M's gripes......A Its his day off and he hasn't even had time to shaveB Could the car be any more full, don't I know anything about a car's suspension and don't I even CARE about his car?C Why do we never go anywhere else together but Ikea, B&Q and, er well, nowhere else really.D The... Continue Reading →
Quite possibly the most depressing but funniest email I will receive this year – Secret Millionaire
Anyone, anyone, anyone who is involved with property in any way shape or form is suffering at the moment, unless they are one of the incredibly rare people with cash in their pocket, maybe they sold a portfolio just before the markets seized up, or have owned property for years and years and have a... Continue Reading →
Too stressed for words
Totally boring day in Hope with the Daily Mail, last week's National Enquirer and the rheumatologist eventually refusing to do a biopsy until the blood results come back. And telling me all about Lyme like an expert even though he kept calling it Lymes Disease. Gives you such faith. But he did ask me to... Continue Reading →
Loving the breakdown and pink kitchens
Despite having a million things to do today, I agreed with M it was important to get these lesions biopsied, so was about to head off to hospital with him after the school run..... and the car has broken down. I think someone up there is smiling at me, allowing me this extra 2 hrs... Continue Reading →
Merv King holding back – fiscal stimulus Mr Brown?
Where the bloody hell does Gordon Brown think all the money comes from for his ridiculous notions of increased fiscal stimulus for god's sake?? From bloody tax payers who have been squeezed dry from years of hidden taxation, badly thought out tax policies, and overspending and wasting public money. Why can't we go back to... Continue Reading →
Leek and tallegio rissotto
Slightly depressed by my GP's admission that in 25yrs he had never met a patient with Lyme, we needed comfort food in my house. This was found in Nigel Slater's Leek & Tallegio Rissotto, M had a coronary at the price of the cheese (needed 225g, asked him to get 300g - £5.40, he was... Continue Reading →
Is it Lyme Disease, or is it not?
Oh I am hoping it's not true. Previously baffled by my startling array of weird and wonderful symptoms, a friend's friend (who is a bit of a medical whizz - Louise!) heard the symptoms and suggested Lyme Disease. Having read up on it, and been to the GP and suggested the diagnostic test, I am... Continue Reading →
