Alcoholic Daze

Last Friday was also another very special day for another reason. It was Kay's last official day of schooling. I say "schooling...

My blog is one year old today . I started writing it because Greg was drinking heavily after yet another attempt at detox and I could not ge...

There are times when I wonder whether the world is going crazy and what the future holds for us when there is so much greed and hatred about...

Well, I am pleased to say my "cold" did not develop. I think Crystal Jigsaw may be right, when she commented on my last post, and...

I've had a sore throat and cough for the last two days. I've checked that am not sprouting a curly tail and I don't oink when I ...

Three things in one post today!! First I just wanted to report that we DID go out last night, despite Greg having drunk two glasses of wine ...

Greg is 60 today. How do you celebrate and what do you buy a man who is an alcoholic and not in the best of health? I have resorted to buyin...

I am nursing aching limbs today. My back really hurts and my legs feel as if they are going to drop off. Have I been running today's Lon...

A while ago I wrote about the discovery that I have a high level of cholesterol. My doctor had prescribed statins to reduce the level but I...

My Easter week away has been one of mixed emotions. First it was oh so nice to be with my dear old mum who never complains and, boy, does sh...

We have a little custom in this household which I picked up from our time in Germany. They do it a lot there , but I have not come across a...

Anyone who knows me really well knows that I cannot function without lists. I have to write them for just about everything and, if I have to...

I forgot to add this to the photos of my daily walk in the park with Snoopy. It always reminds me of the talking tree in the Disney film abo...

My diary always seems to fill up months in advance these days so there is always something that demands my attention here in London or elsew...

I have had extremes of emotions over the last few days ranging from elation to downright despair. My mood soared on Thursday when Kay teleph...

There are lots of parks in London. Many of our American visitors in particular always comment on the amount of greenery there is in our larg...

For those who are contemplating becoming parents for the first time, preparation is not just a matter of reading books and decorating the nu...

The news that Conservative leader David Cameron's six-year old child died yesterday is very sad news indeed and there is probably not a...

Dulwich Divorcee has very kindly tagged me. The instruction is to go into my photo collection, take the fourth folder and the fourth picture...

I am hoping all bad things come in threes, making the way clear for only good things to happen thereafter. Do you get the impression I may b...

I recently wrote that my cholesterol level was found to be a bit high. My weight at 11 stone is also the highest it has ever been. Married l...