Today started with sorting the cook books for next door's granddaughter to look at, the over the road for Paddy Over the Road's funeral, starting in the house.
As we left the house I picked up a carnation head that had fallen from a wreath...one of his four sisters said "that was meant for you"...she didn't know that Paddy had given me a wee bunch of Carnations when Pirate died...as he remembered Pirate talking about his (Pirate's )sister taking cuttings when given carnations...
Instead of walking to the graveyard as it was raining she insisted that I go with another sister and her husband in their car...and that meant we followed the hearse on the lap of the village..before going to the graveyard where the pipes were playing and even more of the village people standing there..plus a grey Fergie tractor..,at one time Paddy had three...I only knew two of them...and he used to go on the annual tractor runs...
His cousins arrived from Ireland in time, thankfully, then Daniel O'Donnell singing Danny Boy was played.
Then down to what used to be the Bowls club in the village for chat and funeral spread.
I walked home...the rain had eased a little..with a mutual friend who lives along the road from me..he is a mere sprightly 89 years old...nine years older than Paddy was..
The afternoon has been more than a little frustrating...wanting to phone an artists organisation for insurance....they are only there from 10-1...
Going to cut a window in mounts for prints to be set behind....I thought, metal patchwork template, ideal....if I could find it....
The small label printer that I purchased...I can't print the tax invoice off the phone or the tablet, has to be the desk top version ...but the printer is refusing to talk to the laptop even though the driver was installed for it....
The card backs that I need to print are on the laptop as well....
I need an office / tech organiser in house!!!
I could also spend a couple of months concentrating solely on sorting reducing and tidying....but then I wouldn't get anything done....but.... because that needs doing I'm not finding things that I know I have..... somewhere!!!
Infuriating at times...
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...I hope that I'm late for my funeral.
Hopefully it will all suddenly come together and work miraculously. If not, just find a young person ... 😉
Sounds like Paddy got a good sendoff.
Jaycee took my comment. Find a young whippersnapper.
Things seem to appear miraculously when you are not looking for them. By that time, I've bought a new one or got a loaner from a friend.
I hear ya on the infuriating times. We have too much stuff.
The carnation is beautiful, what a gift.
Understand the need for someone to organize! I want the same.
He did. Quite a traditional village affair
What a fine send-off; sounds like a life well-lived.
Sorting and disposing is a drag. I have let stuff accumulate for far too long. Starting is the hardest part.
Poignant about the carnation! Printer and printer drivers have got to be the most infuriating things on the planet.
It was poignant Steve...deep breaths in and think ...wow!
Yes they are infuriating...and they are supposed to be simple!!
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