Rebecca's New Year : addtion to my poetry New Year

The mountains stood high and tall

Snow covering mostly all

The early morning sun brightens the tops

Sunlight just kissing those tips

The air is crisp but cold

Take a deep breath if you are bold

The sentinel trees silently stand

As if awaiting some heavenly band

The snow is powdery white

Making you smile with delight

I can imagine the feel of wind in you hair

As downwards you ski with a real flare

There are others weaving down the mountain

The reds, blues, yellows and greens bobbing down the mountain

At the end of the run awaits a hot chocolate

Sitting by the open fire sipping the chocolate

Laughing with friends all

Rosy cheeked with joy and loving all

The New Year brought in merrily up there

So different from the one I spent on the beech down here

May the joy and health be there

No matter here of there

We should be so lucky

We should be so lukcy

New Year

The New Year has crept in

While I peacefully slept in

What will this bring?

I pray laughter will always ring

Thankful that the world did not end

As if I ever believed it would end

Summer has boldly marched in

Sunshine and heat are often keeping me in

While my bones and muscles it warms

Heat rash has come out in swarms

Wetting my hair daily to keep cool

Making my tighter curls look cool

Visit the beach to have some fun

Lathered in sunscreen so I am not ‘Well Done’

Brought out the sarong from the drawer

Made in Maldives with fishes galore

A glass of chilled ginger beer in hand

Looking at the breeze playing with the sand

Waves are gently lapping at my feet

Water is cool and delicious in this heat

Birds like the gulls and the pelicans

On seeing chips can behave like hooligans

At the shore children are splashing about in the waves

Further out adults trying to surf the waves

Wish happy times to all in this year

Wish healthy time to all in this year

Rest and play should be in balance

I always need someone to remind me of that balance

Quality of life is important to me

Housewife it is letting me be

Days will come and go

Drift in the dreams nice and slow

This idyllic will hopefully last

Fatigue and pain might just be in the past

I should be so lucky

I should be so lucky

Here’s to 2012

It has been such a long time since I updated my blog. It has been a crazy year end to 2011. After a lovely spell of dizziness for nearly 6 weeks I felt better and was looking forward to our first xmas Down Under! My husband had a couple of weeks leave and so we were going to have some short day outings and sightseeing. The plan for xmas day was to go to Kiama where there is a lovely blow hole and volcanic coastline. We planned to take a picnic of some snack and Christmas cake and of course water… but if there was a shop open we could get some cold drinks.

With this in mind I defrosted the muthia and woke up early to get them refreshed with tempering and heated. Cut out huge chuck of the Christmas cake that was made of loads of dry fruits and nuts plus booze and a little flour to hold it all together. All who eat it are fans for ever of this cake. My nephew came just after 9 am and we put the folding camp chairs and food and drink in the back of the car and started off. It was a lovely hot and sunny day. It felt strange after so many years of winter Christmases. The drive was good and we also stopped at a scenic viewing point along the way.

Kiama also has an odd small sandy beach but the attraction is the blow hole, the rocky coast and a lovely lighthouse. There is a huge garden around the lighthouse and lots of trees. We managed to find parking right near the lighthouse itself. That was lucky as afterwards people were parking all over the grass and any nook and cranny they found. Had a nice wander round the headland and found a lovely cordoned off rocky pool by the side where waves brought in the fresh water into the pool. While I did not go in for a swim we did manage to walk about on the ledge up to the rocks and get feet wet. The water was lovely and cool. Finally got a nice spot under some trees and put out the chairs. We could see both sides of the headland from where we sat. Lovely breeze and relaxing time.

Around 2 pm we started back and got home about 4 30ish. The plan was to relax, have a drink and decide where to go for dinner. But all the best laid plans of men and mice…… I thought there was so much fine volcanic sand clinging to my legs especially since I had applied a fair amount of sunscreen that they needed a wash. As I stepped into the bath to put my legs under the tap I slipped. The next thing I know is my head has smashed into the tile shelf at the tap end of my bath. OUCH! Well then blood poured off my forehead and my right shin was twice the size. Other scratches and bruises failed to attract my attention. So with an icepack pressed to my head off we went to spend the xmas evening at the local emergency room. Had a speedy allocation to a trolley, as after all I had had a head injury which had fortunately stopped bleeding.

To cut a long story short I had over 5 hours of fun with a head scan and 16 stitches and only a small handful of hair chopped back. My husband was a rock throughout…. Expect when he fainted right at the end of the stitching! I think he found that more gruesome than a bloody icepack. We laughed about having a christmas special – 2 for the price of 1! So there we were 10 30 at night with no food or drink. Well I had made the guys go get some chocolate or drink from the machine.

This meant Boxing day was a wash out. Spent mostly at home relaxing. The rest of the hols went fast with a couple of days of drives to Windsor, Penrith, Blue Mountains and Kurrajong. We also needed to go look at houses as we had to move in the new year. As the last kick 2011 still had a surprise my mother fell off her chair and broke her hip and had to have surgery on the 31^st. Well all in all 2011 was a mixed bag. Health went from bad to better to head injury. Life went from UK to OZ, from London to Melbourne to Sydney. So here’s to 2012 – may it bring peace and health to all and that definitely will make us happy.

Happy Diwali and Happy New Year

Diwali is here and its time to banish the blues and sad unhappy times. Must look at the new year with optimism and positive outlook. You generally hear people say - you have to count your blessings. In the recent times I have not had much to add into that blessing category. Ill health has plagued my siblings and myself. Sadness and pain has become a part of life and almost a habit. I was speaking to my friend yesterday and she asked me what my rashi (star sign) was. She was interested to see how astrology works and so was looking at the astrological predictions in retrospect. Now I am a skeptic to some extent as mostly one hears about needy people being taken for a ride by charlatans. But she was saying that if appears that the stars were positioned in such a way to give me ill health. However if this past was rightly foretold then surely the future it predicts will be right? Seems this time is for change in every way and health gets renewed and life apparently is going to be renewed.

Well I can say its about time the stars moved around and gave me a better life. I do not want much - just peaceful life and cessation of this constant pain. Also I would like to reduce the medication (my bedside looks like a pharmacy) for when one starts one medicine the rest follow to stop the side effects of the one take before it. Now for the first time I am starting to reduce medication so maybe the new year is going to be better after all. The peace will come as well, as I get reconciled with the losses in my family. There is a new hope in my heart that surely it is time we have a change of fortune and begin to prosper. There are 4 of us destined to complete our study and the plan is that all of us will focus on the studying to help us cope with our losses and to achieve what our loved ones wanted us to. Then again I read a bit about noetic science and it all seems to say that being happy is in our own control. Also our minds can heal as well. Despite being skeptical of astrology, I do believe the saying - mind over matter, or else how can we explain the healing by practices such as reiki? Some people learn this art and some just have the ability. I think all of us have the ability but some are more open to it than others. I have never learned the art of reiki, in fact I have not even heard of it when I discovered that I could do healing for those symptoms that were stress related. I also find that I have to want to heal, that is it has to be for a person I care for. Also it only happens when there is genuine distress. Never could understand why these two points are important but that's the way the gift work best. But then I have never sued it to help people I do not know. Now that I am physically improved I can practice reiki on myself and so mind over matter is most likely to prevail.

Another thing life has taught in the last few years is relationships are those made by you rather than just the blood relations. Now I find that I have a few good friends and they do not fall in the category of family or friends, they are just MINE. So I prepare for the better times with positive thoughts and clear mind focusing on improving health and happiness for myself and MINE. Just try to make my little corner of the world a better place.