Hi Tina
Had Mum and Dads wedding anniversary yesterday. Got some nice flowers for them and got through the day OK. Pity so called family couldnt be bothered to message or phone but that shows what they are like!
Had a chat to Samaritans which was pre planned and nice to have someone to talk to on the day. Next special day is Mothers Day in a couple of weeks of course.
Sending love and best wishes
Neil x
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Glad you honoured them the way you knew they would approve of and family are just names on a family tree as they generally only appear if they want something x sorry to hear you didnāt hear from any of them but if it helps any my cousin was literally standing in the queue in front of me yesterday and didnāt even say hiā¦.shame weāve only known each other 50 years 
x
What are your plans for this week? Anything planned? I have to do my charity day at work this week but secretly hoping it snows 
x sounds very uncharitable doesnāt it lol x
Donāt know how it is with you but the sky is blue and sun is shining and itās so damn cold!! Going to have to put on a heater at this rate x
Hopefully youāre looking after yourself and still treating yourself x
Have a good beginning to the week and will pop back in a day or so.
Take care and much love 
x
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Hi Suzanne
Loving the pics always 
Got a jobs fair to attend Wed lunchtime. Last one I went to was a waste of time but this is supposed to be better. Saving a few quid on my shopping at Morrisons with their Easter promotion. Spend Ā£30 in one transaction a week and get Ā£2.50 off each time for 4 weeks then Easter week a Ā£5 voucher to spend im store. Been buying myself an egg every week while they are only Ā£1.99 , saving some for Easter and having some now as it works out cheaper than a couple of normal chocolate bars!
Got through the weekend . Football team got thrashed but that doesnt get to me now like it used to years ago.
Cold here and been raining . Hope we dont get snow. The forecasters not committing themselves.
Speak soon
Sending love and best wishes
Neil x
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Hi Neil
Iām glad you got through the day as well as could be hoped. You know you cared a great deal enough to mark the day so the fact they didnāt speaks volumes about them. I could be speaking out of order as they may have been too upset themselves or didnāt want to upset you but if not they arenāt important enough to dwell over.
Iāve started to notice emails, online ads and stuff in shops more acutely for Motherās Day. I had a while ago I think but once seen you always seem to be aware of more and more. Time is quite strange because we feel it has stopped when our life as we knew it stopped, but it hasnāt and that can be a bit of a shock canāt it.
Itās so warm here today, in my garden should I say! I can imagine thereāll be parks etc near all these venues you go to and how nice it will be to tie those into the shows on a warmer spring afternoon. That will sound so mad when in a few hours we are likely to be covered in snow!
Love and best wishes
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Hi again Neil
Just seen your chat with Suzanne and I realise my above reply might be a bit out of the date now!
I saw you speaking about Morrisons. I donāt go to Morrisons as itās a bit further to walk but thatās a good offer. At one time if you applied for an Asda Rewards App theyād give you Ā£5.00 but what they give with one hand they take with another as the prices go up quicker than a NASA space rocket on turbo charge. I shop at Asda but not by choice !
Xx
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Afternoon Christine.
Hope you are well. Iām sat at the kitchen door with it open and itās really hot and sunny. Thatās not the weather outside of the garden, we are in a little sun trap.
I can hear the leaves brushing over the building and the birds etc and it made me wonder what you were doing in your garden. I can see now whatās been lost and what has survived the winter but Iāll just have to try and nurture what I have. Buying new plants is too expensive to do on an off-chance they will survive so might try other ways to create a nice space somehow. This medlar tree I won hasnāt survived the winter either.
I hope Porsche is sat on the patio soaking up this warm sun!
Love and best wishes xx
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Hi Neil,
Thank you for your kind words as always.
Hoping your job fair is better than the last one and something may take your fancy so all the best x still think you would do so well at front of house in a theatre or something x
The snow on the hills that I can see from my house looks so fresh and thick that I really hope it stays up there and that the forecast is all wrong cause I canna be bothered with this cold lol x Iām guessing it may be a bit warmer down by you but wonāt be by much x
Iām doing my charity day tomorrow at work so myself and the boss are spending the day at a Greyhound Rescue so not sure what weāll be doing but will wrap up well x
Thatās a pretty decent deal that Morrisons is doing then and you are wise buying the eggs at that price x Gotta take the bargains where we can. Had a conversation with a customer today saying no one can afford store loyalty anymore unless rich as gotta get the bargains where we can x I was surprised to find some things from M&S were actually cheaper than from Aldi!! Never thought I would ever say that lol x
Manages to get tickets to see a comedian called Rich Hall (not sure if youāre familiar with him) in May and ticket was only Ā£19 so for once I seemed to have got a bargain 
x
Anyway stay warm, buy cheap chocolate and all the best at the job fair x
Take care and much love x
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Best wishes to everyone and hope your days have brought a bit of light and even some laughter x
If not and you are struggling then donāt do it alone as we are all here for each other 
x
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Hi Suzanne
Yes have heard of Rich Hall and sounds like youāve got a bargain ticket there!
Cold down here but no sign of snow thankfully. Problem with applying for work in theatres is the ongoing train strikes as wouldnt be able to get there. Local ones different though and always on the lookout for anything interesting . On Thursday looking forward to booking my Royal Ballet tickets for my little Birthday/Easter treat . Looking forward to seeing the dancers perform again.
Always feel better when the first part of the week is out the way especially when I havent any shows booked .
Hope you have a good rest of the week and will catch up very soon
Sending love and best wishes
Neil x
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By the way Suzanne hope your charity day goes well x
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Morning everyone,
Woke this morning not sure how Iām feeling apart from a bit nauseous, today is the second anniversary of Doug dying. I think Monday was probably worse that was the day he left me, also the day our family gathered together for a takeaway curry. Dougās favourite, the hotter the better. Also I have my counseling on a Monday, she is a lovely lady to chat to but did I feel drained after.
Today, one of my colleagues gave me flowers when I got to work, she is probably only one of a very few at work that will remember the significance of this day to me. Later when I finish work, going to sit on Dougās bench in the park for a while and leave roses for him. It snowing ever so slightly here so hoping is does not get heavier and settle. Iām not going to be on my own tonight, going to my daughterās for dinner, then going to watch my granddaughter in a dance showcase at school.
Doug would be so sorry heās not here to see our lovely grandchildren growing up.
Iām at work right now, and struggling to do anything, hence why Iām posting this. Today at work is going to be a long drag, all I want to do is just sit, remember and reflect on the wonderful life we had together.
I had better get back to work now, a cuppa first I think.
@christine51 I hope you are okay, we are all thinking of you and worried your so quiet.
Iāll speak again later
Lots of love
Debbie x
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Hi Debbie
Just saw your post before going out shortly. Thinking of you today on Dougās 2nd anniversary. I had my parents wedding anniv at the weekend and thought it would be easier to get through the second year. Found it just as hard if not harder than last year. Probably depends on what we have planned and what day of the week it falls. Mothers Day next week so expecting that to be difficult too!
Hope you will find strength to get through the day as best as you can . Certainly not straightforward the grieving process .
Sending lots of love to you
Neil x
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Hi Neil
Thank you, birthdays, anniversaries are all challenging days, before we know it, itās motherās day as you said.
I went to the park, snow has turned to rain now. Only stayed five minutes as itās so cold. Only me and a dog walker there.
Talk about fate sending you a curve ball, an ambulance was sitting outside the house when I got home, itās gone to next doors. That was a reminder I didnāt need today.
Sending love
Debbie x
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Hi Christine
Just thought Iād add a picture of another Diamond Art Kit Iāve just finished. I need to take a break though my eyes are suffering! Once I start one I have to keep going til I finish it. I have one kit left after this.
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Hi Neil
Thereās me saying it would be nice enough to add in the parks on your visits soon, and today itās snowing!
I need my āfixā of the soaps tonight to combat the cold weather so they best not be cancelled for football!
xx
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Afternoon Nick
Hope you are keeping well and warm this freezing afternoon
xx
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Good morning Christine, Neil, Nick and all.
Thick snowfall here so hope everyone manages to stay warm and safe
xx
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