Saturday 26th January

Saturday 26^th January

Another riveting Saturday night in the Luce household- hubby is asleep on the sofa, after getting up at 4.30am to support the ‘Women’s Refuge’ 25hour sleepover in the window of Voisins department store. They asked for men volunteers to stand outside and help promote awareness. He did a stint Friday night and then a very early slot this morning.

 Understandably it has all caught up with him, especially as we had a long dog walk on the beach this morning and then proceeded to clean out the greenhouse- a job that needed a dry sunny day!

I went off to play Pentanque this afternoon and wished I hadn’t- I was RUBBISH, and got whitewashed by two ‘ladies’. They are both golfers, I’m not sure what that’s got to do with it, but I think they are used to lining up very small balls!!!

I came back and hoovered out the car, before taking jess out for her second walk, it’s so nice to still have light in the sky at 5pm.

I am putting out a request for a charity called’ Island Friends Together’ , it is run by my doctor at the hospital and is primarily to help build and maintain a school and orphanage in Sri Lanka destroyed by the tsunami. I know that he is amassing equipment and clothes/toys ready to take a shipment over in February. I will find out more details and should anyone have anything spare or unwanted please donate it – I know it will be gratefully received.

“For Attractive lips, speak words of kindness.
 For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.
 For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.
 For beautiful hair, let a child run their fingers through it once a day.
 For poise, walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone.
  People, more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed. Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you will find one at the end of each of your arms.
 As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself and the other for helping others.”
― Sam Levenson