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The Librain
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Former professional school librarian, now retired through chronic illness. Trying to keep cheerful by reading, drinking lots of tea, blogging my new life, and my love of bling!
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You look lovely! It’s so good that you’re walking and getting better. Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone
Thank you so much, Lauren! X
Thank you for your comment. I will try my best!
Anne that is great progress with amazing benefits to body and soul . I need to put into action what…
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Tag Archives: illness
Outfit of the day 11/07/17
The weather has definitely changed today as we have had light rain and much cooler temperatures. So I have been feeling much better in many ways. Well, much better until an incident this afternoon. More about that in a moment. … Continue reading
Posted in Clothes, Health, Lifestyle, Outfit of the day, Scarves, Wardrobe
Tagged asthma, bracelets, cardigans, Cotton Traders, cough, earrings, Escales Mediterraneenes, Hermès, illness, jeans, Lands' End, lavender, lilac, navy, necklaces, purple, sandals, Suave, Tory Burch, vests, white
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Update 29/06/17
Life has been hard for me this week. Lovely Husband and I have been struggling badly with our health and worries and this does not lead to harmonious living. The atmosphere in our home has resulted in my mental health … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Lifestyle, Scarves, Shopping, Wardrobe
Tagged Appaloosa des Steppes, cardigans, Dans un Jardin Anglais, depression, gavroches, Hermès, illness, Lands' End, sales, tops
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Outfit of the day 20/06/17
I am cheating again! In reality I am sitting in the coolest room in the house with an electric fan wearing a thin cotton nightdress and very little else. Yesterday I sweltered in a large baggy t-shirt and knickers! Yes, … Continue reading
Blog updates 12/05/17
Before I retired in 2014, I was a school librarian for many years, with seven years “off” bringing up our two lads. My old Librain blog was all about the wonderful profession of school librarianship, but ill-health, both physical and … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Libraries, Politics
Tagged blogs, illness, information management, librarians, librarianship, mental health, organisation, school libraries
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Update 11/05/17
I don’t have much to write about today, really. We all worked together to do some housework this morning, which resulted in a car load of stuff to take to the recycling bank and the charity shops. This tired me … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Lifestyle, Scarves, Wardrobe
Tagged Alice Shirley, Hermès, illness, Into the Canadian Wild, Purse Forum
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Outfit of the day 02/05/17
I am feeling very low today, thinking about how my health seems to be getting steadily worse. Lovely Husband keeps telling me to stay positive, but that is very hard to do. I try not to moan, in real life, … Continue reading
Posted in Clothes, Family, Health, Outfit of the day, Scarves, Wardrobe
Tagged aqua, bangles, bracelets, coral, Cotton Traders, earrings, Ferragamo, Halcyon Days, illness, joggers, jumpers, Lands' End, MaiTai, navy, scarf rings, white
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Update 27/04/17
Still not doing well health-wise as I had a really terrible coughing and choking bout in the night. I am getting a bit stir-crazy from staying in the house, but there has been no chance of going out today. LH … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Lifestyle, Scarves, Wardrobe
Tagged Annie Faivre, cough, Hermès, illness, Mare Nostrum, TV
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Update 26/04/17
I woke up this morning in excruciating pain from acid reflux, which lasted until lunchtime despite taking my prescribed meds. This washed me out so much that I had to stay in bed and could not fulfil my plan of … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Libraries, Reading
Tagged books, ebooks, illness, public libraries
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Outfit of the day 19/04/17
I have been very unwell today, with my postural hypertension kicking in with a vengeance. This means that I get dizzy and fall over rather a lot, which is what has been happening since I first tried to get out … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Outfit of the day, Politics, Scarves, Special days
Tagged bangles, blue, Blue Nile, books, bracelets, cobalt, cough, earrings, gavroches, Halcyon Days, Hermès, illness, John Connelly, jumpers, Lands' End, public libraries, pyjamas, Sainsbury's Tu, Zebra Pegasus
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Outfit of the day 11/04/17
I didn’t get much sleep last night, so woke up feeling pretty yucky this morning. In fact, I was nauseous and was actually sick. But…it was Hairdresser Day today and I was not going to miss that! Now, I have … Continue reading
Posted in Clothes, Health, Lifestyle, Outfit of the day, Wardrobe
Tagged bangles, bracelets, camera, cardigans, Cotton Traders, earrings, hairdresser, Halcyon Days, illness, iPad, jeans, Lands' End, Massaccesi, menopause, navy, photos, teal, tops, turquoise, white
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Thank you very much for your supportive comment. Best wishes, Anne X