Fifteen years ago

Fifteen years ago yesterday I had my first date with a very special young man. He took me to the theatre in Aberystwyth to see ‘Fiddler on the Roof’, which was very lovely of him as, I’ve discovered since then, he’s really not that bothered by musical theatre at all! Fifteen years ago today, right [...]

Definitions #1

I’m toying with the idea of a little series of posts involving definitions of words, but not those definitions as supplied in the Oxford English Dictionary, but more in relation with my own life. So, entry #1: Exasperation A feeling experienced when one’s husband drives the wrong way twice in ten minutes, both times whilst [...]

Happy Birthday GG (a.k.a. Beethoven)

Today my most belovedest hubby joins me in his fourth decade. Yup, 30 today! Or, as one of GG’s cards said, 18 with 12 years experience. So I’ve decided to call him Beethoven (1812, geddit?). I’m honoured and blessed to have such a wonderful, kind, caring and generous man as my soulmate and partner for [...]

More progress

So, those WIPs are starting to feel a little more finishable now. The end is definitely in sight for my dishcloths and kitchen towel – just edging the latter this evening – and I’m hoping to have photos to show you by the end of the week. In other news, GG came home early again [...]

Tracheitis

So, we (eventually) managed to get GG an appointment to see a doctor at our surgery. He was diagnosed with tracheitis, and given a big bottle of medicine containing codeine to help with the pain. Tracheitis is inflammation of the airways, basically, which is why he was suffering with a burning pain whenever he coughed [...]

Husband down

Cheeky woke up this morning feeling much better than his poor feverish self yesterday, and so I duly packed him off to school (no unnecessary sick days in this house!). Went shopping with Mum, got back to her house and had a phone call from GG (husband) telling me that he feels awful and is [...]

Frankie and Benny’s, Cardiff Bay

On Wednesday evening we had, at short notice, a childless evening after my lovely mother in law agreed to have the children to stay for the night. Staying with ‘Gu’ (pronounced Gee with a hard G as in grape rather than as in gee up horsey! Oh, and it’s short for Mamgu which is Welsh [...]

Gadget Guy

Gadget Guy is my blogname for my husband, as I got bored of typing ‘dear husband’, ‘other half’ etc and he’s really not a ‘hubby’ type. Anyway, I’ve been wanting to write a post about him for some time but I’ve not had the opportunity to sit quietly and collect my thoughts for long enough [...]

Best investment practices?

Last night, my husband was happy to point out this article which highlights a far more productive use of money over the past year than many traditional savings or stock schemes; This is the best financial advice I’ve heard all week: If you had purchased £1000 of Northern Rock shares one year ago it  would [...]

Quiet time with the Husband

Today I had a treat. My husband (who I won’t refer to as NDT, Jo!) took a half day holiday from work today and took me out for lunch. We went to La Tasca and enjoyed our last uninterrupted meal and calm daylit half hour which we will have for the next week and a [...]