And thank you for my lovely tea

Matthew wasn’t as impressed as was too busy watching the match ….

THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL follows a group of British retirees who decide to “outsource” their retirement to less expensive and seemingly exotic India. Enticed by advertisements for the newly restored Marigold Hotel and bolstered with visions of a life of leisure, they arrive to find the palace a shell of its former self. Though the new environment is less luxurious than imagined, they are forever transformed by their shared experiences, discovering that life and love can begin again when you let go of the past. Written by Fox Searchlight

I was expecting this to be funnier than I found it, but what did intrigue me is how relaxed I felt watching it!

I imagine like a lot of other Twitter users, before yesterday I’d never heard of Joseph Kony. Just like I’ve not heard of any of the other members of the most wanted list, but now I do know Kony, I’m joining the campaign to make him famous for all of the wrong reasons and bring him to justice….

If you don’t feel you can spend 30 mins watching this video, look up Joseph Kony on wikipedia, then when you come back it will still be here waiting for you…

synopsis from the official website:

Arthur Kipps (Daniel Radcliffe), a widowed lawyer whose grief has put his career in jeopardy, is sent to a remote village to sort out the affairs of a recently deceased eccentric. But upon his arrival, it soon becomes clear that everyone in the town is keeping a deadly secret. Although the townspeople try to keep Kipps from learning their tragic history, he soon discovers that the house belonging to his client is haunted by the ghost of a woman who is determined to find someone and something she lost… and no one, not even the children, are safe from her vengeance.

My thoughts…Radcliffe does well to break from Potter in this intense horror, some typical horror scenes, but the camera angles used add to the drama of the story. I think this would really scare me if I saw the stage version!

Parfetts are the latest company to offer support for our fundtraiser this weekend having donated a range of prizes for our raffle…thank you so much

Silly Mummy forgot to bring the bath toys, so we’ll have to wait until my next trip to London for a proper play!

Today’s appointment was to have the protective contact lenses removed. It was very strange having them taken out with tweezers rather than by hand, but once you’ve had the surgery, you’re not meant to touch your eyeballs – this has been driving me insane all week! So you don’t touch your eyes in your sleep, you’re given goggles to wear. As I don’t trust myself not to touch my eyes even when awake, I’ve just been wearing them constantly…much to Freeda’s amusement!

After the appointment, my eyes felt fine. The doctor did say if I experienced any pain within half hour to go back. I was fine until a few hours later when my left eye started twitching and then decided to close completely! They did say that the left hadn’t healed as well as the right had done, so I guess this was nature’s way of helping the healing along. Still an eye that refuses to stop watering all day does not look attractive!

Delta Force Paintballing have also offered to support our fundraiser. They have extremely generously donated 10 vouchers for 10 people to have apaintballing session!

My first check up was booked in at Trafford Centre, so I asked the parents for a lift in. We got there nice and early, so I asked Mum to go into Boots to buy me some vitamin c, as the surgeon had recommended taking this for the next 3 months.

Whilst my right eye has improved drastically, my left eye is still a bit blurry. Prior to surgery my brain mainly used my left eye and my right eye was for peripheral vision only. Now it’s been reversed and this has caused me to go a bit off balance.

To help me out, I was clinging on to a parent in each arm for dear life! At one point, Dad walked off in one direction and Mum in the other leaving me stood in the middle of the shop feeling very abandoned!

Still the appointment went well and we had a nice lunch at Subway afterwards. Next appointment is at the end of the week when the protective lenses are being removed.

So far the pain hasn’t been too bad. It’s just been a few seconds of searing pain, but thankfully not in both eyes at the same time. A couple of sharp in takes of breath and it’s over again.