Mama do the hump

Last night this song came on and I have not stopped dancing like James Corden in the video since, brushing my teeth with one hand and doing that strange movement with the other. Even as I type now the chorus is going round and round my head and I find my hips moving!

Fittingly today is Mother's Day in the UK. I wonder how many mums are doing 'the hump'. Why do we have these days to show appreciation to our family, friends and loved ones? Surely we should show it all year round? I know the argument is that in today's fast past life it is easy to forget about those we care most about, but to me big gestures on days where society dictates that you do so means nothing compared to the small things that are done daily for me, a surprise cup of tea from a friend, a glancing look that reassures you things will be OK and even putting up with my constant sing and dancing to Mama do the hump and joining in with me! I guess the purpose of the post is to say, enjoy life and make time to show your appreciation all year round, not just on one day out of 365! Some of the greatest gifts are memories so lets get making!

100 years

So today I realised that my nan is 85 and my pappy (Grandad to most normal families) is 90...90!! That is nearly an entire century that he has lived through, I can not begin to imagine all the changes he has experienced and had to make. This made me wonder if in 70 years time when I'm a modest 93 what changes will I be experiencing? Will I be thinking about the good old days when I could play F zero X on my N64 or will that be a forgotten memory replaced with memories of iPads and voice controlled vacuum cleaners...
It also made me think a great deal about health. We all know when you visit our nans, we get spoiled, lots of cakes and biscuits, (nom nom nom) but really every day my nan serves these treats to my pappy, along with heavily salted main dinners. He is extremely fit and active for a 90 year old, is salt really that bad for you? Why can't we just enjoy life instead of worrying about what were consuming. 
This blog will be a way that I can hope to remember significant or even insignificant thoughts in the future... that's if blogs still exist in 70 years time, who knows what may replace them! I hope you will enjoy reading some, if not all of my blogs, and I hope that we will all still be here in 70 years time!