It's never been my favourite of all the housekeeping duties but I discovered today that the powers of the vacuum cleaner are vastly under-rated. The headboard for my bed appears to have developed some kind of excema and the paint has flaked off - now all sucked up. A family of spiders had been festooning my ceiling with silky webby garlands - and unfortunately for the spiders, after 10 minutes of climbing over my bed like some kind of domestic Ghostbuster I now have clean lines in the corners all ready for painting. I even used it to dust my shelves and drawer units. Why did not I think of doing any of this beforehand?
The saddest part of today was having to vacuum up the remains of my beloved Dior mannequin which met an untimely end during a furniture rearrangement exercise. May she rest in peace.
Saturday, 27 February 2010
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
Sunday, 14 February 2010
Happy Valentine's Day
So I'm single on V Day and yet I'm over the moon. After an astounding win (admittedly over a team 3 divisions lower than us) and my friends and family rallying around to help me making me realise that I'm not completely alone, what have I got to feel sad about?
There's a lot of sway put on Valentine's Day. Too much I think. Do we really need a day to show our other halves we care? And does a meal and some flowers do that? I don't think it's about grand gestures, it's the little things. My ex remembering that "Monday nights are yoga nights aren't they?" after I'd taken one class for example - just the fact that he'd listened to me and cared enough to remember was a lovely feeling. Obviously I wouldn't refuse flowers if someone offered (hint hint) but if I'm attached next Valentine's Day I'd like to think that he and I take a sensible approach to it.
I thought I might have received at least one card today though. I'm rather a little (lot) disappointed.
There's a lot of sway put on Valentine's Day. Too much I think. Do we really need a day to show our other halves we care? And does a meal and some flowers do that? I don't think it's about grand gestures, it's the little things. My ex remembering that "Monday nights are yoga nights aren't they?" after I'd taken one class for example - just the fact that he'd listened to me and cared enough to remember was a lovely feeling. Obviously I wouldn't refuse flowers if someone offered (hint hint) but if I'm attached next Valentine's Day I'd like to think that he and I take a sensible approach to it.
I thought I might have received at least one card today though. I'm rather a little (lot) disappointed.
Sunday, 7 February 2010
Motivation
Where can one find this? Or purchase it if it's not free? You can hire personal trainers to force you into whipping your body in shape so why can you not hire them to stand over you cracking a whip whilst you scrub the toilet and hoover those pesky cobwebs away?
It's been agreed that I can move back to Mum's next month - temporarily - so that I can sort myself out. This however means that I have to clear, clean and tidy my house in order to rent it out but this is such an enormous task that I'm struggling to start. You'd think that the fact I have to engage lettings agents and various tradesmen would be a sufficient kick up the derrière but I've been hoping I could ignore the boring bits and get straight to the enjoyable and exciting packing bit. What do you mean life doesn't work that way? Well that's rubbish. Added to that the fact that my car has some kind of computer malfunction which will suck up all of my spare cash so I can't even pay someone to do the boring housey stuff for me.
Now.... where did I put those rubber gloves?
PS Terry did lose the England captaincy... more on that later.
It's been agreed that I can move back to Mum's next month - temporarily - so that I can sort myself out. This however means that I have to clear, clean and tidy my house in order to rent it out but this is such an enormous task that I'm struggling to start. You'd think that the fact I have to engage lettings agents and various tradesmen would be a sufficient kick up the derrière but I've been hoping I could ignore the boring bits and get straight to the enjoyable and exciting packing bit. What do you mean life doesn't work that way? Well that's rubbish. Added to that the fact that my car has some kind of computer malfunction which will suck up all of my spare cash so I can't even pay someone to do the boring housey stuff for me.
Now.... where did I put those rubber gloves?
PS Terry did lose the England captaincy... more on that later.
Monday, 1 February 2010
Is football still the beautiful game?
There have been two stories in the press recently which I feel I have to comment on.
In fact in the first case, it's not the actual story it's the reaction to it. John Terry, captain of both the Chelsea and England teams, has been behaving badly and there are now calls from columnists for him to be stripped of his captaincy. I must admit that I'm having trouble following the logic here. If my manager cheated on his wife I wouldn't expect him to be demoted to my level so why should that be the case for Terry? Can an employer take disciplinary action over something that hasn't happened in the course of the employee's work and that doesn't directly impact it? (Criminal activity aside.) Terry has earned his captaincy of both clubs by being an outstanding footballer and an effective leader - and God knows, as a Fulham supporter it pains me to say that - and his indiscretions off the pitch shouldn't detract from that. His team-mates may not respect him as much; Wayne Bridge has made clear he certainly doesn't, but to appoint another captain would, I think, cross a line. Football clubs are increasingly blurring the lines between a player's career and his personal life although I think I might save that for another day...
I type this through gritted teeth (fingers?) but I hope Capello gives Terry the armband. It'd be a slippery slope if he doesn't.
The second story is much more clear cut I think. Togo, who suffered a terrifying ordeal as they entered Angola to take part in the African Cup of Nations, have been banned from entering the ACN for the next 2 tournaments. Why? Because they withdrew early from this year's. Because 2 of their representatives had died in the attack. Naturally there is uproar about this and quite rightly so. How can the people working for the Confederation of African Football honestly think that this is fair? Now I know the old saying "life isn't fair" but I hardly think that's appropriate here. People died, their friends and colleagues were entitled to mourn their loss and they should not be punished for making that decision. Have the CAF not heard of mitigating circumstances? Or thought of using some discretion here? The whole affair has baffled me and left me incredibly dismayed that human beings can treat other human beings this way. Talk about kicking someone when they're down - I don't think that even comes close.
In fact in the first case, it's not the actual story it's the reaction to it. John Terry, captain of both the Chelsea and England teams, has been behaving badly and there are now calls from columnists for him to be stripped of his captaincy. I must admit that I'm having trouble following the logic here. If my manager cheated on his wife I wouldn't expect him to be demoted to my level so why should that be the case for Terry? Can an employer take disciplinary action over something that hasn't happened in the course of the employee's work and that doesn't directly impact it? (Criminal activity aside.) Terry has earned his captaincy of both clubs by being an outstanding footballer and an effective leader - and God knows, as a Fulham supporter it pains me to say that - and his indiscretions off the pitch shouldn't detract from that. His team-mates may not respect him as much; Wayne Bridge has made clear he certainly doesn't, but to appoint another captain would, I think, cross a line. Football clubs are increasingly blurring the lines between a player's career and his personal life although I think I might save that for another day...
I type this through gritted teeth (fingers?) but I hope Capello gives Terry the armband. It'd be a slippery slope if he doesn't.
The second story is much more clear cut I think. Togo, who suffered a terrifying ordeal as they entered Angola to take part in the African Cup of Nations, have been banned from entering the ACN for the next 2 tournaments. Why? Because they withdrew early from this year's. Because 2 of their representatives had died in the attack. Naturally there is uproar about this and quite rightly so. How can the people working for the Confederation of African Football honestly think that this is fair? Now I know the old saying "life isn't fair" but I hardly think that's appropriate here. People died, their friends and colleagues were entitled to mourn their loss and they should not be punished for making that decision. Have the CAF not heard of mitigating circumstances? Or thought of using some discretion here? The whole affair has baffled me and left me incredibly dismayed that human beings can treat other human beings this way. Talk about kicking someone when they're down - I don't think that even comes close.
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