Beadlow Close

Here are the photos of my new home which God has blessed me with. I move in later this month so this is the flat in its bare state but it will give you an idea what it is like.Photo 1 is the kitchen the cupboards have been painted a yucky blue so i will change that and also the handles.

Photo2 needs know explanation the yucky yellow cistern has to go. Photo 3 the lounge the flat has been freshly painted its all cream and i am going to leave this in here as with all my pictures it will look good. There is a fire on the wall sa well as the central heating rad so i am going to see if that can be removed. Photo 4 the bedroom again cream so i am going to wallpaper one wall with a really bold pattern to take away the plainess of it . Photo 5 the hallway again cream but apart from possibly doing it white i will probably leave it as it is. i am planning to to have bold patterns on things like curtains and lampshades. I will keep you all posted on what i do and send you photos as i do things.

News Update

Hi everybody well i am now a year older i have been retired a year. the time has gone so quickly i have done quite a lot in that year. I am now into my third week of the reader course and we are beginning to look at things in earnest now. Proper work starts next week with our first module on Spirituality. We have already had homework which wasn't to bad.I am looking forward to really getting on with it now.

Things could be changing for me today i have to go and view a flat near St Peter's. It is a council flat in the same Close that Allan and Olive live in. This has come as a bit of a shock to me as i have only been on the list a few months. I have been praying that God would find me a place as i know that i cant stay here for very much longer. So please pray for me. I will keep you posted.

Well i am going to bore you a bit more with some more photo's of my time in S/A

As i have already said i am new to this so you have the title of this blog entry already.

New Beginnings well this Thursday i start my first year of the Reader course. I am rather nervous as i am sure a lot of the people i will be studying with will be far more educated than i am and also younger. But i know that God would not put me in a situation that i cant handle.

I am sure there will be times over the next three years when i wonder what i am doing and get stuck but i know that i have lots of people who will be out there to help and support me.

Once again i am having a fresh start at fighting the never ending weight problem. Some of you will already know that i am a member of Slimming World and successfully lost 4st. Some of that has gone back on so once again i am trying to be good and stick to food optimising. This weekend was not good so this week is again a new start. At least the Elephant should be that size! So wish me luck for both the course and the fat fight.

New Beginnings

In case you wondered i am new to this so bear with me. I havent really said to much about my trip to South Africa yet but i can tell you that it was great. Spending time with Mark and Louise getting to meet so many great people. Meeting the folks again and getting really friendly with them (you know what i mean Cynthia).Being there for both Mark's induction and his 40th birthday was just so great. Getting to know Max,Jerry(what a cutie),Pippa and Tess was great to. Jerry leave Marks plants alone!

I hope to meet up with most of you to really share my stories and photo's (just a few!) but here are some i think you will enjoy. My first one of the big 5 Rhino. The dolphins were great. Me on the Sani Pass going to the top of the Drakensburg Mountains. My jacket after i got soaked watching the Billabong with Mark. The Meerkats on sentry duty. Jerry didnt i say he was a cutie.There are loads more but i not sure if i have done this right so will wait to hear from either M OR T if i have. Just one for you Mark my Cactus display i do have 3 more single one of them is a Aloe/

more updates on my life as a retiree

Life since South Africa

I have been home two weeks now still have a tan but its fading fast where's the sun.I have had to do my first essay of 1000 words a bit nerve wracking but i have done it and its been sent.Just got to see how i did .Busy working on a crossstich for a friends christmas present really enjoying doing that. Off to see Mama Mia the film Sunday with Helen will let you know what i thought of it.