Because I have been on leave from work at the start of this project I find it easy to keep up, goodness knows what will happen to it when I go back to work.
I have my pages 15 – 21 to share with you today.
15th
Today is our 27th Wedding Anniversary. We had a beautiful card from Ben and he asked how did we do it? Apart from the usual, ‘I was drunk’ ‘I was paid’ I had ‘nowhere else to go’ ‘who else would put up with me’ kind of answers “I love him”, “I love her” and “we’ve got you!” We both said together! “‘You two have been married too long! You even say the same things!”
Too long?
Still loving,
Still laughing,
Still learning.
Too long?
No, I don’t think so.
16th
Learning to use my new iPhone.
Learning to tap gently, it doesn’t respond to nails, not even fabulous dark purple ones.
Learning to keep my tongue in whilst texting.
Learning to stop pressing ‘send’ instead of ‘o’ or ‘p’.
Learning not to press the tv symbol otherwise I’m lost in the nonsense
world that is YouTube.
Learning the difference between camera and photos.
Learning how very easy it is to take photos.
Learning that yes, it is actually talking to my computer without a fight.
Learning to stop saying wow! every 30 seconds when I discover another thing it does!
Learning to stop taking it in and out of the posh little purse that came with it.
10 learning points! (stalking thinking about Shimelle) Ooooh, except that it’s not the tenth. I wonder if it would be cheating to use this list on the 10th October?
17th
The moon is very beautiful this evening. If the moon was in the centre of the clock, at 2 o’clock there is the brightest star which isn’t a star at all, it is the planet Jupiter! How exciting is that? Look in the eastern sky.
And there was I sitting here thinking I have nothing for today.
I don’t have a picture of my own; I’ll find one on t’internet.
In September you can also see the Planet Mars in the western sky, quite low on the horizon but you need to be up at 5 am.
Night Sky Note for September 16, 2011
Friday, September 16, 2011
The Moon rises five minutes before Jupiter rises. Watch the Moon rise in the ENE less than two hours after sunset. Overnight, the Moon is to the upper left of Jupiter.
18th
The last day of my holiday, and as usual, the busiest. I never learn this one. You see the day coming for a number of days, you think you have ‘ages’ you are sure you know where you put the things but no, mad hunt for my work phone! I can’t ring it because I turned it off!! Why isn’t it in my work tray? Oh & why did I leave that letter I said I would do, ‘till now? And this is the day I decide to cook a roast dinner because I’ve ‘done no cooking for you for two weeks’ I have also done no ironing, well that will go by the way, I’ll wear something that doesn’t need ironing. I’ve forgotten everything I know about the bit of the Alexander technique that I do try hard to practice every day: Choice. It’s about making a choice. I choose to do something or not to do something. I make a conscious decision to do this or that or something, making a choice takes away so much stress, now; breathe, have a glass of Pinot and cook. You love that.
19th
It is the first time I have seen 7.00am for two weeks.
No one was more surprised than me to see myself in the kitchen looking out at the beautiful sunrise and rainbow! I don’t remember seeing a rainbow in the western sky in the morning. It looked like a water colour painting, so beautiful. My picture won’t do it justice but it will remind me that I saw it.
For a Monday and the first day back after two weeks leave I would say it was a good day.
I love my singing group, what a joy to sing first thing on a Monday morning.
I had a text from my friend asking to meet her for a coffee and another friend returned from her holiday so there was lots of catching up to do today.
I had two beautiful comments on my blog.
A very simple, straight-forward, quiet, calm, working day.
With some very special moments.
Yes a very good day.
20th
My signature seems to be the colour purple, a new bag, and my nail colour, which this week happens to be purple! Actually, the colour on the bottle is Pinot, which suits me as Pinot Grigio is what I love to drink. How this Purple thing happened is a mystery to me because my one overriding concern is to always stay in the background. I think this has only been since I was an adult, I don’t remember being particularly shy as a child. Today I am wearing a black skirt, grey & purple top, purple heather colour jacket, dark purple/maroon bag and a necklace in a similar colour, Oh and the nails, Pinot. Oh and my purple bracelet and come to think of it my new glasses have purple frames. Oh my word, until today I never really thought about it. I know that I always choose purple if its available but am not conscious of saying, Oh it must be purple, or I want a purple something or other but goodness me, purple I have become.
21st
I haven’t read today’s prompt because I wanted to look back at my LSDN books for 2009 and 2010.
2009 was the first time I had done the class; I followed the prompts every day. Today was ‘face the challenge’ I have been totally unable to transfer pictures from my camera to the computer without help, today I conquered my fear of that task!! I have come along way since then.
In 2010 I didn’t follow the prompts every day but I did use Shimelle’s ‘extra challenges’. Today’s was ‘include buttons on your entry, one or dozens. I went with one! I wrote; I love to have a day to myself! Ben & Paul had gone out for the day leaving me & Peps, home alone, Love it!
And I still love a whole day on my own. Anyway the point was, looking back. These projects of documenting your life are really wonderful gifts for the future. Keep telling the stories.
