Alcoholic Daze

Who needs a bed, when the stairs will do? My cat is very strange. When she was a kitten, I bought her a proper cat bed. She refused to sleep...

I don't know if anyone saw this story in the press last week, but it jumped out at me. A study by the British Liver Trust says that Brit...

The rot has set in.........I had two most definite senior moments today and it's only lunchtime. OMG it's the slippery slope. I...

Today was great for two reasons: 1. We put the "great" back in Great Britain, doing what we do best - selling the brand Britain to...

I am still chasing my tail, trying to get two rooms decorated simultaneously (why oh why did I agree to have two ceilings painted at the sam...

I met up with my two best friends yesterday - I have known them for 42 years. We met at university all those years ago. They were studying F...

Kay is 200 miles away revising for an end-of-term exam this week, so I had intended to spend Mothers' Day on my own just bumbling about ...

The painter I mentioned in my last post has stood me up. He has been stringing me along since November promising he would come to paint my k...

Following on from my last "poor me" post, I decided to keep busy by making headway with the decorating. My next job was to be the ...

I've been away at my mother's for a few days, trying to recharge my batteries and at the same time doing chores for her, but am now ...

I have not been looking forward to this week: it is one year since Greg died. Each day of this last week I have been thinking...... a year a...

Photo courtesy of emynd and bo bliz "Out Clubbing" has taken on a whole new meaning. Kay has just contacted me to say she was out...

A World Health Organisation report issued today (see here ) states that 1 in 15 men in the UK is an alcoholic. That's a pretty high numb...

This will be my first without Greg, but for all those love-struck couples out there, here is a little cartoon to warm your heart. Based on t...

Angel of Grief (courtesy of Valerio Sibio on flickr.com) The day my father died - ten years ago to this very day - was arguably the worst d...

For the last twelve days I have slaved over a stepladder and a pot of paint, over-reaching here, turning into a contortionist there, paintin...

Picture from steadyhealth.com Last week, I went to my local Al-Anon meeting for the first time since before Christmas. I have explained befo...

The house was full of laughter and chatter over the last few weeks as both Kay and my mother shared Christmas with me. Kay went back to uni ...

Greg 1949-2010 The end of another year and what a year! 2010 will forever be etched in my memory as one of those landmark years. A year ...

In the last few years of Greg's life, we did not have deep meaningful conversations any more, in fact for the most part we hardly spoke ...

This week I joined a club. You don't have to pay membership subscriptions to become a member, in fact you are given money to join. Not e...

Prince William and Kate Middleton have chosen a fine day to get married next year. The 29th April 2011 would have been Greg's 62nd birth...

When our desktop computer died around this time last year, Greg and I bought matching Advent Roma laptops. They were fairy cheap in price (b...

You may have seen a news item earlier last week saying that alcohol was more harmful than heroin. Since then I have been scrutinising onlin...

I was clearing out some drawers at the weekend and came across an envelope containing Greg's personal effects. It had been given to me b...