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December 31 Out with the old Well that'll be me and the dad on the scrap heap then!
I know it is really silly to think that the end of an old year is necessarily the end of various bad things that have happened during that year, but we all live in hope.
My hope for 2007 is very basic, that I can always remember to treat others as I myself would like to be treated. I reckon that if that was a statutory ruling, the world would be a better place altogether.
I found this poem recently, I wrote it about 15 years ago and I know it isn't great, So, forgive the sentimentality of the thing, but when I read it again it made me have a think and that can't be half bad.
Good times are often hard to see
they are obscurred by the mists of
anger and depression, scared away
by selfishness and ennui.
Good times are happening right now
in unseen gestures and quiet care.
Often the habit of carelessness
dims the view, leaving only
skeleton leaves blowing in obscurity.
Discipline yourself to remember
and notice the good times which
lie all round you but are ignored
passed over.
Put aside languidity
lazyness and slothfulness, the
energy burning doubt and anger
the wasteful anxiety and stress.
Instead watch the small light of now
and let it become a beacon for the future.
Look for the joy inside yourself, don't ignore it.
Reach out and hold it to yourself
so that you you may share it with others.
Wishing you all A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR
Barbara x December 29 Our cat is looking pretty smugI think it ate an important bit of the new cordless mouse Santa brought. Something is wrong with the falming thing, it worked for a bit then froze, right in the middle of me reading Phil's blog, thank heaven I didn't throw the old one in the bin.
So how is everyone now the sprouts are through and all things turkey are gone? Hope all is well with everyone.
So here we are heading fast toward 2007 and I'm still trying to put into place resolutions I made at the beginning of 2006. I managed the 'join fat club' one, but that I think is about all. Having said that I will probably have piled on pounds since before Christmas having taken absolutly no heed to roasting my potatoes in 'spray light' (for goodness sake) instead of good old dripping. And what is it about Christmas cake? I never look at fruit cake from one end of the year to the other but I love Christmas cake, with all the marzipan and royal icing of course.
So with good heart we step forward towards brain annihilation on New Years Eve - which happens to be our 29th (29th!) wedding anniversary. The shops are already heaving with booze and the trolleys at the check outs look like props from 'Whiskey Galore'. (I am old enough to remember that film when it was new). Christmas proved one bottle is enough to do it for me!
December 20 Just wanted to say...Monday, the day Clare died I decided that as she was in no position to stop me, I would tell her exactly what I thought of her. Clare was seemingly unconscious, but they do say that hearing is the last remaining faculty, so I hope she did hear the things I said. These things are not private; they are the thoughts and expressions of every single person I have ever spoken to, who was in any way connected to Clare. I thanked her for her interest and enthusiasm, for her unstoppable determination to tackle whatever task or problem was thrown at her. I thanked her on behalf of every parent whose child had been in her care, whether as a teacher, a Guider a relative or a friend. But mostly I thanked her for her quiet spirituality which was in itself an inspiration. December 18 Rest In Peace ClareClare died earlier this evening, she went out like whisper in the wind and I can have no regrets at her passing, only that I will miss her so very very much. There will be much to do for the next few days so forgive me once again if I love you and leave you. If I don't get back until after Christmas, and I hope that I will, then I wish you all a Very Happy one. x December 17 Now you see me......And hopefully you will continue to do so. Don't ask, it's been a roller coaster this past few weeks and I for the life of me can't seem to get back into my blogging harness - sounds decidedly dodgy gear a blogging harness, something perhaps to be found only in the inside pages of an S&M magazine - Er, not that I know much about what is on the inside pages of S&M magazines!
Thanks anyway for your expressions of concern I really appreciate them.
Today has not been an easy day, Clare our dear old 95 year old cousin who has cheated death more times than Evel Kneivel, has again relapsed, this time into a coma. I have been with her all day but have returned to get something to eat and prepare myself for possibly being summoned in the night. The doctor arrived to see her this morning and I expressed our wish for her not to be force fed more antibiotics, and he was totally in agreement, apart from anything her swallow has deteriorated so badly that they would likely choke her, he was actually quite certain that this time she would not survive and said that in other circumstances she would be whipped into hospital to ensure hydration, but he felt that disturbing her would almost certainly finish her off. I was relieved. So she is now receiving lots of TLC.
On top of that 'the bairn' has again got a horrible tonsilitis, and so I'm making quantities of green jelly for her, the certain antidote to everything I find.
Must go and eat, I have survived today on 4 small water biscuits, Mm very tasty! December 02 And I say again Hah!I do it, not exactly on a regular basis, but certainly once in a while, that is, stay out of touch for just long enough for it to be really hard to make contact again. Silly, aggravating and yet so very easy to rectify. So this is me rectifying!
I have had a bit of a time of it I have to say, health been a bit on the dodgy side, and there has been certainly more time spent visiting Clare who at 95 is in very poor shape and needs us more than ever. So I am here for the moment and hope to be back on a more regular basis.
Did have a really nice afternoon yesterday when Joyce my friend and I spent the afternoon and evening in Durham, we said we were off to do some Christmas shopping, but in fact trawled the pubs for the best part of the time. I was driving so didn't drink, but the atmosphere was good and we certainly caught up on the crack (that is the crack as in gossip). Durham is such a lovely City even if they do have a conjestion charge. The place was buzzing as ever.
Short and sweet I think, just to get back in the swing. |
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