Reality

I was looking at some other blogs and came across designtoinspire which has some great pictures. I would love to have a house like some of the ones featured. Unfortunately the reality is a staircase that has only just got painted and has been without carpet for 4 years.

This is all mainly to do with me being a skin-flint and a true Gemini and therefore totally incapable of making a decision in case I make the wrong one.

Strangely I am able to make major life changing decisions at the drop of a hat - going to Uni, where to live at Uni, buying a house - small decisions however - what to have for dinner, should I spend 30p on a chocolate bar these I can agonise over!!

The carpet kind of fits neatly between these two extremes. I will make a decision one day - but in the mean time I'll continue to look at blogs like desire to inspire and wish I could live that kind of minimalist life style - unfortunately I inherited the hording gene from the AP's so it's not likely in this lifetime!

Lovely Pic

I love this picture - one day I will get round to buying artwork for my house - but first I think carpet on the stairs is more of a priority.

A Location Location Location episode had an artist on and they showed some of his pictures. I liked them so much that I emailed the gallery - unheard of for me. They sent me a link to their website and some pictures.

This one is by Amanda Fisk called Blue Haze - it makes me think of those early mornings in Yorkshire where Big Bro and I have just left the caravan for the morning walk with D and M is left behind to tidy and start breakfast. I loved those times... of course that was before Heartbeat changed the village we went to forever.

I still love those mornings but it tends to be a tent rather than a caravan and the Lakes rather than the Moors.

Christmas Picture

I know it is nowhere near Christmas yet but I came across this picture as I was looking for one to post and it was a good time for me when this was taken so I thought - why not?

Christmas for me should not be thought about until after bonfire night... how can you enjoy bonfire night if you are already looking towards December?

How I hate the fact that it is only just October and already the shops have Christmas items in. What's even worse is that it means I do start to get excited even though I don't want to - I can't help it - I Love Christmas.

Why? Because it was great for me - I was one of those lucky ones - I had a great childhood. The AP's were good to me and apart from when we hated each other I got on great with Big Bro. Christmas always makes me revert to childhood and the happy memories I have from then.

So have fun and if you have to think about Christmas let it all be happy sparkling thoughts!

First entry - reasons

Well why have I signed up for this. Even I am not sure... up until about last night I wasn't really sure what a blog was let alone what I would want with one. Then I went to Anne's blog. She's a natural writer - I envy her ability to express herself so well.

So there I was reading her blog and went to bed thinking no more of it - woke up this morning with every intention of doing nothing more than vegging in front of the TV as Saturday mornings generally go but instead I was thinking about what I would write if I had a blog. I wanted the opportunity to express what I thought. Generally I want to write about the books that I have read - hence the title. I read a lot but never really stop to think much about the books that I have read. This means that I often can't remember the titles and authors which annoys me greatly so I have decided to do something about it.

In all probability this is just going to be for me and no one will actually read it but that's okay.

If you have happened to come across my blog - leave a comment and let me know. How did you find me? - what were you actually looking for? - Did you eventually find what you set out to find?