Back from Heidi Heaven, as a better me

It's been ages since I last blogged, but hey, it's not about when, it's about how, now it's about how I feel NOW, it's about a new day when I can see things better after a few weeks of seeing clouds ahead of me, following a situation i had to confront at work. Today I started my morning looking at Donna Downey's day story and made me realise that it's not that difficult to be happy if you find creative, positive ways of dealing with life's little odd moments. We can't avoid such moments but what we can do is change them into better if we can or accept them if we can't - it's simply that!

Yesterday was my dear husband's 40th birthday, it felt wrong to go to work and not spend together at least part of such a special day, so I popped in at lunchtime, with a nice hot snack and a cake and realised that it was the best thing I could have done! We were soon four (as Andy and Marianne were visiting) celebrating and singing Happy Birthday in such a cute unexpected way! It felt lovely! I'm sure Paul thought that!

Heidiland (Switzerland) is one of those places where you think you transposed yourself when your mum reads you a bedtime story! It was like going back into my childhood days! The mountains, the wood clad chalets, the meadow flower scents, the dangling of cow bells, the alpine streams and waterfalls, the people with rosy happy cheeks! The nearly 8hour ride on the Glacier Express was simply a JOYRIDE where we both kept pointing and felt like kids on the merry-go-rounds! We took 662 photos just with the SLR, over 1hour film, and more pics on the small camera, but most of all the ride is still in our happy little hearts as a outstandingly scenic piece of 'jewellery' which you just want to 'wear' long after coming back. Taking out the costs of travelling and other costs, it once again confirms to me that the really good things in life are free, looking at the spectacular alpine pictures of the Swiss nature made us happy. It was just so purely superbe and happy -making!

Craftland is the other name I would call Switzerland! Hats, watches, cheese, musical boxes, clocks, woodwork, chocolate, all minute things, you name it, all are cratfs that the Swiss are worth praising for! It was so inspiring to see that someone had the passion and patience to create a music box the size of a thimble and make it play music as well! Everything is designed to make people happy! And inspired! So we filled our luggage on the way back not just with souvenirs and gifts but also packed with inspiration and creativity fuel! Paul's now back to shaping up the garden railway, and I'm back to my writing and crafting new albums!

So that you HeidiHeaven for giving us some of your goodness!