JUS` MEANDERING.....

Jake`s new lead.

 

  Hello everyone,   welcome to a very hot Monday.  I hope the fan cools you down while you read this!

Firstly I want to thank Sara and Su for their very kind comments about my hair.  They are now amongst my very best friends, keep it up girls, you`ve made an oldish woman very happy!

Secondly, thank you everyone who contributed to the discovery of the identity of `The Bug`.  I have it on good authority that it is a June bug, something that lives here in the South of England only, thanks for that one Stuart, and for helping me identify it.  Thanks also to Kathy, who suggested it first. Nice one Kath!

This morning I had a routine hospital appointment.  While I was in the waiting room I saw this young nurse with her very long hair tied in a loose ponytail, wearing loads of make-up and chewing gum!   Is it me or have standards really fallen?  Don`t get me wrong, she was very clean and tidy but I think her hair should have been tied back and the gum.....well, the least said the better.  While I was there I popped down to the labour ward to ask how we stand with regards to parking of our cars when Kerry goes in.  I thought Slava and I might be exempt as we are both attending the birth.  That is not the case, the receptionist was apologetic but she said we have to pay the first four hours, then have aword with the on-duty midwife as to what to do next.  I`ll just take a pot-load of pound coins for there d**n meter and I`ll make sure Slava does the same.  If we don`t we`ll get clamped and have to pay £40/$80 to be released.  Daylight robbery but what choice do we have?

I`ve just been in the garden and took some illicit photos of our patio-to-be.  Jim instructed me not to take any until it was finished so I won`t tell him!  Jake has taken to sitting on the new paved area as the `master of all he surveys`! 

I`m quite alone this afternoon, Jim is on 3-11pm shift.  Kerry is visiting a friend and all is very peaceful, though that peace was shattered a few moments ago by what I thought ewas a bluebottle buzzing around my head.  It wasn`t, it was a very large, angry wasp, luckily for me...and it , if the truth were told, it flew straight out of the window.  Hmmm...that time of year is here, time to declare war on the pesky little critters.  Before long they`ll be many notches on my swatter...lol!

Tomorrow morning I have a hairdresser`s appointment.  It desperately needs a trim as well as my getting my roots done.  Talking of hairdresser`s, I had a call on Saturday from C. who does Kerry`s hair.  She was wondering how Kerry was after her `funny turn` on Wednesday.  How very kind of her, I`m very impressed.  I`ll tell them all about more tomorrow.

I`ve just been checking my spelling for this entry and I can`t apologise enough for any mistakes.  The thing is I don`t touch-type and the print has worn off of most of the keys.  Mind you, I must be improving my typing or it would be completely unreadable.  Must make a note to buy new keyboard in the sales!  I`m off now so I`ll leave you with something humourous.  Have a lovely day wherever you are.  Bye for now.

 

TEN WORDS THAT DON`T EXIST, BUT SHOULD

1.  AQUADEXTROUS (ak wa deks`trus) adj. Possessing the ability to turn the bath tap on and off with your toes.

2.  CARPERPETUATION (kar`pur pet u ashun) n. The act, when vacuuming, of running over a string or a piece of lint a dozen times, reaching over and picking it up, examining it, then putting it back down to give the vacuum one more chance.

3.  DISCONFECT (dis kon fekt`) v. To sterilise the piece of confection (lolly) you just dropped on the floor by blowing on it, assuming this will somehow `remove` all the germs.

4.  ELBONICS (el bon`iks) n.  The actions of two people maneuvering for one armrest in a Cinema.

5.  FRUST (frust) n.  The small line of debris that refuses to be swept onto the dustpan and keeps backing a person across the room until he finally decides to give up and sweep it under the rug.

6.  LACTOMANGULATION (lak`to man gyu lay`shun) n.  Manhandling the `open here` spout on a milk container so badly that you have to resort to the `illegal` side.

7.  PEPPIER (peph ee ay`)  The waiter at a fancy restaurant whose sole purpose seems to be walking around asking diners if they want fresh ground pepper.

8.  PHONESIA (fo nee` zhuh) n.  The affliction of dialling a phone number and forgeting who you were calling just as they answer.

9.  PUPKIS (pup kus) n.  The moist residue left on a window after a dog presses its nose to it.

10.  TELECRASTINATION (tel e kras tin ay` shun) n.  The act of always letting the phone ring at least twice before you pick it up, even when you`re only six inches away.