What more can I say……….? Well, knowing me as you do by now, quite a lot actually! So the hen nights were over, the “Bottomless Prosecco Brunch” was a triumph; I had a Police escort […]

The dreaded brown envelope arrived this morning, it sat there silently, nonchalantly even and so so still. It tried to adopt a charming demeanour as if it was exactly  the same thing as the Iceland […]

“I’m too old for this malarkey” I happened to say out loud whilst discussing wedding plans (which I tend to do quite often these days!) The assorted people around me, friends, sisters and daughter loudly […]

This is EXACTLY how I’m feeling tonight, I am imprisoned by this pain and this darkness, I can’t even get into my car by myself to run away. The whole ‘I need someone to help […]

  With just under four weeks to go to the ‘wheelchair wedding’, we needed a break. I say the ‘royal we’ as I think P needed a bit of time away from all the girly […]

  Wheelchair wedding dilemmas/challenges so far….   1 – Find a dress that looks equally fabulous whilst hobbling on crutches AND whilst sitting in the wheelchair….. 2 – Find a hairdresser and a nail salon […]

  There was a time about eight months ago when I had a moment of enlightenment; not a religious or philosophical one but just one born of sheer bloody fed-up-ness. It coincided with a particularly […]

  “Mary, Mary, quite contrary, How does your garden grow? With silver bells, and cockle shells, And pretty maids all in a row” Well, to answer the above question, ‘not very well’ and don’t call […]

I’m sat here, in my bed, waiting for my grown up children to remember that it’s Mother’s Day and watching the boring Sunday politics shows whilst browsing the papers (i.e. catching up on my Facebook, […]