Good news.

Well had a strange day today. I have been felling quite off lately. Tired, cranky, unmotivated and quite frankly just off and generally unwell.
So off to the doctor I went, thinking that perhaps things are starting to change for me, seeing I am around that age or close to it. (45)
So blood taken, tests done, and absolutely nothing found! which was unusual seeing I have been feeling so out of sorts.
But hey, I am not going to complain, especially when everything came back as, spot on or perfect. The only two things I have to watch out for are diabetes and strangely, vitamin D deficiency, both of which run in the family.
So what is going on with me? One of the things that doctor did suggest is that I am not sleeping right. That either I have sleep apnea, or my sleep is being disrupted from another source (Pokes Winnie and his strange nightly noises.)
So what to do? I am eating right, the tests confirm that, but I am not exercising much at the moment and that might be one of the reasons I find it hard to get to sleep at night.
I could also stand to loose a little weight, if I do have sleep apnea this will help. So exercise again.
So it is time to pull the old exercise bike out and also let Winnie drag me around the countryside.
Am I disappointed that they did not find anything more concrete to point to why I have been feeling so lousy? No, not really, the results I got are bloody good and I am thankful that I don't have greater battles to face. All I have to do is get off my arse and be more active, far better than facing something far more sinister and permanent in my future.
Time to get moving and hopefully that will once again get me motivated.

A Berry Nice Day

Went to the Diggers club berry workshop today with my mum and learned lots of practical facts on how to grow all the berries in my garden.
Some things I already knew but others were very interesting, like how my black currents and red currents should be pruned differently. Thrilling I know, but I thoroughly enjoyed it.
And as a bonus it belted down today. Not great for traveling but it was good to finally see some decent rain for once, I just hope that this is finally the break in the season and it keeps on going.

The long dry.

I haven't really posted here in a while, simply because there is not much happening. We have had very little rain so there is no point in doing new things in the garden yet. I do have the stump of a Chinese cabbage growing on my window sill. Everything outside is just hanging on.
 I have been slack, too, with the house and I really need a shovel through my office, as I am going though all our papers (20 years of them!) and getting rid of anything we don't need. I am determined to purge as much junk and unnecessary crap as I can this year.
Things that I am proud of and happy with at the moment  are;
Getting a new grand nephew and the family is doing well.
Winnie's health. He is doing really well and weighs less than me at the moment.
My kitchen which is now functioning and running smoothly.
Getting the bookwork done on time, just and starting this years way ahead of deadline.
And finally getting a new washing machine! This one is not evil and doesn't shake the house to bits.
So that is all really. I am off to a seminar on growing berries this weekend which I am looking forward to. And I am starting to get into renovating again.
Once the weather truly breaks here I will be so glad to get back into the garden again too.