![]() As of last Saturday, I think we acquired a new business! We live right in the heart of the Scottish Highlands which now seems to be ranked No. Anyone who has been with me for the journey will hopefully agree I’ve got better at it over the years, the sentences becoming a little bit less clunky, and the posts a bit more entertaining.įinally, the big one. Something I did mention in my assignment though, was that after a lifetime of working with Excel spreadsheets, it’s been great turning to writing in later life. Will try and up the rate of output though, and with any luck, if she does drop by, it will be one of my better posts. I now realise however, she may not open the link for a while, so I can’t really hold off any longer. I have deliberately held off writing anything new for the last fortnight, as I was acutely aware that if my tutor opened the link, she would see the latest post – The pressure was on to make it a good one. Of course followers to this place know that this blog is in effect my web diary/journal, so although we all like retaining our anonymity around here, I had to bite the bullet and include a link. Bit of a downside is that we had to prove we’d been keeping a journal, of sorts, for the last three months. The last assignment had to be “uploaded” (bit more high-tech than first time around) on Monday, so now just waiting see how I did. As far as my college course goes, we have now reached the end of the first semester. Phil and Kirsty doing their thingīut that’s not all. And, plenty of nice pieces to take to the care home once the deal is done. She was always really fastidious about keeping her home immaculate, so not too onerous at all. Still a bit to do, but it looks fantastic already. My mum is happy, so it’s now all steam ahead with selling her retirement flat, and we’ve watched enough of those “property porn” shows to know what can be done to dress the rooms for maximum effect. ![]() Been a bit busy you see, but in a really good way. You won’t probably have noticed, but I’ve not posted anything new around here for over a fortnight. Just a few things that need sorted out first… Now that my time is being freed up from doing the actual caring (which was not my forte and can be done so much better by those professionally trained for such work), I can soon get back to being what they call “economically active”. As far as she is concerned, her state pension pays for all of it, and I intend to move heaven and earth to keep her there. Of course it does help that it looks like a 5 Star Hotel it does help that she is still able-bodied enough to enjoy all the activities, and finally it helps immeasurably that the financial side of things is being taken care of by myself. The relief was palpable, as so many old folk really resist going to live in such places. To my absolute delight, they were also the words that came from the mouth of my little mum this week, when I asked her if she liked her new care home. 1 Singles from over the decadesīut as ever I’ve got side-tracked. (Nothing against Noddy and Roy of course, but even they must be getting embarrassed at the abundance of riches accumulated since making their respective festive hits forty-five years ago.) Christmas No. This blog may feature songs from the 1970s more than any other decade, but if I have to endure another festive season listening to Slade and Wizard, I will be very grumpy indeed. His big-budget karaoke shows highjack the seasonal chart, so nobody makes Christmas records any more. ![]() Those of us who watch mainstream telly in the UK, will recognise those words, as they frequently come from the mouth of Mr Simon Cowell, who seems to have singularly ruined this time of year for music lovers. ![]()
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