Just Another Typical Day.

5.30 am. Wake-up, get-up, dress, stagger downstairs, listen to BBC radio 4 news.

5.31 am. Make coffee, burn toast, boot-up laptop, yawn just once, stretch.

5.45 am. Check Emails, reply to urgent ones only, read favourite blogs, post something fascinating, feed cat, let dog out.

9.00 am. No sign of Lady Magnon, make second cup of coffee, return to studio, wander aimlessly, search for lost dog.

10.00 am. Lady M spotted poking fire.

10.30 am. Ensure that we have the necessary for lunch, walk however many dogs turn-up for dog-walking, bring in logs, stoke fires.

12.00 am. Serve gourmet lunch, make amusing comment about Lady M's night-attire, receive thunderous looks.

12.30 pm. Snooze for 10 mins whilst not-watching some soporific TV show (Judge Judy a favourite).

1.00 pm. Search house for Lady M's lost reading glasses & handbag, fill chainsaw with oil and petrol, saw mountains of logs, separate fighting dogs.

5.00 pm. Prepare dinner, select most appropriate wines, help look for Lady M's lost hairbrush and other essentials, reply to non-urgent Emails, walk various dogs (some previously unseen), first glass of wine.

7.00 pm. Serve gourmet dinner, avoid Eastenders, write various lists, doodle, make sure Lady M has comfy pillows, snooze until bedtime (11.00 pm).

5.30 am. Wake-up...........

p.s. If you should see me sporting 2 black eyes, it's because I walked into a door; honest!