a day London and our first Christmas card

As we have been working hard on home-front, yesterday we treated ourselves to a day out in London on the back of our first ever meeting with...

and a step forward!

After the hiccups of last week, Steve is on a roll!  Not only is the new bathroom light still firmly holding on to the ceiling, he's als...

One step forwards and two steps back

Back in the summer we bought some replacement fittings for the kitchen sink, including a snazzy new tap with a spray, and a printer/scanner/...

Torn to pieces

Today we have been mainly shredding.  Paper.  Lots of it. So much paperwork, that the shredder keeps overheating and turning itself off.  Su...

In Steve's own words: It's good to talk (and listen)

It's my turn to blog again, and as the title says, it's good to talk. That's what I did on Saturday, talked and listened. Firstl...

Two years and five months.......

It's two years and five months to the day since Steve was diagnosed with mesothelioma...... and he's still here.......still going st...

Bonjour - we are back from Paris!

Last year, I was given Eurostar vouchers for  Christmas  by our children, but life has been so full in 2011 that we didn't have the oppo...

For Anita, with love

On 25 October 2010, just over a year ago, I came across Anita Steiner's story and added a link to her blog under " We are not alone...

Life goes on, with barely a pause for breath

I have found it difficult to pick up again where I left the blog in mid-October, after the sad news of Ronny's death from mesothelioma. ...

For Ronny

In my last blog Crystal ball gazing , a conversation with a friend made me reflect on how quickly health can decline when mesothelioma is on...