"I'll admit I may have seen better days, but I'm still not to be had for the price of a cocktail, "(Margo Channing)
Men bashing,and materialism part 3
Watched an awful daytime tv programme today ITV's Loose Women, The format is simple, 5 female celebs "chat" about "important issues" and give their opinions ( ad nauseum) in a balanced discussion.
What I saw, was plain man bashing. The celebs in their matey lad-ette way argued and bad mouthed ,laughed and ridiculed, and I found myself getting quite angry at the unfairness of it all. Would ITV of even the Beeb allow men to have such a programme? Indeed not! You would never see a group of men flirting over a sexy female actress ( well not on a tv chat show ), or slagging off their wives or girlfriends? But women deem it ok to do the same to men! This whole man bashing mentality pervades tv, and the press, and I find it distasteful and smacks of double standards.
Thought of a few more items I would grab in a fire ( see below)
The silver candlesticks Chris bought from an antique shop in Whitby, when we went up to Nuala's sister's cottage for a weekend. It was a lovely break ! The table was a purchase from Roger's Jones auctioneers from Colwyn Bay. Not complete ,(it has lost its folding leaves) it is very old ( Circa Early 1700s) and has a knackered charm of its own. The needle point is one from Janet, all the way back from 1991!, in chronicles life in Sheffield.
Materialism Part One
Well The pin board in the kitchen would be a surprising choice. Like family photos, it is full of memories and happy times, a friends' 'wedding, Bev and Janet in New York, my leaving badge from Sheffield, a sympathy card. I guess it is a snippet of your life on a simple cork board.
This plate is one of the few things I chose to keep from my Mother's house after she died. Her style was, very different to mine (reproduction furniture and 1960s crockery), and most articles from the house reminded me of the"unhappier" times of childhood. This plate is a link to the happier times I want to remember.
I love glassware, and these two sets of glasses are my all time favourites. The Champagne glasses are a chrismas Pressie from Janet and Ned, and are so 1950's! Classic, hollow and stylish.
The two little tumblers come from Takashimyia (sp?) a wonderfully expensive store on 5th avenue in New York. I bought them when I took Chris for our first holiday to the Big Apple, and loved the tiny lobsters and fish etched into the glass. Bringing them home was a nightmare as they were so fragile and pricey, but it was worth the effort. They remind me of New York
Materialism part 2
The first things I would grab would be my art deco Denby terriers. Before we got Fin and Meg, I always had a slight obsession with 1930's style dogs and fell in
love with these old bookends when we were in Sheffield. I think they are beautiful.
This Telephone was my very first puchase for my very first house in Providence Road, Sheffield, and I was very proud at finding it in an old junk shop, and even more proud to find out that it still worked!.
It reminds me of the film Dial M for Murder, as it featured in the murder scene with Grace Kelly, like the terriers it is stylish and tactile
This little needlepoint is almost hidden amid all the family photos on the kitchen wall. It was completed in 1988 by an inpatient at the psychiatric hospital I worked at In York. The patient unsurprisingly enough had huge psychological problems, and I rememeber being very touched by her gift to me as it took alot of time and effort to complete it for me. I was at Bootham Park Hospital for only 2 years, but valued my time there, as it gave me a true interest and grounding in the psychological care of patients within nursing.
.....money makes the world go round....
Slyvia Syms and the Queen Mother
Right At Your Door
The two actors give wonderful peformances, but the main protagonist of the story, strangely enough, is the mobile phone! Five years ago, mobiles came to centre stage in the disaster that was 9/11. The passengers on Flight 93, and trapped office workers in the Twin Towers managed to ring their nearest and dearest with final messages of love before they were killed. Right at your door, uses that very scenario, when Lexi says her tearful goodbyes to her brother, however the mobile phone plays a much bigger role in the narrative. It is a source of frustrations and hurt to both Brad and Lexi as they face technical problems and powerlosses when trying to find each other and information from the faceless authorities. It provides a medium for parents and friends to contact the couple and rehash past family relationship problems and ultimately it causes the death of one of the main characters in a not-seen-that-coming way!
This film was an excellent choice for an afternoon flick, it was just one of those movies that you needed a good chat about afterwards.
ALSO I couldn't believe that I watched it in a Chester cinema TOTALLY ALONE!!! what a treat!!!
Mentally Prepared
Today was a bit of a red letter day as the last of the "jobs" around the house have been completed! Geoff and sidekick Glenys have wallpapered the now chinzey bathroom! (amid much laughing and chatter and cake) and the control freak and list maker in me has now finally been appeased. I had a plan before University, and that was to get all the house and garden more or less finished, especially as I am now part time in the Hospital and therefore money is a little tight.! and .........
I'VE DONE IT!!
so the house has been totally decorated,wall is up,path is down, garden completed,the chickens have their new big run, the last clematis (thanks Geoff) is in!, the car has been taxed for a year and I've even saved the front lawn!....and it is a great relief to have ticked all those small boxes.
I wonder how I would have felt if things had not been completed? Grossly upset and stressed no doubt and only today whilst tramping up the Gop, did I feel excited and ready for University. Nursing is no longer one of the most important things in my life anymore
( Boy was it, when I was a charge nurse in Sheffield?), after 24 years, it is now merely a way of paying for my education............Isn't that a strange thought? well if not a strange one then more a liberating one.
I have just read my friend nigel's blog entry on his Wales visit! which pleased me greatly, thanks for that Nige
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