Following on from yesterday being the most depressing day of the year.

I wonder how many people really took a sick day yesterday.

Each year sick leave costs the UK economy about £13 billion. On average, we each clock up ten sick days a year. Stress is the leading cause of long-term illness for office workers, while back pain is the leading cause for manual workers

How many people are really guilty of  just bunking off work ,because they feel like a day off.

Also we all have different levels of pain, while some may think they are dying other will carrying on working.

 Here is a letter I received , from my place of work , saying thank you for supporting other work members by not having one sick day in 6 month. I have many of these letters, and its not that I am never sick I just never seem sick enough to take a day off work.

Very nice letter I know and more than most get But would it not be nice to get a day off work instead.

An article in today’s Daily mail……says what alot have known for a long while Forget the gym – why a brisk walk is really the best workout

It even got a mention on the Ra forum, although some will hope it boosts there membership, others will worry about there being too many people out walking .

Walking is something everyone can do, and it has many benefits…

Strengthens muscles in the feet, legs, hips, and torso

Nourishes the spinal structures

Improves flexibility and posture

Strengthens bones and reduces bone density

Helps with controlling weight.

Its free and easy to do and no expensive gym fee’s needed, If you need a goal why not think about doing the Race for Life.

I have done a few of these events and they are really very emotional , everyone has a story to tell, everyone is running or walking for someone they know, who’s life has been touched by cancer.

That’s a Banana Guard of course !!

If your fed up with your banana getting bruised and black this is just the bit of kit you want.

 As quoted from there site….

Q: “Not all bananas are the same size or shape, so how can the Banana Guard fit them all?”

A: The Banana Guard was specially designed to accommodate the majority of banana sizes. Our testing indicates that over 90% of commercially available bananas will fit into the Banana Guard. Highly curved bananas can be straightened ever-so-slightly without harm to fit the Banana Guard shape. The opposite holds true of very straight bananas.

They even do a glow in the dark one……..

 

 

 And no its not me !!

Reading Geoff’s blog the other day about his friend Stan, got me thinking,how lovely it must be to have real long term friends.

I envy anyone that has lived in one place for along time and has many friends.

25 years of my life was centered around the RAF, for 18 of these years I was married to a serviceman and lived in 8 different houses including ones in Wales Scotland and Northern Ireland.

I made lots of friends, then you moved on and started again making more friends.

The few I keep in touch with are very dear friends but I seldom see any of them, a big downfall of service life.

The last of my friends moved from Marham a while ago, I had to move house away from service life and into the big bad world.

I have had to work real hard at making a new life  and thanks to my love of walking this is happening ,slowly I am making new and wonderful friends, ones I hope will be around for along time.

So remember to treasure the friends you have……….

Yesterday we had 70mph winds bringing havoc to the area, with many fallen trees and power cables.

HGV drivers were pulling over on the A47 and the A10 as the winds got too strong and threatened to push them over.

Near Swaffham, a galvanized pig pen on a field broke loose and flew across the A47 and the end of a house fell down in Lynn, just missing a mum and her child.

Took me twice aslong to get home from work, because the A10 was blocked,so I turned round and decided to come home via Narborough only to find that road blocked too , by a fallen tree ,but I didn’t have to wait too long before that was cleared.

No powers cuts for me but they say at least 16,ooo  homes had no power.

Only damage to me seems to have been a smashed garden fence and the lack of a TV picture.

Then today I woke up to a gorgeous day, blue sky and sunshine……..

I know plenty of you are reading my blog , so why are you all too shy to leave your comments.

It’s so easy to do, so don’t be afraid.

Just click on comment,under the article you wish to comment on, then fill in  your name and E-mail address, leave your comment in the box provided, and click submit.

When you have done it once I’m sure you will be back again and again.

Don’t think you have nothing interesting to say…..every comment is interesting to ME.

Hope to be hearing from you soon

Sally