by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Nov 11, 2018 | Food, Health, Uncategorized
I don’t wish to frighten the horses, people, but Christmas is a matter of weeks away and it’s time to talk dates. Not first dates, or blind dates or hot dates; those were the kind of dates I concerned myself with as a younger person. Back then, three dates in a day...
by Fortysomething Fan Girl | May 6, 2018 | Family, Health
We are going away for the bank holiday weekend and I am packing the bag. In it I have put, as a matter of priority, a packet of Wagtastic chicken strips, some grain free treats (steam cooked fish, potato and sweet potato), Lionel, the lion rope toy, poo bags (never in...
by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Apr 8, 2018 | Family, Health
I’ve just got out of the shower. We have a new shower. Well, it’s not new… we bought and installed it ourselves in January 2016. What we failed to realise when we bought and installed it was that it required water pressure beyond the capacity of our plumbing at the...
by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Mar 25, 2018 | Health, Tips
This week I heard verified on Radio 4 (must be true) something I already knew: most treatments for back pain are ineffective. As I write, I am sitting at my desk with non-specific lower back pain. A hot water bottle is crushed between my spine and the chair. The...
by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Jan 28, 2018 | Health
I love Freckles! That’s what I’d tell my parents every time we went to visit my extended family in the Kent countryside. Freckles was a pony who lived in a field behind my great aunt’s house. As his name would suggest, he was grey with a smattering of brown...
by Fortysomething Fan Girl | Jan 21, 2018 | Food, Health
I’d be surprised if the broad beans are still sleeping in their blankety bed after the recent furore surrounding the cauliflowers (fluffy). Yes, all is not well on the allotment. The cauliflower has been brought back down to earth. If ever any story were more...
