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elizabethdee001
- Mar 30, 2021
- 5 min
Life Chez Dee Episode #111: Some notable happenings of late
I needed to write something this week, if only to journal some of the notable happenings of late. Oliver has been back to school, and is now off school again for the Easter holidays. He was glad to go back to school, to see his friends again, even though he hasn’t really missed their company much, given they chat together daily whilst gaming. He’s had far too much gaming time quite honestly, but with not seeing his friends in person, this is where the playground banter has ta
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elizabethdee001
- Feb 23, 2021
- 5 min
Life Chez Dee Episode #103: Exploring Fasting
So the title of this week’s Lent Course was “Exploring Fasting”. We started, as we do each week, with chatting about our day, or our week, so we can connect with each other. I was talking about all the decorating and decluttering we’d been doing, and a positive which came out of that, was a suggestion of where to get rid of all the clothes I had bagged up, which will allow me to get rid of at least another three bags of stuff which has now migrated to the garden shed for temp
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elizabethdee001
- Jan 20, 2021
- 3 min
Life Chez Dee Episode #91: Love Doesn't Hurt
So this week has been all about love. How do I feel? I don’t know how to articulate a quick and straightforward answer to that. I wake up on Valentines Day and the first person I think about is Edward. Edward is the first person I think about every day in fact. Edward is ALWAYS in my head the minute I wake, and ALWAYS in my head as I drift off to sleep. My love for Edward is forever. My love for all my children is forever. My love for my children is shown in hugs, kisses and
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elizabethdee001
- Jan 20, 2021
- 10 min
Life Chez Dee Episode #90: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Recycling; being eco-friendly; everyone is so conscious of doing their bit for the environment. We use these words so frequently now, we hear them so often, that they are in our psyche, at the forefront of our minds, on the tip of our tongue … so familiar, they’ve become part of our everyday lives. Today, we shout about saving the planet, reducing emissions, global warming, carbon footprint, being green, saving energy … but this isn’t a new thing. Let’s go back say 40 or so y
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elizabethdee001
- Jan 19, 2021
- 7 min
Life Chez Dee Episode #89: You get what you pay for
You get what you pay for! Right? Of course you do … sometimes; and there again, no you don’t. It isn’t really that simple a question; and therefore there isn’t really a simple answer. The answer is yes, no, maybe, sometimes, depends. Advertisers are good at what they do … targeting their audience perfectly, getting their message buried deep within our subconscious; working overtime on the plethora of adverts they produce, brainwashing us with brand awareness, brand quality, a
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elizabethdee001
- Aug 25, 2020
- 5 min
Life Chez Dee Episode #70: Cats in lockup and lockdown
It’s been a while since I wrote about my pesky kittens, so much so, I’d hasten to say they’re no longer kittens, having had their 1st birthday in lockdown. We talk about all our experiences of lockdown but I thought I’d do a little bit of writing not just about my lovely cats, Claude and Pablo, but about their lockdown experience. How can a cat be in lockdown? You may well ask. Well for those who follow and regularly read my musings, will be more than aware that for one of my
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elizabethdee001
- Aug 10, 2020
- 6 min
Life Chez Dee Episode #68: DIY SOS
We’ve just got back from an impromptu break away for a few days to Cornwall, staying with my lovely sister in law. We were a little uneasy about having a holiday given the current COVID situation, but since we were staying with Justin’s sister, we thought it would be a lovely change of scenery for us, and a much needed break to be honest, given that J hasn’t had any time off since his few days at Christmas. We’ve spent many, many days in this lovely part of the world, and it
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elizabethdee001
- Jun 1, 2020
- 8 min
Life Chez Dee Episode #65: A lockdown project
It’s a funny old year. Normally at this time of year we’d be making plans for weekends and bank holidays to spend time with the family on days out, walks and picnics, but this lockdown year has changed things, and as we have done with most of our weekends during lockdown, we’ve been catching up on the numerous jobs and projects which have either been neglected and have been on our to do list for a very long time, or they’ve been hopes and dreams of projects which we’ve planne
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elizabethdee001
- May 16, 2020
- 14 min
Life Chez Dee Episode #63: Home Schooling
For many, home schooling our children began at the end of March this year. Suddenly, our workspaces, and working hours needed to be split between what we needed to do, and giving our children the education they needed and deserved. Initially, it was thought that the time at home would only be two weeks, with a return after the Easter holidays, but it soon became apparent that the need for children to stay at home would be much longer. I know some parents used those initial we
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elizabethdee001
- May 3, 2020
- 9 min
Life Chez Dee Episode #62: Officially Quinquagenarian
On Sunday 3rd May, it’s my birthday. It’s a milestone birthday; a big one; the day I turn 50; my half century; the big Five O. I used to think it sounded old … but now it’s my turn, and I’m not so sure. Fifty years ago I was born; 3rd May 1970, which also was a Sunday … a 70s child; and a child born on the Sabbath, which according to the rhyme, means I’m bonnie, blithe, good and gay. I have now lived 18,263 days and today sees me officially a quinquagenarian. God that sounds
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elizabethdee001
- Apr 19, 2020
- 6 min
Life Chez Dee Episode #61: There's no place like home
We’ve been in lockdown for several weeks now; and I have to say if I had to sum things up, and encapsulate all my thoughts into just one sentence, then I’d have to conclude that (so far) for me it has been a really good time for us as a family. Together at times, or sometimes doing our own thing; positive, imaginative and inspirational; productive and busy, yet relaxed, calm and slow; noisy with a house full of people, and yet quiet times for reflection; insightful, enlighten
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elizabethdee001
- Apr 13, 2020
- 6 min
Life Chez Dee Episode #60: Easter, new life and Edward
It's been a strange few weeks, and Easter is no exception. No build up to the school holidays as Oliver has been schooled at home; holidays too have been cancelled or postponed; no jetting off somewhere, or packing of bags as we load up the car for a long motorway journey to our holiday cottage; no day trips planned for walks, museums, city visits, or visits to National Trust houses and gardens that we love so much. Visits to all these beautiful places put on hold, added to
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elizabethdee001
- Mar 28, 2020
- 10 min
Life Chez Dee Episode #58: Virus times
It’s been a while since I sat to write some of my thoughts, I’ve had so many of them lately, good, bad, happy, sad; I’ve felt anxious, afraid, stressed, proud, unnerved and yet content; so many thoughts and emotions whizzing round in my head … everywhere I turn, a constant reminder of the sheer enormity of the crisis faced by so many locally, nationally, globally. Coronavirus is so contagious, spreading rapidly to thousands of people, and into the minds of thousands more. Lif
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