Marks Grans Blog

I'm finding myself thinking about change.  Life itself has changed dramatically for now.  Who thought when we used to see Chinese people wearing masks all the time we'd be doing the same.  I used to see lots of Chinese students at the university when I did my art class and to a person they wore masks.  I wondered how they coped with that.  Now I know! My own changes, apart from mask wearing, are more a change of habits than anything else. I've put on weight.  I can tell I've put weight on when most of the clothes in my wardrobe are passed over for leggings or joggies.  I'm not really a leggings or joggie person normally.  I'm more a jeans sort of person.  Fortunately I can still squash into my jeans on occasion when I want to look less scruffy - yes, I do look scruffy in leggings or joggies - especially the ones with holes in the knees - gardening anybody?!  However today I decided this is ridiculous and unhealthy and I need to get mys...

Shopping has become a big thing during the past few months.  I say that as though it wasn't big before but its become more of an issue lets say!  Lockdown is showing up our needs and wants more clearly.  What we think is important compared to other people. Perhaps its being more polarised for me as I'm now shopping for my mum.  Also, my daughter works in Tesco and my brother constantly phones to ask her to bring stuff for him that's not available from his online shop.  My own shopping is now strictly once a week which is only totally possible with the delivery of milk and odd online farm deliveries of meat not to mention baking my bread/rolls every few days.  I've discovered, for example, that my mum uses an inordinate amount of shower gel and laundry conditioner!  Every single week she orders both!  She must be either very clean or very dirty!  She also struggles with lunches.  Every week we have the same conversation.  'you've n...