A Week in the Life of...

This is the last, I promise, of my "A & E" review quartet, following my hospitalisation on the first day of 2006 having broken my left ankle at my grandparents-in-law's house in Kosowka in Poland. A sneaky admission on my part here, this is THE one which I have really been looking forward to writing - unconstrained as it is, by any form of commercial "angle". xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx​xxxx In view of recent instances of censorship, I feel it only appropriate to post here an unusual but very important WARNING: I, RICHADA, author of this piece, do hereby CERTIFY THIS REVIEW, in my ... more

Monday My alarm goes off at 6.49am, but I’ve been awake since 4.13am, I never seem to sleep properly on a Sunday night. Probably because I am sobering up after the weekend (may have had a few little drinkies) or I am dreading going to work. Sometimes I wake up and find I can’t move, usually it’s the cat trying to suffocate me, today its cos I have put on my daughters size 8 pyjamas by mistake last night and have cut off the circulation to my limbs. How is it she eats more than me and is the width of a twig and I am now resembling Buddha (only with hair )? After identifying which of the four ... more

A week of chaos is the only way I can describe this week to be honest...and so...considering I have (so far) managed to survive it I decided that I might as well get something from it and write a review...This is not (I hope) an ordinary week in the life, but one of those unforgettable weeks which drive you utterly insane and turn you completely homicidal...so yes, with any luck you can have some form of a laugh at it...and in the same breath I would like to thank the member (you know who you are) who has listened to me whining this week...and then gave me the idea to write a review...thank ... more

There are no typical weeks in the life of a Thingywhatsit, although there are ones that stand out amongst the others as being very special, and this year hailed many weeks like this, including the one when I moved into my new house, and discovered that at the top of the garden, I actually have views over the mountains. The week in question is quite an important one, and I was excited, putting our marriage back together, getting my life in order, and this is a week that I shall remember for a very long time. It began with a slow Sunday, which is normal here. I live in the country, and we do not ... more

Never believe anything until its offically denied.... I found a woman’s bag on the pavement this week just as night set in. With no visible home address or purse inside I took it home. Inside where some library, bank and Christmas cards (addressed to her kids) and £205 cash! She may have been mugged but I certainly wasn’t going to take it to the police station until I had tried to get the address to hand it to her personally. The cops have a bad reputation with lost property, often claiming it as a ‘perk’. The bank cards were a no-no with just a name and so I decided to see if I could hack her ... more