Today, the last Saturday before Christmas is normally reserved for either frenzied elbow jabbing in the shops or equally frenzied searching of the house because I can’t remember what I bought or where I hid it. If I’m really out of luck, I do one followed by the other. Not today. Today, the prime weekend […]
Where was the last place you had it?
That, along with ‘just tidy up and you’ll find it’ or ‘retrace your steps’, are what my children hear every time they mournfully tell me that they’ve lost something or, worse, that ‘it’s gone…’. Apparently, among the many other things that mothers are supposed to be is the role of Finder, Rememberer and Keeper, particularly […]
How to future-proof your bathroom for old age
I was recently commissioned by Mobility Plus to give my thoughts on what to think about when you’re planning a bathroom that might be used by older people. Bathrooms are often an afterthought – a joke almost. Somewhere that the unmentionable (giggle) things happen. The loo, the lavvy, the little boys’ room, the cludgee, the john, […]
