Peace at Last

Don has gone home after a little longer than expected visit. It was fun, but we are relishing the house to ourselves again. Strange he didn't want to stay in Tom's free apartment in town, but I guess it was more comfortable at our place.

So now my holiday begins. Nothing on the agenda except relaxing at home, drinking juice, listening to music and tending my village.

Grace is back at nursery after 4 days off. It's fun, but a full time job keeping a little one amused. She is super sweet right now and her personality and astuteness reaching dangerous proportions. I noticed I have only said some words to her once and they've become part of her vocabulary. Spooky.

We bought a mini-swimming pool which is great and an excellent diversion for Gracie's attention. That can add to the things to wear her out, like riding her bike and visiting the old man across the road, or a visit to the shop to by some Ovaltine.

Game of Thrones is boring in season 2. The sets are smalls and scenes for of endless dialogue. It has left me colder that a Winter beyond the Wall.

I'm back listening to the radio (Radio 4 anyway) late at night. I can receive it on my Samsung Galaxy Mini (I believe its called) and the speaker is quite small, thus I can position the device on my pillow near my ear and listen to something quite inaudible elsewhere in the room.

Kate Bush's Ariel is quite brilliant. And her bush isn't bad either. Or wasn't some time ago.

Beyond the garden wall? A mad world, full of mad people doing mad things and not worth bothering about really. If you want to live peaceably.

Swimming Pool

Holidays

Don

Don is here for a visit as he travels around Thailand in the school holidays. He is very well and we are sharing our health issue ideas. Don had polio as a kid, and as a result, has to be very careful about his body. We have been juicing and eating lots of fruit and veg.

Of course, tied into this is the horror story of the corporations who promote processed foods and medicine and diminuish fresh food. Yes, it's all related, I'm afraid, with a population addicted to fast food and paying out huge monthly costs for prescribed medicines, which under a healthy diet are completely unnecessary. The story is just awful.

So along with everything else about getting away from the system that governs us all, food is a key player. ANd if you want to be smart, get away from anything packaged or processed, meat and dairy (as an adult). You don't need it and it ain't good for you.

More and more I am wanting to move up to Chumpon to Oi's family. It's a massive undertaking but one we should do. Hat Yai is looking like Bangkok more and more and with renewed bombings (very sucessfully belittled by the Press), it ain't no place to live, especially with a kid. Let's hope we make the jump soon.

Aftermath

Gracie has 4 days off school so we are trying to keep her amused. I took her swimming this morning and we went to a new restaurant near the house which is great.

Patrick came over last night with some Guinness which we drank and watched music vids on Utube.

We are busy juicing all the time now and this is going great guns. I'm practically vegan. A shame I have had a few beers this week, but that will probably stop now for a bit and let my body feel the benefits of all this goodness I am pumping into it.

Gracie Lately....

Juiced

Today I bought a juicer. At 6,500baht quite a good one at that. I am yet to try it as riding back to town to put something in it seemed to much of a drag. But tomorrow I shall find some stuff to juice. It should be fun and I hope to become a regular juicer.

Been listening to Kate Bush's Ariel album which is great and Tanita Tikaram as I revert back to every so often.

Private classes are winding down to give me a proper rest. It's been fun but I am glad for a space.

I'm almost a vegan. Oi is really on board with this and makes wonderful veggie soups and broths. The weight I falling off, I hope.

No dairy, no meat. Quite easy actually. Coffee is a little bit harder to kick, and of late, I keep hearing Jonathan Snowdon saying, "I always have a strong cup of coffee last thing at night." It sticks.

Game of Thrones season 2 has kicked off and it looked a bit forced, I thought.

Season 2 of Breaking Bad still waits to be watched.

Hours are spent tending my village in the onliner Stronghold Kingdoms (free) and great fun.

Pat is on a juice diet as we speak and is off the social calender for the duration.

Watched Paxman's Empire series which is terrific.

Been going to a local market that does juices and spuds (baked on the fire at home) which is lots of fun.