Mr M messaged me yesterday " hello, merry Christmas, I know how special this time of year is to you, hope you have a great day".
Funny that for all the years he has known me, he really has no idea how much I dislike this time of year. When we were together I ran around making Christmas perfect for him. Lol
I'm not sure if I should feel touched that he reached out on Christmas Day or annoyed that he has no idea who I really I am. I think I'll run with both feelings.
Feeling ho hum today...
Enjoy your Christmas day northern hemisperers! ! We onto the Boxing Day chill out down here...Suns come out, might be time for a walk.
I looked up recipes for Pavlova. OMG that looks so good. I'm confused about something, though. Both you and a cooking website described the center as a kind of marshmallow filling. But the recipes that I found all called for whipped heavy cream. I wouldn't call whipped cream "marshmallowy".
What is the NZ take on my confusion? I'm going to use some nice ripe fruit. I'm definitely making it. I just want to get it right to begin with.
Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time. Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals; and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself.
You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.
If I Had My Life to Live Over (I would pick more daisies) by Nadine Stair
I'd dare to make more mistakes next time. I'd relax, i would limber up. I would be sillier than I have been this trip I would take fewer things seriously I would take more chances I would climb more mountains and swim more rivers I would eat more ice cream and less beans I would perhaps have more actual troubles, but I'd have few imaginary ones
You see, I'm one of those people who live sensibly and sanely hour after hour, day after day Oh, I've had my moments and if I had it to do over again, I'd have more of them In fact, I'd try to have nothing else Just moments, one after another, instead of livng so many years ahead of each day I've been one of those persons who never goes anywhere without a thermometer, a hot water bottle, a raincoat and a parachute. If I had to do it again, I would travel lighter than I have
If i had my life to live over, I would start barefoot earlier in the spring and stay that way later in the fall I would go to more dances, I would ride more merry-go-rounds.
I would pick more daisies.
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Freedom is just another word for nothing left to loose. V 64, WAW
If I Had My Life to Live Over (I would pick more daisies) by Nadine Stair
I'd dare to make more mistakes next time. I'd relax, i would limber up. I would be sillier than I have been this trip I would take fewer things seriously I would take more chances I would climb more mountains and swim more rivers I would eat more ice cream and less beans I would perhaps have more actual troubles, but I'd have few imaginary ones
You see, I'm one of those people who live sensibly and sanely hour after hour, day after day Oh, I've had my moments and if I had it to do over again, I'd have more of them In fact, I'd try to have nothing else Just moments, one after another, instead of livng so many years ahead of each day I've been one of those persons who never goes anywhere without a thermometer, a hot water bottle, a raincoat and a parachute. If I had to do it again, I would travel lighter than I have
If i had my life to live over, I would start barefoot earlier in the spring and stay that way later in the fall I would go to more dances, I would ride more merry-go-rounds.
