Ok so I go every year to the carol service, and every year I remember why I struggled to be a Christian when I was younger. However I don’t think that my parents are going to invite me along next year, to the dim and dreary, slightly dismal service that is the new vicars excuse … Read More

Christmas Eve, a traditional one: my last minute shopping mad dash around Grimsby as I realise that my sister will hate what I’ve got her; desperately trying to find which shop stocks Matey Bubblebath for her stocking (she is a creature of habit and will complain if these habits are ignored she will be ANNOYED!);my … Read More

At some point in the night the snow turned into sleet, then rain and it all melted away. It left behind a grey veil for the greying, dying year. My Grandma’s birthday last year was like most of her birthdays in recent years, we went to a pub called the Hayride near where she lived … Read More

I woke up this morning and knelt up in bed to look out of the window, and it had snowed. The garden lookied amazing, that fantastic cleaness that you get when everything is just about covered and its slightly too early for the cats to be padding through and the birds don’t want to get … Read More

I’m at home now. I’d forgotten how much noise the wind makes when its wistleing between the garage and the house. It’s fantastic. I was lying in bed last night listening to it. Am I happy being at home? yes I guess so, I’ve only been back about twelve hours or so so really no … Read More