Sarah

Where can you find cute handbags these days?

I can't figure out if the problem is fewer out there to choose from or my tendency to take everything, but the kitchen sink everywhere I go.

You've just reminded me, someone nearby has a side gate painted like the Tardis. I can't confirm if the side of their house is bigger than it seems behind the gate.

Here's Customs House (note the overhead railway!) Sadly now a Hilton hotel, probably John Lewis and part of Liverpool One stand it's place.

Looking at the sad photos of Woolton Hall in the aftermath of the fire reminded me of Customs House after the war. Both looked like the exterior was in not so bad shape (from a distance) and it's a shame to lose these buildings. I'm not an expert, so I imagine they weren't structurally safe.

Is this why local dairies always try to sell diaries towards the end of the year?

Just to add, there's nothing wrong with creative writing at all, but it's just not something I'm interested in. He plucked it from nowhere when he should've been trying to treat depression.

Just in case anyone thinks they're missing out on an NHS psychiatrist, today's discussion involved suggesting I take up creative writing via a dictaphone or write a book about The Beatles. Yeah, there aren't enough books about them, are there?

Isn't there something about that being a sign of good luck? Not for your clothes/hair, though.

And it's impossible to read it without singing it in your head. I think I can even remember the Red Rose Rock FM jingle (just about).

I started to think about getting an iPad as an incentive to start drawing and writing music again... then my hand pain returned. I need a new hobby.

I'm finally watching the Quant documentary and trying to remind myself that cutting all my hair off is not a good idea.

I put some books for sale on eBay this weekend, but did not expect Sleeper's The It Girl song book to be the first to sell.

I think Haematology might be the only department that manages to write letters that accurately reflect what's going on and what was discussed in the appointment. But... whoever typed them up has put 'libido' instead of 'livedo'. I hope my GP works out what they mean.

It's thirty years since the release of Pulp's 'Common People'. Thirty years before that The Beatles released 'Ticket to Ride' (April 1965) 🤯

The consultant and nurse have scared me with the risks of Warfarin so much I'm starting to think I should've covered the house in plastic sheeting (like people used to do with their front parlour).

I'm not sure what scares me most about starting anticoagulants - the risk of heavy bleeding or having to inject myself. My brain fog/lightheadedness is usually blamed on anxiety, so I appreciate they're actually taking it seriously.

Why is it I can almost hear a relative saying "see, it's not too late!" I hope in future episodes we'll see her absolutely knackered, going through the menopause while trying to look after a baby & yelling at Daddy Pig "this is all YOUR fault!"

I'm sorting through the piles of Beatles things I collected during the 1990s, which is proving quite the task... I wonder if there was anything good on TV that week?

One upside of shitty circulation is it takes about 1 minutes to shave off the few hairs I have left on my legs. One of the downsides is they look too horrific to see the light of day, so shaving was probably pointless.

This is what AI/technology should be solving, not ripping off songwriters and artists.

That wonderful time of year where the sun is shining, but apparently it's 14C. I think whatever I decide to wear I'll either be too hot or too cold.

I might need to visit London for a medical appointment sometime and even just the thought of it is exhausting. It's unlikely I'd be doing that much, but it still seems like a lot for some reason.

I think I feel like that when I've visited London since moving away. It's almost like taking a deep breath and bracing yourself for how busy it will be.

I do not like this weather.

There appears to be an Instagram trend of overlapping sentences on reels. Why?! It makes me feel like my brain is malfunctioning (more than it already is).

I made a lemon rhubarb bundt cake with some of the rhubarb from the garden.

I probably should have said that it's caused by UV light. I even went to the effort of wearing a mask to reduce the chance of sneezing for days, but now have lots of rhubarb (some already roasted to be made into ice cream).

I was in the garden for about 10 minutes this morning and had a low grade fever all afternoon. That can't be right, because Lupus doesn't exist apparently...

I've been undecided about a new mobile phone for about four months and now I've decided on the model, I can't choose the colour 😩 On the upside, it has come down in price by £150.

But she told me in CAPITAL LETTERS. And she's had three strokes, don't you know?