Dipping Into The Water Butt

I’ve been cleaning the downstairs loo. It’s 5.30 in the morning but I have to do things when my energy levels are decent. The PVD pains will always be there to hinder some projects but if I pace myself I can generally keep on top of things. What I can’t keep […]

Did you know that current legislation defines back gardens as “brown field” land? What that means is that our back gardens can be bought up and built on in the same way as old factory sites, disused airfields and the likes. Yes, that’s right, that nice little plot you have at the back of your […]

I’ve gotta tell you about this!
I was talking to my mum last night and as Paul, my son, is living with her while Dad’s in need of constant care, she was telling me what he’s been up to lately.
Now, bear in mind that Paul has profound learning difficulties. He can’t count to more than five […]

Being sick and tired of my miserable and oppressive kitchen, I’m currently looking around for supplies with which to transform it. Now I’ve always been into antiques and, when it comes to decor, what’s now fashionably known as “shabby chic” is pretty much my natural style. Believe me, I DO NOT follow fashions when it […]

I’m knitting again. I’ve knitted for donkey’s years. In fact, working it out, I’ve been knitting for thirty years. I know this because I taught myself to knit, after being told by my grandmother that I’d never have the patience to do anything that took longer than five minutes, when Paul was born. I was […]

Following on from my complaint regarding the lack of storage in this house, our little room is to be converted. It’ll still be a little room, but it’ll be a little room cum storage room cum mud room. Considering it’s tiny, I’m not quite sure how to do it yet.
I need shelves in there. Lots […]

I have big storage problems. Humungous storage problems.
I have a medical condition that has one particular side-effect that I don’t like. It’s called “untidy reminders” syndrome.
Apart from the living room, which I’ve deliberately kept free of this side-effect, every room in the house reflects the fact that I have a condition. There are boxes of […]

It isn’t over yet! Christmas runs from Christmas Eve to New Year’s Eve and every day has its charm, even if it just means hanging around in PJs and doing nothing productive.
Here are a few photos from our Christmas so far…

Charlene getting into the festive mood on Christmas Eve!

Look what’s on top of the […]

Came back from London to find the bathroom looking all lovely and pink! And how beautifully painted it was! Mark’s such a perfectionist! Today I went out and bought pine fittings to replace the chrome ones that were there before and, having once again left Mark to fit together flat-pack stuff and do some drilling, […]

I promised I’d be back with more about how we celebrate Christmas and why we celebrate the way we do. I’m a day late but hey… what’s a day between friends?
First of all, our Christmas is a mixture of English, Norwegian and Pagan traditions, although I think most of you who celebrate either Jesus’ birth […]