I wonder if you know what Brasso is? For the less enlightened its a kind of wadding thats soaked with some really smelly stuff that cleans - BRASS!!!!

Well - today dawned bright and clear - "what. " I asked myself "do you want to do today?" I decided it was going to be a kid day - no chores, no business tasks, all mine with nothing I didnt really want to do.....
Casting an eye along the row of DVD's I decided Peter Pan was about right - but not wanting to just sit I found the Duraglit and the polishing cloths and got stuck in to my long-overdue-to-be-shined brass nicnacs, glass n brass table and open fireplace..........

Earlier I had had such pleasure in re doing two fresh arrangements in ,y lounge - one on the glass table and one over on the bookcase: they were a collection of whites and greens - gorgeous large scented lillies with dark stamens; white alstromera (dont think thats right - but they are little small sprays of delicate lilies); fluffy greeny white heads of hydragea and dark green vines of hineysuckle and other beautiful trailers.

It took the whole time of Peter Pan to get the table back to its bright shiny state - and BOTH were so rewarding! I somehow got into the film as I hadnt done before, and found it just so touching in innocent love and majical fantasy - how I appreciated the awesome special effects that made this fantasy an adventure I could really experience as 'real'- it truly was delightful - and so poignnant when Wendy and Peter inevitably part company - that I found myself quite tearful.................

Well asI'd only done half the bits , I chose Legend with an amazingly young Tom Cruse starring -its another of my favourite fantasy films - to occupy me as I polished away ......great satisfaction - now all is gleaming and bright.............. only trouble was , my bright yellow rubber gloves had a hole in - and now I have a luverly black thumb!!!!!!!!!!

Sat in the sun and typed up a lovely poem for a friend, did a bit of blogging and looked at my son's newly comoleted family blogg ( clever mut - its really very good!) nibbled away at my french bread cheese and grapes - ( punctuated now and then with chocolate of course ) and read a bit, sunning myself in the quiet lush garden...........

Now its evening and I have a front seat at the Last Night of the Proms - (no I didnt get to the Isle of Wight Festival - doh -because of course you have to pay (lorra lorra lolly) to get in - you cant just turn up -like I foolishly imagined you could - maybe next year!)

My ginger Cat Moto is purring VERY loudly - and just made a spectacular leap off the bookcase - think he wants my attention - f.o.o.d!

Going to join in the singing now - hang the neighbours!!!

Perfect day - just miss my mate at times like this - Rule ~Britannia!!!!!!!!! Yea!!!!!!!!!!!!!
p.s. for Brasso read DURAGLIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (sorry)

Good morning Friday!

Hi People - Ive been sending personal messages just to let you know I appreciate you because I was having a job trying to remember where that little button was that lets me write a post........yipee found it!

I am very elated today - Im sure its boring to you but hey, this one's for me so Im going to write it for ME.

Thank you God, it was a good day - that sun peeping through the curtains this morning was just what I needed to get me up early to make the most of it: I enjoyed studying the scriptures a bit and feeling the wonder of new discovery - I am very grateful for my life experiences and how I have felt your presence guiding me, protecting me, encouraging me when I got down........and lifting me through the tough times with moments of assurance inspiration and strength.....It was strange to know that someone else was in the flat - my son Jon - parking for a few weeks til his house is 'his' - well the mortgage that is...thanks for blessing him with a girl he loves and who loves him, and that he has found a way of building self esteem through his work......it was nice to iron some shirts again .........and wash smelly socks.........

The dish of fresh fruit and honey for breakfast was so delicious - how wonderful are your creations- what fun you must have had thinking up each magnificent thing.... I liked getting the emails in the morning and feeling purposeful - so very glad that this new guy has so generously given his technical knowhow to get the new association off the ground - it is so exciting Lord that we will be able to reach so many people because of this technology - man is clever isnt he -when he discovers how to use your knowledge and the laws that operate it.. Thanks for your help and inspiration with the three people I worked with today - the depressed lady, the very anxious man and the un confident young girl. Please help them to get through their trials and help me to help them.............. to be chanel for your love and healing power.

I felt so blessed to be able to walk briskly to work and to feel the sun and breeze on my face - and then to be able to take the bus free to the shops and pay my bills. It was good to reach out to people in a small way - the lady in the shop who recognized me -she used to babysit two of my boys - the young woman I recognized who had been in a wheelchair the last time I saw her and who is now walking almost unaided - thanks Lord for the power of prayer : the smile of the man selling the big issue - and the pleasant guy in the bank - what a difference a kind attitude makes ..

Thanks for my home Father - what pleasure I get just from looking out to the garden and such a lovely feeling to replenish the fresh flowers on my table - they are so beautiful and give me endless pleasure......thanks for the person who created chocolate - and that it was on special offer today. Oh yes - and especially for music and and my mobile phone!

I have enjoyed the day Lord - so many many tiny things - sending a few messages to colleagues and my blogg friends - how wonderful that these people take time to create these little oases (?) of refreshment and human contact ....oh yes and thanks for the money I didnt know I had put in that drawer - that really was a boost !

How you must love your people Lord , they can be so wonderful - inheriting your goodness and creativity , your beauty greatness and intelligence , kindness , love and compassion - and how painful it is to see people who limit and harm themselves and the ones who are hurting because of the cruel actions of others: the ones who are downtrodden, oppressed and in great need - bless the people who have the courage and care enough to reach out and help -please strengthen them Lord -

If I sat here all night I still wouldnt be able to mention everything that has contributed to this day - thanks for this lap top and for my son David who always encourages me - for each of my children and their families Lord - bless them and protect them as they make their way in this world ....thank you so much that I had someone to love me all those years..bless him

Thanks that I will be able to sleep Lord, even though I have some pretty challenging challenges - keep the car in the garage safe til I can pay for it - but thanks that it has been fixed by that helpful and kind man - bless him for his tolerance and skill and thanks that I have work to do and the health and strength to do it.

I love you Lord, Thanks for being there, for listening..........

I

Johnny Cash growling away , candles burning brightly, cat snoring, clock just clonked 11pm - lots of chocolate and goodies left over from busy committee meeting - and ONE WHOLE HOUR TO MYSELF BEFORE I HIT THE SACK.

Tomorrow's worries are on 'hold' - feeling contented and pleased with life - so what if I am broke, and the loo seat came off! I am SO fortunate and have SO much in my life that I am grateful for! If only we could bottle positivity -and take a swig when the feeling gets low - why are some folks happy with very little and others have so much and are quite at odds with themselvres? As a therapist I should know the answer to this and of course - I DO ! its just that you cant GIVE it to someone else!!!

I So want to 'post' some pictures on my blog - I will do a bit of self larnin over the weekend and see if I can figure it out!!!!!!!!!!

Sending my positive waves out to you blog person - thanks for bein there!

Marion

Hello friends!

Sorry its been a while - bacvk from babysitting AND a week in Cornwall ...........

Years since Ive been in a caravan - and on the whole the week had some happy moments - or is it COOL? Best of all was the Eden Project - I wandered at will and the weather was just about ok - HOW I enjoyed being in the Continental dome and the Tropical one too - fabulous plants, interesting displays - AND THAT CHOCOLATE - well - I wish I could have a supply posted to me - it made the sun shine!!! I watched the guy demonstrate where it comes from and how its harvested and made into the FAB stuff mm

Polperro was delightful - I wandered up quaint old streets where fishermen and smugglers used to live - right to the top of the harbour wall - and in a little resting place in tne sun I - yea you guessed - ATE some chocolates -HAND MADE ONES from a shop down below - they were YUMMY YUMMY !

Looe at night was enjoyable - sitting outside in the cool evening air with a lovely m HOT CHOCOLATE! Just some pleasant moments with my sister and her little dog - early morning walks in fine drizzle - and once or twice - that special early morning SUN! (just a couplke of squares of the dark stuff to sustain us!!)

Journey back was something else - roads like traffic-lava it took 6 hours in all -and I almost ran out of chocolate sandwiches - no really!

Ah well - the cat's back and I cant imagine EVER putting him in a cattery for a week again - it was a posh one but he really has come back the worse for wear - nervy and disoriented - unsure if he wants to be out, in or both! Poor Moto - he even left me a chocolate present on the lounge carpet - something he has NEVER done - but THAT one you can KEEP!!!!!!!

Hope you are all ok and seeing life in all its richness!- I guess tomorrow I will try to get into your blog and see what youve been up to since ----long time ago!

God bless you and yours

Marion

now where did I put that last bar of..................

There he is blissfully sleeping on my couch- a picture of utter comfort and relaxation - this splurge of gingery and creamy stripes - white booteed and pink-nosed pussycat is Moto. My moggy. Collected him half way up the M42 - hence his name!

Seems I have exchanghed my oh so new- found freedom for that "now how can I go and leave him" feeling............

Some cats you can just ignore (or they ignore you): some are independent and are mostly creatures of the night - sleeping the daylight hours away, and some are couchy-lovey-I-belong-to-you cats......

Moto is a breed of his own. He likes: sleeping sleeping on my bed - especially when I am in it!!! AND staying out all night
only eating his food cold from the fridge AND eating out (ANYWHERE ELSE!)
being totally attached and constantly purring AND ignoring me completely
behaving so beautifully like a good cat AND terrorizing the neighbourhood

Consequently THIS cat is not just for Christmas - he is who he is and somehow gets me adapting around him - well, luvvy theres changes ahead!!!

I AM NOT LEAVING THE WINDOW OPEN ANY MORE AFTER 11PM
I AM NOT PANDERING TO YOUR CUISINE TASTES
I'N NOT BUYING YOU ANY MORE TOYS TO BE IGNORED
I AINT APOLOGIZING TO THE NEIGHBOURS WHEN YOU GET IN THEIR CATFLAPS
I REFUSE TO TAKE YOU UP THE SHOPS IN THE BACK OF THE CAR
AND
I AM PUTTING YOU IN A CATTERY WHEN I GO ON HOLIDAY!!!!!!

SO THERE!!

In the meantime Im off for three days now to grandchild sit - and I shall TRY not to let the guilt last too long up the M3 - think I need some Cat Therapy!!!

Bye Moto....ah............bless..........

Last rays of the sun are disappearing behind the apple tree and the moggy has come in licking his lips to settle for the evening ......some gorgeous music is floating on the air and I have just had the most yummy home-concocted yoghurt,strawberries, rasberries and honey!!!!!!!!!!MMMMMM

Church was good and my young girls enjoyed the surprise of a rose corsage each from my garden - to illustrate some point in our lesson. Enjoyed conducting the music and listening to the thoughts of the speakers......
Found an old 1977 diary in the garage yesterday and as I sat and leafed through the dusty pages today, I was sort of time-machined back to those early days of my love story with Eric - I couldn't remember half the names that tripped across the pages but it brought back so many forgotten moments as we wove our majic together.

My now successful financier son of 42, was a lad then and had been about 10 when Eric came on the scene. It was the year he went to a posh boarding school - and though it was only for a year in the end - it opened his eyes to how the other half lived and probably did much to motivate his current success. So many 'ordinary' moments were captured in print -how precious is 'ordinary'!

Well Eric got a post in Saudi and we had big celebrations and painful partings but he resigned when it turned out later that I wouldn't be able to join him - how we hated being apart - spent most of our new fortune on phone calls!! But eventually after a few months we were back together again.

It was a Movie romance and we made a great pair for 30 years - cant imagine there ever being anyone else for me - but cuddles I miss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello young lovers and all that - mmm I have been totally adored! Ah well - on with my here and now world - now what WAS it I had planned to do this evening.................................

Well Moto the Moggy jumped on my bed and let me know that Saturday had arrived! It was sunny and the guy was coming at some time to check my gas appliances - so I thought I'd get out and have a go at the amazing world of Marion's garage - that way I'd be in the sun a bit AND do something useful!

Gas man couldnt make it - finished the garage chucking out another load of stuff from my past life!! And my two biker sons junk too! Very satisfying! Only two ton left now!!

Felt good making a special gift for D - - had to rush off to be in time for the meeting with her. Did the changeover and gave her the gift - she seemed very pleased: made my exit and went off to Romsey for the carnival mmmm shame about that - two bands (which were fab) one Carnival queen in horse-drawn carriage, two floats and a fire engine! Ah well - shame these lovely old English things are fading out!! I was just soaking up the atmosphere and then it was gone!!!!!!!

Home through the drizzle - Moto waiting for me under next door's car..settled down by the fire - JULY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Watched Hyde - mm more junk....

Listened to a person in need for a while, now Im going to prepare my lesson for my class to morrow and then off to Fairyland......now where's that chocky.