24 February 2015

Feeling blessed.....

Today is my birthday and for lots of reasons I am feeling very blessed. Reasons small and large.
                                           Barrie put this on Face Book for me...


                      


                        A knock at the door and I was so surprised  to see a delivery of these beautiful flowers. My lovely friends Jackie and Ivor sent them for me. My favourite colours and favourite flowers. How special
                                     My work colleague's little daughter made me this to take away on holiday. A little special thing too..
                                A very special card from my two granddaughters Mollie and Lilli. The words they wrote and drawings inside are the most special. I just love them and had to show you..
                                          The front of the card..
                                      Part of inside..

                                          Their love is further than the moon..
                               How very special.. I so love it ...

                                   My cards, all very special to me..
                      Barrie took me to Leeds and we had a look around the shops and then to The Slug and Lettuce which is a place we love to go and eat. We had a lovely meal and a couple of drinks. A lovely day.
  Last night I worked late shift and on call. Now I am off for a while and we go on our holiday next week. I only have a couple shifts to do when I get home and then that is it.
                          All in all I think I am indeed very blessed.
       On a down I have somehow hurt my hand and am not using it to type a lot. It could be from work or arthritis but not sure.
                         Much love
                         Carol

9 February 2015

Catching up....

Well its time to catch up a little and say just a little of what's been going on. I haven't been on line much at all really. Just checking FB for things the kids put on and commenting sometimes but not a lot. I have been quite down about things and especially about work. There are a couple of much younger women at work who have seemed to go out of their way to make things difficult. Add that to feeling more and more like not wanting to go out at night and into some situations and it all got too much. Barrie and I talked and the result was that I put in my notice to retire. My last working day will be the 31st March. I told my boss on Wednesday and she asked me many times was I sure and she didn't want me to go. I did open up and told her all that was happening and that made her say even more that I should stay and fight it out. I decided to still go. I am 64 in a couple weeks so I think I have done enough. I cant say any of this on FB because it will be seen by work colleagues. So I suppose I am sort of getting it off my chest here a little. Now for nicer things. We went to see the little ones yesterday as it was Rosie's birthday and Alivia's tomorrow. There was a party for Alivia. It was good to see the little ones and the not so little ones. Here are a few pictures from yesterday.

                                          Jamie gets bigger every time I see him and he is only 14. Arun also had a birthday on Saturday and he was 12.
                                                 
                                        Everyone seems to like this one and I do too. Leon , Alexis who will be 1 on the 21st. ( expensive month February lol ) and Layton.
                                             The boys Leon, Layton and Nicholas.
                                                         Barrie, Jade and Alexis.
                                             The smallest two who are only three months apart.

                                                 Birthday girl Rosie and Layton.
                                              Tomorrows birthday girl Alivia who will be three and look haw she has come on from her shakey start..
                Sorry for not posting in ages and then moaning on.
                                               Carol