Happy Sunday to you if you happen to read this today....another Bank holiday for us in the UK tomorrow so if you read it tomorrow then I hope you enjoy your day off if you're lucky enough to not have to work.
I've just sat and watched The C Word, a BBC drama starring Sheridan Smith and Paul Nichols. It's a true story based on the life of a young woman who was diagnosed with breast cancer in her 20's and her struggle to get on with her life whilst undergoing chemo and radiotherapy and a mastectomy. I found it to be a very moving and powerful programme and I thought Sheridan Smith was brilliant. You may have seen her portrayal of Cilla Black on TV last year for which she won many awards. I think there will be more awards coming her way after her performance in The C Word.
If you get the chance to catch the drama on iplayer or similar catch up facilities I would really recommend that you watch it.
The drama was based on a book and a blog and it made me think how incredibly powerful the written word can be. Then I thought about all the blog entries I've made and really how flimsy and irrelevant they may seem to anybody reading them. I just write my blog as a diary for myself and I publish it just in case the odd person might find interesting. I think that I probably ought to be a little bit more aware of what I'm writing.
(Now this is bizarre. I appear to have lost the keyboard facility on my iPad mini. I can get the numbers up on the screen on the keypad facility but the letters have all disappeared so I'm doing this by voice recognition or whatever you call it. But now, by some kind of magic, I have the letters back. Hurrah!)
Saturday saw me celebrate my 55th birthday. I find it unbelievable that I'm that age. I still feel like I did when I was 30 give or take the odd achey joint and the fact that I find it hard to get up when I've been on my knees for a while!
I was very lucky to to have been sent cards and gifts from friends and family. I was very spoilt. I also went to Kensington Olympia for a health and well being show with one of my daughters and my youngest grandson. It was an interesting experience and I'm really happy that I went. It was nice to spend some time with my daughter who has much more in common with me than either of us realised!
Lucky lady
Right, I gave up trying to blog from my ipad mini. Way too complicated. Then I found that I couldn't get internet access on my laptop at work so I gave it up for the night.
It's now Monday morning and I'm home after a long, very quiet, sleepless night shift. I'm due back to work again this afternoon for a few hours so I have bits and pieces to do today before I go back, this update being one of the bits.
Amongst the birthday cards that I received was a cheque that friends kindly sent me to put towards our Surrey 3 Peaks Challenge fundraiser. It's brilliant that a month after the event people are still being so thoughtful and generous. Our total is still creeping up and it will be amazing if we can reach £1000 by the end of the year. What an achievement that would be.
Well, things to do now so I'll leave you with a few more photos and I hope to be more focussed by the next update. Lack of sleep is robbing me of my motivation this morning. Enjoy your day everyone.
Super healthy smoothies
oh, and a lovely one of the dog....
xxxxx
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