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Adjagas

17 July, 2009 in Chunnering | Comments closed

While looking up links for last week’s post I came across a link to Adjagas.  Of course I couldn’t resist a listen and was hooked instantly.  As soon as the CD arrived it was ripped to my PC and I have listened to it almost constantly ever since!  I have uploaded the whole album and, apart from the 2nd track Dolgematki, love it.  It’s not even that I dislike that track but rather that I feel it jangles with the mood set by the rest of the album.

Adjagas is a state between sleeping and waking. It is where you get in touch with issues and messages that are important to you. It is also said that the Sami learned yoiking from the ulda people that live in another world parallel to our own, in the Adjagas state of mind. Adjagas is a celebration of the ancient art of yoiking and a search for what the future will bring…

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Not So Much Changing As Changed!

20 May, 2009 in Chunnering, Menopause | Comments closed

I went back to see my GP on Monday night to get the results of my blood test expecting to be told I am pre-menopausal.  The results were a bit of a surprise…apparently I appear to have gone through the menopause and be coming out the other side.  The test I had measures FSH levels and she said that if it was in the twenties I would be considered menopausal.  My level was 108!  I think the reason I was most surprised is because when I was referred to a gynaecologist less than 3 years ago I asked her if the trouble I was having with my periods was the start of the menopause; she laughed derisively and told me it would be years before I hit the menopause – I was gutted at the time.

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Needles & Pins

29 April, 2009 in Chunnering, Kids | 2 comments

I had a busy afternoon yesterday.  First I had to take Megan for her diphtheria, tetanus and polio booster, then we all had to go to Megan’s school for a meeting with her form teacher and head-of-year about the problems she’s having at school.  As expected the jab was a nightmare.   All the kids had it at school several weeks ago, but Megan had gone into meltdown and got so upset they couldn’t do it so they asked for me to arrange to get it done at our GP’s surgery.  Megan has a fear, not so much of needles, as of pain.  She can fall and hurt herself and deal with it just fine, it’s anticipated pain that is such an issue.  If she knows it’s going to hurt, even slightly, she just goes into a panic.  We had discussed the jab several times in advance and talked about situations where she had hurt herself and dealt with it OK and how the jab wouldn’t be as painful; about times in the past where she has had to have needles and it hasn’t been nearly as bad as she thought it would be.  It was all a complete waste of time!  As soon as we got in there she started to panic.  I had warned the surgery in advance and the nurse who gave her the booster was so patient with her.  After about 10 minutes of persuading, it was done.  I’m always really torn, I do feel sympathetic – while completely out of proportion, Megan’s fear is genuine.  On the other hand I always end up feeling very frustrated and cross with her and have to bite my tongue not to tear a strip off her.

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The Obligatory “Hello World”

24 April, 2009 in Chunnering | 3 comments

So here we go again, back on the blogging merry-go-round.  it has been a long, long time since I blogged regularly and, as ever, I’m making no promises!  I do still have the old database from my previous blog however I think I would like a fresh start.  Quite apart from the nightmare of converting them!

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