July 2010
18 posts
Helpline, on the deadline. →
Thanks for waiting …
Today I had to call a helpline. Yes, had to. Today is the final date for one of those important but niggly things we all put off till the last minute. OK,…
Didn’t, won’t. →
Tea and a cookie. L McG-E
Last evening, after we had eaten and sorted the dishes, ready to settle down for an evening in front of the box, Hub said to me, “I was going to have…
A trip, not quite so round. →
Old College, Abersytwyth.
Hub is off today on a 200 mile roundtrip for a meeting. The whole journey will take about six hours. There will do no popping on to a motorway and being…
Three females. Three different ages. All hormonal.... →
Somewhere, over the rooftop, way up high. A sunset.
Take three females, put them in one house, make them all hormonal and sit back while the fireworks spark themselves. Make one of…
A rare day partly together. →
Lavender in August L McG-E
We had the rare chance today, Hub and I, to spend part of the day together. In order for me to go to work, Hub had to have a day’s leave from his.
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Just when you thought it was safe to let your... →
From the mists of time – two ancient diaries.
Just to make sure life is super fun for the second week of the kids’ school holidays, the gas company is going to spend next week digging…
And now, for something completely mundane. →
Do you work? For money? A paid position?
No, I don’t mean in your home, for your family. Yes, I know that is hard work.
The thing that occurred to me is, if you are a paid employee, work plays…
Somedays you just don’t feel like it. →
Old piano.
I’ve had very little online input these last couple of days. I read somewhere, “if you have nothing to say, keep your mouth shut.” I think this is probably very good…
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Read This Post, I Say →
(via kathyunderscorel)
I concur, just so you can see where integration can take us … the precipice!
Day 2 of the school holidays and we’re already in... →
Willow on the Canal. L McG-E
Perhaps it is the nature of being the second day. The first has the advantage of novelty. There’s no need to be organised, no need to rush to get ready,…
How the one medication can make a heck of a... →
Source: medindia.net
A Spoonful of Medicine.
Today I had cause to remember when, six years ago, Youngest was put on a short-term medication, with the intention of switching off…
Really? We’re arresting kids with Autism now? →
Earlier today I saw this post on Twitter from @MsNovember. Intrigued, I clicked on it. Just in case you haven’t clicked the link, here is the article itself. Please read, it’s not very long,…
Hooray for the holidays? →
Rain on fire escape
In just over an hour Youngest will come home from school to begin the summer holidays.
Yes, I know, lots of places are already two weeks, or more, in to the long…
You could have had some moanie posts. →
Sunflowers in darkness.
You would think I would know not to say things are going well. That is just asking for trouble.
This past week I have been feeling truly awful, enough to stop…
Would I call myself a feminist? →
Earlier today I was asked this question.
In honesty, my initial reaction was, “no”. I never have called myself a feminist.
I have no time for chauvinism. In my opinion, that is a sign of…
Another Saturday night and I ain’t goin’ nowhere. →
Sunset
It’s Saturday night. For the first time in ages I am just tired rather than exhausted. I feel as if I can say I am recovered. Let’s hope I don’t regret saying that!
Along with the…
Presents from Rome →
Scarf, endorsed by Nuns.
At the beginning of June my oldest son went on a jaunt to Rome with some of his friends.
He was only gone a few days but he had a wonderful time.
Like all good…
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Are Libraries Necessary, or a Waste of Tax Money? →
goldengateblond:
A Fox News station in Illinois says a good way to ease the state’s budget crisis is to close public libraries.
So with the internet and e-books, do we really need millions for libraries?
They conducted a thorough, hour-long (!!!) study and found most people only use the library for its free internet access. From up in their ivory tower, they’ve failed to realize that without...
June 2010
21 posts
New medication, it’s a laugh riot. →
Sunday a week and a half ago Youngest started her new meds, bringing her up to a grand total of three anticonvulsants.
A few years ago this drug had been mentioned and rejected on the grounds it…