Thank you

Thank you to all who have commented about the death of my Mum.  It is very kind of you and comforting when lifes highs and lows are shared.  The funeral is Jan 4th, Christmas and New Year have put everything behind.  After the funeral we have to start clearing the house, going through probate and then selling the house.  I suppose that is not going to happen quickly.  We survived Christmas but i am still very tired and at the moment i am still just reading journals but not commenting, i will get with it in the new year.

Was sad to read of the deaths in j'land, although i was not surprised at either one, but they were both so young.  It is easier to accept when people go in the right order, i.e. the people at the older end going first, but my condolences go to the families of both.

Happy New year to you all.

Jenny <><

I have not written much lately i have been very busy and tired.  I have been reading journals now and again but haven't been commenting on many.  But unfortunately my Mum took ill on Saturday and died Tuesday so now i am in the throes of funeral arrangements as well as christmas.  It will probably be the new year before i get back to normal after the funeral January 4th, although then we start with probate and selling her house, but never mind it comes to us all.  She was 83 and had a bad heart for years so every day was a bonus, she had been on borrowed time for awhile.  She had gone blind in one eye and the other one was going fast as was her short term memory, i think this was her time to go and it was peaceful.

In case i don't get a chance, happy christmas and new year to you all.

Jenny <><

Holidays

Well it is the start of our winter week's holiday.  I have yet again a cold and husband well!!!

Yesterday we decided to wrap some christmas presents, hubby went upstairs to get the wrapping paper from the cupboard.  He got two bag loads and then thought we might need more so leant forward to reach another bag.  Needless to say he was stretching over something on the floor instead of moving it first.  So he lost his balance and with no hand to save himself fell forward onto the edge of the shelf and headbutted it. He now has a cut across the bridge of his nose and he thinks it might be broke.  I think it is just a  bit swollen and bruised.  He put a small bag of frozen veg on it while watching TV and it didn't look so bad after that.

So here we go, me with a dripping nose and him with a swollen cut hooter looking like i gave him a good beating LOL!

We was going to use this time to finish the christmas shopping and get things wrapped.  At the end of the week we are going away for a few days with some church friends to a Worship Leaders seminar.  Was hoping for lots of singing but now i will have to settle for croaking. :-)

We have hit the birthday season in our family, from the end of October through till January i have 11 birthdays and i entirely blame the dark cold nights of early spring for it.  After all once 'X FACTOR', 'STRICTLY COME DANCING', 'I'M A CELEBRITY, GET ME OUT OF HERE' is finished what else is there to do. :-)

Well i am off to have a good blow and i'm having a lazy day today until church tonight for which i suppose i will have to get out of my nightie and into something appropriate.

Jenny <><

Tags: cold, nose, birthdays, holiday

chat room

I have been on the journal chat line tonight (give it a try) but still cannot see it at the top of my blog i had to get in through my private practice journal.  Although other people can see it on this blog.

Most strange.

Jenny <><

It has just come up now. Trying to trick me.

 

Today

Well just tried to put in a picture and AOL was having none of it.  So i have given up!!

Today is my birthday 56years.  That's a 5 and a 6 not a 6 and a 5 as my dear hubby keeps saying.  If that was the case he would be my toy boy LOL!

I don't look forward to them as much as i used to as it means my bus pass is coming ever nearer.  My body feels distinctly older but inside i feel the same as i did years ago, just a bit wiser and more confidence.  I'll talk to anyone anywhere, even myself if no one will listen.

What have i done today that is special.  Nothing, gone to work as usual, had my Friday fish and chips as usual and tomorrow it will all be over for another year.  But it has not been a bad day, just a same as every other day.  My friend bought me some hemorrhiod cream and suppositories for a present.  She is a very kind lady and always knows just what i need.  I have some lovely flowers and chocolates to eat.

Tomorrow will be better because i will have a whole year before i get any older.

Who am i trying to fool. LOL!!

Jenny <><

Halloween

Well it's happened again, we have had our car egged due to the Halloween season and yes it has marked the roof, but this time we are going to ignore it because we cannot go through all that rigmarole again.

Trick or treating is relatively new to the UK and whilst it may be fun for some for others it is a source of fear and intimidation.  Lots of elderly people will be hiding in their houses frightened to open the door for fear of what might happen to them.  Young children go with a parent and if someone says no they just leave.  But there are the older ones who go out on their own knocking at strangers houses and demanding money.  Notwithstanding the risk to themselves knocking on peoples doors who they do not know, but also imagine the horror when the elderly (or any age) come out the next morning to see everything covered in eggs and flour which they then have to try and clean before the eggs bite through the paintwork.

The head of one school has recognised the dangers of Halloween and will have nothing to do with it.  She rightly says that it is basically a commercial enterprise with little relevance to faith and has a dark side which is unhealthy.

In other places in the country the attention has been drawn to its 'anti-social effects' and police, churches and schools are trying to take the fear out of 'trick or treat' and to protect the vulnerable and elderly from what is rightly called vandalism.

Trying to make Halloween (All Saints Eve) into a safer and more wholesome night is gaining popularity.  Churches are organising parties that will be far more fun than trick or treating to encourage the children off the streets.  Shops are being encouraged to display some lighter things in their Halloween section not just monsters and ghouls.  It seems that Sainsbury's and Asda have taken this on board and are including face paints, glow sticks and other non-witchy items this year. 

I do not wish to offend anyone who goes out with their kids and has a bit of fun and wouldn't hurt a fly, so let me explain why i and most christians in the UK (not sure how many other countries 'trick or treat') will have nothing to do with it and tries where possible without offending to discourge it.

Apart from the damage and fear aspect mentioned above, Halloween (as it is seen today) is of the occult and does have a dark side.  There are real witches about and especially in the UK.  Some just play at it and some are the real deal. It is one of the fasting growing - i loosely say 'faiths' - in the UK today.  It is pushed at the children from every side, books, films, TV, Harry Potter.  It is made to look fun and adventureous.  Nearly every High Street has a shop selling witchcraft books and parafanalia.  It is portrayed as harmless. 

Without going into detail, does it work?  You bet it does if you are into the real thing.  To have power is a big draw, think about it. Is there any good witchcraft?  I am sure there are some lovely people around that consider themselves witches who would never harm anyone, but and a big but anything that seeks to control, manipulate, have power over another even if it is for a good reason has to be wrong.

There is a lot more i could say but won't here.  So i feel anything that gives the children the impression that witchcraft is just a bit of fun and would encourage them to get involved or delve deeper when they are older must be discouraged at all costs.  Children look to adults for their lead we must be careful what message we give.

Happy All Saint's Eve

Jenny <><

Pooter, B'day

The lead on my computer broke last week so i had to get a new one.  i was most thankful that it was the lead and not the actual laptop.  I tried getting into AOL with my desktop but that is not broadband and everything was so slow i got too frustrated. 

Now can anyone tell me this, why when i get AOL up on my desktop pooter (Supanet is my provider) is the home page and everything about it completely different to my AOL on my laptop (Which is my provider)????????

Woke up yesterday with my right eyelid swollen up with fluid.  It has gone down a bit but not completely.  It is worse in the morning and just aches a bit but does not hurt.  My daughter's eye is the same but hers really hurts her and keeps coming up, usually when she is stressed, (it's school holidays)!

G'son was 8 Thursday and had a good day and the day before g'son, g'daughter and daughter went to see the 'Lion King' up London.  They really enjoyed it as i knew they would as i have seen it a few years ago.  They went with ADDUP my g'son's ADHD support group who heavily subsidised it which made it affordable for my daughter, seats in London's theatres being the price they are.  One of the bonuses of going somewhere with the club is that all the kids are in the same boat so Mums do not worry they are being looked at and judged when the kids do not behave like little angels.  They always include siblings with any activity as they recognise that they are as much involved in the family problems when there is someone with ADHD in the family.  They welcome g'daughter to all the ADDUP activities with open arms and she always enjoys herself when she goes.