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Bramblings
Ramblings on life
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I'm sure there's supposed to be an apostrophe somewhere in the title, just not sure where. Ideas anyone? Just a quick note to wish you all, Dear Readers, all the best for Christmas and the New Year. And to all who have been so patiently waiting, some fairies. First the white and gold one,  Then the blue one, red one just behind.  Hope you think it's been worth the wait. I suppose it's almost time to put the tree up. Maybe one of them can go on the top, we'll see. Y'all have a good Christmas now! |
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All this fuss about Greece, Italy & the Eurozone. Reminds me a bit of when, around the Millenium, we were encouraged to write to MPs and others about Third World Debt and getting some of it cancelled so that the countries could spend the money on infrastructure instead. That was done, debts were cancelled, some of them, and countries spent the money on their people - which is always a good thing. So what now? Cancel Greece's debts? How to shore up the Eurozone? What about Italy? |
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For those interested ( fairies under the cut. I hope )Or perhaps not. How do I post photos, I've forgotten? Y'all have a good day now!
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So I found the camera, eventually. The batteries were flat. Put them on to charge, found the spares - flat. Eventually H found a good set & i photoed the fairies. Then H downloaded the pictures somewhere on the shared hard disk. You have to wait for me to get the details from him.
The fairies aren't that wonderful so I hope you won't be disappointed, Dear Readers.
Other than that there isn't much to report.
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Thursday I had a potter around my craft room* to reaquaint myself with the contents. Then I took some dolly pegs, acrylic paints, bits of fabric, bits of fancy paper and some glue and made four fairies. I was going to post a pic but the camera is currently hiding so I can't and you'll j ust have to use your imagination, Dear Reader. *This is the smallest bedroom. Wnen both children visit S usually gets the foldaway bed in there. Poor lad. Y'all have a good day now! |
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I cut my hair this morning. Nothing fancy, just sheared it off at the shoulders. Well, what's the point of keeping it all if I'm going to have it cut properly and that' would all be going anyhow. Now all I need to do is wash the remainder and make an appointment with the hairdresser. Then I have to dry it, which is harder cos H still hasn't remembered to bring the right screwdriver home, & no, none of the ones we have will fit the screws. What's wrong with the hairdryer? I was drying my mop a few months back (yes, he's been forgetting for that long) when there was a clattering noise. I think, in the abscence of evidence, that it might have been some of the fan blades snapping off & whirling round. Is this getting a bit like Tweeting? Utter trivia in a finite number of characters? It's good having shorter hair anyhow, y'all continue having a good day now! |
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Or as I might say, Long time, no sea! Sorry Dear Readers, I have just not been up to writing. I don't guarantee daily entries even now. Weekly would be good going. So, what has the kat been up to? Not a lot. I still have three sweaters on the needles, no further forward than they were when I last blogged. Good grief, I realise this is a different keyboard but that doesn't mean the keys are in different places! I'm not going to give a rundown on the news - you can visit a site and do your own, just like the last two years. Come to think of it, I'd better visit a suitable site (BBC) and have a shufti anyhow. Thanks to those who tried commenting with good wishes etc, also those who bothered ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=88.8) asthmatickitten for info. He is well and now working for himself. H is fine. D is working in Indonesia teaching English as a foreign language. I dunno, you have these babies & they grow up - and how fast - to be independent people. Which is what was intended Iknow. I could do with a baby to cuddle a bit. NO, I may still be young enough but who wants a teenager in your seventies? Grandchildren look as far away as ever - which is just as well as neither S nor D is even dating (or they haven't told their dear ol' Mum!) But thT WILL DOfor today. Y'all habe a good day now! )
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Today I pruned my roses, all two of them. I realise it's a bit late, for round here, but they were threatening to snag the washing, & passers by, so I got out my secateurs & cut a few stems back. Whether it's done them any good, or harm, remains to be seen. Meanwhile it's a beautiful day here. Y'all have a good day now.
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Yesterday, being Shrove Tuesday, we had pancakes for tea. For what seemed like the first time ever they all came out well too. None of the 'make the first one, then discard it' nonsense. Maybe I had the frying pan hot enough. They were nice too. Later we went for a trip down Memory Lane watching a documentary about the work of Oliver Postgate - smallfilms - which included "Ivor the Engine", "Noggin the Nog", "Pogle's Wood", "Bagpuss" and "The Clangers" among other things. (Try Youtube) That was pleasant. Today I'm doing some washing. Y'all have a good day now.
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For years now I have mentioned, if not here, the terminal softening of the brain which goes with motherhood and with it the possible daftness associated with being pregnant. Now researchers in Australia have looked into these 'phenomena' and have concluded that, like so much surrounding pregnancy & motherhood, they are but old wives' tales. One wonders whether this is actually so, or whether the researchers had an underlying, possibly subconscious, feminist agenda. Anyhew . . . what with hormone surges, weight gains, interrupted or no sleep, the 'terrible twos' (not to mention teenage) etc, I can see reason for Mums feeling somewhat 'out of it', specially if their teenage children start reinforcing the point. Me? I guess I'm feeling a bit of a spare part at present, what with the children being 'grown & flown' & all that. Though one would expect that I'd be used to it after six years or so. Y'all have a good day now!
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