Alcoholic Daze

People are naturally always very sympathetic when they find out I am a widow and more often than not ask in hushed tones what my husband die...

Today is the ninth anniversary of Greg's death. Kay and I are going to the crematorium to lay flowers in the chapel. Sometimes it seems ...

A recent news report announces that cockapoos ( cocker spaniels mixed with poodles ) and labradoodles ( labradors mixed with poodles ) are n...

Back in September I had  our family bathroom modernised and dragged it into the 21st century. It was high time as it was stuck in a 1960s ti...

Yesterday was Holocaust Memorial Day - a day dedicated to remembering the six million Jews who died at the hands of Nazis  in Germany (as we...

Every Monday I take an e lderly friend of mine to the local park to help her walk her dog. We met about fifteen years ago in the park when o...

Another Christmas and another New Year have passed peacefully. Kay and I managed a lovely day-trip up to the Midlands a few days before Chri...

Christmas is nearly upon us and all is organised in the Alcoholic Daze household. Cards have been sent, food is in the cupboards and fre...

courtesy of cartoonstock.com Our choir actually made it to a concert last night. Actually sang. Without  the wrong kind of snow or the ...

1923- 2017 It's a year since my lovely mum died. The actual anniversary was last week. Kay took time off work, I bundled together m...

decrepit /dɪˈkrɛpɪt/ adjective worn out or ruined because of age or neglect. "a row of decrepit houses" sy...

A hundred years ago to the day, the armistice was signed between the Allied Forces and Germany to end World War One. It seemed relevant th...

Well, I've only been and gone and done it. I'm back home again and recovering from..............ta da ............... breast reduc...

I've suddenly realised I've not blogged for a while. Nothing out of the usual has happened really for me to blog about, but that...