Precious Family

After quite a while of not seeing my family I finally got to see them the other day!!! There is nothing like your flesh and blood to make things better!!!

We met at a lovely new Restaurant that has opened in  my hometown of Worsley, Manchester.  It is called George's, apparently it is owned by Ryan Giggs who is a Manchester United Footballer.  He happened to pop in whilst we were there, my sister was like an old friend with him lol!!! They have been quite a few times and he was making jokes with my Mum, very sweet actually.

Well I paid a visit to the toilets whilst I was there and I was very impressed by the fabulous sinks, I know it doesn't sound good but they were gold and they were lovely. So glamorous.

We had afternoon tea and as you know by now my favourite past time is drinking Tea, it was all very convivial. The staff are very friendly and the whole place has a lovely ambience.

It is a little bit at the top end for my present budget as far as the main meals, but I am sure they are very tasty and hope one day we can all indulge!!!  

Will definitely be making a return visit to meet up with my family for a cup of tea though and an obligatory chat with Ryan!!!!

TTFN!!

Too cold to cry!!!

Well this week has caught me at an all time low. Whilst I have not started this blog with the intention of being negative I am finding myself at rock bottom.  As if it is not enough to have not had a central heating  boiler for nearly five months and having to live with just limited use of an electric heater and my electric blanket for warmth, tonight we have got a power cut!!!!

When you have very little in life already and the things that make life bearable are taken too, it is very upsetting to say the least!!  So I have no heat, no light, no TV and no internet!!!  I can hear you saying well you are alive and not in pain, those are two things I have to be grateful for.  I have a strange feeling like I have heard it is said when one is drowning and your life flashes before you, well in my case I am having flashes of memories of when things were good!!!!  Lovely holidays in the sun, just relaxing by a pool in Provence, with the smell of Lavender pervading the air, drinking Rosé under the shade of an olive tree at midday.  The lovely noise as you are drifting off in the warmth of the day of people splashing around in the pool.  

I have even found myself remembering padding about the house with bare feet and the feel of warm towels on your body after having a bath.  Turning on a tap and having hot water to wash your hands.  I have forgotten what it is like to put clothes on for pleasure and to think about looking nice, now all I am concerned with is keeping warm.

I realise I do have to be grateful I am not living in the South West of the country where at the moment they are immersed under water with dreadful flooding, but really how bad can things get before they get better.

I do understand no one likes to hear someone moaning and how frightfully boring it gets, but tonight I am finding it cathartic to write and besides as the title suggests I am too cold to cry!!!

I am waiting for that little red light to appear on my TV to let me know power has resumed. It is amazing in this country how awfully unprepared we are for any kind of disturbance in the weather.  We were hit with some gusts of wind last night but really does the power have to go?  The mad thing is the power went when the wind had calmed down and it has been off for hours now and it really is calm out there.

I wouldn't mind but sleep is eluding me tonight so I can't even get out of it and get engrossed in a dream!  What did we do before the internet?  It really does keep me going nowadays with Facebook, Blogs and Vlogs. 

My mind is turning now to getting up in the morning not being able to have a bath through the lack of hot water and no cup of tea!!! Please, please, please turn the electric back on!!!!!

TTFN!!!