If I get up nice and early I can get on with the things I have to do and they seem to get done much more quickly. If, for some reason, I don't start work as soon as I get up, that's when the putting off comes in. I just can't get going later on in the morning.

Our problem is that I am an early morning, early to bed person and Ted is the opposite. If it weren't for the necessary daily routine, we'd only meet in the middle of the day for a little while!

I remember when I was about 14, my Mum telling me that I was old enough to decide what time I went to bed. For a week or two I stayed up watching television, went to bed and read. By the end of the fortnight I was back to going to bed and to sleep at about nine. If left to my own devices, I'd get up at about 6 and go to bed at 10.

Love Lynne