Taking my finger off the self-destruct button

Wordsmith

I have two favourite words. One is "somewhat", which is so meaningless yet says so much.

And I've forgotten what the second one is.:eek: I know there is a second one. These "big" birthdays have a lot to answer for. Despite trying to let it slip by unnoticed, subconsciously I seem to be embracing it and living up to expectations ... although expectations of passing 90, not the number that is ever so much smaller. But I do know that today is Thursday (and the year is 2011, and I had eggy sandwich for tea last night) ... Thursday ... pension day ... and in the circumstances I think that I will be just that bit more smiley to the [STRIKE]oldies[/STRIKE] more mature people of our society.

Wordsmith

chevalier wrote: »

Glad to hear the house sale is going through. Will that meant that you will be able to finish the Irish place? Or pay off some debt or both?

Your descriptions of your pets do make me laugh, thanks for that.
chev

Thanks, Chev. I am not thinking too hard about the money from the house ... just in case. There have already been a few hold-ups, so I am not completely sure the buyers are in such a good position as they led me to believe, or that they haven't also got their eye on somewhere else. However, if the money does come through, well, I don't know what I am going to do. I could pay off all my debts and then have nothing left over. Or I could pay off some and have a bit left over, but not enough to finish off the house here so I still wouldn't be able to live in it. Or I could not pay any debt off and use the money to finish the house. All have their pros and cons. Depending on when I think about it depends on which option I find most attractive. If the money is forthcoming, I shall have to give it some serious thought. I am not very good at serious - I am too much of a ditherer.

turfy6

Nice to have you back and so sorry to hear about your Dad. I have a big birthday next year and Im trying not to think about it too much, a kindle would be lovely present though I really fancy one of those.
I went to Bunratty park years ago when the kids were small, I remember it was raining (no surprise there) but we had a wonderful day. Would like to go again and take youngest as he's never been. Will be up in Clare at Easter so maybe then.

Glad your back and sounding positive, hugs.:beer:

Wordsmith

Thanks, Turfy. I remember that the day you visited Clare last year was the day I visited Cork. Maybe we passed on the road! Bunratty is touristy, but it is a good day out nonetheless (and the soup and the scones and the apple pie are all lovely!). And walking up and down all the steps in the castle is a good workout.

startagain_2

Welcome back Wordsmith to your own diary that is - I know you have been popping in and out of others, but it is good to see you back here....

I too did not shed a tear when my Mum or Dad passed away, everyone copes with grief differently.
What a lot of tarts you have for pets - always on the lookout for a free meal and new home!
I am still not sure about the Kindle thing - I quite like the "feel" of a book in my hands.

Hugs
SA

Wordsmith

Thanks for calling by SA.

I like the feel of books, too, but some of the advantages to a Kindle on some occasions are: I like reading in bed and some heavier books are hard to hold up while lying down (a bit pathetic, do you think?), and you can pack lots of words into a Kindle and it doesn't weigh any more; I live in a cold house so can get all of me under a duvet and just have one hand out in the cold to hold and operate the Kindle, rather than having to expose the other hand to turn the page; the Kindle doesn't make so much noise when I drop it on the floor when I fall asleep; I can prop it up at the table and use both hands to eat while reading, rather than dropping baked beans between the pages, or slowly tilting and falling off the chair when the book starts to close and I try to follow the page, or sticking with meals that I can eat using one hand so that I can hold a book open; when I am reading in public I can be reading trash without anyone knowing; if I am travelling I don't have to go short on knickers in order to fit another book in my bag. I think if these conveniences were listed on the box, lots more people would buy the Kindle.

Unplus:
For days I have been standing on a lump under the bath mat, thinking "I really must remove that cat litter wood pellet" and then forgetting about it instantly. Today, I finally lifted up the mat. It wasn't cat litter, it was an extremely flat lizard. While I was hopping naked around the bathroom (in a very youthful and sprightly way, I should add, although it was perhaps not a very attractive sight for voyeurs) making sounds a bit like "eugh, eugh", Brian gallantly stepped in and removed the corpse. Trouble is, I don't know whether it ended up in his cavernous belly, or whether it is now lurking somewhere and despite being very dead is going to find its way to the middle of the sitting-room for me to stand on with bare feet while I am negotiating my way to the loo in the middle of the night. I feel entitled to enter this as an unplus in a debt-busting diary because I fear I am going to have to budget for counselling to help me get over the trauma.

Horace

One wonders how the lizard got there in the first place:eek:

Nothing would persuade me to get a Kindle I love books too much and my eyes get uber tired looking at computer screens all day.

Naughty Horace was supposed to go to work this morning but felt so ill had to ring in and make excuses but I have changed my days so that I work on Wednesday afternoons and Friday mornings. I have managed to do a load of washing which is drying nicely in the sunshine, I have been out and paid some bills and taken out a bin bag full of rubbish - I had to take it out early because it contained some chicken thighs that I had left out on the side to thaw out and then forgot about them when it was particularly sunny on Wednesday so they stunk to high heaven - I didnt even dare take the clip off the freezer bag so I must remember that I need more clips.

Happened to glance in the bath too and was horrified to see it was full of dirt that had come up through the plug hole - it was like smelly mud and really quite foul, I managed to wash it away and have put some gloop down the plughole which I will leave overnight before flushing through. I washed my hair yesterday and know that the bath wasn't full of mud then so the only place it could have come from was up through the plughole:eek: (my hair wasnt full of mud either).

My tax return form came through as well today - so I need to sort out my receipts and speak to my new accountant (I ditched the other one because she was rubbish and actually didnt claim for half of what she was supposed to). My new accountant is a bit dearer but I have heard good reports about him from people that I know plus he gives business advice which is something my previous one was incapable of doing plus she wouldn't turn up to meetings:mad:

Treat yourself to some calming chocolate or a cream cake Wordsmith anything to get over the trauma of the scaly creature.

Wordsmith

Horace wrote: »

One wonders how the lizard got there in the first place:eek:

I haven't wondered too hard about this. Someone whose name begins with B springs to mind.

Horace wrote: »

Nothing would persuade me to get a Kindle I love books too much and my eyes get uber tired looking at computer screens all day.

Looking at a Kindle screen isn't the same as looking at a computer screen - it is just like looking at text on paper. It's just preference. I love books and I love my Kindle!

Sorry you haven't been feeling well. Smelly mud coming up your plug hole can't have helped. Let's hope the gloop does the job.

I would prefer not to comment on tax returns and accountants at the moment. I need a bit more strength than I can muster at the moment to mention them. Perhaps if I ever get up to date with my own affairs I will find such conversations less painful.

Horace wrote: »

Treat yourself to some calming chocolate or a cream cake Wordsmith anything to get over the trauma of the scaly creature.

Well, I do feel that the situation warrants it, but I am mindful of the fruit cake at home and carton of custard I bought to go with it.:o

RosaBernicia

Wordsmith wrote: »

I think if these conveniences were listed on the box, lots more people would buy the Kindle.

I agree... hadn't thought of any of those when briefly looking at the cheaper Kindle format prices.

:rotfl: @ lizard and hope it has been removed to safe distance

Rosa xx

Horace

Hope you enjoyed your fruitcake and custard?

Missed a call from mum when I was at the chipshop - I fancied a cone portion of chips and a piece of chicken, I have only just checked my phone and she had left a message. I must phone her tomorrow because it seems that dad has been bad all week and I did promise that I would call her but the coughing fits that I have had have put me off phoning.

Found out in the chipshop that my next door neighbour is moving out - her parent are helping her with rent for a new flat, it seems that the noisy students upstairs have driven her out (she is immediately under them and they make so much racket totally ignoring the fact that she has a small child who needs to get up for school during the week). I shall miss her because she keeps an ear on my flat when I am away and takes in parcels for me (I do the same for her). (My neighbour works in the chip shop occasionally although she wasnt there tonight but one of the other girls told me). I hope I get some quiet and decent neighbours otherwise I shall be looking for somewhere else too (sigh).