Remember how I said I loved the new house? Well it's now surrounded by water on all four sides. Yes, we've got trapped by flood water. Largest son's main concern is that his girlfriend won't be able to get here and that the Sky installation has had to be cancelled - again, the first call off was due to Tuesday's thunder and lighting storm. Life is not worth living without multitudinous channels it would seem. Now the fact that my car is stranded in rising tides about two miles from the house and that middle son and I had to wade home before being rescued by lovely gardener neighbour in a lorry is not an issue apparently. (Note to self; next day it rains don't go out in an ankle length skirt - sartorial oops - Middle son frowned at me taking off my shoes to wade through the 'river' - they're brand new, just bought and I love them. Apparently I need my head read.) My main concern and the one I would like the moaning minnies in the house to grasp is that littlest child is in school twenty miles away and OUR ROADS ARE CLOSED OFF. Himself is also in the city and is going to collect child from school - still leaves us with the fact that the roads are closed in a four mile circle around us. Bless the neighbours with tractors. It brings out the Dunkirk spirit in us all. Well, as long as you're not a teenager. I now have a lake in front of the house where a field used to be and already it has ducks. It's been there for six hours max - how the heck did they know? Is there a duck telegraph system that says 'New stretch of water lads - no tides and the people may throw us some stale bread' is that it?
Never has the fact that my writing partner has a thing for rainbows seemed more ironic to me. I would love to see a rainbow right now - the living one has as ever been very supportive ; I think she was nearly setting out to collect littlest child herself. Every year our Water Service operatives tell us about June time that there isn't enough water for the summer and we have to be careful with it. If they do that this year they'll get strangled with their own hosepipe.
Wet and bedraggled.
15 comments:
Ahhhh, bless, you’ve got ducks too. They’re quite partial to a bit of cake btw.
And you took your shoes off to go paddling? It’s not middle child with a problem I can assure you. The next thing will be you denying that duck sat on your head.
I know you don't get the concept of shoes but I'm sure other folk get it. New shoes with a price tag that I knocked a few pounds off when Himself enquired. At least this time I didn't say 'What these? I've had these for ages in the wardrobe. You never notice what I'm wearing any more.' Guilts him every time. But anyway I confessed to buying another pair of black shoes I just obfascated a little over the price. But I know how much they cost and I wasn't walking through a river in them. My feet can grow new skin.
*sings* It's raining again. It bloody is an all.
No it's not, it's boiling hot and sunny.
And I do that thing with the shoes as well. 'Oh, these are old' (meaning I've had them at least a week).
Mocking the afflicted isn't nice. You'll get burnt you know and end up all wrinkly - I'm just going all pruny in the wet.
I knew you'd understand about the shoe thing. The Rainbow Slider doesn't get it at all. She wouldn't have cared about getting the new shoes ruined. I do the wardrobe/this old thing line with clothes and handbags as well. I know - such a girl!
Total Fruit Cakes, the pair of them! It's just a pair of shoes, for goodness sakes.
No wonder people feel sorry for me.
People who say ' It's just a pair of shoes' just don't understand the concept. I really am going to take you shopping. You walk into the shop, you smell the leather(Ohhhh) and you find that perfect pair for the outfit. And you so don't wade through water in them.
And we do feel sorry for you - you're missing the shopping gene!
pooksxx
Now there is absolutely no need to start threatening me – take me shopping indeed.
I’ve nothing against leather, and you can take that comment anyway you please ;-)
Isn't it that you like leather against you?!
Well I wouldn't want anything to get in the way, if you get the drift.
clearly - tights on with shoes in this weather? no! What did you think I was talking about?
Sofas - I thought you were talking about sofas. Good for sitting on, putting your feet up - Hiding behide.
haven't hidden behind a good sofa in weeks - nothing new to read!
Yes, OK, I know. I'm working on it. It's not the end of the month yet - that's my deadline.
It was the end of last month, numpty.
Really? Nah, I'm sure I told you June. I've only an arguement left to write. You'd think with my track record that wouldn't cause me too many problems either.
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