I often start momentous number blogs by saying who’d a thunk it?

When I first started writing a blog at the end of March 2020, I had no idea how much of an addiction it would become.

In fact maybe I wouldn’t have managed my 2,462 days of not drinking if I hadn’t filled the gap with the blog.

I feel called to write this and I have no idea why I’m so driven to do it.

I always felt that people posted the best of their lives all over FB and that annoyed me when I knew their lives weren’t always rosy…. I wanted to be real. I wanted to let people know it was ok not to be ok. I wanted to share my struggles with mental health as on the outside we look like we have everything but I was struggling with everyday life. I need people to know that. Weird eh?!?

I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone for reading. thank you for your support on the days when things are hard.

2,000 days is a commitment and anyone who’s still reading is just as committed as me!

I am a different person this year since I made the difficult decision to go back on antidepressants. It was only difficult as it felt like a step backwards to me…. And yet it’s such a relief.

Every day I see myself responding differently and I feel so proud of my reactions.

When you live with anxiety, you believe everything is your fault.

My boss had left a list of transactions that had been wrongly coded in our accounting system.

The anxious me would have hit the roof at that list, panicked that he was angry with me, I’d be so devastated that I’d let him down, maybe made a mistake, how could I do it differently in future? My heart rate would sky rocket.

The new me looked at the list and thought, oopsie, (yup that word again!) I had no idea it should have been coded like that, right let’s get on with it and enjoyed working through it ticking it off! I smiled through my new reaction.

Not everything is my fault. I don’t let people down. I’m good at what I do but I’m human and I don’t know all the answers and I don’t get everything right. I do my best.

So today should be a celebration of 2,000!days unfortunately it’s been a really worrying day as Khaleesi is really ill and is in the vet overnight tonight.

She was really listless when we got home from holiday.

Sunday morning she didn’t bark and bounce about like Zebedee from the Magic Roundabout, or Tigger…. She was really listless all day. She kept coughing.

Sunday overnight she was pretty violently sick but she brightened after that until she ate some more and was really lethargic again.

Craig almost had to carry her into the vet today.

She has a low temperature which is really serious for a dog and a sore abdomen.

Today’s X-rays haven’t revealed any masses in her organs although there are shadows on both lungs.

She’s on an IV which perked her up a bit.

The vet reckons she has a 50/50 chance of responding to treatment overnight but they will call us if she gets any worse.

This is life.

A wonderful holiday is followed by a huge bill from the garage and a seriously ill dog.

We have to ride this rollercoaster and manage all that life throws at us and I’m proud to say that I know I’m responding more calmly than I would have.

We’re so worried about her being on her own overnight but if she improves then we will get some more time with her and that will make it all worthwhile.

Please send her all your love and strength. These two are a very strong team.

Stay safe everyone ♥️♥️♥️

At work for 7am… I feel like I’ve never been away!!

I left at 3pm as Gayle and I are over in Edinburgh to see Donna Ashworth and we were lucky enough to get to a meet and greet!!

If only I’d kept my denim jacket on 🫣 I’m just gonna own it!!

We’re about to head into the show now!

Much better with a jacket on!

We’re so close!!

And here we go!

Stay safe everyone 💛💛💛

It was a long trip home yesterday! I think I slept on and off the whole flight but my legs were so jumpy.

We got home about 2.30am thanks to my lovely father in law for picking us up at that ungodly hour!!

It was so lovely to see the dogs. They were all half asleep so it was a muted celebration!

We were both awake at 7am thanks to an excited woof… no doubt a pupper that remembered we were home.

Craig got up, made coffee, emptied his case, put washing on and cleaned the sunroom. I finally got out of bed about 9ish. I unpacked the case, cleaned the kitchen and hung up 5 loads of washing.

The house smelled of dog so we’ve washed all the dog blankets . It probably always smells of dogs but we just can’t smell it!

It’s been a beautiful day. Considering we’ve had up to 32°C recently, it was surprisingly warm, I had shorts and tshirt on all day…. I say that and we have the heating on inside to dry all the washing 😆

And just like that these are my photos… like nothing ever happened. 😆

The field has been cut while we’ve been away but it was really muddy. I had a great walk around in the sun and they had a good run.

The clouds were intense and really flat on the bottom.

Then Khakeesi!

I made myself a lovely Greek Salad for dinner… determined to keep it going!

So yeah… back to work tomorrow. Going in super early so I can get away early as Gayle and I are off to Edinburgh tomorrow night, to see Donna Ashworth! There is a chance we will get to meet her beforehand, so we need to get over sharp!

I miss the maid coming in to clean my room everyday.

I miss the white cotton bedsheets.

I miss the menu for breakfast.

I miss the pool.

I’m not ready to adult yet 😆

Stay safe everyone ♥️♥️♥️

Boy do we love Greece!

You may have picked that up in these last few days.

We were being picked up at 4.50pm so we got most of the day in the sun.

Regardless of the lovely location, you are still just waiting and counting down the time.

I am not complaining at all.

We had a lovely dinner in the hotel restaurant last night.

We were joined by our favourite kitten, Puppy.

Someone may or may not have been feeding him/her!

I had another lovely Greek salad but this time with fries.

It was lovely just to sit and relax.

We were up just after 7.… note clouds in the sky!!

I’m going to miss this so much!!

We went for breakfast after 8am…. avocado toast for me.

And back up for the last 2.5 hours at our pool.

We have to leave now…. 🥺

And hardship…. This was our new home for the day!

We were joined by another cat… this one is called Scar (named by us of course!) Scar was in a fight on Tuesday and had 3 puncture wounds to the left cheek. Bless….

And we just waited….

Got a swim in the main pool for the first time.

And then had showers and waited for the bus!

I went outside to take some photos.

And Puppy gave us a final tongue out goodbye.

And we’re off.

The transfer bus was over 2.5 hours as we picked up everyone and their auntie!! It was a lovely tour though, we got to see loads of Rhodes.

It’s dark by the time we get to the airport!

The airport is heaving, every flight is delayed but that’s ok, we are here now. I have a seat and Craig is sitting on the floor.

We land in the wee small hours.

Back to auld claes (clothes) and porridge tomorrow as my Grandad would say.

Thanks for coming on this journey with us!

Stay safe everyone 🇬🇷✈️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

I’ve wanted to do a sunrise walk every morning but never quite managed it… until this morning. It’s our last full day in Lindos. We are both pre-sad about going home but excited to see the puppers.

We got another lovely video of them this morning. Reality is waiting.

I know you’ve probably got the picture but this holiday just hit the spot. Completely.

The perfect temperature. Beautiful weather.

The perfect hotel. So calm and relaxed and such lovely staff who can’t do enough for you.

A beautiful room with the lovely pool. Least I’ve used that plenty of times.

The perfect company which is lovely to be able to say.

No drama. No arguments. No stress. No panic.

Craig must be over the moon I got on the antidepressants well in advance of us going away. 😆

Wait for it…. I am not dreading going back to work. I’m looking forward to it even… remind me of that on Monday morning when the alarm goes off.

I will really miss the heat, the blue sky, the sunshine and the lovely food we’ve had.

Anyway, it’s not over yet, we still have 26.5 hours left at the resort. Not that I’m counting.

So back to this morning. There are a whole lot of photos!!

I had the loveliest walk by myself!

Sunrise though the street lamp!

I then headed into the old town to walk through the quiet streets.

I went up the path towards the Acropolis to get this!

I love that there’s no one around and this is obviously when everyone gets deliveries. Lots of the shops had wee vans outside, or boxes, one even had a huge block of cheese!!

The hill back to the hotel!

Craig waiting patiently for breakfast!

Different view for breakfast this morning!

We’ve spent the day by the pool…. I’m counting all the last moments…. We’ll be on the bus this time tomorrow…. Aaarrrggggghhhh I’m not ready!

We have to leave our wee haven by noon as someone else is coming in….. 🥺

Anyway, there’s still another 8 hours of sunshine tomorrow.

Off to get ready for our last night.

Stay safe everyone ☀️🇬🇷☀️

Another beautiful day.

Not a cloud in the sky.

I am so grateful for this holiday.

We are relaxed, we are chilled out, we have no real agenda, we’re eating lovely food, we’re still having early nights…. This is just my perfect holiday.

We are still finding dog hairs and they make us smile!

We are incredibly lucky to have our own pool. Because we pay our holiday up in advance, the cost to upgrade doesn’t seem much over the space of a full year.

It took us a few days to sit still but we are managing just fine for now.

I’ve only read 2 books and I’m into the third. I’ve taken a gazillion photos and almost broken my phone twice! Turns out at some point in time 6,500 photos ago, I hit RAW…. So the last 6,500 photos are MASSIVE. It’s so simple to hit with HIGE consequences.

Of course Mrs Antidepressants takes everything in her stride which I keep telling you, is such a welcome feeling.

I am in and out the pool like a yoyo! I just swam 10 lengths…. Took me about 30 strokes 😆

This morning we dragged ourselves to breakfast after a mere 9 hours sleep…. So that we could get down to the beach before it got busy.

There are 4 beaches in Lindos… as you look out towards the Acropolis there is Lindos and Pallas Beaches to the left and two beaches in St Paul’s Bay… one with sand between the rocks which is free and one with very fancy sunbeds… which is not.

We chose the beach next to St Paul’s Beach restaurant… the free one. Craig is not a lover of the beach but knows I have a sea swimming addiction 😆 so I knew we wouldn’t stay for long. He likes to be in and out the shade, I like to be in and out the sun! There is no shade at this beach!

This is the walk down into the village.

It’s quiet because we are early but this street is HEAVING when we come back up at midday! Hoarded of bus tourists are pouring down the path and seem incapable of single file 😆😆

The shops are only just opening up. I’d wanted to be earlier to catch them when they were all closed by must have needed the 9 hours sleep!!

This is another very steep road down to the beach!

First glimpse of St Paul’s Bay.

It’s everything I need it to be! When we saw this from up on the hill earlier in the week, it was really choppy and the sad was all stirred up making it cloudy….

Crystal clear today!

Straight out into the sea. It’s warmer than the pool!

That’s me out there!!

Holding my phone out the water!

Boy on the rocks!

This is a Lion Fish….. thankfully I saw this AFTER I swam!!!

About 11am we head back into Lindos. I’ve had two swims and there’s no shade at all.

We stop for a Diet Coke!

Then slug through the millions of tourists, back up the hill to our peaceful haven!!

I’ve spent the afternoon reading book number 3 and feeling very, very grateful for this wonderful trip.

Stay safe everyone ☀️🇬🇷☀️

For the first time in 6 days I spotted a cloud in the sky…..

There were a few others today but other than that still blue sky and endless sunshine!

Another lovely breakfast… Greek yoghurt with honey, walnuts and apple followed by Avocado toast.

We had another lovely day by the pool but got ready and headed into Lindos for around 5pm so we could catch sunset at the Lindos Acropolis.

The views are absolutely stunning from up here but even at the end of September, this was a very hot walk for us Scottish folk. The rock has had intense sunshine beating down on it all day so it radiates heat. One guy told us if it’s 42°C in Lindos it can be 48°C up in the Acropolis. The sweat was pouring out of us!

This climb is not for the faint hearted, there are no railings or barriers and Lindos itself is very hilly so I think we’re both coming back fitter than we left!

But wow!

It’s €20 per person to get in which is a lot but it’s pretty special.

I can’t believe there are trees up here that get no water and can survive in that heat… on rock. Nature is amazing!

The shadow makes it looks like two trees! I was fascinated by it.

Shadows!

Seems sweaty hair sits nice.

Obsessed with the trees!

Beautiful sunset.

Craigie the mountain goat showing me how it’s done!

So glad we did that.

Dinner was Stefany’s Restaurant tonight. I have had salad for almost every meal and this one may have been the best yet!

A very clever cat posing in the black and white clothing shop!

And back to our own little piece of heaven.

Just for context, we are way up the very back of Lindos at the foot of the hills. We’ve done a lot of walking in this heat 😆😆

Another amazing day.

Got some lovely pics and video of the pups today from father in law Doug, and Claire! so lovely to see them!! Thank you both xx

Stay safe everyone 🇬🇷☀️🧗🏻‍♀️

I slept like a log for over 10 hours.

I’ve brought ear plugs with me and they let me sleep without waking up at any noises.

Just the best sleep!

My very tall husband took this at breakfast! I look tiny.

Craig had poached eggs with hollandaise.

I had an omlette with graviera cheese, tomatoes and turkey.

Love the view from breakfast.

The pool is quiet as we walk back to our room.

We spent the day here again….. so relaxing. I read a book and dipped in and out the pool all day. Factor 50 all the way and I haven’t burnt yet!

We had dinner booked in Tambakio in St Paul’s Bay in Lindos. We booked it when we arrived and this was the first table we could get.

It was very lovely but I guess like anything that makes you wait that long, it wasn’t as special as some of the other restaurants we’ve eaten in. It was a bit too pretentious for us and we’re not great at pretentious!!

It didn’t help that my phone was full just before we walked in!!!! Again!!!!

The restaurant is down in the mid left. the location is stunning.

I had Parmagiano Croquettes.

Craig had Crispy Cauliflower.

I had a Pasta for main.

Craig had fillet of Seabass.

The food was lovely.

The beach is owned by the restaurant too.

We headed back up into Lindos with backlava in mind….

This is where some of the best backlava in Lindos, is served.

It looks like mince pie in this photo but it was honestly out of this work… full of nuts and honey…. The discord cheesecake was fantastic too!

This was the view!

Another lovely day and night on one of the best holidays we’ve had!

Stay safe everyone 🇬🇷☀️🇬🇷

What a scorcher!

The forecast was to get gradually cooler and windier over our holiday and actually the opposite has been true!

Today has been so hot.

We decided to have a lovely, relaxing day by the pool today.

We had lunch in the restaurant in the hotel today for the first time. I had a lovely Greek Salad (again!) There are no photos because……. 😱😱😱😱 my camera said it was full!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

😳

Who knew that spending £8.99 on extra ICloud space doesn’t mean one jot if your phone can hold the small versions of 75,000 photos… give or take. 😆

Craig to the rescue. 🛟 I delegated the task and he freed up some space. He’s a great IT guy to have around!

Well deserved beer taken before he actually fixed the issue 😆

I love this next arty shot!

I think today is the most relaxed we have been. We’re shattered!! Craig’s slept, I think I’ve just woken from a nap too.

It would have been so easy just to stay “home” tonight but I really wanted to go out… check me… she who never wants to go out after dark!

We had a lovely wander around Lindos…. I even got into some shops! Here are a few pics for speed!!!

I’m sitting writing this with my feet in the pool it’s hot tonight!

We both felt much more awake after a shower!!

Another lovely day…. Long may this continue!

Stay safe everyone ☀️🇬🇷🏖️

Craig woke me at 6.30am and it took me a long time to wake up……. We’d planned an early trip into Rhodes Town this morning to get there before the crowds.

To be honest it was pretty quiet the whole time we were there.

It’s an hour and a half by bus… on the way there we were one of only two couples!

I’ve been to Rhodes Town in 1992 and it’s safe to say I hardly remembered any of it! I know I never went to the Old Town… I was young and all about the sun.. none of the exploring.

Now I’m all about the exploring!!

Rhodes Old Town blew me away.

It’s not as pretty or as dramatic as Dubrovnik was last year, but it’s dramatic in its own right. I’m so glad we went to see it.

Sunrise over the main pool as we left this morning.

The main hotel picking up the morning sun.

It was a lovely sunrise walk down to the bus… only 10 minutes… past the local herd of goats!

They just wander about freely!

Surmise over the Lindos Aropolis… with wires for authenticity!

This road is normally pretty busy when we cross to head down into Lindos…. Not at 7.15am on a Sunday!!

This is sunrise over Lindos taken over my right shoulder on a moving bus…. It’s not bad!

After an hour and a half we are in Rhodes Town.

Craig looks for a cafe on google maps and finds Timeless Town…. So we head for that. Iced Almond Latte for me and Iced Cappucino for Craig.

We set off for Rhodes Old Town.

As usual there is no history lesson from me…. I’m way more about the beauty and capturing photos against the blue sky… Craig acted as my historian, filling me in as we walked.

We stopped for a drink in a roof top cafe…. It was so hot we needed to cool down. What a view!

Back round to the sea!

There are boats that are shops selling shells and sponges… most of them were closed.

Don’t think this boat will last long!

The service was being broadcast live from this Greek Orthodox Church.

This is like a Hope Blamire paining on a wall!!

Through the hole!

From the top of the wall.

Crystal clear water!

A fisherman with a very brown back!!

Breathing in the shade!

We ended up going back to Timeless Town for lunchas the restaurants on the front were all photos of very unappealing looking meals. I tried to pick a salad from a horrible photo collection…..

Timeless Town was much better! I had another amazing salad and Craig had a Truffle Burger.

My salad has gogi berries, feta, sesame seed snaps, tomatoes with spinach and rocket.

We caught the 2pm bus home and sat right at the front!!

A hot walk back up to the hotel….

Quick dip on the pool to cool off and relax….

No early rise tomorrow!!

Stay safe everyone ☀️🇬🇷☀️

I slept for 10 hours straight!!!

This is where we have breakfast in the morning. I love how rustic everything is.

It’s another beautiful day! No wind today.

As we sat here looking out the window, at least 5 joggers ran past… one girl 3 times in the same direction!! Just because I decided to leave my run gear at home.

Love the reflections!

The entrance.

The way to the toilets 😆

This morning I had porridge with peanut butter and strawberry… AND the avocado toast! It was way too much 😆

We had a wee wander around the grounds of the hotel. We’ve not explored as much as we might have because we have our own pool.

This is the jacuzzi.

This one is mostly Craig’s shadow!

And relax. I’m trying… I finished my first book.

We walked down to the supermarket and got some supplies doe lunch and sat out until 3pm when I had a shower and headed for a massage.

It was soooooo good. (Mum and Lea you would have hated it and I thought of you both as she dug into my muscles!!) I loved it. I feel so relaxed, I am ready for bed and it’s only 7.30pm!

We headed down to Lindos for an early dinner as Craig is watching tv football tonight.

We went to Mythos, Lindos and the views, and the food, were incredible!

I had Green Salad which had beetroot, strawberry, watermelon, grilled feta and walnuts through it, drizzled in. Strawberry sauce! It was so tasty… Craig had a leg of lamb…. We have such different tastes, I wouldn’t thank you for that at all, yet the couple next to us both had it too!

Main Square.

Then a wee wander round before hiking up the hill out of Lindos!

Another lovely day.

I think we’re finally managing to relax… that massage definitely helped me!!

I’m m sitting right here writing this.

Stay safe everyone ☀️🇬🇷☀️

The sun was still out as we headed into Lindos last night.

We had a lovely dinner on the roof top terrace of Kamariko Tavern in Lindos…. We may have ordered way too much.

This was the view of the Lindos Acropolis.

Only mad dogs and Scotsmen go out in the midday sun….. that was us today…. 😆

We both a great sleep in our high up bed! I did kind of fall out of it at 2am and little bit of wee escaped as I tried to hold my overactive bladder 😆😆😆 it a long way to fall!

Breakfast was lovely again. I had Greek yoghurt with honey, apple and walnuts followed by avocado brioche. Craig had poached eggs and hollandaise on rocket.

Such a lovely view at breakfast.

Maybe I’m waving in this shot?!?

Our hotel is literally right out on the edge of town in the country!

The acropolis again!

This is the amphitheatre we looked at last night and thought was a big disappointment… in the “dark” we couldn’t see the half of it! It’s stunning

St Paul’s Bay. We’ve booked dinner in the restaurant to the left on Tuesday night. It’s bookings only and that was the first we could get.

This is what I love taking photos of…. Different colours of blue and turquoise!

The Lindos streets are so pretty.

We went to Timi’s Place for lunch. Craig had Gyros and I had a lovely baguette with olive paste, Greek cheese and tomato which tastes sooo much better than ours at home.

Then a walk to Pallas Beach and Lindos Beach.

We feel very sorry for the Lindos donkeys…. This guy seemed very hot with very little shade.

We’ve spent the rest of the afternoon by our own little pool….. after we’d jumped straight in it to cool down!!!

Stay safe everyone 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷

It’s 12.44 and I’m writing the blog already as I just cannot remember how to relax.

I literally feel like a box of frogs… or like I have ants in my pants.

When did it get so hard to relax?!?? 😆

This place is absolutely stunning. It’s everything we expected it to be and more.

We’re away up the back of Lindos, about a 20 minute walk into town.

It’s so peaceful, I can hear the wind blowing in the trees around us…. A very faint beat of some relaxing music from the main pool and our resident kitten meowing with Craig…. Our resident Dr Doolittle. 😆

Yes it probably has fleas but it’s the cutest thing ever 😆

So we didn’t get to bed until after 1am which was 11pm UK time…. We had a welcome drink around the main pool.

We had a problem with our toilet not flushing so had the repair guy in late!

Our accommodation is probably the best we’ve ever had. Craigie has worked like a trojan all year to pay for this and we really needed it. I just don’t know how to stop…. It might take me a few days to relax into it.

I bound out of bed after heavy dreams at 8am to this….

We headed down for breakfast at 9am.

I had Greek yoghurt with walnuts, banana and cinnamon… Craig has scrambled egg on brioche with crispy bacon.

This is the view out to our pool.

So the plan was to walk 10 minutes to our local supermarket. A bottle of juice from our minibar is €5.50 and it’s a wee bottle!!!

We kept walking and found ourselves in Lindos for a quick wander around.

It’s everything I expected it to be and more. I came here in 1992 when you couldn’t flush your toilet paper…. I just found out today that you can now… hmmm who knew?!?! 😆 Craig is horrified I’ve been putting my toilet paper in the bin beside the toilet since I got here 😆😆

This is the entrance to our hotel.

Outside our front door.

And this is where I start writing.

I’ve been in the pool. I’ve jogged under water (head above) for the count of 300… moving my arms as well as my legs…

We just had crusty bread, feta and olives for lunch on our patio. Craig fed the kitten… it will never leave us now! 😆

I think I’ve managed to relax a bit more this afternoon. I’ve read a book, I’ve dipped in the pool, I may have fallen asleep.

It’s hot but there’s a gusty breeze… moderate breeeze, BBC Weather calls it… that stops the heat from being too intense.

It’s 5.30pm and we’ve showered and heading out for another walk… I’ll put this out now so I’m not writing all night 😆

It’s been a lovely day. We’re laughing at each other not being able to switch off.

It will come!

Stay safe everyone 🇬🇷☀️🏝️

It’s been a busy day and already it’s 9pm for us as we’re 2 hours ahead of the UK!

A pitch black run with headtorches with Lynsey at 5.45am!

2 dog walks all before 8am!!

I then hoovered and cleaned the house and bathroom as only a women wants to do before they go away. Especially when someone is coming to stay!

My lovely in-laws have taken over dog duty at Scottish Dog HQ! We couldn’t do this without them!!

Everything went like clockwork today….. no stress, no last minute panic just cool anti depressant controlled travelling!! 😆😆

A lovely lunch in Glasgow Airport at The Bird & Signet restaurant which I’ve not seen before.

We thought the flight was 14.20 but it actually ended up being 13.40 😆 thank goodness I didn’t find that out until we’d eaten…. No time to think we’d left the house too late!

Obligatory plane selfie!

This next pic is for Jan Loffel, my trainer twin 😆 and Gayle who gifted me these lovely new socks from the little gift shop!’

The sunset was incredible!

We won’t get to our hotel for over an hour now…. I can’t wait to see it all in the morning!!

Stay safe everyone 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿✈️🇬🇷

I have to say one thing…..

Today was my last day at work and it doesn’t feel like an out of office at my old work.

I used to be crawling to the finish line in my old job.

I was desperate for rest.

Desperate for the break.

Desperate to be away from the negativity.

I think I have finally created a life that I don’t have to run away from.

Let’s read that again….. wow.

It could be the antidepressants affecting me but I honestly have managed to find some peace in every day just now.

I don’t crave it because I have it.

I don’t kick off inside my head when things don’t go my way.

I smile inwardly and get on with the thing I wasn’t expecting and am proud of myself for achieving it.

There was no panic today.

Just control.

I won’t have done everything right.

It won’t all be perfect.

But something really clicked with me today….. I finally don’t feel like everything is my fault.

That’s huge.

I have lived my life thinking that everything WAS my fault.

I took ownership of all failure, all mistakes. What could I have done better?

Now it just is.

Oopsie.

Yup I said Oopsie 😆😆😆

How good is that?!?

I’m not naive enough to think this may always be the case but it’s lovely to realise.

So yeah…. We’ve just had dinner. Craig has finally stopped working after about 20 days on the trot…. Probably more. We need this time to enjoy each other’s company. 10 whole days…. What on earth will we talk about?!?

Good thing Rachel two doors down has given me about 20 books!!!

So final packing tonight.

Running at 5.45am.

Dog walks

Housework.

Lift to the airport from my lovely father in law!

And relax.

I’ll not make any rules about the blog…. I know if I say I won’t post, I will, so let’s just see how it goes.

See you abroad!! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🛫🇬🇷

Stay safe everyone ♥️♥️♥️

I was in early again today so that I could rewrite my list and get on with my work!

I’d slept well but woken up a lot with things on my mind that I couldn’t shake.

I was really tired and all day but I got through a good bit of work.

I’ve only one day left at work until 29th September!!

That’s the longest I’ve been off in years!

It’s the awkward time before going away where it’s a bit stressful as you’ve got things to do but can’t do them until the last minute.

Holiday prep on antidepressants is the best kind of holiday prep!

My suitcase is incredibly full and yet I don’t feel like I have a lot! My running stuff has yet fitted in…. I want to take it but not enough to shove it in 😆😆

Here’s a FB memory from 2013! Craig and I climbed Ben Lomond…. Look how young I look?!? 😆 and thin…. 😆

Hope you all had a good Monday!

Stay safe everyone ♥️♥️♥️

A lovely lazy day although still very practical.

Woken by a dog barking….. dammit…. 😆

I’d had a great sleep but I was still tired.

So nothing particularly exciting today…. Very practical again but needs must, I’ve enjoyed my day.

Dog walks…. First Bhruic and Freya.

Check the size of stone Bhru finds in the burn!!

Then she has a good shake and soaks Freya. 😆

I feel I’ve heard that lots of berries means a harsh winter…. I saw lots of berries today!

Then Khaleesi and Calaidh…… Calaidh is affronted that Khaleesi stops to wee in the middle of the road!!! 😆😆

My neighbour called me in to see her Begonia’s that she grew for the Flower Show yesterday!!!

Wow.

It was honestly breathtaking.

There was not one bad flower!!!

Some of the photos don’t do them justice because of how the light was shining in.

Flower perfection!!

So Craig was working today and when he finished, we headed up to Braehead Shopping Centre, to pick up some last minute holiday bits and bobs…..

We decided to try a Five Guys burger for lunch….. I wish I’d taken a photo of mine but I went for grilled cheese. Yes not a burger but….

I expected a halloumi burger.

I got a burger bun tuned inside out with two slices of “plastic cheese” …. For £5.45!!!!!!

Won’t be going there again. 😆

We came home and I’ve pretty much finished packing so that’s good. Still a few last minute things to be done in the next few days.

So not much else to report…. We’re sitting watch movies with the wood burning stove drying all the washing!

Hope you had a good weekend!

Stay safe everyone ♥️♥️♥️

What a lovely morning it was!!

I was running with Elly today. It stayed dry despite a wet forecast, and the sunrise was spectacular.

We ran just over 4kms as it was Elly’s first run in a while but she totally kept up.

I took Calaidh, Bhruic and Freya for a walk up the hill and it was a stunning walk….. I forgot to take my phone. The rainbows 🌈 were much more vibrant than yesterday. There was a full rainbow then a double rainbow. There was something nice about just being in their moment rather than trying to get the right photo…. Although I was RAGING I’d left my phone home. 😆

I took Calaidh back out with Khaleesi… remembered my phone and the wee were no rainbows! 😆

I love this…..

More ironing and packing…. It feels good to get it done!

This afternoon it was the Gateside Flower Show…. I had a wee cream tea 🥳🥳

Here are some of the flowers and exhibits…

My head for scale!!

These were enormous and absolutely stunning!

The intricacy blows me away.

Isn’t nature wonderful?!

So yeah another good day.

I’m still tired but I’m relaxing a lot too.

Have a great Saturday night!

Stay safe everyone 🌸🌺🌻🌼

It’s 4.36pm, I’ve just had a fresh shower and I’m in fresh jammies! (‘scuse the washing!)

I’m exhausted!

Craig and I are both running on fumes at the moment. He’s working all the hours god sends and I’m really busy at work and walking dogs and trying to stay on top of all things housework… while we deal with selling his house in Kilmarnock and all the other life stresses that come your way when you’re adulting.

I very often feel grateful that we never had kids as I’m shattered enough just dealing with me!

I sound like I’m moaning…. I’m not, I’ve had a really good day, I’m just tired!

I walked the Border Collies with Holly and Leo first. It stayed dry despite threatening rain the whole walk.

The first sign of a rainbow! 🌈

I was not so lucky when I took Khaleesi out and gave Calaidh a second walk. I got wet!!

The sky was stunning.

Both dogs are doing really well after their operations. Calaidh had been on a diet and lots weight as is a much happier pupper!

The rainbow never really fully formed but it was lovely!

The girls had a good run! I still have to watch Khaleesi’s recall and just make sure she keeps coming back. The minute she stops listening she’s back on the lead.

Khaleesi at the end of the rainbow! 🌈

Craig’s popped home between jobs today. He’s got my car as his is in the garage. I popped out when he came home and managed to get to 3 shops in a very short time. It’s amazing what you can do when you put your mind to it.

This is where I have to sit after me 6ft 3” had been driving my car!!!

My feet can hardly touch the peddles!

So I’ve spent all afternoon ironing.

I never iron anything unless I’m going out somewhere… even then I try not to.

Why is it when you have a holiday booked, I feel the need to iron all of the clothes we take?!? 😆

After about 3 straight hours (while listening to my audio book!) I had to stop…there’s a reason I don’t iron! I made a huge dent in it though.

I feel like Bhruic…. Sleepy puppy.

Craig’s not home for another few hours then he has more work to do when he gets in. He’s going to collapse into the plane on Wednesday…

Hope you’re having a great Friday.

Stay safe everyone ♥️♥️♥️

I slept like a log.

Up with the alarm at 6.10am and into work early to write my list.

I worked through it line by line.

I’m one of these people that adds to the list and scores it off when I have something extra to do!!

So the day flew by and I had to rush out, at the end of the day, to get my holiday toes painted!! Back to a lovely orange.. . My favourite!

When I came home I hoovered the whole house as the dog hair was completely out of control! It was everywhere!! It feels a lot better now.

I also made some of Melanie’s Spaghetti for dinner…. For the third night in a row. That’s how much I love it! Craig comes home from work and heats it up. We only have two portions left… then I’ll have to try and make my own.

So I’m sitting by the light of the fire, listening to an audio book…… I couldn’t get into them when I first started listening. Now I’m kind of hooked!!

I’m tired but feel really relaxed with the pups all curled up beside me. It’s 8.15pm and it’s almost dark already.

I saw this today!

And this!

And this

I love seeing all these strange times!! The synchronicity of it all….

I’m looking forward to getting packed over the weekend and getting the house all tidied ready for our lovely pup sitter to move in….. must warn him about the amount of dog hair…

Stay safe everyone 🫶🏼♥️🫶🏼