Dryathlon

A thaw is meant to be coming but today this cold seemed to have penetrated deep into my bones and I just could not get warm. I took my self off for a walk first thing and enjoyed crunching though some relatively untouched snow along a little used country lane. A week ago the snow…

I have bounced back from feeling gloomy and under the weather yesterday and am pleased to say that today I have been positively fizzing with ideas and energy. Perhaps it’s because I have finally sorted my In Box and can see the wood for the trees or  maybe that the sun came out for just…

Today is Blue Monday and is meant to be the most depressing day of the year.  According to Wikipedia this is based on the following formula: where weather=W, debt=d, time since Christmas=T, time since failing our new year’s resolutions=Q, low motivational levels=M and the feeling of a need to take action=Na As far as today…

After yesterday’s rather gloomy post I’m back on track today – quite literally! Part of our Saturday night pizza making routine – along with the wine – is listening to music. Dancing around the kitchen to some great dance tunes can really life the mood – even without the alcohol. So I’ve put together an…

I think I may be suffering from cabin fever.  After the jokey meths post frenzy of yesterday today I have been feeling more and more maudlin as the day has gone on. I’m fed up with the cold and realise that I have not been out of the village since Monday.  We have also lost…

This evening I feel like just Withnail in the brilliant 1987 film Withnail and I.  As I sat in front of my  spaghetti and meat balls this evening wanted to shout: “I must have some booze.  I demand to have some booze!” That meal was just crying out for a glass of Chianti.  Of course…