Wisdom

[accykeef]

I usually ignore these things but Mrs. Keef found it amusing.








I have been in many places, but I've never been in Cahoots. Apparently, you can't go alone. You have to be in Cahoots with someone.

I've also never been in Cognito. I hear no one recognizes you there.

I have, however, been in Sane. They don't have an airport; you have to be driven there. I have made several trips there, thanks to my friends, family and work.

I would like to go to Conclusions, but you have to jump, and I'm not too much on physical activity anymore.

I have also been in Doubt. That is a sad place to go, and I try not to visit there too often.


I've been in Flexible, but only when it was very important to stand firm.

Sometimes I'm in Capable, and I go there more often as I'm getting older.

One of my favorite places to be is in Suspense! It really gets the adrenalin flowing and pumps up the old heart! At my age I need all the stimuli I can get!

I may have been in Continent, and I don't remember what country I was in. It's an age thing.


PLEASE DO YOUR PART!

Today is one of the many National Mental Health Days throughout the year.

You can do your bit by remembering to send an e-mail to at least one unstable person.

My job is done!
Life is too short for negative drama & petty things. So laugh insanely, love truly and forgive quickly!

From one unstable person to another... I hope everyone is happy in your head - we're all doing pretty good in mine!

[trevnhil]

It's not the first time I have read this but like your wife I found it amusing. I would even suppose that I have been to some of these places, as others probably have too.

Approaching this festive season, it would be good if we could give a thought to those who are less fortunate than ourselves. This may be for what ever reason. Maybe they are not active enough to do all the things at home that need doing. Maybe they just need a chat from time to time.

I hope that everyone has a happy festive season, but realistically some will be sad, and perhaps lonely.

Trev..

[accykeef]

Thinking of others reminds me of an incident which happened many years ago to my Mum. They had a big family and lived next door to an old lady who had no family and very few friends. My Mum comes from a large family and they usually all gathered together for Christmas dinner.

A few days before Christmas, Grandma asked my Mum to go and ask the next door neighbour if she would like to have some of their Christmas dinner as being a large family, they were bound to have loads left which would maybe go to waste. Mum followed instructions and went next door and returned a few minutes later with a sheepish look on her face. Grandma casually asked what neighbour had said and Mum was reluctant to say. Grandma insisted that Mum told her what the neighbour had said and Mum blurted out, "She said, she is not a (effin jeffin) charity and large (effin jeffin) families should not be allowed to have so many (effin jeffin) children if the (effin jeffin) mother can't (effin jeffin) manage to cook the right amount of (effin jeffin) food for her (effin jeffin) brats and relatives.
Mum was sent to her room and wasn't comfortable sitting for a while.

Is it any wonder I tread carefully when making any offers of charity.

[trevnhil]

What an amazing story. I know that Hilary will be doing all the cooking for Christmas lunch, and of course there will be far to much food, and it will be served for many more meals.
These meals will no doubt be interspersed with Turkey sandwiches.

There will only be 3 of us on Christmas day which is a shame really. It is unavoidable because all our families are in the UK.

I truly would not mind a ' needy person ' joining us but i doubt it will happen.

Hilary has been putting up the tree and Christmas decorations today, along with cooking and Ironing.

Here is a picture of the tree.



I must admit my workload today has been extremely light.

Trev..

[accykeef]

Well we too have been busy today with various tasks.
10 am this morning we joined lots of old people at Morrisons as we did some more general and a bit of Christmas shopping. Why do old people go shopping on a Sunday morning? They have an offer on, that's Morrisons not the old people, where you spend £40 for a number of weeks and get a £25 voucher to spend. We did this last year and if you work it right, you get a decent discount off essentials for New Year. We totted up and kept the bill down to £42 so didn't end up getting stuff we don't need.

We also ordered our meat for Chrismas from the butchers on the market so food for Christmas is almost sorted.

I had the job of clearing the rest of the junk out of the loft as some nice people are coming next week to put some free insulation in the loft. I hope the people doing it are tall as the clearance between the roof and the loft hatch is a bit tight, to say the least. We are having a new roof next year so I am hoping that the guys who come to do the job cannot get into the loft, if so, they can put the unopened rolls of insulation in the loft and I can lay it after the roof is done. That will stop it getting covered in dirt from the old roof - They are not all daft that dribble you know!

We have also been putting the finishing touches to the family calendars which over the years has turned into a job of work but we enjoy doing them and they give lots of pleasure to the recipients. They are made up of selected pictures taken during the year as well as some personalised family photos. We started doing this 5 years ago and back then we did 3 calendars, now the job has morphed into 8 calendars but they are well worth doing as they are such a lasting gift.


Here is an example:-


We have traditions at our house and planning is essential. Christmas Eve we have party food for 5 and that usually includes snacky things from Iceland (the shop, not frozen seals and stuff). This year is going to be different though, we are making all the snacky bits ourselves and we will have a rare old selection of goodies.

I always cook Christmas dinner and our small kitchen is out of bounds to everyone unless they really have to enter for something important, like keeping my glass topped up. I really enjoy doing it although I can't admit that to them. After dinner, I expected to be waited on hand and foot with my every whim catered for - doesn't usually happen but I live in hope.