A Funny Old Day!

Well, it has been a funny old day today! The decorations came down today, it took us all day, me, Rich and Luke, and then the tidy up began!!!  Thankfully we work well as a team, and it all got done in the end, dusting, hoovering and mopping floors! I love my wooden flooring in the summer, but in the winter it is a nightmare! But never mind, it does look good! Everywhere looks so dull and dark now though, I love having all the lights on, the twinkling ones especially!
Because I had a lot to do today, I played my relaxation CD when I stopped for lunch, so it would keep me going and make me feel ready to do more! I have now got to the stage where I do pace myself, little breaks at frequent intervals, which irritates me at times, but today I knew I would have to do it that way or not cope!! 
I also managed to prepare the tea, it took me ages to cut up the meat, thank goodness for Luke's very sharp chef knife, and the vegetables, but it got done eventually! Unfortunately I cannot lift the casserole in and out of the oven, so that has to be done by the men, but it was Weight Watchers Beef and Guinness Casserole, and it was yummy! Which takes me on to the diet, it is going well so far, this is the third day and to be honest I am having a job using up all my Pro Points! I think it is because the fruit is now free, because I eat a lot of fruit, and that used to have to be counted in the points! It is very different, but I am finding it much better than the old one, but the proof will be in the sugar free pudding when I weigh in next Tuesday!!! Just hope I have lost a bit!
I have been getting pain in the soles of my feet, particularly in my heels, which is weird, it makes you feel like you are walking on hot coals, very uncomfortable! Thus I decided this afternoon after all the jobs were done to get out my foot bath, fill it with warm water and peppermint crystals, and dip my feet! I also put the massager on and this did seem to help me quite a bit. My thumbs have also been giving me more pain, which is awful because if your thumbs don't work, you can do very little!
One of my new year challenges, apart from starting this blog, was to get back into my Spanish, ready for when we spend more time out there, and yesterday I got back onto doing my Rosetta Stone, and I managed to do lessons 1 and 2, and I learned a lot! The only problem is, with the fibrofog I constantly have, it is whether I will remember it! But that is the one good thing about the Rosetta Stone, I can just keep going over and over it if needs be!!!
Of all the things that today has brought, the start to the day was not good! When I went onto my Facebook account to check my messages, I read of my friend Sara's terrible news - Sara is the most wonderful, kind hearted, thoughtful person you could wish to meet, and she has an affinity with animals! She has a horse (Cola boy), 2 dogs (Wilbur and Pickles) and a whole host of Rabbits, Guinea Pigs, and goodness knows what else in her garden! She also has her own dog grooming business, which unfortunately she has not been able to run of late because she has been fighting Breast Cancer! She has been looking after her friend's dog for some years now while her friend is at work, and yesterday while Joe, her eldest son, was out walking Poppy, she slipped her lead and chased after a tractor, which ended with her being hit by the tractor and dying! Sara was devastated, as was Joe.  The sadness came across in her status' throughout today, and my heart went out to her! This was not the start to the New Year she wanted! It is not what anybody wanted! But the problem was, Poppy and Sara's 2 dogs were, in Sara's words, ASBO dogs, and when they were out together were hard work, so they could not be walked all at once, and Poppy in particular was well known for chasing anything - cars, horses, kids on bikes, and unfortunately the tractor! My heart goes out to all the family, including Poppy's owner Jan and her daughter Chloe, who I have no doubt are devastated!
So once again, I finish my blog by saying, NO MATTER HOW BAD YOU THINK THINGS ARE, THERE IS ALWAYS SOMEONE WORSE OFF THAN YOU! R.I.P Poppy, who will no doubt be up there now, chasing the Angels and giving them a tough time!!!!