The strange sounds to be heard in the environs of Wrexham today were howls of rage or screams of delight, depending on what time of the afternoon or evening it was! 6 hours it's taken me to change this template, SIX HOURS!!!! AND it's not right yet, but I've had enough - the sleep of the exhausted beckons. It's legible, my counter (most important) is on and that's it for today!
Had you been a fly on our wall this afternoon, you would have been entertained by the sight of Keith growling at his computer as he made valiant efforts to get to grips with C+ (apparently a language for writing programmes - I knew that! not!) and me swearing at mine as I wrestled with the mysteries of blogger templates. You see, we REALLY know how to live it up at the weekend! :)
Boldly going....?
I keep looking at other blogskins and wondering whether to take the plunge. I must have a low boredom threshold or else I just enjoy a challenge, but I have had my green blog for a while now and I would like a change. However, being a definite novice in the world of html and css and not having either the time or the patience for anything requiring too steep a learning curve, I thought I would venture to make a small change to my photoblog. Having read the Blogger help page for changing the look of templates, I have actually changed the background colour on Photos at Jennytc! A small step for mankind but a giant one for yours truly! Now I'm seriously tempted to change the appearance of this blog but I'm also a bit worried about messing it up completely. So, folks, if I'm not here tomorrow, you'll know that:
a) I gave in to temptation (nothing new there then!)
b) I made a mess of it
and in that case I shall be sitting here tearing my hair out and listening to Keith saying, "I told you to leave it as it was!"
a) I gave in to temptation (nothing new there then!)
b) I made a mess of it
and in that case I shall be sitting here tearing my hair out and listening to Keith saying, "I told you to leave it as it was!"
Birds and procrastination
I have just taken Lucy out for her walk around the lake. All summer I have wanted and tried to get a photo of one of the herons which I often catch a glimpse of down there. Today, not having my camera with me of course, what did I come across but a heron sitting quietly beside the lake, minding its own business. So laid back was it that it didn't bother to fly off even at the sight of Lucy, who was being very well behaved as it happened. Ain't that just typical!!
Before taking Lucy out, I had been up since 5a.m. in a determined attempt to get my homework finished for tomorrow's Counselling class. I need to catch up with what I missed while on holiday. Needless to say, I got a bit sidetracked checking on emails and blogs so I didn't get it finished - hence the procrastination. Must try harder! :)
Before taking Lucy out, I had been up since 5a.m. in a determined attempt to get my homework finished for tomorrow's Counselling class. I need to catch up with what I missed while on holiday. Needless to say, I got a bit sidetracked checking on emails and blogs so I didn't get it finished - hence the procrastination. Must try harder! :)
Still waiting for summer!
This morning we had sunshine - first time since we got back from France. Swimming in the Mediterranean seems very far away now! Every morning this week it has rained and Lucy and I have been for our walk under dripping trees and grey, misty clouds. The garden, never a candidate for Homes and Gardens magazine anyway, seems to have given up the struggle for this year and is bedding down for the winter already.
Admittedly, it's nearly the end of September but, hey! some of us are still waiting for summer!
AND to make matters worse, not content with their 'Back to School' campaign before the summer term is over, shops all over the country are now laden with Christmas-related goods! Whatever happened to taking life as it comes?
Admittedly, it's nearly the end of September but, hey! some of us are still waiting for summer!
AND to make matters worse, not content with their 'Back to School' campaign before the summer term is over, shops all over the country are now laden with Christmas-related goods! Whatever happened to taking life as it comes?
The invisible woman
This week it's back to normal with a vengeance! No sooner had the week started than Keith's son and daughter, who both work in the shop, went down with a severe tummy bug and have been off work all week. So Keith has been doing all the repairs on his own and I have been looking after the 'front of shop' as far as possible, with his expertise when required. We have coped, although Keith was in at 7.30 this morning to try and get ahead on the repairs as they have been coming in thick and fast, and of course he is very tired at the end of the day....
So tired that, when speaking to a friend on the phone this evening, he was bemoaning the fact that he has been in the shop 'on his own' all week!!!
Nice to know that the post-holiday diet has worked already and I have slimmed down to the extent of becoming the Invisible Woman!!!
(Don't worry, he apologised when I sat on his head! :))
So tired that, when speaking to a friend on the phone this evening, he was bemoaning the fact that he has been in the shop 'on his own' all week!!!
Nice to know that the post-holiday diet has worked already and I have slimmed down to the extent of becoming the Invisible Woman!!!
(Don't worry, he apologised when I sat on his head! :))
My review!
Well, after many weeks of waiting, the good people at The Weblog Review have reviewed my blog. I was quite happy with the review, with the points raised and with the score of 3.5 out of 5. If you would like to read it too, go here.
Car criminal?
Maybe someone could explain this to me:
Someone I know bought a second hand car for her husband to drive to work in. It had had one careful owner and had not a mark on it. As they live in a terraced house without parking, they have to park in the public car park at the rear of the house. From time to time in the past, their cars have been vandalised, but, of course, the police could take no action as there were never any witnesses so they just had to grin and bear it.
As the car had only been bought a few days ago, although insurance was up to date, they had not had chance to tax it, but they couldn't use it anyway as the battery had been removed and was on charge. That was of no account at all to the boys in blue as they carted it off because of its lack of a current tax disc. Remember, no battery in the car, so it couldn't be driven anywhere, and, they must have really had to look for it as it was in a little car park behind a row of houses not on a road. Still, they have their targets to meet, so anything goes and there was no way they were going to listen to the explanations of the owner, when he realised what was happening and ran out to confront them. So, the result was, he and his wife had to lose a day's work while they went off to the car pound to pay £80 for its release. Had they not gone immediately, but left it over the weekend, the bill would have been over £300.
To add insult to injury, when the car was taken away, it had been quite badly dented. The police have agreed to foot the bill for that repair......after the owner has spent another day getting 2 estimates from 2 different garages and then being without it for another day while the job is being done. He has the car because he works shilfts and has no other way of getting to work.
One might be forgiven for wondering which is of more benefit to the public - this heavy-handed bullying of an innocent car-owner, or the devotion of some effort towards doing something about the problem of cars being vandalised in that same car park. No contest, of course. Far easier to hammer the car-owner. Now tell me I'm being cynical!
Someone I know bought a second hand car for her husband to drive to work in. It had had one careful owner and had not a mark on it. As they live in a terraced house without parking, they have to park in the public car park at the rear of the house. From time to time in the past, their cars have been vandalised, but, of course, the police could take no action as there were never any witnesses so they just had to grin and bear it.
As the car had only been bought a few days ago, although insurance was up to date, they had not had chance to tax it, but they couldn't use it anyway as the battery had been removed and was on charge. That was of no account at all to the boys in blue as they carted it off because of its lack of a current tax disc. Remember, no battery in the car, so it couldn't be driven anywhere, and, they must have really had to look for it as it was in a little car park behind a row of houses not on a road. Still, they have their targets to meet, so anything goes and there was no way they were going to listen to the explanations of the owner, when he realised what was happening and ran out to confront them. So, the result was, he and his wife had to lose a day's work while they went off to the car pound to pay £80 for its release. Had they not gone immediately, but left it over the weekend, the bill would have been over £300.
To add insult to injury, when the car was taken away, it had been quite badly dented. The police have agreed to foot the bill for that repair......after the owner has spent another day getting 2 estimates from 2 different garages and then being without it for another day while the job is being done. He has the car because he works shilfts and has no other way of getting to work.
One might be forgiven for wondering which is of more benefit to the public - this heavy-handed bullying of an innocent car-owner, or the devotion of some effort towards doing something about the problem of cars being vandalised in that same car park. No contest, of course. Far easier to hammer the car-owner. Now tell me I'm being cynical!
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