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Scottish Meanderings

by Marg

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November 11, 2016

Patrisha

I feel sad today. I've just seen Jake's entry on Patrisha's diary.For those of you who don't know who I mean Patrisha has been a diary friend for a long time going back to OD days and I know she...


October 26, 2016

Strange Dreams

I always think those dreams which you don't instantly shed when you wake up and which stay with you for most of the next day with details still pretty clear are subliminal messages from your subc...


October 18, 2016

Catchup

Health: I've finally been diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome after my visit to the hospital at the beginning of the month. To be honest it doesn't really change anything apart from puttin...


October 08, 2016

Lily's Birthday

Just coming out the other end of a nasty cold which floored me for over a week. Had to have several days in bed so way behind with everything as a result. So. Four years ago this Tuesday just p...


September 05, 2016

A Not So Miserable 58

That title refers to the fact that I started this entry at half past 2 this afternoon and at that point it was entitled A Miserable 58! It began "It's my birthday today and I feel absolutely awf...


August 22, 2016

Waiting For Granny ......

I went out to Nikki's to babysit the girls one Sunday a couple of weeks ago. I was due to get out there at 10.30. This is Lily at 9 o'clock :) That babysitting stint lasted 6 hours and just...


August 01, 2016

Currents

Currently Writing: well this obviously!! But also updating my jobsearching activity as I have a meeting with my 'work coach' at the Jobcentre this afternoon. The term 'work coach' is a joke a...


July 11, 2016

My Girls

Haven’t written about them much lately so thought I’d devote an entry to them. I still feel incredibly lucky that they only live half an hour’s drive away from me and that I get to see them so of...


What does your online diary name mean, and why did you pick it? I feel really boring here :¬( Everyone’s coming out with all sorts of wonderful explanations as to why they picked their particula...


June 08, 2016

Now Comes The Scary Part

Surprise meal went off okay. The birthday boy did not suspect a thing and neither did my sister-in-law (his wife Margaret) - I had mistakenly thought she was in on the secret so it was a shock f...


I’m getting all behind with everything, this included, and now I’ve managed to pick a cold up from somewhere and am all choked up :( I’m staying in bed as long as possible today because we’re gi...


April 11, 2016

One Advantage of Ageing

No-one wanted Mam’s telly from the flat and as I only have a very small one which was a spare Nikki used to have in her bedroom, I decided to take it. It’s not a huge one but is a good bit bigge...


March 16, 2016

Job Angst

Nikki got me this cool book ornament as one of her Christmas presents to me this year. I love it! When I went up to Mam’s flat last month to take whatever I wanted I came back with an assortm...


February 09, 2016

A Bit Of Progress At Last

I do believe I’m getting a little bit better. Sometimes the things that let me know I’m beginning to re-enter the life process again are so subtle they’re easy to miss but they’re a delight when ...


My niece, (sister’s oldest daughter), Marina, has just produced a beautiful baby girl and called her Jessie Elizabeth Gertsen. The Jessie is after Mum and I couldn’t be more chuffed - just so pl...


December 30, 2015

Catching Up

This is the first chance I’ve had to make a proper entry. Not because I’ve been busy but because this exhaustion or whatever the hell it is sucks the life out of me daily and only gives me a few ...


I’m a bit spooked. Bailey, Willow & Snarf are all lying sleeping on my bed. Nothing wrong with that scenario in the normal grand scheme of things except that it’s 5.30 p.m. My cats NEVER s...


November 22, 2015

RIP Jessie Anna Ross Skinner

Well apparently it did mean she was near the end. But after the awful couple of months she’d had what a very peaceful end it was. Thank you all for your kind notes from my last entry. Incredibly ...


November 12, 2015

Happiness Is ......

...... dancing in the fallen autumn leaves ...... This was Lily on her way home from playgroup on Monday. I do love the phone for catching moments like these - kids know how to do that “I love...


October 31, 2015

Challenging Myself

I took this photo by mistake when I was up in Inverness with Nikki & the girls recently. I was about to delete it when I realised, purely by chance, it was showing three generations of foot ...


October 26, 2015

Reading Every Which Way

I’m quite amazed that I haven’t yet tried e-reading apart from dipping into free extracts of books once or twice which I’ve downloaded. I seem to find the iPad awkward to hold in bed and am a b...


October 11, 2015

And Furthermore ......

Okay I’ll try for a slightly cheerier entry this time despite some of the events of the year so far! Some of you will have already seen this photo on Facebook but it’s a good pic of the 4 genera...


So much for that great start back in January! And I’m not entirely hopeful about this one either but I’ve felt the pull of this place several times during the last month and on Sunday I started ...


January 13, 2015

Catch Up

Now where was I?? Oh way back in April ...... bugger. A quick update with headings might be an idea then. The Job I packed it in at the end of June last year. Basically because it - and the peo...


April 15, 2014

Busy bee

Been a bit out of the loop this past while and am way behind on here as a result. I lost my wireless connection on my desktop pc about a week and a half ago and after a frustrating evening reali...


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Ramblings of a female sixty something living on the (very cold) north-east coast of Scotland.