Thursday, January 26, 2012
G-rrrrrrr-anny
An exercise in patience...and I am so thankful I had a sweet and loving nanna myself, bless her. It was her 91st birthday. The animosity started as soon as she got into the car, straight after I had said hello and wished her a happy birthday. I was there, you see, and it was obviously not to her...
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Monday, January 23, 2012
To my friends
One or two kind folks have asked after me lately... well not very recently lately I must admit, and I have been naughty and not stayed on board long enough to write back... so I apologise... Life has been quite good. Very good in fact. There are the odd times when I get into a state and can't talk...
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Saturday, July 30, 2011
Bedtime
Well, we survived the day. Daughter is in bed, tired but I think okay. I ran her to the beauty parlour and read a magazine while waiting. Because her appointment was a short one I didn't manage any time with my guy, not even for a drink but it's okay.. sort of. I'd emailed afterwards to say that we...
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Coffee break
11:30 a.m. Still no word from daughter. I have been digging over the north-facing front bed under my study window, and unearthed substantial quantities of wet, sticky grey clay and a lot of rubble -- pieces of clay water pipes, lumps of concrete, a large metal bolt or two, and endless large stones....
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Perplexed
7 a.m, and my daughter has obviously decided not to stay here last night. I'm not sure what to do about this, nor what message she is sending me. I've spent a restless night by myself, to no purpose. I've left my partner by himself too, and he will have mixed feelings about this whole situation. My...
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Friday, July 29, 2011
And here we are again...
Daughter is still giving me a problem... but according to her of course I am the problem!... smile. I ought to be welcoming her visits but oh dear, they are so fraught and hyper-dramatic. I'm too old for this. I love my daughter, but I have to admit to being somewhat intimidated. This evening, I had...
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Friday, July 8, 2011
Daughter, again
Dammit I could cry... why is it that my woman-child can bring me to the edge of tears so easily? It must be that Demeter-Kore thingy... we women have in us something of our mothers, and something of ourselves goes into our daughters. She completely misses the point, and is so passionate in her...
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Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Yes she did!
Daughter got the job she has worked so hard for. Wonderful..! Now I can relax. Apart from the two documents I have to finish editing and send off, and the lovely mess in the kitchen. The plasterer has just left, the fitter and I have conferred on just where to place the doorknobs, and the...
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Monday, November 15, 2010
Phew
No, I haven't heard that Daughter has got the job (the interview isn't until late afternoon). My man picked up the phone when I rang just now, and sounded happy to hear me. I was beginning to be worried that he wasn't talking to me... none of my emails had been answered, and he was home all morning,...
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Sunday, November 14, 2010
Ultra-sticky stuff
My kitchen is being re-fitted. For ten days now I have been making tea in the utility room because nothing is connected in the kitchen. (My man has his own views about this project, since it seems to be at odds with a Plan B which might lead to something permanent... Plan A was that I remain...
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