I WAS MOVED BY A PROGRAMME I SAW THIS WEEK ABOUT YOUNG CHILDREN WHO ARE STILL SUFFERING FROM THE EFFECTS OF CHERNOBYL ,WITH BONE WASTING DISEASES AND LOW IMMUNITY TO OTHER ILLNESSES. NEAR WHERE I LIVE THEY ORGANISE TRIPS TO BRING THEM OVER FROM THE BALEARICS FOR SOME GOOD SEASIDE AIR, THE COUPLE ON THE PROGRAMME DID SHORT TERM FOSTERING OF TWO YOUNG GIRLS FROM SEPERATE FAMILIES THEY STAYED WITH THEM FOR ABOUT THREE WEEKS IT WAS LOVELY TO SEE THEIR HAPPY FACES EVEN THOUGH THEY COULDN'T SPEAK ENGLISH IT DIDN'T MATTER!
THIS MADE ME WANT TO DO SOMETHING, SO I WILL START WITH THE THE PROJECT OF "SAMARITANS PURSE", I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT DOING THIS SMALL THING WHICH WILL MAKE TWO CHILDREN SMILE AND THEY WILL KNOW SOMEONE SOMEWHERE IS THINKING ABOUT THEM.........
MY IDEAL GOAL WOULD BE TO GO ACROSS TO DELIVER THE BOXES AND MANY MORE IN PERSON......47 MILLION CHILDREN HAVE RECEIVED A SHOEBOX SINCE 1990.IN 2005 THE UK ALONE SENT 1.18 MILLION BOXES TO CHILDREN IN 13 COUNTRIES..........
THIS GIVES ME HOPE THAT THERE ARE KIND LOVING GIVING PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT DO CARE LIKE MYSELF I KNOW I'M DOING MY BIT IN A SMALL WAY BUT TO A LITTLE GIRL OR BOY IT WILL MEAN A WHOLE LOT MORE.
WELL I'M FEELING A LITTLE GUILTY IT'S THURSDAY AND I SHOULD BE AT MY PHOTOGRAPHY CLASS BUT I MENTIONED IN A PREVIOUS BLOG THAT LAST WEEK IT WAS A COMPLETE SHAMBLES I FELT EMBARRASED FOR THE TEACHER AND ALL THE CLASS. I CAN LEARN A LOT MORE FROM MY FELLA AND A FEW GOOD BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY..........
HIM INDOORS HAS STILL TO HELP ME WITH A FIRM BUT NASTY LETTER TO THE ADULT LEARNING CENTRE!
HAS IT BEEN SHINING DOWN ON YOU THIS LOVELY OCTOBER SUNSHINE ? WE HAD OUR TEA OUTSIDE LAST NIGHT THE WASPS ARE GETTING BIGGER IT TAKES MORE THAN ONE SMACK WITH MY FLIP FLOP BEFORE THE BEGGARS GIVE UP.OUR FISH ARE GETTING FRISKY WHICH IS A NO NO THIS TIME OF YEAR BUT BECAUSE THE HEAT IS WARMING THE POND UP SO DO THEY IF YOU GET MY DRIFT..........
WELL WE PUT A COUNTDOWN TO CHRISTMAS BLACKBOARD UP AT WORK I AM ECSTATIC THEN ONE OF THE LASSES AT WORK GOT STARTED ON ALL THE DANCING SANTAS ,REINDEERS, AND SKIING SNOWMEN, BATTERIES AND YES IT WAS LIKE A FESTIVE KARAOKE GONE MAD!!!!!!!!!!

74 DAYS TO GO TILL I CAN WEAR ANOTHER SILLY
CONTRAPTION ON MY HEAD ....JINGLE BELLS JINGLE BELLSSSSSSSSSSSSSS