Fiona's Quiet Life

So, last time I wrote I had been walk­ing on water.….…..for which I got a lec­ture on the dangers of thin ice from a grand­son and a stern look from younger daughter.….….….…it was only 30cms deep said I , and the ice was 10cms thick.….….….it is not drown­ing that kills you says daugh­ter it is the icy cold.….……I grace­fully agreed, espe­cially as I was hav­ing chest ache from the -10 air I had been breath­ing. so no more walk­ing on water.…might skate on it though.

Well, they have given me a taste for it hav­ing booked me into a roller blad­ing ses­sion at centre parcs.….I was the only one to stay on my wheels not my bum.

It was beau­ti­ful at centre parcs in the lake dis­trict, we had the same chalet as in the sum­mer but it had been totally refur­bished and was done to a high stand­ard, and I needn’t have taken the extra heater and duvet it was lovely and toasty des­pite the snow and very low tem­per­at­ures. Half way through the week I nipped back to Glas­gow and took deliv­ery of bits of a corner bed settee from Ikea, and drove straight back down…only 2 and a quarter hours. Then on the 23^rd came back and put most of it together but gave up after a lot of swear­ing as it needed two people to lift a bit onto another bit.….……him upstairs to the rescue.

he.…him upstairs that is, is all smiles and in the grip of a new romance.…I can tell these things.….…this one sounds very right…I hope all goes well.

Mean­while I still haven’t had my Christ­mas din­ner because I woke on Christ­mas eve with a stinker of a com­mon cold.….….…..I hid behind a mask in the hope of not infect­ing my vis­it­ors ( Basil’s daugh­ter Abby ‚Ian and Jonathan) three of them were stay­ing at my house and two at her moth­ers. Any­way, hav­ing no appet­ite I didn’t eat much , yes­ter­day I cooked it all as it needed to be either cooked or thrown out, but still not hungry.….….….….visitors were spend­ing all their time with her mother so not much food was eaten here.

Have just real­ised tomor­row is new year’s eve ….….…I must clean up and change the beds.….….….it would never do to start a year in a dirty house, I have memor­ies of my mother clean­ing the bath at five minutes to midnight.

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