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I'm due to be picked up in 20 minutes. This morning I got up at 7 and Sophie slept until gone 9 (must have been feeling guilty for insisting on being fed at 1 am, therefore putting an end to any pre-get away sex I had planned.) I got a lot done..2 loads of laundry, gathered up all the laundry from all 4 bedrooms and the 2 upstairs bathrooms, cleaned 2 bathrooms, was going to clean the kids but shock of all shocks it was clean!, did dishes, cleaned the burners, swept and swiftered the kitchen and hallway, cleaned and vacuumed the livingroom. It was a very productive 2 hours. It should have been stuff I did last night, but of course I did not.
I know I bitch a lot about William, but really I am very lucky with him. Not a single complaint about my going away and leaving him with a tempermental baby who is breastfed 95% of the time. He rearranged his schedule so I could go a day early which a lot of men won't do. I'll put up with his grumpiness about the state of the livingroom for that!
12 April, 2007
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9 comments:
Holy crap!!!! How in the world does anyone get that much done in two hours??? That would have taken me two days, no lie!
I hope you have so much fun!
That's alot to get done in 2 hours! You go! Have a great weekend and can't wait to hear about it.
Have fun on your vacation!
have tons o' scrapbooking fun!
I always find I get more done when under pressure of time.
Hope you have a fandabbydozie weekend and come back with lots of cards, books etc and maybe a few photos?
I, too, work better under pressure for some reason. House cleaning...bleh. Maybe it's the pressure that makes it exciting finally. Anyhoo I'm glad you got some stuff done so you don't have to think about it while you're away.
I hope you're having a marvelous time. Is it too late to request a card? :)
Bon VOyage Emma, you deserve a break.
By the way, spotted this:
http://www.irelandclick.com/home.tvt?_scope=DailyIreland/Andersonstown%
20News/News&id=26995&psv=11
Emma Groves is laid to rest
Andersonstown came to a standstill last week to pay its respects to its
First Lady, Emma Groves.
Emma was blinded in 1972 when a British soldier shot her with a rubber
bullet as she stood in her own living room. On the plastic bullet death
of John Downes in 1984, she teamed up with Clara Reilly to form the
United Campaign Against Plastic Bullets.
In warm spring sunshine, a huge procession followed the hearse carrying
the beautifully woven wicker casket containing Emma’s remains as it made
its way down from the Groves family home in Tullymore Gardens to St
Agnes’ church. Such was the crowd that the church was packed out and
scores of people paid their respects by remaining for the duration of
the service on the Andersontown Road.
Parish Priest Gerard McCloskey led the blessing – there was no funeral
Mass as it was Holy Thursday. He paid tribute to Emma’s strong faith.
“God had work for Emma to do. First of all to rear her family as a
dedicated mother and wife, and also to fight against the injustice of
rubber and plastic bullets, weapons that could kill and maim for life.”
Courageous
Fr McCloskey continued by saying that we had a lesson to learn from
Emma’s life: “Where there is injustice we should be courageous enough to
remove that injustice.”
The Groves family’s involvement made it a moving ceremony, with her
granddaughters reading the liturgy and prayers of the faithful. Emma’s
daughter, Brenda Hall, spoke of her mother as an optimistic and
inspirational woman. She recalled that Emma lost a son, Bill, aged only
six in a tragic accident and this instilled in her a great empathy for
other grieving families.
Brenda also spoke of Emma’s devotion to her family saying: “Her greatest
regret was that she never saw any of her grandchildren but she would
light up when she heard their voices.”
Brenda concluded by saying: “We are very grateful that we had her, and
had her for so long,” before reading a poem penned by one of Emma’s
grandchildren.
Emma’s close friend and fellow campaigner, Clara Reilly, paid the final
tribute to the popular local woman.
“The rubber bullet took her sight and changed her life and also changed
the life of her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She may
have lost her sight but she did not lose her vision.
“We’ve lost a mentor, a companion and a great friend. Rest easy now,
Emma, you have finally come out of the darkness and into the light.”
Emma was then laid to rest in Milltown Cemetery.
Have fun!
have fun dear you deserve it!
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