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Manifestations

Things I have in my house that I don’t ever remember buying or receiving… Needles, threads and general sewing bits and pieces Mugs Clothes brush Shoe-cleaning paraphenalia A dictionary Tape measure Salt Sleeping bag…

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Promises, promises…

It’s the first of December – wow that was fast! That means I have about four weeks to make good on the new years resolutions I made… somehow I don’t think I will be able to re-model the kitchen,…

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I’m shoppanicking!

I’m a bit less grumpy now – maybe because it’s not raining for once! Thought I might do some Christmas shopping online, seeing as I haven’t started yet! Went to the Boots website and saw they had a gift…

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Can’t be arsed to think of a witty title

Words can’t describe the boredom I’m feeling during this period of post-op recouperation. Even being hypnotised by the TV is losing all its charm. When I read books I just get jealous about the exciting lives the characters are…

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Picture this…

I’m trying to pic out a new digital camera and my head is just spinning! The more I find out, the less I know! I would stick with the one I’ve got (an old Kodak thing I got in…

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Life

Thank you Yogi Bear, or whoever it was invented TV

My post-op status has now reached the vegetative and malingering stage which basically means I carefully synchronise my watching of daytime TV with strategic snack and bathroom breaks at regular intervals. I really must be at a nadir of…

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Life

Alive and kicking (and screaming)

Hooray, I’m alive – I survived the surgery, the hospital food and the bad weather. Even better, I managed to rouse myself from the anaesthetic in time to see England beat Australia in the Rugby World Cup – woohoo!…

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Under the knife

Tomorrow I go to hospital and on Friday I have my gall-bladder removed! I’ve never had a general anaesthetic before, so that’s going to be weird. I’ve been on the waiting list for this operation for 11 months, so…

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Song For Whoever

I’ve just come back from seeing The Beautiful South at Bournemouth International Centre. It was such a good night out, they were excellent! Paul Heaton has to be the best lyricist in the world ever (see below), and I…

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Room 101

I’ve always been interested in the work Rachael Whiteread has done – moulding the negative spaces of objects and even rooms to allow us to view things from a whole new perspective. Her latest creation is a plastercast of…