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Well, in a word - nothing. What with me developing a bad back and my… Continue

I once went into a Wimpy Bar with my first husband. We sat down, picked up the menu, decided what we wanted (Wimpy Hamburgers) and waited for the waitress to take our order. We were ignored. We waited. Other people came in after us and got served. We were becoming annoyed, then very annoyed, then my husband obviously became furious. A group of waitresses were standing in the middle of the restaurant having a chat. He stormed up to them and at the top of his voice yelled - Excuse me, if it's not… Continue

This entry first appeared yesterday on the blog called Laws of Attraction. I have taken Nikki's suggestion and begun my own blog to keep you posted of how things go. (It might be a verys hort blog if I get stopped at the first hurdle! At 12:20pm on 17th March 2008, Sheila said… Just lately I have been very down in the dumps and feeling sorry for myself. Last year I was ill for the whole year and just before Xmas I was told I almost certainly had a very nasty terminal disease which would mean ho… Continue

I was sent this "poem" today and thought it was so great I wanted to share it with you all. Old Age, I decided, is a gift. I am now, probably for the first time in my life, the person I have always wanted to be. Oh, not my body! I sometime despair over my body, the wrinkles, the baggy eyes, and the sagging butt. And often I am taken aback by that old person that lives in my mirror (who looks like my mother!), but I don't agonize over those things for long. I would never trade my amazing f… Continue