Category: Just Saying

  Our car needed to go to the hospital. A nasty big lorry reversed into it claiming it didn’t see it! The diary was consulted and we found a couple of days when we could cope without it. I was attending a conference in London and we were going up by train so the garage could have it then. BUT – the […]

  This is a special thank you to all my visitors over the the year.   Without you I would be VERY lonely. Thank you for sticking with me, for all your comments and for all the shares on your blogs. Have a wonderful Christmas and a New Year that has peace and happiness for you and your families. Julia […]

Whenever it goes off, the fire alarm is a horrible sound to have ringing in your ears. We are on a little trip in Kent, staying in a hotel and we were woken abruptly earlier this morning by a horrendous sound. It made me think what action we should take in these situations. Believe it A fire alarm is statutory […]

As you will know Dear Reader we love to go out for coffee and today we found a new venue – Nonesuch Cup. Why Nonesuch Cup? The definition of the word going way back to the 1580s is a person or thing without equal; paragon.      It is also the name of a flower which I discovered is special […]

Struggling to carry all the farewell gifts, I packed the car and without a backward glance at the school,  I drove away. Having read the article High-flying women who say retirement’s torture (you did read it didn’t you because it was me in a national newspaper!) you will know about the best laid plans and all that. In the beginning, it felt […]

What is 100WCGU?   100WCGU stands for 100 Word Challenge for Grown Ups. Someone asked me why the ‘grown ups’ bit as it seemed odd to add it to a blog post aimed at adults. I explained that it separated this challenge with 100 Word Challenge (find it HERE ) which is a writing challenge for young writers under 16 years […]

You will probably suspect that I’m going to have a bit of a rant with the title of this post but honestly I’m right aren’t I? You don’t see a poor dentist. I hate visiting the dentist I’m terrified of the dentist and hubby, whilst better than me does not look forward to treatment. So, when you find one who […]