One Of My Greatest Loves is Books

It has seemed odd not reading for so very long , I did indeed had a stab at reading for the want of a better phrase at reading "The Girl on the Train " and it was quite a good read I found it easy . You see when I do read and I can read like a demon vivacious you'd say . My mind is taken over and I am away and the book if it grips me and it should as I will only go for a book that grabs me and then I am  galloping way like a Arabian horse.

I do love a bookshop it's a if the souls reach from the pages longing you to read them so that they can released .

Isn't 84 Charing Cross road beautifully human ?

 

And although my depression and anxiety has robbed me of many years of reading I can put this as a marker although I'm not reading yet as I did which was speed reading , it's a start .already I have read 30 pages of this , yes my mind did go " I demand you stop and worry about something completely irrelevant !" I kept on reading and it's a marvellous achievement . 

What's The Point In A Holiday ?

What's the point in a holiday ?

What's the point in a holiday , is a question I've often asked myself .

To people a holiday is many things be it their 2 weeks in the sun to making memories .

I love holidays , I think I would go crackers without a holiday, my planning of holidays can start years in advdncd infact my planning can start when I'm actually on a holiday much to my families bemusement ! This year we are going to Rome in August where it will be sweltering but I'll have my umbrella and I'll make everyone stop for drinks and ice cream.

To me the point of a holiday is family time and exploration of the mind , to explore places as if I'm the first person to go there is how I view travel. Holidays I think are reminders of the purpose of life , after all we go food shopping to survive then I think a holiday can show us some of the wonder of the world , life and people .

And as mentioned before this is the year my son goes on his first solo holiday with his six form friends before university , so for him it is the first real grasp of independence . When he first told us he was going I did the very 'mum' thing of running through a checklist of what to do and what not to do! I am sure I will do this every so often and he is going to have to pack his own case especially as they do ask "Did you pack this case yourself ?" ( though I think I will give him a hand maybe .. as he is bound to forget something ! )

What's the point in a holiday ?


Many reasons so many !

 

My Favourite Drive : Snake Pass

I don't drive ( I can't drive ) and anyway I have staff a husband for that ! but the trouble is as the driver you don't always get to see the complete beauty around you as you are concentrating on the road ahead.

One of my most favourite drives is right here in Derbyshire and it is Snake Pass and it is apply named  ,Snake Pass is a hill pass in the Derbyshire section of the Peak District, crossing the Pennines between Glossop and the Ladybower Reservoir at Ashopton. When You drive through it you feel as if you are part of a Model Village as the scale of the hills are breathtaking , you really are driving through the clouds.


We drive all over the place very often for Rugby or when I go I want to go somewhere as I get an idea in my head and we must go there now , having good car insurance is a must . One place that you can get car insurance from is Chill Insurance when you are looking through the mountain of places to get car insurance from.


This is a collaborative post

Little Positive Changes You Could Make

It can jolly cary how I feel I admit with anxiety and depression thrown into the mix , I might not put my words as eloquently as some but I do it my own way and that is good enough for me . And that's one of the things is admitting you are good enough , we are all different it would be jolly boring if we were all the same. I mean honestly can you imagine 2 of me , there's enough procrastination in the world and not enough tea drinking, I don't count tea drinking as procrastination I count it as me time .


Get yourself a note book 

I got a couple of these at Christmas thanks to a blogger secret Santa , note books can be fun in them list perhaps the jobs that need doing it might not all be achievable but it's a start. Factor in a treat , rest for yourself for me you guessed it would be drinking tea ,  It is not a case of timetabling your day it is to help you feel a sense of achievement and yes some of the things you write down could take weeks of months to achieve , so this is why you limit what you write down.


I have a real problem applying myself and I easily get distracted and wander off to do something else and keeping a list is hopefully going to keep me on task.



Give Yourself Something to Look Forward To 

Giving yourself something to look forward need not be a budget buster , it could cost as little as 10 p for example : I brought myself a Flump the other day and for me it is a little bit of joy and a bargain at only 10 p , though long gone are the days when I get a load of Strawberry Bon Bons for 2 p .Book a holiday for instance I'm going to Rome and the planning alone is mind boggling but enjoyable , it doesn't have to be stressful as the further in advance you do it the better,

Regret nothing or try not to as it is a time stealer . Your time your happiness .

Find Like Minded People 

It can be hard to make change in your own ~ 

Many hands make light work 

Doing stuff on your own is very much like going into the kitchen to get a sandwich and just coming out with a tin of beans , without help I'd default to always coming out with a tin of beans .

Take my road for example , people you'd think are busier nowadays but when a neighbour needed help with an excercise bike as her husband can't get out due to an illness , it was my husband and son that went across to help. It was the neighbourly thing to do , people just do things with no expectation it's a instinctive kindness . 

I try and protect myself from big big meanies , I have a thing well a personality trait  which means I can't tell if someone is joking or just being a big big meanie , I'll be honest if they're being mean it can wound me for days . I find myself mulling over the situation which is not good for me as it's a mood alterer so when I experience something of late , I sought friendly advice from people I know and trust . Now of course I'm still coming to come across irksome people but I'm going to imagine them as a big fluffy ducky wearing a top hat.

Meal Planning 

Meal planning I hear you cry how the Dickens is that going to help me possibly ? It's the routine factor currently I'm working my way through one cookbook then I'll move onto another. I'm having a whale of a time cooking and experimenting .....

 

But I'm not like So And So

I'm pretty much a free spirit but then I think I'm not like so and so who has the word at that feet and everything they post , everything they do everywhere they go it's like they're a mini celebrity , and I think I just mentioned that yonks ago. They've been to the same places I've been perhaps but them going is so much cooler and I think I'm not like so and so.

I feel perhaps of late I've been a right misery duck.

But to Get Ahead you get a hat ...

 

Or a new haircut at least , and that's all I've done today that and made some hoisin duck and noodles , I'm jolly well trying to do more excercise and I've done that today . Some days I feel too tired to excercise but pacing myself allow me I hope more energy and then I'll get to excercise , I can't pound the pavements as I'll have to accommodate anything I've got with a proper excercise regime with advice from the hospital . And come February I hope I'll get a diagnosis , see I always knew I had special blood , they testing for Lupus , far from thinking my life is on hold till I go find out I'm adjusting my living style in preparation so less chocolate , less wine ( I don't over do ) more brown bread . Don't tell the doctor but I had some white bread the other day ooooh I'm a rebel without a Jam sandwich and I kept the crusts on.

Blogging is therapy I think we'll it is to be anyhow .

I wouldn't have the friends I have without social media .

 

and though I'm an introvert I like it .

So you see I'm not like so and so 

I'm me