I know you have not heard from me in ages.
Sorry.
But I have been so busy moving countries and changing everything in my life and that has proved all consuming.
But I am happy again!!!
That has to be worth it?
The decisions, the heart-searching, the trauma, the problems, the stress, the complexity of it all; worth it in the end? I think so.
So, dear readers, I am now living my life back in the UK and working my little socks off!!!
I have a wonderful new job, a house in the country, and am still getting there. Lots to do before everything has been organized and settled but at least I feel that I have made a positive move in my life, and that things can only get better from here on in. Right?
Sue xx
Friday, 9 May 2014
Friday, 24 January 2014
De-cluttering
I suppose I am not the best person to talk about de-cluttering ones home, having a long-standing habit of collecting stuff, but!
I am turning over a new leaf this year, and I am going for it.
The first battalion of boxes are lined up in the hall awaiting deportation to the Charity Shop.
Second wave are waiting impatiently at the top of the stairs for their call to duty.
Porter is anxious to get the whole thing moving.
Time is not on his side this morning!
Chief packer is on stand-by ready to train up the following volunteers for service to others who
might enjoy what is no longer essential to our needs.
I have not cleared out the boxes in our attic for years and years. I have moved houses and still had
the boxes to keep me company. I have forgotten what they contain I suppose. The realization that
since I have no idea what they contain anymore, that they could be surplus to requirements, is quite
a shock to my system. But it is my new year resolution to make space, to take the time now to tackle
the long overdue clear out.
The hardest ones are those containing books. I love books and my dream of a library room is still there. I have squirreled the ones from the children's childhood away; they are not to be disposed of. The dawn of grandparenthood is approaching more rapidly now that Becci is getting married this year. I see being an Oma with books, and a tender lending system in place, as something to look forward to. Reading to the children, doing the silly voices, marveling at the wonderful pictures, laughing at the rhymes and stories of adventure and fantasy has always made me happy.
I have more to go through……………..
Sue xx
I am turning over a new leaf this year, and I am going for it.
The first battalion of boxes are lined up in the hall awaiting deportation to the Charity Shop.
Second wave are waiting impatiently at the top of the stairs for their call to duty.
Porter is anxious to get the whole thing moving.
Time is not on his side this morning!
Chief packer is on stand-by ready to train up the following volunteers for service to others who
might enjoy what is no longer essential to our needs.
I have not cleared out the boxes in our attic for years and years. I have moved houses and still had
the boxes to keep me company. I have forgotten what they contain I suppose. The realization that
since I have no idea what they contain anymore, that they could be surplus to requirements, is quite
a shock to my system. But it is my new year resolution to make space, to take the time now to tackle
the long overdue clear out.
The hardest ones are those containing books. I love books and my dream of a library room is still there. I have squirreled the ones from the children's childhood away; they are not to be disposed of. The dawn of grandparenthood is approaching more rapidly now that Becci is getting married this year. I see being an Oma with books, and a tender lending system in place, as something to look forward to. Reading to the children, doing the silly voices, marveling at the wonderful pictures, laughing at the rhymes and stories of adventure and fantasy has always made me happy.
I have more to go through……………..
Sue xx
Wednesday, 8 January 2014
ONE LITTLE WORD
After lots of soul searching and dictionary page flicking, I have found my Word for 2014.
Not very surprisingly, it has to be BELIEF.
Two words and it would be SELF BELIEF, but we are only allowed one . . .
So my belief is that:
everything will turn out well (in the end)
dreams will come true (mine I hope)
love will amaze me (Becci's wedding!)
confidence will return (that's the self bit)
success will happen (Tim passing exams)
Luck will turn (for us all)
challenges will be met face on (all of them!)
life will go on and turn a better corner this year, and we will survive with hearts and heads held high.
hmm, thats too much for 8.30am!!!! I need a lie down!!
Sue xx
Not very surprisingly, it has to be BELIEF.
Two words and it would be SELF BELIEF, but we are only allowed one . . .
So my belief is that:
everything will turn out well (in the end)
dreams will come true (mine I hope)
love will amaze me (Becci's wedding!)
confidence will return (that's the self bit)
success will happen (Tim passing exams)
Luck will turn (for us all)
challenges will be met face on (all of them!)
life will go on and turn a better corner this year, and we will survive with hearts and heads held high.
hmm, thats too much for 8.30am!!!! I need a lie down!!
Sue xx
Friday, 3 January 2014
HAPPY NEW YEAR
Well, 2014 is starting with storms and soft temperatures which is unlike the usual weather for January.
We were expecting frosts and snow and cold days and chilly breath, and instead it is windy, wet, wild and warm (ish). Ah well, I guess the year is starting off as it means to go on; being unpredictable!
How was the new year for you? Mine was quiet as is usual when one has pets that dislike fireworks.
The cats were quite lively this year despite having their calming pills from the vet. I barely noticed them working this time, but we survived. And now it is the major clear out of the year!!! I have been avoiding tackling the attic for three years now, so my resolve is to face it, chuck it, sell it, give it away, and keep only those things that are essential or vital to my well being and sanity. Im not very good at it, I have to say, and have hoarded so many things unnecessarily over the years that I have got to be strong and not sentimental this time . . .once and for all!
Today has not been a good one, so I suppose I am writing this in a bit of a dip. It had been going well, and then boom, suddenly all change. I feel disheartened right now, but after a good nights sleep hopefully things will appear in a better light in the morning.
Still undecided about my ONE LITTLE WORD for 2014.
One came to me before the end of the year but has now disappeared since I fear my short term memory is not as good as it used to be. Or is my head so full of other things that I have sifted it back into the far recesses and it will reappear once I have found the space to accommodate it again? I think that's it.
I am reading a great book about 5 pensioners in an old peoples home who decide that life in prison is better than where they are living, so go on a robbery in order to get convicted and sent down. Needless to say, things went well up to a certain point but are not looking so rosy at the half way stage of the book!!!!! I am sure they will have a happy ending, so I will shortly be climbing into my cold bed, turning off the light and settling down with my kindle for another burst of fiction in order to free my mind of all the other nonsense and eventually be able to drift off to sleep.
Night, night then.
Sue xx
We were expecting frosts and snow and cold days and chilly breath, and instead it is windy, wet, wild and warm (ish). Ah well, I guess the year is starting off as it means to go on; being unpredictable!
How was the new year for you? Mine was quiet as is usual when one has pets that dislike fireworks.
The cats were quite lively this year despite having their calming pills from the vet. I barely noticed them working this time, but we survived. And now it is the major clear out of the year!!! I have been avoiding tackling the attic for three years now, so my resolve is to face it, chuck it, sell it, give it away, and keep only those things that are essential or vital to my well being and sanity. Im not very good at it, I have to say, and have hoarded so many things unnecessarily over the years that I have got to be strong and not sentimental this time . . .once and for all!
Today has not been a good one, so I suppose I am writing this in a bit of a dip. It had been going well, and then boom, suddenly all change. I feel disheartened right now, but after a good nights sleep hopefully things will appear in a better light in the morning.
Still undecided about my ONE LITTLE WORD for 2014.
One came to me before the end of the year but has now disappeared since I fear my short term memory is not as good as it used to be. Or is my head so full of other things that I have sifted it back into the far recesses and it will reappear once I have found the space to accommodate it again? I think that's it.
I am reading a great book about 5 pensioners in an old peoples home who decide that life in prison is better than where they are living, so go on a robbery in order to get convicted and sent down. Needless to say, things went well up to a certain point but are not looking so rosy at the half way stage of the book!!!!! I am sure they will have a happy ending, so I will shortly be climbing into my cold bed, turning off the light and settling down with my kindle for another burst of fiction in order to free my mind of all the other nonsense and eventually be able to drift off to sleep.
Night, night then.
Sue xx
Friday, 13 December 2013
Time
is simply whizzing past me in a maelstrom of days that have no set pattern and it is confusing me!
Dates and days are now one and the same and I have lost at least one week this month….my head is telling me it is the first week of December and not the second which is rapidly moving towards being the third and Im shocked!! I think it is because I have not decorated the house this year so have no reference points to hang the days on:
no tree day with Tim
no advent calendar to open
no decorations to hang
no menu planning and scouring of my Christmas recipes
no presents to put under the tree
no flowers on the table
I have not played my Carols CD yet
I have been making Mince Pies though which are disappearing as fast as I bake them!
I have made and posted the cards
I have made all the presents I set out to make apart from the round hat….but I am stalling on that!
I have made the usual December Daily album but it will be a Christmas one only this year Im thinking
Im practicing wearing dresses for Christmas!
We are having Christmas meal together as a family next week
I have watched one Christmas Film The Holiday which I adore
So, I think it is time for me to make another batch of Mince Pies and read through my recipes so we can discuss them this afternoon together, my beloved and I.
Still thinking about my ONE LITTLE WORD for 2014…………..
Sue xx
Dates and days are now one and the same and I have lost at least one week this month….my head is telling me it is the first week of December and not the second which is rapidly moving towards being the third and Im shocked!! I think it is because I have not decorated the house this year so have no reference points to hang the days on:
no tree day with Tim
no advent calendar to open
no decorations to hang
no menu planning and scouring of my Christmas recipes
no presents to put under the tree
no flowers on the table
I have not played my Carols CD yet
I have been making Mince Pies though which are disappearing as fast as I bake them!
I have made and posted the cards
I have made all the presents I set out to make apart from the round hat….but I am stalling on that!
I have made the usual December Daily album but it will be a Christmas one only this year Im thinking
Im practicing wearing dresses for Christmas!
We are having Christmas meal together as a family next week
I have watched one Christmas Film The Holiday which I adore
So, I think it is time for me to make another batch of Mince Pies and read through my recipes so we can discuss them this afternoon together, my beloved and I.
Still thinking about my ONE LITTLE WORD for 2014…………..
Sue xx
Monday, 2 December 2013
Misty morning
As the light begins to break it is possible to see the whole world outside my window is sheathed in thick mist this morning. I already knew that it was cold: -2C at around 7am and that there was fog,
and asked to stay home in the warm, but I had not realized how thick it would be!!! First real sign that the weather is turning colder, and the arctic winds are heading our way. I was so hoping they would hold off til January!!!! Time for the heating on in my little snug - yesterday it was so nice I didn't need it, with the sun shining directly in at me, what a difference a night makes!!
Today I need to concentrate on the last Christmas Cards. Hence the heating being on in here already!
My designs this year are varied and still don't make me 100% happy if I am being honest, but I need to get them out at the weekend, so the pressure is on!
I am also loving James Martin's programme about changing hospital food and make sure I am there to watch it. I watched the original series set in Scarborough hospital, and now this is in Birmingham at another large hospital. It is so important that things change. Watching James's frustration with the waste, and non-business attitude of staff and the views of patients and staff really brings home the need for change and what can be done in relatively no time, if there is the WILL. He is going to rope in a number of other top chefs to get to other hospitals in the episode today. Being an avid fan of Saturday Kitchen I recognize them all, which adds to the enjoyment. Brilliant series and desperately needed.
I suppose I ought to get a move on now……..enjoying radio 2 this morning!!
Sue xx
and asked to stay home in the warm, but I had not realized how thick it would be!!! First real sign that the weather is turning colder, and the arctic winds are heading our way. I was so hoping they would hold off til January!!!! Time for the heating on in my little snug - yesterday it was so nice I didn't need it, with the sun shining directly in at me, what a difference a night makes!!
Today I need to concentrate on the last Christmas Cards. Hence the heating being on in here already!
My designs this year are varied and still don't make me 100% happy if I am being honest, but I need to get them out at the weekend, so the pressure is on!
I am also loving James Martin's programme about changing hospital food and make sure I am there to watch it. I watched the original series set in Scarborough hospital, and now this is in Birmingham at another large hospital. It is so important that things change. Watching James's frustration with the waste, and non-business attitude of staff and the views of patients and staff really brings home the need for change and what can be done in relatively no time, if there is the WILL. He is going to rope in a number of other top chefs to get to other hospitals in the episode today. Being an avid fan of Saturday Kitchen I recognize them all, which adds to the enjoyment. Brilliant series and desperately needed.
I suppose I ought to get a move on now……..enjoying radio 2 this morning!!
Sue xx
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