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If you’re not remotely interested in crochet or home crafting or whatever, I’d strongly advise skipping this one. I’m just responding to a request a while back for photographs of crochet and Milo...

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I really should take my own advice and steer clear of hairdressers until I die. The lockdown/pandemic situation just meant my hair grew really long - which was great, because the LAST haircut I h...

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I have SO much catching up to do, but frankly at the moment I’m just not in the mood for it, most of it will just sound like one long angry rant-fest, and I’m trying to stay chilled and so on, an...

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Well, it’s started. And OMG. I knew it was all going to be stripped out etc, but I don’t think I was prepared at all for how it would look once it was. We’re knocking the kitchen into an office t...

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Holy crap. I forgot to add in the huge bloody IKEA drama didn’t I? I’ve been too focused on Milo (see previous entry). We had the most ridiculous evening last night. When Justine was over lookin...

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I said I would post some indoor pictures of the house. Our builder came to see us yesterday to say his hand will be suitably healed by the 27th of Jan, and he can start work then. He’s going to b...

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I don’t really have a lot to add in, but haven’t written in a while, so thought a catch up fill-in may be needed. Christmas in Portugal was peaceful. Just the two of us, and the challenge of cook...

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Since writing the previous entry, priorities have changed somewhat in terms of getting things done in the new (old) house. Mainly due to the heating system. We got it working, eventually, but tha...

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One of the things I never want to be accused of is sugar-coating anything, or presenting a ‘fake’ life on social media. So, this is a balancing post. Yes, we have pursued our ‘dream’ and so forth...

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Yesterday, we visited a local centre where you can interact with all kinds of wildlife. This is my favourite thing to do with the camera. I have more images to wade through later, but for now, th...

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I took this last night. I’ve followed instructions on how to do this. Here goes… Yay! Silent Echo/Quiet Storm gave me the help with this. Total doddle. Beware, there will be an avalanche of pic...

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I’m still very annoyed that I can’t post photographs here. I’ve had all the instructions up the wazoo and tried everything and it never works so I’m officially sulking. Because my pictures win s...

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I had resigned myself to the possibility of not actually going to live in Portugal. My house didn’t get a single viewing, so I took it off the market and redecorated my bedroom (it’s PURPLE and g...

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The massive clear out of my house is progressing (honestly, I can’t believe the amount of crap that has been stored in every nook and cranny of the place, and after several trips to the tip, and ...

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The other place. It’s back. I never properly settled here, so I’ve revived my account over there. I’m sorry, I have a feeling this will annoy some people, and I’ll probably have to double up, ...

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After 10 years of hideous commutes, and fraternising with all kinds of celebrities, I finally left my wonderful job at ITV on Valentines’ day. The job wasn’t 100% wonderful, sadly. I had new col...

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Ever since I resigned, the desperation to get away from the job I used to absolutely love has become more and more urgent. On a daily basis, the sense of panic and the need to just RUN has grown...

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I realise that once again, I haven’t written an entry in a while. I need to write one about my holiday (not massively important, but some things occurred that have given me a lot of pause for th...

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Today, America is electing its President. I’m not American. I’ve never even BEEN to America. So I have a bloody cheek even writing this entry. I don’t understand American politics much, even. ...

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Here’s that survey thing. What country do you call home? Do you like it? Any plans to defect? If you could live anywhere in the world and didn’t have the usual constraints (e.g. family, work) wh...

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Well, since the last entry, things escalated, and dad eventually decided he wanted to go into a home. Unfortunately, the one chosen wasn’t a home I had seen. It was one my cousin took him to, w...

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I have more to write - lots more. But for now, this: https://hastingslive.wordpress.com/2015/11/19/the-hana-christine-band-monday-night-at-the-hastings-arms/

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So much to say, so little time, so much to fill in. One of my friends from open diary left me a message saying it’s been too long. Quite right. I need to do a big long brain dump. But not today....

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The court paperwork arrived yesterday. I was shocked by how it affected me. You’d think, considering what I went through last year, and the fact that I’m now estranged from both my children, th...

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There have undoubtedly been ups and downs in this estrangement from the kids scenario. There have been doubts and concerns in my head with regard to it all - I wouldn’t be human if I didn’t doub...

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