Good morning Bloggets. Last night was lovely, Shamrock came
and whenever she comes to the house, suddenly there is sunshine. Long may at
last! She is such a cutie. She brought Hub a birthday card, heck wait until Teen
reads the card he bought his dad from him and I asked him to get me one too…
Well, let’s say, Teen has a very unusual sense of humour and he, as in Teen,
did laugh when he was reading them to me last night.
Hub will open his gifts and cards from us tonight, but his
main gift I gave him last night. I bought him a new coffee machine. His last
one was very ill. It was a huge risk as seriously, most kitchen gadgets and equipment
now days are touch screen. Flat glass plastic or chrome. Really helpful if you
can’t see.
The machine was from a department shop called John Lewis.
Well, I called the shop before going all the way there as I wanted to look at
the product before I left the house. They only had two close to the price I was
looking at. On line, 27. I wasn’t impressed and said to the lady on the phone. “Why
do you have huge shops if there is nothing to look at inside?”” She told me
that people on the phone are going crazy about this as people are wanting to
buy beds and sofa’s and they are being told that the range is very limited. So
things that you need to try out to sit on lay on you can’t even do now? You
order on line. It’s becoming so bad to shop we are rapidly heading towards a
clinical harsh soulless product way of shopping. So if we always order on line,
jobs will go, people interacting will disappear, the lack of being able to
communicate will phase out. We will become machines, and I’m not talking coffee…
So a lot of research and I took the leap and ordered the
machine and hoped. It came the buttons if you like are sensitive pads so you
can just about feel them. What is wrong with blooming buttons? Hub says it’s
cost. Well I don’t agree as even expensive items are flat and as for microwave ovens,
actually the only range you can buy now with a dial that is functional for
those of us who can’t see, are cheap ones.
Did I tell you I ordered a coffee table? Oh I love it. It’s
made from solid wood and it’s carved. It is brown. That is the only information
apart from the measurements that was given. Thankfully it was bought from Amazon
and you can ask questions. Well I have asked before for other things and no
answers, but this time I asked what the legs were like and three people kindly
took time out to tell me and guess what? It’s not just a normal boring coffee
table, but it’s stacked carved books. I would have never known this. Why can’t
the sellers just say the table is a carving of stacked books? Because people
take it for granted that everyone in the world can see. Some are confused as
how am I writing this blog if I can’t see? Just for those new Bloggets, I use soft
wear called Jaws. This enables me to hear each letter I type so I can
thankfully touch type though of course I can’t see the screen or buttons that I
am typing, oh, don’t get me started again, as even lap tops now are becoming
flat… Anyway, each key I press reads the letter, or you can set it to read each
word, but pictures or text that is taken as a photograph, is a blank to me.
For all of you sighted people who write reviews on websites,
please try to remember those who are not as fortunate as yourselves, it makes
such a huge difference. Thank you public service over. Smile…
So Hub was delighted with his machine and tonight he will
after work open his other gifts from me and Teen also our kind friend Vivi sent
a parcel, bless her. He has his cards to open too. One came in the post, I
think I know who it’s from, but tonight will tell.
Oh I’m looking forward to tonight, I have a very special and
brave gift for Hub… I’m excited about it. Also the three of us are going out
for a meal to our lovely train carriage restaurant.
I’m going to move some furniture downstairs now, so wish me
luck. My leg is better than it was so I hope it will be OK. Once I get a bee in
my bonnet though, haha. Where does that expression come from?
Meaning
Preoccupied or obsessed with an idea.
Origin
This phrase clearly alludes to the state of agitation one would be in
when finding a bee inside one's bonnet. It follows on from the earlier
expression 'to have bees in one's head', which had much the same meaning. This
is recorded from the 16th century, for example, in Alexander Douglas's Aeneis,
1513:
Quhat bern be thou in bed with heid full of bees?
Beekeepers have always worn protective headgear when working with bees
and it is possible, although entirely speculative, that the bonnet refers to
this.
The first citation of 'bee in his bonnet' in print that I have found is
the Reverend Philip Doddridge's Letters, 1790:
"I suppose you have heard of Mr. Coward's pranks. He has, as the
Scots call it, a Bee in his Bonnet."
Thankfully Hub has
not had to go to London like he thought he would have to today. So he will be
home normal time just before six tonight. He has had really bad pains in his
face again for two days now. Last night bless him, he was in agony. So I pray
he is better now? We are sad about our
Little Fella, I really hope that he is going to be OK and the early signs of
his arthritis will take so many years before it shows its ugly head and by then
there will be treatment as the kind he has we are told that tablets won’t help
he will just become lame. He is only two bless his gentle soul. But he is happy
and loved beyond love. Also he has a forever home with us. In my next blog I will tell you about my day
yesterday. I loved it. Until then, thank you all for coming back and keeping
this blog going with your reading. I love to have my Blogget family and
remember if there is ever anything you want me to research or write about, just
let me know? X
Thanks to The Phrase Finder
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