Soho, Covent Garden and Marylebone Housing Estate Office

OliviaCoping Day To Day

As readers of this blog will know, I’m disabled and have problems with my mobility. I came out of hospital last week to the terrible news that our Local Housing office is to close.  I have been a Westminster City Council tenant for the last 16 years  and now they want to take away our Estate Office, that provides a …

Social Media – Part Deux

OliviaThe Soho Corner

Many of my readers will not be aware of this, but I will be living on top of a building site for the next 2 years. The whole area around where I live is having a facelift and an extension built. I’m very happy and excited about this as I can no longer get to the park, a communal garden, with …

Merry Christmas

OliviaCoping Day To Day

Just a very quick post to say Merry Christmas to all my readers – especially those who, like me are facing Christmas alone. As a child I always dreaded this time of year, it just meant my Mother drinking more which in turn made my situation much worse. Although it is a time for pretty lights and cozy adverts that …

Food Preparation When Disabled

OliviaUseful Aids

Cooking while disabled can be a huge challenge, and for me there is a huge combination of reasons that make it so difficult. I will mention some of the difficulties that I have here. For years I had a mixture of disastrous cooking attempts that resulted in inedible meals and ready meals. Then I gave up attempting to cook at …

Social Media

OliviaCoping Day To Day

It is with real regret that I have decided to close down my social media accounts. I just don’t feel capable of managing them anymore. It was all just too overwhelming and struggling with my health in the way that I do I am simply unable to cope with all that social interaction on a regular basis. If you would …

A life lived day to day

OliviaCoping Day To Day

I have delayed in writing this first post in the coping day to day category of this blog  because I was, and if I’m honest still am, unsure about how much personal information I want to reveal about my disability and its effects on my life day to day in such a public forum as the internet. I did actually …