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Granny Goes to the Seaside
Very naughtily we decided to let Mum bunk off church just this once, as the sun was finally out and summer seemed – at last – to have shown its little yellow face. So off we toddled to Whitstable, with mum, the wheelchair, hats, suncream, water and sunglasses, plus the dog and all their various bits…
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Consider This..
Went to the 10th anniversary party of Paul Taylor's busibness – Consider This – on Fri eve at an old theatre in Notting Hill, along with a bunch of ex AV-ers to keep up Sarah's side of the party. TOP night out – Paul went to LAMDA and is an arty sort, so had racked…
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Back to Cambridge
Just back from a very nice overnighter to Cambridge with Vicki Holgate & Rachel McDowell – my belated 45th birthday present from the two of them. Despite Rach's eldest sprog managing to break her collarbone the day before and nearly scuppering the trip, we managed to get to the old stamping ground and trot about…
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Myeloma News Link
http://www.myeloma.org.uk/news/friends-take-on-12-endurance-events-in-12-months-for-myeloma-uk/ I have no idea if this will work – me and uploading links successfully not being the closest of allies – but in the hope that it does, check out how Nicky & Sophie's AMAZING quest to raise money for Myeloma UK is going. They've just been featured in the natty online 'magazine' that MMUK…
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A Bird in the Hand..
.. is worth two in the bush. Or – as in the case of our house – Two birds from the bush Are worth a feline killing spree. Yes – Mojo has been honing her top-notch stalking skills again. The first 'birdy love gift' was delivered to my bedside at midnight – one large sparrow, somewhat…
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Miami & the Turks & Caicos
OK, OK – I know it's been a long time between posts when people start ringing and emailing with abuse about the delay! Good to know I have at least 2 friends who kindly log on and off to make me feel like someone actually reads what I've been up to… So – had a…
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Off to Miami tomorrow – woo hoo!
I know, you're probably checking your calendar, as yes, this is a trip I have done every year for ages – but always in July. Till now, the timing has been fully driven by Janine's CEO responsibilities at Added Value and having to find the tiny July gap within the never-ending Quartely budgeting and forecasting slog…
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Alderney – tick
Just back from our wedding anniversary trip to Alderney – one of the Channel islands still pretty much lost in time. Got the teeniest plane over from Southampton – two seats wide, and you are shown to your seat individually as they open an ancient rust-bucket of a door flap for each couple. Average age of the…
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Latest Prof scores
And it's good news again – hoo bloody rah. March result was 7.25, as you know the April one was down (for the first time ever) at 7.15 and May has just come in at 7.24 – so a net decrease (as far as you can ever trust one drop of blood against the next one) of…
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Wartime Mentality
So, it's all gone a bit pickledy in Stroud Road as poor Silviya, who looks after Mum and keeps our house running seamlessly, rang us last Saturday to say that her granny (who brought her up as a child as she is therefore very close to) had sadly died, and that she had, quite rightly, gone…