Tell Me - Have I Fallen of the Wagon?.................

Hello, my dear Bloggeroos!

I need you to settle an argument...............

Do you remember when I wrote a post about my addiction to Coco Pops? click here.

Well, the other day BFF Carol came round and went crazy at me. I don't know why.

I wasn't eating Coco Pops.

What I was eating was a bowl of.............................

In my opinion - I have NOT fallen off the wagon!

And anyway..............

These aren't Coco Pops.

They were on special offer.

I only bought FIVE boxes.

Besides..............

I eat them standing up.

Any serial (or should I say cereal?) dieter knows that means these calories don't count!

But, Carol was so insistent to "save me from myself" that she put this on me before she left............

She's a daft woman...................

She didn't realise that the Choco Flakes fit through the slits! HA!

And if I really can't wait for the flakes to soften up, there's always my trusty..........................

So my dear Bloggeroos -

Which one of us is right?

Have I fallen off the wagon?

A Horse, a Horse - My Kingdom for a Horse!

Hello again, my dear Bloggeroos!

Do you ever experience strange coincidences in your life?

I do..........it happens all the time.

Take last week, for instance..........

It was Daddio's birthday. Mandy, (my Ickle Ditder) and I always have a pretendy jokey thing on which one of us has bought the biggest card.

We were all gob-smacked when we saw them...............

I bought this one, in Darlington when I was staying with my son and his family.............

Mandy had bought the EXACT same one, here in Lincoln.

But what was really spooky, was when we saw the one that Mumsie had bought for him.............

Anyway, what was I rambling on about?

Ah, yes! Coincidences...................

Once again, I've been busy in Laboratory, inventing all sorts of wonderful things.

I had decided to work on some gizmos for the horse lovers among you.

Here's what I came up with................

For the horserider who loves music,

Do you think it will catch on?

Or, if you're a horse lover, but don't fancy all that mucking-out malarkey, here's just the thing..........

You don't have to feed it either!

So..........about the coincidence....................

I had already started this post and decided to give it a horse theme. I went onto my previous post to look at the kind comments from some of my readers..........................

And would you believe it, the lovely "Mrs O", horse lover and blogger extraordinaire at

Chickens in my Kitchen has given me an award

I am so chuffed, thank you so much, Mrs O!

I have to say three things about me that me special. Well, the Jury's still out on that one, so I'm going to pass on the award and write my three things on my next post.

I just wanted to show you a couple more ideas from my Lab.

But, this has to be this week's favourite invention.................................

Next time, as well as passing on the Blog Award, I'll be telling you why my BFF Carol put this on my head......................

You'll never guess!

Don't forget to pop back, will you?

P.S. The spooky baby is NOT any of our family's little ones!

A Nod's as Good as a Wink...............

Hello my dear Bloggeroos!

Once again, I've been busy working in my Inventions Lab to see what I can design to make our lives easier.

Do you like my "Winky Jeans"?

Cool, eh?

As you walk, you wink at any pedestrians following you.

If you're thinking of getting a pair, just be aware that on bottoms of a, (cough), certain size, the winky thing doesn't quite work.

I tried on a pair and instead of winking - my lard arse kinda looked more like a gorilla in a sulk................

Not quite the look, I was aiming for!

Now, you may remember, that a while ago, I tried online dating.

This didn't work for me.

So.................as I'm not yet ready to give up the remote control................

...................and, I am capable of lighting my own Barbecue, thank you very much................

..................until Mr Right does come along, I made myself one of these pillows............

To make it more like the real thing, I even added "Eau de Body Odour" under the armpit!

Neat, eh?

I hope you like my offerings today. There's more to come, so don't forget to pop back will you.

Gosh! I've been busy....................

Many of you will remember from last week, that I have now had my spare room turned into a laboratory.

I get these ideas from time to time.

(Remember my dabblings with Astrology and my Agony Aunt problems?)

My mind flits hither and thither, trying to find an interest that can really hold my attention for more than a couple of weeks!

(Oh! you noticed that, did you?)

I've come up with some wonderful inventions............

I'm only going to show you a few though, as I've got my audition for "Dragon's Den" in a couple of weeks. I am obviously saving the best ones for then.

Gardens nowadays tend to be a bit small. By the time you've got your conservatory, decking, and a couple of Diarmuid Gavin's blue balls, there's no room left for baby's pram, is there?

How can Baby get some fresh air?

I gave this some thought, and look what I came up with.............................

My new granddaughter, Rosa is test marketing it for me. My son says it's also good to use when baby's crying. Shut your double glazed window, leaving baby in the pen and you can't hear the screams. (Although your neighbours can, obviously!)

Unfortunately, it wasn't suitable for Jayden, my 10 month old grandson. The little monkey squidged his hands through the gaps and pinched the window cleaner's Cornish Pasty!

Here's a neat little gadget for any smokers out there.............................

So useful if you lose your cigarette lighter!

Last, but not least...........................

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My Patented Orange Juice Squeezer......................

I'm going to add little buckets hanging off the sides, filled with Champagne.

I've called the resulting drink ....................

BUTT'S FIZZ!

I've got plenty more ideas, so don't forget to pop back, will you?

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Thank you so much for your lovely, heartwarming comments on my last post. I truly appreciate them.

My Bloggeroos are the Bestest in the Whole Wide World!

Some Days Even I'm Under a Cloud............

You know me.........sunny disposition, never let the b******s grind me down.

I carry my optimism and cheerfulness like a banner before me.

Wherever I go people wave at me, they shout after me, "Aye up, Sue! Howya doin'?"

(Admittedly some also shout "Go home you loony!" and "Have you forgotten to take your medication today?")

But today is a particularly sad day for me.

Today, I don't feel like being cheerful.

Two years ago today, the bottom fell out of my world.

Liam, my much loved partner, lost his battle with cancer. He was 54.

Before we became partners in 2000, we had been friends for 30 years. People often asked us why we had taken so long to fall in love with each other.

Liam 1970 just before we first met

Liam and I often wondered that ourselves, and discussed it on numerous occasions.

Quite simply, by the time we fell in love, we had both matured. We had grown up.

We had both lived through various life experiences that had given us an inner strength that neither of us possessed in our younger years. It had taken all of that - for us to become compatible!

Liam and me Summer 2001

We had eight very happy years together, and I miss him terribly. But I have such lovely memories of our time together.

Many of you have read about our escapades in previous posts.

We were always laughing!

Since his death, neighbours have remarked that they used to hear us giggling walking down the street in the evenings. They always assumed we were on our way home from the pub! The truth is neither of us touched alcohol.

Liam was only diagnosed 4 months before his death. We both had some savings and I asked him if there was anywhere he would like to go before he died.

He told me that he wanted to be where he had spent the happiest years of his life.

"Do you want to go back to Texas?" I asked him. (He had lived there in the early 1980's.)

Liam in Texas 1983

He said, "No, you daft bugger. I want to be here with you, business as usual."

Liam 14th March 1954 - 6th November 2008

I saw this quote the other day. It's about unconditional love.

'The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them'.

Thomas Merton.

I wasn't sure whether to post this or not, but I think I just needed to.

In my next post, I will show you the inventions I've come up with in my lab!

Necessity is the Mother of Invention.........

Hello my dear Bloggeroos - it's so nice to be back!

In my previous post, I mentioned that I have been busy coming up with new inventions to make our lives that much easier.

I'm a great believer in having the right tools for the job, so first of all, I called in a local building firm, to convert the spare room into a laboratory.............

"Cowboys RUs".

What a lovely bunch of guys - they only got through 14 tins of biscuits, 14 gallons of milk, 10 kilo's of sugar, and 2 X 500gm tins of Sainsbury's Gold Roast Coffee.

(Coincidently, I appear to have several items of intimate apparel missing - but that can't be anything to do with them - can it?)

I must say, I'm very pleased with the result................

They even checked out all the equipment for me................

So...........I then bought a couple of books........................

and.........................

And of course, no inventor can be taken seriously without a white lab coat...........

Gosh! Haven't I lost weight since giving up the Coco Pops?

I've come up with some marvellous innovations. There will be more in my next post, but here's a little taster.................

Just the thing to get your toddler to give up his dummy/pacifier!

Don't forget to pop back to see more of my wonderful inventions.

The Stork's Been and he's not done yet!

Well, my latest grandchild arrived last Saturday morning!

Rosa May arrived after only a one and a half hour's labour.

Well done Alistair and Annmarie. A welcome little playmate for Evie.

Mumsie and Daddio are pleased as punch - this is their SIXTH

great grandchild.

We've also heard that my sister's daughter is expecting her second child next year.

Five of the great grandkids have been born over the last 22 months and we can't help wondering that Mumsie is maybe putting something in the teapot when we all go round for Saturday Lunch.

Are you going to Audrey and Charlie's family as well?

I'm still not feeling too good at the moment and I'm going up to spend some time with my other son and his family up north.

I'll try and do another post before I go.

I've been on an Inventor's Course (honest ;O)

Here's a little taster of one of my new inventions..................

It came in VERY handy during my recent cold!

Back soon!