Mammograms are important cancer screens. They are a way we can look after ourselves as women, be kind. Within weeks of my arrival in the U.K. I was invited, by the National Health, to ...
Today hubs and I took back seven towels we had bought three weeks ago to the shop from whence they’d come. They were Ultimates, thick and soft, 100% cotton, made in England. We ...
I am an introvert. This does not mean I am shy, quiet or afraid of speaking in public, it means I re-charge differently. When extroverts are in the spotlight, “on” all the ...
The first month we were here we had a garden party, go back through my blogs and read about it. There was one person there whom I immediately felt a kindred spirit for but we played it ...
My friend and I went into London to escape the lopping of branches the tree surgeon was doing to save the Willow and forever change our vista from the living room windows overlooking ...
On Fridays we like to go to our local pub, The Jolly Woodman, and sit at the bar chatting to the barmen and maids and growing familiar with the other locals who frequent this quaint ...
One of the selling points for this flat was the 150 year old weeping willow tree in the garden. The seventy rose bushes were beautiful but the willow tree won out in the attractivility ...
The boyfriend arrived safe and sound today. His plane landed at 93oam and passport control, customs and the fact that he didn’t know the address where he was staying held him up. ...
Today was a busy one. We managed, in just under six hours, to completely change the look of our flat. It went from feeling like someone else’s to feeling like ours. We had ...
With the advent of sun, rather like snow in Texas, the whole of England grinds to a standstill. That is, once they reach the beach! I was heading off to Broadstairs yesterday to ...
Well hello there! My name is Vivienne McNeny.
I am an empty nester exploring life as a Boomer…you could say I'm happily Boomering along!
As a homeschooling Mum I have finally quit the job of role model and mentor to my four children. I do what I want to do, eat when I feel like it, enjoy life with my blue eyed cowboy and clean my house once a month or so whether it needs it or not!
In true English form I write about the emergence of my true identity now that I can no longer hide behind my children as their Mum.