tag:3320340.blog.co.uk,2009-11-08:/MokoFeed2009-11-08T21:14:46+01:00tag:3320340.blog.co.uk,2006-08-28:/2006/04/20/life_sentence~742300/#c1599246SandyA2006-08-28T16:07:08+02:002006-08-28T16:07:08+02:00Have only recently returned to blogging after quite a long absence. Found your request to become your friend-gladly accepted.Decided while I was online to check out recent Blogs from you,Pootai and all the others I'd taken an interest in. Your last Blog really struck a chord with me. Married 40 years - both husband and I took early retirement - for different reasons. I was offered redundancy/retirement, which after 30+ years seemed like a dream come true- Husband followed shortly after with heart problems. I regularly wake up thinking - there must be more to life than this!!! Don't know what's preferable a husband like yours - unsociable - or one like mine . NEVER STOPS TALKING - drives me mad. I enjoy reading - he doesn't- so if I try and read a book he just carries on a constant stream of conversation (totally repetetive- moaning and groaning about all and sundry) until I give up and forfeit the book. My nickname for him is Mr Grumpy - but he doesn't take the hint. Well , Alfies Mum, there must be thousands out there like you and I - may just do a blog around that subject . Take care <br> SandyAtag:3320340.blog.co.uk,2005-12-24:/2005/12/24/the_end_of_the_line~413715/#c484776poohtai2005-12-24T19:26:33+01:002005-12-24T19:26:33+01:00I think retiring from something we enjoy is always sad.<br> Thanks for your comment - Whisky and I have reached what can only be called 'an accomodation' as to who is boss! and I have submitted gracefully; she can be quite friendly and I have to let her always make the first move! She bit me quite hard last week and I needed antibiotics - but it its healed now and I think we can live together amicably for 2 more weeks . Happy Christmas<br> Evetag:3320340.blog.co.uk,2005-10-24:/2005/10/23/past_and_future~255886/#c273233poohtai2005-10-24T11:03:20+02:002005-10-24T11:03:20+02:00Very good<br> Evetag:3320340.blog.co.uk,2005-10-10:/2005/10/09/65_years_ago~224993/#c244952poohtai2005-10-10T09:28:13+02:002005-10-10T09:28:13+02:00What a wonderful memory - thanks<br> Evetag:3320340.blog.co.uk,2005-09-29:/2005/06/22/geriatric_holidays/#c226497alfiesmum2005-09-29T22:36:24+02:002005-09-29T22:36:24+02:00Like I said, I've not got the hang of this system yet. I know I got your e-mail address but it's fallen through a hole in my memory.tag:3320340.blog.co.uk,2005-09-24:/2005/07/26/the_tyranny_of_things/#c216696deleted user2005-09-24T12:31:22+02:002005-09-24T12:31:22+02:00I'm the other way around. Every day I take a carrier bag and walk around the house looking for rubbish and small things I could do without. Bit by bit every day it makes a difference and it's not such a shock. I have found recycling bins in supermarkets very good, now they do ones for linen , shoes , books clothes etc.<br> I haven't missed anything yet. My mum came round the other day and asked if I was moving because all my stuff was gone.tag:3320340.blog.co.uk,2005-09-15:/2005/09/13/incompetence~178912/#c159754poohtai2005-09-15T17:10:03+02:002005-09-15T17:10:03+02:00PS There is a space for you to reply to the comment at the bottom - Evetag:3320340.blog.co.uk,2005-09-15:/2005/09/13/incompetence~178912/#c159751poohtai2005-09-15T17:08:38+02:002005-09-15T17:08:38+02:00If someone leaves a comment for you, you can see their name at the top of the comment - (unless they are a visitor in which case they haven't got a blog site of their own). If you click on the name you will go to their site and then you can leave a comment for them in reply to theirs; this will be sent to them. If you get going well, you can then exchange e-mail addresses in the same way<br> Hope all is well with you - Evetag:3320340.blog.co.uk,2005-08-20:/2005/07/26/the_tyranny_of_things/#c95894SandyA2005-08-20T19:43:27+02:002005-08-20T19:43:27+02:00Enjoyed reading your blog about clutter - makes me feel better to know ours isn't the only household like this!. My problem is that while I find it quite easy to get rid of anything and everything I'm married to a hoarder and it drives me insane.After my mother in law died my husband insisted on keeping almost everything from her house and added to our already overloaded home- including a 66 piece crown derby set. I keep trying to dispose of things - knowing the hassle we had at house clearing I don't want to leave my son in the same situation but its a real cloak and dagger affair trying to dispose of everything. I've just joined 'blog' today and you're my first contact! Sandratag:3320340.blog.co.uk,2005-07-27:/2005/07/26/the_tyranny_of_things/#c64404poohtai2005-07-27T08:41:38+02:002005-07-27T08:41:38+02:00E mail me on erdb7827@tiscali.co.uk<br> Eve (poohtai)tag:3320340.blog.co.uk,2005-07-27:/2005/07/26/the_tyranny_of_things/#c64386poohtai2005-07-27T08:24:40+02:002005-07-27T08:24:40+02:00Oh I do so identify with you on the clutter; this bungalow and, particularly the garage, mirror your description in many ways tho' the detail is different and most of it - in the house at least- is in cupboards, so it's |Ok till you open the door! Rather like your husband, P, my friend, hated throwing things away. I am starting on it - selling on ebay where possible, throwing away ruthlessly - but there is such a group of things that seem really too good to throw away - but nobody wants second hand stuff . So, you are not alone - good luck<br> Evetag:3320340.blog.co.uk,2005-07-24:/2005/06/22/geriatric_holidays/#c60772poohtai2005-07-24T16:37:47+02:002005-07-24T16:37:47+02:00Are you OK ? Nothing from you for a while.<br> Evetag:3320340.blog.co.uk,2005-07-14:/2005/06/22/geriatric_holidays/#c50529poohtai2005-07-14T04:12:01+02:002005-07-14T04:12:01+02:00Thanks for asking me to be a 'blog'friend. It is 3am and I am blogging!! Your comment about the 'prison' makes total sense to me although in an entirely diffent context - but we are both blogging, I think, as a way out through a prison window.<br> I have now finished my 'Grief' blog and have started another one - 'begining again' - except I'm not - yet; somewhere in a limbo between a past that isn't closed and a future that isn't open<br> Good luck with the scenery!<br> Eve