I like to be busy

I do like to be busy, the reason why is that before I had this tumour I was very busy. Training for a bike ride certainly takes a lot of time.  Monday was spent with Sally which was great , as mother and daughter time is valuable. I had a wonderful bike ride with Celia yesterday, it included lunch at a local pub !!!. I  also went to the cinema to watch "Finding your feet" well worth watching !!1 Today started with my usual swim with Cathy, lunch with Julie and dinner with Sarah and Adrian, they are organising the bike ride with us.
But one of my favourite past times is watching the birds from the sofa , I now have blue tits, Robins and blackbirds, they are so beautiful to watch....

i do get tired, but life is too short to slow down.

I do give in sometimes, I do get tired. The long bike rides takes me a couple of days to recover from, but it is worth it.  Swimming can make me itch, but 2 showers later, problem solved!!!
I have just read a book which is brilliant. Title. ' Life is too short to go ****ing slow'.  It is about a lady that does Ironman events and the person that inspired and encourage her would say the above words, he was also very good at Ironman events, the sad bit is he died of cancer , but fought it hard. This book made me sad, but it also made me smile and it did inspire me to fight on.   Us sport people are a hardy breed...

So today I went for a bike ride alone, Phil was ill and John went sailing. It was one of best bike rides yet, cycling 30 miles and I did not get lost, meet someone from Thornbury cycle club and chatted to her . She said I could join them, but I was well into my route so I stayed on course. I also had to stop outside Almondbury Church for the Palm Sunday pride. So pleased to stop as I saw Ro who is lovely and a little girl sat on  my bike . I also handed out some more bike info... .

holday in Kent

Kent you may ask. It is very nice here, we have gone to Canterbury Cathedral which was very good and walked on the White Cliffs of Dover , very interesting watching cars load on the ferries !!!. We have also swam a lot, as there is a swimming pool here. Just to say it has been relaxing the break we all need. We are here till Friday and then home.

a true cyclist, I was shouted at!!

Friday I went back to swimming after a 2 week break and it felt good not only to swim but to chat to Cathy and the other people there. My skin had been itching after swimming, but I took another swimmers advice and showered again as soon as I got home and I am pleased to say not itching.

Saturday a 21 mile bike in the snow and wind, it was hard and John put some good hills in, also Phil and I got shouted and sworn at for not pulling over in a country lane, there was a natural space for them to get past 2 min later, it was not nice,(Phil, said we are true cyclist now) but then some people are not nice!  overall the ride was very good.

Today I just pottered walking Bertie and Benji in the snow. Both dogs really enjoyed running in the snow.

We are going to Kent tomorrow for 5 day, a well needed break, living with this cancer thing is hard at times, mentally as well as physically.

living life

This  week John is away with work so it is just Sophie and I and we have been ok. the week has been busy with mum taking me to counselling at Kates, then onto the running shop for mum to get her trainers. Tuesday was the usual art, cycling there now. I also did a cycle ride today, only 11 miles, but plenty of hills, then I had my hair cut which I love. Off out this evening with Sophie to the Harvester(John 's not keen on them) A place we always go to when John is away..

Mother's Day

I have said plenty about me in the past, but this one is to say how glad I am to have so a great mum, not only do I do charity walks with her and enter events , she also acts as my taxi and helps me clean the house when things get too much. I do not do soppy so that is as good as it gets!!
Also with any child with a terminal illness I know that all mums must find it really hard and if I could for one moment make things easier I would.

Also for Sally and Sophie knowing that there is a good chance mum will not be here next year is hard and again I would do anything to take the pain away. but I am very lucky to have 2 such wonderful daughters !!

Not feeling my best

 I have had an ear ache on and off and I have not been swimming, so I am feeling a little fed up this week. I have been shopping with Mo and dog walked with Emma and Heather. I have also been to art , but that is pretty much it !!

Swimarathon and more cycling

Friday being snowed in I baked and made a snowman with Sophie
. Saturday the snow started to melt and the Swimarathon  was on. Cathy, Jessica, John, Gavin, Richard and myself had to swim for 55 min and see how many length we could do in that time. it was a relay and  We did 159 lengths, John say it woks out at 21 seconds a length, it was really hard work, but such incredible fun and a brilliant team spirit . We also raised money for the Rotary Club.
Sunday I went for A 16 mile bike ride with John, a little nervous because it had snowed and I thought it was cold, so wrong, I was boiling!!!. But we stuck to the main roads and it was lovely ride. The
afternoon you I did some more cooking !!1

Swimming with Smiles Team

Bert loving snow 

Cyling home in the snow

Monday was spent pottering in the house and my usual dog walk. Tuesday I went to art, John took me as dad is away, it was great fun. But the bike ride home was different, I had Sophie's old bike and I though that is it not snowing and it would be ok, wrong !!!, I left in sunshine , then it snowed and I could not see ahead, it was fun in a weird sort of way. I did get cold but hey ho, it meant I did not have to go on the bike trainer. Wednesday I went swimming then to the Mail with my friend Sarah, which I really enjoyed. The whole bike ride is only really taking place because chatting to Sarah and Adrian we all thought it was a good idea !!!  We all love a challenge and it is doing me good to have it to focus on. Today I went for a dog walk with Heather and meet up with Pam and her son walking their dog, so Bert had a good walk.. This afternoon I spend modelling sugar fondant for a cake I am making.