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Continue reading →: Swimming, shopping, shorts.
As anyone who has any sort of disability knows, everyday throws up challenges, but we always find a way to get the task done, especially if you’re as stubborn as me. I’ve got a system when I go shopping where I do it old style and take a large cardboard…
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Continue reading →: Bucket list
Not sure if it’s because of my approaching 60th in two years, or as inspiration for when I can walk again, but I thought it was about time I wrote a bucket list. Buying a book to record them in seemed like a good start, though the one I chose…
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Continue reading →: This time next year……
I got a bit of good news yesterday, though it does come with mixed feeling’s and if I had the choice, I’d give it up tomorrow. I’m talking about the Blue badge, the official sign that I’m disabled. I’ve been deemed enough of a cripple to be able to use…
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Continue reading →: “There’s a duck in’t hedge”
I managed to lose 13 pounds at fat club this week, three of them were in weight and a tenner was spunked away on buying ingredients, in the hope of winning a recipe competition. I’m not bitter but as my dad used to say, “there’s a duck in’t hedge somewhere”.…
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Continue reading →: Crinkly bottom
Probably the only time I see myself in a mirror is when I go swimming and last week I had a proper look at my arse. What the frig happened, when did it start to look like that? I remember reading somewhere that most women hate their bum, especially when…
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Continue reading →: 40 days and 40 nights
I’m not hugely religious, but I always try to give something up for lent, this year if I was going to reach my weight loss target, there could be only one choice and no, it’s not alcohol. My weakness is not chocolate based either, something far more tasty that can…
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Continue reading →: Want a medal Muttley ?
Because of the arthritis in my hips, exercise is pretty limited and the only thing I can really do is swim. As anyone who doesn’t go to the pool on a regular basis knows, it’s pretty bloody boring. Not much to do but watch people, as you continuously paddle up…
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Continue reading →: Factor 50
One of the first thing’s to do when writing a blog, is to get the name right, no point in getting started till you have the brand sorted. With this in mind, I thought long and hard, I knew what I was going to write about, but needed a catchy…






