Good afternoon Bloggets. It’s one pm and I have just sat down, nothing too exciting just the normal ironing and cooking. I made my Sons lunch but he just texts me to say he isn’t coming home for lunch because he is only working six hours today, he only gets 15 minutes’ break so obviously, it’s not worth him coming home. I’m sure he will eat it when he comes home before the gym.
Not sure if we tired our dogs out this weekend but Wagga is having another day in bed. I got her out before and played with her and her toys, then took her out to groom her and as soon as she came in, she went back to bed. The Little Fella was also sleepy yesterday and when he came home he didn’t want to play, it’s so funny, they go in the dog run to do their doggy doodles and he bluntly finishes before Waggs. Then he stands at the gate and waits for her. She won’t come out, well would you? He is ready to get her. To pounce on her, I mean, what is a lady supposed to do after she finishes the powder room? Be pounced on by a tall blond fella?
Well, may be in my younger days I would put up with such actions…. But our Waggs isn’t a fan of it all. So, I have to tell him to leave her alone, so he comes to me then she escapes and normally they then chase each other around the garden, but yesterday both of them just walked in the house. They played a bit at night late, about eleven before bed, Hub winds them up and gets them wild, just before bed….
It’s really funny as around that time, they come to him and just stand as if to say. “Come on Daddy, put the TV remote down and play rough with us.”” Oh, and he does, the noise is terrible. Eight scratchy paws on the wooden floor and LF barks so loudly. Then Hub takes them in the garden to pollute before bed and again they chase each other. The dogs, not Hub this time… The noise again is mad, I tell the three of them off as it’s late and people, normal people, are asleep by then. Hub thinks it’s really funny and gets them wild they sound like or LF sounds like a lion.
Again, last night, Waggs wasn’t really up for it all. When I have just been playing with her, she was happy and normal, but really odd how she just wants to sleep, mind you, this weekend it was hot and they worked as well as ran for an hour in the heat, drinking some after in between and there was a tall tree they chilled under for a while, but LF had a fit bark on last week. Have you heard of them? They are like a fit bit but for dogs. He covered 11 miles, so 17.7 kilometres! No wonder he is slim.
I want to touch wood and as there is none right now at hand, my head is feeling my fingers. Little Fella hasn’t had any more trouble with his shoulder, thank goodness. Let’s hope it continues.
I’m off to the eye hospital in a couple of weeks. I wish they would take it serious about my left eye. I have told you before, for five years, I had a lump under my eye. One day it burst. My boy said it had gone all yellow. I went to the GP, she didn’t know what it was and begins the trip to the hospital in our town. They didn’t know either, so the next trip was the hospital I’m off to in a couple of weeks. He was a specialist for my eye disease. Well, he may have been special, but he didn’t know what it was either. But rather than find out what it is, he just sent me home… But it is really starting to bother me now, so there is no lump there, no yellow, but it’s as if there is a finger in my eye all the time. Now I had my cataract done some years ago, and I am wondering if the lens has some fluid behind it, but they say no. But it is as if the lens has moved so really confused. All I know is I can’t see from that eye, but it is partly blurry and the other part of my eye is nothing there, so I’m seeing the bottom half of my eye as a blur and the top nothing. It’s where the blur was where my lump was and where it is sore. Answers on a post card please?
Project kitchen has started. My lovely joiner came out today, with a builder. Gosh there is so much to think about. The biggest thing so far will be who to go with, my new door into my kitchen is to be fitted by the company who did our front door at Christmas. They are great. And not at all expensive. But the quality is really good. The guy who comes out to see what I want is so nice and friendly not at all like a salesman. I managed to get a good deal for doing our knocking out of the wall and filling in another wall. The builder today said he couldn’t do it any cheaper. But he is going to quote and hopefully do the job of our ceiling. Oh my… It’s a talking point for sure. Apart from the obvious line in the wall where there used to be another room, and the very many cracks, there is the lighting, all done by the previous owners. We still get the D.I.Y books through our letterbox.
And do it yourself, he did. So, I’m going to get the ceiling boarded and plastered so it’s nice and smooth. The builder is great as he said he will paint it too. And I’m having spot lights. I think there may be a gap where we have no kitchen lighting… Well, Hub and I are Okay, as for our boy? Not sure he will think that is a wonderful idea.
We have a cooker hob but it doesn’t have a bulb. Haha Haha neither does our front hall, there are two bulbs missing there, a wall light and ceiling one, at least our outside bulb is working now. As for lighting, then we have the landing one. Oh, my day. When that is on, we need for no central heating. Seriously that light warms up the street. So, the bulbs we have in that are far too bright. There are five of them. Our landing is very large but the bulbs are too much. But getting to that shop, trying to describe what lights we need? In the olden days, it was so easy. 20, 40 or 60w. now? You need a degree in maths and some knowledge of science.
When we come out of Europe, will our lights go back to normal? Hmm. I somehow doubt it.
Our pound coin is changing soon, you won’t be able to use it, and I am sure they are changing the two pound too? I bet it will be made like Monopoly money and not nice heavy coins like we have now.
Oh, I felt so sad for poor little Shamrock, she’s Irish you know???? She bought her Mum a chrystal gift from their trip to Prague and it broke. From what I can gather, it wasn’t wrapped very well. Kids, if I had said make sure you carry it in your hand luggage, I would be accused of nagging, as I knew they were going to buy it.
Gosh when I think back the wonderful chrystal we used to bring back from Russia? Wow, it was so beautiful. And in the old days, again, a trip down memory lane today for sure, you could buy a stunning tall chrystal champagne glass for about £1, $1.26 US money or Canadian $? 1.68, EU1.15 or finally, Haha, 16 South African rand. So very cheap, right?
Then Perestroika came along and buy buy Russia and hello greed, more corruption and grass is greener syndrome.
Oops, did I say that?
Yep, I did, will Putin have me arrested?
On Thursday night after five we are going to look again at the kitchens. And we are going to sit at the computer with a man who can, well, that is what I have been told today, as I said that Hub and I can’t see, so would it be OK for him to talk rather than point? Hahaha, didn’t quite put it like that, but it was funny as the man said, oh I will get Jack, he’s quotes, more expert at dealing with these situations….
So, we are situations? Well, let’s see how things go, we can always walk out, smile.
My friend said today and we noticed when we were in the kitchen shop with Julie our friend, grey kitchens are in fashion… So, I don’t think I will go with grey, firstly, it’s a tiny kitchen. As I said, for a dolly. So, grey will make it appear darker, hence smaller. Also, cooking for sighted people, who may buy our house in the future, is a bit depressing don’t you think? Cooking can be a rather depressing experience, so why go for a pointless colour? I say pointless because grey is a no colour, one you would add to to bring it out, as far as grey can be brought out? Don’t get me wrong, in a living room I like it especially matched with reds or lemons, but not a kitchen. I also love grey clothing. But not a kitchen, secondly, if a colour is in fashion, surely it goes out of fashion? I want something that is modern but will always look modern. They talk about the shaker kitchens? Oh, I really don’t like them. They too are in fashion. I looked at them for the first-time last week and though they are solid wood, I think they look like something my Aunty Norah used to have attached to her parlour.
You watch, next update on our kitchen, I will tell you I am getting a grey shaker kitchen. Haha.
Okay, must go for now, but keep safe and positive. Some quotes before I go.
Embrace every circumstance, own every fault, share every joy, contemplate every mystery, walk in everyone’s shoes, heal everyone’s heart, adore all Gods, preserve everyone’s dignity and speak humbly of yourself speak candidly so that you cannot be misunderstood and let every syllable treat those who need help.
Neale Donald Walch
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