nightmares !!

When I wallpapered my bedroom I was really pleased with the effect.....the wallpaper was calming and the bedroom was an oasis of peace and calm........for a few years.....I saw a pairs of lovey dovey peacocks......The paper was a modern take on a traditional style....turquoise and off white with silver highlights.........

Then I was ill with a high temperature....and the light from the landing.....highlighted.....perfectly in a complete oblong......the green man face.......scary.......now all I can see is the scary face.......

what do you see first? the peacocks or the scary face??????

ice on the roof

Went to the new big shopping centre in Hull....St Stephens....it's freezing due to the access to the underground car park for the supermarket at one end.....even the security men wear heavy woollen overcoats, hats, scarves and gloves!!!! Anyway....rushing in and out as quickly as possible....I glanced up..at the roof...I only took one snap ..... it's breath taking....the melting snow blown into folds .....frozen.....more snow.....other panels looked even better......how much do I miss rushing about not looking up.....not looking even ???

the down side of son learning to drive.....

Number two son learnt to drive....I was over the moon for him.....
Passed his test one day, looked at a car the next day,drove the car home on the third day and drove to leeds airport on the fourth day to fly to work.......
A month later I am bored of said son being able to drive...the novelty for me is wearing off....It's his new "thing" I know he is sensibly getting driving practise in....but...I'll forget how to catch a bus soon.....I'll take you....pick you up......do you want to come home?.....do you want to go anywhere ?....do you want to go to shops.......Just popping out...(means he's going for a drive) his friends have seen more of him than ever.....now wants to fit this that and the other to the car......and.....If as he keeps talking about..... that he does leave home....lifts will stop or at least be timetabled ....
He needs the garage emptying to get car in....garage built in 1958 for a little Standard 8 car... his is not a little car.....he might get it in but have to crawl out the hatchback...if he has enough headroom to get out...lol
Spent another day sorting out the full garage.....his stuff is filling the large hallway awaiting some "day" when he will sort it out......he says most of it will be thrown away.......so I have to navigate through the mess until the arrival of the "day." I have given away stuff to someone who does car boots and to someone else who paints furniture.....stuff I was saving to enjoy doing up when said son leaves home and I have his bedroom to redo. ( leaves home ? he's 27)
I have repositioned stuff that I knew where it was.....now in a new position.....will I remember where it now is...? No o o o. Guess I'll have fun opening stuff up to find what is in them.
I am messy....I like to spread....BUT it's my mess.....lol. It's creative........
The more my health improves the more I get diverted away from sorting my mess....gerrrr. Still, if he does move out...I'll gain a bedroom......In theory I'll have some indoor space and all the time in the world to sort my stuff...or will I ? It might be like when my daughter left me with her accumulations from her uni years....and the contents of her little house when she moved away....the remainder is still stacked up in my wardrobe.....there was more....we are down to one wardrobe full now.....He'll leave stuff for me to look after? Will collect later.........we'll see.......heard it all before...lol
The intensity and exuberance of relative youth......when I have the energy to plod plod plod. It tires me out....
Although I have to say it was great that said number two son drove me to see number one son and his wife and children at the Kinderland place. They were over from Italy. Younger grandchild 2yr old Luca encouraged me through the labyrinth crawling on hands and knees to the top of an enormous slide and gleefully gave me a push to start me sliding d...o..w...n stomach left me in several places and I'm sure I got friction burns to my bum...it was red hot....and with my weight I thought I would shoot straight through the cargo netting at the bottom.....great fun!