Had Dirt to Scratch and Eggs to Lay
Been busy busy busy. Work is pretty bad right now and I haven't had a day off for a while - worked the last two Satudays and had youth etc on Sundays.Still here I am and you have my undivided attention unless I fall asleep. Tobiwan asked on his blog if anyone else couldn't wait until Summer. Well for those of you who don't know me so well I will recount a conversation I had with the Daughter over lunch last Friday week - it went something like this:
Me: "I'm cold, I hate this time of year, it was all sunny this morning so I put on a thinner pair of trousers and now it is freezing. I take this time of year very personally, I think the weather is deliberately trying to taunt me by pretending the Winter is over and it is getting warmer and then saying 'Ha, Ha, got you' and turning cold and miserable again."
Caelie: " Well, it is better than Winter!"
Me: "I hate Winter too and the Autumn."
Caelie: "So basically you just like the two weeks in the Summer when it is hot."
Me: "Basically, yes!"
So, the Princess and her two Offspring were round today for lunch, along with Twoson and the Girlfriend, which was very nice indeed and the Princess gave me some lovely flowers..........
........ and a bottle of wine. We gave her Boston Baked Beans, which gave her tummy ache (sorry Princess!). Still at least J cooked them not me!
I read an article in the Guardian recently that was talking about email addiction and the fact that some people (not to be racist, but some Americans to be precise) are having to be treated for this affliction. Basically the article was saying that the psychological phenomenon is the same as that seen in rats pushing a lever for food. If the rat gets a food pellet (gratification) every time it pushes the lever then it only pushes the lever when it is hungry. However if the food pellet only appears randomly when the lever is pushed, then the rat will push it frequently as it never knows when it is going to get gratification. So people become addicted to checking their emails because the gratification is random and could come at any time. Perhaps the answer is for the internets to be re-organised so that we receive our emails once a day like snail mail or alternatively we could all go out and get a life!!
I am away to my boiled egg (not even any toastie soldiers - the diet must be obeyed, I will get back into my size 12 Jeans by the end of April!!!)
Labels: flowers and rats, Sunshine
pa. 3 photos?!? Personal best!
b. Stop working so much.
c. I like my life and the internets are my friend yes they are precious.
d. Summer rocks. We just had a beach pary at Marks in honour of how great the summer is..
Posted by
tobiwan |
10:32 pm
mightof accidentally added a p to the a. point of my discourse there. This is due to blogger giving me a 10 letter word verification which I got wrong then putting the focus on the wrong box when the page reloaded. If you can understand that then you can understand the old testament. Full stop.
Posted by
tobiwan |
10:35 pm
i want to kill carla!!!!!! she taught my daughter that burping at the dinner table is considered good maners in certain countries.
Briony thinks that means everymeal time at home!!!!!!
Posted by
Anonymous |
6:42 pm
sorry carla dont mean that realy but wait till you have kids!
Posted by
Anonymous |
6:43 pm
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