Year: 2023

Bye bye 2023

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Hi, I hope you had a good Christmas, and if not, fingers crossed that things start to improve for you 💜 Christmas at Chez Jones was a fairly quiet affair, but I think it’s just what we needed this time around. No driving around the county (or country) jamming in visits and having a household full of guests. Although, I think COVID19 changed our behaviour during the lockdowns. Instead, we’ve spread things out and it was just the immediate family. As such, it was much more relaxing. Something I think we were all glad of. Big picture With the year drawing to the close, it seems nearly de rigueur to cover what’s happened over the last twelve months. In honesty, […]

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Nearly Christmas

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Hi, How’s things with you dear reader? Are you nearly sorted for Christmas and the festive period? At Jones Towers, Child 2.0 and I have been out for the Late Night Big Shop™️ and we’re now fully stocked for festivities. Oddly enough, Wee Man used to enjoy the near midnight outing and so does Child 2.0. Maybe there’s something magical about being out & about while folk are turning in for the night. I’ve noticed prices have gone up compared to last year. That’s even with not buying any booze, given the Ever Lovely Mrs J and I don’t drink. I’m thinking some more soft drinks may be in order from the local Co-op. We’ve also cut back on gifts […]

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Scene: Trellness

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Hi, A guest post today from Su Pinder-Kup, a new wellness coach. Please keep in mind that SPK has a nonsense – sorry, no nonsense! – approach to exercise, that some readers may find a little frank. Just make sure little Frank is tucked away safely and do your best. Hello everyone and welcome to the new trans specific exercise class: Trellness. We were going to call it Troga, but that’s actually a thing, so for legal reasons, I’ve had to pick a new name. For the record, this is absolutely not a marketing tactic by myself. Rather than create a video showing my incredible physique and amazing poise, I’d thought I’d be kind and provide written instructions for you […]

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Xmas Do 2023

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Hi, For Yours Truly here, the festive break starts today. Due to child care needs, and having had fewer long holidays this year, I’ve got days off to be used up. So, that’s me done until the New Year. A very pleasant way to spend the last few weeks of December. I feel rather lucky in that. The Ever Lovely Mrs J is still going in as she’s got things to finish off. Likewise, Child 2.0 hasn’t finished this term yet. Only a few more sleeps to go, though! To use a modern phrase, it feels very much like a gift of time. Not just time away from the hamster wheel of the typical weekday, but with that, the freedom […]

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Gratitude

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Hi, So, how many sleeps until Christmas? I am looking forward to time off with my family and enjoying a break from the five day school/work/walk/tidy hamster wheel. Child 2.0 is currently embroiled in mock GCSEs, so he could really do with some rest, bless him. Headspace This week I had my first appointment with a counsellor through work. I put in the request around summer – when Things Were Not Quite Okay in the State of Lynmark (hello, classic Brit understatement 😁). There’s been quite a queue and given the mental health issues – exacerbated by a lack of funding to the NHS (apparently we have enough money to send 240mil to Rwanda, though 🙄) – well, you can […]

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What you already have

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Hi, One of those inbetweenie weeks this time around. Well, I guess you could argue that’s every week when you’re an somewhat in-between genderfluid person. 🙂 McTwitch Due to me not checking my prescription properly, I ran out of anti-anxiety meds at the start of the week. Oopsie! I quite enjoyed feeling like I had a little less brain fog and I wondered if I was okay to just gently drift through the Christmas holidays. While, thankfully, I didn’t have the biting return of the Panic Goblins, I very much had a spell via McTwitch, as my flight drive kicked in, while I was fixing the printer. Yeah, so no great shakes – no pun intended – and a gentle […]

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