Been watching Wolf Hall, Beeb2. Noted there was a trend for the ladies in it to wear their necklaces in two loops, one acting as a choker, and the longer loop disappearing into their bodice. Seems...
Today, I met a friend for lunch. She, and I, both wore scarves, as did the rest of the 'ladies who lunch' gang who were in the same restaurant. We noted it and laughed about it. When did scarves...
Fortunate enough to have had a wet room installed instead of the en suite - unfortunately the bathroom has a nasty odour from the bath and basin no longer being used .....what can I put in regularly...
What are we going to do without it? Both my daughter and I have been hooked. Such brilliant and perceptive writing - the last phrase was a dream (won't spoil it for others). The acting too is...
Aaaaaagh This lunch time, I smelt something hot and plastic on the air, three rooms and about 50 feet from the Aga. I go through and check the cooker, nothing. A quick check electrical and I found it....
I was due to have a hernia repair new years eve, I had to let them know I had a chest infection, so it was cancelled. I have standby anti b's and steroids at home for such an occasion. Since then I...
Do you have a box of odd buttons in your house? My mother and grandmother had large tins of buttons of all different sizes, shapes, patterns and colours. Nobody in this house knows how to sew a button...
http://www.tvguide.co.uk/detail/2001496/104898954/blondies-new-york-and-the-making-of-parallel-lines#.VLr2p3Yn2i4 Well I have love Blondie for many a year, just been watching this, and I can say I am...
Felt ruddy ancient tonight, watching casualty.
Alan Rothwell playing a pensioner... last time I saw him, he was Elsie Tanner's son. Where did the time go ??...
As we are all relatively anonymous on here, let's all confess one of our sins. I will start the ball rolling. After Mr O and I had finished our breeding programme and the youngest was out of his cot,...
A friend of mine has come up North for the holiday and has forgotten to bring the form from the DVLA that he needs to tax the car on 31st December. Can he go to the DVLA office here to tax his car,...
It's official, I'm out. I walked outside and got a lung full of smoke.... Nice... Well I've done nothing towards preparing for Christmas. Time to get home and get tidying up, while the pain meds are...
Just the past week or so, I am experiencing light headedness, lasting only a second or two. Accompanying it is an odd sensation I can only describe as a feeling/sound of like a rubber band twanging in...