So the other day I had a post ready. And then Blogger ate it up, photos and all, burped and sighed happily to itself, leaving me tempted to whack the computer lightly with a brick. Since then I have been lying on my couch all melodramatic artist-like, now and again announcing that I can't work under such conditions. Until Boys 1 and 2 asked me to move, as they wanted to sit on the couch to watch their current favourite TV show, "60 Deadly Animals Wot Will Bite Your Head Or Other Important Bits Off" and eat crisps.
PIC 2 BOYS 1 AND 2 SITTING ON COUCH WITH PACKET OF WALKERS CHEESE AND ONION CRISPS EACH WITH TV IN BACKGROUND SHOWING CUTE LITTLE MOUSE THINGIE BITING THE HEAD OFF A CRICKET*
But here I am again, defiantly trying to post.....bad idea, now I can't get the photos to load...but as you will have already observed, I have helpfully included in CAPITALS a description of the visuals you are missing.
Humph! It's pouring with rain here again and poor old Boy 1 has gone off with the school to do some sort of outdoor organic eco build your own den team building day - complete with waste free lunch - a bit of a challenge - I guess we were supposed to do brown rice wrapped in cabbage leaves but we've gone with a ham sandwich in Tupperware..
PIC 3 BOY 1'S WASTE FREE LUNCH - ONE APPLE, ONE HAM SANDWICH AND 2 CHOC CHIP COOKIES EACH IN INDIVIDUAL TUPPERWARE BOXES BUT NO WALKERS CRISPS WHICH IS A SHAME AS WALKERS WORCESTER SAUCE FLAVOUR WOULD HAVE REALLY JOLLIED UP THE LUNCH
So now I'm off to watch The Big Easy ( a young Dennis Quaid, cute) which always cheers me up.**
What do you all do when things don't go your way?
* This post was not sponsored by Walkers Crisps but if there is any chance of a year's free supply of crisps..
**Which reminds me, the other day Mr B and I watched "Sex, Love and Other Drugs" and may I just say what a very fine actor Mr Gyllenhal's upper torso is (also his left buttock is quite talented too..)
PIC 4 PIC OF JAKEY G'
Was going to ask if you'd been sponsored - am going to have to have a packet of crisps now ;)
ReplyDeleteWhat is it with Blogger these days...she is being such an unruly and difficult girl.
ReplyDeleteMy husband likes to watch those gross animal shows. I usually have to leave the room because they make me highly uncomfortable.
As if packing your child's lunch was not challenging enough (picking out exactly what he will eat and not toss, washing and peeling and spreading and slicing the items) you must make sure you don't package it with waste left over? It's a lovely idea, but it's also one more thing to contend with....
I hope you get your photos of Jakey up and running soon!
Sex Drugs And Two Very Beautiful People Getting Naked And Talking Quite A Lot.
ReplyDeletedear blighty you never fail to bring a big smile to my face. jakey sure does the trick for me too.
ReplyDeleteWhen things don't go my way - especially with blummin' blogger, I go on to facebook and vent my spleen in a suitably sweary and immature manner.
ReplyDeleteI usually feel much better and tend to get confirmation that Blogger is on its monthlies again *sigh*
Packed Lunches - I do try, but it's so much easier to hand him £2 and instruct him to get a school dinner. Only for him to come home and say, I ate egg and cress sandwiches....
The other thing I do when things don't go my way involves the Sweetie Cupboard and usually a bottle of gin.
lotsaluv
AX
Blogger has let me down emotionally and physically and spiritually of late. It's like the Ghosts of Boyfriends Past All over again.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile I have become obsessed with the Normans. Don't ask me why. I just have. I remember you told me on our Road trip (those were the days) that everyone in the UK knows 1066....well now I do too.
From now on when things don't go my way I might channel a Norman and utilise some Chaos and Fear and Violence and Fort Building to cheer myself up.
It is so cold here. x
You have my full sympathy. I have lost long, heart pouring emails with one false click or tap- then all the receipient gets is a Cliff Notes version.
ReplyDeleteAnd my husband doesn't watch the rabid animals shows- but he does subject me to shows such as: "Earth without Humans- when we're gone" or "Natural and Weather Disasters- what could, would and will happen!" Don't let your significant other's get NetFlix- it's a mine field of Docudrama's the male species just loves.
What is this rain like?
ReplyDeleteI watched that film and have never been so bored in my whole life, I hated her character and she has the oddest face I have ever seen, it's Picassoesque and not in a good way.
I hated that movie by the way. Give me a French art house flick with subtitles any day x
ReplyDeleteDear Mrs Blighty, Being thwarted is no fun. However, your faux fotos (apologies to Ms FF) are first rate - you may have started a Trend! I really think that I have to get me some of those crisps (aka chips in Australia). I always got very steely eyed when directed by school to do these sort of lunches. It seemed to me to be highly impertinent and made me want to wrap everything in 20 layers of gladwrap - I always cravenly complied in the end of course. I recall my sister being sent a note from school stating that she should desist from buying individual yoghurt containers but should buy a large container and decant the required amount into smaller containers. My sister has four children and works. I think I would have cried. However, you asked what we do when things do not go our way - rant mostly. Good luck with Blogger. Hopefully, she is feeling less capricious. love Lindaxxx
ReplyDeleteDear Blighty
ReplyDeleteTalk about tragic events. I wish blogger would climb a tree and branch off as I have had so many replies to all my favourite blogs disappear into the black hole of internet ghastliness.
My kids hated Tupperware packed lunches and said they smelt funny. Interestingly enough I read this week that placing a garlic clove in Tupperware container stops this wet sock smell but am worried that garlic tasting cupcakes might not be what is needed.
I hated that movie too! Annoyed the hell out of me. My son made me watch it (not with him as a bit too icky even for this broad minded mother) as he is convinced he is Jake’s doppelganger. Apparently girls have picked him up with this line so of course it must be true.
18 year old daughter loved it and felt it was wonderfully romantic (??????). I tried to gently persuade her otherwise but Jake's right buttock was too persuasive.
Hmm when things don't go my way I now become all serene and attempt a beatific smile. I used to stamp my foot, flick my hair and make lots of harrumphing noises. The latter approach whilst incredibly satisfying for a nanosecond always made things worst. My newer approach is not nearly as satisfying and quite frankly hurts my face but seems to be the ticket for me!
Kate Bx
When things don't go my way, I take a deep breath, say a prayer for all my blessings, and move on, elegantly and with hope for the future.
ReplyDelete(This message was brought to you as a part of my effort to, in fact, do something more than lie on the couch in a pool of my own tears.)