Maggie & Mal's Adventures in North Cyprus, the UK and Beyond
I think it rained all night. Around 9 am the skies cleared and so we had a long muddy walk across the fields.
A cleaning day and managed to get all the washing dry as well.
Thought for the Day – “Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.” ~ Buddha
We had to take Mal’s sister Marion’s birthday presents over. She loved the zoo canvas picture we got her. I think her Christmas present will have to be another annual pass for Wingham Wildlife park again! She is in her element when we take her there.
From there we went on to Botany Bay. We were the only people on the beach.
We could see the rain in the distance and just made it back to the car before it poured. Nowadays it is a job to get Ellie off the beach, she just loves it.
Thought for the Day – “When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.” ~ Paulo Coelho
My day volunteering at Cancer Research. A good day and we took a lot of money after the torrential rain stopped, so well worth it. We do have some lovely customers there too. A really nice day.
Jack is in the local paper, receiving a cheque from Westgate on Sea Boys Brigade and Girls Association Anchor. That boosted our Stand up to Cancer money! Well done to all the children who took part.
Thought for the Day – “Be happy with what you have while working for what you want.”~ Helen Keller
Lou gave me ideas for Christmas presents so I went straight out to get them! There and back in 2 hours! The only delay was the shop assistant took ages trying to get the security cage off one of the presents. No one could, thankfully they had one more left in stock and the cage came straight off that one! I was also impressed with the help I received in JDSports. It makes a change nowadays.
Mal cooked a roast and sadly Hammers, Man U and Spurs lost! So the whole family was unimpressed.
Thought for the Day – “Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.” ~ Omar Khayyam
We took Ellie to Minnis Bay before it started to rain. We were fascinated by the cormorants fishing, Ellie noticed them first and then every time I went to take a photo they dived down!
Marvellous to see them in our seas. Ellie had fun playing with the seaweed.
We managed to keep the volume of the TV up in the evening so that Ellie couldn’t hear the fireworks!
Thought for the Day – “Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.” ~Buddha
I felt a little better. Just as well as I had an appointment for a hair cut in the afternoon! I did a little shopping while I was in Deal.
Thought for the Day – “The simple things are also the most extraordinary things and only the wise can see them.” ~ Paulo Coelho
A duvet day as I still wasn’t well. Ellie had her “fat club” at the vets so Mal took her. She has actually put on half a kilo but Megan is stumped as to why when she has lost 13 cms from around her waist!!! She told Mal that Ellie is the only dog they have who is actually sticking to a diet, so well done Ellie. Mal bought another sack of weight loss food and they now give you a card (as a member of their club) where you get every 6th bag free! Excellent.
In the afternoon our local PCSO Debbie called. A fire was set alight along the road a while back and she was seeing if anyone knew anything about it. Mal chatted to her for ages. At the moment they may be cutting the PCSO’s jobs in Kent! They will find out just before Christmas! She has however offered to come along to any events at the new Jubilee Centre, which is opening tonight for the Boxing club. More events will follow in the future. Well done to Mal and the other trustees who have managed to secure the reopening, invaluable to the community. Mal is in the back row, it was to be a photo opportunity for all the trustees but only 2 of them were able to make it.
I heard from Queenie’s husband Chris and they are keeping her in hospital for at least another couple of days. They keep saying she can come home and then her bloods aren’t right, so no a couple more days.
Ben Fogle was from Cyprus tonight, mainly from no man’s land.
Thought for the Day – “If you don’t own a dog, at least one, there may not necessarily be anything wrong with you, but there may be something wrong with your life.” ~ Roger Caras