Well, thank goodness for small electrical appliances is what I say!

Kitchen duties have been transformed by electrical appliances into a day filled with pleasure and ease. The daily chores are no longer a burden but something to be anticipated with excitement and wonder. The domestic drudge has been changed beyond recognition into a domestic goddess.

I'm now celebrating a whole six months since I gave up smoking. I was approaching 40 and strongly resisting the pleading of my family to grow up, take responsibility and look after myself.

After a particularly bad bout of flu last year, I took a long hard look in the mirror and saw a 55 year old man looking back at me. I was feeling and looking old and there and then determined to do something about it for the sake of seeing any future grandchildren I might be blessed with.

Much has been made in the press of global warming and atmosphere change. The damaging effects to the planet are a huge problem that we are all being encouraged to play our part in dealing with. However, it is a universal problem and we can only do so much as an individual. The onus is more on the large corporations that churn out billions of tons of pollutants each and every day.

DSE risk assessment is an aspect of office life to be overlooked at great expense.

Health and safety is always in the press these days with reports of the physical ailments caused by non-observance. Display Screen Equipment is one of the things that should be at the top of the list for office workers to avoid complaints such as repetitive strain injury, back strains and stress.

You've donned your Christian Lacroix designer suit, your Jimmy Choo designer sling back shoes and grabbed your Prada designer handbag. You're doing lunch with your friend at the trendy Nobu restaurant where you intend to have the four calorie designer salad consisting of two olives, an iceberg lettuce leaf and half a tomato.

Of course, spring will be here soon and it just won't do to be seen in last season's white skin so after lunch a trip to the sun beds to top up with that orange tint you think suits you so well is essential.

Well, I think I've done really well. I joined this gym in January along with all the others who thought they'd piled it on over Christmas and its now May and I'm still here. The rest of the gym population has decreased greatly since then, but I'm one of the few who have stuck it out.

My strategy is 'slowly but surely'. I've followed a sensible diet slightly increasing proteins to cope with the light weight training I'm doing and have kept the rest to low fat healthy eating.

It would seem these days that hospitals are run more like a business with financial concerns than a place to help the sick and wounded. Staff shortages and the enormous pressures to meet targets puts severe pressure on the NHS system and the inevitable corners get cut with disastrous results.

Healthcare uniforms are a symbol of our health service in the UK.

The ability to develop one's muscles through progressive resistance exercise to enhance the appearance of man has enjoyed varied popularity over the years.

Bodybuilding really came to the attention of the masses with the widespread use of photography. Eugen Sandow was the first famous bodybuilder and many postcards featuring him wearing little more than an imitation fig leaf were circulated.

It can often be difficult for victims of anorexia to receive insurance pay outs if they need life saving hospital care and even for their families to claim on life insurance policies in the event of their death. This is because, although increasingly seen as a mental disorder, the results of anorexia are largely thought to be self inflicted.

However, anorexia is a social issue that has long been brushed under the carpet and seen as a means for attention seekers to gain what they want.

Next time you are filling in applications for life insurance quotes, don't forget to mention how happy you are. Sounds silly, I know, but it makes a marked difference to your health now and in the future.

My children and I have just been through one of the most horrible years we have had for a long time. We lived sod's law. Anything that could go wrong, went wrong.