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Carrying on decluttering

I have spoken before about clearing out my house of things that I feel I no longer need. I have really been on a roll this past few weeks, clearing out and moving on without the excess baggage – in one case, quite literally – that I don’t need to keep. I am gradually movingContinue reading “Carrying on decluttering”

Some future proofing thoughts

Thinking back to when I first had the first discussion with my husband and moving from a two storey house that we loved to a single storey home. He had at the time thought that it was too early to move, as I was very much in the early stages of my diagnosis. However, itContinue reading “Some future proofing thoughts”

Being on the receiving end…

For twenty years I have been a Social Worker retiring in May of this year. I have been accustomed to having some hard conversations with patients and their partner or other family members. I always knew it must be hard to hear that they needed to go into residential care, but I never fully putContinue reading “Being on the receiving end…”

Happy 3rd Anniversary…

I have just realised today that I missed two Anniversary’s this month. The first of which is the Anniversary of my diagnosis of Parkinson’s on 15/12/20. The second a happier Anniversary on 21/12/20 when we moved into our beautiful home in Kaiapoi. As I write this I am at home and in recovery mode from my kneeContinue reading “Happy 3rd Anniversary…”

Home is where the heart is…

Here we are back home again after our epic holiday. It has been an outstanding break away, spending time with my lovely husband one on one and also with friends and relatives we haven’t seen for six years. We woke up this morning for the first time in those nine weeks, in our own bedContinue reading “Home is where the heart is…”

The ‘Last Hurrah Adventure Tour’ concludes….

Today is our last full day and night on our 9 week mega holiday. I have christened this holiday ‘The Last Hurrah Adventure Tour’. This is because in 5-6 years when we have saved up enough to return we will probably not be able to do a lot of the things we’ve been able toContinue reading “The ‘Last Hurrah Adventure Tour’ concludes….”

UK you’ve been much more than OK….

As we sit at the airport in London getting ready for our flight to Singapore, I reflect on our 9 week holiday. We have spent time with friends and family and precious time too just the two of us. We have had once in a lifetime experiences and revisited some favorite places. We have stayedContinue reading “UK you’ve been much more than OK….”

The heart is willing, but the body is knackered

We are moving ever closer to our return home. We have said a sad farewell to my sister-in-law and her husband and are now in London. We caught the train to London and found our Hotel and were lucky to get an early check-in. I was shattered when we arrived so was pleased to haveContinue reading “The heart is willing, but the body is knackered”

There’s nothing like a long holiday …..

After a long time planning and several weeks on holiday in the UK we head towards the end of our great adventure. In total once we return to New Zealand we will have been on holiday for 9 weeks. The longest holiday we have ever had together. Soon we will be home and in noContinue reading “There’s nothing like a long holiday …..”