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Byatt

Mtstm, nope can't sing either or read music, my brothers inherited all the talents (wasted on them though), my mother had a fab voice. I used to be creative through writing, but have lost the urge. I have no sense of coordination so can't dance, my cooking used to be good and a way I expressed myself, but not any more. I seem to have got worse as I've got older, mostly through lack of practise.:cool:

I don't necessarily want to be able to draw well, any painting I did would be loosely impressionistic and vaguely abstract :eek::o! Just a way to express myself and interpret my surroundings. And it would be watercolours. I will play around for a bit and look out for a local course, there seems to be lots about.

JustKeepSwimming_2

Thanks to all for you for your kind words; they really have helped - think I was feeling more than a little sorry for myself yesterday! I'm much happier today, even though I'll have to go back to work tomorrow - but only 30 days till boss leaves so it should go quickly enough.

I'm not sure why my ex feels the need to be so honest now when he wasn't for years - but I need to stop letting it bother me so much. I think I'm having some kind of mid-life crisis/crisis of confidence brought on by too much thinking....

Smilies still aren't working for me, but I can see they seem to be fine for everyone else - can't think what I could be doing wrong? Surely all I do is click on the darn things.

LB - love the photos! Am in awe of your previous reading record - 6 books in 3 weeks? Crikey, I'm lucky to manage 1 every 8 weeks & am forever renewing my library books! I'm struggling to concentrate on things too, but I can't think of a reason why - maybe we've used up all our concentration? Or maybe I still have baby brain after all these years?

Byatt - hope you get to Italy too. Never been but its on my list. Drawing & all things creative however, are not on any of my lists! I can't sing, dance, draw etc. & am envious of those that can. I can do some practical stuff like sewing & knitting - I enjoy it & it always looks OK, but never particularly artistic. I have a friend who can turn any outfit or room into a brilliant artistic statement with what appears to be no thought at all (I have plans for her to "sort my house out" but she doesn't know yet), whereas any new outfit I put on looks like I've had I for years.

I've managed to do sweet FA today - still in PJs & watching tennis, although I have done the ironing/washing up/laundry/meal planning & shopping chores & sorted my finances so actually, that is quite enough for one day, isn't it?

Hope all are having a lovely Sunday.

BookWorm

Afternoon all

Just sitting down after a productive day of chores. Timed it well it seems as just started raining again. Figured it was too good to last all day with no rain! I had an early tea of pasta with homemade sauce as was hungry and thought why wait lol

Another one here who is just not artistic at all but I love to see other peoples creations.

I am also in the poor concentration gang too. Definitely noticed that I am reading books slower than I used to and even ones I love are not always holding my attention. Same for tv/films as well. Not sure why as can't think of what has changed recently....

LB - love the pictures - thanks for sharing.

Have a great evening all

BW

RosiePuddingPaws

Lovely to see your new cat, LB. You can see from the angle of her head that she is giving him the "I'm so gorgeous" look! He is very handsome too. Love the fluffy butts too - Bluebelle is showing her fluffy butt particularly well!!

A trip to Italy sounds great, Byatt. I hope you get to see everything you want and have a wonderful time. I can picture you with your palette of watercolours producing your interpretation of the sites. When you think back to the rich of Regency times, they (according to Georgette Heyer!) used to go on the Grand Tour and produce watercolours. Anything they can do ...

I know what you mean about the cooking. When it is just cooking for one it is hard to make the effort. I make quilts, but seem to have lost my oomph as there is one half pieced that has been lying around since Easter. I'm getting fed up of looking at it so must either get it done or pack it away as it is currently dotted around the kitchen counters (with sewing machine on the dining table).

Mixed weather here today. Managed to sort out the problem in the border. Couldn't understand why the shrubs were suddenly all leaning over towards the lawn. On deeper investigation, plunging through the shubbery, I find that the fence installers (next door) have only decided to put their fence posts by the roots and dig out all the earth. Have put the shrubs back to upright and filled in the holes. Just hope they put good roots down again.

Watched a recorded documentary on the Eagles last night so have spent part of the day singing along (after a fashion!) to various cds. I see they are doing some concerts next week. Hmm ...

RPP

calicocat

Well, seriously unproductive day today for me as couldn't sleep last night, so have slept most of the day. This happens sometimes as i just don't get out of 'night shift mode'

I didn't get up until gone 3.

I have however planted the peppers into what will be their forever pots....thats about it!

This means I have loads to do tomorrow.

No MTSTM....pink room is still half done...shocking I know, just can't muster up enthusiasm to do it.

Asbo-cat.....has been Awol again I think, I had shut the door an hour ago, and she has just been scratching at door to come in now, had she just been in back garden she would have been scratching at it straight away as doesn't like the thought of it being shut.

She's lucky, I was just about to go back to bed!


Lovely pic of Bluebelles bum!!........and Mabel looks positively evil on that pic...like she wants to peck someone to death and that she's in a really bad mood...lol.

I had better be off to bed and try to sleep as so much to do tomorrow I can't afford to sleep the day away.....i must sleep.....i must sleep.

Winter_Phoenix

JustKeepSwimming wrote: »

I'm not sure why my ex feels the need to be so honest now when he wasn't for years - but I need to stop letting it bother me so much.

JKS, I don't think he's being honest at all. I think Byatt is right - he's "rewriting history" to try to make himself out to be the innocent victim/martyr ("I suffered for years! No-one could blame me for leaving after such prolonged misery!") rather than the villain of the story ("I walked out on my partner and kids and now I'm blaming them for everything!"). This is very childish and irresponsible on his part, like a small child who tries to put the blame on someone else when they have broken something. Please don't let him upset you with his mythological version of your time together - please stand back and see his words for what they are, a complete fabrication intended to make him look better, no matter what the cost to everyone else involved.

moneyistooshorttomention

JKS
Your comment about frequently saying, in genuine enquiring way, to your ex "What would you like me to do about it?" is resonating with me still. Its putting the onus right back on him. Sounds like exactly the right thing to say to him if he starts off on one. It asks for concrete information and that's why he is reacting badly to it imo.

I used a variant with someone who has been having a few goes at me recently and it didn't go down at all well, when I just kept saying "Tell me what you believe I have done wrong" and "What do you think I should be doing?" and just kept repeating it and waiting to see if they had anything concrete to say, eg "You've done this" or "You've not done that". They didn't like it one little bit and the reason was clearly because there was nothing I have actually done wrong and they just stood there with mouth flapping like a fish before storming off, as there wasn't anything they could say (ie because I hadn't done anything wrong, only something they personally didn't like). Mind you...they were on eggshells and they knew it, because they actually are doing something wrong and any more "nonsense" from them and they would have had those objective facts spelt out quite clearly...


So just keep right on throwing that "What would you like me to do about it?" question right back at him in a genuine enquiring way and 'nuff said if he doesn't have any "concrete" thoughts on that.

moneyistooshorttomention

LB

Just heard something on radio about someones chickens doing the chicken equivalent of beating the 4 minute mile to get to it when hot muesli was on the menu. Thought for the fluffybutts?