How brave and talented are we!!

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE 1940's, 50's, 60's 70's and 80's !!
First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us.
They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes. Then after that trauma, our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paints.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking .
As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags.
We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle.
We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this.
We ate cakes, white bread and real butter and drank pop with sugar in it, but we weren't overweight because......
WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!!
We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.
No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K.
We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem .
We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 99 channels on cable, no video tape movies, no surround sound,no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat rooms.......WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!
We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents .
We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.
We made up games with sticks and tennis balls and although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes.
We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just yelled for them! Football teams had trials and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!!
The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of.They actually sided with the law!
This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever!
The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.
We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL! And if YOU are one of them!CONGRATULATIONS!

You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated our lives for our own good. and while you are at it, explain it to your kids so they will know how brave their parents were.

This was an email I received and I liked it so much I felt I had to post it so true.

Monday blues bah

Whoever said today was supposed to be the most miserable monday, forget it.
New man and I have just been on a trip to get his newish vehicle a 2002 Landrover Defender, in two tone green. I will be expected to drive this thing, which is alot bigger than anything I have driven before. It will be like driving a tank, watch out world.

Alright now

Storm that was has blown over, all is back to normal.
Though new man is a bit grumpy at moment. I happened to mention this to him, he mumbled that the weather is getting him down.
He likes the sun and says he is always miserable in the winter. I did gently try and remind him what he should be thankful for, though I not sure this has worked.

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They are fantastic, no job is too much trouble, and even more surprisingly clean up after themselves.
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A sleepness night

As the title suggests not a very good night's sleep. The reason a full blown row with new man over something so stupid its not worth mentioning.
The problem is now getting to speak to each other again, this is really unknown territory in our relationship. I suspect we will be okay, he has just made me a cup of tea and enquired if I need anything at the local shop, albeit begrudgingly.
Bloody men!!! AHHHHHHH

Loneliness

Stegbeetle at solid gone blogspot put a beautiful lovely song, which invoked so many feelings in me that I thought I would look at loneliness at a closer viewpoint.

I myself have over the years suffered from loneliness, well for a long as I can remember always felt outside the crowd looking in, never quite belonging. When I was younger I alleviated the feeling and got more confidence by using alcohol. As I grew older still a fair amount of alcohol, but then I met my husband, at first things were good. Unforunately he got very ill, as a result of this, communucation broke down. I felt estranged from him and last year after several years of trying I left him. Now I have met a lovely man, who has taken away my loneliness. I do fear it is only a temporary state, as all my bouts are, it eventually nearly always creeps in somewhere, though this time I will fight it with full force.

I was reading a book recently which described loneliness and its common causes though I think these links explain it fairly well. I have come to a conclusion everyone in the world must at sometime or another suffer or feel loneliness, though I admit this will affect some more than most.
Next time you feel lonely just remember, so does everyone else, therefore, you are not truly alone. Big hugs to you all.

Happy Hangovers!!

Sorry!!
I should be wishing you all a happy new year, but i suspect most you will be suffering and just about resurfing now. Jealous or course I am.
Seriously though I had about one of the best and funniest new years eves in my living memory. We (my new man and I) were invited to a murder mystery dinner. We were given our characters to play beforehand with details or suggested costume details.
I was to play a lady championship golfer named Fanny Tinnen and the other half to play Canalales a dodgy casino owner. We all had our own scripts with clues etc then we all had to say who we thought had committed the murder. All i can say was it was me......I lied though my teeth and noone guessed.
This was all done in between consuming a sumputious meal, it went down really well topped off with a few glasses wine until new year.
I would recommend this to anyone waiting for the new year to come in. Great fun!.