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Tidy Your Room!

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I know!  When we were younger that was the last thing we wanted to hear from our parents.  Well I’m saying it to you now – tidy your bedroom.

Last night was one of those little moments where I realised I couldn’t have somebody come in here ’cause the place is just cluttered with clothes that need to be put away.

What ’caused that little moment you might ask?  A Spider!  I don’t like spiders.  I have a vague agreement with them – do what you want just don’t be seen.  This agreement is for all rooms with one exception – the bedroom – just stay out please.  Last night there was a spider on the wall above the bed and I was tempted to call the neighbour to rescue me or spider but couldn’t ’cause the room was a mess and also they’ve moved so there wasn’t anybody to call on.  However had the room been tidied, there was more of a possibility that another neighbour would be called on instead.

So please tidy your bedroom – you just don’t know what emergency is around the corner (spiders do count) and you don’t want be embarrassed – and the reward is that you have a tidy room!

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Let Me Inspire You

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The other day I was reading a substack.  The author was saying how in general she doesn’t compare herself with others – and yes I can identify with that notion – I’m happily playing away at being me, because although we are all the same, we are different.  The author also decided that this steadfast reluctance to compare herself to others was impacting her negatively – she found that although she enjoyed doing the things that she does, she was reluctant to write or publicise it because there are others out there doing exactly the same, but doing it better.  This I can truly identify with.  I know my limits, I know what I can and can’t do – I know where my finesse ends!.

There’s a world of blogs out there that you can dive into and love, well I’ve decided to blog so that you can look at this and say, you know what? I can do better than this.  You see I’m happy with my limits, and pushing to expand them a little every so often, but there are people out there that do want a push, that do feel the need to try and produce things they are proud of.  If I was to think that way, I’d be stuck in a paralysis because my talent falls well short of my minds eye.

So in future, if you like what you see, but thing that you can do better – then do it!  Seriously, just do it!  If I can produce this then I know that you can do it so much better.  Break out your flat lays, construct your photos, write your reviews (mine mainly consist of yes or no and let’s face it – that doesn’t really count – it barely has a word count!), show us what you’ve been working on – I’ve been working on a blanket for the last year and I’ve only done about 25 rows!.

It’s just about finding your voice.  I love the word JUST as if it’s the simplest thing in the world!  In a year and a half I’ll be 50, I’ve been married, and now separated. I never had children, but did have 4 cats.  I’ve loved and experienced the heartbreak that lurks in the shadows.  However I’m only now starting to have the courage to be me, it’s taken a lot and I still haven’t really gotten there – so in fairness there’s no JUST about it – but it’s still something that needs to be done.

So there you have it.  I’m going to be ordinary, so you can shine.  I’m happy to trundle along slowly improving (or not) but I’ve decided not to be ashamed of being ordinary because there’s billions of us out there and it’s not really a bad thing.

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Consolidation

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The internet feels as if it is changing again.  There’s things I miss about the (my) early days – I miss websites, I miss LiveJournal – when your friends page was just your friends posts, in the order they are published.  Facebook is still just a small amount of people reposting other peoples posts – there’s no personal content – there’s nothing to show you how your friends are.  I know I’m as guilty as others but I do post updates too, which seems to be a rarity.  I love Instagram, but it now all seems to be about businesses – I just want to post photos with no alternative reasons.  I fell away from Flickr but I think I will go back to it – because I take more photos than I post and I should post a bit more, so I think Flickr will start being a home for all sorts.  I like TikTok but I only watch, I don’t do tiktoks – the closest I get to it is when I hear my alarm clock at night but that’s more ticktock than tiktok.  I’m also on Twitter but I’m hearing that there are death knells in the offing.  I’ve signed up to Mastadon but haven’t actually figured it out and I’m not sure I really want to.

So that is my lament.  My other lament is the fact that I’m terrible at blogging – I am – the previous post is from Easter and it’s only a miracle that it’s Easter of this year!

I’ve renamed this blog from Comfy Corner to My Corner of the Internet and I’m going start posting here with hopefully a bit more frequency.  The reposts from Facebook, the updates, the brief updates that would be twitter, a few reposts of other peoples work on the likes of Insta & TikTok – my own photos from insta & flickr will be over on the photo blog.  I am too spread-out and it’s time to start to consolidate it all.

I’m tempted to say Stay Tuned to this station but going on my previous record, I won’t be that cruel!  However, I do hope to do better!

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Brain Melt

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I’ve been subscribing to a few blogs lately and the RSS feed gives me the last 25 posts.  This is fantastic and had LOADS of lovely pictures so I’m having a great time looking at the with awe and envy.  There was one picture I saw that had a set of shelves in them just beneath a window and they were white.  They almost looked like they were for a childrens room.  Do you think I can remember where it was I spotted this picture?  My poor brain is melting and all I want to do is show himself the picture as I reckon something similar would be nice next to the dresser.  It would be somewhere for the cookery and craft books to go.

I think I’ll have to go to bed as my brain is now refusing to function.

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Penpals

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They are wonderful on the other hand I am not. I do apologise but this is going to be a little whingy/giving out. I have a wonderful penpal who writes to me – If I say more often then I write to her I could be accused of understatement 😦 I think that at the rate of new leaves I’m turning over, in my letter writing habits, I should really look up and spot the trees. I think that this is the last leaf I’m turning over – I’m writing letters and that’s that! I’ve been given a nudge so it’s time to put pen to paper and just do it.

My problem is I’m a procrastinator – I’ll write that later, once it’s written it’s another battle to get it into the envelope and addressed. After that I have to stamp and post it = a month at its fastest – how can that be??? I work above/in the General Post Office!!!

I’m going away for the weekend – (London here we come) so I’m bringing addresses and there will be a start of postcards. I have to admit – rubbish at letters great at postcards when I go away. Don’t know why just am. So to end this bit of a whinge with something to smile about here is a postcard I sent home when we were in Paris last year:

Paris Café