Mary Kills People, The Let Down and Working Moms have been binge watched. Readers Digest & Clementine Ford have been read (while wearing new glasses) and Michelle Obama's autobiography will be next (when I can wrestle it from my daughter)
I read your new posts on my phone when I wake up in the morning and I comment when I can get hold of a lap top. I go out for coffee every time I'm asked and because autumn has finally arrived I can sleep with under a blanket or two, which makes me happy.
At my seniors group yesterday, one of the ladies was getting loud and distracting (all the characters are in my group) so, like a kindergarten teacher, I stopped everything and asked everyone to take 16 seconds to breathe: 4 seconds in, hold for 4, out for 4 and hold again. By some miracle it worked and we all managed to rein in the festivities madness.
After seniors group I stopped at an unfamiliar garage to get petrol. There was driveway service! and yes, just so you know you saw that, there was driveway service. I don't think I have seen anybody offer that in Sydney in all of my living memory (which is getting longer than I would like to think about)
So, there you have it. My life, April 2019.
Doesn't sound like a bad life to me. An ex who doesn't like you reading? Perhaps he was jealous you were enjoying your book more than him? ;)
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DeleteIf the ex was a book blocker than you are lucky he is not around! I hope things shake out like you want them to, or at least the way it is best for you. I have missed your posts lately.
ReplyDeleteI was kind of laughing about the breathing comment. Occasionally when mom gets too uptight we have to do a similar thing.
I knew somebody would appreciate the breathing thing!
DeleteLovely to see a post from you. I was about to try and contact you and check you were ok.
ReplyDeleteA woman I worked with could only read when her husband was out of the room. He would have been permanently out of my rooms.
Thanks for caring!
DeleteI like that "out of my rooms" clever and succinct
Can't imagine living with someone who didn't read, tho I know many do. I grew up in a reading house and my houses have always been reading houses and talking books. I vetted guys before I went out with them.
ReplyDeleteI love the snapshot of your day, I must do one like that.
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Various circumstances combined so my ex didn't develop true literacy. Its a curse he didn't deserve but it doesn't excuse a lot of other things.
DeleteI'd like to read about your day.
I think that you are actually leading a life of leisure!
ReplyDeleteYes, in many ways I have the good life but then I don't ask for much
DeleteBy driveway service I presume you mean filling the tank, checking the tyres, checking the coolant etc. I haven't seen anyone doing that for many decades!
ReplyDeleteYour ex didn't like you reading? Both a philistine and a monster! Glad you're now free to read as much as you want. I would be devastated if for some reason I couldn't.
Not so much a philistine, more someone who was short on opportunity.
DeleteI never missed reading but I now wonder how many good books I've missed
It all sounds like positive things that you are doing now, kylie - working, reading, relaxing, socializing. I believe you are an optimizer. (That's a compliment!)
ReplyDeleteI took it as a compliment :)
DeleteThis morning I'm off to see a client which is a nice way to earn money!
Hi Kylie, I finally "found" you again. My computer kinda crashed and I lost all my favourites. So glad I got you back. A
ReplyDeleteI will eventually comment again on your blog and then I would be found! Sorry it's been a while
DeleteAnd it's weird, my ex didn't like me reading either - it made me a "snobby git" apparently. So glad he's out of my life and I can read all I want!
ReplyDeleteHe probably felt dumb around you. Read away, my dear!
DeleteIt is astounding that anybody could object to their partner's reading habit. Seeing your partner reading should encourage you to read a bit more yourself. The world would be a much better place if people turned off their televisions and smart phones and regularly got lost in books.
ReplyDeleteYes, it would!
DeleteDriveway service!! I thought that went out with button up boots - or so it seems.
ReplyDeleteMuch better to have time out for the rowdy senior, than to put them in the naughty corner
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Alphie
I thought driveway service was long gone! Maybe he didnt trust me with his hose ;)
DeleteI couldn't put any of the seniors in a naughty corner, they are far too militant!
My uncle had a service station, I spent my school holidays there. He used to fill up the tanks with a cigarette dangly from his lips.
ReplyDeleteI wish I could get back into reading - too many good drama on the telly!
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*dangling!
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I give up - My comment is ripe for a good edit! Apologies!
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Ah! The good old days of driveway service and cheating death ☠
DeleteIf only blogger would implement my Facebook faves:the ability to edit and the like button :)
I tend to avoid groups because of loud extroverts.
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