Quietly Spoken

The painting is halfway there now. Making a beige ceiling look white is hard work. We set the sofabed up at night and the contents of the bedroom are in the dining room. We could be like this for about ten days or so as we have a busy time coming up. Sign in to see full entry.

Thanks so much for your concern. I'm feeling much better today. The rest has been most beneficial. I spent yesterday finishing off the preparation but I took it really slowly, having lots of breaks and not pushing myself. I wore my sunglasses when I washed down the walls with sugar soap to protect... Sign in to see full entry.

I woke up this morning tired and in pain. I have a kind of stiff neck pain, as though I have the flu but no other symptoms apart from a stye and this tiredness. I was the same on Tuesday, a bit better on Wednesday but too ill to go into work again today. I have to rest and hope that the virus gets... Sign in to see full entry.

It is a quiet afternoon and I'm feeling a sense of peace. The birds are singing and the day is fading from blue to grey. Tommorrow I will have the luxury of a day to myself as my partner is heading south to spend the day watching motor bike racing. My daughter has been ill for the past few days and... Sign in to see full entry.

When I was a child I always wanted to live in a round house. My parents would often take me for a drive to look at the smart brick houses that were being built on the hills around us. I thought that it was dull that all of the houses looked the same and I thought a rond house would be just grand. I... Sign in to see full entry.

I'm feeling tired with no energy to write beautiful writing. Tonight I cooked fish and home made fat chips with a salad. I used sunflower oil instead of olive oil as I have a very sensitive smoke alarm and a very old oven. It wasn't as smokey but I still had to wave the tea towel around a fair bit.... Sign in to see full entry.

is it a cold coming on or just some hay fever. It was a beautiful day today, the sun has come out from behind the clouds, only one more day and then spring. Sign in to see full entry.

Tiredness can be all encompassing. I really love my day job at the moment. It is very analytical and there is always a new problem to tackle so my first love my fiction writing has suffered. Not writers block just lack of mental space to create in. Two weekends ago we went to a friend's place for... Sign in to see full entry.

I've just upgraded to the Silver level. Ah, now I can have three blogs. I have one fictional blog and now a journal blog. What will the other be? Will my creative side win and I'll dedicate a whole blog to poetry or will I be more outspoken and try opinion? After the discipline of sticking to a... Sign in to see full entry.