Didn't do much yesterday....hubby and I had a bit of a blue(row)......so I spent a fairly silent day. you know what they say....least said, soonest mended.......I could have said a lot, but uncommonly for me, I held my tongue. He, on the other hand, said some nasty and spiteful things, with the intention of causing hurt feelings.
The atmosphere was frosty to say the least.
What was it all about.......well, it started about me spending time on the computer......yes, I know I seem permanently...

I think Christmas started in July when we were children....well, not Christmas exactly, but the preparations.
Pa would disappear up into the attic with bits of wood...tins of glue and paint.....there would be the sounds of hammering and banging....and then when he came down he would not say what he had been up to.......and the attic door was always locked. We were told that the door had to be locked because the bannister rail wasn't safe....and that that was what Pa was doing.....making it...

No....I'm not giving...and I haven't got any stuff going cheap.
Charity and cheap stuff was how ma kept the family fed and clothed.

Mrs Almond had a pie and bread shop at the end of Marsden St.
Ma used to buy her bread there......Mrs Almond knew it was a real job to keep us all fueled and would ask us to call back at closing time......whatever was left over she would almost give away.
She used to do dinners for the workers during the week and if I was passing the...

Earlier this year we had rellies over from Oz.
This meant a major re-organisation of our living space.
My back bedroom is where I have my computer.....it does have a sofa bed in there too.....but it is a relatively small room.
I had all kinds of junk in there......well hubby calls it junk, but to me it isn't.......anyway I threw out some stuff (painful for me.....I am a hoarder not a whizzer)...but I have to say that it was stuff that was not important......the other junk had to...

When Ma was expecting my brother James, she must have had some problems and she had to be taken into hospital for bed rest......it was obvious to our doctor that there was absolutely no chance that she would rest at home with four of us hanging round her ankles....and also the fact that she was still working and had three jobs.

This meant that Pa had to sort us out and look after us.
Money was always tight, but Ma was a brilliant manager especially where food was concerned. I...