Saraband

on to 5000 now! 19 months ago

a good feeling :) 19 months ago

_{maybe the cheer fairy will convert it to one for you to bestow :)}19 months ago

Time will tell ;) 19 months ago

is what prompted me to start this goal. M-i-l gave each of us a ticket for our respective birthdays. And I’m ashamed to confess that my immediate reaction was negative. I thought of how long the journey will be; how much it will cost to get there; how it’s over a weekend… All kinds of obstacles leapt out at me and her thoughtfulness and generosity were sent sprawling into a corner. I’m not proud of it and I react in such ways too often. I need to change that. Once I’d reframed things it became easy to see her kindness and how lovely it will be to see this ballet again with my daughter – I took her when she was eight years old and spent the performance watching her enjoyment rather than watching the ballet itself! 19 months ago

at pottering!

_{which is why I have to have plans ;)}19 months ago

So true – and so apt on this day

RiP Steve Jobs 19 months ago

I need to get my eyes checked.

I’m avoiding it.

_{shuffles off quickly…}19 months ago

Me too. We’ll all get there :) 19 months ago

A lovely list as ever JWillow. Sounds like those clouds are but a speck on the horizon :) 19 months ago

I shall need every scrap of that support! 19 months ago

as a role model, how can I not succeed!

:D 19 months ago

Hems repaired on 2 pairs of trousers

Hook re-attached to dressing gown

:) 19 months ago

• watching my evening alcohol intake: 2 small glasses of wine max

• walking first thing each morning

• avoiding the computer until basic chores are done 19 months ago

Today’s frogs:

Make chutney

Email T

Battle the cobwebs!19 months ago

Today I am thankful for:
• Gentle sunshine: a gradual winding down of the Indian summer
• B being home
• Lovely chat with E
• Long evening shadows
• The wind in the trees after dark
• Love
• Bliss 19 months ago

:) 19 months ago

And what a gorgeous picture!

:) 19 months ago

a whole lotta love! Sounds good, Tristan :) 19 months ago

You were doing well until this set back and I’m sure you’ll get back to it again. In the meantime, rest up and take care :)

(((hugs))) 19 months ago

Today’s frogs

Fix & mend

Call Bm

Check birthdays & anniversaries19 months ago

Today I was thankful for:
• A rest day: slow and gentle
• Pottering with no plans at all
• Ongoing glorious sunshine
• Being home again :) 19 months ago

but having it sitting on my list is making no difference at all so it’s going. 19 months ago

... since building expectations doesn’t work well for me. But I’d like to develop a generally more positive attitude to whatever’s planned. Even though I’ll invariably enjoy it once it’s happening, too often I look ahead at things with a wary or weary eye. So this goal is about setting a much better tone from the start :)

Things to look forward to now:

1. Wine Club in the village this Friday. A chance to catch up with people here :)

2. Next week I’m back in Sussex again. What was intended as a flying visit looks like being extended over a few days again. While I’m there I shall be:
* Having lunch with my ex m-i-l. My treat
* Spending the night and the following morning with my parents
* Seeing Cm to make up for having to cancel our get-together
last week
* Seeing Cp if she’s keen and able

3. Dad has extended a general invitation to all the family to watch the rugby world cup final together. B’s undecided on whether it’s what he wants to do at the moment. I hope he decides to join in; I think it will be fun.

4. In December E & I are going to see The Nutcracker. A present from M-i-L :) 19 months ago

do not make good bedfellows. I’m much closer to self-indulgence than self-discipline. But I feel a need to shift the balance somewhat.

We’ll see what happens. 19 months ago

..as I close this goal. I’m not formally studying at the moment and can’t see anything on the horizon to suggest I’ll pick it up again any time soon. So for the time at least I’ll mark this goal as done. 19 months ago