Disaster struck last weekend. The demon hacker violated my computer and got his evil way. It is quite shocking to an Elderly Person like me. Well to anyone really. I put a stop on my online banking in case he got his paws on my meagre savings and it has been a nightmare thinking up new passwords and memorable information`which I instantly forget. I had days of not being able to download the Guardian cryptic crossword, google recipes, let alone do this blog and I suffered severe withdrawal symptoms. Grand daughter M came to my rescue and also R, a good Quaker friend and all is well now I hope.
I have just about caught up with my replies to all the kind friends who emailed or texted to tell me of the strange rogue emails that were sent by the hacker. Some were from people I had not heard from in years, so that was a treat.
I saw a film at the Village Hall the other evening, a Ken Loach film called The Angel`s Share. Our film club served whiskey along with the coffee and tea as it was about some skullduggery in a distillery done by a bunch of young unemployed Glasgow lads. The dialogue was totally undecipherable apart from alternate F.words. It really should have had subtitles, but it was a good film.
I have been in Ditchling for exactly four years and it has gone so quickly. I really like it but I do still miss my old friends and people popping in. No one seems to do it round here.
Tuesday, 8 April 2014
Thursday, 27 March 2014
It`s a Dog`s Life
B.Wiggins has been full of himself having been the star turn in the Archers last Friday. Well, that`s my fantasy anyway. He has been with daughter J again last weekend and that included a day in London where he was photographed outside Westminster Abbey, Horseguards Parade, British Library, Trafalgar Square Lions and the Moomin Shop in Covent Garden. Meanwhile I was up in Newcastle for the placing of a plaque to commemorate our Julia beside the river Tyne. She died nine years ago but is still remembered, which is so heartwarming
There were plaques for nineteen others which included Alan Shearer, Cardinal Basil Hume, Sting, and Professor Higgs of Higgs Bosun particle fame! We had a good little `do` given by the Gateshead and Newcastle Council, and I had three lovely days with my dear family.
My spanking new bathroom is now fully operational. I had a wonderful turn out of the bathroom cabinet and threw away all the remedies and potions, most beyond their use by date, and now only have paracetamol, a thermometer,and a tin of sticking plasters. All you need really.
I am at Brighton today looking after grand daughter T and her friend. There is no school as there is a teachers strike. Her dad is on the march in town. The girls are making biscuits and a mess but they have sworn to clear it up.
I will take B.W. home later and he will have to settle down to a more mundane existence after all this gadding about, and so will I
There were plaques for nineteen others which included Alan Shearer, Cardinal Basil Hume, Sting, and Professor Higgs of Higgs Bosun particle fame! We had a good little `do` given by the Gateshead and Newcastle Council, and I had three lovely days with my dear family.
My spanking new bathroom is now fully operational. I had a wonderful turn out of the bathroom cabinet and threw away all the remedies and potions, most beyond their use by date, and now only have paracetamol, a thermometer,and a tin of sticking plasters. All you need really.
I am at Brighton today looking after grand daughter T and her friend. There is no school as there is a teachers strike. Her dad is on the march in town. The girls are making biscuits and a mess but they have sworn to clear it up.
I will take B.W. home later and he will have to settle down to a more mundane existence after all this gadding about, and so will I
Wednesday, 12 March 2014
Two things that have been commented on from recent blogs: I inadvertently wrote Kevin Spacey instead of Tom Hanks as starring in the film, Captain Phillips (sorry Tom) and also people said `why are the Infants making puppets of Guy Fawkes in February? Surely they should do them in November? I asked Teacher but she did not seem to have a logical answer to this
B. Wiggins had a complete hair do the other day which included bath and blow dry, nails, teeth, ears, the lot. He emerged looking very surprised and half the size. He obviously is pleased that he can now see properly again. He went off to the Isle of Wight for the weekend with daughter J and it brought home to me that however much trouble it is to go out for walks three times a day, I really appreciate his company and cheerful presence.
I saw a harrowing film the other evening in the Village Hall: A Royal Affair which was not a soupy tale about Princess Di or our sensible queen as you might expect, but a murky story about the Danish royal family in the eighteenth century,all based on fact. I enjoyed it but I had to shut my eyes and put my fingers in my ears for the execution scenes.
The new bathroom is being installed as I write this with a lot of banging and disruption. I will be glad when it is done, as I have to go to Burgess Hill to have a swim daily as there is no bath or hot water at present, and I am not so keen on swimming as I used to be, the lengths seem much longer.
B. Wiggins had a complete hair do the other day which included bath and blow dry, nails, teeth, ears, the lot. He emerged looking very surprised and half the size. He obviously is pleased that he can now see properly again. He went off to the Isle of Wight for the weekend with daughter J and it brought home to me that however much trouble it is to go out for walks three times a day, I really appreciate his company and cheerful presence.
I saw a harrowing film the other evening in the Village Hall: A Royal Affair which was not a soupy tale about Princess Di or our sensible queen as you might expect, but a murky story about the Danish royal family in the eighteenth century,all based on fact. I enjoyed it but I had to shut my eyes and put my fingers in my ears for the execution scenes.
The new bathroom is being installed as I write this with a lot of banging and disruption. I will be glad when it is done, as I have to go to Burgess Hill to have a swim daily as there is no bath or hot water at present, and I am not so keen on swimming as I used to be, the lengths seem much longer.
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