I thought I wouldn't have time to write my blog today but having to be up early has given me a little time before I go out. 
What about the weather then! I know we all say this as an older person, but I can't remember having such miserable weather so consistantly in my lifetime.
Thank God I'm able to get out whatever the weather. there are so many people of my age tied to the house. This often means they don't see another person for days. Times have changed; again all oldy's say this, but there was a time when families weren't too busy to visit. Luckily for me I have a huge group of friends who keep me busy. So see my family when I or they have time!
I went to see my Little Nanna and Grandad most days, when I was a kid. I have to admit though, it was so I could sit in peace for an hour or two as I lived in a war zone at home. Also I knew I would get a penny pocket money at least once a week off My Little Nanna. If my Grandad had known I had it he would have tried to borrow it off me. He was a terrible gambler and would beg borrow and steal to put a bet on, or to pay his debts before he was beaten up.  Nanna was a lady in a true sense of the word. I loved her and she is still with me, I know when things are bad she is my guardian angel.  
I have had to get up early to cut greenery out of my garden because as at six this morning there was a weather warning. It's a good job no one was about, can you imagine an old lady out in her garden cutting bushes down wearing boots and red spotted PJs! I am doing a small flower demonstation for Age UK at Forum this afternoon. Which means I have had to miss my computor class this morning. Tonight I am going to the Queens Arms at Biggar Villag to watch The Haughton Weavers and really looking forward to it.
I'm off to Malta on my own for three weeks, leaving everyone and the weather hopefully behind. I looked at the weather in Malta the other day and it was 70 but raining, I don't mind that as at least the rain will be warm.

I laid in bed listening to radio two last weekend when Children In Need was on. As I listened there were a lot of people ringing in and donating money then choosing a song to be played for loved ones. Their stories ranged from many happy occasions to some sad ones. It brought back a very sad memory to me. It was about ten years ago and I had a dear friend visiting, we were having dinner and he phoned in to donate £20. His favouret song was, 'Love Is All around Us.' He had even taught his parrot who he really loved, to sing, 'I feel it in my fingers, I feel it in my toes.' He loved all animals!  
He was a very kind and generous man, and the first man in many years I realised was a true gentleman. He wanted us to settle down together and would phone me every night asking me to say yes. I put it off because I was afraid of commitment, 'I had made a mistake that had put me in a vunerable position 25 years before,'  But on that night when I saw how kind and generous he was, I had decided to agree to settle down with him.  We went out for a drink, and when we came back he told me,  'He had never realised that he could be so happy again,' I still didn't commit and thought as we were going on a short holiday to Germany the next weekend. I would tell him then. 
The reason i'm writing this is just to say. 'Never put off saying what you feel untill it's too late.' He sat down in my house that night and died. He was only 59 years. 

Well it's another day and what a nice sun shiny day. How can we have had weather like we had yesterday? When I cut my greenery it wasn't even cold. Then within half and hour all that wind and rain started!  I made it to the Forum and had a lovely time making the arrangements with the ladies who  wanted to join in. They all did a great job and around 9 or 10 of them went home very happy with their first taste of Christmas. I on the other hand went home tired but happily looking forward to going to the Queens to see the group and phoned to book my taxi. They told me they were sorry but the road was flooded and so they could'nt get through. So I had a glass of wine and had an early night.  
I saw a specialist on Tuesday about my jaw which is slightly out of line, it causes me some pain but I have lived with it for twenty years. I couldn't believe what he told me and no one else will. He told me I didn't open my mouth enough. Any of you who really know me, will know, I'm more likely to have worn it out. 
I have to finish, I'm have two of my friends over for lunch tomorrow as I won't be seeing either of them for the next few weeks. So have to dash to the super market to get two meals for two. I'll get them in the oven before they get here and tell them I've had a hard morning doing all that cooking. Then Monday, off on my little jaunt to Malta. I'm sorry to be leaving everyone. Well that's a lie;  actually I'm just looking forward to another adventure. I've had quite a few, but they're thinner on the ground now. I am going to sit, write, eat, drink and explore  
So all take care, I'm taking my notebook and if I have an adventure, I might tell you all about it. And if I don't, I will tell you about whatever comes into my mind. I think! 
     

Hi well here I am again, another week has flown by. At my age I really could do with slowing them down! As usual it's been a mixture of good, and could have better.

I am writing this on my old 2003 comp because it's a comfortable part of my family. Like me, it takes twice as long to charge up as my slim, flirty, little Acus 2007 notebook. I did turn her on last night and tried for an hour to get her going. But I'd forgotten one of the instructions on how to get to onto my blog, and not having read them I failed. Of course I blamed her and resorted back to my old favourite.  
Friday I had lunch out with my friend Jeanette who is leaving for Italy this Sunday. What will I do without her telling me off, when I forget half of the instructions she gives me on how to use the computor. The good thing is my older friends think I'm quite heroic just using it! The bad thing is Jeanette always reads my blog so she'll know I've  cocked it up again and not used my Asus.
 
The Queens Arms at Biggar Bank was a great  weekend. I was there with the group, Words Aloud on Saturday night. It was a fun and would have been a nice night for a couple of glasses of red wine. But I must have eaten something that had disagreed with me so instead of two glasses of wine I had to take two Immodium and left early. This was my not so good bit!

Sunday though I was much better. I spent the morning watching the celebrations at the Cenotaph in London on the telivision. It is always a very emotional time for every one. I  was so happy to see many of the young people on facebook changed their profile photo for the day. Mainly showing our flag with the poppy in the middle. There were quite a lot of comments on the fact that last year poppies were burnt.
I felt and I am very proud to be British. Watching those older servicemen standing tall with the younger men was enough to make me shed a tear. Some of the young servicemen looked younger than my grandsons, and I realised how blessed I am having them home and safe. Somehow I think the war our young men are involved in now, isn't worth any more young lives!

Sunday afternoon I went to the Queens Arms again. Imagine it! This is a Thirteenth Centuary Inn. In the bar it had a great fire burning in the old fire place. There were two men wearing war time clothes and helmets taking turns at playing wartime songs on the piano. The female staff and the two land ladies  were dressed as  land girls and looked very fetching in their pretty turbans. I decided it was time to have a red wine before I read from my book. As it was on an empty tum it relaxed me very quickly! The group of about twenty people in the bar were a great crowd and we had a lot of laughter and discussions about our great shipyard town. I had read around three oclock and after that and another couple of drinks and good company time flew by. I went home to bed and slept like log.   

 Last Thursday by four oclock I had travelled on six buses. Thank God for my bus pass! I gave up my car eight years ago. Would you believe it! I did it to help the atmosphere. Don't think it has. I can't remember ever having such miserable weather as we are having now. On my first two journeys I went to my computer class. A pleasant couple of hours with good crowd and a great teacher. Just wish I could take it all in. It must be there somewhere!  

Then I  had to rush to see my friend in hospital, two more buses. He's just come back from living abroad and had to register with a doctor. They gave him several tests as a new patient and now a couple of weeks later he has had to have a quite serious op. This is a warning to all you men who think they don't need to see a doctor even when they have any symptons that could be suspect.

Onto better things I then went on two more buses to see my great grandson Tyler as it was his birthday and he was having a tea party. He had so many toys I think his aunts, uncles, grans and grandads had cleared, Toys Are Us, out. He was a very happy litte boy! Luckily I had a lift home as I would have had to take two more buses and I was not fancying walking up the small hill afterwards.
Well it's Thursday again so it's time to get ready to go to my comp class, and tonight I'm off to Forum to see Peter Pan. Hope to see you next week. It is going to be much busier as I have to start packing for three weeks in Malta  

Hi. 
    I forgot to mention that there is a lot going on at the Queens Arms, Biggar Bank, this weekend Friday they are having a second hand book sale in aid of George Hastwell School and an arts and books quiz fom 9pm.  Saturday they are  having coffee and snacks available from 11am. 
    Saturday and Sunday are two days of crafts, readings, and writings. It will be a very interesting and enjoyable couple of days.  I'm really looking forward to it, as the Inn itself has a great atmosphere. On Saturday, there is a silk painting demonstration and work on a community rag rug at 2pm. Words Aloud, the writing group run by Kate every first Thursday of the month are reading around 4pm. It's a  great group and good fun! And I have been invited to read from My book, 'Cos That's The Way It Was, on Sunday around 3pm. So a really good weekend especially if someone can order some better weather! Hope you can come, as all are welcome.
What about this then? I've finally cracked how to put my blog on without being so pathetic. Succes at last! All I have to do is remember how to send it (-: Still havn't mastered cut and paste. Yeh OK, I know it's easy, but that's when you know how. Watch this space!
  

An apology first, I have left it some time to do this again . I'ts taken me two hours to find the site. Now I'm having to write it all onto the site because I haven't mastered how to cut and paste it onto here. I'm pretty sure all you older freinds will understand!
I daren't phone my friend  Jeanette again, she really believes I can do this on my own. I asked her if she thought I had a touch of Altzimers, she laughed and said, 'Well you must have had it in your forties then  because you've always been the same.' Made me feel better! 
I haven't even worked out yet, how I mannaged to get the site today.

I'm taking more Computer classes and if I only remember half I'll be happy. I'm really techno phobic, the way I feel about my computer you would think it could bite me. I'm also doing aroabics again sounds good for a woman in her mid 70s . But I have to confess they are called armchair aroabics, not that we sit in armchairs. We do work hard though with weights and rubber bands, I have lost half an inch off my bat wings. 

Moving on; as I'm sure you will know by now my friend Jeanette is computor Queen in my life. I wrote my first blog as an exersice at the  writing club I went to. She put it on for me. She has just come back from Malta and has given me a hard time for not doing another one.
She had been working in Italy and was exhausted. So last weekend we had a girly few days.
We are great friends and have been for many years. she is doing the travelling now that I did thirty years ago, so have a lot  in common. 
 Anyway our weekend consisted of wine (red) , icecream, well I ate the icream, chocolate and those dinners £ 10 for two.
     'I would rather dust my stove now than cook on it, in fact I have flowers and plants on the lid, most of the time. I'm a lady that lunches with luckily, my many friends who are still around. I am happily on my own at home, but have three or four best men friends. It works well if I need any small repairs etc doing, one of them will help me out. At these times I will remove my flowers and use my cooker to make a meal, then they go home. 
But there are still married men out there who say to me, as if it's a sad thing. Oh you should have settled down with a man. The last one who said that to me was waiting for his wife as she came out of work, so they could get home for her to make his dinner! I'd just booked three weeks in Malta.!
I have had some very important, to me; men in my life but have to say I can't ever remember one of them saying to me, 'What can I do for you? Or I will take care of you!' But happily I'm made of sterner stuff and can look after myself.  

I went to my great grandson Tyler's christening yesterday and had a lovely day. he is one year old on the 8th of this month and is a most cherished boy.

I was on the bus a couple of days ago and a very young man with a small boy in a trolley got on. He was only a month or two older than Tyler and was happy and smiley. I talked to him and he laughed and could say Hya, then he said Dadda. The young man was so proud and told me he hadn't seen him for several months as he was in the army. He had just come back from serving in Afgahnistan  and told me he had two other brothers in the army as well. I couldn't speak to him for a few minutes, as I thought about the stress his family must be going through. I have three grandsons and know how much we all love them. 
 
Because I have had to write this blog straight onto the site I have written a completely different one to the one I have in save. Perhaps I will send the other one as well, when i get Jeanette to show me how to.  So as I can't find spell check either, my apologises if I've too many errors.
 
Well here goes I've put this on all on my own, all I have to do now is find out how to send it!