Why?
I'm sitting here with tears in my eyes and wondering "why"? The reason is this news report here.Warning - video contains some information which you may find distressing (in fact I hope you do...this...
View ArticleI'm still here but not for long!
I've had a few emails asking why I'm not blogging so much lately. I am blogging, it's just that I'm blogging on my private blog as I have a lot of things that I don't want to share publicly. Andy and I...
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Back from Norway
Thanks to everyone to emailed me wishing me a great trip to Norway. We had a fabulous time and some wonderful weather. Who would believe that you could get sunburnt in the Arctic Circle? It was about...
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Next port of call....Bergen
Our next port of call was Bergen. Bergen is located on the south west coast of Norway and (we were told) is the second largest city in Norway. In 1217 it even replaced Trondheim as the country's...
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Welcome to Olden!
Olden is a village situated the mouth of the Oldeelva River in the Oldedalen valley along the Nordfjord in Norway. About 500 people live in this village, which is only 3/4km in size.When we arrived at...
View ArticleBeating low self esteem
I have spoken to very few of my readers in real life, consequently many of you don't know about the struggle that I've had with poor self esteem over the years. We're not just talking about feeling a...
View ArticleThanks & about comments
I just wanted to say thank you to those of you who have emailed me to express your understanding and to offer me the chance to talk. The truth is that I find it very difficult to talk about my feelings...
View ArticleThe good things
Yesterday I shared a little personal stuff about me and one of the things that I struggle with. I find it difficult to be very open on my blog and difficult to talk about my feelings and whatever is in...
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Prayers and thoughts needed
From left to right: father in law, me, hubby, mother in law My father in law suffered (we think) a stroke this morning and is in hospital. We've just got home from work and chores and it's now 10.30pm...
View ArticleTrying to keep busy
Sometimes the more you know, the more difficult things are. Being a trained nurse it can be difficult to not take over in family health-emergency related issues. I find it frustrating that all I get...
View ArticleNow in ICU
I feel far too tired at the moment to even go into the problems we've been having with lack of communication, lack of medical care and the hospital acting against suggested clinical guidelines with...
View ArticleQuick update
Just a quick update for those awaiting news of my FIL (thanks for your concern & emails by the way). He is now sedated and on a ventilator and is going for a repeat brain scan this afternoon. This...
View ArticleThe waiting game
Nothing major to report regarding the FIL situation really. He's had a few issues but he's no longer deteriorating and it's really a case of waiting...and then of course we see if he wakes up and...
View ArticleI want to get off
I really want OFF this emotional roller coaster. I have had my fill now.Some important decisions were made today which indicate that the end is near for my dear FIL. I have been expecting this if I'm...
View ArticleR.I.P FIL
Just a quick update to let you know that we lost Andy's dad this afternoon. He went very quickly once his heart medication was stopped, with absolutely no awareness of what was going on. I am so...
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And now for something completely random
Thanks to all for your kind comments. I have read every one of them and appreciate all of my precious readers.Today's blog post is kind of random - just a few thoughts and observations, as well as a...
View ArticlePositive post
I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I've been finding it really hard to stay positive recently. I was already suffering a lack of energy before becoming completely exhausted making 130 mile trips to...
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The age of innocence gone forever?
One of the things I liked when I went to Norway recently was the way that it had an old fashioned charm about it. The people were the most open and friendly people I have ever met in my life, people...
View ArticleMore random musings
Well yesterday was the funeral and it was pretty much as you’d expect I suppose. My sister in law raised an interesting point that funerals are strange things really. Think about it...the person...
View ArticleDe-stressing my life!
Recently, I have made no secret of the fact that I have felt stressed and overwhelmed by the sheer amount of work and deadlines my life. I have deadlines for work, deadlines for domestic stuff,...
View ArticleGosh my posts are getting even more random!
I have always struggled to understand what people are saying. The amount of times I have to ask people to repeat themselves is just phenomenal. Seriously, I have had (or been sent for) so many hearing...
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Happy Yorkshire Day
Did you know that today is Yorkshire day?The government reorganised England's county boundaries in 1974 and, following this, a number of concerned people set up county groups to lobby for the return of...
View ArticleI'm moving soon
Dear all, this is just advanced warning that I will soon be moving this blog to Wordpress. You will need to re-follow the blog (as I'm using a different widget) and change your bookmarks as I will not...
View ArticleGetting to know me
I mentioned recently that I'd like to have you all get to know me better. Now I know that I don't live local to most (if any) of my readers so I figured a good way to do this was for you guys to leave...
View ArticleI'm moving!
Dear all, please could you update your bookmarks and re-follow the new version of this blog at http://louisefranksdesigns.com/theblog/. Instructions and a new blog post can be found here.
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