I do like animals, over the course of many years we had many different pets come and depart our home. My eldest daughter is now 36 and youngest very nearly 22 yrs old as I write this. We have had cats and dogs, rabbits, Guinea Pigs and hamsters, gerbils, finches, canaries and fish both tropical and cold water up to 6 tanks at a time. So when I say I have experience of pets I have.
I grew up on a farm, animals had a purpose, dogs were working animals. Cats were to keep the mice and rats at bay, and in our home pets were something never thought about because there was always a baby of some description on the farm.
Where am I going with this ?
I am a disabled 57yr old women who likes, please note likes not loves Cats and dogs, but;for cats
1. The fur gets everywhere and I can’t cope with it
2. Feeding time, can’t stand animals on food surfaces but cats go where they like, and don’t wash their paws
3. The struggle to feed myself is bad enough to feed a cat who can be fussy would be so annoying and painful with bending and picking up dishes etc, plus expensive.
4. Cat mess nope nope nope nope
Now dogs
1. The fur gets everywhere and I can’t cope with it
2. Feeding time, can’t stand animals who walk in all the dirt and faeces and they don’t wash their paws
3. The struggle to feed myself is bad enough to feed a dog who is messy would be so annoying and painful with bending and picking up dishes etc, plus expensive.
4. Dog mess nope nope nope nope
So; which is it
I struggle to look after myself so I am not a dog or cat person. I don’t need an animal for company or a man come to that. My company is found in the pages of books also an animal will take what little energy and resources I have if it suits you that’s wonderful but me peace is all I need
The butterfly counts not months but moments and has time enough.”— Rabindranath Tagore
I start reading a book and I can’t believe it, if the book is good, fictional or fact, it immerses me as if I have entered into the book and when I next look up wow 3,4, even 5 hours have passed but I have no idea where that time has gone. I have not drunk eaten or heard my phone, my dog as ever is asleep. I have just lost track of time
I can start writing or drawing and lose myself , I am either in the story I am writing, carefully plotting the next move or in the true story ones noting details as things flash back to me. If I am drawing my mind is just on colours or maybe charcoal. Decisions of what I want to draw or paint, normally it’s just colours kind of free flow, I know I can draw I just like to play with colour and ohhh the afternoon has gone in the blink of an eye. I have lost all track of time
Of course there are other ways, sat talking to my bestie, playing a game on my phone, having a look on social media all good ways of losing all track of time
Oh my friends my favourite way to lose all track of time is to sit in my chair and put my head back, gently closing my eyes and letting my mind wander. Oh wow it travels miles to countries all over the globe then back to the UK to once again revisit villages last seen as a child. I have been to space, visited galaxies that we could not cross, met beings and had food with them. Then suddenly found myself sat watching as knights of old jousted in tournaments, visited talking animals who acted with human characteristics , castles in the sky. All in daydreams that I have woken from and realised 3 hours had passed and I had day-dreamt my way past a mealtime. But what a wonderful way to lose track of time.
It’s night before its afternoon. December is here before its June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon? .. Dr Seuss
I was thinking shall I answer this can I really be bothered today, because nothing I could think of bothers me to much I have to say.
I sat and thought how tolerant I have become over the years, I am impressed with myself . I don’t get bothered by the trivial things that used to keep me awake, night after night.
For instance;
Why does that group of mums at the school stare but won’t say hello back to me? Why are my children such fussy eaters? Why is my marriage a failure? Why am I always so cold? Why? Why? Why?
Every night and day ate me away, self doubt, oh botheration of all bothers
Then when my health took a nasty downhill turn I took all the bothers and over the next few years I fed them to my demons. Let them get fat on everything that worries and bothers me. Now my head was all over the place at the time but, I knew one thing if I fed them all the things from small to large, issues, gripes, angers, fears and bothers till they are full, over full , those demons of mine would explode and they did.
Then my head was empty of petty issues and if something comes along it’s probably got a reason usually I am tired or in pain. At the end of the day if something is bothering you either work out why, walk away, or get some help.
“I don’t even bother trying to picture a perfect world, because I don’t think that perfection is something to strive for. I prefer imperfection. That’s what makes things special. You know, things that change.” – Anthony Kiedis
1. All of us were born, that is life. I was born in 1966. Of this fact I am certain
2. One day we shall all die, a sad truth. The most wonderful man in the world my step Father died end of 2022. Of this fact I am certain
3. The weather is different all over the world, some places get too much sun and not enough rain other places the other way round, some countries have cold winters and hot summers and others are vice versa. Here in England they say the weather is changing but we still get plenty of rain. Of this fact I am certain
4. Love hurts, it doesn’t matter if it’s partner, parents, children or friends at some point the love you have will be tested, strained maybe even broken. That hurts so much it could be a knitting needle piercing up to your heart feeling crushed. Of this fact I am certain
5. Tom the cat from a Tom & Jerry will always be outsmarted by little Jerry mouse. Only because if Tom caught him he would eat him, the end of the legends. Of this fact I am certain
6. History is full of bloody battles, poisonings, plotting and pillage rape and gruesome behaviour. The worst bit is we think we have moved on evolved , no the human race is still as bloody nasty now with wars,murders Political manipulation, child abduction. These are not just things plucked out of thin air history was glorified sometimes written 100 yrs plus after the event, what’s happening now is at times glorified by journalists. I don’t believe the humanity is better or worse than it was 400yrs ago. Of this fact I am certain
7. Jokes are intended too make you laugh 😂 there are many types of jokes to suit all humour. It is written everyone has a sense of humour but some you have to dig deep to find it. Me I laugh at way too much Of this fact I am certain
8. I write too much Of this fact I am certain
9. Meditation is good for calming every part of you, for aligning chakras, stopping those nerves jangling, calming thoughts and breathing.. then at the end of the session a sense of peacefulness enrobes you. Of this fact I am certain
10. I appreciate the time anyone takes to like or even to stop and say hello. The problem we have is we lead busy lives, we don’t get time stop and appreciate the people that do like what we have written. So today I want you all to know how grateful I am that you take the time to like what I write or agree with what I write ✍🏽 Of this fact I am certain
I seek it here I seek it there, oops I’m in danger of sounding like the lines from The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy PERCY: They seek him here, they seek him there, those Frenchies seek him everywhere. Is he in heaven or is he in hell? That demned elusive Pimpernel……the thing is the wording got me thinking am I seeking security or adventure. Here goes
What is the full meaning of seeking?
verb (used with object),sought, seek·ing. to go in search or quest of: to seek the truth. to try to find or discover by searching or questioning: to seek the solution to a problem
What is seeking for meaning in life?
We define the search for meaning in life as the strength, intensity, and activity of people’s desire and efforts to establish and/or augment their understanding of the meaning, significance, and purpose of their lives
Ok both are standard definitions used in dictionary’s available on line. Now my take is to look at either one of these is well you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to realise you need some security behind you to go have adventures, after all the world is a changing place working your way round living off the land, is not as easy as it once was.
Having adventures is wonderful but in the world in which we now occupy can be expensive, it’s no longer a free experience that it once was. Adventures can be anything but I think you need Security before you start anything that way if wanted you can have the best of both worlds if wanted
Don’t forget Security can be anything from a bit of money in the bank 🏦 to owning a house🏡 or two 🏡🏡 you may even want to build your business up and then put management in to run it while you escape in a ballon to find a lost palace in the jungle or learn how to climb a jungle gym with your 3yr child and her friend 😊 adventures are all around us it all depends on what and how you perceive life
Have an amazing day sending SMILES across the MILES
If you could host a dinner and anyone you invite was sure to come, who would you invite?
Good food, good mood
I have spent half a day thinking about if I could host a dinner party and anyone I invite was sure to come who would I invite ? My mind went for the obvious celebrity names past and present, then I scrapped that and really thought about this as if someone had given me this amazing power to have a real out of time and reality experience to never be repeated. So I mentally started planning, please sit back and enjoy the dinner party that should, but can’t, but would love ❤️ to happen.
Good food, good mood
Table set in pure white linen with with silver cutlery and in the centre of the circular table is a low vase with an impressive display of baby’s breath and colourful freesias at least 100 stems of this fragrant flower have gone into this display, creating a beautiful aroma but leaving a clear visionary aspect for everyone around the table nowhere to hide no tall vases or candles. But there were a dozen short candles that had marks on them appearing to be hour marks. So they had a burn time of 5 hrs. Table elegant, simple but tasteful.
Oh the guests, now the first person was my best mate Claire, why? Because she would go mad if she missed this and she is funny, and deserves the next guest. I would send a message to the peaceful resting grounds for Phillip Jones he is Claire’s dad who sadly died in 2017. My reasons are they have a lot to discuss, she was daddy’s girl and this would help her tremendously plus after they had their time he would be the life and soul of the party. I never got to meet him so it would fill that gap for me also.
Next I would ask my step father Ernest (Ern) Moss he died the end of last year 2022. I never got to see him actually haven’t seen him for well over 10yrs. Due to domestic abuse and being moved from pillar to post. Not being able to look back losing family and friends. At least I could tell him how much I love him and thank him for everything. then tell him in person why I had to go and not leave it so people could poison my name further.
Next was Tommy Shelby the actual character. Or should I say in character he would add some interesting talk to the evening in his no nonsense way he would stay as long as the alcohol kept flowing. We would have political and social, business and I wonder what else he would talk about.
Tommy Shelby
Elvis Presley he would be a welcome face and I know he liked to talk about many subjects plus he might just sing a song or two, talking of which;
Dolly Parton I find her fascinating she has amassed a fortune, been married to the same guy forever. Plus started a literary program for children. I really would love her to join us
Tom Jones well I have a thing about him and I want to see what his conversation is like plus I can get him, Dolly and Elvis to sing 🎶 for their supper good thinking or what 😉
Madame CJ Walker she was an African/American Female entrepreneur, philanthropist and a political and social activist recorded in the Guineas book of records as the first self made female millionaire in America b1867-d1919 . Now she could really liven things up and entertain with her knowledge and be disgusted and amazed with today’s generation.
Just because I can I would like to invite the character Olivia Walton from Waltons Mountain to give her a break from that whining family of hers. Poor woman she talked a lot of sense but those kids well I know the feeling, so I thought she could have the night off and relax. Let someone else cook and clear away.
Okay that’s nine guests and myself so even number of 10 , food will appear when we are seated and I ring the hand bell 🔔. What I forgot to say the guests only have to think of their favourite food from there time it will appear in front of them. Drinks glasses refill without you noticing and dirty dishes just vanish. Well it is but a fantasy. Though if I had a wand I would give my friend one more day with Phil
What improves with age is an interesting question and I came up with many comical responses but ended up with this
The great thing about getting older is that you become more mellow. Things aren’t as black and white, and you become much more tolerant. You can see the good in things much more easily rather than getting enraged as you used to do when you were young. Maeve Binchy
Ok I will revert to my title Sex in your late teens early twenties the world is yours. Sex well you created it, you are gods 😂 Nope little darlings wait till the age rises and the experience increases and desires become intense that definitely improves with age. No doubt about it . Well had to didn’t I it was in the title.
We learn to control our handling of situations, letting what doesn’t matter slide off our shoulders. To be calmer in the face of a crisis, to wish we had known all this when younger think of the life we could had,
Most people don’t grow up. Most people age. They find parking spaces, honor their credit cards, get married, have children, and call that maturity. What that is, is aging. Maya Angelou
Age is but a learning curve that should we be lucky enough to travel that road we learn that everything improves with age but is only temporary because it is just a loan like life itself we are given a certain amount of time. None of us knows how long but we should be living our best life , achieving our dreams . Because one day it doesn’t matter what has improved with age like a fine wine 🍷 once it’s drunk . It’s gone. So mature, improve and learn before it’s taken away from you
Serving smiles today freshly made on a platter of happiness share where possible please 😎
I’m so good at sleeping. I can do it with eyes closed
What time do I go to bed to be totally honest when I’m tired 😴 or sometimes I will go to bed about 7pm to read till my eyes just slam shut between midnight and 2am.
It’s called the luxury of my children having grown up, and not working due to a useless piece of , sorry rephrase that my kind ex husband letting the NHS give me a wheelchair as our divorce settlement, to go with the previous gift of disability.
Never under any circumstances take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night. — Dave Barry
Now once asleep that is good, but I can’t just turn in my sleep, to move my body switches this light on in the brain 🧠 and says Hey 👋 were yousleeping soz like it’s just we want to turn and Madam ain’t waking. Well cause it’s a shock my brains kick starts everything from voice box, to arms flailing to heart pounding. Well after I haul arse over not easy when muscles are stiff and not playing ball. All comfy again and I know my brain is tired but it is now powering up with questions? Problems! Logic …. Really just SLEEP
As for what time do I wake again this could be down to the day, weather, how I’m feeling, the dog, appointments, jobs in house, list is endless but anytime between 6am and 9.30am
Hello my dear readers, please can you tell me has there been an announcement in the news re the future? No, I didn’t think so. Well let me explain a few things to you.
Yesterday we can’t revisit it, it’s almost like yesterday seems so far away, it’s in the past, gone never to return, nothing can be changed. What’s done is done.
Today is where we are nowhere else just today we only have this moment in time because nothing is promised. So we have to make the very best, the very most of every moment. I guess that’s why they call it the present 🎁 because it is a present a gift to be here right now.
Future how can I write what I am most excited about in the future, when I have no idea of what the future holds. Can you see through a crystal ball 🔮 ? No nor can I. The future is a mystery and is not even written. If I was to be excited about a house move for example it could go wrong so all the excitement would turn to disappointment.
So I live in the here and now the present I live day by day. In this mad sometimes sad world we live in, I exist by spreading smiles that are made fresh daily, hoping that every smile I share is spread and each day that I spread those smiles they go further but that is on a day by day basis
Sending smiles across the smiles
Kim-Louise
What could you let go of, for the sake of harmony?
What would I let go of for the sake of harmony, well all my life I have tried the ok keep my mouth shut let them think what they like for harmony’s sake. No not worked
I have gone without, worn what I have been told to keep the peace, everything you can imagine to keep things harmonious in the home.
Well now I have decided I will never give anything up because yes there is compromise but keeping things harmonious has been a word used the wrong way for me for far too long
Bucket of Smiles 