Janet's Blog

We've been having a bit of an early spring clean in the Overwater office and reception. Everywhere has had a lick of paint and the office has had a new carpet. David has been very strict with me – no more post it's stuck to my wall with "essential information" on – it all has to

They're on! We're generating! It's taken me 5 years but finally I've managed to talk the rest of the family into putting solar photovoltaic panels on the workshop roof. It's so exciting to be generating electric from a completely renewable source. Deep down I've always had

Daughter No 1 has been off on her Duke of Edinburgh award expedition last week. She left for school on the Wednesday morning announcing that she was off on a day of navigation skills, followed by camping out, then a long walk, more camping out, then a walk back to school. "Where are you going?"

I got into the office today to find Sam sitting against the wall. He was red in the face and his legs were shaking. I could have got quite concerned that something serious was wrong until he announced that Des had done 1 minute 45 seconds and he had to beat him! Next up was Colin who finally slid

I'm back! Well technically I've been in a out of the office a few times over the last week or so but to be perfectly honest I've really not been up to much. But now I'm starting to get some energy back and have realised that the mountain of paper work on my desk really won't

I'm signing off for a couple of weeks from tomorrow – I'm back into hospital for another reconstruction op at the Christie Hospital. If ever there was an uplifting place it's The Christie. It's a dedicated cancer hospital so you'd think it would feel all doom and gloom but it

That's the last time I sit in the Overwater Marina office complaining that I have nothing to blog about – within minutes Alison from the Coffee Lounge came running in to say she'd been down the marina drive and had been overtaken by a group of galloping cattle, all heading straight for the

Is it normal to be so excited about a bit of new uniform? Maybe I just don't have enough excitement in my life (apart from the 2 kids, 2 horses, 3 cats, 1 dog and 5 chickens). Or maybe I'm still spending too long at the marina... Who knows? Anyway, back to the uniform – we've decided to