Chelley of the Shire

Time

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:10:42 +0100

Is it just me or do others find they're taken by surprise every so often when something you remember happening just-a-while-ago turns out to be nearly official history and happened about 30 years in the dimming-and-distancing past?!

I've finally got round to sorting out some of the things you just leave in a box to deal with later when you move house. I've been going through my LP's. Yes LP's - real vinyl proper records - yes, I know, I really don't look old enough! And with the sorting came the rediscovery of 'My Life in the Bush of Ghosts' - a Brian Eno and David Byrne brilliant collaboration. And it all comes flooding back with the record. I can still remember where I first heard it - a shop in Carnaby Street (London) sometime in the Eighties - when Carnaby Street was still a wonderful haven for the bizarre and outrageous and the place I did my clothes shopping - perfect for finding Goth gear, many-buckled boots and all that.

And playing the record again I see it says '1981'* and though I reckon I bought it probably nearer 1986 that's 27 years ago!! Nearly thirty years - but it's only five minutes since I was young isn't it? Time is a very strange thing. I look at family photos from when my brother and I were growing up and realise that I'm older now than my mum and dad were then - there's something wrong with that in the space time continuum! And though I'm still the same inside, on the outside I'm the mum - the one with the nearly 17 year old son.

I suppose God must feel like this quite a lot, I mean, he's been around rather a long time and seen a few kids grow up.

Perhaps sometimes it's a better idea to let unpacked boxes lie!

*Ah, 1981 - I was 11 - the year I got my first radio/cassette player for Christmas complete with 'Chart Hits '81' (or something like that) and I've still got that tape too!

Wiblog entry for 25/04/2008

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:10 +0100

The cat is asleep on my computer monitor... snoring!

It comes to something, doesn't it, when that's the best you can come up with to blog. I suppose, if I were to pinch something along the lines of Dave's blog categories then that could be listed under 'mundane' 'Essex life' 'cat stuff' and 'not-very-interesting-at-all'?

My nayme iz Michael Caine

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:33:18 +0000

...well actually it's not but that was my random thought of a few moments ago, so that's what you've got. Perhaps I can turn this into a post of random quotes that I can remember off the top of my head? I'm presuming that rather than having simply gone mad it was farli who put random quotes in my head by including 'The Great Storm' in a post title... turning my mind of course to 'The Vicar of Dibley' and the great storm! "It reminds me of the great storm".... "Shut up!" Brilliant... my favourite episode!
Unfortunately, now I've decided to turn this post in a 'random quotes' type direction all the random quotes that usually mill around in my head to amuse me during dull moments have, of course, fallen out of my head*
Oh well, I'll go and make a nice cuppa tea instead.

*except for 'the machine that goes "ping"' which is always there, but I've gone on about that Monty Python delight here before, I'm sure.

Wiblog entry for 18/02/2008

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 01:34:16 +0000

Waiting for the kettle to boil (again!) for my hot water bottle (it's freezing) so thanks to Neil I can now inform you that I am apparently 10.02am!

Count your blessings name them one by one...!

Sun, 17 Feb 2008 18:07:08 +0000

Well, it's been a lovely day (and it's only early evening) and one resembling something like a 'normal' Sunday (from what I can remember). Today I've taken only one service in my lovely 'new' (to me) church (compared with last week's three services in two churches, a funeral to prepare and a youth group to finish in the evening), then TeenSon and I enjoyed a nice mosey over to Canvey where we walked in the sunshine along the 'sea' (Thames) wall. From there we carried on to Southend where we sat and ate nice vinegary chips by the sea on which the sun was also beautifully reflected. And now I'm waiting for the kettle to boil and the turkey roast to cook for our not-had-in-a-while roast dinner. And the evening will be unusually free of preparations for the week ahead as there's time tomorrow to start that.
Simple things, but contentment. We really do have a lot to be thankful for.

Wiblog entry for 14/02/2008

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:26:18 +0000

What is the post office coming to? Instead of piles of cards blocking my front door this morning there were two measly bills. Really, I think they should get their delivery service sorted out.

I really can't think of a snazzy summary of the following post to put in this little box...

Tue, 5 Feb 2008 13:18:53 +0000

It seems to be quite a while since I last blogged anything, due to the usual combination of nothing interesting to say and not enough time to say nothing interesting! Life has changed quite significantly in the last few months as TeenSon and I settle into our new home town, and I adjust to being Team Vicar instead of Curate, to my new team of collegaues and the new church family - and both of these are great! Despite their greatness it's still been a bit of an emotional rollercoaster at times as we've adjusted to all things new and missed our connections with 'home'. But NewHomeTown is a down to earth kind of place which suits me just fine and of course even when everything else is turned upside down, "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever"... phew!
Our new home is lovely and in a very nice street which is quite a change from the town centre/home-from-pub-route/church hall noise (though still our happy home!) we had before. I have to confess that there are still a few unpacked boxes tucked about the place... but it is only 5 and a bit months since we moved in!

There's not much more to say really, unless anyone out there wants to know anything in particular (as long as it doesn't involve breaking confidences/announcing too specifically where we are!)?

Back to my cuppa tea...

And here it is...

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 22:36:40 +0000

...having wandered around the great, the good and the verging on ridiculous of You Tube... and watched Mr. Bean at Christmas, Nelson Mandela on poverty, British humour and Basil Hume I have ended up with this delightful little blast from the past! Who remembers it... who loved it???

Wiblog entry for 10/12/2007

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:27:52 +0000

Right, having been inspired by Auntie Doris and the great stuff she's been posting on her blog, I thought I'd wander over to You Tube pick something, bung it up here and then say something about it. Who knows what it'll be... I haven't a clue at this point.... but I'll be back in a bit... you might want to do a bit of a drum roll... or not...

Nike!

Wed, 5 Dec 2007 16:30:41 +0000

I have a dream. Well actually I have quite a few dreams* and I this is definitely one of them:

Cartoon by Dave Walker. Find more cartoons you can freely re-use on your blog at We Blog Cartoons.

One of my good friends always says the same thing when I talk about what I wish I could achieve, she comes out with 'Just Do It' (I'm not sure if she secretly had anything to do with Nike's advertising campaign!). Oh how I wish I could - inside is an exceptionally organised, tidy and systematic person trying to fight their way out. Unfortunately another distracted, tired, juggling, don't-know-where-to-start person seems to beat the crap out of them every time they threaten to appear!

Right... to the to-do list....!

*the kind of dream where you hope for something that seems just beyond your reach rather than the kind of dream where you fall asleep and find yourself in an alternative universe where you're married to Mr. Blobby and can walk on clouds...