Be Back Soon

Just a quick note to say I will be back. Have loads to say but not enough time to say it. Will be back soon

Its a beautiful hot day, herbs are growing like mad. I used some of the chillies in a spinach and potato curry it was so yummy even if I say so myself. I bought some lovely pistachio cakes from the local Indian deli just to finish it off and to have a really beautiful sweet taste in my mouth. They are oh so sickly but gorgeous and you can only have one even though they are so small.

Poor Cupcake is so hot and sitting down on the grass just watching the world go by, well he was busy watching me watching him hehe.

I sat in the sun earlier doing paperwork, so slowly I am getting all the jobs done I have wanted to do for a long time. I got the ironing finished earlier in the week and I started ebaying, hooray I sold one item a Radley handbag, but .......... I wanted more money and I feel very disappointed cos it was a really good buy for someone. I used to work for Radley so accumulated a few of their handbags with those cute little dogs, however I have to add when I got diagnosed with Dilated Cardiomyopathy they didn't exactly rush to get me back to work and behaved despicably towards me. I had to go to see the CEO of the company as they basically made me quit my job, although they say they didn't. Unfortunately I didn't have money to pursue the case to the Tribunal and so in this case I was the loser (well only in monetary terms and also not having a job). I actually used to like working for them but now cant even stand having one of their bags in the house as I don't believe they acted ethically ....... so folks if you ever go sick I hope you aren't working for Radley as they wont want you back(although they say they do)!!!!

Garden delights

Have been just too tired to post yesterday and feel exactly the same today. This is the way dcm gets to you at times. You just have to ride with it and it will go but its really hard sometimes to adjust to it (you feel like you have just run a marathon). For the past week I have felt so good and so have been sorting and cleaning and organising and now I'm paying the penalty for not just evening the days out grrr and more grrr when will I learn!!!

Yesterday I made a beautiful lunch for my mum, and when I say beautiful its just cos it looked nice with all the colours on the table. It was only a salad but it was the queen of salads hehe, eggs, olives, feta cheese, ham you name it, it was there. It just so reminds me of the summer and hopefully with the weather yesterday and today its on its way.

Today I have been sat out in the sun sewing, boring you might think,but hey no it was great, I sat there with the 'dog' now known as Cupcake and took in all the fresh air, smelt the beautiful smells of jasmine, freshly cut grass, and herbs, it was so lovely. I watched the birds, we have a resident robin and we just listened to all the sounds around us. The only thing I wish is that I could have heard the sea, but it would have had a bloody long way to travel to get to me LOL. A beach and the sea would have made my day complete,that's one thing I miss about Spain. Maybe I should have taken my Spanish music out there and just pretended!

Anyway onwards and upwards the sun is still shining, Cupcake is absolutely flaked out, my partner has one to work (sad) and so tonight Ill watch a bit of old Ally McBeal on dvd and do my nails, hmm what colour shall I paint them???

Just a quiet old day today

Just a quiet day today, went for lunch with my Mum and am totally stuffed now. Watched football this morning haven't done that for many years, it was my sons last football game of the season and it was like stepping back in time to when he was small when I used to watch him all the time. Some of the friends I wouldn't have recognised but its suprising how many are from the old days and it was good having a chat.

My friend Kelz daughter is still poorly in hospital but has had all her tubes taken out and hopefully will be moved from ICU fairly soon so am so happy to hear that.

My seeds I planted are growing well and I didn't realise how much pleasure could be gained from just watching them grow. Hopefully it wont be too long before they start producing the herbs, chillies and peppers. I think I may well plant some more soon maybe this time lettuces and spring onions. Am looking forward also to getting some geraniums put in my pots which always reminds me of Spain, then I can put my candles in their places outside and it will again be my beautiful little haven.

Must get back to sorting things out again now so I can keep trying to put it on ebay and make myself some money instead of keeping it doing nothing in the cupboards!

Follow your dreams

Well I didn't post yesterday I got a bit tied up with other more pressing matters. Sadly my friend Kelzs daughter was involved in a serious road accident and is poorly in hospital, my love and hugs and everything else I have goes out to Kelz and her daughter. Hope she improves soon and is soon home where she belongs. Love to you all xxxxx

This leads me on to other thoughts I had last night, what does anything matter in life, we should all try to do what we want to do cos we only have one life to lead. I know money sometimes gives us restraints (well gives us a lot of restraints) but all in all I think sometimes our lives have to be restructured slightly. The same goes to weight and also as to what clothes we wear. What does it matter how heavy or thin we are, as long as we are happy with the way we look. Obviously some things spell out health issues which we must take into account but all in all if we are happy with out lives then let it be. We don't need to conform to the air brushed images, or wear the up to date clothes, unless this is of course what we want! We don't need all the material things in life either. I moved to Spain several years ago with just three huge suitcases and I honestly had everything I needed as regards to personal things except I did miss all my books. My flat was fully furnished, although sparse, and I only had to buy some extra bed linen, a microwave and some plants which I love. I loved it there more than I do here and yet I had virtually nothing. I did miss my family as just my partner and I went alone and I also I would have liked a dog there. I had three cats in the UK which I left with my mother and when I returned she did not want me to have them back so hence why I bought the 'dog' hehe. I could walk to the shops, plentiful with fresh fruit and veg, not all in conforming to EU rules on size. I shopped in the markets, drunk coffee at the street cafes, walked to beach and the mountains and had a few alcoholic beverages at the local bar! Food was something to be enjoyed and hours were spent just eating, chatting and drinking (and no not getting drunk), I even learnt Spanish and didn't have a car. Transport was brilliant and the train took you to the major nearby city in just 20 mins and also a quick trip to Gibraltar was easy so I could stock up on just the few things of English stuff that I liked at Safeway there. I cant really believe I came back, but things were meant for a reason I truly believe that and not long after I returned I was diagnosed with the heart condition I have. So all in all today's motto is just do what you believe to be right for you and try to follow your dreams wherever possible cos you just don't know what is around the corner!

Mission Impossible Maybe

Today I was on a mission, something exciting you might think, maybe something undercover or glamorous but no I needed to finish my ironing, omg it was such a huge pile. It comes to something when you have to give yourself something as exciting as ironing for a mission!!! My pile was getting so big I had even forgotten about some of it. Shows how much we do NOT need in life. Now its started me on another mission, hidden in my wardrobe are clothes and shoes I have never worn so its all going on ebay, I'm going to be ruthless ......... well as ruthless as I can be! Keep your fingers crossed it makes me money. Once I have done mine I'm starting on all my partners clothes and shoes still with tags on or in boxes and I'm going to keep the money hehehehe. I have got so much crap that I don't need. I have clothes and shoes for every occasion and I never go anywhere different to wear it and by the time I do I will want to buy something new so here's to a new start or is this just another one of my schemes that will bite the dust soon mmmmmm.

Pics of todays dog walk but you have to look sideways LOL

one of the seven fields in the conservation area

the dog looking proud
the enclosed garden

the stream that runs all the way through the fields