24th November 2012
If it were not for the last minute, nothing would
get done.
Yesterday was lots of fun, the first day for over 12 weeks
that I didn’t track and point anything at all!
Breakfast was a bag of Walkers Crisps, then we went Christmas shopping
up town, we were going to Birmingham but changed our minds, had cake for lunch
and for tea we went to Penn Tandoori where I enjoyed a delicious saag and lamb
balti dish which was to do for, and in it I dunked Keema Naan washed down with
a pint of Cobra – divine!
It was so good to catch up with the girls, we haven’t been
out for a while so we enjoyed ourselves, and sometimes that’s just how it is
and it was fab!
I have to say though, I can’t eat like I used to, I get
fuller – faster and if I carry on my digestion system revolts and gives me
pain. I had my first experience of
trapped wind last night in my chest and yes it does feel a bit like you’re
about to have a heart attack! We’ve
laughed this morning about how as you get older (or as we do anyway) you start
to think more about the after effects of doing something, i.e. “ooo pastry, I
like it but it doesn’t like me”, I remember my mom saying that and me thinking ‘what?’
now I totally understand and have said it myself. When asked if I want another drink, I weigh
up how my head will feel in the morning before accepting where as ten years
ago, I would have just said “of course I do!”
Oh how we grow ;-)
It’s not just with food neither, yesterday Lynne and I
walked round the shops ooo’ing and aaah’ing over things in the shop, then
following it up with, “I’ve managed without one for forty years, I don’t really
need one”, or “we could make one of those, tape a photo”, or “yeah it nice but
it’s not twenty pound nice!” Oh dear I
think we’ve finally started to grow up and you know what, I kind of like it, I walked
round those shops and there was nothing I wanted, I used to feel like I needed
everything years ago, whereas now I realise I already have everything I’ll ever
need, I have the bestest group of friends anyone could ask for, the most
amazing mom, a great family, the cutest dog and lots of love – what else do you
need really, oh yeah my iphone ;-)
Seriously though, the rest is just STUFF and it’s not
essential, as long as the bills are covered and we’re all well, I’m happy.
Today I shall mostly be doing a little bit of housework, and
then I’m going to reminisce whilst making a paper ornament ball! What I hear you cry, well when we were kids
our nan used to make these vile balls from Christmas cards, they would be all
over her living room, she’d recycle everyone’s old cards to make them and we
would be sent home with a bag full to decorate our house! I never liked them, always thought they were
naff, but yesterday when I recalled them, it was with love and amusement. My memory isn’t the best and I don’t really
do sentimental stuff but that really made me go back in time. So I googled them and found the instructions
and I’ll be making my own version, here they are; http://jane.walkerillustration.com/web_paper_ball_ornaments.htm
But before that can commence, I really do need to do some
housework, it’s starting to show lol, it’s a grey day out there this morning,
so not looking forward to walking the dog etiher, but hey ho gotta be done, so
I better go.
Whatever your plans, have fun and if you’re a bit skint and
worrying about paying for Christmas this year, just try and think back to your
childhood Christmas’s what are the best memories, for me it wasn’t the
pressies, they were probably important at the time but I can only remember 4
gifts I was bought in the first 15 years of my life so I wouldn’t worry too
much about that side of it. The
cardboard ball decorations though, now that’s a memory that’s really made me
smile!
Today, take care of you AND yours!
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