tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5012372152948410381.post3992163087843782703..comments2024-03-23T12:41:51.389+00:00Comments on Barbara Gray's Blog. One Day at a Time.: Makes Total Sense to me!Barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13395889137439058863noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5012372152948410381.post-29486833530882352172015-07-09T13:32:55.177+01:002015-07-09T13:32:55.177+01:00Really getting to my head today, must focus on the...Really getting to my head today, must focus on the NOW!. Love the fridge image!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08541731953087245526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5012372152948410381.post-51602689945027573792015-07-09T13:09:35.023+01:002015-07-09T13:09:35.023+01:00HI Barbara the fridge photo had me chuckling that ...HI Barbara the fridge photo had me chuckling that just looks like the back of my head and my wee grandson whos just started walking and into everything thank goodness for smaller fridges here....xxAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13775023439020643243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5012372152948410381.post-69406836744442246262015-07-09T13:04:02.178+01:002015-07-09T13:04:02.178+01:00Hi Brenda just popping in to say Hi when Ive got t...Hi Brenda just popping in to say Hi when Ive got the chance but as im on my<br />phone catching up the wee keys are hopeless for me hope you got out a wee while today.....xxxAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13775023439020643243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5012372152948410381.post-91217018176876606852015-07-09T08:11:14.982+01:002015-07-09T08:11:14.982+01:00Blimey never thought about that. Just taking in th...Blimey never thought about that. Just taking in the world in a whole new light !Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15617054831540410103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5012372152948410381.post-71315840347441497752015-07-09T06:44:37.202+01:002015-07-09T06:44:37.202+01:00Hello Barb, well this certainly got me going, and ...Hello Barb, well this certainly got me going, and is something I think I will try everyday. Hope you got to the studios safely and the shows went well. BxBridgetCGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08370944108823972025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5012372152948410381.post-9518241061021189092015-07-08T23:59:25.078+01:002015-07-08T23:59:25.078+01:00No cats don't eat that kind of stuff ever! Bu...No cats don't eat that kind of stuff ever! But then Daisy is a human in disguise ;-) Mushroom, raw mushroom that's another food she enjoys!!! Things like cheese, egg, fish Daisy doesn't even look at, the exception being tinned tuna, she likes a bit of that xx<br /><br />Brilliant shows Barbara, I enjoyed watching them. Dean was on good behaviour too, most of the time!!! That was really funny about the dollar sign, I did wonder how something like that would slip past you!!! The only trouble with watching your USA shows, I can't concentrate fully for a whole hour, I realise I've just missed an important bit I want to know /see, so I do my usual reach for the remote to rewind - it doesn't work on the laptop!!!! Have a safe journey home xxBrenda Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17319199253488833078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5012372152948410381.post-32031171903938543932015-07-08T23:38:02.819+01:002015-07-08T23:38:02.819+01:00wow Barbara its a wonder you don't meet yourse...wow Barbara its a wonder you don't meet yourself coming back! where do you get your energy from ? Have a safe journey<br />Lindalmnorthamptonsirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12730042517468786980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5012372152948410381.post-8708989469393549042015-07-08T23:33:53.663+01:002015-07-08T23:33:53.663+01:00Congratulations CJ xxCongratulations CJ xxDonna Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17501493511153954956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5012372152948410381.post-36235258250932533752015-07-08T23:28:07.914+01:002015-07-08T23:28:07.914+01:00Right I'm moving in with you, I think Daisy ea...Right I'm moving in with you, I think Daisy eats better than I do! I never knew cats would eat all that. Dogs on the other hand eat anything. Phoebe goes nuts for boiled eggs, she gets excited when she knows I'm boiling them! And if she hears the rustle of the cheese packet she comes running. XxDonna Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17501493511153954956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5012372152948410381.post-34041745459881797222015-07-08T22:17:50.162+01:002015-07-08T22:17:50.162+01:00Glad you're fine Donna, and you're absence...Glad you're fine Donna, and you're absence was for a good reason ;-) I had been getting a wee bit worried that it was extra bad day time again. I've got a box easel which is brilliant when colouring in /drawing as you can angle it to any angle and it means you're looking forward instead of down, helped my neck and back a lot. Might be a help for you too Sheila, glad you're back to crafting too xx<br /><br />Thank you Diane :-). You must be living in England then!!!! Yeah this is my favourite time of the year for the garden, and the start of the harvest when you get a wee taste and know what you've got to look forward too :-). I love all the summer fruits too, and this year Tesco has a lot of it a lot cheaper than normal so I'm buying and eating loads, things I would normally only be able to have as a treat, it's brilliant. And daisy is happy too, she loves nectarines! I know a cat eating fruit, she's been doing it since a baby!!! Her favourites just now are nectarines (they're peaches to her) and dried apricots (she knows them as prunes!!!) She also eats plums, sometimes strawberries too, lentil soup, red kidney beans, toast (before I got my allergies), she liked the cereal biscuits when i could have them too, apple juice - although I've not tried her with that for a while, tried to deter her from that!!! Can't think what else right now. Just as well she gets her teeth cleaned eh! xx<br />Brenda Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17319199253488833078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5012372152948410381.post-47460928184217851472015-07-08T22:07:03.876+01:002015-07-08T22:07:03.876+01:00Hi Barbara
We used to get the children to think li...Hi Barbara<br />We used to get the children to think like this before they started a piece of writing at school, some of them found it so difficult to do! I can smell my sweet peas which are lovely and some onions that have gone over whilst we've been away - not so nice , must sort them out for the food bin tomorrow! I've just eaten a bowl of strawberries and I'm having a glass of wine, both delicious. I can hear the TV ( a rather gripping NCIS !) and hubby clicking on his computer catching up on emails. I like this mindfulness, it seems to work doesn't it. Safe journey tonight and I hope the show goes well too<br />Sending a big hug your way<br />Love Diane xxxDiane Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04007431860077443115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5012372152948410381.post-64736300237270889652015-07-08T21:46:18.996+01:002015-07-08T21:46:18.996+01:00Brenda you go for that Groovi plate if you can aff...Brenda you go for that Groovi plate if you can afford it my love as I think it will be perfect for you. My sweetpeas are full of flowers this year which I am really pleased about and my neighbour had the pleasure of my strawberries whilst we were away as I didn't want them to go to waste. I've got a lovely crop of peas too but the runner beans are rubbish thus year! I love this time of year in the garden don't you xxxDiane Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04007431860077443115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5012372152948410381.post-17075111931715437352015-07-08T21:39:05.241+01:002015-07-08T21:39:05.241+01:00Hello Brenda glad your making your mind up to get ...Hello Brenda glad your making your mind up to get in the groovi ,hello Donna good that your crafting a card but have stopped as your resting your neck .i have managed to colour in a little today big hugs to you both xxxsheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03224468884045534214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5012372152948410381.post-12566500176770396622015-07-08T21:26:53.508+01:002015-07-08T21:26:53.508+01:00Well done CJ hope you get to craft tomorrow xxxWell done CJ hope you get to craft tomorrow xxxDiane Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04007431860077443115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5012372152948410381.post-41114408546268073202015-07-08T21:20:48.888+01:002015-07-08T21:20:48.888+01:00Hi Brenda, yeah I'm fine have been doing a car...Hi Brenda, yeah I'm fine have been doing a card. Stopped now as my neck is hurting. I think it is looking down while I was colouring in my stamp images. XxDonna Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17501493511153954956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5012372152948410381.post-71634882593884394222015-07-08T21:17:38.041+01:002015-07-08T21:17:38.041+01:00i think you have just described the essence of min...i think you have just described the essence of mindfulness, hugs xxTheresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09228573719518500700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5012372152948410381.post-70669411661963424032015-07-08T21:15:18.012+01:002015-07-08T21:15:18.012+01:00I love this, so was easy to do and it really works...I love this, so was easy to do and it really works. Sat here doing it as I was reading. Will try this out tomorrow again. Thanks Barbara. XxDonna Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17501493511153954956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5012372152948410381.post-60398627769253954802015-07-08T21:04:34.410+01:002015-07-08T21:04:34.410+01:00Donna, what's up my friend? Big bear hugs xxDonna, what's up my friend? Big bear hugs xxBrenda Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17319199253488833078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5012372152948410381.post-17785881416664983132015-07-08T21:03:34.855+01:002015-07-08T21:03:34.855+01:00Thank you Alison, it does help me that all you guy...Thank you Alison, it does help me that all you guys think crafting with the Groovi will help me and is worth me buying. I think you all know me well enough by now to be able to give me good advice :-). <br />And I thought my gardens were delayed! Well they are a bit and some plants have really suffered from the exceptionally cold spring but clearly not as much as yours. Most of my borders are against the building which I think helps shelter them from the worst of the cold. If it's any consolation my sweetpeas have only started flowering last week, and half my tomatoes still look like new young plants!!! xxBrenda Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17319199253488833078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5012372152948410381.post-56732411460420029342015-07-08T20:32:13.703+01:002015-07-08T20:32:13.703+01:00Hi Barb,
Great ideas although all I can think abou...Hi Barb,<br />Great ideas although all I can think about at the moment is trying to decide whether to put the heating on as its so damp and chilly here! Hope things went well with the filming. Love Alison xxalimeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17590486915910442414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5012372152948410381.post-58796507532609841802015-07-08T20:31:04.445+01:002015-07-08T20:31:04.445+01:00Good evening Barbara! I have just had a midfulness...Good evening Barbara! I have just had a midfulness moment and made something for a dear friend and its so refreshing after a stressful day to realyy focus on being arty! <br />Then I switched on my tablet and caught up on a few messages before reading your blog and whilst reading I did catch myself touching things with my eyes shut to feel the textures and smelling the different fruits in my fruit bowl! I listened to sounds around me and then spent 5 mins looking and studying three different objects! As for tasting I didn't do that as I am not hungry and not long had my tea! However tasting foods is a fascinating thing....people are reluctant to taste foods that they have never had often saying they don't like it....especially teenagers! But as I always tell them ...how do you know you don't like it if you have never tried it! We sometimes will stick only to what we are used to or know but if we would have a bit more sense of adventure we would find out that we like and can do so much more! And I am not talking just about tasting food either now! <br />Wednesday's blog is encouraging us all to be mindful and think about the here and now but I think it's also encouraging us to look at ourselves and be more adventurous and change things we don't like! <br />Right I am off for a cuppa. Love and hugs xxxxJanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12395491861616749100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5012372152948410381.post-49366947272057459432015-07-08T20:30:14.916+01:002015-07-08T20:30:14.916+01:00Brenda I definitely think you should go for your G...Brenda I definitely think you should go for your Groovi if you think you can afford it. I absolutely love mine and it's amazing how time just flies by when you're using it. Your garden seems to be well in advance of ours - our strawberries and raspberries are only just beginning to form fruits no where near being ripe - it's been so cold here apart from last week. My sweet peas are only about a foot and a half tall!!! Love Alison xxalimeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17590486915910442414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5012372152948410381.post-88175430982180560492015-07-08T20:22:18.156+01:002015-07-08T20:22:18.156+01:00Congratulations CJ xCongratulations CJ xalimeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17590486915910442414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5012372152948410381.post-83486971541694403892015-07-08T20:01:38.709+01:002015-07-08T20:01:38.709+01:00Thank you Barbara. This idea immediately puts you ...Thank you Barbara. This idea immediately puts you in the present. I was mainly hearing the breeze in the trees & feeling the coolness of today compared to the heat of yesterday and thinking thank goodness it's cooled down. Your show will go well I predict it and I'm sure your nails are fine. Love & hugs.xxAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01983486787561915557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5012372152948410381.post-71257422705047892862015-07-08T19:57:00.394+01:002015-07-08T19:57:00.394+01:00Hi Barbara, I already do that without knowing that...Hi Barbara, I already do that without knowing that's what I do :-) Sounds and sights - of nature of course! Sometimes tasty food, and scented flowers too, my sweetpeas and carnations. And touch too, my lovely soft cotton bedding. Now that you've brought it up I'm wondering if that's what's happening to all the time I'm losing these days. You know how I'm frequently saying I had the time and I had intended doing, but I've ended up doing who knows what! That's a bit worrying, not the good in the now Mindfulness, more escape to who knows where for a while, and then I don't remember where that time has gone! My brain's way of helping me get through this awful situation I guess. <br /><br />Just because I mentioned it the other night, it's looking like people like me have been spared in the Tory budget this time. I think it's time I treated myself to Groovi stuff eh! I keep hearing the first person who looked after me - encouraging me to treat myself I deserve it with what I've been put through and going through, and spend some of the money I've saved from budgeted for trips /afternoons out /support hours that I've had to miss out on. And especially as Groovi is going to help me. This person (an excellent psychologist) would have been all for your Mindfulness and actively helping and encouraging me to learn it :-). I do know there are an awful lot of scared and upset people this evening who are going to be losing out. I hate soo much that I have no choice but to be reliant on the mercy of the Government for my survival. It's not me, not how I work, goes against the grain, as it must do for the majority of us unfortunates in society. Even if, when we get there, I can mange to sell some of my crafts, it's never going to earn me an income I can survive on, even if everything I make sold (which it never will), I'm not able to make enough items.<br /><br />On your own again, Dave still churning out Groovi plates and building machine rooms! That's not good. Please both of you, you need to plan in some chill time asap or you'll both be ill. Stuff can wait a wee bit longer, your health, and sanity!!! needs to come first. Good luck with tonight's shows, hope everything sells out and you get back home safe and sound big bear hugs from me love Brenda xx<br />Oh guess what, I had my first two garden strawberries of the season - boy were they soooooooooo tasty, the best I've produced ever so far, with a lot more to come, if the weather obliges for ripening them :-) And half a dozen pea pods, although the peas weren't that big in them, but they're sugarsnaps so the pods are very tasty too, but not as tasty as the fresh peas inside when I leave them long enough, too impatient!!!! But in my defence, going a week between being able to harvest I do have to pick things early so they don't over ripen. And some oregano and mint (for mint tea) for the freezer, and a wee bit rhubarb for tomorrow, and my usual rocket and watercress :-)<br /><br />Hi Dot, see you're not forgotten while doing your granny duties, hope your having fun :-)Brenda Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17319199253488833078noreply@blogger.com