Be In It

…today – live more of your life!
Remember those ads? I remember them from sometime in the 80s.

What happened to the “infomercial”? I don’t remember seeing them much lately. There seemed to be lots of them at one time – ads that weren’t selling a product or touting a company, just passing on information. I like that this one includes suggestions for wellbeing other than sporty type pursuits (such as t-shirt printing or photography).
I also remember this one from way back. I think I still dredge it up in my memory when I want to remember what each vitamin does. Having listened to it again, it seems I’ve been mixing up C and E – thinking vitamin C was good for my corpuscles!

I had a good wander around town this morning, so I feel like I was “in it” a bit more today than I have been lately. I even got the bus home!

If you are of a “certain age” (and Australian) you probably remember Sid the Seagull.

And here’s another one. It’s older (70s), and was put out by the Christian Television Association. Sorry about the quality – there aren’t too many copies of this that I can find.

I’m not entirely sure what it’s trying to say. In my memory, as a child, it was a call to “say g’day” to everyone, regardless of who they were or where they came from – I still think of it as a sort of multicultural “Australians together” kind of thing…

This one is an ad for a company, but it still raises a sniffle 😥
It was used in the sermon (on families) this last Sunday.

We haven’t, as a family, sat around the table for a meal for quite a long time. We do still talk to each other all the time ❤ Most Sunday lunchtimes are spent eating together, watching whatever TV show the boys want to watch. That might sound a bit antisocial, but I have to keep pausing it to discuss various things that come up during the show!

Since I’ve started on advertising for actual products, here are two more that will be instantly familiar to many people. These ones are from well before my time, but I frequently heard the jingles in childhood.
Enjoy! 😀

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Of Unicorn Hugs And Colour Choices

I’ve just had a lovely dinner – roast lamb and potatoes. I’ve been calming down by listening to Home Free (because that always cheers me up!) And I’ve been cuddling in to my new unicorn pillow.

Comfy and cute!
❤

At the moment, the existing Jobsearch platform is in the process of transitioning to some sort of online company. It doesn’t overly concern me – I’m on disability exemption – but I had an email the other day that (sort of…) explained it. I also missed a phone call today about it, asking me to phone back. I did so…the sound was terrible – very quiet, with even that fading in and out. The person I spoke to had a very pronounced accent which, along with the existing fading problems, made it very difficult to work out what was going on. It seems that the phone call was “by mistake” anyway, but the man on the phone referred me to the previous email. Which somehow no longer exists in my jobsearch inbox. No, I didn’t accidentally delete it after I read it. I can’t find it in the deleted items, since I didn’t delete it. Also, there are no deleted emails in my inbox.There is literally nothing in my inbox – it is clearly saying that it’s completely empty.
No sir. It is not because I’m “not tech savvy” (direct quote).
I asked what had happened to my entire inbox, and also asked for the email to be sent again. Apparently that’s not possible – the system sends them, and there’s no facility to manually send that information. I would have to get in touch with my job provider, so they could send their copy.
Oh yes – he also laughed at me when I kept asking how it could have completely disappeared (from the inbox on their site). It was obviously not their problem. Just, presumably, my incompetence on the internet.

I rang the job provider. They had no idea what he was talking about. They did take the time to find the information for me and send it to my personal email. I’m not sure why I would want to be transferred from them to the new platform, which apparently can’t send information to enquirers…

Anyway.
I’m. Fine. Now.
Really! 😆

I’ve been doing those quiz things, where you build a house, or choose an outfit. I don’t much care what colour/animal/etc I am in the end; I just like looking at all the clothes and decor… these ones were mostly set to tell you what colour you are. Generally, I’m the cool blues and greens, but for some reason today I was reds/oranges/yellows. Passionate. Feisty. Energetic. 😆
Still…tomorrow is another day –

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(Not So Much) Coming Up Roses

…but I do have a vase full of them!

There’s a lovely lady who gives them out at church. I haven’t been to the church building for a while, but my Babe was there last week and brought them home ❤
Want to see some close ups?

They still look lovely, but I’m hoping they’ll dry nicely as well, so I can keep them 🙂

I’m still coughing… apart from visits to the doctor and other medical stuff, I haven’t been out much. Went to the cafe for a coffee, and a quick look at the shops, but I was home within an hour. I had two Covid tests this week, due to a misunderstanding (my fault!), so I’ve doubly tested negative… 😆 Still looking for other stuff, so haven’t got those results yet.

Nice to know there are still flowers blooming.
And fun songs to cheer me up!

Who knows?
Tomorrow, there may be dancing…

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Dancing The Gloom Away

…sort of.

I don’t know why this exists (who would even think of it?!) but I’m glad it does…

Hope a good chuckle helps chase the rain away.
❤

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Minding

Once again, another part of my childhood has gone.
Yesterday (8/5/22, UK time), Dennis Waterman died. I remember watching “Minder” as a kid – back then, I would have seen the actors as quite old. It’s strange to look back from here and see that he was only in his early 30s when it started (so young!), and still seems too young at 74 to have died now. George Cole (Arthur) seemed impossibly ancient to me then, but was only a year older than I am now!
Dennis Waterman was one of those actors that I associate with longrunning series that I watched with the family. I also remember being impressed that he sang the theme tune, as he also did for “New Tricks“, which we watch now on catch up TV.
There’s a sadness in growing older and having to continually say goodbye to bits of the past – seeing the inevitable march of time going by…

RIP Dennis

You were so good for us…

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Still Here (Free)

I saw this on my YouTube recommendations – I haven’t listened to Florence + The Machine for a while. The addition of Bill Nighy just made it a must see!
Not entirely sure what it’s supposed to mean in the end. Maybe that you may not be able to get rid of anxiety, but you can learn to live with it?

I’ve never really had an anxiety disorder, but I have had panic attacks over the years. I remember the first time, when I was sure I was going to die… as I’ve gone on I’ve learned to breathe through the breathlessness, and remember that things aren’t as bad as they feel.

We’re (hopefully) coming to the end of forced inactivity through Covid and its charming longer term gifts. I got to a point a couple of weeks ago where I thought I was getting back to normal, and then fell back into respiratory issues. I’m halfway through a course of antibiotics, so I’m back on track 😀 The rest of the household has been variously ill and on their own timetable of mending, except Biggest Boy, who seems to have had no issues with surviving Covid, but has been left having to Mother Hen the rest of us and keep the household going. He has been wonderful, and I’m very proud of him, but I’m sad he’s had to worry about us all.
Going back to anxiety – I don’t know whether Covid just dampened down my reactions, but some of what was happening would have normally got me panicking. Maybe I just didn’t have the energy for it! I have barely been out of this room for nearly four weeks, and then only for necessities (and a visit to the doctor last Friday) The last couple of days have been the first time in a while that I’ve seen the possibility of ordinary life resuming.
Still a few days of antibiotics, and staying quiet for a bit longer.
Then, maybe I’ll dance on the tabletops!

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Long Ago, Now

Lest We Forget

And for those often left out of the story…

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Soaking It In

Every day I’m getting better…there are niggles, but I can see light ahead!
I managed to get the cleaning done today. It’s not great, but I wanted to have a soak in the bath. To do that, I had to clean it first. Soaking, and reading, in a hot(tish) bath full of magnesium is one of my indulgences, and my reward for cleaning.
I’ve been reading so many books lately. I didn’t want to read library books while I was virusy, but there are plenty of books in my personal library that I haven’t read yet. Today, though, was the day to start catching up on my library books.

This is my library basket.
It’s always full.

There’ll be a few more days of reading. I’ll try to get back out into the world sometime next week…

…also – this is fun 😀

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Today

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Hang On…

…I think I may have things the wrong way round. 😆

This is a YouTube clip I’ve watched quite a few times in the last few days.

Yes, I know it’s Easter.

I don’t really know why I watched this originally, but it makes me giggle. I posted a song for Good Friday, and there’ll be a couple more tomorrow (incidentally, the singer for those was the founder of this group 🙂 )

I’ve been navigating Covid since Tuesday night. I haven’t had much energy to be online (had to get my Babe to set up the laptop for me the other night, for something that needed to be done) My emails have been multiplying (got them sorted just now!), and I haven’t been doing anything, physically or mentally, strenuous. Just giggling at a musical tutorial on how not to make Christmas biscuits…

Maybe I’ve turned a corner today. The days before now have been spent isolated from the rest of the family. I haven’t felt like eating, and even drinking water has been difficult. I have had cups of tea and bits and pieces of food – it just takes a while. Sleeping has been upright, for breathing purposes, and most nights I’ve had the light on, alternating between reading and dozing. Today took a while to get into, but a lot of things are better 😀
I think there’s about three more days until quarantine ends.
Just off to watch YouTube…

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