Frump to Fab - A Whole New World.

sheilavw

What a lovely photo, and lovely flowers. Happy Easter everyone x

chanie

Happy Easter everyone.  

I hope you all had a lovely day and enjoyed the nice weather (even if you only opened a window).
We are going to have a BBQ tomorrow.  We wanted to have one today, but all of the shops were shut as it was Easter Sunday.   Although its inconvenient that the shops were shut this bank holiday, i don't begrudge the shop staff a well deserved day off.

This bank holiday weekend has made me realise how much I have needed a few days off.  Although its been nice working from home and spending more time with the children, it is hard work trying to do both at the same time. 

Maisie_Moo

Lovely photo of your Mum sugarbaby, hope everyone had a good Easter. Spoke to DIL yesterday who is a nurse , now working in the minor injuries clinic. She said they had been pretty busy with injuries due to gardening, (cutting the lawn in flip flops !) falling from step ladders and a surprising amount of cat bites . They had been doing the best that they can under the circumstances and she said at the moment our local hospital is coping quite well with the Covid patients, thankfully she has this week off as they were due to have a family holiday but she has volunteered to go in if they need her. Not very fab with my clothes this morning but have made an effort with my hair and face as we are going to do a video call with our friends.

sugarbaby125

Hello Ladies,

I hope you are all enjoying your Easter. I still buy my children; daughter 27 years old and son 19 years old Easter Eggs. I bought them weeks ago when they were half price in Tesco, so the 4 Easter eggs only cost 75p each. 

I am enjoying reading the 2nd book in the trilogy After You by JoJo Moyes. 

Chanie, I cannot imagine how hard it is for you and other Mothers to work from home and care for your children at the same time. Children do not respect the fact that you are working at home, all they know is that their Mother is available to them a lot more. 

That photograph is one of my favourite photographs of my Mother. It was taken when she was 90 years old. My Mother unfortunately for me and my siblings died on the 16th December 2012 even though her death was expected after a catastrophic stoke, her death was still a huge shock and my grieving for her feels endless. I still miss her everyday, even though she lived a long life. As my Father had died years earlier in 2008, I became an orphan when my Mother died and that was especially hard knowing that both of my parents had died and I no longer had either of them to give my life the foundation I had always relied on.

Wednesday2000

I am off a medication I had to take and I have lost more weight so I'm almost back to the weight I was before I started taking them. It's been two weeks off the medication and I have lost 6 and a 1/2 pounds. I've been walking an hour every day for over a week so that must have helped too. 

I was reading about red light therapy in Top Sante magazine today. I was looking on Amazon and I might buy one you can use at home. I hadn't heard about it before. I think I will read more about it before I buy it.
Red Light Therapy: Uses, Benefits, and Risks

I am so glad that I am getting a proper shopping delivery this Wednesday! I am making a roast dinner when I get it as I have had a craving. Oh, I just thought of two items to add to the delivery, frozen veg and olive oil.

Wednesday2000

sugarbaby125 said:

That photograph is one of my favourite photographs of my Mother. It was taken when she was 90 years old. My Mother unfortunately for me and my siblings died on the 16th December 2012 even though her death was expected after a catastrophic stoke, her death was still a huge shock and my grieving for her feels endless. I still miss her everyday, even though she lived a long life. As my Father had died years earlier in 2008, I became an orphan when my Mother died and that was especially hard knowing that both of my parents had died and I no longer had either of them to give my life the foundation I had always relied on.

  Sorry to read that.xxx

helensbiggestfan

good afternoon lovely ladies....

lovely to hear your "doings" over Easter.  

Well I did a very foolish thing.....I read all 3 books of the "Me Before You" trilogy and whilst it is a lovely story and in some ways actually quite inspirational and uplifting I did find that it opened up the old grief wounds.  It really is just too close to home. (Same as the Theory of Everything, the story of Stephen Hawking).

 I had a terrible day yesterday, was in floods of tears all day.  I think being in lockdown, being completely isolated and alone  and not able to see my family just made matters even worse.   This morning I woke up feeling utterly drained and exhausted, and full of aches and pains.  

I've learned my lesson, I won't be repeating anything like that ever again.  

Anyway, after a nice soak in the bath and a bit of a pamper I eventually I pulled myself together, put on my bright pink jumper and decided that a pity party for one is no fun at all so, on a whim I decided to make a start on the kitchen cabinets.  I have set up a trestle table as a painting area in my dressing room room. I will do the sanding outside and then paint  indoors with the windows open. I can close the connecting door to stop the fumes spreading to the rest of the house.  It is a huge job, very fiddly And time consuming but luckily no ladder work and not too physical and I'm in no real rush. I can go at my own once, always remembering the elephant.  

Doing something creative has restored my equilibrium and I'm pleased to say I'm back to my usual cheerful little self.  I won't read those books again, I'll donate them to the Chazzer.  

I'll stick to something more cheerful for the time being,  at least during lockdown.  😉.   As you say SUgarbaby grief never really goes away, it just becomes part of who we are as we learn to work round it.  

chanie

Helen sending hugs your way.

sugarbaby125

LL always remember there is no right or wrong way to grieve for our loved ones. Our timescales for our grief is a personal issue for each of us. There are so many emotional triggers that will catch us unaware even when we think that we have achieved a measure of peace and safety within the confines of our grief. 

We are all here to support you, in your times of need. Sending you a big hug  

This lockdown makes times like today much more lonelier for you. Normally you would have been surrounded by your family and this would have been enough to keep your grief from overwhelming you. But sometimes the only thing that really helps is to allow your emotions free rein and to cry if you need to. 

Keep decluttering and pampering yourself. 

sheilavw

so sorry you had a bad day LL. I know its hard and things 'get' to me. I had Alexa playing smooth radio the other week, a certain song came on, I was crying so hard I couldnt even get Alexa to stop playing. This isolating is hard isnt it. Good Luck with the painting, today is another day, and I hope its a better one x