About to begin a long weekend and go camping I had a delivery of 3 x 18mm sheets of plywood as an upgrade to my shed floor, so after dinner I set about installing them so that they did not get damaged or have a chance to warp if stored incorrectly. This meant emptying everything out lifting the 11mm plywood then cutting and fitting the new wood before putting everything back into the shed which I did just before it started to rain.

As I finished I said to Jamie that I was going to have some dinner take a shower and then go to Ashbrook as I’d planned to do. She looked puzzled saying What at quarter past 4?

I think I looked as stunned as she looked puzzled because I had not realised I’d spent the whole afternoon working on my shed proving the saying “Time flies when you’re enjoying yourself” which is exactly how I feel when I get a chance to work on my project!

After Reagans eye consultation referral at Leighton where her diagnosis of Accommodative Esotropia or as I prefer ‘the turn in her eye has probably always been there and so long as her glasses correct it there is nothing to worry about…’ Mommy took the kids to Delemere Wild Shore to spend the afternoon messing about on the inflatable obstacle course while I had to to work.

• 

• 

• 

As I sat in the garden this afternoon choosing to spend the whole day doing nothing but have a chill out day in the sun I read the words below, which were attributed to Steve Jobs but a bit of Googling says that might not strictly be true. Whoever wrote them, doesn’t matter, what matters is the sentiment!

It made me happy that Mommy was sat in the pool spending “time” with Lincoln. It made me happy that Reagan and her friend were sat drying off chatting about girly stuff. It mattered that were all together making memories yet we can all be doing ur own stuff too.

Jamie’s cousin Troy, requested his family choose an activity they can do which means they spend quality time together individually and I thought that was such a great gift idea! Yes I want more speakers or expensive Broncos gear or Dewalt tools but what really matters is “time” and we forget that try to “out do the Jones’s” with a great car a big house and 3 holidays per year yet if we strive to be happy with what we have we beat them a million times if we live a happy life regardless?

Read the following words and then just spend a moment to think what really matters…?

You can employ someone to drive the car for you, make money for you but you cannot have someone to bear the sickness for you.  Material things lost can be found. But there is one thing that can never be found when it is lost – health and life itself.

When a person goes into the operating room, he will realize that there is one book that he has yet to finish reading – “Book of Healthy Life”

Whichever stage in life we are at right now, with time, we will face the day when the curtain comes down, and the hole they dig is the same size for everyone

Treasure love for your family, love for your spouse, love for your friends…

Treat yourself well. Cherish others.

As we grow older, and hence wiser, we slowly realize that wearing a $300 or $30 watch  – – –  they both tell the same time.

Whether we carry a $300 or $30 wallet/handbag – – – the amount of money inside is the same;

Whether it is a bottle of $300 or $10 wine – – – the hangover is the same;

Whether the house we live in is 300 or 3000 sq. ft. – – – loneliness is the same.

You will realize, your true inner happiness does not come from the material things of this world.

Whether you fly first or economy class, if the plane goes down – – – you go down with it.

Therefore, I hope you realize, when you have mates, buddies and old friends, brothers and sisters who you chat with, laugh with, talk with, sing songs with, talk about north-south-east-west or heaven & earth …. that is true happiness!!

Five Undeniable Facts of Life

1. Don’t educate your children to be rich. Educate them to be happy so when they grow up, they will know the value of things, not the price.

2. Best awarded words in London … “Eat your food as your medicines. Otherwise you have to eat medicines as your food.”

3. The one who loves you will never leave you for another because even if there are 100 reasons to give up he or she will find one reason to hold on.

4. There is a big difference between a human being and being human. Only a few really understand it.

5. You are loved when you are born. You will be loved when you die. In between, you have to manage!

NOTE: If you just want to walk fast, walk alone! But if you want to walk far, walk together!

Reagan has a horseriding day today which she has had on many occasions and there is a competition between all the participants and she always does well but today in the sweltering heat she only bloody won ?

How much prouder could I possibly be, she loves riding and it’s something she’s stuck at even though she will admit when she wasn’t very good it frustrated her but now she’s able to not only compete but she was the best today!

The thing that pisses me off more than anything about hot weather is not being able to sit out in it! Today was one of those days being busy working meant I was in front of my pc all day and it was 33? outside, when I did take a lunch at around 2pm it was roasting out on the lawn.

After work and after going to Nannies to mow her lawn again I managed to sit for half an hour in the evening sun and chill.The kids arrived home having been at Nannies all day but they rode their bikes so my brief visit to mow they were eating their tea before riding home.

Jamie and I met in the kitchen at 8 30 and made tacos we watched a couple of episodes of The Bear a series about a restaurant in Chicago which actually makes us anxious watching it…weird?