Life is a Roller Coaster

Down we go, only to be going up again.

we are on the up, waiting to go down!

Life is a Roller Coaster, Just got to ride it ( Ronan Keating), na, na, na, na...... 
Ups and downs, peaks and troughs, on and on, round and round.  
House sale has fallen through, but hey, we still have a roof over our heads, we have our health, we have healthy children, we have enough, we are well loved, we are honest and kind, we have friends and family, we have all our stuff from Trinidad and no where to put them, hahahahahahaha. Ok, ok, better stop before I become hysterical.

I guess I am just counting my blessings to make myself feel better. Things do not always go to plan, no matter how well you may have planned it. Being prepared for every eventuality is the key.  I have contingency plans set and they are off on a roll as I type this, the house continues to be cleared of it's contents, thanks to my wonderful friends Katharina and Jonathon, mainly Kathatina; the cleaners should be in it now if not later to spruce it up, the agents are raring to go again on the hard sell, the letting agent is also at the ready to put the house on the letting market when they have the word go from us. All planned, all sorted...... why then do I still feel so dejected?

Plan of action

Here hoping my ride does not end like this!

If there was anything I could wish for, it would be to have the ability to stay positive at all times, be optimistic even when staring at the open mouth of doom! Have the ability to let nothing, and I mean nothing get me down....there are a few quotes I could put in here that will help. One from Helen Keller, born with multiple disabilities and yet have the tenacity and amazing ability to look at life positively. She said,"When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us." 

Yes, we were happy when we thought we'd sold the house. Let me rephrase that, when we had an offer on the house and thought the house sale was going through. So, that door of happiness is now closed, and I am looking forward to the next open door of happiness to add to my collection of open doors of happiness. 

Things are forever changing, sometimes for the better, sometimes not. What our buyer has taught us is do not put all your eggs in one basket, old saying huh? So true though. We had believed her when she said she wanted a quick exchange, she did not want to wait, therefore we took the house of the market for her. Weeks later and the goods weren't delivered, we still gave her the benefit of the doubt, we treated her like we, ourselves, would want to be treated. Again, another old but great saying. We waited patiently, and what this did for us was give us time. Time to settle into our new lives, new place to rest our heads, new everything....it gave us time to look around, get a feel of the place, time for the kids to settle in school and time for us to decide where we would really like to be living. All in all, perhaps I should thank the buyer for this time, but I would not only thank her but kiss her if the sale had gone through, hehehehe. 


Forgive all the quotes and old sayings, my ramblings are full of other's ramblings today, hope I do not get done for plagiarism! I would like to share a quote my brother posted the other day, about flux and change.


An appreciation of the constantly changing nature of all things is the key to happiness, for it means that no matter how bad a situation is, it will change. No misfortune is permanent; no misfortune insurmountable. ~Daisaku Ike

The sun is shining today, the temp about -1C, it looks like it's going to be a great day.....and it will be. A quote stolen from my brother to end.
Become like the sun. If you do so, all darkness will be dispelled.
No matter what happens, live confidently with the conviction that you,
yourself are the "sun." Of course, in life there are sunny days and
cloudy days. But even on cloudy days, the sun is still the sun. Even
when you are suffering, it is vital that you strive to keep the sun
shining brightly in your heart. ~Daisaku Ikeda

Not quite finished without mentioning some of the disasters that are happening around the world today, in Cambodia and New Zealand, and the madness of North Korea.....in the bigger scheme of things my worries, stresses and problems are nothing compared to these. They are real, but nothing that cannot be resolved.