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My New Great-niece
Aaaaaahhhhh. She is finally here – my second great-niece, after Reeve and Kerry-Anne's daughter Isabella, on H's side of the family. After 9 very long months waiting, the very beautiful little Violet Evelyn Doyle was born this week, to my oldest niece Jess and her husband Pat. …
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Arty Weekend
Well, I'm supposed to be doing a whole bunch of other things this Monday morning, but seem to be prevaricating for Britain today. Hence time for a quick blog update.. Nice weekend, nipped to the 'Affordable' Art Fair on Friday with Mr H – it's now art under £6,000 (!), so the 'Affordable' bit is…
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Headstone at last
Who knew that getting a headstone in place took so much hassle and time. The stonemasons seem to work on some incredibly antiquated paper-based system, including a particularly natty trick where they insist you sign off a 'mock up' of the headstone, while also saying 'but it won't necessarily look like that'. When I pointed…
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Scotty family day
Hosted the Scott family day yesterday – Richard and Heather and two out of the three adult nieces, Jess plus hubby Pat and Abbie and hubby Nick. Cathy had been here for the last two days but, as I said to Richard 'it's the first time in her life that Cathy has chosen…
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Hawksey & Zoe
But the best bit for Mr H was that yesterday afternoon he scooted down to Brighton to meet up with his daughter Zoe. She's just started at Sussex University, and was up for catching up with her Dad over a couple of drinks on the sunny seafront, then a curry together. There's definitely lots of…
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Busy Brigham Weekend
Had David & Mandy down from Harrogate to stay with us for three nights, and def made the most of our time together! Is that why I'm so knackered this morning??! Started with a bit of chilling and dog…
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Heel Joy
So, I’ve had this pain in my heel and Achilles, right foot, for, well, probably a year or two now. And I finally decided to try and do something about it last month, to try and be better walking form for when we go to New Zealand. Saw a podiatrist, who recommended buying trainers and…
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Wimbledon Waggy Walk
Blooming good job that yesterday was one of the few rain-free days – as it was the Wimbledon Guild's charity dog day out – the Waggy Walk. Mr H and I, in our sexy high vis jackets, took Scrumpy up to the Hand in Hand, and volunteered (slightly madly, what was I thinking) to help…
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Prof New Stats
So – when I saw Prof this week, he had some interesting numbers to share with me. When I was diagnosed 11 years ago, the average survival time for Myeloma patients was 2-3 years. Obviously, bloody dreadful and all the more reason that I am amazed and very very happy to still be here 11…
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Sunday Get Together
Had the gaggle of chums that we went to Ile de Re with, round for a late boozy lunch on Sunday, plus Vicki and Tina. And a special arrival – Soph’s new girlfriend Jane. Already known as ‘J2O’, a shorthand for her longer nickname of ‘Jane, The One’. Here’s hoping this one really is ‘the…