Good day Bloggets. It’s so cold here in England. The nights
are closing their curtains before 5 p.m. now November is knocking on Autumns
door!
Gosh what a busy week in our household. So much going on.
Proud of both of my boys this week. Our Son went for his job interview last Friday
as he had to apply for his own job. Sounds odd but fact. I am so happy he was
told he did so well in the interview he was offered the job that very day. He
felt so bad because other people have been there some time but didn’t get
offered their jobs or even other jobs, I told him it’s sad but he has to look
out for himself as selfish as that sounds. Thankfully on Monday his colleagues
were so lovely to him. His boss said to him there may be some animosity but
thankfully for Boy Wonder, they were fine to him. And then my Husband went for
his fifth and final interview for a promotion in his workplace and found out on
Monday, he has been invited to take up the role! So, both my boys now are in
big boy jobs.
And then there is me!!!!
You know when you are in a race and people are overtaking
you and you are just so far behind you think to yourself why did I bother
running? Haha, well I shall continue to hand out the juice and snacks I think
that will be my job for life, unless one day I become a best seller…… well a
girl can dream and you know what they say, dreams can come true, right?
Something I was talking with a friend about the other day
was restaurant etiquette.
Are there any manners anymore? I went to a restaurant with
my Son and his girlfriend it was a nice place very posh inside but the staff
and clientele were far from polite. The waiters were rather casual. The customers
were so loud and the music was blasting no wonder people were talking with
their best school play voices. To be heard…
But the table cloths were very nice as was the crockery and
food was delicious. The surroundings apparently were beautiful but as a person
who can’t see, I listened and to me it wasn’t the expensive posh places I used
to frequent as a child whilst being wowed by the press.
So, what I was taught and I have recently read up on this
and it still is the correct way to behave in restaurants so let’s see if you
have restaurant etiquette? Haha, here goes.
1, dress nicely
2, the table next to you shouldn’t be able to hear your
conversation.
3, keep from the table, your elbows, cell phone/mobile
phone, purse and keys.
4, wait for your guest to order first. If you are in company
with a few people ask the ladies what they would like first.
5, if you are waiting for your guests, it’s polite not to be
seated until they arrive…
6, if your waiter doesn’t place your napkin on your lap,
then after your guest has placed theirs on their lap it’s your turn to copy. If
you go to the bathroom during a meal, leave your napkin on your chair and when
you have finished your meal, then you can put the napkin on your table.
7, agree with your companions whether or not your want appetisers.
Try to always order the same amount of courses so you finish around the same
time.
8, I really don’t like this one, but if you have wine, you
hold your glass by it’s stem. I don’t trust myself with that one. We all know
it’s not polite to drink from a cup without holding the handle, oh, my Mum used
to really tell me off if I picked my cupper up without holding the handle, and
just putting my hands around the cup. Hug a cup…. Some people get so anxious
how to be when dining out, they forget to enjoy themselves, I guess if you
imagine what you look like and your actions, then if it looks wrong, then it
probably is, well, wrong.
Something I was reading today; scientists are telling us
that the origin of modern humans have all been traced back to Botswana
So, is Africa the motherland of us all?
Will we ever know the true origin of life? how it began? I
don’t think we will and by the time we get close to finding out the answers, I
fear we may have ended life on earth by then.
I have so many questions, if we are to have derived from
apes, then how come monkeys have not evolved into humans? What made us become
human and monkeys stay monkeys. If my Son were here now, I am sure he would
have that answer. Please educate me?
Also, if we keep evolving, then what will we become next? Or
have we reached the zenith of possibilities? And finally, Neanderthals they
looked so different to us. Were they different? And why? Oh, I am so interested
in such subjects but have no clue at all.
I bought some beautiful flowers today. Orange and yellows! I
guess autumn colours also to represent fire for Guy Fawkes night on the 5th
of November.
They smell so lovely and three of them are the most unusual
flowers I have ever seen. They almost look plastic they are so perfect. In the
bouquet there are roses lily’s and chrysanthemums and two kinds I don’t
recognise.
I filled three vases with them two medium and one small. I
love flowers. Now because I can’t see them, I must remember to keep giving them
fresh water.
So, Fifi why do you have flowers if you can’t see them?
Answer. Why do you have dreams if you know they will never
be reality? Why do you keep those jeans that have not fit you for years? And
just because I can’t see, doesn’t mean I want to live in a world of dark
tunnels. If I know there is colour in my room, I feel happier. And if I can
smell them even better. I even get a buzz out of making them look nice in my
vase.
When I first went blind, I was so sad when it came to
flowers. As I used to be obsessed by putting them in order of colour but now, I
can’t do that but I am so over caring if there are two the same colour next to
each other or if flowers clash.
I guess that is what being blind for years does, gets you
used to reality, but you never learn to really except it I’m sure. People cope
and they may tell themselves they are fine but I believe the only people who truly
are happy as in the same as they were when they had sight are those who have
help at the push of a button. Don’t get me wrong, if I were to win the Lotto, I
wouldn’t become one of those people who do nothing who gets people to cook and
iron for them but I would enjoy the fact that life wasn’t full of challenges
now that can be exhausting.
Something I wanted to do for my Husband this week but when I
looked into it, it’s impossible for us to do so we have had to scrap that idea.
We are very limited. But we deal with what we are given. And now I put flowers
in my vase without crying like I used to as it really did hurt me that I no
longer could see flowers. I do miss colours. But such is life.
Talking of seeing, or not seeing, there is a brilliant link
at the bottom of this blog. It’s good news for those of us with RP.
Just before that, a paragraph of positivity!
Happiness oftern sneaks in through a door you didn’t know
you left open. (John Barrymore)
Life has no remote, get up and change it yourself (Mark A
Cooper)
This is my absolute favourite quote ever. “I may not have
gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be!””
(Douglas Adams)
I have read so many times you start the day with a positive
routine and the rest of your day will follow. I really believe this, but it’s
actually starting that routine though, isn’t it? This is why a good healthy
breakfast is so good followed may be by a walk or wheel along a peaceful path
and the knowledge that by lunch time you have something just nice going to
happen, plan a meeting with a positive friend or neighbour? I know this isn’t
always possible and for my dear readers who can’t get out of the house for
whatever reason, try to think of what you can do positive around the place you
live? It can be so small, just something different to start with may be
something you haven’t done for a long time. A beautiful friend of mine has
started to paint. She says she isn’t really good at it, but so what? it fills
her heart with joy, and that is so important. Be creative. A clean house also
helps to have a positive mind. If you are living in a room full of mess you
will feel a mess. May be your new routine will be to do a little housework each
morning? Then by the end of the week look at what you have achieved.
For those who ar in a new relationship and are really happy,
great, I know of a few of you who are experiencing that now, and for those of
you who have just split up from your love, I’m so sad for you. It’s horrible
especially when you had such plans together in life.
Are you now wondering if it’s even worth carrying on? I can
tell you yes. Honestly give it time please and then you, can be one of those
annoying people who are telling others to hang in there as there is better out
there for you, I promise.
This year life has dealt us some really bad cards. As a family
we have lost a lot. Well last week showed that two positives have occurred in
our life especially our Sons and my Husbands. And out of that I guess I will be
happier. I have been offered an opportunity this week but whether I will be
brave enough to step out there away from my comfort zone, is another story that
I am sure one day I will relay to you.
Hold your heart, keep it together and give yourself time to
heal. Your life has a plan, things happen for a reason. At the time we just can’t
understand why that has happened, but soon it will all make sense.
To my beautiful C, you know who you are, you have so much to
live for and so many people love you and need you and one day soon I am sure,
when the time is right, perfect, you will be fed with the gift of happiness,
kindness and just what is right for you not only now, but for your future.
And after my blog on me visiting a medium, what she told me
about the future of my vision, well, I still dream and still look out for us
all. This to me is great news.
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