Coughs and Sneezes . . .

I hate being ill, I really do. I get so bored with myself. I started off with the sneezes last week and put it down to a touch of hay fever. Then on Friday night started coughing after I went to sleep. I seem to have a night time cough, which wakes me up and then im really tired through being woken up. I’m not really coughing during the daytime when I’m up and about. Its given me a husky voice, which I don’t mind and I don’t really feel ill. Just this pesky dry cough of a nighttimes. Maybe I can get a hunky doctor to do a home visit and rub my chest!.

So these past few days I’ve just taken it easy, rested up and got bored with myself. To occupy myself I have been working on my Family Tree. Have I already told you about that? I already have quite a bit of information from a family friend whose mum was adopted by my great grandmothers sister. I’ve put all the information I have on http://www.genesreunited.com/ and have added to it, and am planning to do research and continue to add to it. Well I’ve found a relative over the weekend. My granddad and his brother became estranged after their mother died, I don’t know the full story just family gossip. After my granddad died in 1988 we wondered what had happened to his brother to let him know, but we were unable to find him. Well I’ve now made contact with his son, who is alive and well and living in Kent. His dad died in 2002. He would be my dads cousin, and my second cousin. I’ve been able to give him lots of info on my side of the family as I have more information than he does at present. Researching and finding out things about my family is fascinating and I’ve not found any skeletons as yet!

Last week my brother phoned me and asked if I remembered a person called S T from when I was in my late teens. I did! He met her at his sons cricket match and when he told her his full name she asked if he was related to me. He probably wanted to deny it but didn’t lol. So now I’ve given him permission to give her my contact details next time he sees her, as her son plays cricket for the same team as my nephew. So hopefully we can be in contact soon and catch up.

Its been a week for reunions as I also met up with my mate C, who I have known for over 20 years. I knew him when he was married to his first wife. There were five of us who went around together at that time, with others joining us , but the five of us were constant. Two guys, one was C and the other A, and three girls, C’s wife A, and another A and me. Confused? You will be lol. Anyway A and A got married and now have a lovely family, C and A divorced and C remarried a lovely lady and they also have a family. So hence don’t see much of them. But C and I managed to meet up and spend some time together. Was lots of stories about things we had done and places we had been to , and people we had known.

Some people we meet and they just spend moments in our lives and others we meet and make friends for life with. And some go out of our lives but come back again. Makes life interesting doesn’t it?

Now where’s my honey and lemon.

Keep well.

x x x

Mamma Mia - my reivew

I went to see the stage show about two years ago. A treat from a friend. I thought the stage show was fantastic, but for me the film was even better.

It has a feel good factor about it, which probably has to do with the songs, and the view of the gorgeous Greek islands and sea. Made me want to pack my bags and go and join the cast. Not that my singing is any good mind you. There have been mixed reviews about the casts singing but for me I felt that it fitted in so well with the story telling. It’s a story of a girl getting married to her true love, being brought up by her mother on a greek island, not knowing who her father is but wanting him at her wedding. From reading her mothers diary there are three possible fathers, and so she invites all three without her mother knowing.

Very well cast, and very well received by the audience. I have heard that some cinema audiences actually got up and sung and danced to the songs. But in Crawley we were a bit more reserved.

I cant wait for it to come out on DVD as it’s a film I could certainly watch again and again and sign along to the songs in the comfort of my own home (so no one can hear me!)

Definitely recommend you seeing it, whether a guy or a gal.

x x x