La Dolce Vita - 2025

helensbiggestfan

Floss.  Yes I think I'm going to have to stop trying to do things like decorating myself. The thing is I always enjoyed doing it  but I am going to have to admit defeat.  Same with quite a few things now.  It will be easier and safer to buy in help rather than struggle and risk injury.  Ah well just part of the joys of aging I suppose. but it does feel like a loss ifyswim. 

  

helensbiggestfan

Good Morning or should I say Buon Giorno.  It's certainly feels like we are in Italy rather than dear Old Blighty.  I have just pegged out some washing in the full sun and already it feels like a furnace.  I am currently sat in the shade, enjoying my morning coffee, listening to the children next door playing.  Lovely sound.  

 I have to say, I do love being retired, not having to commute in this weather is such a blessing, as is being able to just ride out the heat of the day with an afternoon siesta or maybe just chill on the sofa and watch a film.  Currently rewatching the Forsyth Saga, (the remake). wallowing in nostalgia. I do think Damien Lewis is far too handsome to play Soames but then I've always had a weakness for men with red hair.  Ha ha. 

Have had a busy (and expensive) month.  New furniture - mainly storage solutions such as a new media unit, book cases etc. I am just waiting for my handyman to assemble them for me and then I can finish the unpacking and get better organised.  Hopefully later this week.  

Have been busy in the garden too, it's starting to take shape. Thankfully I postponed planting trees and shrubs until the autumn because they would probably have died in these heatwaves.  Smart move, purely by accident, mainly because I wasn't organised enough but things have a habit of working out for the best don't they.  

I haven't done much else really, not much socialising other than with family and close friends. Always a pleasure to spend quality time with loved ones.  And living very simply suits me at the moment. The Sweetness of Doing Nothing.  Lol.  Good for me and good for my bank balance.  I have set myself a target to save £2k by Christmas. 

So, I'm just pottering about, resting and recuperating from the move.  Sleeping much better, less stress, less anxiety, good food, gentle exercise, making the most of the summer.  The serious gardening and  decorating can wait until the autumn/winter.  

I have had a couple of acupuncture treatments.  They seem to be helping, but it's a slow job.  I sometimes feel like I have a mountain to climb to get fully fit again.  But hey it's not a race.  

I shall be 74 this coming Sunday.......how did that happen.  It seems like yesterday that I was a dizzy teenager, just starting out in life, first job, college, dating.  How time flies.  💕💕

Humdinger1

Wonderful to hear from you @helensbiggestfan! Enjoy it all...you deserve it! Love Humdinger xx 

helensbiggestfan

Good Morning my lovely friends.  

I can't believe its been so long since I posted.  Where does the time go.  

Had a lovely birthday, several days of celebrating with friends and family.  Got spoilt rotten.  And why not.  

And then there have been the heatwaves........  I do love nice warm sunshine but I have my limits.......I found the extreme heat very draining so didn't do much or go anywhere, even nipping to an air conditioned supermarket was an ordeal.  So I have kept myself busy by organising my home.  Just about finished the study.  Need to tackle my wardrobe next, going to have a big purge. 😂🤣.  

Raining here today.  Nice and refreshing.  Hopefully it will soften the soil a bit so I will be able to do some gardening, mainly weeding and tidying up for now.  New planting and changing the layout in September/October.  

Other than that, not much happening.  No news is good news. 😉