She'll be getting her pension in a few months, but Aggie MacKenzie won't give in to age stereotypes anytime soon.
"That's crazy!" She laughs. "I officially retired in October, but I don't feel old enough.
"It's what happens with age ... comes to mind." "
The TV cleaning guru looks like a happy woman in her own skin as she talks about her busy social life, weather a morning hangover - "a little too often since the restrictions were lifted" - and finds new love in cage. while regularly dropping the F word.
She exudes the kind of nonchalance that only comes from someone who has been hit by the blows of life and is still on their feet.
Aggie, 65, was featured on the Channel 4 show How Clean Is Your House? famous, which aired from 2003 to 2009. A year later she divorced her husband and got into an argument with her partner Kim. Woodburn (Aggie says she hasn't exchanged civilian conversations for the last two rounds of her show) she saw a period of therapy. After becoming a yoga teacher again at the age of 59, Aggie built a new career by offering online classes from her north London home as well as yoga retreats.
"I turned 50 and thought it was better to do something, I thought of yoga," he explains.
"I went to a local class and thought, 'This is hell. I checked my watch every 10 minutes and wondered when it would end.
"But after about a year of walking once a week, I started to like it and walked a bit more. I didn't have a lot of work at the time, so I started going to class almost every day. There was a bit of structure.
Then a friend suggested that Aggie, who moved to London from Scotland 45 years ago, should train to be a teacher.
"I qualified when I was 61! She explains. "It was difficult physically, but one of the hardest things was writing. I had to write 2000 words on my breath and I actually paid to be asked to write it!
"But I'm so glad I did. In fact, I am delighted with the new life it has brought.
Throughout the lockdown, Aggie says her daily Zoom classes kept her active.
She adds, "Unless you're having a really bad hangover, if you've had too much to drink the night before, which is often the case, it's the best way to start the day!
"But people are waiting for me, so I just have to get up and move on. And I like to do that.
"I feel fitter, more flexible and stronger than ever and I owe that to yoga.
"It gave me a sense of the action. I remember that at the beginning of the detention, my son's friend told me I had to get on Zoom. My first thought was, 'I can't do this. I am old and I don't know how to do it. But luckily it was pretty easy.
The imprisonment for the mother of two shaped many life changes, including living with the new man in her life whom she met 42 years before she was born.
"We are now in the second year. He's still in my life, "Aggie admits, though she's discreet about the details.
"We lived together for most of the last year. We don't live together anymore, but we live close and still see each other. They were very close. "
Sharing her home has been a challenge, especially for a household name like Aggie, though she admits she's gotten more laid back in recent years.
"I live alone, so I have a lot of free time and just have to take care of my own mess, but sometimes I see the sun through the window and I think it's really masculine!" She laughs.
"The truth is, there is no one else to blame, but my mindset is that when it's dirty, clean it up."
Aggie admits she misses the days cleaning her bread and butter at How Clean Is Your House? was, a job she owes to her mother, Joan.
"It was great," she says. "I loved a really dirty house. I've always said the worse the better!
"When I think of this show, I have to laugh. I worked at Good Housekeeping giving cleaning tips and got a phone call asking me to come over for a screen test for a new show.
"I get my cleaning series from my mother. She drove a narrow boat. I think she always thought the house should be clean in case someone comes. She always let us do our homework and was never on hand without a Vim box.
"I hated housework at the time, but I think it made me realize what the standards were.
"I called mom and asked for her best cleaning tips. And they must have liked it because I got the job!
The show ended in 2009 and with a massive separation from former movie comrade Kim, who partially triggered a therapy phase for Aggie.
"I think everyone should try therapy," he said. "It's so amazing.
"When I had problems with my marriage, I went to see a therapist. I didn't know what else to do. I was a little confused.
"After my mother and father died, I ended up going to a therapist for a few years.
And that was very good. I found it very liberating. It's good to feel understood.
Aggie was so excited that she took a three-year course in psychoanalytic psychology at Birkbeck University of London.
She says, "I find it really interesting that most of us don't understand our reactions to things. Why do we behave the way we do? Often it is due to things that happened in our childhood.
"I always thought I was a little crazy to go back to work when the kids were only a few months old.
"But I have a great relationship with my kids. Well, they may hate me, but when they do, they're just pretending!"
Catching up with his sons, Rory and Ewan, both bosses, was a welcome relief after the challenges of detention.
That being said, Aggie has spent the last year cooking and baking, walking 10,000 steps every day, and sharing her encyclopedic knowledge of house cleaning with the nation stuck at home with nothing else to do on her website aggie tips. com.
"I just held back, but I'm pretty happy with it," she says. "And now it's good to be back.
"I waited so long for the Covid vaccination, but it turned out that I had already received it!
"I ended up on a Johnson & Johnson vaccine study. I was in a study and didn't know if I had the placebo or the real thing.
"When I came to the jab in January, they blindly took me out of the studio. And it turned out that I had already been vaccinated twice.
"You could have knocked me down with a feather. No idea. My arm didn't even hurt!
Aggie, who grew up in Aviemore, admits that the added protection and relaxation of restrictions turned her into a party girl.
"I was a little tired," she says. "I've been to too many attractions lately. I have to calm down! "
And that's exactly what he's going to do this fall.
She has teamed up with Flavors Holidays to organize a yoga retreat in Tuscany.
"We keep our fingers crossed, everything is going ahead," he said. "It was so long ago that I was abroad. I took a trip to Greece last summer and I am very glad I did. But it still feels so long
"I haven't put it on my schedule yet because it has been postponed several times due to Covid.
But the idea of traveling again is amazing.
"I look forward to seeing that the world is one of those things that makes me feel young.
Cleaning the aggie way ...
© ShutterstockYou may not be on our screens with your fluffy worries and feather duster, but Aggie offers her best cleaning tips nonetheless.
His website, aggiestips.com, is full of nuggets that help household gods and goddesses stay ahead of the curve when dealing with dirt.
Here are some of Queen of Clean's great suggestions for making your home shine ...
Magnificent windows
Buy special microfiber cloths for glass and mirrors. Wash off the dirt with warm water and add a drop of detergent with a cotton cloth and dry with the microfiber cloth. Your windows will be clear and streak-free.
A lighter barbie
If your grill was stored without cleaning last year, place a handful of wrinkled aluminum foil over the cooking zone; This will quickly remove most cranes and complete cleaning in a sink of hot soapy water with a scrubbing brush. Rinse, dry and light your embers!
Stuffed pillows
While the sun is shining, put these pillows (two of each) in the washing machine (see care label) and take them out on the laundry.
Pillows filled with feathers should dry quickly, otherwise the feathers will mold. When it rains, hang a few white tennis balls in the dryer to prevent the filling from sticking.
For more information on Aggie's Yoga Retreat, please visit Flavoursholidays.co.uk
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