keeping things simple

I've just turned 60 ... (that's a huge milestone - for me personally) ... female widow, my interests are listening to music, doing silly crafts and pondering new ideas but never get around to completing anything

I play Sims Freeplay and love travelling

I use this account to log memories and the usual moans and groans

If you're not comfortable with any of this please kindly move on ...

And please do not follow me if your only goal is to have a go at me in the PM system, you WILL receive an instant block and if you still persist you WILL be reported without fail

Apparently i was being punished for doing something or other and was forced to eat peppers

So ... in the dream ... I watched as they bashed each pepper up into pieces in a bowl, which made a mess and took far too long so I ended up just saying ...

Oh give them here

And crunched into a red one, two green, and a yellow one

They tried to leave what they assumed was the worst one ... last.

A ghost pepper

I had to pick one off the plant, rolled my eyes, popped that one in my mouth and bit down

Apparently, they were very disappointed because I munched it down with no effect, no reaching for water, milk etc

Besides, everyone who has a car that can help me, is either very poorly and/or far too busy

I am a keen observer and pick up people's likes and dislikes and give gifts accordingly

Anyone who thinks that I do this, just to be a major suck-up and try to curry favour ... REALLY needs to seek out professional help

Prime example, I learned that my late father in law loved kippers - from Whitby. I risked a vicious storm and possibly pneumonia to go get some for him, skidded along the slick cobblestones nearly falling on my arse in the process ...

... just to get my name put on his will?

That's an insane idea

This jealous person? I won't name her but you can guess ... mentioned about really fancying doing some calligraphy, and against my late hubby protests, I bought her a beginners set

Wonder what happened to that set? Because years later and she dropped another hint ..

Well... just a couple of hours since the weather has changed from a gloriously warm and sunny day to cooler, windy and a threat of rain

The famous 'Lemon Tops' ice cream!!!

I had a stand-off with 2 birds when I sat down to enjoy my portion of chips and a nice cuppa

This starling decided to pinch MY seat and had the cheek to return and glare at me

A seagull was hovering and lurking expecting to get some scraps, but as soon as I put my bag on the table, it decided that I wasn't worth the effort

My view of the sea, from the picnic table where I was enjoying my ice cream

And the wind farms further along

Oh and not forgetting the infamous Redcar 'Beacon' or vertical pier

More swearing is included

Discretion is strongly advised

A warning there's some coarse language, discretion is needed

Explanation?

In order to get what you want, you have to sacrifice something in return, as you've all probably heard it all before

YAWN

Anyways, I have found a box for my Thunderbirds stuff, the only thing is, that I've had to sacrifice my offcut fabrics in the process

Fingers crossed that it is big enough to put all of my stuff in, without having to resort to using another box

I am currently downsizing quite a LOT of my stuff so that it looks less cluttered.

How many dvds do I actually need? It's not as if I have time to sit and load them anyways, since I now have Netflix, and Disney+, I can just do a search for them

And since I haven't played my Sims games, they're taking up a LOT of space

The rest? I doubt that I'd be able to get them to the auction in time, but at least they'll hopefully be in safe hands

And before anyone says .... well ...duh, and no shit Sherlock

Over the years, it has come to my attention that we live in a jealous world, that people are always looking for the 'grass is greener' and never truly finding it

Yeah yeah, I know, I'm bringing Bossy back for this observation

She admitted herself that she was jealous of me, a few months before my hubby died - and this just stuck in my memory

Why?

Let me break this down. She had siblings, her own parents and travelled around the world, had ponies and riding lessons, heck, she even had a bicycle - probably brand new

Me?

I went into long term foster care, lived frugally.

Heck, I didn't even have a bicycle, not even a second hand one, the first place I visited abroad was to the Netherlands ... only because the holiday was an unclaimed prize and I won in the foster kids tombola draw

My first ever bicycle was given to me by her dad ... it was rusty as heck, and a little too big for me, but it was a TREASURE!!

The only horses I ever met were grazing out in the fields about 20 minute walk away from my house

And she was jealous of me???

She tried to use her childhood trauma as a crutch to mistreat people

She was never happy unless she got everything, but even then ... she was never going to be happy at all ... the whole 'grass is greener' thing

Me? I'm just content with little victories and many milestones, yes, I moan and complain, heck ....doesn't anyone?

I realised that I also have extra TB1, TB2 and TB3, as well as the care labels from the vehicle plushies, if they're of any good to anyone

First come first served

The good news is that because they're small and flat, I can ship them internationally