"Normal" Service Has Been Resumed
Hello - remember me? Awful limericks and a disturbing fondness for marsupials. It's all been a bit hectic of late, and something had to go I'm afraid. It was either blogging or my regular ferret-racing nights, and the ferrets won. Not really, but it's as good as any other excuse.
Anyway, VallyP has pulled me out of cyber-limbo, mostly due to my profound regret at not having been in touch with her when she needed friends (even the bloggy ones) most, and partly because I see that some weeks ago she was foolish enough to challenge me to produce one of those listy things.
Val, it's not up to your standard, but off the top of my head, this is what I've come up with. It is a very abridged list. It omits the facts that I''ll never have a decent cleavage, I'll never do more housework than to a standard just below acceptable, and I'll never get around to posting this if I don't stop waffling and get on with it.
So, here we go:
1. Although I will continue to go grey, and occasionally to fall victim to unnecessarily avant-garde hairdressers, I'll never feel like anything other than a redhead
2. I'll never go bungy jumping, let go willingly of a hand-hold at any height greater than two metres, or leap from a moving vehicle of any description
3. I'll never think of McDonald's hamburgers or chicken nuggets of any brand as food
4. I'll never get sick of the first sip of a truly wonderful wine or the first mouthful of a fabulous meal (though I will happily polish off both in the hope that I might learn to).
5. I'll never stop feeling the need to laugh
6. I'll never do anything more than half a day before a deadline, no matter how many months I've had to do it
7. I'll never pass a single day without listening to music of some sort, or reading something from a book
8. I'll never get sick of good friends, wonderful family and useless pets
9. I'll never feel happy about getting out of bed before 9am or putting the light out before 11.30pm, though I am obliged to do both most of the time
10. (And this is while thinking of you on the loss of your father too Val); I'll never forget what my mother did for me, and never spend a day when I don't wish she was still here to enjoy what she worked for all those years, and the love of the people she did it for.
M x
Anyway, VallyP has pulled me out of cyber-limbo, mostly due to my profound regret at not having been in touch with her when she needed friends (even the bloggy ones) most, and partly because I see that some weeks ago she was foolish enough to challenge me to produce one of those listy things.
Val, it's not up to your standard, but off the top of my head, this is what I've come up with. It is a very abridged list. It omits the facts that I''ll never have a decent cleavage, I'll never do more housework than to a standard just below acceptable, and I'll never get around to posting this if I don't stop waffling and get on with it.
So, here we go:
1. Although I will continue to go grey, and occasionally to fall victim to unnecessarily avant-garde hairdressers, I'll never feel like anything other than a redhead
2. I'll never go bungy jumping, let go willingly of a hand-hold at any height greater than two metres, or leap from a moving vehicle of any description
3. I'll never think of McDonald's hamburgers or chicken nuggets of any brand as food
4. I'll never get sick of the first sip of a truly wonderful wine or the first mouthful of a fabulous meal (though I will happily polish off both in the hope that I might learn to).
5. I'll never stop feeling the need to laugh
6. I'll never do anything more than half a day before a deadline, no matter how many months I've had to do it
7. I'll never pass a single day without listening to music of some sort, or reading something from a book
8. I'll never get sick of good friends, wonderful family and useless pets
9. I'll never feel happy about getting out of bed before 9am or putting the light out before 11.30pm, though I am obliged to do both most of the time
10. (And this is while thinking of you on the loss of your father too Val); I'll never forget what my mother did for me, and never spend a day when I don't wish she was still here to enjoy what she worked for all those years, and the love of the people she did it for.
M x
posted by MargieCM at 2:23 pm
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