Lists

I will be 50 soon and I do not have philosophical thoughts and pseudo misplaced quotes in PowerPoint.

I do want to make a list because I am obsessed with lists.  So here are some things I want to do after 50.  Completing them before I reach 50 is clearly unrealistic.

1         Bake and decorate an elaborate cake

2         Bake and only eat my own bread (the first one yes and the second bit unrealistic!)

3         Cook kare kare without the help of Rita.

4         Grow a garden/develop a garden? I mean I should grow plants flowers tree or a bush whatever.

5         Read War and Peace

6         Read all the books of a favourite author.(not using my Kindle but the hard copy)

7         Drive to work and back home on my own.

8         Park car confidently.(after doing number 7)

9         Learn how to swim (my float does not count)

10     Run a marathon (what Da!)

11     Not to wear jeans/trousers for a month (dresses are straightforward no fuss no hassle)

12     Visit London and be a tourist for the weekend.

13     Complete the cross stitch I have started in 1999.

14     Get a Masters and a PhD Degree (NO B****Y WAY)

 

I will try to give you updates but do not hold your breath.

PS Picture taken when I was 40ish and when I thought burnish copper hair suited me.

Three positives

1. My mother's 79 birthday today! Hurrah!
2. The Walking Dead is back on telly although I am so nearly there to quit watching this tv show!!
And ---- drum roll
3.  Our shower is finally installed and it is working - More Hurrah!!

All these will Pass

Do I have a messy hair or a messy head?  Just so many things going on and sometimes I feel there is no end to all these.

Worn out and weary. Like Really.

Nosey in a Noiseless Neighbourhood

We have moved and the whole street is so hushed and noiseless and that is weird.  From a busy front street where police sirens wail all day and gaggle of children shriek nearby and neighbour's friends cars honking and cars screeching in the back yard this quietness is a treat!  I feel that every time I speak the whole cul de sac is listening.

During the holidays my new past time was being nosey.  I learned that the Anderson's go out everyday at 9.00 am; the taxi driver neighbour (seemed) did not do any taxiing at all; T goes to work at 8.30 like clockwork and her husband takes the wolfie dog for walks.  Mr and Mr A have three cars and only use two.  And D's cat goes visiting.  An orange cat comes out from one of the houses and these two cats disappear together.

I loved doing these 'observation' while having my green tea in the front room.  I have to say I preferred coffee but I still need to dig out my coffee maker from one of the brown boxes upstairs.  So a green tea bag is easier.

I wonder how many of my neighbours had also been observing me. 

Goodbye and Hello

Dennis and I  embrace 2016 with open hearts and with excitement and gratefulness and full of thanksgiving for all the highs and very highs and lows and very lows of 2015.

The year was a challenge. 
The year tested our faith.
The year made us see our raw selves thrown into stress, anxiety and misery.
The year made us drag ourselves from weariness and defeat.

We have scars and we have stories and tell and we move on.
The progress may be slow but we will move on.