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15 years – bloody hellfire!!
So – last week was a pretty momentous occasion. My 15 year anniversary since being diagnosed with myeloma, aged 39 in September 2008. At the time, a miserable 2-3 year prediction of survival. Me hoping for maybe 5 years, given that I was so young and otherwise fit & healthy. And yet somehow, thanks to…
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Crete week
Just back from a week away in Crete with the lovely David & Mandy. In all honesty, Crete wasn't sadly my favourite island to have visited, partly as it seemed a tad ugly & rocky rather than with stunning simple pretty Greek architecture, partly as it was busier still in early Sept then I'd thought…
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My Lovely Oldies
As we are off on holiday to Crete tomorrow (the current flight chaos at LHR notwithstanding) I squeezed in a double whammy of my lovely old ladies on Mon & Tues. Firstly Maureen, for whom this was her second trip out of hospital / care home since January this year – the first being her…
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Another V Good Aug Week
While it does feel a bit like we are squeezing the last days of joy out of the (rather crap) British summer, there were still some v nice things in the diary this week. Had a lovely walk with…
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Girls Cooty Weekend
Fab weekend – as always – with the AV5 girls, at Janine's cottage. Kicked off this year with a trip to Chichester Festival Theatre ('Chi, darling') to see the much awaited performance of The Sound of Music! A lot of 'high on a hill was a lonely goatherd' and 'Doh a Deer' going on in…
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A Randomly Nice Week
Well, all sorts of bits & bobs happened this week – only some of which I actually have photos for! By far the most stressful was us p[opping next door to eat burgers and sit down to watch Anita & Rob's older daughter, Ellie, playing for England Under 18s in the Youth Commonwealth Games. The…
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Glynders darling..
Had a fab weekend with Fi & Rich in Hove, kicking off with a very smoky dinner at the new restaurant Embers in Brighton. Smoked meats, smoked & smoking cocktails – and a smoked aubergine side dish that won the night. …
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A 4 Day Social Whirl!!
Well – sometimes there's just not much in the diary and social bits are a bit thin on the ground – and then of course they all come at once!! Had Sarah T's birthday lunch on Friday – all very lovely with the…
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Good News re Hawksey
H and I went to see Dr Khoo this week, for H's regular three-monthly consultation. We hadn't thought it was a big occasion – H's 5 years since diagnosis is this November, so we were more bated breath for that one when it comes. But Khoo took us by surprise – with a big smile…
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Portu-gal & boy
So – you might guess that a week in Porto & the Douro wine region of Portugal was slightly more up Mr H's street than mine, but hey ho – as long as the sun was out there was something in it for me too. Started off at a fab hotel called Quinta…