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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

This week City fans have been like buses – two came to visit whilst holidaying in the area On Thursday afternoon Col, (AKA Wookie, the owner of Wookie’s Lair) his wife Jen, (whose blog I have read for years and come to know as a result) and their 5 year old son came for a [...]

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 [...]

When I arrived back home on Tuesday, it was to find that the main road from which our street is an offshoot, was blocked off – closed for roadworks. So, assuming that the other end must be open, I drove round (blue on map) to approach from the other side. Only to find that end [...]

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 [...]

I have three Godsons, the eldest Simon is *cough* 23; next is Jake 19; and then there is Callum, who is 7. Simon is the son of friends I met when I was 17. Jake is the son of my oldest school friend. I met Callum’s dad, Ian, through football and he’s one of the [...]

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 [...]