Tag: it gets better

Something for the memory bank

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Hi, How was New Year’s? Hopefully good. Hands up who left coal outside, did the First Footer thing, or another tradition? Personally, I like to renew the enchanted salt paint to keep [insert name here] away from the house 😉 #32: Enjoy the Little Things I’ll let the geek massive have a grin at that reference 🤓 However, film quotes aside, I feel there’s some truth in it. Today we had a fright slight dusting of snow in the wee hours. This meant we – and the hounds – needed to be suitably wrapped up against the chill. Cue leggings and opaques under jeans for warmth (yeah, right 😉) and my new Popsy boots. They’re just -ahem- genderfluid enough to […]

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Unlearning

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Hi, How’s things with you? Hopefully going well…. and if not, fingers crossed things start to go your way soon. No rush Today – which is somewhat of an odd word to pick, given who knows when (if? 😁) you may be reading this! – I was Partner Taxi, as the Ever Lovely Mrs J had a medical appointment. As these things tend to do, matters overran. Which is fine, given I’m currently between jobs and I had nothing in my diary for the morning. Rather than clock watching and fretting about getting back, I had the opportunity – nay, gift – of nowhere I needed to be. Instead, I had a merry wander around the grounds; enjoying the bright […]

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Festive Jollification 

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Hi, With it being a Friday, I should be running the vacuum around and tidying the kitchen. However, should can do one 😉 Sometimes it’s nice to put chores off for a bit and do something else. Besides, there’s a reputation to maintain of posting each Friday. A dose of gratitude That heading could probably cover the rest of this post, if I think about a bit more. There’s been a handful of good things this week, and I think you need to count your blessings* (even nonsecular ones 🙂). The days may be darker and the weather gloomy, but fab stuff happens at this time of year. Yikes, am I finding a bit of Christmas spirit? No, not the […]

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Aide memoire

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Hi, Is anyone feeling Christmasy yet? I don’t want to come across as Old Scrooge – or perhaps the Grinch, to US readers – but so far, the Xmas Magic has yet to arrive at Chez Jones. I hope getting the decorations up will help a little. Mind you, I’m looking forward to see our family come together. Other than that, we’re taking it pretty easy this year. What about you? A look back This won’t be the Look Back posts that I did during the lockdowns. However, while putting together last month’s anniversary post, it was – as per – some time after clicking publish, that I remembered I’d not included a certain photo. Well, possibly more: it depends […]

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Chilling out & warming up

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Hi, It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a nesh* person in possession of cold feet, must be in want of slippers, and ideally: a heated pad and fuzzy blanket. As the Ever Lovely Mrs J points out, it’s more efficient to heat the person than the whole room. This also means less on the ‘leccy bill and I can avoid getting the open fire going. As much as I love a wood fire, I know the particulates are not good for the planet or people. I will confess to currently being cosy, given the recent purchase of knitted slipper boots, and I’m tucked up under a throw with a heated pad on my back. I’ve just finished a steaming […]

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Organising

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Hi, How are you, dear reader? Hopefully doing okay and significantly more cosy and comfortable than my dash through the rainstorm this morning. I am drying out slowly and a good warm cup of spiced tea is ticking all the right boxes. Hopefully, I will have better luck when I do the school run and doggo walk later in the afternoon. Tech changes Depending on your blogging platform of choice, you may have been seen notifications about the upcoming changes to Google’s CAPTCHA service. That’s the system that helps detect and block spam on forms and in comments. I am guessing that Blogger and non-hosted WordPress sites will just keep on trucking, as the platform(s) will just update automatically for […]

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