November December January February March......

I know its only November (For a few more hours} but I have good things going on each month for at least the next 5 months.
To start with the Denver Broncos beat the unbeaten New England Patriots 30 - 24 big news, literally as it made the sky news headlines. Next month (Also in a few hours time) It will be December and  Christmas with all the run up excitement, I love Christmas! January starts a new year, February sees the visit by the Northern Bird always have fun when she is down, also in February we are trying to arrange a big family get together which will be great! Then March we are going on holiday and although I know where we are going I am not saying anything yet!

A dirty job but someone has to do it.

During my years with the ambulance service I was both verbally and physically abused by our service users. Some would do it because they were ill, others because they were either high on drugs or drunk. Others still just because they wanted to, maybe they were just bored.
So taking all this into consideration why should one "customer" coming into my place of work now, throwing her weight around cause such a bad feeling?  I am due back tomorrow and for the first time since starting work there, I actually don't want to go in!

Ten and a half pounds!

I have decided to loose some weight.
I started a new eating plan three weeks ago and have managed to loose ten and a half pounds, I think that's quite good going really, its easy to follow too. I have cut out crisps and bread though just to start with.
The trials of being a kept woman! Hahaha

Farewell to a friend

You taught me how to protect myself whilst at work, when confronted by a violent patient.
I will always be grateful.
Rest In Peace my friend.

Resignation

Today I posted my resignation. I don't have a job to go to but I know I can no longer do the job I am doing at the moment!

Veg garden

Well it is now official. Everybody knows where we will be moving to, we think we will be moving in June/July and once all the rigmarole of the actual move is over I shall be having a veg garden!
 Now as my Dad was a very keen gardener specializing in vegetables I am sure at some point I have eaten produce that I have grown myself, but for the life of me I cannot remember doing it!
 This is going to be something new and I am looking forward to it, I have looked round the garden of the new house and found the spot I intend to use, and then today I have ordered some veg seed and seed trays to start them off, hopefully they won't mind moving when we do!
All I can do now is wait for their arrival.

Tonsillitis and a chill

Today I have been sent home from work! Maybe shouldn't have even gone in to start with! It feels as if I have a throat full of razor blades, I can barely speak and I have all the symptoms of a chill, with I high temp, sneezes and all the other delights that accompany it. If I booked sick I would have got into trouble, for a job that deals with sick people all the time they are not very accommodating towards their own staff when we inadvertently catch something from our patients! Which is why I went in to start with, ahh well I wonder what punishment I will receive for being ill this time? 

Announcement

Well, its official, the announcement has been made in both churches so now everyone can know which church my husband will be going to.
That said, I was (obviously) only in one church, our present one for the announcement so I am presuming it was said in the other, it should have been!
We also have a date for the instillation (It sounds as if we are
having a sky dish erected!) of my husband into the new church.
As well as feeling excited I am also quite scared, I hope they like us and what will they expect of us? We will have to move house, move mouse to a new yard! Change doctor and all our local shops.
Its very exciting and I am looking forward to it we have links to this area already so at least  its not going to be complete upheaval just a partial one!

Times, they are a changing!

Well Yesterday my husband had an interview for a new parish Priest job. He got it!
We have known this was in the pipe line but until very recently we have not known where it might be. Well now we know ...until Sunday when it will be made known in both our present church and the new church very few people know.
Keeping this from friends and family has been very tough, its exciting news and we want to tell people...roll on Sunday!
It will mean big changes all round, moving my horse, dropping shifts at work to a more workable number (due to travelling and family) are another two big factors for me. For my husband it will mean a change of job house and everything. We are looking forward to the changes however many there turn out to be.
There are a couple of things I wont miss, Andy on night shifts being one and having to spend less time with my family being the other. Having less shifts means I get to spend more time at home and after the year we had last year I will be making the most of friends and family time.

Long may it continue

What a lovely four days off I had, and how lucky was I?

Four days off and I ate out every one of them. I am refusing to step on the scales for a while though, but it was so worth it.

The weather was lovely, I did a lot of walking be it in town with my friend before a lovely gastro pub lunch, off into the woods with another friend and three dogs before a cuppa and some yummy cheesy chips, around a National Trust property with my husband having had an amazing meal in yet another gastro pub, then there was the impromptu pub lunch followed by a walk along a very muddy foot path, before putting my horse to bed and settling down to watch a couple of good films. (Pride and The flight)

Still work beckons... there is the small ray of light which is the fact that after 5 shifts I get to have another 4 days off. Ahh roll on the next set.

Days off. (Or drowning in tea!)

One last shift for this set then I have four days off!
I have a night shift tonight which I am really quite looking forward to as it is with one of my favorite people to work with, she is doing it as overtime so I am rather lucky!
Tomorrow I am meeting up with one of my friends for lunch and a catch up and tea, its been ages since we last had a good natter so this could get raucous!!
Then I have a day off with my husband which is very rare at the moment so we may go out for a cup of tea and a slice of cake and then I am going to take the dog out with another friend for a good walk followed by a cup of tea and a catch up. I am really looking forward to this set of four off!
In other news..still no news yet as to where we might end up. On the plus side my Granddaughter managed to get into the school of her choice so we are very pleased with that!

THE NAMES THE SAME BUT THE CONTENT WILL BE SUBTLY DIFFERENT!

So, our lives are about to change big time and here's how...
My husband will be changing from a full time fire fighter to a full time Priest! With this change comes a multitude of other changes,
* We will be moving house!
*I may have to move my horse!
*I will be either dropping my own work hours or giving up entirely!
*My husband wants my car, I will have to get another one!
We will have to move into a house provided by the parish that we move to, these range from regular sized houses to rather large rambling places, we could be in the middle of a town or city or in the heart of the country who knows, certainly not us at the moment! This also means we will be selling our present house!
Depending on how far away we end up I may have to move my horse from where she is stabled at the moment, this will also be difficult as I love being where we are.
Because of the possibility of a very long drive to work, the fact that I will need to play a part in my husbands work, and the fact that last year saw some very shocking events, I am dropping my shifts so that  I can spend more time at home and with my family.
My husband wants my car, I was going to sell it and get another anyway so in a way this has saved me the trouble of putting mine on the market.
Even with all the above I think the biggest worry I have is how far away I will be moving from my Mum, Daughters, Granddaughter and friends( The boys are already far flung meaning we don't see as much of them as we would like) so I hope we manage to stay at least within a two hour drive of them.
So this is the story  of my life right now. My Husband finishes in the Fire Service in June this year, so all of the above will be happening before then!
My Husband has to deal with all of the above plus the bonus of a new Parish, and he can't wait,
I am confident that the Bishop and his Arch Deacon are onto it, but as we don't know anything it makes it all just a teeny bit scary.

Lent

Its Lent!

Back and forth.

The clock is ticking... time is marching on.. soon we wont be here we will have moved on.
But not to a "better place" in "That" sense of the word! Eek I hope not anyway! 😲
In four months a new chapter will begin and while I don't want to rush time on, good grief I'm old enough already!, I am excited to see how it pans out.
Where we will be and what I will be doing, less hours at work would be a good start. That is actually a done deal, I know I will be dropping at least three shifts of my five shift block but will I drop more and become a kept woman? Who knows!
What would be good right now would be for a morsel of information just a mere sliver would be good, because right now we have nothing and if I'm honest, which I do try to be, its a bit scary not knowing anything at all.
So until I know something I shall be forced to pace back and forth...back and forth.....