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Dealcoholized wine
** Posting this for me to know for later ** Dealcoholized wine is wine that has had most of the alcohol removed. This is done through a variety of methods, including: Dealcoholized wine typically contains less than 0.5% alcohol by volume (ABV). This is below the legal definition of alcohol, which is 0.5% ABV or…
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A picture paints a thousand words
So back in 2010, I took this shot from the outskirts of Manchester. If you squint you can see a red light in the middle. That is the light on the then-tallest building right in the middle of town. I used to come up here to relax, imagining all the busy people, the millions of…
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The thin red line
So a line has been crossed. She slept with someone. The potential for recovering the relationship is now totally lost. I now urgently need somewhere to live. Otherwise, I’ll sleep in the car. I feel sick. I can’t even leave the house or go anywhere. So I sit at the computer. Ringing the NHS Crisis…
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Digging Deeper #7
How do I feel at the moment?Angry, ashamed, sorry for myself, and a whole host of negativity. What do I need more of in my life?Happyness, friends, purpose What would make me happy right now?Seeing my best friend who lives far away What is going right in my life?I’m keeping the blog up to date,…
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Crappy poem #7
I’m angry, oh, so angry,That you’ve left me after ten years,And I’ve done nothing to deserve it,That’s what I can’t seem to learn. You say I’m too controlling,That I’m not spontaneous enough,But I’ve always tried to be there for you,And I’ve always put your needs first. So why have you left me?What have I done…
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QOTD
Back in 2021, my company MyOutsourcedIT had a backlog of clients. So basically I run a company where people donate laptops and other devices and then I pass them back out refurbished into the community for free. Well, it was early days in the business, I had no laptops left but plenty of desktops. I…
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Very superstitious
It happened. I got so depressed that I thought I would pick myself up a bit and dust off. Took my big boy pills and took the dogs for a walk. Granted it was just to the green space across the road but I managed a few laps of it before getting agonising back pain.…
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A little time
So. D and the kids are off camping, they set off on Saturday for 9 days of camping all around Scotland. I’m here, at home with the dogs, unsupervised. The occupational therapy nurse came today and I managed to get up off the sofa with one hand and not face-planting. They still want me to…