I've seen the Future - and it's Pine!

Some of the boxes of our pine furniture 

After five weeks without wardrobes in the bedroom or the clothes in the usual drawers and cupboards, any one who knows me would think that I would be tearing my hair out by now. Nothing is in its place. Sometimes there is a search for what is needed for the day, but I appear to be remarkably calm.

I have wondered about this. My dear husband has this urge to prepare for things long before they actually happen, with good reason I might add. He is just better organised than me. When we moved here 6 years ago, we were all packed and ready to go 2 weeks before the date of our move and, whilst it did take away the rushing around that seems to happen before any move, I found it very stressful, living next to boxes of my 'things'. This time however, I feel free. It has been rather nice to live in a bedroom that has been almost minimalist with painted walls and a bed and two sets of drawers. There seemed to be so much space.

The other funny thing is that the bed has been moved round so that it faces the window rather than being under it. It just feels better and we both have been sleeping well. I wouldn't have thought that it would make so much difference, but apparently it does.

Today, the furniture arrived - pine wardrobes and cupboards (of which more later in another post). And yet I feel a little sad amid the excitement of these new items; that we will be filling up this wonderful open space that has been there. It is amazing what you can get used to and even enjoy.

Onwards and upwards towards change and the 'all pine look'.

New Technology Part 2 - Does it get any easier??

I talked in a recent post about my new smartphone. Well, I'm getting more used to it now, but with one slight problem - I can't answer the damn thing. The instructions tell me to press the black phone icon on the screen and then to flip to the green phone icon which appears. It's very much a case of knowing what you should do in your mind but the hands or rather fingers not getting to grips with it - Scary! I suppose with practice I will improve. It's just that panicky feeling I have when the phone starts to ring and I try almost a finger dance to answer it,usually without success, I might add!

So you would think that I wouldn't have any problems with my new laptop. On that score, you are wrong and for similar reasons. It's the touch-pad. I had used one years ago when I was working and touch-pads were just being installed into equipment. I didn't have any problems with it at the time and didn't anticipate any problems this time.

To start, I found that I was enlarging things when I didn't want to or, because of its sensitivity deleting things or filing them into places I didn't want them to go. Then, at other times, it appears stubbornly immobile and I find that I'm tapping at the borders where it seems less sensitive, or even worse I'm absentmindedly  tapping the space bar.

I am getting used to both pieces of equipment, just wishing it came easier to me.

View from The Eight Bells Jevington

On a happier note, we went to Jevington for a walk last week on a beautiful day filled with sunshine, followed up by a drink at The Eight Bells together with a shared dish of cheesy chips smothered in tomato sauce and a sunbathe. I leave you with the view from the beer garden - it doesn't get much better than that.

Change - Just a Massive Spring Clean!

It is strange how you can go for years, just ticking over; not over happy with how things are style and comfort wise in the house, but relaxed enough to put up with it. Then one small (or maybe, not so small) thing happens, which leads to other things; which leads to yet other things and all of a sudden you feel like you're in the midst of a whirlwind. Change has come into your life and your home like a raging tempest and it will never be the same.

We were suddenly in the position to purchase a new computer. As we had already purchased a smartphone and become aware of WiFi, we decided to go for for a laptop and WiFi printer to go in the study. The computer had previously been in the bedroom, near to a phone point. Moving this equipment really opened up the possibility of sorting out the main bedroom at last, six years after moving into our home in Seaford.

My husband, bless him, turned into Action Man, and commenced preparing the walls for painting - filling holes and removing lumps and bumps. As we had moved the computer etc , it was also deemed an excellent time to get rid of the old filing cabinet and put a new one into the study, giving more space.

My New Study

This of course meant that the files within the filing cabinet  had to be pruned. This was a difficult job for me as I like to keep things from my past - so hard decisions had to be made. Then there were the wardrobes that were there when we moved in. Apart from my clothes, they had also become a hoarding place - so yet more sorting out. In three weeks, Alan must have been taking bags of 'stuff' up to waste site every couple of days, with me feeling ever more miserable as more stuff disappeared.

Now, about a month on, I can see the benefits. We still are waiting for new furniture (more about that another time), but the room looks fresh and clean, with new carpet, the bed in a different position (and both of us sleeping better) and me knowing where most of my paperwork is (at last!).