Daffy's 'a nice cup of tea cheers you up' diary

Karmacat

It sounds *very* interesting, and you sound completely bonkers :D:D and loving every minute of it :j

Cheery_Daff

Thanks KC :rotfl:

Thought I might try Lindy Hop next week Don't ask me what it is! (1940s swing dancing, I believe ) but I know a couple of folk who do it, and it sounds like fun!

And one of my resolutions this year was to dance more And I don't feel the need to find one form of dance and stick to it til I'm brilliant - more just all and any that will have me, whenever the urge takes me (some of these things only happen once a month), so anything is good

redsquirrel80

Hehe that sounds brilliant (and slightly bonkers) - fantastic! Your description of the polska reminds me of doing the Tarantella in ballet classes, where you had to pretend a spider was biting your foot and you were trying to shake it off - I think the proper traditional idea was dancing about to get rid of the spider bite poison, but that's how our teacher described it to us and it seemed to work :rotfl:

MrsMoo2U

Cheery_Daff wrote: »

Thanks KC :rotfl:

Thought I might try Lindy Hop next week Don't ask me what it is! (1940s swing dancing, I believe ) but I know a couple of folk who do it, and it sounds like fun!

And one of my resolutions this year was to dance more And I don't feel the need to find one form of dance and stick to it til I'm brilliant - more just all and any that will have me, whenever the urge takes me (some of these things only happen once a month), so anything is good

Oh wow, Lindy Hop is sooooooooo much fun. If I remember rightly it was the precursor to jiving. Love it, lots of energy, throwing around and being thrown around, bouncy, fast smily fun. Even better if you can wear authentic 1940s dress.
a little taster here

Where you live sounds so bohemian and full of fun things to do.

vl2588

ZTD wrote: »

You can rename them, so you *know* what they mean...

I have always wondered if you could! D'oh!

vl2588

cherisong wrote: »

Where you live sounds so bohemian and full of fun things to do.

Is Cheery's town special or is she just good at seeking these things out?!

Cheery_Daff

My town is of course *very* special :rotfl: (it's also a fairly large city, which helps!)

But really, there's all kinds of things going on in all kinds of places, you just wouldn't necessarily know about them. Get your snout in those tiny little notifications pages of the local paper, tea dancing and bridge classes, fencing, all kinds of bizarre fun. Keep an eye on the post office and newsagents windows, you just never know what will pop up. Pick up a copy of all the leaflets in the library, and go through them with your diary and a pen handy. Have a good conversation with *anyone* who shows an interest in *anything* - people who are passionate about something, whatever it is, are usually pretty good people to know. Say yes to things people invite you to, however mad they sound, then when you're there, get chatting to all and sundry, about things they're interested in, and then say yes to the things *they* invite you to as well. Don't be scared of things because you think your mates will think they're weird. Don't be scared of things because you think you'll look a bit daft doing them. In fact, don't be scared of having a go at anything.

Cheery's guide to a cheery, bohemian life :rotfl:

And on that note, I'm off out for a run

vl2588

Ooh very motivating! I think you could get paid for speeches like that!

Hope you enjoyed the run

Cheery_Daff

:rotfl:

I did indeed enjoy the run, and the second hand bath, and now I'm all glittery and high-heely and off out to a birthday party

(orange juice and marmitey-toast first though )

MrsMoo2U

ooh, enjoy! You are a social guru. I must take a leaf out of your book. And great to hear that you wear heels as well as wellies.

Oh, I forgot to mention I was at a seminar in Cardiff last week and there was a woman in wellies (really, a high powered political seminar and she had wellies on) which had obviously never seen a sliver of mud. I thought of you!