Hi again everyone I wonder whether I’ll be continuing this diary throughout the year or will it come to an end soon? Actually, I’m thinking that I might do one more at the end of April and possibly May, and then maybe continue the theme of the post as a
Another coat – surely not! Well….
Hello everyone There will be more about this at the end of the month but today (Monday 29th March) some of the severe restrictions we’ve been living under since Christmas are being removed, and we can now visit other people and sit in their gardens – three cheers to that! I
Lockdown Diaries – February 2021
Hi everyone Phew, bit of a challenging week last week as I was recovering from tripping and falling hard on my face, oops a daisy as they say. I was fine, albeit a bit shocked so no need to worry, but my neck is a bit stiff so haven’t done
Another coat? Yes, and it’s colour? Yellow or maybe mustard!
Hello everyone Over 15 million people are now vaccinated in the UK, apparently that’s 86% of all the over-70s. The 15 million are the people in the four top priority groups and the vaccination programme has now moved on to people aged 65 to 69. More about all of that
Here’s to better things to come!
Hi everyone Got my vaccination done last Wednesday and, my word, the whole roll-out of vaccines in the UK is an incredibly efficient operation, and that, of course, is because it was not outsourced to an expensive private sector contractor but organised by our wonderful NHS. And what’s more they
My passion for fashion – of the charity shop variety
Hello everyone Not much to report this week apart from we’re now wearing masks outside at all times and not just for going into a shop. It’s interesting. We’re doing this because of the new variant that originated here and the fact that there are so many cases currently in
Lockdown diaries – December 2020!
Hello everyone Hope you all had a reasonable Christmas. We did but having opted out of a big gathering last year I will never do that again. although as you know it was just as well as Christmas Day 2019 was when my cold appeared, which led on to –
The Back-to-Lockdown Diary – 30 September 2020
Hello everyone I thought I’d start by saying that I write this diary not as a blow-by-blow account of daily happenings, instead this is more about my thoughts on the current situation, the reason being, I think it important to capture the essence of how we are all coping during
Decisions, decisions for a move (or two) that was right for us!
Hello everyone How are things with you? Good I hope. We’re fine and I’ll say more about my state of mind at the end of the month, but for now, I am going to revisit the major decision we made to move to housing for the over-65s. This has been
Secondhand September? Maybe it’s more of a case of shopping my closet!
Hello again! Well, I went ahead, got down my Autumn/Fall clothes, put away my flimsiest Summer frocks and skirts, and all of that just in time for some warmer weather over the next few days! Not to worry, I think it was time to have a look at what I