Attempting to move the pig sty again, last weekend they didn't come out for long enough to dismantle and move ..hot weather should get them out At some point removing old cement in between bricks on chimney Breast Cutting main branches on a huge Mimosa tree as it's over growing into guttering and ga...

Not ignoring my beautiful high achieving, athletic, and sensitive daughter is always playing on my mind. She is so much more self sufficient than her older brother I sometimes am guilty of expecting more from her. But sometimes she just wants to be a 10 yr old and not my second in command. I have t...

I’m very lucky bb41, I’m have shared custody and I have a minimum 50% custody. I work fly in fly out so when I have the kids I’m not working and work is 3,500km away so they are my absolute first priority. I do school canteen duties, reading groups, attend and volunteer at all the sporting events e...

Right, enough of my emotional side ..off to make plum and damson jam... this house might be a wreck inside but it has the most amazing produce in abundance in the garden..always an upside ... fresh hen, duck and turkey eggs and home made jam... life can be good sometimes

It is so difficult when the youngsters are still around, it adds heaps of pressure into the equation , and yet the very thing I was trying to do was give my children a great life and it had the opposite effect. All they really wanted was me around a lot more and not be at the end of my tether 24/7 ....

I burnt out very young due to stress of work , I was back at my desk within hours of having daughter number 2 until I finally had to pack it in. My finances took a nose dive drastically but I felt it better to be poor and stress free than comfortably off and dying on the inside. Thankfully I have ne...

What jobs are people realistically expected to do, and do well, into their mid-'70s..?? There can't be too many.....maybe menial jobs at best, and surely that would have to have some kind of impact at the other end of the age spectrum ?? I know a lot of the more mature gentlemen and ladies are acti...

Laying flowers on my brothers headstone as it would have been his birthday today, then after that finishing off the hearth we put in yesterday ...oh and just buried one of my hens after she had a heart attack this morning :-(

Regular readers of my political rants will know that I've been banging on about the aged for some time. They cost money. A lot of money. When the pension first came in people were expected to live no more than a handful of years post retirement. Now it's around 20 years. That's 20 years of being pa...

It really is such a difficult subject. Personally I've had 3 different scenarios... My brother had an accident and my Mum agreed to switch his life support when he was only 20 ...if he had had the accident now he could have recovered most likely with the advance of science. My Dad died at 60 with a ...

bacon fries

StMarks wrote:

bb41 wrote:.......Putting my CRF up for sale, I'm just not strong enough anymore

Sorry to hear that bb41, nice bikes imo (I used to have an XR many years ago, which was the precursor to the range)

That's very kind of you.. I've persevered but my hips are getting too bad , a bit earlier than I hoped

Lit the wood burner this morning, blooming chilly on top of the hill Tomorrow.. getting hen house ready for winter which means deep clean and de-lousing , was hoping to move the pigs as well but the weather isn't great so they won't be happy being turfed out. Sunday may go to our local wood reclamat...

Zeus isn't aggressive but he is vocal and when he's grumbling it doesn't sound very pleasant ..we have to make sure the builder is OK around him and vice versa. The other Dane is also in your face but she tends to lick and the others are just annoying Please tell me the other dog's name is Apollo, ...

Going round with the builder with a hope they can start in 4 weeks time . Fed up of camping indoors now .. What a pain living in a conservation area . He met the big dog yesterday , Zeus is very nervous around strangers and as he is an extremely big lad it can be pretty scary Not sure how he will c...

I'm useless with a phone and only ever use it for emergencies ..anywhere. Whats app is on my PC as I can see it better , same as txt so never use it... I always call from my landline if I have to . I have just got a new car and that's got gadgets and gizmos I'll never use...I can see what the weathe...

Going round with the builder with a hope they can start in 4 weeks time . Fed up of camping indoors now .. What a pain living in a conservation area . He met the big dog yesterday , Zeus is very nervous around strangers and as he is an extremely big lad it can be pretty scary Not sure how he will co...

belated birthday wishes

Happy birthday

Feel for you and family ..hard to get over and they take a little bit of your heart