I'm back from a 2 week absence involving a journey in a vehicle with blue flashing lights (no, I was NOT under arrest), men with stethoscopes and some strong medication. I am now fighting fit and back...
I have a problem with my sewing machine - the upper thread tangles in the feed dogs after a couple of stitches. So far I have stripped the machine down, cleaned it, oiled it, changed the needle (which...
I only ever listened to it firmly snuggled on the lap of an aunt and being tiny I couldn't understand why it wasn't called "Listen With Auntie Ethel."...
My daughter has a habit of treating my clothes as her own and it drives me insane that quite often she doesn't have the courtesy to ask if she can borrow something. I went to the shops this morning...
Earlier this morning I set to and made some buns. When they were cooled I hunted high and low and couldn't find any of the nozzles to go with my icing bag, so I decided to make them into butterfly...
A friend of mine has just changed his address and rang his car insurance company to notify them. It took the girl on the phone less than 2 minutes to update his details on the computer while he was...
I received a recorded phone call allegedly from EE saying I owed a sum of money which had to be paid today and then I was invited to give my debit/credit card number. Thinking it was a scam I hung up...
Two weeks ago, Youngest Junior O & a friend travelled 30 miles to the nearest civilisation to do some clothes shopping. They are both 14 but YJO is 6'3" and looks older than he is so I allowed him to...
Friday. I can't believe I am the first one here. I've been awake since 3am and have been alternating between drinking tea and trying to finish some cushion covers. A few weeks ago there was light in...
Yesterday afternoon I came home from a shopping trip and was amused to see a wood pigeon sitting quietly next to one of Mr O's ornamental sheep. A couple of hours later I was heading out again and saw...
Yes I am! There are far too many posts moaning about the heat and the weather. Here I am in the wilds of North Yorkshire wrapped up in a thick dressing gown to keep warm. There is a permanent wind...
I have fallen in love with a house that is for sale and Mr O likes the look of it too. We are going to view it this afternoon. The only problem is that there is no way we could ever afford it without...
At one side of our drive is or rather was a rockery. Over the years I have invested time and money buying plants and keeping it tidy. Last week I came home after being out all day to find we no longer...
You were talking utter rubbish in a Whitby thread yesterday. I don't know where you got the idea from that I moved several years ago. I live in Whitby and have no intention of moving. I can only...
This morning I was in a shop when I overheard part of a conversation between two women. One said to the other "I told him to go to the doctors. Would you believe he's been using WD40? He's lucky not...
I've just made some french onion soup - caramelised onions, a good beef stock, garlic, white wine and a slug of brandy - or so I thought. Instead of brandy I have mistakenly added dandelion and...
When I was recently admitted to hospital there wasn't a bed available on the ward I normally end up on, so I spent the first night on a random ward. The next day, as visiting time was due to start, I...
I've been away for over a week on an all inclusive holiday courtesy of the wonderful NHS. One minute I was feeling as fit as a fiddle and the next minute I had a raging temperature and felt grim. I...