... something needed to be done. Him Indoors had unsuccessfully voiced threats about writing to volunteer our house for one of these get rid of everything that you cherish and blobber in front of the TV viewers while your prized posessions are pawed by pseudo psychologists type programmes. His latest threats ran along the lines of "Isuppose it would be quicker if I just hired a skip". He sounded like he may have meant it. Incentive number 1. Then Sarah called and talked about coming for lunch. The headcount meant the usual table would not be enough and the dining table would have to be freed so we could have a kiddie table and a grown up one. Incentive number 2. My mum and dad called and said they were bringing my niece with them on Monday (my sister is without a child minder at the moment so they have taken childcare duties over). My niece is a little tornado. She has barely learnt to walk but has already showed a sense of adventure. She has no sense of danger and a vivid imagination. As a rule I feel spending 4 hours in a casualty waiting room is not the best way to spend ones time. Incentive number 3. Obviously I have known of the visits for weeks and because I am organised I started to do it gradually ... NOT. I started Saturday morning and finished the last few bits this morning. 4 and 1/2 black bin liners later the room is transformed. Him Indoors is impressed. Sarah and Christine thought they had come to the wrong house. It's not that I cannot tidy, I am actually quite good when I get round to doing it, I just do not like to do do it. I love cleaning and hate tidying (give me a damp cloth, some gloves and a bottle of bleach and off I go), kitchens and bathrooms I can keep in order because it involves more cleaning than putting away, other rooms are more of a problem.. I am a hoarder which compounds the problem. When I start tidying up, if I do not have a deadline, I will stumble accross a pouch of photos, an old magazine, a book, an old letter and start reading it and before I know the room looks even worse, full of half started piles of stuff and it's too late to go any further. Can't do that if the deadline is looming. More unusual items found: a saw, a number of screwdrives and alum keys, a roll of film which needs to be processed, a tin full of old letter, the class picture of an-ex boyfriend with little notes from his friends for me (he went to boarding school), low energy lightbulbs, long lost tapes, 3 blank address books (I tend to write phone numbers on scraps of papers and lose quite a few so people get me adress books as a present), 4 different size frames none of which fit the pictures I would like to hang, coins from countries I don't remember setting foot in, countless keys... And no, I did not find a more suitable "home" for the sheets of plasterboard, they are still behind the piano. I wonder how long it will be before it's all back to normal.
I've gone all Life Laundry on Him Indoors...
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steve (16.2.04 08:56) You must get the film processed for your own safety 
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(16.2.04 09:08) Are still able to play the long lost tapes anywhere? I found some of mine th eother day whilst doing a similar exercise - and disovered that there was only one place I could go listen to then - and that was in the abandoned old car in my garage! (The only place I could find a cassette player.) |
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(16.2.04 10:31) Steve. or Him Indoors' safety... I suppose it can be part of the next mission "sort out the photos and negatives". Jags. there is always my son's fisher price player... I still have my old tape player as well (and my first stereo which was a hand me down from my father when he upgraded his, he bought it in his early 20's, still works perfectly - see I was not joking when I said I was a hoarder). |
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(16.2.04 12:50) plaster board eh... congrats to your son being chosen for the A team, is this for Winchester next Sunday?. |
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(16.2.04 13:40) Pft. yep. Your BW playing there too ? |
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(16.2.04 21:08) No, This has been delt with badly as to who is playing (the clique has set in and it's not about the best being chosen!!!!!)Hope you have a lovley time and that the sun shines |
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(16.2.04 23:15) Thanks. Our club has a fairly strict policy for the minis of choosing players not so much for their ability but more according to enthusiasm and attendance to training. All boys who turn up to training get a chance to play. A couple of fairly good boys have been passed over as they only seem to attend one training session in 3. The idea is not to discourage a kid who enjoys playing just because of a few wild passes. They are only 6 to 8 years old after all. + the risk of injury is higher if you fall under a certain ratio of training sessions to matches. Don't get me wrong they like to win just like anybody but they are keen on not putting the kids off the game. Shame your club is clicky, suppose it comes with being in Surrey. Our is quite nice with normal people and chips, beer and bacon butties in the clubhouse. |
