16:29:00.002Z2009-12-08T16:32:53.493Z

Over a week, that is how long it has been since I last updated you on my exciting life. Where to begin is the problem......... I had a birthday between then and now,I am a third of a gross or four dozens..   No you can't come in. The new rescue hen is happily settled as part of the flock, I haven't yet heard from the hospital about an appointment so no news about the aches and pains yet,I

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-88010179064290694502009-11-29T19:18:00.000Z2009-11-29T19:18:25.491Z

The youngest and her other half came to dinner today,we were playing 'come dine with me' the food was brilliant,the entertainment went down well,retro themed PS1 and a couple of games.........just brilliant until I stood a plastic bowl on the hob,turned the wrong ring on and walked away.Sigh........at least I know the new smoke alarm works and is loud. The kids were running round frantically

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-67124306457234445502009-11-25T02:48:00.000Z2009-11-25T02:48:20.888Z

but there is a sparrow currently napping behind the chest of drawers in my bedroom ,I can't catch him and put him out as the rain is monsoon like,so I have shut the cat out and will have to release the bird at dawn tomorrow.This is not what I needed to have been doing at half two in the morning We go through bouts of this hunting stuff,for a couple of weeks Lucifer catches anything he can,then

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-27035186068538730522009-11-22T22:50:00.000Z2009-11-22T22:50:10.668Z

No wonder he answers to the name Lucifer,look what he brought in a few minutes ago, luckily I was quick off the mark and managed to get it before any damage was done,I have tucked it up in a big growth of ivy for the night,so fingers and toes crossed.

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-92000944345630833742009-11-21T13:44:00.001Z2009-11-21T13:47:15.832Z

I have managed to secure myself more work by way of networking and an add in the post office.....woohoo. I am also celebrating being very naughty,I have a new rescue hen,before I got her I was going to call her Mildred,but she has an old healed injury to one eye and doesn't see so well out of it.So being not quite one-eyed Willy her name is Goonie........my kids and I loved that film,in fact when

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-19157869358454064702009-11-19T13:37:00.000Z2009-11-19T13:37:52.555Z

It started Tuesday,I had the H1N1 vaccine at 5pm,it was painless,about 7 o'clock my arm was tender when I poked it,but I was fine. I woke at 3am Wednesday morning with the injection site screaming at me,hot,swollen solid and extremely sore,so much so I didn't even try to poke it.I eventually settled down and went back to sleep,I woke later than usual  Wednesday morning ,I was feeling a bit grotty

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-79054712459169702482009-11-18T18:08:00.000Z2009-11-18T18:08:52.924Z

I am really glad I had the H1N1 vaccine,I will tell you all about it tomorrow if I survive the night.

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-58464930226951377062009-11-14T14:05:00.002Z2009-11-16T17:31:01.939Z

Now I know this is all in the wrong order,but as today is so horrid weather wise,very dark,raining and blowing a gale,I thought I would tell you about yesterday's fun. It started well,I didn't want to get up,it was dark wet and miserable,so I traipsed down the garden in welly boots, umbrella and dressing gown,not a good look but it did the job.It was so damned miserable even the chickens didn't

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-34980072733939763802009-11-14T11:34:00.001Z2009-11-14T11:35:32.279Z

  Our favourite comic,The Sun,has gone above and beyond even the word irony,this snippet of a picture is from their website,I am feeling some Epicaricacy (schadenfreude just isn't a good enough word ) after this story from them.You will notice that I  am often partial to a little  sesquipedalian obscurantism.Although when you hear me mumble replies to peoples' vacuous and puerile questions I

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-90415533728155164602009-11-11T22:26:00.002Z2009-11-11T22:34:32.630Z

I just read the funniest thing ever,they are making Mandy information minister,now bearing in mind  his oligarch friends and the Chinese yoghurt fiasco I really think his title should be disinformation minister.And fancy him making weekly speeches to the country,even the queen herself only makes us suffer yearly. There is absolutely nothing I can say about Alan Johnson and his desire for policy

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-80746951234959309812009-11-09T16:15:00.002Z2009-11-09T17:40:59.488Z

Well outside the office anyway!! Today I have been 'networking' now normally I hate office-y jargon(I will mumble about that in a minute)but it does seem the most appropriate word for what I have been doing today,I have been out and about in the village,just engaging people in conversation and letting it be known the local scrubber is available.I have already found out about a job in the after

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-61889103136930200972009-11-08T18:45:00.000Z2009-11-08T18:45:18.126Z

It turns out I have probably got Tietzes syndrome from the bouts of coughing caused by the cough/cold/flu I had whilst still clutching the broken rib,my doc called it 'devil's grip' and boy does it feel like it too.I still have quite painful finger,hip and knee joints,so if the new rib pain doesn't start to clear up the doc is going going to refer me to the hospital for tests ....... In other

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-53032867087108371492009-11-05T22:01:00.000Z2009-11-05T22:01:45.956Z

In light of our chief medical officers latest statements about pigbola, getting a vaccination if offered is a really good idea,and if it is offered to kids, and they get all stressed out and tearful whilst queueing, it might be a good thing if human immune systems are anything like mouse ones.Mind you, if the evil one sneezes he is a goner, if you think you have already had the flu don't get

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-5887500617868079412009-11-01T07:25:00.001Z2009-11-01T07:25:56.991Z

I adore Pachelbel's canon ,it is musical silk,a fine weave of harmony and melody.......... so for your edification I bring you the classical version,the JerryC arrangement(cannon rock) played by Lim Jeong-hyun it is a good listen if you like a bit of classic rock.Or how about on the ocarina ?or electric violin and guitar played by the joker and for those who can't  stand the piece how about this

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-42481995481443609062009-10-31T09:23:00.000Z2009-10-31T09:23:34.801Z

Between being the sole person looking after the house while the bosses are away to helping a friend move some furniture......... My poor friend has been royally screwed over by these people,see here also. She needed to move her personal stuff out of the pub on a very small budget,so a mutual friend who runs a very small coach company drove and four of us helped with the lifting and stuff.....

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-50046114172057971932009-10-28T17:33:00.001Z2009-10-28T21:00:58.221Z

Just occasionally I have the soul of a poet.I was walking down the street in my little hamlet t'other day,the sun was shining,the breeze was  just a breath and the trees were shedding red and gold confetti,today I walked down the street,it was dull and damp and the trees were crying yellow tears for the end of summer....... Now for the moan,even allowing for the muddy footed moggy how does a

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-67078500002966942832009-10-23T20:07:00.001+01:002009-10-23T20:12:20.756+01:00

Because so many people are watching it that the streaming is failing........An absolutely brilliant piece of editing from last nights QT. The Griffin scum finally speaks his truth. You can even give him a virtual slap.

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-79283127871608507352009-10-23T16:57:00.000+01:002009-10-23T16:57:55.235+01:00

My Mother has been ringing me at odd times and leaving cryptic messages on the answerphone saying"please don't call back I don't want Dad to know I have spoken to you" I haven't panicked,it is, I had assumed, Mothers usual weirdness or Father has been nagging her about running up phone bills ringing chums.........but no it is really weird........she is ringing me frantically now,to see if I can

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-70059987645080901272009-10-23T15:48:00.000+01:002009-10-23T15:48:36.828+01:00

I have just watched last nights Question Time programme,the famous one with Nick Griffin,Jack Straw,Bonnie Greer ,Peter Hain and Baroness Warsi........ Now I have a question or two to ask before I place myself firmly out of reach. What or who is a racist ? Do you have to be white to qualify or do those minority groups in our country who only let their kids marry within their own racial/religious/

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-45086461981588245392009-10-19T19:43:00.000+01:002009-10-19T19:43:00.106+01:00

Sorry Mr Steinbeck I stole and altered your title. I was wandering the webisphere when I came across this article, I read it and chuckled in a very unhumerous fashion,BT have been doing this to me for yonks,they charge £4.50 a quarter if you pay in cash for 'processing your payment' and then they stick an extra fiver on your next bill if you don't pay within a few days.In fact this quarter they

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-61766666468494408882009-10-15T07:02:00.001+01:002009-10-15T20:56:17.242+01:00

This post is in honour of Blog action day. Are you a believer in global warming ? Does it really matter whether or not you do believe ? In my opinion no it doesn't matter.A strange thing for a green old hippy type like me to be saying,but it is true,believe or not I don't care,but I do care about the state of our world,we are messing it up in a grand way,we are seriously overpopulated(I did my

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-73869955896187569422009-10-13T20:38:00.000+01:002009-10-13T20:38:15.212+01:00

I had thought that our Sid(chief mouse eater) had stopped laying about four days ago,having searched the garden endlessly and found no eggs.But no,she has been sneaking under some makeshift fencing   into my supposedly chicken free  barn laying her eggs and going back under the fence into the garden,I know because I caught her today  .She had found a carrier bag of bits and pieces and nested in

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-42232527882166946342009-10-11T16:21:00.001+01:002009-10-11T16:33:53.467+01:00

I am sitting here at the pooter eating my Sunday dinner,Gypsy toast,for anyone interested,how good is that,whatever I fancy I can have,no having to produce a huge meal for a herd of squabbling offspring,oh life is so tough  :-) I have spent the day working on the hippy-trippy blanket for middling daughters winter solstice gift,I was giving myself a headache with all those busy colours,so I have

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-8651166159890011442009-10-10T20:47:00.000+01:002009-10-10T20:47:32.355+01:00

I am finally starting to feel a little better after my bout of 'not quite flu',I think it may have been related to pigbola,I am dog tired,from the moment I woke this morning until now.I think the cat may have made me better,having curled up first on me and then having snuck into the bed with me.Do you know how unnerving it is to wake with a cat's head on the pillow next to you? Thanks to http://

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-70390262044085035852009-10-09T12:27:00.002+01:002009-10-09T14:52:41.458+01:00

I am a bit wishy-washy and useless with this bug thing I have.So I have been perusing the beebs iplayer site. There is currently an electric dreams series running on BBC4,it brings back so many memories.First I watched this,bearing in mind I wasn't ten until december 71 it was a real memory stirrer,so I then went on and watched the eighties programme,followed rapidly by this brill little

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-48810731501994815962009-10-06T19:14:00.000+01:002009-10-06T19:14:09.229+01:00

Pigbola Paranoia is what I have,I have watched and learned about various influenza strains for years now,since 97 in fact when I first heard about H5N1 entering the human population and causing sickness and death. I may not be well educated,but I like to think of myself as reasonably smart/intelligent/sensible........... But I seem to have a problem,surely if you know it is in your head it goes

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-70961940757632470292009-10-06T13:03:00.000+01:002009-10-06T13:03:16.406+01:00

I am a regular reader of a blog called Benefit Scrounging scum,she isn't scum or scrounging by the way..... Well her posting here raises some interesting questions.I personally know of several families in my little village who are taking the mickey out of the system,I found that due to a back condition, that cannot be fixed, I was unable to do a previous job,so I went out and found one I could

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-22287789154098358982009-10-04T13:55:00.002+01:002009-10-04T13:59:35.108+01:00

After stewing your fruit for jam,jelly,marmalade etc and before adding any sugar place three tablespoons of methylated spirit in an old glass,add one tablespoon of the juice from your fruit ,wait one minute and then take a look,one firm gelatinous blob in the bottom shows you have a very high pectin content,such as you get from apples, lemons, blackcurrants or quince,two or three not quite so

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-85955244114163855722009-10-04T06:07:00.000+01:002009-10-04T06:07:55.947+01:00

Following on from yesterdays blog,the flesh of the quinces is in one pan with a half dozen Japanese quince for the fragrance,the peels and cores (minus seeds) are in another pan with half a dozen Japanese quince for jelly. They have been simmering in enough water to cover them for the past hour,not bad going considering it is only 6am now. I have kept the seeds from the 'proper' quinces,I am

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-27209738943971988392009-10-03T10:25:00.000+01:002009-10-03T10:25:26.213+01:00

The evil one(AKA Lucifer the cat) has murdered a robin in the night and left it as a gift for me,I have also just found a pile of not robin coloured feathers,so am going to have to check he doesn't have a spare snack stashed somewhere.........ruddy cat,I wouldn't mind but my animals eat better than I do,well mostly,which is my segue into quinces.... My friend was at her sons school harvest

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-48823782487895479362009-10-02T18:41:00.001+01:002009-10-02T19:16:41.294+01:00

Moaning middley was on the telling-bone this evening,I made the mistake of asking if just once a year she could ring and not moan..................you would think I had called her a mass murderer or something....... The good news is, it is grand daughters and youngest daughters birthday bash tomorrow.......if I can keep my mother at bay there may be some cake for me to eat. .

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Well Cleo the cross-dressing hen has now decided to become a stripper,she is in the most major moult I have ever seen,I have seen newly saved battery hens with more feathers. Now the gore bit,I got out of bed this morning and almost stepped in a headless mouse obviously very deceased.........walked onto the landing and tripped over a very dead and chewed baby collared dove. I got to work this

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I have been for a wander round the ethernet tubes and found some good stuff....an idiot guide to HTML for bloggers, from the chap who wrote some of the 'dummy' books one Dan Gookin. Did you know that freecell game 11982 is un-winnable without cheating ? Local councillors love wasting money as much as the big boys. Ants vs. worms: Computer security mimics nature,looks interesting.How about the '

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-33359755831088318292009-09-27T17:51:00.000+01:002009-09-27T17:51:47.924+01:00

My garden is a tad wild to say the least.This time of year I like to trim trees, hedges,brambles and any stingers that have snuck in ,so armed with minimal equipment and a still dodgy rib I set about it........I suspect any part of me that doesn't hurt must have dropped off. The rib is screaming at me for some codeine,the bramble scratches are bleeding, but the stings.........oh my deity,nettles

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-16512671054328932282009-09-24T13:54:00.000+01:002009-09-24T13:54:16.500+01:00

On Monday I dyed my hair,sadly I had bought the wrong colour,instead of blonde I became white.So I have been to the chemist and purchased some more,they didn't have my usual colour again,so afterwards I may have either a bald head,an even whiter colour or be back to a nice shade of blonde.Wish me luck. The cat was mewling on the kitchen windowsill the other day,so I opened the window and let him

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-46693980692959934762009-09-23T14:34:00.002+01:002009-09-23T19:04:55.766+01:00

Well Cleo the cross dressing hen still hasn't quite decided which way to go,at least she isn't crowing yet. Work was murder this morning,not only do I still have my dodgy rib I also have a cough and cold,on top of that Mr and Mrs Boss had a lovely dinner party last night,I spent this morning washing up,laundering table cloths and napkins and vacuuming and scrubbing food and wine spills,oh how

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-339085786711978142009-09-22T18:37:00.000+01:002009-09-22T18:37:39.238+01:00

The dwellers on mount Olympus are not happy with me,or that is the way it would seem. I went to work this morning expecting a fairly normal day,I know they are having a dinner party tonight,so I was ready to give the place a bit of extra sparkle.Oh dear ! Mrs Boss was at home,prepping some food ahead of tonight,ye gods how does making a salad and a dessert make so much mess? straight after I had

that_womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06205634777369308173noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525617118681761471.post-49585956036784261262009-09-21T20:17:00.000+01:002009-09-21T20:17:24.342+01:00

   Red wine,jam on toast and something with nicotine to follow. I have found my fag(that is ciggy for any Americans who may look in)papers and filters,owing to my laziness,after all I would never confess, that thanks to walking round the house with a carrier bag on my head to avoid getting hair dye (me grey ?never)everywhere, I didn't have the time to shop.So I found the emergency golden virgin,

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Oh heavens the end is nigh,how many times in my near fifty years have I heard this crap from the g-d squad? Which brings me onto this excellent piece on how science does and shouldn't treat a belief in the sky fairy with kid gloves. Ooh and  look at this pretty baby cardi pattern I found on a blog, must persuade my kids to breed again,yes I know, I know, one grandchild between my four children is

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You just have to love how eccentric our world is......... I have an elderly hen who is starting to do the Galliforme equivalent of cross dressing,she is very ancient and as hens only have one functioning ovary when it packs in, testosterone takes over and they grow spurs,crow and generally behave like cocks,maybe she will now turn into a subservient chicken ? or perhaps I should distract her with

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