For the last week, some friends of mine have been kind enough to loan me their p.c. Mine has crashed and burned and the time has come for me to get a new one. The loaned pc is to be returned today and it will be a about a month at least until I can afford to buy myself the new one.
It will take some getting used to, being ''pc-less'', but I'm sure I'll manage.
Berenice has kindly offered me the use of hers, when I call round, until I am up and running again. Thanks B. Smiles.
Meanwhile, I have other things to purchase which are more of a priority, ie: school uniforms and sports kits etc, for the girls...ha. You know how it is.
I will miss visiting my regular blogspots but will catch up as soon as I am able.
In the meantime, take care all.
Monday, August 28, 2006
Friday, August 25, 2006
Remembering Jayne
It was three years ago yesterday since Jayne died. When we first moved to the street Jayne and I talked about all the years we'd have together as good friends and we made plans. Plans for our homes, families and gardens, things like that. Sadly, it was all so short-lived, but I am grateful for the time we did have as friends.
Today I am remembering Jayne.
Three years ago on this very day, Berenice was here and we sat together in stunned silence, lost in our thoughts.
Here is what I wrote on that day...Rocky is Jayne's little dog.
We are staring out of our window at what was not long ago your home but is now just a red brick house with the curtains drawn. We are waiting for you to come down your path with your usual wave and lovely smile. Fizz is sniffing the air, to pick up the scent of your little man, Rocky. They took you yesterday in a black shiny car and Rocky in a little wire kennel. How I wish they would bring you back. You visited before you left and you held my hand and told me how glad you were that we were friends and thanked me for being good to you. Rocky and Fizz played, as happy in their friendship as we were in ours. What I wouldn't do to change the tense of what I have just written. Were you saying goodbye to me Jayne? The voice of Bob Dylan is playing as we endlessly stare, the c.d that you gave me on Friday. "The answer my friend is blowing in the wind" is the only line I hear. We are waiting for you to walk up our mountain, but know you are not coming today Jayne, because yesterday you died, so we have to walk alone without you. Goodbye my lovely friend.
In loving memory of Jayne x
October 1962 - August 2003
Today I am remembering Jayne.
Three years ago on this very day, Berenice was here and we sat together in stunned silence, lost in our thoughts.
Here is what I wrote on that day...Rocky is Jayne's little dog.
We are staring out of our window at what was not long ago your home but is now just a red brick house with the curtains drawn. We are waiting for you to come down your path with your usual wave and lovely smile. Fizz is sniffing the air, to pick up the scent of your little man, Rocky. They took you yesterday in a black shiny car and Rocky in a little wire kennel. How I wish they would bring you back. You visited before you left and you held my hand and told me how glad you were that we were friends and thanked me for being good to you. Rocky and Fizz played, as happy in their friendship as we were in ours. What I wouldn't do to change the tense of what I have just written. Were you saying goodbye to me Jayne? The voice of Bob Dylan is playing as we endlessly stare, the c.d that you gave me on Friday. "The answer my friend is blowing in the wind" is the only line I hear. We are waiting for you to walk up our mountain, but know you are not coming today Jayne, because yesterday you died, so we have to walk alone without you. Goodbye my lovely friend.
In loving memory of Jayne x
October 1962 - August 2003
Friday, August 11, 2006
Meeting Kathy
Hi
Last Monday, Berenice, my daughter Becky and myself set off on a train journey to a city called Chester to meet an online friend of ours called Kathy. It was a great experience.
Kathy is a member of Bag End poetry board like B(admin) and me(lapsed member) and is from Australia. She is currently on a tour of the U.K. and when we found out she would be as close as she was, we couldn't miss the opportunity.
We met at Chester cathedral and spent a lovely afternoon together. After her visit to Chester, Kathy went on to visit Scotland. I am looking forward to hearing all about her time there.
Here are a few pics of the day. What a lady! It was a pleasure to meet her and be in her company.The well-dressed man Kathy is standing with is the doorman of a rather up-market hotel in Chester. Berenice is in the brown top and Becky the green. I am taking the pics...ha.
The world is not such a big place after all...smiles.
Sunday, August 6, 2006
A Busy Summer
It's a while since I wrote anything here, but life has just been so busy lately. With working and having the girls off from school, there never seems to be a minute...
My eldest daughter (14) has found herself a summer job waiting-on in a cafe and seems to be enjoying her first work experience. She is going to Summer Camp on Friday for a week, so is busy preparing for that.
My youngest daughter (10) is just enjoying the holidays as 10 year olds do. She goes to karate 3 hours a week and is working towards her brown belt at present and looks forward to our days out.
Last Monday, we went with Berenice (Grasshopper Singing), for a hike up the Great Orme mountain. It was hard work getting up there as it's very steep but we really enjoyed it.
Next week we are hoping to go strawberry picking and today Berenice, Becky and myself are going to a city called Chester to meet a friend. Her name is Kathy and she's from Australia. She's a member of the poetry board (Bag End) Berenice runs and I am a member of, be it a lapsed member!!!
Chester is a historic city on the England/Wales border and I know it well, because it's where I did my 4 years Registered General Nurse training. I have many fond memories of my student days there.
I will be taking my camera, a new one which takes small films too so will hopefully be able to share some of our trips here with you...
Being apart from Richie is not ideal, but being so busy means the time until he visits in October will come a little quicker...it won't but it will feel like it...sigh. I am missing him very much and he's working hard and just as busy. I mail him daily and send him pictures and films of what is happening in my life. Sometimes we speak on the phone and when we are not working we speak on msn messenger. We do the best we can under the circumstances.
Despite the hectic schedule of my life, I've still managed to go walking. Not as often as I'd like to but will return to my regular walks after the Summer.
So, that's what's been happening with me. There just aren't enough hours in the day! (I wonder who said that?)...smiles.
There used to be days when there were "too" many and I wondered how on earth I would drag myself through them! My life has changed and improved so much, but that's another story..........
My eldest daughter (14) has found herself a summer job waiting-on in a cafe and seems to be enjoying her first work experience. She is going to Summer Camp on Friday for a week, so is busy preparing for that.
My youngest daughter (10) is just enjoying the holidays as 10 year olds do. She goes to karate 3 hours a week and is working towards her brown belt at present and looks forward to our days out.
Last Monday, we went with Berenice (Grasshopper Singing), for a hike up the Great Orme mountain. It was hard work getting up there as it's very steep but we really enjoyed it.
Next week we are hoping to go strawberry picking and today Berenice, Becky and myself are going to a city called Chester to meet a friend. Her name is Kathy and she's from Australia. She's a member of the poetry board (Bag End) Berenice runs and I am a member of, be it a lapsed member!!!
Chester is a historic city on the England/Wales border and I know it well, because it's where I did my 4 years Registered General Nurse training. I have many fond memories of my student days there.
I will be taking my camera, a new one which takes small films too so will hopefully be able to share some of our trips here with you...
Being apart from Richie is not ideal, but being so busy means the time until he visits in October will come a little quicker...it won't but it will feel like it...sigh. I am missing him very much and he's working hard and just as busy. I mail him daily and send him pictures and films of what is happening in my life. Sometimes we speak on the phone and when we are not working we speak on msn messenger. We do the best we can under the circumstances.
Despite the hectic schedule of my life, I've still managed to go walking. Not as often as I'd like to but will return to my regular walks after the Summer.
So, that's what's been happening with me. There just aren't enough hours in the day! (I wonder who said that?)...smiles.
There used to be days when there were "too" many and I wondered how on earth I would drag myself through them! My life has changed and improved so much, but that's another story..........
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