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  • What Tee did in June

    Saw friends for coffee and lunches and dinners twice.

    Got my monthly B12 shot so I don’t die.

    Had a man twist me like a fucking pretzel – an osteopath as my back was out of alignment – I hate getting old.

    Opticians for a test to confirm my eyes have deteriorated – I hate getting old.

    Got some blonde put in to cover those pesky angel hairs.

    Had my nails painted a pretty grey and silver.

    Played Mah Jong – what? it is fun even if it does sound like something old women do.

    Went line dancing. I love it, it gets me moving and laughing.

    Hosted a dinner party. Just eight of us, nice food, good wine. Did salmon blinis to hand around with pre–dinner drinks then slow roasted lamb with all the roastie trimmings as well as a huge bowl of mediterranean couscous with roasted dates. For puds I did chocolate mousse, a blackcurrant cheesecake and my personal favourite mini meringues filled with mango and whipped cream and drizzled with a syrup I made with rose petal jam, lime and mint. I also did a cheeseboard.

    Some house organisation. Would honestly appreciate recommendations for bra storage. I have googled and I have tried laying them flat, putting them in small ziplock bags with their matching knickers, hanging them separately. It all takes up a load of room and looks shit. I now have them folded, which I know you shouldn’t do.

    Had a date night with the husband. a few drinks and a fabulous meal of smoked salmon and cubed fried goat cheese then the best salt crusted sea bass I have ever tasted. restaurant was almacen de sal in playa blanca, Lanzarote.

    Must try harder in July to have more fun.

  • Death starts with your first breath

    Frightening thought huh?  True though.  We are born, we live awhile then we die.

    I have a chart on my wall that is a series of 52 boxes inside squares, each box represents a week, each set of boxes a year of my life from birth until I am 85.  I figure by then I will either be dead, incapacitated or unaware of much so I fill in a box every week to show how much time I have left. Time left, not so much to exist as a human, but time left to live my life fully.

    Some say it is morbid.  I think it is motivating.  It helps me focus on not wasting time.  For example I know I have only so many books left to read or listen to, so many TV shows to binge, so many events to go to.  So, I am the DNF queen of all things.  If I start something but don’t enjoy it, I don’t finish it.  Only so many remember?  If I go to an event and I am bored I won’t stay until the bitter end.

    This blog/vlog is to accompany a book I am currently writing called ‘Suicide, death on my own terms’.  Sounds grim I know, but it isn’t.  it is funny mostly and not to be taken too seriously because my death is not imminent as far as I know.  I think you have to prepare for it so this will be a record of me getting through my ‘to do before I shuffle off this mortal coil’ list as well as a note of the things I do along the way there.

    I don’t really think it matters if you are remembered after you die because unless you are famous or, better still, infamous you won’t be remembered past a generation or two anyway.   No, what matters is how you live the life you have.  And this is how I will be living mine.

    ‘tell me what it is you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?’ Mary Oliver, The Summer Day.

    Here is the chart, you can see how few weeks I have left compared to those already lived:

    In case you are bored and want a cheap, fun, very sweary and quick read. I have written two other books on kindle

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