Day 327
Prompt 327
"Baby it's cold outside"
- Dean Martin
Its freezing cold here in the UK, whats the weather doing where you are today?

It is cold outside but we have had blue skies and sunshine all day.

Well here I am at 3.15pm still in my dressing gown and warm slipper socks, DH is in London at football and I am having a 'ME' time at home!

I am all warm and cosy indoors and I have cropped, cooked and tidied up in a muddled order, a bit of this and a bit of that with my butterfly mind.

I am just going to shower and cook the meal for tonight before Come Dancing. Peter will be home about 6.45pm

Day 326

Prompt 326

"There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behavior, like the wish to scatter joy and not pain around us. ‘Tis good to give a stranger a meal, or a night’s lodging. ‘Tis better to be hospitable to his good meaning and thought, and give courage to a companion. We must be as courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are willing to give the advantage of a good light. ”—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-82), philosopher, poet, essayist

This quote brought back memories of my father who died 33 years ago next week aged 60.

He treated everyone with same courtesy, respect and time of day, whether they were the down and out in the street or the mayor of the town!! I have always remembered this and even before I became a Christian I tried to be like this too......hard at times because none of us are or will be perfect but a wonderful philosophy to have in life!

Live your life from your heart. Share from your heart. And your story will touch and heal people's souls."
—Melody Beattie; author, journalist

Oh to tell you my life would bore you!!

All I would say that 13 yrs after a very happy marriage and 2 lovely children my heart was broken by my first husband who was my best friend telling me he loved me but also had met and loved someone else.

I was determined not to be bitter about this though I was heart broken and I felt totally demoralised. I had 2 lovely boys to bring up and a career to follow.

6 yrs later I met and married a wonderful man who had lost his wife with cancer and he has made life worth living and made me feel very special again.

How blessed I have been to know and love Peter

Prompt 324
"Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart.”
-Henry Clay (1777-1852), politician and orator

Well this little boy is the most courteous child I have known for a long time. His "please" and "thank you's" and "excuse me" are always there, spontaneous and used at the right time.

Refeshing in this day and age where standing up and giving up your seat for elderly and opening doors for others seems to have siappeared in society.

Look what happened to me today!!

Last week at Slimming World the group had to write down a name to vote for Miss Slinky.

Three of us were nominated and again today the group had to vote for one of us and I was voted as Miss Slinky!! I am holding a lovely trophy a pen in a star which says 'Miss Slinky'

Here we are. Emma has lost 1st 9lbs on the left, Dawn her friend has lost 2st 4lbs - we all started 30th April 2008 and I lost another 2lbs this week

Wish I was slinky but I am getting there and wearing more fitted clothes these days feeling good and more important DH is sooooooooooooo proud of me!

365 Days
November 18, 2008
Day 323
Prompt 323
"Love is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through good and bad times. It settles for less than perfection and makes allowances for human weaknesses."
Ann Landers (1918-2002); advice columnist

Well that certainly sums up Peter and I!

We are like 'chalk and cheese' opposites who have attracted each other and compliment each other in everyday life. I am blessed to have had a second chance at a perfect partnership in marriage.

Day 322
Prompt 322
"Where are You?"
Theme tune from MoonRaker

Well here I am at Eastbourne Marina on a boat on a very cold and windy morning in November having just got back from a wonderful hot week in Italy!

I am in a much better 'place' mentally than I was last year. I have lost 4st in weight since last Dec, I am happy with myself, much healthier and I have a discovered a wonderful new lot of scrapping friends on UKS and enjoying life most of the time

Day 321
Prompt 321
"Casino Royale"
- Daniel Craig 2006
Are you a gambler, or do you play safe

Well I am definitely not a gambler, I have never bought a lottery ticket, do not like buying raffle tickets and do not bet on horses. I have never done the football pools or even bought premium bonds either!!

When I talked to DH about the prompt today he told me had a lottery ticket from Saturday, this amazed me because he never buys them either, but he did on Sat and after the photo shoot I went to throw the ticket away BUT he hasn't checked it and doesn't know how to either LOL!! Fingers crossed it has won!