Dirk’s Painful Conversation

Dirk From Next Door is a lovely guy. He’s very smiley, happy, friendly, chatty and likeable. I saw the real contrast in our personalities tonight, when, at a barbeque at Richie Rich’s house, he approached a group of people he didn’t know and just introduced himself and started to talk to them. I didn’t know [...]

Nightmare in Kells

Went round to Joy’s tonight - her hubby, The Climber, is away, and she fancied a girls’ night in with pizza and silly chat. Was greeted at the door by the sound of Mini Joy (her 3-year-old) screaming blue murder from upstairs, Betsy (another of the dying species of Single Girls  From Church) hovering uncomfortably in the hallway, and Joy zooming around [...]

The Madhouse

Most Tuesday nights I take part in a Bible Study for women in the estate. It’s held in Ma’s house - Ma being Red (my ex)’s  mother - and she is a loon. I have said this to her face, and she doesn’t seem to disagree, so I don’t feel bad about saying so here. I’ve decided [...]

Average night

So, tonight I’m staring blankly into the fridge wondering what to have for dinner, when E1 from next door comes round.
Hayley, can I use your tumble drier? Ours is tumbling, but not drying.
Sure.
Also, there’s men in our house… can I hang out here for a while?
Err… sure.
Should probably tell you at this point that E1, [...]

Routine

Why is it that I absolutely cannot get out of bed until I’ve hit the snooze button at least 5 times? My planned morning sounds so mature, responsible and even godly:
7.15am - Alarm goes off.
7.20am - Leap out of bed praising God for another day. Make coffee, eat cereal, feed cat, prepare healthy lunch for work.
7.40am [...]

That Sunday feeling

Sundays would be fantastic if it weren’t for the thought of Monday morning. The sense of impending doom just takes away from the otherwise relaxed, comfy ambiance.
Have to say, I am particularly enjoying the fact that our communion time - once a 10.30am experience -  now happens in the evening service, meaning that I don’t [...]

Depressed Cat

Hey - someone actually read my blog!
I must confess, I only started it to put off all the things I had to do re: moving house, and then forgot all about it when I entered my nervous breakdown concerning the actual process of moving house. Didn’t think anyone noticed I was here in the first [...]