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What brings you peace?

Years ago when knights were bold, and ladies knew how to behave, my children would ask “Mum what do you want for a present 🎁 “ my response never wavered “A cup of peace & a slice of quiet please” I never got it.

Now they have grown and flown away, waiting for one to re-fly as I swear he has a homing pigeon device built into him somewhere. I found myself still searching for this peace thing. Now I have discover a piece of cake, now I point out I do know cake is sold by the slice, but me I say I’ll have a piece of that and a piece of that and oops 🙊 off topic…

Anyway I love my books reading gives me time to chill so that is peace I lose myself in the book and characters and it all plays out in my mind as I am reading, providing me with a mini theatre 🎭 of my imagination 💭 whilst lost in the words of the book. Giving more thought to it I have always loved my books ever since I was a child the only time I felt truly happy was with my books around me. Now I have at least 15 bookcases filled with books on most subjects because it makes me feel good, safe, and at peace with myself

The one other thing I do that brings me peace is I write, because it releases a lot of tension, makes my wrist ache though. What do I write asked no one writing a book, poetry loads of topics, have had poetry published in USA. Just incase anyone wanted too know or not.

So that is my peace,books and writing , somewhere only I know high amongst the clouds my imagination and my ability to see the unseeable. To disappear into my thoughts and be totally happy because the world outside of the cocoon I have built around my little fantasy world is free of all earthly issues.

“Everywhere I have sought peace and not found it, except in a corner with a book.”
― Thomas a Kempis

Hooray to you, you and you ❤️

What profession do you admire most and why?

I admire anyone who works or tries to work, who gets up and puts themselves out there for for the slog of daily life. No not The fat cat bosses sitting on arse’s barely moving a finger (I apologise to all fat cats 🐈)

It doesn’t matter what job you do, each one has it’s worth somewhere in society, I am talking about legal jobs before anyone thinks I am praising crooks. Every career path, job is worth so much to the huge network we humans have created. From Street Cleaner to Doctor, Bus Driver to Air Pilot, and Mother to Scientist and all of the other jobs. Hooray to you all

For those unemployed a portion are too poorly to work there is no shame in that, I send all my love as I know how demeaning it can feel when you want to work but your body will not allow it.

Then there is a portion who desperately want work but for whatever reason never get the job. I sincerely hope that light will once again shine on you. Never give up.

Then the last lot who don’t want to work who make it their Job to not work, oh boy I do not want to be like you or envy your way of life because that is not a career choice.

The one profession I would hate to have anything to do with is Politician and Government. Why? Because so many of them are Crooks in Suits. They don’t come the real world where we all live but from a place where roses bloom all year and their food cupboards are never empty. Oh of course their standard of living is just like ours(yep and we all have two homes 🏡 🏡)

Here ends Kim’s Monday Moan and Cheer in one

Ps. “If you want to know how corrupt a politician is, just look at the size of their bank account

Quote of the day by unknown

Wow This is Me ☕️&📚& More

If you were going to open up a shop, what would you sell?

Often thought if, what, where, when I ever had the resources to open a shop, should I, could I, would I chose to have a coffee stop book store an upmarket boho chic style selling mostly secondhand books, good coffee and in-store baked cakes 🍰, then to add to revenue later in the day and early evening a kind of open floor event for local artists to sing 🎶 read their own poetry and maybe play guitar. Tables and chairs would be comfy but practical to keep clean making it look inviting. A place to call by and browse and forget the time.

Like any self respecting entrepreneur there is always going to be another room that can be used and rented out for art showings or book reviews, even a place to sell my crystals and stones from. Somewhere that attracts the arts and crafts the everyday people that get passed by. Could bring back the wine and cheese night or even hire out for the perfect teaching room . Perfect for art it’s to paint and show their work at the same time so the public can see what they do

It would be a Poetic Palace for Book Lovers to meet and chat, and join one of the book clubs that we have

Cake connoisseurs to enjoy and share recipes – all our recipes available daily

Artistic amateurs sharing and growing- they can choose before if they want to pay for the room or pay percent of what they sell

Spiritual Seekers calming vibes amongst the crystals and stones daily cleansed – the room that is , because of retaining energy. Always a calm presence in this area always greeted with a smile . I guess even a spiritual evening would be a crowd pleaser

The idea behind it is doesn’t cost much to set up as the books are donated , bought from online and free sites so you have profit and the coffee shop is a basic coffee and tea not a skinny latte or expresso it’s called be real, costs kept lower then you sell more. Still use good quality but without all that fancy equipment. Yes a lot of licences and certifications to get but it is a dream a wish, but a good one

What is the most important thing to carry with you all the time?

Well what a day, first I forgot my phone then I forgot the time, then I forgot to shut my bedroom door and my sons Alsatian forgot she is not allowed to pull my clothes onto the floor to make a bed or use my hair accessories for chew toys, it has been a day to forget for sure. Well unless a rather large Alsatian trying my bralette top on failing and taking it to my son who at 32 is ‘ewwww nooo that is mothers’ guess that is kinda funny. Leads nicely to –

What do I/should I carry with me at all times well a brain would be helpful. Or memory that works in that brain maybe mine needs a de-frag.

Not going to come out with phone , smartphone or any kind of mobile device where you can be contacted anytime anyplace anywhere, even the bathroom is no longer private. Saying that if you have young children that stopped being private when you had the little darlings 🐥

We lived just nicely and with less stress before we had that irritation playing melodies pure and true (thanks three little birds for your words)

The are many import things to carry with you at all times each person has different priorities, I think mine would be a choice one or all of the following

1. Sanity

2. Empathy

3. Kindness

4. Guarded (my walls are thicker than any vault) it’s taken me a long time to get this far, so I can’t go leaving any doors unlocked, after all when the cats away the dam mice 🐁 will play and drive you round the bend

5. Humour

6. A Smile

By yours truly 2014 approx I believe I went through rewriting this to the point I thought STOP ✋🏼. Leave well alone it’s fine and it makes it’s point

Keep Smiling 😊 second best thing you can do with your lips 👄. The first is ……. Eat Cake 🍰

Oh no the dog has had my new shoes 👠 I have rescued one but the other so far is assumed MIA (for people like me missing in action) I haven’t worn them yet 😞🥺😜🙃😄 Life is to short to stay angry all I can say is those shoes weren’t made for walking

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.” — E. E. Cummings

What Has She Written Now

What change, big or small, would you like your blog to make in the world?

Welcome, dear friend! Days aren’t the same when you’re not around!

I sit here on my not so skinny butt, thinking of an answer that won’t get a tut tut.

What change would I like my blog to make, well a smile or two for goodness sake.

But that will only happen when I write a little more. STOP counting the dog hairs on the sitting room floor.

I would love to finish my book find a publisher, The dog hair is now mini tumble-weeds of fur

I can do this pull my big girl pants up high, that’s a scary thought Wonder Woman now a hippo 🦛 falling from the sky.

My words I would love to reach many ears, to make people cry 😭 NO with the laughter kind of tears 😂

So from this Triple bellied Hippo, that wears a Survivor badge with pride. Redundant mum of 6, divorced, disabled wearing a sign Load is Wide.

There you have above my thoughts, my future hopes that my blog could inspire. The only problem I foresee is I have to get myself moving and stop being so tired……

This was just me being me but seriously I am just writing because experiences change us and those experiences can help people. Many years ago there was only books to refer too which I still do but no advice or no way of knowing had anyone been through the same trauma or amazing things I had , now we can use the power of the internet for positive uses and learn and grow. I have sat and read things that have made me cry at what people go through and other things that are so amazing and funny I have been giggling for ages after. We can all share in the good as an amazing family and we can share one another’s misery .. I would like to think blogging, websites anything I am working on will leave a positive happy impact

Sending Smiles to everyone 😄

Maybe I could hire this fitness expert wonder if she does ballet for wheelchairs 🦽😉

Get Ready, Let’s Go

Describe your life in an alternate universe.

This prompt today is not asking us to debate if parallel/alternate universes exist. Nor if we are happy with our life now and what changes we want or don’t want to happen, it is about imagination, and deep within us there will always be a tiny part wondering if I had of eaten that last donut 🍩 or gone on the date in high school with the nice skinny kid (everyone laughed at him called him nerdy) he’s now some mega rich internet guru. So Maybe they play out in an alternate universe.

The last donut 🍩 looked so tempting here I gave it to my friend but in in the alternate one I ate it in front of her, selfishly. That set the tone for rest of my life at the age of 30 I was head of a multinational company dealing in acquisitions. I didn’t care about anyone’s feeling just taking what I perceive to be mine.

The Nerdy lad from high school we went on a date and he was so funny we dated for a long time, after all he had university to get through. He was so clever and decided to start work on computer programming and things I didn’t understand plus with his gym training he was super fit . Now we live in an amazing home . We have homes around the world and who would believe I nearly turned him down

But what people want to hear is how I would change my life if I could well hang on honey here we go

In the alternate universe where life is good I am slim and attractive, and don’t look like a hippo, there are no wars because peace was agreed on many years ago and paid in haribos. All transport is ozone friendly because we have developed the brain 🧠 to use the parts you don’t use to teleport ourselves where we need to go

To be honest earth has become a paradise and totally disease free, there is no evil only good you could say it is heavenly..

Abba – I have a dream

I Have a Dream, a fantasy
To help me through, reality
And my destination, makes it worth the while
Pushin’ through the darkness, still another mile

Curiosity did not kill the Cat

I remember asking ‘Why’ countless times as a child and I knew better than to push after the comment ’curiosity killed the cat’ only one day I asked ‘whose cat,cause ours is still alive’. Curious I thought whose cat was dead and how did it happen, most importantly how did curiosity kill it. Mother shook her head and told me to go shoo. Too many questions she said😉

What are you curious about?

So I became more curious I read and I read and have spent my life reading , the internet has put answers at our fingertips but, beware, the answers are not always fact so I research answers.

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I am curious about conspiracy theories and the ones that have proven to be true over time. Firstly where do people dream up some of the wild ideas from then I become curious as too where any notion behind these ideas came from. Sometimes the wilder the theory the more chance there is to have some truth in it. It’s a curious subject.

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I have often thought how curious all these ghost sighting and ideas of parallel universes crossing over with ours at times. Alien sightings, UFO, the unexplained, I like to delve into these topics and see how many people have witnessed , was it a solo experience or mass hysteria. I am not going to say what I believe at this point but I think it’s a curious subject.

The saying of “curiosity killed the cat” originated in 1598 in a play that was written by Ben Johnson and adapted to by William Shakespeare. The original wording was: “Care killed the cat”.The first reference of the modern usage with “curiosity” dates back to 1873.

What is the meaning of Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back?

That last part really changes the meaning. The cat gets to live. Curiosity does not kill it.

So, we use the first half of the saying as a warning: Be careful of the dangers of unnecessary investigation or experimentation!

But the second part — “satisfaction brought it back” — shows that the risk might be worth it

The version with the added “but satisfaction brought it back” is, sometimes, falsely assumed to be the original version.

It’s first mention, however, does not date back as far as the aforementioned proverb. It was first recorded in 1905 and worded as “Curiosity killed a cat; but it came back”.

The first mention including “satisfaction” dates back to 1912

So here I sit and think about so many wondrous amazing things and then curiosity rises up and bubbles who thought ‘I know I will get a huge piece of hollowed metal fill it with people and think this will fly’ , and call it an airplane, lame name. But it did fly the curiosity shown was amazing. Lessons were learnt so um that cat 🐈‍⬛ walked away unscathed

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Lastly I have a curious curiosity about words the bigger word and the more random the better. I would love to look for old words to re work into our language again. Who came up with the names – parts of the body have always bugged me I even tried to follow back and find answers, curiosity is a wonderful thing to have it makes the stars light up at night and the days a delight xxxx

Keep smiling my friends one of the best things you can do with your mouth – Kim Louise 🐈‍⬛🥰

Selfless Acts are Quiet Acts

Write about a random act of kindness you’ve done for someone.

I think the biggest and probably the best Random Act of Kindness I have ever done is letting wild animals back into the environment in which they are safe. I don’t think wild animals should be caged so at the appropriate time I have released 3 back to there native surroundings, yes I divorced all 3 of my husbands. Now that is definitely a Huge Random act of Kindness oops got the wrong end of the stick, you mean what have I done for others not myself .😂 was going to say sorry but oh boy no I am not sorry for letting them go, kindest thing I ever did for myself

“Kindness is the language that the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” – Mark Twain

A Random Act of Kindness in my mind is not something you go around shouting loudly about

“Hey anyone listening I paid for someone’s meal in a restaurant today, My friend did the same last month,”. Look at us we are really good people #socialmedia insta fb and all that jazz

It is something that is done with discretion and nothing said about it. Never done for a thank you or an OMG you are wonderful. Yes my best friend and I would go to town or to a random town and give out envelopes containing £5 or £10, usually about 3 each to just anyone who looked like they needed a smile. We have paid for random strangers meal in a full in restaurants as we were leaving (quite funny as you look at people’s faces as they are told and they look around as if there are cameras on them) but that is just something that puts a smile on someone else’s face and leaves us feeling happy. I haven’t done much more than that because I don’t have much more to give but when I do I will start again

You can never know the ripple effect you create with one tiny gesture of kindness.” – Elle Sommer

I’m Happy and I know it 🎶🎶🎶

Sending Smiles Across the Miles in hopes that one day when in need they will be returned to me …. …,Kim-Louise

In a world where you can be anything, be kind.” – Jennifer Dukes Lee

To Lie or Not To Lie

How would you describe yourself to someone who can’t see you?

Am I describing my looks or personality because even a blind person could tell I was a bubbly, at times insecure, a little crazy type of woman.

Describing myself is a whole new board game as I can’t say I am 5’10 and a size 10 because the second they shook my hand or touched my arm it would be wow are you ok I would answer with yes fine why? Then the person with impaired sight would respond well I thought you were tall and slim so do you have an injury that is causing you hand/arm to swell to such huge proportions.

So here I go, how I see me – this my dear is through my eyes and difficult to translate if you have never seen any of what I describe. I am 5’4 and shrinking with the body of a model to be sure, the body of a Michelin woman, sporting tyres, 1, 2, 3, and 4……I have a face that can be missed in a crowd of two.

I have two features I get complimented on one being my eyes an interesting grey colour, mesmerising was the word most used, but you can’t see those sorry. The other feature ohhh well another day maybe 🤔 I will or won’t explain. Let’s say in plain view cause no way of hiding but the song 🎶 was correct “brings all the boys to the yard” 😂🤣☺️ couldn’t resist that one

Don’t expect me to walk up and say hi my wheelchair and I don’t get on so I get pushed around it’s wheely exciting and no you can’t push either because you can’t see and I don’t navigate,

I am fairly intelligent, comparing intelligence to a snail 🐌, but against a silver backed gorilla 🦍 I don’t know !! I have an average sense of humour which makes my mouth curve up more than down, and I don’t need to tell you my hair colour cause it changes with the season but you wouldn’t know cause you can’t see my hair . Oops

Although it might sound insensitive, is it really? I make comments about my lack of mobility all the time or that I have my own wheels, a wheelchair 🦽 sometimes you have to kick back and laugh at life or life kicks you and laughs.

Keep smiling everyone Kim-Louise

Past, Future, No Present

What traditions have you not kept that your parents had?

I wasn’t going to bother today because I am so surprised at myself at the traditions that have gone just within my family.

I used to think it was important to keep birthdays and Christmas traditions because that was how I had been brought up. Then when I married it’s like two worlds collided, not everyone is lucky enough to have the perfect partner that just either goes with the flow or maybe was bought up the same way. Slowly over the years our Christmas traditions altered because it was difficult finding a balance and after 10yrs our mis communication or maybe non communication bought to an end that marriage. Traditions re birthdays changed, even as far as buying school uniform and shoes it felt like I was sticking two fingers up at my step-dad who raised me but life itself was causing these changes.

Then I made the foolish move of marrying an Arse-hole, now if you are of a delicate nature I am sorry. This husband was , well , um. He didn’t like anything I may have ever done in the past with my children, my family etc , so all traditions died.

I did try to resurrect some when we escaped the madman but it was wrong the past had chewed it up and spat it out , I was ill and we had to create something new. Sadly nothing we did survived that I am aware of

All my children are adults and are busy creating new traditions with their partners and children. At least I have given then the desire to create something from the tatters of my crappy past .

I do think back sometimes and realise it was all a farce just painted smiles and meaningless gestures acted out year after year . Christmas the decorations went up and they were just covering gaps in what appeared to be a wonderful family but I know my childhood was anything but wonderful. I think maybe that is why traditions I was happy to let go of so easily