Ten things for which I give thanks this week…
1 – The sun is shining!
2 – My daughter, Beverley, is coming round later to do some housework. I say my daughter, but step-daughter, strictly speaking, but after being in her life for 43 years out of 56, I go with daughter. She comes round every Tuesday to spend time with her mother but has gone by the time I get back from work, so I regard this as my time with her and we will sit down to tea and a chat as well as the cleaning…
3 – I can confirm that signs of Spring abound…
And these straggly strugglers, must have self-seeded in a pot of mighty Stargazer Lillies that just get bigger every year…
4 – I still have a job! Work is calming down – a bit – as I wrestle the details of labelling product under control…
5 – I have stopped beating myself up for not progressing the novel and have decided to stimulate my writing by undertaking the 12 Short Stories in 12 Months challenge. The January prompt was Glow and I uploaded on the prescribed day and have received one positive comment so far. You have to comment on at least 4 stories… My Writing Critique Partner, Nik, in troubled Minnesota (troubled by Trump and not the alleged crime wave) but I haven’t been able to find his story yet amongst the 510 other stories…
6 – This group of supportive people
7 – I have managed to spend some time writing for my April A to Z – I am midway through “C” – who knew there were so many fabrics beginning with “C”…
8 I have been trying out a Continuous Blood Sugar Monitor – a free sample from a company who hope to get me hooked on their product, and indeed, I have ordered a month’s supply to follow on, but at £30/10 days usage, it is too expensive to carry on permanently, and my doctor’s practice refuse to fund it instead of the finger-pricking tests that risk neuropathy of the finger tips at £30/month. So I am trying to learn what I can in a month + and may or may not carry on after that. Here’s what I have learned so far – its very convenient to beable to check my blood sugar, 5 minute by 5 minute, on my phone, if slightly addictive. The experiment has incentivised me to make a spreadsheet of all the carbs I eat and between the monitor and my monitor, I have been able to see what effect carbs have on my body. So not only have I reduced my daily intake to 168 grams per day, but I have been able to hone my meals to slower acting carbs thus avoiding big spikes. I advise anyone who is type 2 Diabetic, to give these sensors a go, even if, like me, it is only for a month – to gain insight…
9 – Weekly washing done and in the dryer or hanging up to dry…
10 – Made it to TTOF…
Have a great week everybody!
Thank you for visiting my page. I just visiting the farm in my neighborhood. Sometimes I looking after the animals when the farmer is away
That is a big responsibility! I enjoy visiting your page due to the boon of Google Translate!
It’s nice to see signs of spring coming, though in my neck of the woods we are terribly low on snowpack. I have to hope we will get more snow, so we don’t end up in drought this summer. (But I do love your photos!)
Hi Kristi! Its strange how different people wish for more or less snow – my sister in Nova Scotia wants less because she has to clear it from her and her neighbour’s drive straight away and you need more to ensure water supply later in the year… I wouldn’t have minded a couple of days coping with snow but we hardly ever get it hereabouts – we are in the heart of the Penneines and whichever direction the weather comes from, the snow has usually dropped before it gets to us…
Nice greenery. Do I see spring onion leaves in pots in the first photo?
No spring onions – all Spring flowers!
total climate envy here… lol
we’re in the middle of a cold spell (here being southern New England) and it’s been below freezing for the past ten days (below freezing *daytime* temperatures)
good thought on the writing, most in the writing community agree that turning your focus on a different topic is a very good way to let a story perc and organize in the subconscious or whatever part of the brain that handles creating reality(s)
have a good week
Are you able to dry laundry outside? We’ve had days and weeks of rain, but guess what!!! Our hosepipe ban is finally lifted. The water table is back to normal again.
I have hellebores blooming!
No – you get all the exciting stuff – storms, snow and frost – we just get fog and rain… Hence our hosepipe ban has also been lifted!
Lovely andrew
I think we all should do TTOF
I used to do seeing a fellow blogger friend called Dyanne!
Ur post pushes me to may be filled positivity on my blog ;). And about writing don’t beat urself up
I think u r doing just great !
I have a short story writing thought too in my mind and my poetry book is in publishing process
That’s great news that you are publishing a book of poems and you must let me know when it is available Afshan! So glad my post inspires positivity and if you want to join in with TTOT, I can get the linkup codes sent to you…