Good morning, hope everyone is ok? Dry and cold here at the moment, rather that than rain tho! Will we get to see any snow here this year? I know a lot of you have had some already but I've not... ...
Still dark here, was woken up by one of the cats gently tapping me on the nose with her paw lol, as if to say hey it's breakfast time! Mind you they often do that in the night - I just try and... ...
Sir Keir is to add Dozens of new peers to the House of Lords. Starting with a Gong for Sue Gray along with 30 more people for peerages, in a bid to increase the number of Labour members.Good man.... ...
It's Friday! The last weekend before Christmas Day! Even for the miseries amongst us it's now Christmas week - the week leading up to the big day, so let's make today as cheerful as possible. I... ...
I left a parcel for Xmas into my doctor and chemist. One of the receptionist at doctor's had to come from the back as the parcel was too big to go through the window. Guess what she said - you... ...
Good morning! Well I survived last nights supermarket trip with MrSmow, tho I think he was stunned at the bill lol. We got to till and I asked him to guess what the total might be just for fun. He... ...
Still pitch black outside - feels like the middle of the night! Could easily have just pulled the duvet up over my head and stayed there for the day. Need to have last parcels for Xmas in post... ...
I finished the last of the series last night - and I didn't want it to end. What an absolutely superb production. We moan about the BBC but as seriously grown-up drama goes no one does it like... ...
Apologies for absence - I've been laid up with a terrible migraine from the early hours of Saturday morning until yesterday. Not pleasant at all. I'm now at least 2 days behind on everything I... ...
Good god, it's sunny!! We actually have a glimpse of blue sky, no wind and no rain! (I've probably jinxed it now lol) Had a nice weekend, got our Xmas tree bought and up on Saturday, which I love... ...
With the current storm my Mums house and surrounding areas have been left without power since 11.53am, and its still has no power at the time of writing this. One of our neighbours, who is a... ...
https://news.sky.com/story/angela-rayner-says-newts-cant-be-more-protected-than-people-who-need-housing-13269419 \\Wildlife from newts to bats have held up planning decisions over the years, and... ...
Sorry, I'm late! I didn't fall asleep till about 6am - way too much on my mind lol. Never mind. Yesterday we braved the wind and rain to go and buy our Christmas tree. We always get a real one -... ...
'It’s an old person's drink', says one bright young spark Others say they prefer water or diet soda drinks, and coffee sales are up. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gpll9l535o So are we... ...
Well I'm not in any of the red storm areas but it's still blowing a pretty strong wind, and rain outside here . How are we all doing??and very very dark.
Well that was a blustery evening lastnight! Went out bout 5 pm to post a last min parcel & rain was just starting,but by time I got home within the hour it was hammering it down and blowing a... ...
https://news.sky.com/story/sir-keir-starmers-plan-for-change-what-is-it-and-why-now-13266890 Labour have made such a monumental mess in 5 months that the PM is having a relaunch. Do you think there... ...
A lovely wet, rainy morning! Have spent days trying to figure out where on earth this alarm is that keeps going off all hours of the day and night, driving us mad! Just last night it went off... ...
