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 |   The simplicity of my day to day. |
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This is where I write my thoughts, feelings and my daily trials, tribulations and happy things
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| PROMPT November 7th It's said beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Describe something that you think is beautiful or attractive that someone else might consider unattractive or ugly. I think nature has lots of examples. I love roses, their perfume, colours and their longevity, some bushes living for many decades. My husband on the other hand hates their thorns, the work involved in dead heading and pruning. He also loves the British Bulldog. Anyone with eyes to see will admit this is one ugly dog? Every mother thinks their baby is the most beautiful baby to have ever drawn breath, but honestly not every baby is pretty. Not mine of course they were the cream of the crop! Classic cars? Have you ever watched people (mostly of the male persuasion) gather around a car, almost speechless, in awe of its beauty. A car to my thinking is something reliable getting me to where I need to go. Not a thing of beauty. |
| PROMPT November 6th Would you ever take a trip to a place "off the grid?" Where would you go? I wouldn’t do it. Why would I want to be without all the comforts being on the grid affords? Just imagine. No WdC 😱 I’d have to boil water to make sure it was ok to drink. No radio! That would be my downfall. I love listening to the radio. No podcasts No electric blanket.🥶 No air conditioner 🥵 Whose idea was this? 😠🤬 |
| PROMPT November 5th Imagine the year is 2030. Write about what has happened in your life over the last decade in the past tense. It’s 1930. I never thought I’d still be around to see this year. It’s good that we’re both still in reasonable health. Looking back at the last decade I must say it started off badly. That 2020 had lots to answer for. Everything seemed crazy then. Viruses, bushfires and out of control politicians. We had it all. Thankfully everyone seemed to calm down after 21 and the vaccine. The two lovely things that happened in 2021 was the birth of our son’s baby. They had given up ever being able to have kids and then when she was 42 our daughter in law gave us a very late grandchild. The same year my granddaughter had her first child too, our fifth Great grandchild. So blessed. I managed to get home to the UK in 2025, after the airlines got back to normal. I got to see my brothers. Both of them are in their nineties now. But still going strong. Sadly we lost our beautiful dog, Lucy only two years ago. She was sixteen and she’d had a happy life. Here’s hoping that 2030 is the beginning of better things to come. |
| PROMPT November 3rd Write about a time when you were "thrown in the deep end." This can be taken literally or figuratively. Lots of times I've had to learn the hard way. The first time I learned not to trust anyone. even, or especially, your Dad. "Go to the top of the water slide," he says. "I'll catch you," he says. Mmmm. Scuba diving was another time. I did this as a bet with my husband. "You learn to scuba and then we can dive together. Then I'll learn to ballroom dance." I did the Scuber which took me forever as I'm so claustrophobic. He decided that ballroom dancing was too stressful after one lesson! Cheat! Abseiling, was the next time I took a leap of faith, literally. Duped I was. Daughter failed to mention when she asked me to come along to watch her and her friend have a go at walking backwards of a cliff, that she'd paid for me to do it too! I don't know what pleasure people achieve from tormenting me. |
| PROMPT November 2nd Write about something you collect. If you don't collect anything, write about the collection of a friend or family member. I’ve never been a collector. Once in India I bought an elephant ornament to remind me of our time in that amazing country. Somehow that led to people giving me elephants for gifts. So I now have a collection of them without even trying! My mother used to collect Crown Derby China. Over twenty years she managed to get a whole dinner service. These are items no one dared actually used to eat from. They are truly beautiful and fit for a royal. Mum left them to me in her will, so I’m now the nervous custodian. Somehow, I instilled in my children when they were small that they were never to touch them, or play ball in the house, or throw things anywhere in the vicinity of these plates, cups and saucers. Occasionally I might make myself some tea and drink from one of the fragile cups which I never actually saw Mum do. I could never bring myself to sell the collection even though the twenty thousand dollars (which is today’s value) would have been handy so many times over the years. I’ll be passing them on to my eldest daughter one day. She can do what she wants with them. |
| PROMPT November 1st Write about something you want. Pick something that you don’t necessarily need, but would make you happy simply to have. Well, last Friday, I was recalled for further investigation after a mammogram I’d had on the Monday. This sounded ominous. I needed to be at the hospital before eight am, as they wanted time to do all the further tests before I saw the doc who was going to discharge me until next year. To recap I’ve already done a dance with breast cancer and did not under any circumstances want to do another. I had an initial meeting with the overseeing doctor of the day. She said that I was here for further investigation on my left breast. I questioned this as I’d never previously had anything wrong with that breast. So when I found out it was both breasts they were concerned about, I told them what the doc had said. “Oh, she hasn’t read our report properly.” I was informed. After four hours of numerous 3D mammograms, ultrasounds and even more doctors being called in to view BOTH breasts I was informed they still weren’t sure. But I could go home and if they needed to see me again then I would receive a call. I said “okay” and went to get changed out of the gown and into my own clothes to get the hell out of there. Then before I had chance to leave, I was told by the doc whose job was to see patients before and after the investigations, that they were “happy” and “see you next year!“ What I want is reassurance. I left there feeling uncertain and doubtful. I’m going to call the Breast Clinic in a few days and let them know how I’m feeling. I know we’re so fortunate to get all those expensive tests done for nothing. I’m not complaining. But...The job of that doctor is to greet the patient and explain what was going to happen and why. After four hours of being poked and prodded by many different people, who at times sighed and left me wondering what they could see, I simply needed an explanation about what it was they were suspecting. Instead I got the feeling she was ready for lunch and simply needed me out of there. |
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