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Posted by Shirley Anne on May 24, 2012
A woman on a treadmill (Original caption: “Wendy Beeler, Palmer chef, runs on the treadmill in the one-room gym at Palmer Station.”) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Tuesday morning I got up quite early dressed and went down into the cellar to do a stint on my treadmill. I have been quite busy on the treadmill lately so it came as no surprise that I found my session fairly easy to get into. I usually spend between 20 and thirty minutes on the machine burning off plenty of calories but it isn’t so much the calorie burn off that is important as getting my heart to work hard for a time. This builds stamina and keeps the heart and circulatory system in good condition. For quite some time after exercise calories are still being burnt off as the metabolic rate has been increased during the exercise routine. It’s like having a breakfast without the calories! After my exercise I returned to my bedroom to cool off before I could bathe. I watched the news on television for half an hour then bathed and got dressed for the day thinking I was going to be working. No sooner I was dressed I received a call to do an electrical job which I did around ten o’clock before returning home to cook the chicken we had in the fridge. It needed to be cooked on the day so I decided to have my main meal for the day once it was cooked at 12.30. After my dinner I got changed out of my working clothes and into something more appropriate for an afternoon at the pub. I just had to do that because I hadn’t been out of the house throughout the weekend and Monday too. I spent a lovely afternoon meeting and speaking with at least five people I’d never met previously and then with a few friends whom I see quite often. I returned home by 8.30 as I had to get my rest and sleep for a busy day on Wednesday. During my stay at the pub I saw many people coming and going, some dining out for the afternoon or evening and some just coming in for a drink or two. I love people watching, it’s a fascinating hobby of mine and I can almost predict what they will do each time they visit the pub. It was a hot and sunny day on Tuesday and many folk sat outdoors to eat and drink but I stayed indoors, preferring to keep out of the sun.
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on May 17, 2012
English: (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
When I was younger I didn’t much consider the consequences of eating the wrong kind of food and as far as watching my weight was concerned that wasn’t a problem. Being in such an active occupation I never gained weight and was always slim. Gradually over the years I gained weight but was never overweight at any time. As I grow older and less active I have to keep check on my eating habits but not only for keeping my weight down. Since my transition I have had to maintain a healthier attitude to what foods I put in my mouth for other reasons. It’s all about cholesterol levels and looking after my liver which now has a greater task to perform daily, the processing, the metabolizing of the hormone tablets I have to take put extra pressure on that organ. Not only that but it has to deal with the alcohol I drink too! That is one of the reasons I limit the frequency of my alcohol intake. Of course eating all the wrong food doesn’t help in keeping both my weight down and my body healthy so I make sure that I have the right kind of food in my meals. In my page above I list many of the foodstuffs I like to eat (see Healthier recipes for you). I am a little more relaxed these days when it comes to food and what I eat, not denying myself the occasional treat. When I was told that I had to only eat certain foods and cut down or eliminate many of the things I’d previously enjoyed, I took it all to heart and was for a few years very strict with my eating habits. I have stopped being so strict with myself and now I enjoy the occasional treat. I still have cut down on many things and some things I will no longer eat at all. Basically foods high in unsaturated fats and sugar I try to avoid completely. I prefer savoury food to the sweeter variety but I do eat plenty of fruit. The government health authorities encourage us all to eat our ‘five a day‘, that is fruit and/or vegetables and I often go far beyond that recommended amount sometimes reaching twice as much. So most of the time I eat good healthy food but occasionally I give myself a treat. I do exercise regularly too.
Shirley Anne
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Posted in Health, Drink, Food, Transsexual | Tagged: Health, Food, Transsexual, Weight loss, Eating, Cholesterol, Unsaturated fat, Saturated fat | 2 Comments »
Posted by Shirley Anne on May 15, 2012
It was such a lovely day yesterday I went for a walk. I had telephoned my chemist to see if my prescription was ready for collection and it was. I telephone them whenever I need to apply for my prescription to be re-submitted to my doctor’s surgery and they do it for me. They would also deliver my medications to my house but in that case I would need to remain at home. They won’t simply post them through the letterbox as they need to be sure they go to the right person. I get twelve weeks supply each time. The medication I am referring to are my hormone tablets, something I have to take for the rest of my life. So off I went on my walk collecting my prescription on the way. It has been quite some time since I went out simply for a walk, I suppose I have been too busy. The forecast had been blustery winds and some heavy rain showers but I think the rain must have already passed because it was sunny with just a few clouds. The wind was there though! If it is windy I tie my hair back in a pony-tail else it gets all over the place. My workload has dropped off dramatically this past week although I did receive two requests to do a small job, however those ‘small’ jobs, I discovered after talking to the callers, weren’t small in the least so I turned them both down. I have reached that point in my working life whereby I set myself a limit on what I will do and I can choose which work I will take on board. Well after all I am over 66 years of age! I need to do more walking and perhaps less work, especially on nice days such as this. It is such a lovely day.
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on April 29, 2012
Just the Way I'm Feeling (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
In recent weeks I have been drifting in and out of having almost perfect health and this week was no exception. The week began well and I was active and feeling in good spirits but on Wednesday evening I began to feel a little under the weather with some minor aches and pains and I went to bed with an upset stomach, which was mainly due to trapped wind. I eat much fruit and vegetables during the week which is good in one respect but it can cause unwanted trapped wind. On Thursday morning it seemed to be worse but I soldiered on and even went for a long walk of about five miles. When I started off I thought I might have to turn back after a half-mile or so but I found it eased the pain by walking and every few steps brough a release of wind. I had a small breakfast because I didn’t know if my condition was going to get better and didn’t wish to aggravate it. By the time I had returned home I was feeling much better but unfortunately that didn’t last and the stomach pain returned with somewhat of a vengeance. I was also feeling some intestinal and lumbar pain and I retired to bed early without eating an evening meal. I had already not eaten lunch thinking that I may have had an infection of some sort. When I arose on Friday morning my condition hadn’t improved much and in fact it was the lumbar pain which woke me from an otherwise uneventful night. The pain seemed to be connected with my kidneys and having looked at my urine I have to say that seemed to verify it. I drank pints of water all through the morning. I didn’t wish to eat at that time because the pain in my intestines had dropped further down inside which seemed a sure sign that I had an intestinal and kidney infection. Now I am not a person who jumps to the medicine cabinet but I had to succumb to some pain killers around midday. They were effective. By the late afternoon I was feeling very hungry indeed and I felt I could eat a little something without any problems so I fixed myself a small snack. Drinking a lot of water certainly helped to flush out my system so by mid-evening I was feeling much better. Whether it is my age that is making me more susceptible to contracting these irritating ailments I am not sure but I do know that in previous years I didn’t suffer prolonged on and off sickness as I seem to be just now. It is the season for ailments so I was told but I believe we can catch these things anytime. Hopefully I shall be back to my normal self after this weekend. I am feeling better already.
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on April 28, 2012
Relative risk of an accident based on blood alcohol levels. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Many years ago when I was young and stupid, yes I was once young and very stupid at times, I would drink and then drive without giving a thought about the consequences. I never realised the havoc I could have caused had I been involved in an accident due to my drinking or given a thought about somebody losing their life through my stupidity. When one imbibes alcohol it most certainly impairs judgement and capability and can result in mayhem if we take to the wheel after indulging. It has been many years since I deliberately drove a vehicle after taking a drink but when I visit my local pub, on foot I might add, I come across many people who still maintain that they can handle their drink and that it doesn’t affect their driving capability whatsoever. Today, Wednesday, I spent the afternoon at my local pub drinking red wine with diet cola on the side. I walked there and back as it is only a matter of 900 yards or so each way. If I lived further away I would go by taxi and would never consider using my vehicle for transport. Now I know a few people who frequent that pub who have no qualms about driving to and fro from the pub and today I met up with one of them. The discussion between us turned to driving under the influence for some reason. It wasn’t engineered that way but it just came up in conversation. I mentioned that I didn’t hold with the idea of people drinking and driving but I couldn’t easily express that as I was talked down. Eventually though I was able to speak my mind by saying that it wasn’t so much a problem that people do drink and drive but those that do have no control over anyone who might run into them too thereby revealing their involvement as drink-drivers and subsequently being prosecuted. The person I was talking with was a middle-aged woman who, in my estimation should have known better but she drives to and from the pub at every visit, which is several times every week. One day she may be involved in an accident perhaps not through her own fault but it also might involve some innocent person losing their life because of that fact. To me it shows complete selfishness on her part and in the same way everybody who flaunts the law in this way. They are gambling with other people’s lives when they take to the wheel whist inebriated. When I left the pub to go home I had drunk a bottle of red wine and some diet cola but I walked, I didn’t drive. She had consumed two pints of lager and three glasses of white wine spritzers and was still drinking when I left. I know she will have driven the mile and a half to her house afterward but in that distance somebody could lose their life. I hope that doesn’t happen but the risk is too great for me.
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on April 16, 2012
A picture taken, of Champagne. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
I’ve not been enjoying the best of health lately and it’s been mostly due to the common cold. All the usual symptoms, aches and pains, lethargy, dull headaches, sneezing and runny nose as well as cold sores have been my lot this time around. One day I’d be feeling fine and the next day not so good. Added to all of this I have toothache, one of my fillings needs replacing I’m sure but I had a toothache in the same place a few weeks ago and it disappeared. Perhaps it is just an infection. On Thursday afternoon as with the rest of that day, it was warm, sunny and cloudless. I felt like some company so I took a walk to the pub. The place was almost empty so I bought a soft drink, a diet cola to be exact, and I sat on one of the large sofas they have there. I could have sat outside where there were people eating but I don’t much like sitting in direct sunshine and as they were eating and I didn’t know them anyway, I stayed indoors. Lots of people eat there during the day but many of them are simply passing or they are not regular customers there. I sat and waited and as I did I began to see more and more people enter as the afternoon wore on. I did break into conversation with a couple of people eventually and my drink became a bottle of red wine. Once the wine was finished I took the walk back home, it was about seven o’clock. En route I called into a friend’s house to ask if he could fit my roller-shutter door for me as the guy who is supposed to be doing it keeps giving me excuses as to why he hasn’t been able to come. As it turned out my friend who incidentally fitted my gates and railings said he refers people who want garage doors fitted to the same guy who in return directs those who want electric gates and railings to him. A bit of a coincidence! He said he would pursue my case for me and see if it can finally be fitted. This same friend as it turns out is a brilliant guitarist, far better than I am and he demonstrated some of his talents while I was there. I told him that his talent is being wasted and that he should take it up professionally. His wife in the meantime poured me a large glass of red wine. I stayed there a short while and was persuaded to return to the pub with them as it was quiz night. I could hardly refuse but I think it was more for the company than the drink nevertheless I ended up having more wine there which I shouldn’t have done. I met two new people who sat with us and are neighbours to my friends and we got along like a house on fire. When the evening was over I walked with them on my way back home but they pleaded with me to go to their place for a nightcap. I said I would but didn’t wish to stay long. Their house is literally less than one hundred yards (metres) from the pub, a large house with a Rolls-Royce parked in the front gated garden. They obviously weren’t short of a few shillings as they say! As it turns out they plan to get married in August, I could get an invitation, who knows? The house was lavishly decorated inside and I got to see quite a bit of it. I got very friendly with them both but the woman more so. She showed me her collection of dresses and I was admiring one in particular. I was gorgeous, a summer dress with a full skirt in a large floral print. She told me I could have it! No way would I accept such a gift in the circumstances. When back downstairs she showed me a lovely framed photograph of herself hanging on the lounge wall. I like it so much she presented me with a smaller framed photograph exactly the same and insisted I took it. How lovely is that? Even the smaller one is around 8 x 10 inches in size. The three of us sat together and drank a couple of pink Champagne bottles between us. How naughty is that? I was asked if I liked John Bishop (a Liverpool-born comedian) to which I replied that I liked him a lot. Out came the video and we had a good laugh for a half hour or so. At the end of the video John starts dancing with others on the stage whilst the three of us joined him in our lounge! I was asked if I wanted to stop over but of course I declined. A taxi was called to take me home but I would rather have walked the few hundred yards home. There was no way I was going to be allowed to do that so I graciously accepted and said my farewells. I arrived home around 2.20 am, the taxi fare had been paid by my hosts. I wasn’t feeling tired although I should still have gone to bed and I ended up sitting at my computer until six. I couldn’t stay up any longer and grabbed a few hours in bed sleeping soundly until just after ten. My phones were ringing but I didn’t answer them. I was feeling a little uneasy when I got up, a few aches and pains attributed to the cold I knew I had. I had a late breakfast/early lunch of kippers. I just fancied kippers. Mistake number one, I suffered the rest of the day with trapped wind and an acid tummy. I resorted to drinking warm glasses of milk to settle my stomach and eventually things improved. I felt lousy still having aches and pains and a toothache. I just cannot shake it off. Well that’s what I thought. It is now Monday and I am back to my normal self.
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on April 9, 2012
Flymo hover lawn mower (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
I woke up yesterday morning quite late. I had not taken myself to bed the previous night, Friday, as I simply wasn’t tired and stayed up throughout until dawn and had a rather boring day. I am still not feeling too good and so it was that I wasn’t all that surprised in discovering a couple of cold sores around my lips. Even though I arose late I still had another good night’s sleep which is I suppose a bonus. My sleep still gets broken however but I awake refreshed. This whole weekend has been a washout as far as the weather goes but at last we have gotten the rain we badly needed. In my current state of health though some sunshine would have been nice but like my parents always used to say, ‘you can’t have your cake and eat it’. I must get around to purchasing that hover mower I talked about a few posts ago for I can see my other mowers again struggling to cut what will be often wet grass which is already starting to grow tall again and me totally wacked too! Maybe that’s what caused me to end up weak and exposed to the cold? At least the weather has gotten a tad warmer this week after last week’s cold dip following the previous unusually hot spell. I said the British climate was crazy at times. So far I have no plans for the week but whatever is on the cards I will try to enjoy it. I must get around to do some shopping too as I am fast running out of toiletries and one or two items of make-up. I usually buy my toiletries and make-up in bulk with much of it lasting more than six months. In fact I have a lot of make-up that will last for years. It is all sealed as new of course so it should be as good as new when opened. It is the more often used things that need replenishing, lip-stick, foundation, some eye make-up, moisturising cream and other such things for instance toothpaste, soaps, hair shampoo that get used more quickly. I hate shopping for just the odd item, it seems a waste of time going to the shops and returning with one or two things when I can return with plenty.
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on April 6, 2012
My tired kitty. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
I write this on Wednesday evening after completing a day of doing one of my favourite things. I’ll let you WORK it out, LOL. A full day at ‘the office’ has become a rare event of late, which, don’t get me wrong, is very welcome. However sometimes it is necessary to fill the day but I am not getting any younger so it does get harder putting in so many hours. The plus side is that I shall sleep well and as they say I have aches where I didn’t even know I had parts! I could easily fill each day being fully occupied but what would be the point in that? So far it has been the worst day of the week weatherwise, as forecast, but here in Southport it has been the wind which has been the prominent weather feature. It is now quite sunny as I sit here writing this post and the wind has died down quite a lot too. We have had no rain except for what fell yesterday and we certainly haven’t had any snow. I feel sorry for many people across parts of the county the who have been unfortunate in waking up this morning to heavy falls of snow with all the disruption that entailed. I reckon I still have the vestiges of the common cold lingering about my system which isn’t helpful when I need to be active. The reason I say that is the fact that I do not feel 100% well, not enough to prevent me from doing things but most probably enough to slow me down! As I was driving home my upper lip began to swell, just as my lower lip did a day or so back but the swelling has all but disappeared as I write this in the evening. I have never experienced this before, I either get the full-blown cold sore or nothing at all. Generally speaking though I enjoy good health so I can’t complain. Last night I had a really good night’s sleep and had another one of my weird dreams but I awoke very refreshed and rearing to go. I hope that will be the same again tonight.
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on April 1, 2012
Dr. Sage & Co's Catarrh Remedy, Buffalo, NY (Photo credit: KChristensen)
Despite the up-beat tone of my posts I have been suffering a little with my health and the relationship I have with E lately hasn’t helped. Over the last week or so I have had this nagging problem with catarrh or perhaps phlegm in my throat, associated as they both are with the common cold. I have had cold symptoms too which would explain a lot. I seldom take medicines for headaches, pains and even the cold unless it becomes unbearable not to do so, they only mask the problem and are not a cure. People will say that by taking the medicines will help the body to overcome whatever the ailment is but they don’t, our body’s defence system does it all be itself, it just requires the fuel. So here I am now at the end of another week, one in which I have been suffering a little but it hasn’t stopped me from working or going to the pub. The main problem with catarrh is the constant coughing in the attempt to release it. I did resort to using a specialised solution to gargle with in the end which did help although not completely. I try not to let life’s little problems get me down though and just get on with it. I’m afraid though that the relationship I have with E isn’t going to improve in the foreseeable future so I resign myself to remaining without her company until she sees sense. That may be difficult because of her stubbornness to admit she is ever wrong. I plod on regardless. Whilst I am occupied everything is nice, it’s when I am not that it gets a little lonesome but even at her best she isn’t one for sitting together and just chatting. I know it is April 1st but it isn’t a joke anymore.
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on March 4, 2012
sleep (Photo credit: Sean MacEntee)
I am not sure what it is about my sleep patterns but they are all over the place lately. Normally I would expect to have somewhere between four and a half hours and five hours maximum although sometimes that is split into two separate sessions because of trips to the toilet. Try as I might to sleep for longer periods I am never successful and I lie there for some time in a state of limbo between the desire to sleep more and the need to get out of bed! Lately however my sleep patterns have been somewhat irregular in that I get an hour then wake up. I return to sleep and find I am awake again an hour or so later. When it is time to get up because of my commitments I am finding the alarm waking me up on occasion when normally I am lying there waiting for it to go off! Once in a while I find myself nodding off in the afternoon or early evening, mostly due to work coupled with digesting the food I’ve eaten at mealtimes. Whilst I enjoy having these cat naps I would rather get a few hours of solid sleep at the right hour of the day, that is at night. Another thing I am finding is that often I find I cannot get to sleep until very late at night, in fact as late as two o’clock in the morning. That in itself isn’t a problem if I wish to get up around seven, which for most of the time during the week I do, as I would still get five hours but sometimes I want to get up around six o’clock because of commitments and going to sleep at two isn’t doing me any favours! I do have things on my mind of course and maybe they are the source of my irregularity, only time will prove that one way or another. In the meantime I find myself fatigued at times and the opposite at other times. Perhaps it is simply an age thing but I cannot imagine why. Possibly it is due to a reduction in the work I am doing each day causing me not to feel tired enough at the end of the day but of course I am not able to work as hard as I used to although I can still leave many much younger than myself looking as if they are standing still! Sleepy eyed or not I seem to be managing so I am not concerned. If I need the sleep I am sure I will get it.
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on February 27, 2012
Now I’ll wager that title had some of you thinking but I am not referring to romps in the hay! I am referring to what has now become known as your five a day, fruit and/or vegetables. I was listening to some music on my computer through ‘Jango’, an on-line service that allows you to choose the type of music you want to listen to. As each song is played you can add it or not to your personal preferences. This enables the program to play the music that you may like to listen to and add to your ‘station’. I digress. On the main page of the website is advertising space for their sponsors. One of the adverts was promoting the use of two products used together which they claim eradicates the signs of ageing by removing wrinkles and skin blemishes. One of the products uses anti-oxidants to achieve their claims. The other product it seems provides the moisturiser, essential for eliminating dry skin and the effects of daily living. Their claims were backed by photographic evidence. The key point in all of this is the fact that anti-oxidants really do revitalise and rejuvenate the skin. This fact has been proven in scientific studies in the last few years. Since my childhood I have always enjoyed eating fresh fruit and vegetables, many of the things that some people dislike such as cabbage, sprouts and other things. According to a ‘old wife’s tale’ my mother used to tell me was that by all accounts I should not like tomatoes because she ate them whilst carrying me! That did not stop me eating them by the dozens! I still love tomatoes and eat many of them each week. They are full of anti-oxidants as are many other fruits and vegetables, especially those with red or purple-coloured skins like grapes and plums which I also eat. One thing that set me apart from one or two of my siblings was the fact that I ate so much more fruit and vegetables than they did as far as I can recall. Since my teenage days I have always looked far younger than my age and I think that may be due to my eating habits more than anything else. I still get my ‘five a day’ as a minimum but more often it is eight, nine or ten! I write this just after lunch on Saturday and even now I have had six portions of fruit and vegetables already. Whilst at one time I ate my fruit and vegetables simply because I enjoyed them now I eat them because they help to make me stay young-looking too. I mention also that red wine is full of anti-oxidants only because I enjoy a glass or two of it quite regularly! Of course getting enough fruit and/or vegetables each day is only a part of the equation, we have to look after our health in other ways too by eating the right food and getting exercise. There are links on this site pointing to healthy food options. Are you getting enough?
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on February 8, 2012
They say there is nothing new under the sun and for the most part that is true. It says as much in Scripture. Anyhow, I was thinking a lot about changes in life more than re-visiting old paths. I am currently getting over some minor illness and when I looked into the mirror on Monday I saw quite a dramatic change in my appearance. After a serious bout of laughing which caused me some abdominal pain I have to say, I finally managed to apply my make-up. I had made an appointment to see a doctor and was getting dressed for the day. I remember a movie from a few years back called Police Academy, I think it was the second in the series where lieutenant Mauser had lost his eyebrows because of a prank played on him. One of his side-kicks set about making some adjustments to his appearance and when we, the audience got to see what he’d done it was hilarious. He had eyebrows pencilled on, eye make-up and false eye lashes. At first he went ballistic but after a few seconds he smiled and said, ‘Oh, I don’t know, I quite like it!’ Or words to that effect. He certainly looked different! Getting back to my make-up I began to think of what I would look like if I changed my usual war paint regime. I do alter my make-up occasionally, depending on what I will be doing that day. I have one style I use in my working day and maybe another if I am out for the evening or at a function. I also change my make-up according to the season. Now all this is fine but I began to think of other changes I might make if I’d a mind to do so and what I would look like if I went through with them, like a completely new hairstyle, a fringe, short hair, that sort of thing. I like my hair to be long, I always have and I would never cut it short. Presently it reaches well below the shoulder line and well on its way to the bosom but it has taken a very long time to reach there. Should I cut it for any reason it would take years to get back to length. E has wonderful hair in that hers grows back quite quickly after being cut but it tends to be greasy and needs washing two or three times weekly just for that reason alone. However, I think greasy hair is often healthier despite it needing more attention. My hair tends to be dry so it benefits by not being washed too frequently, a little awkward when trying to keep it clean too! All these things are quite superficial though and we can make changes as and when we feel we need a change. Looking at my slightly disfigured face after it had swollen made me wonder how I would cope if my face was like that permanently. This is something new that I would not like to experience of course but for some people it isn’t a choice is it? It is all vanity of course and we have grown up thinking that looking good, looking perfect, is the only acceptable thing. I never leave my bedroom without my make-up on but what about the poor souls who are so disfigured that they cannot change what they look like and have to face the world as such? Beauty isn’t skin deep as we are told but that is the way most people treat it. Beauty is inside a person and reveals itself by what they say and do. Something new? This is the sort of beauty I want. I may be nice and perhaps attractive to look at but it is what is in my heart that counts.
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on February 6, 2012
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It must be the time of year I guess but over the last few days I haven’t been very well, sore throat and catarrh combined with a little listlessness kept me indoors and for the most part seated. I managed a session on my treadmill and was amazed that I could find the energy. It did make me feel good for a couple of hours. On Wednesday I had been doing some electrical work for a guy all of it outdoors except for a small amount in his garage which was just as cold as it was outside. The weather was cold (0-1 C) but dry and I was wrapped up but my toes began to feel it after a while. Now I know people cannot catch a cold because it is cold, it has to be through contact with the virus but I suppose the low temperature lowered my resistance enough to catch it. Yesterday, Sunday, I couldn’t stop sneezing and felt as weak as a kitten. I have been eating well trying to keep my energy levels up but any stored energy I might have isn’t going anywhere. Now it is Monday and I am not feeling much better and certainly not well enough to do any work. My bottom lip and right hand side of my face is swollen and I am seeing the doctor around ten o’clock. I went to bed feeling somewhat better than of late but seeing my face this morning I think I need some medication. One good thing about it though was that I couldn’t stop laughing at my self whilst applying my make-up! Anyway I am off work for a day or so now, I always take the time off whenever I am not feeling well, which fortunately hasn’t been often. I think it is unwise not to. My clients, should I get any, will have to wait a while.
Update: I have seen the doctor who reckons I have an allergic reaction to something and has accordingly placed me on a course of steroid tablets together with anti-histamine tablets for a few days. The thought of taking steroids I do not like but as it is only for a short while I have to put up with it I guess. On the brighter side I had the doctor laughing his head off by the things I was telling him. My usual doctor, a female, retired last year and as yet I have not been allocated another. I have stated my preference for a female doctor when they get round to allocating one for me. When I took my prescription to the chemist (drug store) I had them laughing their socks off too! Well you’ve got to laugh haven’t you?
I’d post a pic to show you what my face looks like but you already know what the elephant man looks like! LOL. I’m still laughing…
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on December 23, 2011
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It is now Friday and the past week has been a very quiet one for me in my work having had only the two jobs on Monday. Usually at this time of year I am swamped with work but I suppose the credit squeeze and financial downturn in general has put paid to people spending their money on having electrical work done this year. As it happens I had removed my advertisement from the newspaper for the next three weeks anyhow so I wasn’t expecting any work unless it was from established clients and there are plenty of those. As it is Christmas week I wouldn’t have received work requests anyhow and the first two weeks in the new year will see me on jury service so there is no reason to keep the advertisement running for those weeks either. That will save me £93 but of course I shan’t be earning any either! I have to confess that although I am enjoying the break from working I am also experiencing difficulty sometimes in how to fill my time. That wasn’t a problem on Thursday as I didn’t get downstairs until 1 o’clock! On Tuesday I had not been feeling tired in the least and so it happened that I never got round to going to bed at all that night. Throughout the next day, Wednesday, I felt great but as evening wore on I began to feel tired. I went to bed at 10.30 and watched one program on television called ‘The guide to a grumpy Christmas’ or something like that. It was a sarcastic look at the Christmas festivities by a few television celebrities and how much they hated the various aspects of the season that people force themselves or who are obliged to partake in. Quite a funny program. I actually turned the television off before I went to sleep just before midnight, that’s got to be a first for me who usually wakes up three hours later with the set still on. Three hours later, the first toilet visit for the night followed by another five hours later and a third four hours after that! Each time I returned for more sleep and each time I got it! I really must have been tired to have needed all that sleep. I don’t usually get more than five hours a night, more often four and a half so it was something of a novelty to be able to get more sleep even though each time was for no longer than five hours.
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on December 19, 2011
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Having enjoyed a lovely afternoon on Friday and having consumed a fair amount of red wine I wasn’t particularly interested in having some exercise on my treadmill the morning after, which was Saturday. During last week I had not been able to exercise for a couple of reasons, not least of all was the fact that I had been suffering with back pain so I really needed to exercise even if I didn’t feel like it. As it happened I didn’t get to bed until two o’clock in the morning and didn’t fall asleep straight away as usual but when I did I had a good night’s sleep. I awoke at seven, a mere four and a half hours after falling asleep, very much what I do nearly every day and dressed for a session on the treadmill. Forty minutes later I felt great, had a quick light breakfast then bathed and dressed for the day. Nothing to do on Saturdays I caught up with some reading and played around on my guitar. I always find that when I am not in the mood to exercise I do it anyway and never regret it. It is all about discipline of course and I suppose if I were to give in to laziness rather than exercise I would be in a sorry state. What professional footballer remains so if they refuse to exercise? How long would a boxer last in the ring if he decided not to prepare himself because he didn’t feel like it? I sometimes don’t like the idea of exchanging a comfortable bed for a stint on the treadmill but I force myself to do it. A few years ago I would be up and about at two-thirty in the morning and out on the street at three o’clock running a few miles come rain or snow. That takes dedication and determination and it didn’t do me any harm, in fact quite the opposite! I therefore make a special effort to exercise the day after some self-indulgent eating and drinking when it is time for me to do some exercise.
Shirley Anne
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