I decided today to see if I could find my old blog. Despite  few false starts, (thanks A1) I managed to locate it and see if it was still there,. It is. One of the reasons I stopped writing it, was that Mum in law came to live with us, and it would have been wrong, I felt to detail all the ups and downs of living with an Alzheimer's patient. 
The purchased of a house in Cheshire nearer our son and family would have made good blogging material, the let down of a buyer for the Bexhill bungalow, the frustrations of solicitors delays, and the decision to delay selling our Hemel property would also have been fodder, but I had enough on my plate to deal with and was so behind with stuff anyway.

So in October 2018 we moved to Cheshire, to a small town, for a dormer bungalow with enough rooms for Mum in law to have her own space in safety downstairs. We have an upstairs bedroom, with an ensuite, and there is another upstairs room which housed lots of boxes, and sadly still does.
We survived the first lockdown, with the help of carers, but as we came up to the 'tiers' in 2020, we had to resort to a place in a care home, where they couldc ater for her growing need better than we could
Meanwhile, my eldest sister succumbed to her aggressive cancer,  in September 2020, the other one survived bowel cancer and chemo. 
Despite another hospitalisation, in late 2017, my cardiologist confirmed that I do have severe white coat syndrome. Here I see a HCA, for my review, monitor BP at home, and am still here!

Despite the government hoo ha which made me feel I would be toast, if I ever got Covid, I have survived 2 bouts of it, and have had much worse common colds. Mum in law also survived Covid, and a broken hip, but went to be with her Lord at the grand old age of 98, at the end of June 2022.
As to whether I will resume this blog on a permanent basis, I am not sure. We have been on a a few holidays, a few more steam trains, including Sir Nigel Gresley, and a special trip to NYMR for The Flying Scotsman (that trip was an adventure to say the least, it led to us getting another new clutch!)

The youngest Grandchild is now 10, the eldest 16, and he has just started a Btech in computer science. There! Foe anyone who wondered what happened to me now you know!

On the day after we arrived we took Mum in Law into Eastbourne.  Firtsly we went to her favourite garden centre, as she wanted to buy some Autumn fruiting raspberry canes. I bought some more mini daffs, and we had lunch in their cafe. We drove into the town centre but she didn't seem to want to look around the shops much at all. She did come into Lakeland with me though. The next day she wanted to go to a garden centre nearer to Hastings, as she needed some stakes to train the raspberry canes. We had lunch at that garden centre, too. We could not find any stakes, but I found some more mini daff bulbs. I was so behind with my planting, but only had the hanging baskets to finish. Then we had to take her to B&Q to find some wooden stakes for the canes. We travelled back  home on the Thursday, and the journey was a bit slow in parts.
Most of the rest of the month I spent on my own as husband was on jury service at a Crown court. He took a kindle with him as there is a lot of hanging about. Actually, he got a half day off as one of the barristers had to be elsewhere, so after lunch we went over to Berkhamsted for a look around. The case was meant to last 2 weeks, but in reality lasted even longer. After the first day, he didn't take the car, either I went with him, and brought the car back, or our Daughter took him, as she works nearby.
Then he usually got the bus home,as there is a bus from that town centre which passes our door.
I had been intending to start painting the living room ceiling, but felt so tired and unmotivated, that it didn't get started.