Mulled wine and mulled cider was consumed in great quantities.

What on earth does ‘untoward’ really mean’? 

I take medication (in the form of eye drops and eye cream) daily 

Nothing of note happened. Nothing went wrong. 

Not too bad for me since I have four legs and extraordinarily good balance…. But terrible for poor old John who has two legs and extraordinarily bad balance.

Am I going to be very cold when Reeves turns off our heating?

As you know already, I find life a challenge - with all sorts of dangerous, deadly, disastrous and disappointing obstacles to overcome.

 I find normal life quite a scary experience … I don’t see the need to add contrived fear on top.

I don’t like being reminded every night of the few occasions on which I lost control of bladder or bowels.

You will know from past blog posts that I crave weeks without trauma or major incident.

“Why, thank you” he said, genuinely delighted. “Alice will be so happy”.

... a form of torture