Well here I am playing catch up, no real excuse, just lack of specific inspiration for the words during each day. It cannot go unmentioned that Friday saw the opening of the 2012 London Olympic Games. I agree that it is a major event and that in parts it will inspire the country and encourage the lovely community feel we had last year for the Royal Wedding and in June for the Queen's Jubilee, and for that I think we will all agree that there is value.. anything that makes us Brits peek out from under the polite table cloth and shout from the roof tops about our solidarity is good, there is way too much negativity in our media that it sometimes makes you feel we are just not good enough..
.. but, and anyone who knows me will know that I have never been 'Sporty Spice' , sadly this is just not really my bag.. and with a fear of retribution.. it is only sport isn't it? All that money, all that hype, if only we could have the same enthusiasm and money fed into our everyday lives surely we'd be dragged kicking and screaming from recession overnight.. well not overnight, but for sure the money would help a lot of ordinary people who are not in the primes of their lives.. (I could go on but...)
..stepping down off soapbox I cannot disagree though with Jennie and my fellow 365ers, the opening ceremony was amazing, and it must have been a real spectacle to be there.. quintessentially 'English'and we wondered what the world at large would think of the tableaux, the NHS beds and olde English gentle folk etc.. not to mention the inclusion of the Dambusters and Enola Gay, but hopefully no-one delved too deep on that! Loved the music too, shows our age doesn't it when we remember it all!
So, the kids have all been busy and Col and I have played catch up over the weekend.. I did the food shop Friday so that was a box ticked and yesterday I helped Kate get a new phone (accident prone bunny dropped the last one.. it now looks like a piece of artwork! ..maybe a picture for a prompt one day! )
This morning our Zac called and we both had a great chat with him, I think he may even be missing home a little.. maybe? Only about five weeks and he'll be home for a few weeks before his two terms back at college.. but plenty to do in the time off.. sort accommodation, get a car and oh yeah, get his uniform washed and ironed.. mmm, mum's love to feel wanted don't they!!
I had a serious hoover today, the whole house, it may make me sound really lazy but generally 'someone' does the worst looking bits as and when but it is a full day job to work through throwing stuff out and getting into the corners... bloody hell, how dull is that!! But I think I am scrapbooking next Saturday so it was a now or.. whenever and I got with it.. hence the dull pictures...
Fire... I like this painted bottle I bought from the farmshop which used to be next door, just when we moved here.. it has a tree on it but I always think it looks like it is on fire.
Rings..whilst cleaning this came to mind, a long boat like candle holder. (damn.. lost the pic!)
Today's actual prompt was heavy.. our two sofas are beasts to move and this was how they were half way through the tidy.. I try to swap them round, not sure why but I do!
Well it is always so satisfying to have a hoovered house. It does make a difference even though it is not enough to do it everyday!
ReplyDeleteI love your thoughts on the Olympics and I think that is the point of the ceremony to draw attention to the athletes that have trained so hard whilst working at their day jobs in the main (the ER doc that is cycling springs to mind) and has a different spin to the overpaid overblown footballers that often feel like the 'face' of sport in this country and aren't really anything to do with the real spirit and commitment of 'real' sportsmen and women.
Not too long until Zac is back, great news :) xxx
I know what you mean about cleaning, I dont think ours has had a proper clean for a while...i made some progress on saturday. I also agree with what you said about the olympics, I just dont 'do' sport either so have little interest in it. Good news about Zac I bet you cant wait for the washing! :)
ReplyDeleteI'm again-last in the queue. I want peace, to read. Really great hits! Congratulations! And it's not just blah blah - wrote a comment! No!
ReplyDeleteWe watched the opening of the Olympics. There were two commentators - a woman and a man. They are constantly explaining what's going on, what conception.
What's speech, who it is who
Apparently the organizers had taken care to distribute written materials to the commentators. I learned a lot!
It was really great!
You have been busy, I had that kind of day too, but it was bathroom cleaning, ironing and oven/cooker cleaning for me. Has to be done sometime!
ReplyDeleteI am definitely not sporty spice either but am loving the olympics, have decided that it is because you don't have to watch one thing for a long time, they are always changing from one event to the other!