Daughts was having a sad day as she drew near to the end of her contract aboard The Grand Mistral. One of these kind of days, 🙁 She asked me for an email, “A happy one?” I ...
My favourite thing to do, when it isn't too crowded or busy, is to eavesdrop on the public transport.
Bus, train, tube, all are fertile ground for interesting snippets of others' ...
Twenty-Nine years ago my Blue Eyed Cowboy robbed the cradle and together we said out first "I do's" in the City of Westminster with God as our witness.
There are lots of wonderful things about Jonathan and Cherry's house, the art, the pieces they've picked up from their travels, the fabrics, the smell of their open fire and the general ...
Exactly twenty-eight years ago, to the very day, my First was Born. I was carrying a lot of weight around. When I topped the scales at a pound over hubs’ I stopped checking, I ...
Hubs and I have decided we would like to go to the Scottish Highlands! Although it doesn’t look very pretty on this gloomy morning it’s where Daught’s ship has ...
Within days of being provisionally accepted on a cruise line owned by Carnival daughts and I made a journey to Harley Street to obtain her full medical exam. Her G.P. was unable to do ...
Daughts has a bucket list! I don’t know why I thought those were reserved for people with terminal illnesses. She ticked one off her list last week when she was invited to ...
Today is the birthday of my oldest daughter, the teacher, the nurturer, the organiser, the empathiser, the cryer, the laugher, the hugger, the swimmer and…the runner. When I ...
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.