Thursday, 1 April 2021

Silly Bin Episode

 


So, the 'assisted' sticker turned up from Amazon and as in the picture I stuck them on before leaving the black bin out on Wednesday evening. With it being Easter weekend coming up, we were told that our black bin would be picked up on Thursday instead of this Friday.

So off I trot on Thursday morning only to find that not only had the bin not been moved, it hadn't been emptied either. After a bit of a swear at the refuse collectors who weren't there to hear me, I went indoors to have a bit of a whinge to Billy.

We settled down to our coffee with me on the chromebook and Billy faffing about on his phone. I then thought I'd check the Easter dates for the bin emptying and the date had been switched to Saturday lol I guess that our local council department who puts out this information must think we are all psychic.

I'll be having another go at this on Saturday


Friday, 26 March 2021

The Refuse Bin Saga Goes On

 


Oh Look! This is the result we got from our complaint to our local MP (Caroline Ansell), that our bin is still being left up the road, obstructing the path, despite our address being on the disability support list. We have been on this list for 7 years and because we are on this list, our bin is supposed to be collected from where we leave it and then put back in the same place.


I'm pretty sure that I left my bin in the same place last night, that I have left it every Thursday evening for 7 years (barring stays in hospital and so on , when I wasn't there to do this). I got up this morning and in the vain hope that action had been taken by our MP (Caroline Ansell) as she had said would happen, I checked outside for my bin. Instead of being left where I had left it last night, in the gap between our building and the next, along with our neighbours' bins), all the other bins had been put back and our bin was the only one left on the path several doors away.

 


Saturday, 20 March 2021

Water Vapour Is A Gas? Climate Change The Science With Future Learn

Climate Change:The Science

I must have missed that class in school science where we were taught that water vapour is a gas??? 


"Water vapor, water vapour or aqueous vapor is the gaseous phase of water. It is one state of water within the hydrosphere. Water vapor can be produced from the evaporation or boiling of liquid water or from the sublimation of ice."


So water vapour is the gaseous stage of water. I'm 61 and just learned that


(Every day is a school day)

Thursday, 18 March 2021

Crochet Projects March 2021

 This month I have made 2 scarves to send down to family in Gosport

I plan to get back to selling my lap blankets once I work out which sites to add them too.

The top picture is a Doctor Who inspired design and the bottom picture is an infinity scarf I made for my daughter




Wednesday, 23 December 2020

2020 Achievements

I thought I would get in there and start listing some of my achievements this year 

I learned how to make granny squares, then made lots of squares to give away to children living in refuges, made a blanket for Billy's Christmas present and made 2 infinity scarves.





The blanket was photographed before I had sewn the ends in


This is me, modelling one of the scarves. I forgot to take a pic of the other one before I gave it away.

And I started on my latest book












 

Monday, 21 December 2020

Been Busy With my New Hobby While Helping Local Children

 I started learning to crochet granny squares a few months ago and have since been donated lots of yarn.

I'm currently helping out Street Knits, who have a facebook group HERE, by crocheting square comforters for children staying in refuges.

Street Knits is for those who knit garments for Warming up the Homeless to distribute to the homeless on the streets. Each garment has a label carefully sewn into it as a form of identification. If one of our homeless meet with an accident or die, the emergency services will know that they are known to us and that we can offer assistance, if necessary.

My latest designs are here. I call the red/pink/brown design my icecream square as it reminds me of Neopolitan ice-cream






Wednesday, 11 November 2020

False Memories Can Destroy Relationships


 

Article Here

Open note to the person or people to whom this may concern.

Please have a read of the article this post is linked to.

This is why I would never go to a therapist nor encourage anyone else to.

Too many relationships can be destroyed because memories are not static and can appear to be genuine when they are completely false.

After repeated conversations on Psychology (generally) and false memories (in particular) over many years, I have sadly had to make the decision to walk away from someone who was someone I used to be close to.

If they happen to come across this blog they might know that this note is for them, but more than likely they won't since they appear at this time to believe the memories they have been sharing with friends and family.