Time for a cuppa?

Now I am just exhausted after all of that oven cleaning yesterday..even if it was only in my own mind..really takes it out of me. I think I will leave the fridge for another day, it is all too much for me today.

So I think it might be time to sit back and enjoy a nice cup of tea. I am quite fond of a good cup of tea but it has to be Earl Grey for me. I went all arty-farty once and decided that I would try some of the way out types of tea that seem to be popping up in my local supermarket. It all started out very nicely and all refined with my lovely china cup and saucer and some quite tasty fruit flavoured teas that I have to admit were quite nice but not really my ummm 'cup of tea.'

I should have stopped there really but no you know me (well you are starting to) of course I just had to take it that one step further..and decided to try Lapsang souchong. This is a black tea from China. Friends had tasted it and were telling me it was something I should try too so I did. I probably should have taken more notice when I read on the packaging that this variety of tea generally produces a strong reaction - with most reviews extremely positive or strongly negative. But of course I overlooked all of that and ploughed on regardless.

Let this be a BIG..VERY BIG warning to you...this tea tastes and smells like burning tyres or that stench that you get when they are re-tarring your roads. The dogs were howling, the cats yowling, the goats mehing, the cow mooing, the chickens lying on their backs with their legs in the air and me..ME I was hyperventilating and gagging..if you can do both at the same time. My GOD this stuff was hideous I have tasted better poisons in my time ( a whole other story) but seriously if you are ever tempted to imbibe in this rot gut...my advice for you is simple DON'T! Hmmm maybe it is an acquired taste but I think you should acquire a peg and put it on your nose first if you really feel like you have to experience this at least once in your life.

Ok I guess fair is fair..

Seeing as I gave MOH (my other half) a bit of a serve in my last post I thought it only fair that I give credit where credit is due.

On December 4 last year my father passed away after a very brave battle with bowel cancer. Now I am sure I will post more about this as time goes on but today I just wanted to say a very big THANK-YOU to my husband for the way he has stepped up and helped my mother since Dad has gone. During in his holidays he and his father who was visiting from England both got in and mowed my Mum's lawn for her and now today he is going to pick up her mower and bring it home for an overhaul and get it in tip top condition. You are a great son-in-law and I know that she appreciates all the things you do for her!

Welcome to my world

Hello world..this is me...for the sake of anonymity lets just call me Miss Chronic....*waves to the world enthusiastically*

I am a forty something wife, mother, daughter and sister from Queensland Australia.

I live in the Australian bush on a beautiful 7 acre block with my gorgeous hubby and a menagerie of much loved pets and an abundance of wild life.

As you have probably gathered from the name of my blog I suffer from several chronic illnesses and have done for many years. Twenty plus years ago just after my first child was born I was diagnosed with LUPUS and have since gone on to develop FIBROMYALGIA and RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS. As the old song goes.."Some days are diamonds... and some days are stones!" Some days I can potter around to my hearts content and other days I struggle to get out of bed. The sun is my biggest enemy and I have to really pick and choose what time I can go out to tend to my outside animals. Pain is another one of my foes...most of the time I can control it but sometimes it becomes unrelenting and really wears me down.

I hope this blog will allow me to off load all of my daily happenings both good and bad and maybe even connect with others who may be in a similar boat to me.

Miss Chronic