Friday 26 September 2008

Something to cherish

One of my favourite bloggers (Cecily at Uppercase Woman ) asked a question yesterday where she wanted to know what we cherished.
After a moments thought my answer was solitude, in her post she talked about taking time out to cherish things without feeling guilty about it. For me I need to cherish my solitude because my job is all about interaction I come home from work some days and just want to not speak to anyone! This can make me feel guilty because it can feel like I'm being a rubbish friend for hiding away in my room, but actually when I'm in an "alone" mood I'm rubbish company anyway!

What do you need to cherish and stop feeling guilty about?

Thursday 25 September 2008

Do something amazing

I've posted about this before but it really does bare repeating.

Have you ever saved someone's life? No... are you sure?
Would you like to be able to if you needed to? Well really who wouldn't?

Please, please, please go and give blood, (I know some people can't for medical reasons), but if you have no valid reason why not please give it a go. I started age 18, and have donated 11 units since then, however that pales in to insignificance in comparison to the post Natalie has over at The Yarn Yard, please go over and give her hubbie some love, and check out her links if you don't donate.

Monday 22 September 2008

The perfect weekend

or as near as you can get anyway. My Mum asked me on the phone earlier why my weekend was so wonderful (it's my facebook status right now), and when I told her it all sounded very non- spectacular, but sometimes life is about enjoying simple pleasures.

Making sure I got out and enjoyed the sunshine certainly helped, as did the best meal out I've had in long time with a good friend. If you're ever in the area where I love and want a recommendation then send me a message, beautifully cooked mussels with proper chips that had never been frozen! Strictly Come Dancing has started again (that Dancing with the stars if you're American), which always makes me happy. The costumes, the glamour, the drama, the laughter it's perfect saturday night tv.
Sunday I went to church (I know gasp from those who know me!) to present a 20 year service award to one of the Guiders in the district and it was great to be ale to recognize her somewhere that means a lot to her even it doesn't to me. Afterwards I escaped into the Peak District to soak up the sunshine to go climbing. Somehow it's my first day out on grit that I've managed all summer, but it was a great day. I scared myself up 2 severes, the second of which you can see here (if you climb, yes that is a lot of gear, I was having one of those moments!)
Climbing at Curbur

I seconded this climb which proceeded to cause me great pain and loss of skin (and to add insult to injury I fell off it!)
Climbing at Curbur

And finally here's who I climbed with all day, I will leave you to make your own comments!
Climbing at Curbur


On the dizziness front, I felt better as magically and rapidly as I felt ill... who knows what happened, but by Friday I was fighting fit again!