Category Archives: Live your best life

Firstly, this month, I’d like to say a big thank you to everyone who reads and shares my blog.  For the last two months, I’ve found myself in the UK’s top 5% of “viewed blogs”, so a great achievement, especially as I’m continuing to raise awareness of autoimmune diseases. Since last month’s blog, I feelContinue reading “Define Normal Please”

This Warrior III pose is about balance and stability. I’m working my standing leg quite hard as I’m balancing all my weight on it.  Specifically, the pose also accesses all the muscles along my spine, holding the upper body long and straight and digging into my hamstrings in the extended leg.  It’s not perfect, butContinue reading “Glass Half Empty?”

Here we are in our 3rd national lockdown, and I think it may be a while before it ends.  During the 1st lockdown (a very long time ago), I started online classes to teach myself to dance.  I’m still learning, and pleased to report that I’m looking forward to showing off my new skills.  I’veContinue reading “Faking It”

After a three-month break, I’m back writing my blog to help raise awareness of autoimmune disease, and I’ve an update on my Ankylosing Spondylitis, which I’ll talk about shortly.  I also want to thank you for all the wonderful messages; you’ve inspired me to continue to write. Since July, I’ve taken up yoga, which I’veContinue reading “When fairytales go wrong!”

We’ve had the most incredible Summer in Cornwall, and now that the meteorological Autumn has arrived, we will be very busy.  It is noticeably quieter in Cornwall this week, so we’re off down to Poldhu Beach tonight for a sing-along with a very popular Cornish band who describe themselves as “proper Cornish singers”.  We’ve pre-orderedContinue reading “Goodbye for Now”

We’ve finally exchanged on our Hampshire property with completion on 7th September, so it will be a busy time.  We can’t move in right away as the house was a complete rebuild of an older property, so there are no curtains or carpets, and the delivery on these is around 3 weeks.  It’s taken longerContinue reading “A Beginners Guide to Arguing”

We still haven’t exchanged on our new house in Hampshire; it’s so slow! As the property is a complete rebuild of an old house, there’s one outstanding point on the planning document to be resolved, which we hope will be early next week. We’re also having some work done on Beech Cottage here in Cornwall.Continue reading “Don’t doubt your “Gut Instinct”, it’s your Superpower”

It’s been a wonderful week spending time with our family. Our grandchildren give us so much pleasure and laughter, and our new grandson is growing so quickly that he’s nearly out of his Moses basket.  It was also incredibly hot, and now we’re back in Cornwall; it’s noticeably cooler but more humid, which isn’t greatContinue reading “I Would Walk 500 Miles”

Everyone who sees my social media photos must think we have sunshine 24×7 in Cornwall, so I thought I would post a blog picture in the rain for a change.  Jamie and I have full waterproofs, and I love to walk in the rain; I really appreciate the smell of the earth as it hasContinue reading “A Cause for Celebration (or not!)”

Life in St Agnes is great.  The weather has been amazing, and our work has started to pick up, too, which is really good news.  Our Hampshire house is nearing exchange, and we’re just waiting for the searches to come back, which have taken longer than normal due to the backlog from the lockdown.  WeContinue reading “Behind the Mask”