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Enlisting Help

Enlisting Help

Enlisting help Over the past four months, my home has been in turmoil – and as a result it feels like our lives have been too.  What we thought was a relatively small damp problem in a couple of our rooms, which we finally decided to get sorted, turned into a major...
Keep going when the going gets tough

Keep going when the going gets tough

This year, during the summer, I went through the hardest four months of running friends1st that I’ve ever had in the last 25 years. I won’t bore you with the details, but I came close to wondering whether I should throw the whole towel in and give up, because the...
E is for Emotions

E is for Emotions

E is for EMOTIONS Dating – for anyone who has done some – is generally a highly emotive subject.  Well, if not a subject, then certainly an experience. Talk to anyone about their dating experience and they will most likely tell you about their emotional ups and downs...
Communication in the World we Live in

Communication in the World we Live in

Communication in the world we live in This morning my husband asked me if I’d seen the bill we’d been sent by email that he’d forwarded onto me. I haven’t! And even when I looked at my emails, I couldn’t find it! I get way too many emails in my personal inbox and even...