Thanks. Had hoped to move before xmas but this house is worth the extra week or two wait. Plus its only down the street from where I am now but it was completely renovated 8 months ago and I can move.
Ive come to realise what makes me happy and its simpler than you'd imagine.
Fingers crossed starting a course in new year, have assessment in morning but am optimistic. Plus went to see a new house so moving in in 7 wks. Cant wait to have the luxury that is known as heat!!!! And I get to stay in the village I am happier living in that anywhere in the past decade.
Watching the Buzzard swoops across the fields too. Stunning beautiful creature.
And a few other things....but theyre not for sharing.
I was there visiting my friend and her husband was in the shed with his friend turning bowls.....I ended up having to change into overalls from the good clothes I had on for a meeting I was attending afterwards. Even then I was picking wood shavings from my hair hours later.
I like taking notes too and remember a job where when i asked to take notes they told me no, I was gobsmacked.
On a different note....I tried my hand at woodturning last night and hoping to make something next week. Although I am a perfectionist so was a little annoyed I couldnt get the hang of holding the chisels correctly. But Ive always wanted to do it so patience shall prevail.
Ive been in toxic relationships be they romantic, familial or friend based.
Romantic....if theyre not good and you let the other person know why you feel it is toxic and nothign changes, then leave. Family.....a little harder. Sometimes we are too close to our families, share too much with them and have their actions and opinions impact on us too much. Its a matter of balance and if balance cant be reached then you really have to do what is best for you and your own children. Toxic friendships....I have experience of this and even after numerous tries to balance it, at the end of the day I had to walk away. Cold hard break and it was one of the best things i have ever done. Its amazing how much one toxic person can drain from you.
SPent my morning make xmas decorations and costing them to know how much i need of everything to order for make them for the school fundraising. Then spent ages in the school setting up paypal on the website. The joys of being on the Parents Association.
But have to say much as I dont have a huge network when it comes to bringing in the sponsorship etc, I always do the paperwork and more hands on things.
Actually looking forward to helping out with the staging and decorating for the school play. Nice to keep busy and doing something creative which I miss.
the drink culture in Ireland to ingrained so deep that minimum priced drink will not stop it.
What needs to change is our whole attitude. I know my parents think nothing of offering visitors a glass of wine or indeed 2 or 3 glasses knowing full well that they are driving. Our scandinavian visitors cannot fathom how it is even considered let alone offered.
I know myself in my early 20's I used to drink til I staggered home barely coherent and never knowing at what point I'd gone from tipsy to drunk. Spending a fortune and not giving a damn. I then one day thought to myself....i wonder how much it takes to gets me drunk and it was a hell of a lot less that I'd thought and substantially less than I drank on a night out.
I do on the very rare occasion drink more than I should but i always end the night with my last few drinks being 7up or water. Usually since Im the one who makes sure everyone gets home safely.
Attitudes need to change big time when it comes to how much we drink. We may be very capable on our way out for a night but we need to take responsibility for how we get home and how we behave between then.
My saying 'reclaiming my title' came from a few people posting about how I started quite a few of the 'whats on your mind threads' and that it wasnt me who'd created the last few since I hadnt been spending a lot of time on here of late.
oh oh.....thats always a welcome thing to brighten up a monday morning.
Last week myself and my friend went out for dinner and apparently I ended up flirting with and having a 21yr old flirting with me. I didnt think I was flirting....I was telling him how he was learning to walk when I was doing my leaving cert......how is that flirting???
I've gone 11 yrs younger and 10 older. Both of whom I still think very highly off. All depends on the person. The younger wasnt interested in a relationship and the older, we just werent meant to be.
The guy I am with now is only a few yrs older then me and so far so good.
Its kinda like something niggling away at you and it starts to annoy you, time goes on and it annoys you more. Then it impacts on your relationship in your opinion until you realise that you've never even mentioned that it annoyed you in first place. So something potentially small can escalate into something preventable if we only said so.
I think sometimes we put the 'blame' or focus onto someone else when it's either our own insecurities at play or indeed our own inability to stand up and actually say whats on our minds, rather that what the other person has done, that is the actual problem.
Mariannette Forum Posts (1,783)
Whats on your mind part...eh....14? or is it 15???
Thanks. Had hoped to move before xmas but this house is worth the extra week or two wait. Plus its only down the street from where I am now but it was completely renovated 8 months ago and I can move.Ive come to realise what makes me happy and its simpler than you'd imagine.