"Just when I see light at the end of the tunnel I realise it's somebody with a torch showing me where the next job is!"

Photo of the Day
19.11.07
The North Sea, on the way home 2005

So much of our time is preparation,
so much is routine, and so much retrospect,
that the path of each man's genius contracts itself to a very few hours

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Hurray!

At last I THINK I can see the end of the DIY project.

Watch this space.........

In the meantime...

I have been tagged by A. Bannana

Two names you go by (besides your given name):
1. Denise
2. Mrs Rabbit (Now before your mind runs amock it is the name Jon calls me...I was wearing a particular apron which had been a wedding present....he always said I looked like Mrs Rabbit from the Beatrix Potter books.

Two things you are wearing right now:
1. Skirt & everyday clothes. I do enjoy casual clothes. I tend to wear the same type of clothes for the best part of the time.
2. My slippers, but my pochahontus boots later

Two longest car rides:
1. 1997 Travelling to South of France with 2 friends in my brand new car. The journey seemed endless. We shared the driving but I was reluctant to let anybody near my new toy! I did most of the journey. I couldn't read any of the road signs so I was relying on directions.....it was not a journey I would want to repeat!

2. Travelling up Saltburn bank as a child. Uncle Moss was driving.Uncle Moss's driving had to be experienced to be believed! being a bus driver he assumed he always had the right of way. He also had the ability to smoke whilst driving, drop his cigarette, set himself on fire, continue driving, somehow have a small fire somewhere about his person and arrive at his destination completely unscathed by the episode. One of the most vivid recollections is of him driving up Saltburn bank. Mum and Auntie Dot were in the rear of the car and I was in the front passenger seat. It was the age of cigarettes and all 3 adults were smoking.
Uncle Moss, as per usual dropped his cigarette into his lap and as the smell of the singing trousers alerted and alarmed the rest of us he started fumbling around to find the burning cigarette. Of course he couldn't see as he was watching the road and burnt his fingers on the lighted cigarette which was in his lap. For a moment he lst his concentration, missed a gear and the car started rolling backwards down Saltburn bank! I was panic stricken, gasping for breath anyway as I battled to get some air in the smoke filled car as it rolled backwards! I could see the sea and had visions of us ending up in it! Fortunately Uncle Moss, still singing away manged to gain control and brought the car to a halt. He found the right gear and we carried on, be it Uncle Moss arriving home with several holes in his trousers and a telling off from Auntie Dot

Two of your favorite things to do:
1. Go out on the motorbike with Jon
2. Have friends round for a meal.

Two things you want very badly at the moment:
1. To complete my DIY project
2. I can't think of anything else...which indicates the contentment in my life.

Three animals you have or have had:
1.Jo our wonderful gander, currently in the front garden by his pond.
2. Wilma our troubled german shepherd, currently lying by my feet.
3. Ella, our contented cat, currently sleeping downstairs in her favourite armchair.

Three Things you ate today:

It is just 8am, I have just had a cup of tea but in a short while I will have

1 my poached egg
2. with toast
3. lunch will be vegetable chilli

Two things you're doing tomorrow:
1.Clean my house
2.Finish the sanding of the skirting boards

Two favorite holidays:
1.France 2000 touring on the motorbike
2.France 2005 touring on the motorbike

Two favorite beverages:
1. Dry White Wine, always chilled.
2. Gin & Tonic with ice and lemon.

The people I tag:

Watch this space!

Invitation also open to anyone else who wants to play.