Here are my answers to this week’s Share Your World from Cee

Do you use paper money? If so is your money organized sequentially according to denomination?

Paper money?  What’s that?  Ha ha – Yes of course I do sometimes have some real money in my wallet but I am very much a credit card or EFT kind of girl.  In my country you would be pretty foolish to wander around the street with too much cash or anything else that’s worth stealing on your person.  Crime is at a premium in our cities.

But I live in a small, relatively safe town and there are a few places where cash only transactions are necessary.  When I have cash, I certainly do have it in organized according to denomination.

You are comfortable doing nothing? For long stretches of time?

In my past life I very seldom had a chance to do nothing.  I’m making up for it now!  the Earl  gets very antsy when there’s nothing urgent to do and is also bothered when he thinks I’m wasting time.  “What have you achieved today?” is a favourite query of his.

Well in the past 50 years – quite a lot actually – but today?  Nothing – How cool is that!   I’m catching up on all the nothings I should have done when I was too busy to do nothing.    I love filling a few hours a day with nothing – it’s good for the mind and the soul.  And you know what?  I still manage to do everything that I’m supposed to do in a day!

And don’t worry about The Earl – he is able to do nothing although it makes him feel guilty – I’ve caught him on Facebook, staring out the window watching the birds, reading a fishing magazine and napping from time to time.   He really needs to catch up on some nothings!

 

What is your greatest strength?

I have a very positive outlook on life.  Very little gets me down.    When things go wrong I tend to say – This too will pass and just deal with whatever I need to.   I suppose I have Faith.   I believe that things will get better and that there is more good than evil in the world.  Maybe I’m naive but it beats being negative.

What did you appreciate or what made you smile this past week?  Feel free to use a quote, a photo, a story, or even a combination. 

For a while I’ve had a secret dream to travel to England and Europe with my daughter.  This weekend I suggested to my hubby that she and I do a trip together and without hesitation he agreed.  THAT made me smile and I really appreciate that he is prepared to be separated from me for four whole weeks!

We’ve made our plans and just need to make the bookings. If everything falls into place we leave on 6 August and return 3 September.   London – Bruges – Amsterdam – Prague – Berlin – Dresden – Vienna – Venice – Rome – Barcelona – Brace yourselves – here we come!