Tuesday, February 03, 2009. Strips of cracked black pepper. We waited for judgement day, hope beginning to fade.

Sunday, 14 February 2010.

Oddly he took it and never lost his temper with me at all.

A wife, mother, daughter, sister, divorced single parent, copywriter, lover, mature student, designer, gardener, teacher, cook, grandmother. so many labels in one short life. Sunday, April 1, 2018. My Daughter, big Grandson and little Granddaughter will be there of course, but I felt I would be decidedly out of my comfort zone, so here I am talking to you instead.

Tuesday, October 2, 2012. Well I have to do something with my days while I wait for the elusive job to appear so I have been doing some re-upholstry - remember that sweet deal. I got back at the beginning of the year. Here is the before, have to admit to liking the previous fabric and it went well with my colours but it was definitely past its prime. Friday, September 28, 2012.

The mumblings of a menopausal mum. Is it hot in here or is it just me? Tuesday, September 18, 2007. This was all sparked off by one of my brief dalliances featuring on the Jeremy Vine radio show discussing his heroin addiction and the fact that he had spent 25 of the last 30 years in jail, so that was a good start! Thursday, August 16, 2007. After going through a blogging black spot.

I love having friends round for a meal - I love cooking, I love eating and I love seeing other people enjoy things I have made. Our good friends Maggie and Alan came round on Friday for a joint celebration of our 13th wedding anniversary and their 30th anniversary. They were staying the night as well, which meant that Alan could have a drink and relax. Mags and I drank champagne and Ian and Alan started with beer then went onto red wine. Monday, 31 August 2009. We will go out t.

Dad made it so we could have a lovely day altogether to celebrate his birthday. It was a day full of laughs and jokes, and lots of photos were taken, until we got one just right. In March however, Dad died.