As part of my birthday present, a relative has booked us a night at a lovely hotel in Sandwich which is not that far away. What made me laugh, though is that the name of the village is Ham! Hmmmm. wonder what the menu is like?
Do you have any funny place names nearby?
For this week’s Writepiration Challenge Sacha has asked us to write about ‘Utopia’ and what it means to us.
I actually struggled with this, as although the idea of Utopia is brilliant in theory, I am not sure it would actually be that wonderful in reality. A case of being ‘careful what you wish for’ comes to mind!
Anyway, here is my take on it.
There is no such thing as Utopia
But if there was, for me it would be
Days filled with beautiful sunshine
And home would be right by the sea.
There would be no sickness or hunger
Crime would never exist
No wars, struggles, or conflicts
Or hospital waiting lists!
Everyone would be equal
Regardless of colour or creed,
Gender and sexual preference.
There would be no children in need.
But what if life were so perfect?
With never a worry or fear
Nothing to strive or save up for
Everything you need is right here.
Being constantly happy
With everything going your way
May get kind of boring
Like a Utopian Groundhog Day!
I can hardly believe how quickly these weeks are flying past! Here we are, Friday again and I have hardly had time to catch my breath! I have had rather a busy week what with one thing and another but have still found some wonderful posts for you to devour!
Please do go and visit these blogs to see all the other brilliant posts they have written, you certainly don’t want to miss out!
Linda G Hill Linda’s blog has all sorts of goodies on offer, she does ‘One-Liner ‘ Wednesday.’ Stream of Consciousness’, and has just finished running ‘Just Jot it January’ Challenges. I love Linda’s clever use of language, and this post illustrates it perfectly.
Fill Your Own Glass A very topical post that actually many of us can relate to. Karen always puts things into perspective, and I love her way of thinking!
Hummingbird Redemption This was a lovely post by Raphaela. This lady is absolutely amazing, and I love her fortitude and strength!
So although there are only three posts, I am sure you will find plenty more to keep you occupied on each and every one of these brilliant blogs! Enjoy!
Happy Friday!
Today we are concentrating on words for the Duchesse’s Great Book of Lists. As you know, I love words, normally the wackier the better. However, today I will be concentrating on words that matter. This prompt was suggested by the lovely Rosema who wanted us to think about words that have had some kind of positive impact in our lives. words that have given us encouragement helped us when we were down or propelled us forward. Words that matter, indeed. Here are some of mine that come to mind…
Although there are probably plenty more examples of words that matter, these are the ones that immediately spring to mind as being important to me.
I had to laugh at the birthday card my big sister got me.
And the punchline was …. one to do the cleaning and one to do the ironing!
This post was inspired by Linda’s One-Liner Wednesday
Well done to Wes for designing the badge for the challenge too!
Welcome to a Wednesday, and my chance to showcase a word (or in today’s case, words) that do not get enough of an airing. They are weird, wonderful or just downright wacky. Now today I have decided to indulge in a bit of juvenile humour to celebrate the fact that despite just turning 50, I am still young at heart!
The words I have chosen are still used, especially in my house as I do not like some of the alternatives (well at least as far as Miss Hap is concerned)! I think our American friends use the expression to mean something else, so it is even more amusing when I hear it!
Blow off. Yes this is to let rip, or let one off, you know when your nan walks around the supermarket and surreptitiously lets off a couple of squeaky ones, then looks around to see who the culprit is, type of word. It is farting and fluffing, trumping and trumpeting, bottom burping at its finest.
It is the sudden stench that hits you when you realise you have been hit by the silent but violent attack. Parping and puffing, passing wind, and having a bit of gas!
One thing for sure, it always makes me giggle when I hear it!
Well done to Hugh for some fantastic timing here! For his weekly photo challenge, he has chosen ‘love’ as the theme this week.
I have been overwhelmed with love today, and I am touched almost beyond words. As you may know, it is my 50th birthday today. Now I am a quiet kind of a girl and for me, it was about sharing the day with family. I come from rather a large family so was not able to spend it with everyone, plus one of my nieces is expecting her first child any day (it is overdue now), so she is ‘waiting it out’ at home!
Anyway, as I was getting ready for a girly breakfast with Miss Hap, my two sisters mum and one of my nieces we took a couple of selfies of course (I am nothing if not a cool mum, well in my head anyway)!
We went off to have a rather posh fry up in a lovely hotel set in beautiful grounds. My younger sister also shares her birthday with me but is two years younger, so we took some time opening our presents before breakfast. It was such a beautiful day that we sat outside after breakfast, enjoying the sunshine.
Finally, it was time for the cake! Actually, we were all too full to have any, but here is the cake in all its glory
As my sister whose birthday it also was, made me this cake I felt it only fair we shared it so we had a boob each!
The rest of the day was spent with my sister-in-law, and then Mr Grump barbecued some steak (any excuse to fire up the BBQ), for a gorgeous dinner which my niece joined us for. All in all, the perfect day for me.
Not only that, but I was shown so much love and good wishes from our lovely blogging community and blogging family, that I feel truly blessed. Thank you all so much.
Oh, and my motto today was ‘still got it at fifty, even if I didn’t have it to start with!’
Today is the day I turn fifty
And I am not going to get all depressed
There are plenty of things to look forward to
And these are the ones I like best!
You are handy to have in a pub quiz
You know all the old movies and songs
Your trivia knowledge is awesome
Because you’ve been around for so long!
You are allowed to be quite eccentric
Nobody minds if you’re odd
They just think you are a bit quirky
Or perhaps just a silly old sod!
You don’t have to always look glamorous
Because nobody looks anymore
You don’t have to spend hours getting ready
Before you can step out the door.
So although I’ve reach that half century
I’ve see no need to be sad
For I still feel life is for living
And there’s lots more fun to be had!
I have just been trying to freshen up my blog, sorting out bits and pieces and I noticed that I seem to be missing something, yes a few blogs.
For some reason, WordPress has unfollowed me from some blogs that I regularly follow. I don’t know when this happened exactly as I am a bit behind with reading anyway. Has anyone else had this happen to them lately?
I have just refollowed seven blogs I realised had gone and hopefully that is it now. It does make me cross when this happens though.
Rant over!
This is what I thought about turning fifty nearly a year ago, Well the big day is TOMORROW! How the time has flown. My last few hours of being in my forties and I am feeling all fluttery about being fifty, but still intend to be fabulous!
After reading a post today on Inventing Real Life about whether or not a woman is ‘invisible’ once they get to the age of fifty, it got me to thinking….
I am less than a year away from the big five-o myself (sob), and I am already having mixed feelings about it. Originally I thought how lovely it would be to have a big party to celebrate the occasion. It would be a great excuse for a get-together and some cheesy music to get everyone up and dancing,
Despite my two left feet, a bit of 80s music will have me heading for the dance floor and strutting my stuff, especially if there is mostly only family there to witness my humiliating ‘moves’! This is where it comes in handy having such a large clan, it is not that difficult to fill up a function room!
Another possibility is doing a…
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