Hello Carol; just catching up on your posts.  Does anybody else find that when they are writing a post, suddenly the whole screen has moved and everything you have written has vanished, or is it just me?  I hate the clocks going forward; back is fine but not forward.  The dog doesn't understand what is happening - I changed the clocks before going to bed including the settings for the heating/hot water.  That was a mistake.  Muffin hears the boiler firing and that is his signal to jump all over me which I could have done without after less sleep.  I should have gone to bed earlier but didn't unless you count finding myself face against the computer screen where I had dozed off.  Your hubby not believing you is so typical; men are like that.  They take for granted that you can do all kinds of complex things involved in keeping them going but don't accept your word on a simple thing like clocks going forward.  Glad you are enjoying your busy life.  Annie

Hi ANNIE,  yes I do find that happens and it's very annoying! !  This stupid clock business is not good, my granddaughter is always up early and  this throws her all to pot.  Plus all the gadgets that need altering! ! It's nice to have a little decent weather and to sit in the conservatory without the fire on.  Hubby is asleep in there now.  I slept so well last night I had a deep crease down my face this morning,  not a good look. Keep in touch .xx

Crikey what a busy day.  Emma comes and we tackle some house work.   Then there are bills to pay and Harry's parcel to post.  The post office is manic, apparently it's pension day, so I go and do my shopping and go back when it's quieter.  Hubby has gone to check his buggy so I wash the tiled floor and clean the rug, which I drag outdoors as it's sunny..He's back by the time I'm finished but had forgotten to change his car clock and thinks it's earlier than it is!!  Mary rings and wants me to go to the Metro Centre tomorrow so Hubby says OK, I think he will be glad to have the house to himself.   We listen to news about the golf Open coming back to a certain place in ten years time and he says he doubts he'll be here then, I tell him I will nag him to keep him alive and he rolls his eyes upwards!!  I have to keep him fit, this cancer is not having him yet.  See you tomorrow .

I'm not sure what is going on with my hubby, he seems a little distant and self absorbed,, I think sometimes it hits him that he still has cancer and that life will never be the same.  I leave him home alone whilst Mary and I go shopping,  I buy nothing,  I just am not that interested anymore,  I have other more important things to deal with and it all sees mundane.  We have coffee and chat away so it's a break from the same four walls ,I get home and he's missing but arrives home later.  Another haircut and a check up at the chemist for his new inhaler but after a few minutes conversation the television is back on and I've lost him again. Last night he was getting lots of cramps and we're not sure why, so a disturbed night has made him tired.  He wants to take me to Headlam tomorrow but I have told the girls that I have free seats and it's difficult to explain why he doesn't need to drive.  A funny day really, we seem a little out of kilter.  See you tomorrow 

I am rushing around getting ready for my day at Headlam and as I'm designated driver I need to be on time, it seems weird getting dressed up at 8.30 in the morning but I'm ready when the phone rings and it's James Cook calling to say his leg is ready.  My luck is zero, but hubby knows I can't help today and bravely says he'll go alone.  I feel awful as I know it's a struggle for him.  I have a sore throat starting and feel unwell but I can't let people down.   The day is long and very hot in the room where Lisa had her wedding, they close all the doors after the meal for the Speaker and I feel faint through the heat.  The others are getting merrily drunk and very noisy and truth be known I just want to go home!  So I finally get home after four O'clock having dropped them off at the pub, they never give in!!  Back home hubby is looking tired and his leg hurts because he had to walk too far.  I feed him and we Hunker down for the night.  Today we both feel tired and unsociable so we are doing nothing, I knew we were a little out of kilter on Tuesday, life is catching us up this week.  We need to be ready for the onslaught of grandchildren on Sunday.  See you tomorrow. 

Oh my God, it's 3.5  degrees and snowing rain!!  Hubby has a cough but assures me it's just a morning cough, I choose to believe him.  Norman next door pops in and hangs my Mother's day gift for me, hubby is stuck on his chair lift as it's playing silly beggars again, so he laughs as he watches him going up and down just like the old comedy  Are You Being Served.  He finally makes it, so I abandon him and go food shopping, it's amazing how many things children need.  I arrive home frozen and we both decide to stay in, a sensible decision,  I think we may get pneumonia if we venture out!!  So family arriving tomorrow , all being well, we are very excited.   X

I thought I would write this before the family arrive.  I told my daughter a week ago What time dinner Was booked for and never a word was said until last night when she grumbles about having to call in a Wetherby to see Mum in law and it's going to be a rush.  These are the things that upset me, people forget what you are dealing with on a daily basis and because we don't moan or complain (`our age group)  our stresses are forgotten.  So this morning I drive to the Pub, call in and alter the time, they don't do egg free ice cream so I go to the shop and buy some plus mini chocolate eggs for Ella's dessert,  get the papers and come home.  I drag the mattress out and make her bed because I know Mummy will try and sleep in the bunk beds with her!!  All this for a one day visit!!  Anyway I'm sure we will have a good time and we both feel a lot better today after our week of colds.  So enjoy your Easter everyone and stay strong. Xx

Our nearest and dearest do have a tendency to assume that we love them so dearly that we don't mind having our well-laid plans overturned.  Regularly.  And we do love them so we fall in with them - not that we are given much choice in the matter!  Have just come in from cleaning the dog's toilet, sometimes known as the lawn.  It really needs to be cut; but it's too cold today and I tell myself I had better finish the course of antibiotics I have been given for a chest infection before I do anything that I really don't want to do.  I'll take Muffin for a walk in the park so he can run round with his doggy friends and that will be my effort for the day.  Hope that hubby's cough is not so bad now and that you enjoy your meal out.  Annie

Hi ANNIE,  it's been freezing here to the point we couldn't go out.  So we have just eaten chocolate, played shops and other games with Ella.  Hubby has enjoyed it but loses patience easily.  Just tidied up a little bit as Emma is here tomorrow and she can help me.  That's the problem with dogs you have to walk them!,.xx