Friday 21 May 2021
You have to flex with fibro
Tuesday 11 May 2021
I can't keep doing this to myself!
Tuesday 23 March 2021
The only blessing about getting old
It's Tuesday morning here. I have our cleaning lady coming at ten. Before she gets here, I want to tidy the house and get a load of washing done.
She usually vacuums and mops the floors and cleans the bathroom for me. As an aged pensioner, the government has certain home care packages for the aged and I have been approved for one. I do pay a fee for her services, but it is subsidised through the government Aged Care Plan.
I consider myself blessed beyond measure. Those jobs are ones I can no longer do and as Chris is quite unwell himself, I don't even ask him to attempt to do them.
Having home help is not a matter of being lazy- with fibromyalgia, heart and spinal issues and arthritis, there are a lot of tasks I just cannot do anymore.
As I have written before, I am grateful for all my labour saving devices and the Home Package Care Plan I qualified for.
I think it's the only blessing about getting old...
Thursday 17 December 2020
"Let nothing you dismay!"
Saturday 29 August 2020
Basking in a new world
Saturday 22 August 2020
In the end, we win!
Friday 14 August 2020
The last stitch
Thursday 6 August 2020
Kiss the cook!
Sunday 26 July 2020
Nothing like a nana nap!
Nana nap
One who is not a grandparent but is prone to taking naps during the afternoon for 1-2 hours. Urban dictionary..."I had a nana nap this afternoon and now I am ready to party again!!"
I do find when having a nana nap, that if I oversleep I can wake up feeling sore all over and brain fogged, so I try to limit it to no more than an hour. More than that and I feel like I am starting the whole morning stiffness and pain cycle all over again.
I used to take a nana nap during my lunch break when I was working in an office. I just went to my car and laid down in the back seat for a while. Siri would wake me on my phone in time to collect my thoughts and freshen up before going back to work. If it was too hot, I tried to nap in the ladies room where they had armchairs and couches.
It isn't necessary to actually go to bed to take a nana nap; I find my couch aka "the Beach" works for me, or any comfy chair will do. Provided that I don't oversleep, a nana nap often kicks me on to cook tea these days.
Today I have just made our bed and cooked dinner. Chris and I just got ourselves something quick to eat for lunch. I just took advantage of our beautiful view from the couch and watched the clouds and the birds. I dozed a bit and felt well enough to cook tonight and to actually wash the evening dishes.
Often I run out of spoons for cleaning my kitchen, but my dozing paid off and so I reiterate that there truly is nothing like a nana nap!
Thursday 23 July 2020
In my dreams!
Monday 11 May 2020
Light at the end of the tunnel
Friday 1 May 2020
Bed: my control centre!
Wednesday 29 April 2020
Flat out like a lizard drinking
On my to list today is to do the tea dishes- (yes I left them last night) and to do some rissoles with mashed potato and veggies for tea.
Apart from that you will find me on the couch taking in the sunshine, flat out like a lizard drinking!
Wednesday 22 April 2020
June Cleaver's dragging her heels
Monday 13 April 2020
The Queen of List Making
Cooking a chow mein in the slow cookerDoing those dishes from last nightGiving in to the latest flare and taking a nana nap
Sunday 5 April 2020
Making room for more
Tidy the fridge and pantryFold today's washing and put it awayMake Shepherd's pie for dinner
Sunday 29 March 2020
Tomorrow is today
Monday 9 March 2020
It's just the nature of the beast!
If I get everything done or not, I will have to learn to be content. Chronic illness is tough, but I will have to accept it: it's just the nature of the beast.
Sunday 8 March 2020
It's not rocket science
Clean my kitchen- Do some washing
Vacuum the middles of the floors- Feather dust
Cook a lamb stew for dinner in the slow cooker
Friday 6 March 2020
Alas, I have no children to help!
RestDishesCook tea which will be fish, chips and salad.