Dear Prudence

 2009, Blogging  1 Response »
Sep 192009
 

When I was about 12 years old I discovered music. I mean proper music not just those weird kids records that we all listened to. You know things like the Chipmunks and things like that. I’m talking proper grown up music here.

My friend Brian brought down his big brothers copy of  Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band album. That was it, I was in love. Brian gave me my own copy of Sgt Peppers for my birthday that year and I think I almost wore the album out playing it. It was the start of a love affair that would last the rest of my life to varying degrees, bordering on obsession at some points I’m sure. I’d track down collector items, before it was fashionable to collect things and long before anyone knew what they had, was worth anything. I went from having a crush on each of The Beatles individually but finally settled on Paul being my most favorite of the boys. While I think I grew out of the crush at some point Paul remains one of my rock heroes.

At some point in the not so distant past, The Boys seem to have fallen out of favor with me and my listening tastes. I can’t even say why. It wasn’t a choice that I remember making. It was just that there was other music that seemed to fit me better at the time. The Boys were left on a shelf to collect dust, while other bands got lots and lots of air time.

But recently that ember of love I’ve always held in my heart for The Boys has grown back into a flame. In the last few weeks The Boys seem to be everywhere I look there they are, my childhood heroes.  And it has me feeling excited about their music all over again.  In fact as I type this out the White Album is blasting at me and reminding me of my first record player, of my childhood home and my bedroom the way it looked before I moved downstairs. And even after I moved downstairs come to think of it.

It’s almost like discovering a long thought lost love and falling in love all over again.

The Great Clean Up Of 2009

 2009  2 Responses »
Jun 122009
 

Mal and I have had a week off work. Most of it has been spent being lazy and avoiding all forms of effort unless it meant eating or sleeping. So it has been a good week off.

Today though started the great clean up, and we started off in fine form with a car load of stuff to take to the dump! Two hallways are now totally clear of crap and there is only one left but that will take a bit more work as it’s the hall way that leads to Mals computer room and his games/hifi/projection room. It was a good effort for the two of us lazy bones and I don’t know about him but it was a nice feeling to get rid of so much crap!

I have said for a few years now, we don’t live in a house, we live in an expensive storage container. I’m hoping now that’s going to start to change. We are both pack rats and like our junk but there comes a time when you’ve got to let go of some of it, if only to make room for new junk. It’s way past time for that kind of turn around.

I’m slowly cleaning up and clearing out the craft room/spare bedroom while Mal slowly sorts through all the stuff that he moved out of the computer room so he could decorate in there a while back. I’m hoping we can both let go of a lot of stuff that we don’t need anymore.

In other news…..

I seem to be back in the land of the living almost full time these days. I can still have the odd crash day and still find I get tired a bit to fast for my liking but I’ve decided that enough is in fact enough and I’m just not going to play this tired game any longer. Three more months and I’m off the pills but I go back to the docs in July for a check up. The Doc is still checking my thyroid for signs of it not working right. Part of me hopes that is part of the problem, at least that way there’ll be a reason behind all of this crap. But really the main thing is I’m feeling better and more alive.

I’ve also been doing an Open University course the last few months it’s all done online which is nice. It’s in Digital Photography. That finishes next month and I’ve really been enjoying it, but also can’t wait for it to be over! Thanks to the course though I’ve managed to sell my first photo! £45 for an 8×10 framed! I’m pretty excited about this and as soon as I can I’ll post the photo here so you can all see it.

Work is work, I enjoy the people and hate the drama they create all at the same time. But I suppose this is what happens when you put a bunch of people together who probably would choose to be in the same room with each other. I’m not saying that I wouldn’t most of the people I would with I would choose to be in the same room with (well okay two of them I would, one I’m not so sure of, two I’d first be glad to be in the same room then want to claw my own eyeballs out of my head and one … just don’t go there). Work is kindly paying for me to do an NVQ (National Vocational Qualification) in Business Administration Level 2. I get to do this in work time and if I do any of it at home I can claim what ever time back from work. Can’t ask for more than that now can you? And once I’ve finished Level 2 in just short of a year I can go on and do Level 3 which I plan on doing.

Last month I painted the garden walls with help from Mals Mum and Dad. I’ve bought a load of new plants and new lighting for out back as well. It looks so nice now and I really enjoy sitting here on the couch and looking out the back door to see my little oasis of colors and green in what’s mostly a concrete jungle around here. We have new chairs for outside as well and as soon as it’s a bit warmer out there I’m planning on spending more time outside and less time in front of this thing.