Sitting here thinking....

Greetings World's !!

I hope you're all doing well, this fine day ?! I'm a bit knackered - mainly as we didn't get much in the way of sleep, last night.... no big deal, it was just one of those nights, when - no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't get to sleep !!

Having a village clock tower, striking the hour, doesn't help !! Sometimes, I feel like going down to the thing & take the clapper thingy out.... is it called a clapper ?! I don't rightly know !! I'll come back, to the subject..... of bells & clappers, a little later on.

Today, well - it's a Sunday.... and for a very, very long time, I have tried to avoid using the computer on Our Lord's Day. But, today.... after sitting here, thinking about it.... I've decided to share my thoughts !!

First tho' - The Family !!

As I type, B is upstairs, altering the length of some curtains. They have been in our room, before - but... they are sooooo long, we kept tripping over them !! So - last night (I think) B decided that she was going to alter them, today, by taking 6 inches off the bottom !!

A little earlier - she was down here, marking things off & now, judging by the noise, she is up in her Craft Cave, using one of electric sewing machines, to do whatever it was, that she decided to do !! Me - I'm staying down here, listening to music... it sounds safer than going up the stairs & asking what is going on !!

So - that's the family, for today.... I think it's just going to be the two of us, home - I'm not expecting any visitors.... I nice, quiet, sort of day. Well - if you forget about the music, that is !!

I've just been, up to see B - she hasn't used the machine yet - so, I don't know what the noise was..... maybe the neighbours having another fight !! I kid you not.... I was awake, about 2.30 this morning & they were really shouting at each other !! They have this big house - well, bigger than ours - and yet, they still find the time to shout at each other, in various rooms, where people can hear them !! Oh well... each to their very own......

As for the music of the very moment...

I'm listening to U2's 'Bad' - as it was recorded, at 'Live Aid'...... nearly 30 years ago !! "Wow" I hadn't really clicked, that last bit.... 30 years !! Do you know, what you were doing 30 years ago.... ?! I do - but, that's a sad story & not one for today.... maybe another time....

In the middle of the night, I had this weird idea, of recording 3 cassettes, over to Cd..... if I could find the tapes, that was !! As mentioned - I couldn't sleep.... so, at some strange hour, I came down the stairs & found all 3 of the tapes !! I had a vague idea, as to where they were & - luckily - I was able to put my hands on them, with-out too much searching !!

Sooooo - this morning, I decided to give them a bit of a play & then transfer them, over to disc. I'm glad I played them first - it turns out, in theory at least - that I have 2 of the 3, on Cd already......... so, I'm only recording one tape, instead of the 3. It will save me, just a bit of time..... plus, I won't use up too many CDR's !! Life is good.....

The one tape, that I'm recording, has a bunch of - what we used to call singles... not the download stuff, that you get today - these were actual 7 inch & 12 inch things, that you hold in your hand !!

I won't bother you, with all of the tracks - but, they've included things by Rush, Rainbow, Phil Collins, Gillan, AC/DC, Meat Loaf & Ultravox... to name but a few !! It's all a bit of fun.....

I've now moved onto the last Transatlantic album 'Kaleidoscope'... one of the better albums, that I picked up, last year. Last year !! I'm still trying to get my head around it being 2015 !! Nevermind - the tracks, on this album, are:

1) Into The Blue
2) Shine
3) Black As The Sky
4) Beyond The Sun
5) Kaleidoscope

I've mentioned this album before - if you get chance, go out & buy yourself a copy !! It's really good !!

Ok - going back, to bells & clappers.... !! A little story, about one time - when I was in hospital, after breaking my back. It was in the days, when visiting times were really strictly enforced, to the one hour per night - or afternoon, I guess.

As you can probably imagine - laying on a broken back, wasn't a lot of fun.... so, we (the guys on the ward) used to come up with little things, to keep ourselves amused !! This included, removing the clapper, from the bell - that signaled the end of visiting time.

On the hour, exactly, the nurse would pick up the bell & ring "time" - only, this time, there was no clapper.... sooooo, the poor nurse was left, holding a bell, that wasn't ever going to work !!

Bless her - in the end, she had to go, to another ward & use their bell, to get all of the visitors out !! Oh - it's the little things you remember..... that & the various bits of pain & stuff !! Nevermind....

Why am I writing on a Sunday ?!

It's simple really...... it has been over 18 months, since I last saw the Bishop.... 18 months, when - as a Latter-Day Saint - I needed as much help, as I could get...... the last time, that I saw him, I was kept out of The Chapel...... for the duration of the entire service !! It was the last service, before going back, into hospital - where I stayed for 3 months !!

The Church - to me - has left me hanging..... and, I'm quite upset, by it all. I needed help, thru' out that time, that I was really poorly & The Church.... well, that's why I'm writing this, on a Sunday.

It is The Lord's day.... but, even tho' he is in my heart, I cannot help, but feel a little upset, by the ways, that I've been treated, over the last year & a half !! Oh well.... that's why I've been sitting here & thinking !!

I must away - being up, for sooooo long, last night, has taken "the get up & go" out of me.... I need to rest for a while..

I thank you all, for taking the time to log in & read my words....until next time..

Bye Bye