23 Dec 2018 25 Comments
in Spidey's Serene Sundays Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Christmas, Family, Spiderman, Spidey, Spidey's Serene Sunday
“For me, Christmas is about family, loving, forgiveness, compassion, understanding and comradery.” – Anthony Mackie
What a perfect thought for our pre Christmas post, Spidey!
To me that is all that encompasses Christmas, truly.
I hope you all have a wonderful family, and love filled Christmas, Peeps!
16 Dec 2018 35 Comments
in Spidey's Serene Sundays Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Christmas, Illness, Quote, Spiderman, Spidey, Spidey's Serene Sunday, Wellness
Wow Spidey! You’ve hit your bi-centenial post! Who’d have thought that a child’s figurine, found in a cross-legged position a few years ago would have led to 200 posts?!
When the ‘I’ is replaced by ‘we’ even ‘illness’ becomes ‘wellness’ – Anon
And what a lovely bit of wisdom you have found for this week! Quite apt for my family and I this week.
We have all been struck down by the dreaded Christmas lurgy… The kids are coughing, my nose is streaming, Hubby is the same. We are keeping the tissue business afloat, I think!
But we are not suffering alone. We are together. And pulling each other through this period of feeling bleurgh…
And isn’t it true, that if, when you are unwell and feeling miserable, a little company can really cheer you up!
Heres hoping we can shift this yuckiness before the Christmas week starts, so we can really enjoy our holidays!
So… tell me, any tried and tested remedies to share?
Have a peaceful Sunday Peeps And enjoy your week! ❤
15 Dec 2018 49 Comments
in #SoCS, Socs Tags: #SoCS, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Carols, Christmas, Hairy, Linda G Hill, Stream Of Consciousness Saturday
Linda’s prompt for SoCS this week…
Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “hairy.” Use it any way you’d like. Bonus points if you use it to mean more than one thing. Enjoy!
It’s that time of year.
The cold has set in and you wrap youself up as much as you can to buffer yourself from the chill.
One huge benefit (for us laydees, anyway) is that we don’t feel the need to defuzz with great regularity, because who’s gonna get their legs out in this weather??!!
So,
Of skirts and dresses, please be wary
Fa la la la la, la la la la
Deck the legs with many a layer-y
Fa la la la la, la la la la
Don we now our tights and jumpers
Fa la la, la la la, la la la
Tis the season to stay hairy
Fa la la la la, la la la la
Ritu 2018
But, have you ever ended up in a bit of a hairy situation because you genuinely haven’t been bothered about your bodily follicle growth in the winter? I did, the other day, when I went for a bra fitting, and I had to lift my arms for the tape measure to go round my ribs…
Eeeks! is all I can say!
Adn thinking of hairy… I may need to defuzz next week, as we have our work Christmas do!
Double Eeeks!
14 Dec 2018 49 Comments
in Music, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Christmas, Festive Bleurgh!, Ill, Sick, Smule, Sue Vincent, We Three Kings
Sue Vincent, over at Sue Vincent’s Daily Echo blog is feeling ill… She has been rewriting traditional Christmas songs with her own very special lyrics, and yesterday’s offering was a verse to be sung to the tune of We Three Kings.
It resonated.
Why?
Because after not feeling too unwell so far this month, two kind children came in yesterday with the coughs and colds from Hell!!
Seriously!
And I sat in bed last night, unable to sleep as my chest congested, and today, well, my nose has been dripping like a tap that needs a washer changed!
To top it off, it was also Christmas Jumper Day for the Save the Children charity. Mine happened to have Rudolph on it, and by the end of the day, I had the red nose to match!
Anyway, back to Sue and her great words… well, yesterday, I just had to sing them as I read them, and I mentioned to Sue that I crooned away… and threatened to record the song… and she welcomed the idea (crazy woman!) so, bunged-up, and sore-throated, I sang…
And here is the result! Click the link below to hear me making a fool of myself!
https://www.smule.com/recording/christmas-songs-we-three-kings/571646742_2670604866
And the words, if you want to join in!
Dog and mistress suffering are,
Fever-ridden, stuffed with catarrh…
Snuffling, sneezing,
Coughing, wheezing,
Feeling quite under par…
Oh…ohh…
*
Chorus:
Got the lurgy, don’t feel great…
Christmas chores are running late,
Early closing?
Should be dozing!
Think that we should hibernate…
*
Dog’s complaining ‘cause I won’t go
Out for walks in frost, fog and snow,
She is seething,
I’m not breathing…
So much for ‘ho, ho, ho’.
Oh…ohh
*
Chorus
*
In the shed the tree’s still in store,
Baubles, tinsel, angels galore,
They can stay there,
I just don’t care!
Feeling too stiff and sore…
Oh…ohh…
*
Chorus
*
Haven’t baked a cake or mince pie,
I should make the effort and try,
Guests arriving,
Feel I’m skiving,
Think I’ll curl up and cry…
Oh…ohh…
*
Chorus
*
No gifts wrapped for Santa Claus’ sleigh,
Christmas cheer? Not much here today,
Nose is glowing
And it’s snowing…
… I need a holiday…
Oh…ohh…
*
Got the lurgy, don’t feel great…
Christmas chores are running late,
Early closing?
Should be dozing!
Think that we should hibernate…
Sue Vincent
04 Dec 2018 24 Comments
in #ColleensWeeklyPoetryChallenge, Poems Tags: #ColleensWeeklyPoetryChallenge, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Christmas, Classroom, Double Etheree, Etheree
It’s Tuesday, and that means Colleen’s Tanka Challenge! Of course, just providing a couple of words would be far too simple, so we have two words, yes, but we can’t use them! Only synonyms allowed! so we get to choose our own words this week!
Today I am writing a tribute to Christmas at school… In Double Etheree form, from the kid’s and the teacher’s perspective!
Awe
Wonder
Child-like glee
Decorations
Christmas lights twinkling
Upon a wonky tree
Handmade cards for family
Glitter strewn all over the floor
Ongoing nativity practices
Welcome to the classroom festive season!
Papework piling up, deadlines looming
Trying to teach hyperactive kids
Hungry for Santa and presents
Being the voice of thirty
As kids forget songs
Smiling inanely
Grateful for gifts
Thankful for
Term end
Peace
Ritu 2018
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