Wednesday, September 27, 2017

Washing a plate ..the Lost banana and being a temporary Grandmother (No I'm not really)

Ok you may (or may not) have days where the you wonder if you are going completely dotty .
I certainly do ..darn it.  Today was such a day. It started off when I lost 1/2 a banana ...My healthy breakfast ..well half a healthy breakfast ..how do you lose half a banana ? ...I really don't know but I managed it . Obviously my special talents tend to eccentricity . I just put it down to turn on the kettle and poof ..no banana ..it's a small house but so far the banana remains elusive. As I said dotty.

Next I was really worried as the washing machine was making a worrying knocking noise ... she is not very old and a lovely machine ...I was not a happy camper. The relief when emptying it to find a plate in amongst the wash ..so that's what was making the noise. That'll teach me to empty the laundry bin straight in without sorting ...not that I expected a plate to be hiding in there mind.
It was a melamine plate so no damage and it was rather clean....but I don't think I'll encourage the practise.

And to cap it all a visit to activate a phone for my daughter led to a conversation that involved the realisation that the nice staff assumed the phone was for my grand daughter ..as they were being very helpful and obliging I just didn't go there ...some mistakes you just let lie. Then they wished me a nice rest of my stay ..and I didn't correct that misconception either... it can be a real conversation stopper when asked have you been here long? the answer 18 years throws them.

Well now I think I need chocolate or wine or both.......and I think I shall hide all the mirrors....

So how was your day ?


from an old gravestone

If you hold your nose to the Grindstone
and you leave it there long enough,
Then soon you'll say
there's no such things
as brooks that babble
and birds that sing,
these three will all your world compose,
just you, the stone and your poor old nose.

(from memory so may not be word perfect)