Success In A Book?

 I have come across a new 'self help' book and I'm loving it!  I hope it's half as successful as it's meant to be!  It's called The Kindness Method by Shahroo Izadi.  It makes a lot of sense to me and I'm hoping to test it out on my ever failing weight loss plan!  So much of what I've read so far has made a lot of sense to me, not only for losing weight but other aspects of my life too.  I think many of us suffer low self esteem and the book addresses this point.  The point of it is to encourage us to talk to ourselves the way we would a friend.  So often we are much more critical of ourselves and much harsher on ourselves than we would be with anyone else.  I see myself in this and I've decided to follow the book and see if it helps.  If it does I'll be sending one to everyone I know!!  Actually it's already had a bit of an impact in that hubby and I had a very honest chat about various things today and trying to get hubby to open up about 'private' stuff is like trying to pull hens teeth!  I fully expect a new version of me to be available in the near future!!

The weather is back to fabulous here.  Low 20's (centigrade) which for me is just perfect.  I've had a day pottering in the garden today.  I also picked some peas to freeze (I managed to get some this year before the mouse!)  I also sat in the shade and read my book 'The Governess'.  I'm loving it.  Although it does bring home that some things do not change! It's a fictionised (is that a word??) story of the governess who worked for the royal family when our current queen was a child.  I have read that the author has researched the royal families at length so a lot of the details are accurate.  I love learning historical facts via a good book and this one is very interesting.

There is not much else to report.  My poor aunt, the one with dementia, lost her best friend this week.  They had been friends since childhood.  I called her Aunt Maureen because she and my aunt used to look after me when I was a young child.  Aunt Maureen lost her husband to cancer two years ago and she never got over it.  She became a hermit and refused to leave the house.  Her children were distraught for her but could do little to help other than deliver food etc to her.  We're not sure what she died of but it sounds to us like it might have been a broken heart.  Because she lived in USA my aunt has not seen her since before the pandemic started.  Prior to that she visited her twice a year.  It's very sad but my aunt seems to be dealing with it ok.

On that note I'll go now and get some strawberries!  I bought some today and they look delicious - I'll just make sure I have a bit less cream over them than I normally would!