My Oh My, What To Do

Something on your “to-do list” that never gets done.

Dear Reader

This has been a whirlwind of a week, and I have a feeling the whirlwind is going to turn into a tornado before my life gets back to any sense of normality (whatever normality is).

I digress as usual from the prompt provided, but that is half the fun, digressing.

It so happens today I was adding to my to do list 📋, you know the one, we all have one, some of us write it on a scrap piece of paper or keep a mental note , or even it’s own book to cross off when achieved. Or if you are more like me Giant size Toilet roll wouldn’t be enough. Good thought but now all I can picture are puppies tearing up toilet roll and that’s another to add to my list Toilet Roll, make sure I have enough and don’t get a puppy, or puppies.

Now my to do list has many jobs that are never completed and the worst one is organise my paperwork, actually organise my life, I think I need an expert to come into my life and help me understand my reluctance to organise . It’s annoying me terribly , I feel if I could sort the paperwork it would be a huge achievement that I might find my mojo to apply organisation to the rest of my life.

I am hoping to move soon from a 3 bedroom house to a 1 bedroom flat maybe then I will find my way forward .

Or maybe I will sprout wings and become a rather large fairy . What do you mean fat chance? Something has to happen, this organise A,B,C through to Z has been on my list since the day before I had the blood clot on the brain and that was 14yrs ago

I can eliminate a third of my list because that’s all garden related. I guess I find it harder with my mobility being hampered but where there’s a will there’s a way, as I’m always saying I will do it , I guess my will is strong. Look out optimism let’s look at that list again

Think I might let my personal Tornado pass, then start all over again that means a fresh page, and remove things that have gone , include what is relevant, a timetable weekly to keep me on track, now that sounds like a start. Thanks for your help just by listening 🤭

It was nice to have this chance to talk again, take care, smile often, think yourself happy

Sharing Smiles

Kim-Louise

My Oh My, What To Do

Something on your “to-do list” that never gets done.

Dear Reader

This has been a whirlwind of a week, and I have a feeling the whirlwind is going to turn into a tornado before my life gets back to any sense of normality (whatever normality is).

I digress as usual from the prompt provided, but that is half the fun, digressing.

I am hoping to move soon from a 3 bedroom house to a 1 bedroom flat maybe then I will find my way forward .

It was nice to have this chance to talk again, take care, smile often, think yourself happy

Sharing Smiles

Kim-Louise

A Pain in the . . . .

What do you complain about the most?

Dear Readers

How are you all? I’m a little windswept from last week. I didn’t go out much but when I did wow, good job I didn’t use crutches 🩼 I would have been down, and out for the count. Or come to think about it, I like to wear wigs so I can have a different look, now that would have been embarrassing as a large black guinea pig left my head and flew away. Well what else would it look like?

So what do I complain about the most, my head ! Oy you I said head not face

I suffer with Migraines and there is a difference between headache and Migraine I have had a headache every day for over 15 yrs which is fine, ish, because it has been there so long I have been able to dull it down.

But the Migraines are just a complete halt in the game of life for me. This is what I complain about so often.

Yes I moan about disability

Yes I complain about the weather (it’s a British thing)

Yes I complain about 10% of my life but of that 7% is about Migraines.

I have a specific type of migraine called Hemiplegic Migraine, this can mimic a stroke so care has to be taken that paramedics and people you are with are aware of this.

I guess I complain because I can

Does it make things better, well depends really, I feel less stressed by venting, probably not the right way to go but it works for me for now. Most of the time I’m complaining to the stuffed animal on the bed so no harm done…

Put a smile on your face & kind words on your lips,

watch the world change everywhere that you go.

As you walk and talk then smile around

You teach others that smiling is better than wearing a frown

Kim Louise

Have a wonderful week my Unique beings

With Love ❤️ from the Heart

& Joy from soul

Till the next time

Kim Louise

Crazy, curious, come in…

Come up with a crazy business idea.

Dear Reader

I was just thinking 🤔 to myself, wow there are so many crazy schemes businesses and make money quickly ideas how can I top it when I thought !! easy people will pay for literally anything these days , yes ?

So my business is strictly legit ok? It’s called CRaF

CHOSE RENT a FRIEND

Originally it would have been person not friend but that would have have been embarrassing as it read CRAP (oops)

The business is all about mental health and how people are spending so much time alone, conversation is almost a dying art. Now some of the senior managers would have counselling skills for different traumas, but a lot of staff would be friendly happy chatty people who just want to make the world a better place .

They obviously would be trained to the CRaF guidelines and then people would be guided to this service.

Obviously cost is a huge factor in everything, so your friend might meet you in a coffee shop or go to town with you. All expenses are covered for your friend and yourself as in coffee and a cake or even an ice cream. There is no cost to the client .

We are a business like anyone else and we run via donations from large corporations that need to have tax cuts. Any profits split 50% into regrowth 50% into parties, tea dances, choirs, Christmas and as many social events as we can because shutting the door on the world won’t help. But a tea dance might, don’t knock it till you try it. Too many things to list. Just please we don’t allow social media so no phones. Old style cameras only

The aim is to grow homes like this everywhere we can. Within 5yrs the business intends to have 20 houses fully staffed with friends who care. Who can start clients back on the road to socialisation, to overcoming whatever is troubling you. A friend in need we have the friend you need.

This business a new beginning an end to the silence, there will be a lot going on

In this crazy business of mine KLN

College?

What colleges have you attended?

Dear Reader

Please don’t think me ignorant nor completely devoid of intelligence when I tell you the college I attended was the College of Life.

When I left school I had a choice find a job or, oh that was my choice. I didn’t have a parent who would see me through college. So I learnt on my own. Like millions of other people before and after me.

Since the wheelchair became a part of my life I have gained many diplomas, and am entitled to carry many letters after my name. Just to prove to myself I could do it.

So my dear reader the college I had to enrol in at 16 served me well. I shall carry the banner with pride.

This day and age with government funding it is more advisable to attend a regular college .

Just to add I am UK 🇬🇧 based

Take cate

Your Friend

Kim-Louise

Oye Oye Hear My Words

Have you ever performed on stage or given a speech?

I was born to perform, not as an actress, oh no I would never remember my lines, moves or cue. But all the worlds a stage my darlings and every day is a new part, a new start.

Dear Readers

So back to the prompt of the day have I ever performed on eirkllllstage or given a speech? It pleases me to say yes to the first and in a roundabout way yes to the second.

As a teenagera I was involved in amateur dramatics with the YFC and performed in competitions regionally, we reached the semi finals one year and I was so proud of our club. We h me o act and sing and of course dress up, well actually dress down that time as we sang our way through old London Town. We Rolled out the Barrel we had a Barrel of fun and carried on with My Old Man, said follow the van and don’t dilly dally on the way. Our play was a Pearly Kings & Queens London , with the old time music hall songs.

(YFC was the Young farmers club)

Then years later I started reading poetry , my own work to open spiritual evenings .

My proudest moment in the oratory world was being asked by the local DAA to be their show host for an awareness event. introducing the acts, keeping the audience entertained and even having my chance to read my own work . and give a step toward publishing it.

(DAA dementia action alliance)

Yes I have many times stood in front of group of people for many reasons and spoken aloud work and other matters and I enjoyed it .

Little secret I don’t think I needed the microphone 😁

Have a wonderful day, evening or night till we meet again

Kim Louise

Please remember this was pre 1965 so no remarks about sexism

And So I 😂😊😂

How often do you walk or run?

Dear Friends

I am sending you all a bucket of smiles because I just made an extra batch of 😊 and I shall tell you why.

Todays prompt made me smile then laugh because as if walking wasn’t hard enough, running 🏃‍♀️!! The only running I do is when I turn on the sink taps to run the water 💦.

My wheelchair and I have a pact I sit still and it won’t run out on me. it works very well.

As much as my body is in limp mode my brain is not and that is what keeps me going.

Everyone don’t stress, do what you are good at, and let the world 🌎 do what it does and that is, keep turning.

So have a great day and if it doesn’t feel great at the moment do something to make it a memorable day.

Keep that Smile it suits you

Regards

Kim

The Evening of a Dis-Abled Diva

What are you doing this evening?

Hello again, I hope you all are well? Isn’t time passing quickly? No, you are correct it is travelling at the same speed it always has 60 seconds = 1 minute, etc maybe it’s just the nights are drawing in, therefore the evenings now are darker quicker and thoughts are turning to autumn, hot chocolate and toasted sandwiches. But for now

What will I be be doing this evening, well I shall probably fall asleep about 5pm because that’s what my condition does to me only for about an hour then the dogs will wake me to be fed. Stagger to the kitchen feed them, look at the fridge and realise I don’t have the energy to feed myself, shuffle back to the front room sit back down and do some writing, watch TV for a short while. The little dog barks at the tv non stop. It will only just after 9pm 🕘 and I will do what I always do give up on the tv and go to bed so I can read my book in peace. I always have that choice writing , tv or reading occasionally I might listen to music 🎶 but tonight I would like to finish my book

It might seem a little boring even mundane but it suits me and is much better than being married to an abusive man and every evening living in fear sat on the edge of the chair waiting. That has gone in the past thank goodness now I do as I want.

My nest is empty, children grown. Time for me at last

Bye for now

Kim

In the morning there is meaning, in the evening there is feeling. …

Red Flag 🚩 Run

What personality trait in people raises a red flag with you?

We humans are a funny lot, we talk in riddles, gestures, and rarely say exactly what I’m m

So my top Red Flag 🚩 at the moment has to be the person that won’t talk about themselves at all. No details like where they live, just general area. Or what job not where but just what job. Do you have children avoids the question. 9 times out of 10 that person is probably married, the flag is nearly everyone will say I I live in the …………area. Oh I’m tired from work it’s hectic but I love doing …….. it’s my dream job.

I have been bitten twice by these type of people and all I can say is never again I can actually sense them a lot better now

lol

“ If you ignore the red flags, embrace the heartache to come.”

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 🦽😉