Month: April 2018

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I volunteered at Demelza for the day. Linda was on holiday, so we were one down but we weren’t very busy. I guess people chose to be out in their gardens rather than shopping in Canterbury!

I arrived home and Tris was visiting and later in the evening Jemma and Dom came round and so we all went to the Mermaids Locker. This has already turned out to be our favourite ale house! 

Thought for the Day – “Attract what you expect, reflect what you desire, become what you respect, mirror what you admire.”

Lou’s Brighton Marathon Day!

We had to be over at there house for 6am. From there Rhys drove us all to Gatwick where we caught the train to Brighton. The train was absolutely heaving with runners. It would have been sensible to put on an extra train or two. 

Lou prepared to run and that was very emotional for me, especially when I saw the back of her running top.

 
I try so hard not to get upset in front of the littlies. Lou set off and we walked to the 5km marker and nearly missed her going past as one of the stewards was telling us to move back. But she turned round and came to us to say hello!! We took the littlies to the pier and had some food and they played on the amusements. Rhys has done the London Marathon and said the organisation for the Brighton one left a lot to be desired! We tracked where Lou was and later Torin’s best friend Lee and his girlfriend Kellie arrived to show support. It was so nice to see them again.

Finally we waited by the finish line and Lou ‘s time was 4 hours and 46 minutes which was excellent for her first marathon. It could have been a bit quicker if she hadn’t stopped to say hello at 5km!!

So far she has raised an amazing £865. We are so proud of her. There is still time to donate.

There is an Indian restaurant in Brighton that has an excellent reputation, Chilli Pickle, so we all went there for a celebration. The food was so good!

We were all shattered by the time we arrived home and Lou looked surprisingly fresh! But we had walked a lot during the day!

We collected Ellie from Jo’s house on the way home. Her girls didn’t want to see her go!

Thought for the Day – ” I’ve learned that you can keep going long after you think you can’t.”

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Spring may have arrived. We walked Ellie in the sun and went to buy the paper on the way back. So handy having a Co op so close. Ellie loves her walks by the river but we have to keep an eye on her that she doesn’t chase the ducks or follow them into the river.

An afternoon sorting more things and putting a few on Ebay.

Early evening we took Ellie to have a sleep over with Jo and Stu in Preston.  We have to be in Herne Bay for 6 am tomorrow for our trip to Brighton to support Lou, running the Marathon in Torin’s memory.  The money is going to Headway, who helped Torin and people have been very generous. I think it may be a bit of an emotional day.

Thought for the Day – “You are only human. You don’t have to have it together every minute of every day.”

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I went to Westwood to get the shopping in the morning and then in the afternoon we went looking for furniture and bought a corner unit for the living room. It spli into two halves so we managed to get it in the car.

In the evening we went to try another Sandwich pub with Ellie. We tried the Red Cow, which is the closest to us but it was really busy and the music was far too loud so we went and sat in the garden. We only had one drink and then walked around the corner to the Mermaids Locker. That is much more friendly, and a really nice ambiance. A lot of the pub is lit by candles, very nice. AND they give Ellie a dog biscuit!

 
I obviously have different taste to the landlord as last week he recommended Brockmans gin, so this week I tried it….not for me and very strong (I had it without tonic!)

Ossie’s chip shop is opposite the Mermaids locker so Mal went in to get chips for on the way home…..not to be done on a regular basis!
Thought for the Day – “Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying ‘I will try again tomorrow.’ ” ~ Mary Anne Radmacher

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Mal and I did some more sorting out and realised we had quite a lot to take to the tip, so we filled the car boot up, put Ellie in the car and dropped the things off and then on to Minnis Bay. It was cold and very misty. This time last year the temperature was in the 20’s! It doesn’t matter how cold it is, Ellie enjoys herself.

 

We took Ellie back home and then walked around town as it was market day, not a vast amount of stalls. We looked in the charity shops (busman’s holiday) and there is also a dress exchange that sells designer clothes and I managed to get a cardigan in there for our Red Hatter days. There is a Thai restaurant and we both love Thai food, so decided to stop there for our lunch. We have to try all these places out. It was excellent food and also the drinks were very reasonable, we will definitely be going back there. The owner was really nice too. It really is such a friendly town.

More sorting out. Bit by bit! I have so many photos. One day I will sort them all out.

In the evening I caught up with an episode of Indian Summer School, fascinating!

Thought for the Day – “I can be changed by what happens to me but I refuse to be reduced by it.” ~ Maya Angelou

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Lou, Rhys and the littlies came round in the morning for Lou and Rhys to do a lot more “work” for us. They put up a double towel rail in the bathroom (which is all tiled!) two blackout blinds in bedrooms. They fitted a new light fitting in the hall as previously there was no sleeve on the wires and also a dimmer switch in the living room. Torin had beds for the twins, which we now have, one slips under the other, so Lou put those together in one of the spare bedrooms, another new curtain pole in place and curtains up. They are certainly making life easy for us. They have done so much work around the house. In fact I felt rather bad that I was out for lunch with the Red Hatters. Mal took Ollie, Oscar and Josie to the park with Ellie and they had ice creams on the way back.

So, I went and met the Red Hatter girls and we had a nice lunch but the pub was very busy and we had to wait for the food for quite a long time. We made more plans for the future.

Thought for the Day – “Quietly brilliant is doing great things in a humble way, with the belief that the best things in life can only be experienced, not explained.”

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I took Ellie out very early and left Mal sleeping. We went for a long two hour walk along the river. After breakfast we met Lou, Rhys and the littlies at Howletts. We haven’t been for quite a while.  The sun even came out at lunch time.

One of the keepers was in playing with one of the cheetah cubs. We could hear him purring!

Thought for the Day – “You’re only human. You don’t have to have it together every minute of every day.”