Lucy on June 21st, 2009

Well work has been as relentless as ever in the last week. It’s been a bit of a ruddy nightmare, if I’m honest, but that’s just the way it goes sometimes.  My back - for the moment - is just about holding out. There is, however, light at the end of the tunnel, and I’m [...]

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Lucy on June 14th, 2009

The sun’s had his hat on this weekend. And my flowers, veggies and weeds are growing at a rate of knots. So I’m glad to see after the past week or so of cool, wet weather, that the bees are back in town.
Among the plants that are starting to resemble towering spires amongst the borders [...]

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Lucy on April 21st, 2009

I just wanted to start this post by saying thank you to everybody that left me comments after my last post. I do take the time to read them, and although I may not always reply individually, I am so thankful that there are people out there that take the time to say kind, thoughtful [...]

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Lucy on January 5th, 2009

Well!
Birthday was nice but quiet. We spent the evening over at Mum’s playing trivial pursuit (I forced everyone because I love that game), eating Cadbury’s Roses, followed by a Chinese takeaway. Healthy! Generally though I had a really nice, relaxed evening. I was spoiled rotten by everyone, received lots of excellent presents including new spotty [...]

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