Not content with veg, I harvested some of my herbs from the garden too. I want to dry them so tied them in bunches and then had to get Billy to hang them from the light-tracks to dry as I wasn’t tall enough. I picked some Feverfew, Chives, Lavender and Sage. (The sage is going [...]

This year I have made my first attempt at growing some vegetables in the garden – a bit of an experiment to see how it went. You may remember I had a few packets of free seeds which I sprouted on the windowsill: I already harvested my potatoes last month and they were really delicious. [...]

For our first game of the new season, we were playing The Globe at home – the same as our last game of last season. And like last season, the opposition didn’t have a full team – though they were only short by one man this time.With the playing order being selected randomly (what a [...]

It seems like ages ago that I last played darts – and yet somehow I still can’t quite believe the new season is upon us. As you know, we became more and more unhappy with our home pub last season – not through anything the hosts were doing, but the increasing numbers of pre-clubbing drunks [...]

With money being tight, I’ve volunteered to do some overtime as a medical secretary as that department are struggling at the moment having a few staff off sick or on holiday at the same time. Last week was the first week that I did some of this work and it kept me on my toes, [...]

Nel has had a busy summer: With her Peppy Paws dog walking and pet sitting service – she has a regular dog walk most days and she has had a couple of holiday customers. She’s looked after : dogs, cats, rabbits, fish and chickens so far. She even brought home the eggs (at the behest [...]

This week, City played their first home game and their first European home game. Sadly, I went to none as the home games were weekday evenings I was most unhappy that our home game against Liverpool, the first home game of this season, was switched to a Monday night, which meant that I couldn’t go. [...]

Zero to Hero: When City were at Maine Road, part of the match day routine involved meeting up with friends and, quite often, with friendly away fans, at the Platt Lane training complex. We could have a few drinks (or tea/coffee for the drivers/non-drinkers) and a snack, and enjoy a relaxed family-friendly environment. When we [...]

You may recall my bedroom makeover including a new fold-down table which I bought online from Poundstretcher since my local store had sold out and it was just so perfect for my needs. I had tried to peel off the sticker that was slap-bang in the middle of the table top, with no success. I [...]

I’ve been updating my links both here on my blog and on the links page of my main site and have added a new category for sites and businesses owned by fellow Blues. So if you’re a City fan and have a site that you think might interest other Blues – whether for business or [...]