73 YEARS|!!

 

They started as they meant to go on! Not brow beaten by the Haka!

They came out from the hills and the dales and the Dragon roared!

Well done boyos!!

It was amazing and we're still cheering!

Chrisxx

An old way you may not know.

A little while ago Dh felt really ill in the middle of the night. It panicked us, because I wouldn't be able to drive, if we needed to get him to the hospital But we have emergency money hidden should we need a taxi.. Although my son has said they all take credit cards these days.

Dh had a lot of pain, I checked him for a raised temperature and pulse and they were ok. So my treatment was 2 paracetamol and 2 anti-inflammatory tabs and a good glug of water and sit on the loo! If you feel really unwell and not sure if its your tum, sitting on the loo, takes away the fear of making a mess. So your body relaxes and it concentrates on getting your system back to normal! Did you know that? Its a suggestion from my 1960s nurse training days.

A blessing, And Dh started to feel alright, the pain eased.. and he sat on the sofa and began to close his eyes. So we both went back to bed after 4:20 am, we had been up over four hours. We slept till gone 9!!

In the morning, first thing I did  was check that the money was still there, and said a prayer that Dh was ok and we both laughed, when I said. 'Thank goodness we chose that toilet, because it has a very comfortable shaped seat!'  My cousin has an ultra  modern ensuite with a square toilet seat, and it doesn't just feel odd, but its very uncomfortable!!

Sometimes old ways are good, even though they seem odd!!

Chrisxx

Clever clogs!!

 Don't you love a 'know it all' ?? I'm going through another spate of insomnia.. so annoying and exhausting. Somebody I know asked had I tried magnesium and swore it was amazing.  However it doesn't suit me and causes me problems.

A few years ago someone in my SW group brought me some pages from a magazine for me to read, about the best things to do to get a good nights sleep. Honestly it was a really long 'essay' I just said thank you and stuffed it in my bag. At home, I glanced at it and basically it said the usual stuff, cool bedroom, quiet and dark and loose nightie or pajamas; nothing new!

The following week she pounced on me to ask what did I think.  She was like someone who had just discovered 'how to spilt the atom'.. and couldn't accept that I was still waking up in the middle of the night, She even queried if I'd read it through. She really annoyed me and came back to talk 'at' me at the end of the SW meeting. 

So I stopped her in her tracks by saying, yes I had read it, but unfortunately my bladder didn't understand it,  so I was still waking up at night! Grrrrr some people!

Have you ever met someone like that?

Chrisxx

Poppies.

We were able to see the ceramic poppies at the Tower of London when they were first displayed 2014. 

It was at night and it was pouring with rain, but that didn't distract from the wonder of seeing them. I bought one and we put it in one of our front pots every year. 

Dh entered the Navy age 15 and served for 17 years . The Festival of Remembrance Service at the Royal Albert Hall is something we always watch. 

Sad thinking of all those young peoples lives lost. My grandmother's brother was killed in WW1 and she often spoke about him.  My aunts went to the War graves  in France to see if they could find his name somewhere, but Thomas Harris was too common a name. 

I always feel a bit teary when they play the Last Post and poppies float down at the end of the service,

I'll never forget the scene of those poppies, an amazing sight.

Chrisxx

I hope someone shows this to Charles!!

 

Charles and Camila battered by a storm in the Caribbean!

Chrisxx

Do you agree?

 Barbara Barrie, born May 1931 was a well known American actor who won various rewards for her film and theatre work.

She also had many appearances on a variety of TV shows,  quite a lovely looking lady, isn't she?  She also wrote books. Two on recovery from cancer from which was diagnosed in 1994. 

At 94 she was diagnosed with terminal cancer and opted for an assisted death, on October 28th 2026 age 95.

I don't know how you feel about assisted dying but if you have ever been with someone in extreme pain, I think you might agree it is a blessing. 

While medical care of the dying, has improved enormously here in UK, there are still horrific cases where the patient is in extreme discomfort.

I personally would welcome a release of the indignities and pain.

Do you agree?

Chrisxx

Our Future King!

 We watched the Graham Norton show with Prince William as a guest. What a really lovely young man he is, great sense of humour and very humble. When Graham Norton asked what he should call him, he answered, 'William or Will.'

 He was there championing his Earth Shot Prize, alongside Cate Blanchet, Robert Irwin and Hannah Waddingham. 

He joined in all the conversations in a very natural way.

It seems he wanted to be Police man, when he was child, then a Disc Jockey.

He had everyone laughing, and complained, that to be on the Show, he was missing 'Celebrity Traitors,' which he follows with his children!

He was so natural and didn't appear to be a bit nervous and had us laughing at home too. He spoke about a time, when he was visiting somewhere and someone thought he was 'Prince' the singer, which was funny because he said. he couldn't sing and anyway didn't know the words of the song, 'Purple Rain!'

I loved him, such a down to earth young man and our 

Future King!

Chrisxx

Is this Winter?

Hope you're not affected by these storms; October has certainly heralded winter here..

So many photographs on FB of our little Lighthouse, even highlighted on the Welsh news.

We've stayed inside and watched our little trees bending in the gusting winds and the torrential rain has cleaned our patio!

 We have watched our little hedgehog scurry across the patio last night when the rain drops were bouncing all around him.

And yesterday we had a very, very small squirrel scamper along the fence, with a crab apple in its mouth. His tail was so thin and small, we've never seen such a small one before. 

Hope all the wild life around are in safe leafy burrows or high up in the trees in safe dreys.

Hope you are all safe too.

Chrisxx

Such fun!!

It worked I lost 2lbs although I didn't go to the meeting, because of storm Austin..but our home scales is usually the same at SW.. So I'm well pleased. I'm like a child feeling proud of myself as though I'd done something extra-ordinary.. other people lose 4lbs or even 5lbs in a week!! But I'm ecstatic for 2.

Well done me!

We've had fun with our new door bell and have watched the 'fluffy' cat stroll up the path and then walk off across the grass, usually we see him on the Trail Cam in the back garden. Dh put it up yesterday. We haven't bought it for a security issue but to see who's dog is using our front garden as his poo area! 

When Dh put it up yesterday we watched him putting out our refuse and recycling bags, and then him peering in the camera, coming back in and I squealed , its your Dad!!

Such fun!

What makes you laugh?

Chrisxx

Supper but no toast!

 I did not fall off the wagon, although at 9:15pm my stomach felt very empty as we had had an Speed and Protein day, so no carbs.. but fortunately Dh felt the same so we had supper!! 

Scrambled eggs and Smoked Salmon, and it was delicious although I needed an indigestion tab later! But at least it wasn't buttered toast and marmalade,

Friday is SW weigh day, so we've been extra good today. We don't  eat before we go but take a marmalade sandwich with us and it always tastes divine!!

Thank you for all the encouraging comments, I will lose weight!

Chrisxx