I've got one of those days when I'm extremely shaky and can't seem to do anything about it. Luckily typing and driving aren't impaired by this, and I'm not sure why it should be so bad today!
The only possible cause I think is the news I got yesterday that my lovely maisonette in Hove is on the market again! After a scant three years! And I lived in it and loved it for 13 years. I feel both sad and angry about it, though why it should rankle ((great word) I'm not sure. It does though, because I believed that the lady who bought it from me loved it too - though she did proceed to change just about everything so perhaps that was a clue! She put in three new bathrooms, a new fitted kitchen, and painted the whole place white - so most of the character it had was promptly diluted. Apparently she has kept my fabulous chandeliers, which is some comfort, though that may be because she can't reach them. Ah well, I know I'm planning to leave here in search of somewhere that feels more like home, so perhaps she is doing the same. We are all different after all..
Watch out Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, they have fixed their wedding date for 19th May, and I can only warn them that this may not be an auspicious day. According to folk lore, marrying in May is not advisable, and I can vouch for that: my first (!) marriage was on Friday 19th May 1961, and what a disaster that was. We were married at Caxton Hall in London, which was very smart, and I wore a pink silk suit and a black (designer) hat. The week before, my Sister's fiance had been killed in a horrible car accident (although she was amazingly unhurt) so there was already a pall literally hanging over the event. I have to say it went from bad to worse after that and lasted a mere 15 months, which was more than enough for me. And I recoiled from marriage so completely afterwards that I didn't contemplate doing it again until 1975! Still, that's only my experience and it was all a long time ago - I'm sure the young Royals will be fine, and I wish them every happiness.
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It's very hard to be detached from houses you've loved and put time into. We have just sold a house and the new buyers are doing a lot of work on it. It was very hard at first but now that I'm looking at houses myself, I am able to be a little more objective about it. x
Hi Love, long time no reply! So sorry. I'm catching up because I didn't turn on my comments when I started blogging again! Silly me.. And still dithering about moving!!
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