Category Archives: Health

I’m Dyslexic…. so i’m allowed post this!

I love ‘Amateur Transplants‘ although some of their material is seriously inappropriate, especially for doctors! The video above is only a few seconds long. This one below is also is brilliant (about 3 minutes long), and reminds me of the … Continue reading

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Happy 40th Birthday Gwen

Today is my baby sister’s 40th birthday. She died on the 3rd of February 1973 of a cot death. We only have four photographs of her. Most people didn’t have cameras then, and colour photographs were still very new. I … Continue reading

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Weekly Photo Challenge; Happy

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The Challenge this week is to create a gallery of happy photos, or photos that make me happy! Taking photographs makes me happy & I love when they come out well, like the little bird I found on a wall … Continue reading

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Fit Mum? I’m becoming one

Finally after 15 years I have decided I need to do something about my bum, tum & thighs! Years of working or studying have finally taken their toll and I am seriously unfit! I tried a few years back to … Continue reading

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There is a crack, a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in

  Leonard live at the National Stadium, Dublin 1988 I WAS THERE! I was only 19, and had spent the previous 4 years being lulled to sleep and indulging in depression with Leonard’s first 3 albums, very typical of teenagers … Continue reading

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A day of gardening

I did it!  I moved a trailer load of mulch from the front garden to the back, and even did 50 sit-ups at the end of the day!  I am sure I will ache tomorrow! Initially I thought I wasn’t … Continue reading

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The Fun Theory

I love this video! For me this symbolises what learning and working should be all about. When we are having fun we forget we are working, and suddenly what seemed a chore, becomes easier to complete and repeat without even … Continue reading

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Gotta reblog this!

My classmate Dave Adamson from my PGCE course in 2010 is doing a 75 mile bikeathon on the 16th of September. The route follows the Olympic cycling route, and includes cycling up Box Hill 6 times!!! I can just about … Continue reading

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Fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia I wake up, but I’m not awake, or at least I wish I wasn’t. I should have known it would hit me again soon. PAIN!!! I can’t think! I need painkillers, but I can’t move. I can’t even work … Continue reading

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The Witch of Portobello

I’ve been off work 11 days & I’ve already read 2 books. I used to read so much, but driving or cycling to work as opposed to taking the train had a significant impact on my reading time, as has … Continue reading

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