Mad about Quotes.

IF you have ever read any of my posts you will have noticed  that I always like to finish with a quote, it´s because I´m mad about them and have been for years.  I´ve decided to share some of my favourite ones, in English and Spanish  so here they are -

The most critical relationship you have is with yourself  -   Mary Beth Shewan.

Roles  are what we do, not who we are, take responsibility for the circumstances in your life. - Mary Beth Shewan.

Cuanta mas edad, mas camino aprendido -  Jean Shinoda Bolen.

He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself, for every man has need to be forgiven. -  Thomas Fuller.


 Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit. - Aristotle.

 Age is an issue of mind over matter, if you don´t mind it doesn´t matter.-  Mark Twain.

All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy, for what we leave behind us is part of ourselves. We must die to one life before we can enter another.- Anatole France.

What is essential is invisible to the eye. - From the book   The Little Prince.

It´s not your last meal that made you sick - it´s your last 1.000.  -  Dr. Udo Erasmus. 

A truth that´s told with bad intent, beats all the lies you can invent.-  Unknown.

Some things are best never remembered  or reconsidered because they are unchangeable and forever painful. -  From the book  The Sugar Cage. 

We don´t love the people we love because they´re perfect, we love them because they are.- Veronica at Inner Whispers.

God doesn´t give with both hands, there is always something you can´t have.-  Anon.

La vejez es un pais sin mapas.-  Geraldine Chaplin.

Most people go to their graves with their music still in them.- Benjamin Disraeli.

There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.- Francois de la  Rochefoucauld.

It is a man´s own mind not his enemy or foe that lures him to evil ways.- Buddha.

If you want to be loved, be lovable.-  Ovid.

   These are just a few , hope you enjoy them and happy Saturday!!!!!

     

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 





  

 

 

Why Do People........

leave fortunes to the cat, cut their toenails in public, marry people they have nothing in common with, believe millionaire politicians promises, take drugs knowing how THAT can turn out, ill treat children, idolize football players, wear white around toddlers, become addicted to plastic surgery,watch horror movies, love to lie in the sun, hate to confess eating at McDonalds,join on line dating sites, not find it incredible that there is still no cure for cancer,cry at weddings, refuse to admit they are lonely,love to dance,hate going to the dentist, lie about their age, forget that when they were teenagers they didn´t listen either, watch reality shows, assume that every woman wants to be half of a couple,prefer chat rooms to night clubs, listen to fortune tellers but not their mothers,knit woolly garments for poodles,keep snakes as pets,not worry more about human trafficking, love ice cream, collect things and then never dust them, see casual sex as a crime, iron T towels, go to IKEA on a Saturday afternoon and are surprised it´s teeming, still get engaged, speed in the rain,exchange intimate confessions with strangers,love puppies but kick them out when they grow BIG, still expect women to do all the sacrificing,hate cleaning the oven, kill in the name of religion,love fresh flowers, change and grow but are unhappy when partners and friends do the same,still love Elvis, forget how difficult it is being a woman in a third world country,chew the end of pencils,see others for what they do not who they are,love pancakes with syrup,believe that we can abuse it as we please and still our planet will survive for ever, find it impossible to resist polishing off the biscuits once the packet is open,dream of escaping to the country in spite of having no inkling of what country life involves,love the feel of fluffy socks,spend Sunday evenings writing blogs like me........


What we do in life echoes in Eternity.
Gladiator.

Nuevos y Viejos Amigos.

En los ultimos meses gracias a las maravillas de la web, facebook etc.... he contactado con amigos de otras etapas de mi vida. Y estoy hablando de etapas MUY lejanas como unos treinta años o mas!!!!! Es bonito y interesante saber de sus vidas, que hacen, donde viven, de sus familias y me gusta. Sin querer eso remueve sentimientos y cosillas dentro de una y haces que te preguntes a ti misma si has vivido la vida que esperaba vivir, si has hecho todo lo que te proponias cuando eras una adolescente con sueños y toda la vida por delante.
Yo siempre me imaginaba viviendo en Inglaterra, vivir en España era cosa de mis padres. Confieso que yo les acompañe super contenta al principios de los 70, pero mi plan era pasar aqui el verano y luego volver a Manchester - pues mira tu por donde, aun sigo aqui casi 40 años despues !!!!!!!
Despues de un par de meses bajo el sol de España, me embrujo, me siento tan bien aqui, tan en casa, no me costo nada acostumbrarme a distintos horarios para comer y dormir, ni siquiera el idioma me preocupaba, aprendi el español a mi manera rapidamente y disfrutaba de todo!
Claro que he tenido de todo, etapas maravillosas y otras francamente mal, pero eso creo que ocurre a todo el mundo independiente de donde vives. Si he cumplido metas y propositos? Pues la verdad es que no soy una persona de ponerme muchos de esos, vivo y disfruto del momento, soy muy optimista y me gusta buscar lo bueno y positivo y me ha dedicado a vivir lo que me ha tocado en cada momento, lo bueno y lo malo.
Tengo ganas de reunirme con mis viejos pero nuevos amigos este año, si todo sale como hemos planeado. Espero que no nos hemos convertidos en personas tan diferentes en todos estos años ( obviamente aqui vamos a dejar a un lado el fisico!!!!!) y que podemos disfrutar ademas de un paseo al pasado, unas risas y buenos recuerdos para el futuro!!!!!!

El tiempo es el mejor autor, siempre encuentra un final perfecto.
Charlie Chaplin.

Hi to everyone and hope all you funky ladies have had a fantasic time over the festive season!!!!!!
Must admit have neglected the blog for a while, but I hope to get back on track really soon!!!

I´m starting the new year with ideas and plans and lots of things buzzing around in my head, let´s see how they work out!!!

For the moment I´m still in the holiday mood. It´s the eve of the Three Kings tomorrow so we´re not finished with celebrations around here. Next week will be another story!!

New post coming up soooooon!!!!!


Believe you can and you´re halfway there.
Theodore Roosevelt.

Rainy Days.......

There´s something about the first real rainy days of autumn that plunge me into a semi meltdown state! The thing here is that we don´t get too many of them, one day it´s summer and before you can say umbrellas and raincoats it´s autumn and we´re looking out to skies that look like someone has crayoned them grey and dropped dirty water into the sea. I think that´s what does it - the sudden contrast and realisation that those long summer days are now long gone! Today is a rainy one and here I am messing around on facebook, drinking tea and eating things I shouldn´t, looking through recipes for biscuits and Xmas goodies, ( that I´ll be making in my dreams! ) rummaging around in a big box of photos laughing and remembering, watching TV until my brain is almost mush and peeping every now and then through the window to check on the rain. These first days of autumn always make me feel nostalgic for the rainy north of England, I blame it on thoughts by association! Rain to me means Manchester, Nerja is where the sun lives nearly all year round and when the sun is out there´s always somewhere to go ( or just sit and enjoy it) but in the teeming rain........
I´d love to say there are great smells coming from the kitchen where I´m baking yummmy things to eat but I would be lying to you, what there actually is, are dishes to be washed as I´m here writing this and have no intention of facing them any time soon! Tomorrow I´ll be back on track ( hopefully ) and out in the rain but for now it´s back to the tea and TV!!!!!



A life without direction is a life without passion.
Barbara Sher.