Thursday, October 3, 2013

Cleethorpes Day Trip Adventure

It's Saturday 7th September.

I was told from the Dr to rest so I have to do as I'm told these days.
Do this and not that....OK, ok, ok.........!
I did make one last walk into town to see Ashgate Hospice, British Heart Foundation, Meadowfresh Butchers, Cafe Nero staff and DORA Volunteering staff.
I said that I'm away resting but I would be back soon............. I couldn't put a date on it but I will be back at some point in the future.
Hopefully !!!

When I got over in Killamarsh to rest, I had a big fear to do nothing.......!
Crikey.........Will I manage to just laze and do nothing, No walking,........No Volunteering.....!
I had cried all week when I was pushing myself to walk, the pain that I suffered with my feet was so sad.
I had pushed a smile on my face to help me through my determination, but I was falling again.
I had to just rest, rest, rest, rest, rest........

I had a whole week in bed and the only thing that I did was go to the loo, make coffee, heat up my dinner in the microwave, read, blog, read and sleep. Very active.
At one point I thought:- "Can I put up with this!"
I loved it, doing basically NOTHING!
It was great! Like a holiday for myself, treating myself to nothing, wonderful.

It got to Saturday 14th September.
Ready to go for the day trip.

Janiece and I went away for the day to Cleethorpes with Headway for a Social Day Trip.
I had to have someone to hang onto and take the slowest and smallest walk with me.

The sun was trying to break through the clouds.
Shall the sun appear today.... I wonder!

 I loved watching the clouds as we were traveling, I started to day dream and fly through the clouds high above.
When we reached Cleethorpes and as the coach was moving to the coast, well, seaside, I recognised the lighting shop and I started to point at things to Janiece:- "Ooh! Been there, and there...aaaah there to that street!" I went on and on with all this pointing thing. I love to point these days, it's fun.
As we hit the sea-side, I asked Janiece to take a picture of me with the donkeys in my background, as I can't make it down the steps.

Well, Janiece asked me why did I want that picture and I said:- "I don't know!"
Janiece was quite shocked and said that this picture was taken in 2011 on the beach...with the donkeys before the headache and then I said that I remembered the picture. We had been power walking on the beach and it was the first (I hope) time when I put on my new grey Karrimor Walking Boots It's funny how all the memories come back gradually. You're re-living your memories all over again.
It's wonderful. This was a great adventure.
We walked under the Promenade before but not today.

Kiki's Coffee Shop









Mickey






Mickey at Kiki's Coffee Shop

Not broken like before!


A beautiful lunch after a beautiful short walk & talk and memories.

Fish "N" Chips by the sea, perfect.















Delicious....

Lovin it!

Caramel cake and cream.

A Lovely Fur soft coat at Tina's 'Think Bubbles' in Cleethorpes.

This is a 'to go coat'
How do I turn these pictures round ???
I became a model that day; it was so much fun.

 
Lovely Bret popped in with some roses.
This lovely gentleman Bret appeared and he gave Tina a rose, I just asked:- "Can I have one too!"
Well, he smiled and gave Janiece and I a rose and then asked us to pop round with Tina to his shop for some Champagne with him.
Well, unfortunately we were with Headway and would need to go soon for travelling home, we said that we would catch up soon.





A New coat at Tinas shop 'Think Bubbles' Superb.

This is lovely Tina at her shop 'Think Bubbles'

My special pink rose.


Went back to say 'Bye' to Mickey as it was time to leave the sea-side today until the next journey.
Aux revoir, Madame, Bon Nuit
The sun is saying Goodnight.















Is it Goodbye and Good Night!
The sun is going to sleep.
That's what I mean anyway.
Goodnight sun Zzzzzz

A tinge brighter.

Is someone snoring!
















The clouds are rolling in the sky.

Is the sun trying to come out to play again!

A strange cloudy journey to Chesterfield.

Encased in a tempest cloud !

The trees stood high on the landscape.

The sun is trying to escape this cloudy door.

It's searching for the light.

The wind is blowing the clouds to sea.

It's getting clearer.

The sun is trying to say Hello again.

A great cloud journey.


Much brighter in the sky.









Tried to fix the pictures....... and I corrected them.....Yeehaa!

Original picture...........then....!

Pretty cool, love this coat......


I mentioned that if I had won the lottery that this fur coat should be mine first, it's beautiful.
I mentioned to Tina to keep the fur at the side for me.

I've had a lovely lazy week, my feet and legs feel a smidgen better.
Why do I have a great facination with the clouds, do the clouds tell me a story.......?
You never know!

Pauline Quinn,
XXX






















Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Roland Gray, The Mayor & Mr Toby Perkins MP for Chesterfield; September 2013

I'll start off with my writing error in the last blob WHY! WHY! WHY!
My writing can sometimes run away with itself, my errors are:-
It was appeciate.........instead of appreciate.
Then for speach in the inverted commas " is at the start of dialogue, then when you finish, Oops! it's gone!
What happened to the last inverted comma; possibly tiredness, who knows?

Right,.............
It's a Sunny September morning.
When I woke up and visited the loo, I squeezed my right eye as I was looking into the mirror, I rushed to get the camera to take a picture of my eye. What happened there...........!
I was going for different angles to get the right picture for you to see.
Right eye Black-N-Blue

How on earth did this happen?
My neighbour asked me if I poked my own eye?
"Bleedin Heck" I said.
"Do you really think that I poked my own eye, why, what reason for that!"
I just laughed as I walked on.
I got ready and left for Mass.
Its Sunday 1st September.
I went to Mass and went up for a blessing again.
I kneeled down at the altar and said a little prayer then tried to rise. Oops!
It was a struggle to raise on my feet.
Eventually, I was up and tried to walk back to the pew where I sat.
A lady brushed against my elbow as she seen me crying behind the stone pillar, I thought that I was unseen but I wasn't. My body, especially my feet and legs were in pain..............Oooooouuch!

On Monday 2nd September, I had another appointment at the Dr's about my feet and legs.
I told the Dr that they are "Dun-In!"
Maybe I could put in for two replacement feet and legs. You never know!
I was given a tub to drop off there on Tuesday morning.
A beautiful sunset on my way home.
Very glamorous, it's for my specimen; Yukkkkk!
I struggled to walk that day.

The sunset got brighter








                                                                                       
Tuesday 4rd September 2013

The Winding Wheel 10am --- 4pm
DORA Open Day
"A Question of Mental Health"

I was invited by all staff from DORA to attend their event.
Alan Smith, Chairman for DORA was sitting on the panel on stage.
Roland Gray is the Volunteer Manager for DORA
I'm very, very impressed with Rolands writing; he was in a party of writers for the JIGSAW book.
JIGSAW is a collection of poems, short stories and drama extracts.

Cucumber Lane 

Roland Gray on Jigsaw
Ambling, rambling, brambling without care
Rolling, trolling, strolling on air
As daisies drip dewdrops and dream of a chain
Time drifts and eddies down Cucumber Lane

Morning's first beams on the run from the sun
Pausing to hide behind trees just for fun
Weaving through leaves to dapple the scene
A Cucumber sunrise, golden, serene

Cheese and pickle sandwiches, cool lemonade
Picnic in a meadow, an oak tree for shade
Wild raspberries, blackberries, washed in the stream
Make burgany swirls in vanilla ice-cream
Jigsaw; a collection

Candyfloss clouds on a sky of deep blue
Softly suffused with a rosy pink hue
The sun slowly sinking, the Lane in twilight
Peacefully drifting from day into night

Cucumber Lane goes from here to there
Twisting and turning its way past somewhere
Eternally changeless, never the same
Bramling's forever down Cucumber Lane

by Roland Gray


Now back to the Winding Wheel.............
I'll keep a close eye on how I can write better.
Mr Roland Gray, volunteer and writer, published
This is the Mayor and Mayoress in Chesterfield.
When I walked through the door, this taller figure turned around and said;
Mayor; "Hello Pauline!"
Well, I took a big Gulp and then I replied;
Pauline; "AH! Hello Mayor, How are you! It's nice to see you again!"
We keep bumping into each other these days, another accidental meeting friend.
Pretty Cool actually.
I spoke to the Mayor about  this and that; the usual stuff from me.
I had taken my large and smaller House of Commons envelopes with me; just incase is my theory.
In the hall, the panel was up on the stage.
I chose to take a seat in the front row, I thought that if I put my hand up to say something then everyone would see me. If I sat in the back and put my hand up to speak, maybe they may miss my hand amongst all the others, you never know.
The panel spoke about going to the Government and hopefully getting great answers back.
I held up my large Commons envelope in my hand and asked that if they get new words accepted; does that mean that they all have to play the same ball! Does that mean that Nurses, Rehabilitation Staff and even Family work by the same words that are brought back from the Government.
The answer was Yes! I was over the moon with these words.


I've had work being done by the MP in Chesterfield.
Mr Toby Perkins; he's the Labour Member of Parliament for Chesterfield, he is the Shadow Minister for Small Business (BIS)
WoW....!
Mr Toby Perkins was and has dealt with the Antz in my home, at last; someone who listens to me.
"At Last !"
I haven't finished yet..........
On my last day at my Rehabilitation Home, Markham House in Bolsover, I asked the staff for a copy of my files.
I wanted my files for my own history here, I was refused as they said "No Ink?"
I said:- "When you do get more ink eventually; send my files over to Steve Jones at Clay Cross, Hospital, Chesterfield, surely you can find out his Brain Injury address; surely, surely!"

I had waited and waited and waited and waited and waited and waited and waited...........
I never forget! 



I Waited until NOW!
YEEHA!
AT LAST!
The pieces that came back so far is from the assistance of Mr Toby Perkins MP of Chesterfield.
I eventually recieved some of my health records and nothing else.......!
Who wrote about and What was written at My Review Meeting that I was escorted from on the 20th July 2012.
Oops! Nothing on my files here!!!
Surely there must be files on days when my family arrived and had meetings with the Manageress.
Maybe it was just knitting classes again???
I'll come back here soon as I need these peices of information for my book, why write a book when some people just give me minimal pieces of my life.....WHY!!!

Wed 4th Sept
Had a little headache, then it quickly left my head.

Thurs 5th Sept
Got up at 06:30am for the loo, then jumped into bed and lay on my left side.
The alarm started to ring at 8am but it wasn't until 08:10 when I woke up and seen the time.
I had numb fingers; I hope that it's me putting pressure on my side.
As I'm writing this to catch up for the last couple of days; I can see me missing some letters.
The writing is becoming untidy!
Why did I write an E as an e from my primary school writing?
Crazy Eh!
Needed to go back to the surgery for the Phlebotomy (Blood Samples).
Give them my blood --- bloody hell !
I have a teeny weeny headache behind my eyes and heaviness at the base of the head at the back.
I ended up on the phone to Janiece from 09:26 to 09:46 and told her about the numbness in my left hand again; could it be my circulation................Well, I just don't know...................!

I made my way over to Janiece's as the Dr told me that I had to rest and to stop the walking and put my feet up. Bummer Eh!
That's me "Dun - In"




At least I could see a nice sunset again.
That cheered me up anyway.
A Double Rainbow on a miserable day.
"Red sky at night it a shepherd delight"



Friday 6th September 2013

Goodnight and Good Dreams, My World XXX













































































Tuesday, October 1, 2013

True Heroes --- Supporting British Forces



                                        TRUE HEROES
                                       -------------------------
I met these boys on Friday 30th August 2013 in Chesterfield Market Square.
I did my bit for our True Heroes and bought a charity bracelet.
I'm trying to do a little bit for Charity.

www.trueheroes.org.uk

Supporting British Forces
True Heroes are Fallen Heroes too.





Great Charity Volunteers with a lovely smile; THANX GUY's XXX









This is for True Heroes
All Best Wishes to All The Heroes,
Love 
Pauline Quinn
XXX