Posted by Shirley Anne on November 23, 2009
Today I called in to see an old gent in response to a phone call. I had installed an outdoor power point for his mobility scooter about two years ago. He uses it to charge up the battery. As he lives in an apartment block there was little choice in the power points’ location. He lives on the ground floor otherwise it would not have been possible to have it fitted. According to the phone message I was under the impression that he now wanted this point moving so I called in to see what was required. It turns out that he wanted a power point fitting in his garage. Unfortunately the garages are not directly connected to the main building which means a major job to get underground cabling installed beneath pathways, gardens and a road. This would entail much planning and consultation with all the other residents and would be a costly affair. The electrical supplies should have been installed when the site was under construction. There is a low voltage lighting system around the garages but it cannot be used to supply anything else. The old gent couldn’t understand why not and it took me some time to try and explain the reasons. I suggested he bring his scooter indoors and park it next to his front door and I could fit him a power point there. It would not be an obstruction to other residents but it appears that there are a few who object to that idea irrespective of the needs of this poor old guy who is 90 years of age. How horrible some people can be. I just hope their needs will not become a obsticle to others when they are old and infirm. I had to tell him that there were no alternatives to what he had now.
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on November 22, 2009
When I awoke this morning I did not feel like getting out of bed. Now where have I heard that one before? My toilet needs however prevailed and I soon found my feet on the floor. On returning to my boudoir I drew back the curtains and saw the miserable wet scene spread out before me. Well it is late Autumn! I got myself together (strange saying is that but you know what I mean) and decided I would after all dress to exercise. I had a 40 minute session on the treadmill. Next I bathed and washed my hair then downstairs to a very light snack for breakfast as I had decided to dine out this afternoon with my ex.. Now I am in the mood for a nice day of self-indulgence. I have a half bottle of red wine from last night sitting on the table in front of me which will soon be demolished. Yes I am in the mood today. Yesterday, my birthday was a non event, got up late, went out shopping, came home and didn’t feel so good. Today I feel great.
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on November 21, 2009
It’s that time of year again. Well actually it’s my birthday today but at this time I am thinking about Christmas presents. Last night I just couldn’t get to sleep, not because I wasn’t tired, in fact I was very tired. I suppose my brain was simply overactive. The last time I looked at the clock it was 5.30am! So that meant I got up very late. My youngest son had stopped over and was sitting downstairs to welcome my late arrival. My ex. had gone out. An hour or so later my daughter-in-law dropped by with a present for me and the three of us talked about what we’d like for a Christmas present. It appears my two sons would each like a games machine, the eldest (27) would like an XBox 360 whilst my youngest (24+) would like a PS3. You’d think they’d have outgrown all that stuff but I guess boys never grow up eh? Don’t tell them (LOL) but I went out this afternoon and bought what they’d wished for. I must be mad at almost £500. Well they are my sons! Now I have to think what to buy my daughter-in-law and of course my ex. too. After them there are a couple of friends. Personally I don’t do Christmas these days, the meal, the family get togethers and all that because I have to spend most of the day alone. Presents will be exchanged in the morning and then everyone goes out to grandmas and friends for dinner. I have (quite literally) beans on toast! What’s the point in all that extravagance for one anyhow? I love the time of year, the run up to Christmas day but the day itself holds nothing special in the material sense except I love giving presents and seeing the joy it brings to others. Spiritually speaking Christmas means the birth of my Saviour Jesus although that didn’t happen on 25th December but we have to celebrate it sometime! That to me is the greatest Christmas present anyone could wish for.
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on November 20, 2009
When I returned home from work this afternoon I had some mail to open. The first letter was pretty easy to tell what it was without opening it. It was my weekly invoice for my newspaper advertisement. No payment is required as I pay in advance for a block of six months’ worth of weekly adverts but they send out the invoices weekly. The next letter was also easy to guess it’s contents. It was a birthday card from one of my sisters living in France. It is my birthday tomorrow. The final letter I couldn’t figure out. A brown envelope usually signifies an official document inside but the senders’ return address was unfamiliar. I immediately thought it was something from the tax office! It wasn’t. I opened it and it was from the Government Pensions Department. The letter was informing me of my annual winter fuel subsidy allowance which will be paid automatically into my current account. As a ’senior citizen’ over 60 I am entitled to a tax free allowance from my Government to help pay for heating bills over the winter months. This year they are paying me an extra £50 and tell me I will be getting £250. Now that is a nice surprise don’t you agree?
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on November 19, 2009
Yes it is confirmed……..I am a workaholic! Seems I cannot get enough. I don’t know what the attraction is but I enjoy working. My problem is probably related to a lack of other things in my life rather than a real need to push myself so much at work. I really must spread out my workload and take on less. I need to learn how to say no more often. The other problem with me is that I can get so very easily bored. I can have an interest in something and it will grab my attention for a while and then I get bored and want something different. My work can be quite varied and I suppose that is another reason why I like it so much. No two days are ever the same. I could not work in an office or some place where the routine is basically the same every day. It would be similar to caging a wild animal. Come to think of it, I am a bit of a wildthing!
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on November 18, 2009
I wish I was back in time, to a time when we didn’t have technology except in places like hospitals. I don’t know about you but I personally I hate mobile phones, iPods, computers, all singing all dancing televisions and other ‘desirable’ electronic gadgets. If the media are to be believed we all ‘want’ these things. Advertisers proclaim that these are ‘must have’ items. Phooey! I wished I could live without it all. About the only thing I really need and that only because of my work is the mobile phone. Many new phones connect to the Internet and allow access to email and on-line browsing, like I really cannot do without those functions! My phone is there so people can ask me to work for them, simple and that is all I require. I watch television but all I watch are the basic programs that are broadcast. I have a DVD recorder and home cinema system too but they gather dust for me. I don’t want an iPod and have to buy loads of music to make it worthwhile. I listen to the radio for that. There are many things electrical which I do find useful, washing machine, refrigerator and freezer, cooker and microwave oven, kettle and vacuum cleaner and of course lighting, heating and other things but all these are simply functional and I don’t get enjoyment out of using them as perhaps I would from something which entertains, like the television. I want my electrical goods to be useful, simple and necessary. Maybe I’m a dinosaur or Luddite but I don’t like technology for technology’s sake. I would prefer a much simpler way of life whereby the electrical products I do have don’t control me. I apply this principle to most things in my life and I resist any suggestions that advertisers would have me believe in that I need this or that item, technological or otherwise. Take me back in time.
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on November 17, 2009
I was just browsing some of my old postings on here and am surprised at the variety of things I’ve talked about. When I first took up ‘blogging’ I never thought I’d find anything to talk about or at the very least I thought my ideas would be short-lived. I haven’t been writing for a year yet but I am hoping I’ll be here for a while, God willing. Sometimes my subject matter comes easily but at other times I struggle to think of something to write about. Sometimes I will experience something in the day which I can write about or I may be reading someone else’s blog and get inspiration there. I have noticed that some bloggers write long essays but write infrequently whilst others will write short articles frequently, much like I do. Some like to write two or three small articles daily, maybe because they’ve nothing else to do! I try to write something each day if I can but I like to keep it fairly short. Readers can get bogged down with too much information and they do have their own lives to lead. My intention is not to use my blog as a platform for preaching my views on any subject but to keep it open and friendly for people to post their own responses reflecting their views in a light-hearted way. That to me is the essence of blogging, it is really a means by which we can chat with each other. I have ‘chats’ at the pub or at a social gathering and this blog for me is an extension of that ideal. Happy ‘chatting’.
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on November 16, 2009
I have lots of things going for me in my life but I still feel trapped. I am in an awkward position in that I still live with my ex..We get on ok, that’s not the problem. The main problem is the house, it isn’t selling. Oh I could throw £20K or £30K at it and that would give it an edge. In fact I am sure it would sell soon after. The problem is my ex. is stubborn and won’t agree to go halves with me at the moment. She doesn’t need the cash up front but could pay her share after the house is sold and she is paid. She insists she needs what she would get to enable her to buy another house. She doesn’t realise that she needs to set her sights lower. I know I could force the issue in court and make her see reason but I am loathed to do that. I love her too much to hurt her. As a result I sometimes feel trapped. I could have retired by now and settled in an apartment which is my desire. In the meantime the house we have needs attention and guess who is expected to fix it? Something has got to happen soon before I am unable to do anything about it.
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on November 15, 2009
My whole life consists of work and the occasional dinners out with my ex.. Once in a while I’ll go to the pub but after that there is nothing. I suppose I am not the only person whose life follows a similar pattern. Life can be so very boring at times and I try to fill my days with things I like to do. My children are grown so that part of my life, that is their upbringing is well gone by. I do see them from time to time. So my days have to be filled in other ways. I have hobbies, playing the guitar, exercising on my treadmill, going for walks, writing emails and posts on my blog of course. I like to read but don’t do that as often as I perhaps should and the television is always there but that gets boring after a while. Life is what you make it and I try to make it as enjoyable as I can. I like being with people and socialising and do that whenever I can. Outside of all these things my life is a lonely road. I have no relationship with anyone and I miss that in my life but it isn’t something I worry about. If it happens then it happens. I am comforted by my faith. Many people have a faith of some sort and I wonder why they have these faiths and on what promises are they based. Now this blog is not intended as a platform to preach my faith or any other specific subject but now and then I will make mention of it depending on what I want to say. Today I was glancing through my UCB (United Christian Broadcasting) booklet called ‘The word for today’ and opened it’s page at 26th December. I read the message that is there for that day. Basically it talks about the different religions there are and what they advocate. Many believe that there are many ways to reach God or to reach the ‘next level’ making the assumption that there is a ‘next level’. It talks about Judaeism, Budhism, Hinduism, Islam and a few others and the different routes these religions accept as the way forward. Christianity however boasts but one way. Jesus said, ‘I am the way the truth and the life, nobody comes to the Father but by me’. Some claim! He died on our behalf that we might be saved. Saved from what you might ask? Saved from eternal damnation and punishment for our sinful lives. He paid the price that we should be paying and all he asks is that you believe that in your heart and confess it with your mouth. What could be simpler? Who though takes up his offer? People would rather believe in something else which has no promise and claim that their way to God is just as valid. Well unfortunately God doesn’t agree, Jesus is the only way. Not all roads lead to London, not all boats sail to Australia and not all airplanes fly to Moscow! There is only one way to God and I have just told you about it. Without this knowledge in my heart, without the love of Jesus, I am nothing and he gets me through each day. My lonely road is no longer so.
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on November 14, 2009
I have been offended tonight by someone writing me an email explaining why my comment to her blog was not published. I have to say that it didn’t come as a surprise because of her attitude toward me in the recent past has been one of coldness. I tried my best with her but you can only do so much. She had referred her readers to a certain website in regard to the subject she was presenting which for obvious reasons I will not disclose here but I wrote in reply to that article my own views on the subject which she felt she couldn’t post. It is such a shame that she has chosen not to do that. If you post something which has to do with a sensitive subject then you have to respect other people’s views as long as those views are not slanderous, vehement or abusive. You can’t hold one sided debates though. I will not be visiting her site in future.
Readers of my blog will always be treated with respect when they make comment as long as they are respectful in those comments.
Shirley Anne
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