Remeniscing in the Rain

 

Hello everyone,

Welcome to a very wet Monday.  I don`t know exactly what time it started to rain but when I looked out of the window at 7.30 it looked as though it had been pouring down for hours.  Well, we do need it say the forecasters, what with hosepipe bans and dire warnings about running out of water, I dare not complain.  I would like to have a Summer where it rained all night and the sun shone all day.  Is that too much to ask?  hmm...probably but I like the idea.

    

Jake`s nose seems ok this morning and knowing him he`s forgotten all about it.  He`ll probably try to take Sam`s ball away again. I said yesterday that he`d learned a valuable lesson but in hindsight I think that lesson would have only lasted a short while.  Jake`s a sweetie but I think he was at the back of the queue when they were handing out brains....lol! Today was the first time that he was happy to go outside in the rain, in fact so happy that he didn`t want to come back in again and when he did it took me ages to get him dry again.  Thank goodness for my now-working tumble dryer, the last thing I want are wet towels hanging around smelling of wet dog.  Even with my cold I could still smell that.

          

           

When I walked Jake this morning I decided to go another way.  I walked through our little estate on the the same route as I took to infants and junior school all those years ago.  I though about all the local changes that had taken place since then and realised in fact, that there were`nt really very many at all.  The kiddies play park has been fitted with `safe` equipment with lower slides and smaller swings, they`ve removed the Witch`s Hat and the Jungle Jim and the roundabout.  All the things which gave us children so much pleasure back then.  I remember hanging upside down from the top bar of the Jungle Jim,  hanging upside down ( I loved to hang upside down!) on the Witch`s Hat while it spun round dangerously amid shrieks of laughter from us kids.  Oh yes, those were the days when it was fun to be a child before the PC brigade spoiled our fun.  Nowadays, there are signs around the park saying NO BALL GAMES.  Where are they meant to play, in the road???  I carried on walking past the school which has been partly rebuilt, the authorities have filled in the man-made fish pond in case any child should fall in, ditto the pond in the nature reserve.  Neither I may add are more than a foot deep and I know children have fallen in the past, me for one, but they certainly didn`t have any trouble getting out again.   Back to the walk,  a young woman stopped me and asked directions which I duly gave her, she was very grateful and after thanking me profusely she told me I was an angel!  I`ve been called a few things in my time but never an angel...lol!  That was my good deed for the day.

            

This afternoon Kerry starts back to work after three days off.  Apparently Roman is sleeping better now so hopefully he`ll be fine tonight. In fact he`ll be here in about 45 mins so I`d better finish up here now.  I hope the weather is better where you are even though I think it might be more widespread.  Enjoy the rest of your day and take care. :o)

What do you call a pig who`s lost his voice?

Disgruntled

Two Laws

Murphy`s Law: If something can go wrong it will.

Cole`s Law:  Thinly sliced cabbage.

 

Safe Journey!

As you slide down the bannister of life, may the splinters never point the wrong way.

 

Smart Choice

A hippo does not have a sting in it`s tale, but a wise man would rather be sat on by a bee.