Disgusting, terrible, terrible man

I read in the news today about a homeless man seeking some shelter from the cold was so badly abused when he lay on his bedding in the doorway of Debenhams in Portsmouth.  It seems that one of the security guards felt it was funny to throw water on this man, ruining his clothes and the food he had donated to him by kind generous people.  The security guard then went on to tell him to enjoy his water bed, that he deserved it.  My heart bleeds for a society that even has homeless people. let alone that they should be treated in such a dreadful manner.  For the security guard to laugh while this abuse was taking place is just too much.  I see many are saying that they will boycott Debenhams.  This is not what is needed.  This man so badly abused needs to have all his belongings replaced and the man responsible be made to pay for it, he may well think twice in future and then be sacked for such a callous act towards another human being.

I fear for a world where we have no compassion for other peoples suffering, where our thoughts are on ourselves and our lives that we cannot step out of it for a moment and see the reality of people around us who do not walk in our shoes.  Quite where this story will end I do not know but what I DO know is that this is not a one off incident.  Cruel acts are being carried out on a daily basis.  I hope, though doubt, that we can take a step back to when we did care about the person next to us, when it was the "norm" to care about our fellow human beings.  We can only pray that the man who was so badly abused has his life turned around now by the compassion of strangers this story touched.  We shall see.

The day before Christmas

We were out enjoying our annual meal with friends, we always meet on Christmas Eve and enjoy this time together.  Half way through the meal we received a message from a family member to say their boiler had broken and they had no hot water.  With family and friends staying over of the festive period this was a nightmare.  A call to the gas board and a man was sent around who sadly could do nothing, he needed spare parts.  Boxing day and still no hot water and no heating.  Fortunately we had a very capable man in the family, my hubby, who was able to wire up the emersion heater, this had NEVER been wired up in this house before strangely enough, and so hot water was to be had in abundance but still no heating until the following day.  How typical at this time of the year and this happens!  All is well now fortunately.

Family get together

Christmas day was so lovely as we had all the family around.  There was laughter and catch up talks and a drawing lesson given to Izzy from Anna.  We cooked way too much food and have been cooking the left overs ever since.  Fortunately I have plenty of recipes for this so we have eaten very well.  These times are so special when we are all together and I went to bed feeling at peace and warm with the thoughts of my family.

The following day we went down to my daughter and her partners house and we had a lovely time.  It was so nice to be taken care of by the younger generation, we just sat and had our every needs catered to.  As I looked out of their lounge window I could see the fence that is separating our two properties.   I cant wait to see the landscape change as our house takes shape.

Toblerone

For those that have noticed how this treat has now got gaps in the triangles so large that two slices of toast can be pushed in...... Iceland have still got the ones with all the chocolate, the ones where you struggle to break off a piece of this delicious treat as the chocolate is so thick, so if you want to buy the one very generous with the chocolate get yourself down to Iceland but be quick, stocks will be running low and when the new stock arrives it will be the ones with the huge gaps.  We had one of the ones from Iceland given and opened that and one of the new ones to show my son, he was not impressed with the new ones at all!!!!

House design

The plans have gone off to the planning department so we are now playing the waiting game.  One thing for sure is that the next door neighbours will not put in an objection as they are family.  We just LOVE the design and when we saw it in 3D we were blown away. I kept on saying stunning, just stunning".  Our architect has a good eye and has added many features within the bungalow that in my mind has the wow factor.   Hoping all goes well with it and that we can get the build underway as soon as possible.

Love Heart Building Team

 The bird table bought for Izzy was a huge success.  Yesterday was the day to assemble it and so of course Izzy needed to be involved.  As she saw her grandad with his case containing his electric drill she decided she wanted her own box, minus the drill of course.   Out came a carry case used for some tiny dollies and the case began to take shape.  The end result was a lovely case with the name "Love heart builders" on the front of her box and she then went on to fill it with the screws needed to do the job.  Out came grandads drill and Izzy helped with the job by putting the screws in the places needed and then whilst grandad held the drill she pressed down on the power switch.  Result one very proud little girl and a lovely table just waiting to be put in their garden.  This cannot happen yet though as there are two rabbits due to be placed in their "hidden" at this time,  cage in the garden so we need to stay away from there until they are ensconced in their new home.

Friends

We have some friends who live in Spain and they are over visiting the English side of their family.  They had hoped to surprise us with a visit but wisely, realising that my denervation was coming up shortly rang us instead.  Why....  well they are staying with family that are full of colds and they know how colds impacts on my breathing and knew that if I was full of cold this denervation would be unlikely to go ahead.  We caught up instead on FaceTime.  Thank you for being so considerate and lovely to hear family news. If this treatment works I may well be joining them next year for a holiday, roll on.

You will all be busy at this time so I wont go on and on with this blog.  Have a great new year and keep safe and well.

Will write in the new year, 2017, it is almost upon us!  Thank you so much again for the likes, the shares and the comments.  I send you all warm love and hope for a cure in the coming year.

Carole xxx