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Thursday 24 October 2013

A Day To Count My Blessings and Ben and I Swap Places

Ben has spent many hours draped across various bits of furniture and laps and is now back on form.




He was trying to look hard done by but he had just come in from playing with a ball!

I am down with the dreaded sciatica again, it is my own fault, I have been very busy at work and lifted too much too many times.
I have a list of exercises and a heat pad, and no work for a while. I intended to finish at the end of the year so may just not go back. I will miss the people but as the atmosphere is so poor I will not repine.

I have a new follower, Vickie from More Stars in Comanche, she lives in Texas and has a band of four legged ranch hands. Pop over and have a look, it was winning her giveaway that got me my first Texas wild flower fabric, I have slowly added to it and will be cutting into it soon. Any way, glad to have you aboard Vickie, you are most welcome.
A quiet day, a little of my sewing done, photos tomorrow. No shopping, no cooking, We will have the rest of the Chicken Madras with some naan bread and Brinjal pickle.

I have started to clear another cupboard out and have a box of things for the charity shop. We have a good one in our local market town, it is not too pricey and is mainly used by local people. It supports a small cat rescue operation and I will drop off a box of cat food and some cat litter as well tomorrow.

I need to organise a shop for the food bank soon, rather than just take random stuff each week I have an arrangement that I pop in at the end of one month, see what they are running low on and then stock them up the next time they are open. I will see if they need things like Lem Sip and cough linctus, it is the time of year when most people lay some in, I have myself and the cost is prohibitive for anyone with a limited income.

Last time I lugged big bags of nappies from one of the cheapie shops, they were really cheap, it took 3 trips but was worth it.

Reasons to be grateful.

1. I may be in a bit of pain but I have heat and food.

2. I have dried goods, home preserves and frozen food for at least 3 months.

3. I have veg and fruit in store from the garden.

4. I have never gone without food so my children could eat.

5. I have a network of friends that I could call upon if I needed to.

I am one of the lucky rich!


                                          TTFN                     Pam

14 comments:

  1. Thanks for the reminder, I have much to be thankful for.

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    1. I consider that most people should try to count their blessings every now and then. The remainder have no blessings, or anything come to that, to count.

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  2. Oh poor you ... hurts like hell .. take care.

    Vicky x

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    1. I can live with it, I know that it will go, in time. I have only myself to blame.

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  3. I really sympathize with you regarding sciatica, the constant pain can be soul destroying, I hope you will soon be back to normal. Take care xx

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    1. I can switch off the pain to a degree where it can be lived with. The bonus is that even if I can not do the ironing, I can still sew!

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  4. Oh dear I hope your back gets better soon, take it easy.
    I love your dog what an innocent face lol. xx

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    1. mmmmm innocent he may be, naughty but nice. He is a loving little dog and only acts up to gain attention.

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  5. Best wishes to you Pam, another blessing - no work - more blogging!!

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    1. I am looking at new blogs by clicking onto comments , I can lose an hour in the blink of an eye.

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  6. Hope you're feeling better soon. As you are finishing work at the end of the year (or even sooner) are you still planning to move to Wales?

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    1. It is still Wales, I may not go into the holiday rental business but I am still heading to Wales.

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  7. Hope you're feeling better soon. Your charity shop sounds perfect, the local animal ones are always the best-IMO!

    Sft x

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    1. It is a really good little shop, all the staff are involved with the rescue operation and are a happy bunch.

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