My Diary Wednesday

Life gets so muddled at times doesn’t it.

The weather isn’t helping as it is so wild, so windy and so cold. Why so much snow for the people in Scotland and Ireland. March has gone out like a lion with a roar.

Yet the Forsythia is the best I have seen this year

Forsythia

I have been sorting out with some friends a visit to a Motorhome factory that I will write about later in April, as it will be making a good story and this has become a diary so I have to write about each day and that’s how my life is taken one day at a time.

Well we are nearly at Easter and I was all planned to set off tomorrow for an Easter Rally at Bognor but then Rays appointment with the Lung Clinic has been changed to 2.30 so that we will be to late to set off amongst the holiday traffic and the M25 will be so hectic, so we will now set off on Friday.

Rays Clinic involves a Spirometry  http://www.patient.co.uk/health/Spirometry.htm

A spirometer is a device which measures the amount of air that you can blow out.

This will show rays Lung function as he has pockets of stale air in his lungs due to the scaring that the Asbestos has damaged his lungs.

The weather forecast is still for more heavy showers.

rain cloud

It was to cold for long walks so we have carried out a series of short walks to keep the dog happy.

I made  a chicken stew and herbie dumplings to warm us up tonight and the rain has been beating on the windows.

I think its time to sign off and go to bed and snuggle under the duvet

My Diary—the answer to the extra traffic through our village.

We did have the biggest clap of thunder and the biggest flash of lightening and it sounded right over head someone must have been hit somewhere last night.

We ran around and turned computers off and tellies but it was all to late, it didn’t do it again it was just the once.

It has been an interesting couple of days then with all this excitement and then the dog kept us awake all night and he had Ray going out at 2am in my pink dressing gown  and cutting grass to bring into for Louis to eat as it must have been the dog had eaten to much chicken.

After all this time of getting the dog to eat he now over eats–we just cant win.

After all the rain the sun came out and we had a glorious walk on the beach so now I’m off to cook some fresh Tuna and new potatoes with mixed vegetables.

Tomorrow I have to pack our clothes for our Easter trip to Bogner.

Peggy said

Did you see this on the ‘KentonLine’ website today Mavis? I expect this was the cause of the additional traffic coming though ’sleepy’ Seasalter though how it could be ’sleepy’ with you living there raises a very interesting question!

‘A section of a major Kent road will remain closed until Wednesday after two accidents and an oil spill took place.

The incidents happened last night on the A299 Thanet Way coastbound road between the M2 and the A290.

A Kent Police spokesman said: “The coastbound carriageway is closed at junction 7 where the Thanet Way meets the M2.

Traffic is flowing freely in the area and drivers are being diverted via the A2.

It will remain closed until Wednesday while Kent Highways carry out repairs to the road surface. (I have found out today that One lane has now been opened today and it was because of rain washing away the newly laid road surface so there were several accidents)

An oil spill occurred stretching several hundred metres and specialist equipment is being brought in to clean the surface’.

A New report out today it seems Carpenters have been at risk to.

http://www.asbestosvictimadvice.com/mesothelioma-death-rate-in-the-uk-is-world’s-highest/

My diary –Monday new canvas shoes.

Sunday was a very quiet day with a walk round the beach and just a lazy day.

I watched another Catherine Cookson –Colour Blind — The McQueen family go out of the way to pick fault with the marriage but when Bridget reveals she is pregnant the McQueens have no choice but to accept the marriage. ooo it was so good and so romantic.

Today we took the dog for a walk on Tankerton Slopes and he played ball with us, and took no notice what so ever of other dogs that were there.

We then went to Asda’s to buy canvas shoes and a top for going away Easter, why do I feel guilty buying new clothes when I have been labelled terminal, isn’t that silly, but its what I think while I spend my money.

The weather was cloudy and then came out sunny,  April showers seem to have started.

I took Louis out for another walk  just before tea and the traffic was very heavy every car seemed to coming from Faversham and piling through our little village of Seasalter.

I have found this lovely site with photos of the wild birds that visit us here in Kent

http://www.kentos.org.uk/

My Diary Friday and Saturday

Friday this week was a quiet day just walking the dog around the beach but today was different as we  went St Margaret’s at Cliffs near Dover to have a look at a wild camping spot for a friend.

We travelled down the A2 and turned onto the Deal Road to get there but we got lost and took the wrong turning and we went past a camp site and then down a very steep hill and we realised we were going back into Dover by the Castle and down to the docks.

That meant we had to go back up and onto the deal road again and follow our steps back St Margaret’s on the Cliffs.

We stopped at a green to walk the dog and a Coach stopped and a foreign gentleman with a map gets off and heads for me to ask where a cafe was–why does that always happen and you wont to help don’t you but just cant.

I told him to talk to the people at a bus stop, which he did.

Then we put the dog back in the car in travelled on to the Monument car park  although there was terrible potholes to try and miss.
The Cafe was opened and there was small car parking  area and a great walk the cliff top, it is a lovely spot.

Coming home past sandwich we were following a Ambulance when he stopped and put his lights on.

There was a man on a mobile and I thought his car was steaming but as we passed you could see the car was on fire. The bonnet had a bulge in it and it had split with the heat which was letting the flames come through.

We could see the smoke as we passed Manston Airfield, poor thing he has lost his motorcar now.

We were then driving from a wonderful sunny day to a very wet day and the rain started to come down but it was showery so we drove in and out of the showers.

Got home and got the washing in just in time as the rain really poured down then.

It has been a great day today.

The monument at St Margaret cliffe

 

The White Cliffe of Dover

 

Looking to the channel

 

the cafe on the Cliff

My Diary A rainy day today.

We woke to a very cloudy but warm day.
It was just spitting as I walked Louis for his early morning walk and the skies were so grey and sad but on the way back I realised that the Forsythia bush that is in my neighbours garden and hangs over our garden was in full bloom, this has happened overnight and it seems like a special gift to cheer me up.
We walked along the beach the other way which we dont do very often as you have to walk in the road for a way.
When we got to the beach we took Louis lead off and he really had a run.
He played with us for a long time and chased his ball and I was hoping he didnt decide to run in the mud as the tide was out.

After a while it started to really pour down so we put him back on his lead and walked him back past the Oyster Catchers Cottage where we saw his craft close up.

oyster catchers craft

We walked back in rain and got home in the dry

It has been a good day

My Diary Wednesday outing

I woke with the birds today at 5.20 –that is far to early but I made lots of coffee and worked on my computer.

When Ray got up he was so much better it was good to have him back to normal again.

I walked Louis on his early morning walk and came back to breakfast and a shower and the day really begun.

We went to the football field at Faversham and let Louis have a great ball game with a lot of running around and I hadn’t noticed a small dog of lead descending on us.

Now this would have been a disaster a few months back but Louis had a great game with the little dog and then shouted at him (or her) and he raced off.

We have turned a corner and it really looks like all the barking he has done is for attention.

He is not aggressive and has never bitten so if I could calm down and be more relaxed then I think the dog will relax.

Tesco at Faversham

We walked around Faversham down Church Lane behind Tesco’s which was built in part of the old Brewery that makes it look different, then past the lovely church which had masses of daffodils in the churchyard.

Faversham creek

This lead us down to Faversham Creek but the tide was out so all we saw was mud.

Meet and had to walk past 2 dogs —no problems ha!ha!

This is a lovely walk to Oare from here that we have done many times but I had to turn around as my days of long walks seem to be over. (maybe in the summer I will have a go )

http://www.faversham.org/pages/directory_item.aspx?i_PageID=12684

Lunch was Avocado pears grated apple and prawns

Dinner was a sweet and sour made with quoin and then ice cream and lyches and the dog had a a tub of chicken livers ugh!

My Diary Tuesday

It has been a glorious day today as the sun has shone and it is warm.

I went out early for a dog walk –just a short one which Louis appreciated by not barking at any of the dogs we met. I patted him and told him he was a good boy and he almost looked proud.

I came back and we had breakfast and showered, housework and couldn’t wait to get out again for a longer walk on Tankerton slopes.

I was throwing a ball for Louis and he craftily threw it down the bank so Ray had to go down to retrieve it.

Well he must have thought that was good fun and tried to get it down the bank again.

He really had a great run around and once again he ignored all the other dogs that were out for their walks, have we found the answer and it is all down to extra exercise.

We did another shop at Tesco’s on the way home and Louis was worn out all afternoon.

dont wake me up please

I felt a lot better today and getting over this cold, thank goodness.

I have had a reply from a lady whos son has been taking Mistletoe and I really have got to start finding out if I can have treatment as Im really interested in the method.

Hi, just thought this may be of interest to you.  My son has been having mistletoe drops (Iscador)since diagnosis that have been prescribed via the Bristol Homeopathic Hospital.  Before he started any treatment I rang and spoke to Dr Elizabeth Thompson and she was most helpful and informative.  Mistletoe has had over 30 years of research that supports the theory that it helps to maintain the bodies killer cells that help to fight cancer, these cells are often depleted during chemo and after surgery so mistletoe is particularly useful during these times.  The type of mistletoe used depends on the type of cancer to be treated, e.g. my sons iscador (he has stomach cancer) is made using oak mistletoe so it is important that they are prescribed by someone who knows what they are doing, the Drs at BHH are working conventional oncologists with an added interest in holistic medicine.  You may also be offered additional homeopathic treatment (nosodes – which can increase the bodies ability to fight metasteses and other remedies to manage side-effects etc), in our experience these have been very effective.  Mistletoe will not cure cancer but it will aid the bodies natural fight, although my son is now in his last hours our family all feel that he has benefitted from treatment and he actually felt better than he had for some time once he started treatment – we would definitely recommend trying it.  I wish you the best of luck.  Zoe xx

 

 

A Prayer in Spring
by Robert Frost

Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers in the flowers today;
And give us not to think so far away
As the uncertain harvest; keep us here
All simply in the springing of the year.
Oh, give us pleasure in the orchard white,
Like nothing else by day, like ghosts by night;
And make us happy in the happy bees,
The swarm dilating round the perfect trees.

And make us happy in the darting bird
That suddenly above the bees is heard,
The meteor that thrusts with needle bill,
And off a blossom in mid-air stands still.

For this is love and nothing else is love,
The which it is reserved for God above
To sanctify to what far ends He will,
But which it only needs that we fulfill.

Dairy Sunday and Monday

Sunday was very quiet as Ray was feeling rough still and I started the sore throat so I’m in for the cold now.

We did walk round the beach in the sunshine and then I came back and watched the Catherine Cookson Film on The Yesterday Channel.

I love all her books that describes the era  so well, of poverty, against wealth and love and wonder how much is based on her own life–Catherine Cookson was born in Tyne Dock, Co. Durham in 1906. She started life out as Catherine McMullen, the illegitimate daughter of a poor, alcoholic and violent mother, Kate Fawcett. Catherine grew up believing Kate was her older sister but soon found out that she was really her mother. and always so full of Romance. http://uktv.co.uk/yesterday/item/aid/536014

As my father’s side of the family came from South Hylton Newcastle and his Great Grandmother and her Mother worked in the fields Im always imaging them as I’m watching the films. Dads Grandfather was Illegitimate as well, his life must have been hard when he was a boy, so he made a better life for himself by moving to Chatham Dockyard as a Shipwright.

I made a wonderful Roast Dinner –yes with Roast Beef. mmmm mmmm.

Monday

 I’m doing Ok with the cold,  I was worried  what this first cold that I have had since being ill, would be like.

I have to be so careful not to have any chest infection or in the lungs as I will end up in hospital if my breathing is difficult and also I’m so scared what might trigger my Tumour off again.

Its like knowing you have an Alien inside your Lung and what ever you do –Don’t wake it up.

But I’m still very strong and we went to Tankerton slopes with Louis where he had a great ball game, he is so mad on football games but I used his little tennis ball today and he was worn out.

I’m so amazed how he is walking past big dogs with no fuss, we really are seeing such a big change in him.

I think he feels he cant dominate large dogs and knows his place but small dogs he must feel superior and tries to dominate them.

We came home had lunch and tidied up, they had forecasted rain but I was able to get the washing done and it dried fast in the wind.

Dinner was Salmon and Broccoli with cheese and baked in the oven with new potatoes.

They have Painted the Beach Huts

My Diary for Friday and Saturday.

Friday

Ray has been quiet ill with a bad cold and chesty cough that shakes the bed it is so bad.

I said we will stay in and I will have a spring clean in the cupboards while he rested but I noticed water in the airing cupboard and it was dripping from a tap on the boiler and then Ray said that the pressure was in the danger.

I had the central heating on and when I turned it off the marker stayed in the danger zone.

Phoned the plumber and he was out on a job that took longer than he thought so we hung around all day catching the water in a bowl.

I took the dog out for a round walk which was the first time I had been out on my own, that far, but I made it and didn’t loose my balance once which was very good.

The plumber finally came at teatime and bleed the radiator to get the pressure down and went but I turned the Heating on and the pressure shot up so we had to quickly get the plumber back.

He bleed the radiator again and turned the tap to stop the water filling up as it seems the tap is very sensitive.

That was the end of a very eventful day and thank goodness I had decided to clean the cupboards out or it would have done a lot of damage.

Saturday

The plumber came back to check again this morning but everything is calm and dry so he will change the fill up valve on Monday and normality will reign again.

Ray though work up and frightened the life out of me this morning as his face was swollen–his cheek and lip on one side had all gone numb.

With that stroke advert on telly we did wonder about a stroke but he was able to walk about and then it has gone down since so we don’t know what it was.

I took the dog out on my own as I said Ray couldn’t come with me as he would frighten the children.

We have watched a DVD about The March of the Penguins which was very good

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MB_GisVFboU&feature=related

We had a Vegetable casserole in red wine sauce that i had slow cooked all day so the taste was wonderful as well as the aroma.

Louis had a pot of Chicken Livers as a treat and he is knocked out and fast asleep as a Lion is after its feed.

Well we are settling down now to watch a bit of Saturday night telly if there isn’t much on we can put another DVD on.