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 is SO clever, and brought to my attention by various City friends. How does anyone get this to look so slick? : Stephen took over my PC and forced me to watch shared these with me and I found them absolutely hilarious: LOVE this one and Stephen Fry’s bemusement : Something we never think [...]

Wednesday turned out to be a jam packed day. I didn’t need to go in to my clinic until late morning so I painted the shelves in the bedroom, thinking they could dry all day with the window open without me being there to smell the paint. Then I was in my clinic for the [...]

I don’t appear to have had much time for blogging lately but there’s lots going on in our lives right now and I’ve been a busy bee. I’m also feeling more myself, and though I AM still determined not to be walked upon, I’m a little less defensive. Work is still stressful, and we’re now [...]

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On Tuesday, it was Raji’s birthday (hard to believe his big-bash was a year ago!) I took him a cup of tea in bed and then just before we all had to go to work, we gave him his present and card, and the card mum had sent. Billy took over with the birthday boy’s [...]

As well as her regular one, Nel has had a couple of new clients for her business, only for holiday cover, but happy customers still She has also been to see Connexions for any advice they can offer and they are helping her to apply for a business start up grant. They are also going [...]

As you may recall, Nel has been desperate for part time work for some time now, and particularly since she was told that she can have a dog if she pays for its upkeep, so she has been applying for quite a few jobs. Sadly she rarely gets any response at all, never mind an [...]

Since I’ve been back home, I’ve been catching up with everything but it’s been two steps forwards, one back as the “4 losses” will show: Lost photos! On Bank Holiday Monday I persuaded Billy to come for a walk with me so we went up to Hadrian’s Wall, picking a spot we hadn’t visited before [...]

I’ve been very busy herbally, both with patients and with admin. There’s been an update on the Statutory Regulation business. I wrote to Andy Burnham and to my MP as advised by my professional body, but rather than using the template suggested, I opted instead, to copy and paste my blog entry on the subject [...]