Or, "Ardal's Banarnals", if, like my eldest daughter, you struggle to say those two words together! Where to start with this one...tut. Well, to cut a fairly long story a little less long, I have followed the career of One Ardal O'Hanlon for over a decade now, he's funny and clever and an extremely entertaining author and stand-up comic...Okay, I will also admit to finding him very attractive, gorgeous in fact, but on the end of his list of attributes lies his very pretty wife and a few kids... Read Full Story

Yes, I know this is my second entry this week! astounding. Just wanted to share a fabulous new word bought to my attention this week, by reading the blog of Pauline McLynn. Bless her heart, it was a result of a gremlin in the works, but while writing the word "Whatsurname", she was appalled to find she had written "Shatsurname"! Now, I for one, can use that word to describe quite a few miserable specimens whom I have had the misfortune to stumble across, mostly on a daily basis, thanks to the... Read Full Story

Hello again!!....especially Linda, who nudged me sometime this year ( I haven't checked my E-mail either LOL) I hope this finds you all well! I have a lot to report...I suppose, all stuff and nothing on the vast scale of life, the universe and what have you. But, I will endevour to try and catch up. Right, this year, I joined up to do a 2 year course in web design, I help run an internet forum, and soon to partake in another which will hopefully offer support to those who have suffered... Read Full Story

Boo!!!! still around folks, will add an entry shortly! Read Full Story

Was thinking of adding some of those animated flowery pictures which I see on other blogs, they certainly brighten them up a bit, but then, none of my entries ever seem to warrant it. This one is no exception. Been watching the darts lately?, well, a short time ago at least cos it's finished now, as you know. It's all relative I know, cos dart players aren't  of a sporty build and their sport is the only one known to man , executed inside a veil of Benson and Hedges ( though I seem to... Read Full Story

This entry shouldn't come as much of a surprise to my friend and cousin Lisa, having spoken to her last night. She and her her family moved to Milton Keynes at around the same time as we moved to Bury st Edmunds, and it's the first time we have managed to get in touch properly since, what a conversation!. Despite is both having gone through a few changes, we had fun reminiscing about the time we worked together at what was then, a local plant nursery. many a time, we would get to work to find... Read Full Story

 I wish, so very much, that I had pictures to add to this entry, but for all the tragic santas I have seen this past holiday season, I have not taken pictures of any of them, having not had my camera to hand. ( That and the fact, that we cannot just stop the car in rush hour traffic for taking pics! ) Dear God!, how I wish for Christmas past and the way I remember it to be, instead of the yearly rush of expense, and worse still, people trying to outdo each other in the decoration stakes and... Read Full Story

Hello all! Hope this finds you all well after the Crimble festivities!. Not sure about this part of it, the inbetweeny bit. A bit boring. I could go into town and blag a bargain but to be honest I'm just a bit fed up with being anywhere near the town center, or shops....and definately crowds of numbnutted people who insist on standing around in large groups conversing on an already spacially challenged pavement! ( get out of the way ffs!, I don't want to have to step into the road and get... Read Full Story

Following Linda's imstructions in her journal "George Mansions, this is a piece from the intellectual book I had in my hands at the time "Body for Life"   aahem.... .....probably need is a set of adjustable dumbells that go as light as 2.5 pounds, and up to 30, 40 and 50 pounds each ( depending on your level of strength). You'll also need to invest in an adjustable excercise bench. Compared with most home excercise equipment, dumbells and a bench are a bargain. Take a look at some of the... Read Full Story

Well, I am no longer working at the large optical chain that we "should go to", quite simply, I shouldn't have gone there!, for the first time ever I ignored my gut instinct and took a job that just did not feel right for me , even at interview level, because I needed a job. Mistake. Within a week of leaving, I found another job, part-time hours for full time money, a boss who is a delight to work for, and a working environment that suits me. Spot on!. Anyway, this job is clean on the other... Read Full Story