Today started early as the toddler went off at 7am. I did try to get back to sleep but with her going off every half an hour, like an alarm clock, it was not to be lol. Daughter went off to work as usual on a Sunday and left the little one with us. Toddler has recently changed from using a high chair to a low table and chair which is proving to be quite a challenge keeping the little girl sat down for meals! I'm still ploughing through the mountain of washing which follows every holiday, and we went shopping today to re-stock the cupboards. This afternoon my nephew visited with his girlfriend and their baby. It's the baby's first birthday soon, so they brought invitations to the bar-b-q party they are arranging . The little one is standing up now so will be walking soon.
Tomorrow I have 'good intentions' to do some housework and spend at least an hour de-cluttering by sorting out paperwork. This is in a huge pile on the floor in a corner of my bedroom, and has been there for the last 2 years! We did have a spare room once and I was in the middle of sorting it all out when youngest son moved home again so it was all quickly dumped there, and there it stayed. I have a large box, 2 briefcases full and 2 drawers to go through. It is all mostly old payslips and course notes that I have attended together with old saving account statements from years ago so nothing much that is worth keeping. We are lucky that we have an open fire grate in the front room so I can burn anything confidential. I am also going to start listing unwanted clothes on eBay that I sorted out before the holiday. Ahh so many good intentions but the best laid plans of mice and men ......... hopefully it will be a quiet peaceful day and I can crack on with it all.
I was sad to read that another plane has crashed and my thoughts are with the family and friends of those killed on flight MS804. I find it quite frightening that this seems to me to look like a deliberately started fire on board the aircraft. It is hard to understand why some people are so disturbed and want to harm others, often in the name of religion. How can a god that is supposed to love and care for people let these things happen, regardless of what you call them? All the Holy Books I have read speak of love, charity, caring, compassion etc. etc. and then you get these religious fanatics beheading people, smashing historic monuments, taking hostages, setting bombs and doing all manner of evil things, all in the name of religion. I really hope that they find the black boxes and it throws up some answers as to what really happened on that flight, but my guess is it's the work of a terrorist - we shall see. Really hope I am wrong and it was an unfortunate accident. To be honest, and I have flown all around the world so I am not a nervous novice passenger, I now feel very apprehensive about taking another flight anywhere.
We drove past our local high street today and I noticed a rank of about 8 shops and houses all looking derelict and boarded up. I think they will probably be demolished, but it really makes me angry when I see empty properties and there are so many people sleeping rough with nowhere to live. These empty properties that I see everywhere are often boarded up and looking in a sorry state, but they would make someone a nice warm home. Now my thoughts on this are probably controversial, but I feel that any empty house or flat should have to be occupied after say 1 year being empty. And that it should be illegal to leave houses empty for any longer than this, which would definitely ease the housing crisis and enable homeless people to have a roof over their head. Also, this would mean the owners would get an income from these houses so it would be a win win situation all round. Perhaps the council could put a compulsory purchase order on them, and then use for council accommodation.
Well that concludes my ramblings for tonight. Bye for now All the best x
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