Saturday, June 07, 2025

Awaiting the sock

I cleaned the bathroom this morning and while my back was turned Husband was in the garden. Up a ladder with a chainsaw cutting dripping wet trees.

"I've made it to seventy-five years old doing stupid things," he gave as an excuse.

It's a bit disheartening. It took me hours and hours to cut back the bushes and clear the fence; he thinned and cleared branches on the right in ten minutes with a chain-saw. But, still, he shouldn't have been doing it!

Other big news: I sorted out my sock drawer this morning. And I did a rash thing: I threw away an odd sock. Now I'm on tenterhooks waiting for the matching one to appear.

Then walked with Elder Son, GrandSon3, and Toby in Parc Le Breos, and visited the longest cave in Gower, over a mile long. 


Elder Son told me he'd been for an eye test - and nearly fainted. No genetic testing needed to prove he's my son. I thought I was the only person who could nearly faint at the optician's.

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Finally I have downloaded and printed off a petition to take to church tomorrow. It's to send to our MP to ask him to vote against the assisted dying bill, third reading on June 20th. I am not entirely opposed to the idea but it's the way the bill has been rushed through and lots of safety measures abandoned on the way that concerns me.

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Dinner tonight was Marry Me Pasta. 

A creamy chicken and spinach pasta dish. Very nice but I don't think I'd propose to the chef.



9 comments:

acorn hollow said...

Your husband sounds like mine although he is not 75 yet.
I used to feel like that when I had blood taken I use to feel woozy.
not anymore.
Cathy

Debra She Who Seeks said...

Throwing away an odd sock? You DO like to walk on the wild side!

Ann said...

Husbands tend to do the craziest things sometimes. It's a wonder they have survived some of their brilliant idead.

jabblog said...

Superior strength wins every time.
I've got a drawerful of odd socks. Every now and again I give up and throw out the oldest singletons.

Anvilcloud said...

He probably feels good about his accomplishment, but I hope he doesn't get too carried away.

Marie Smith said...

I just cleaned out the sock drawer too. I threw out old pairs!

Kathy G said...

Husband must be getting antsy sitting around all the time.

ArcticFox said...

glad the chainsaw story ended like it did!! I think Kim Leadbeater seems to have a weird bee in her bonnet about the assisted dying bill, almost like she has to push it through to leave some kind of bizarre legacy - i am not against the concept of assisted dying but like you, i don't think this is the best way to bring the subject to the table - let's not be hasty

Ole phat Stu said...

I wish we had assisted dying here in Germany. Catholic Drs even ignore my "do not resuscitate" commands.