Wednesday's Words on a Friday

 

The original Words for Wednesday was begun by Delores and eventually taken over by a moveable feast of participants when Delores had computer troubles. Sadly, Delores has now closed her blog forever due to other problems.

The aim of the words is to encourage us to write. A story, a poem, whatever comes to mind.

If you are posting an entry on your own blog, please let us know so we can come along to read it and add a few encouraging words.

This month the words/prompts are supplied by Elephant's Child and can be found here

This week's words/prompts are: 

1. the elephant in the room 

2. as busy as a bee 

3. as happy as a dog with two tails 

4. chicken hearted 

5. a wolf in sheep's clothing 

6. cat got your tongue 

7. having a whale of a time 

8. ants in your pants

Here is my story:

In the past, I always enjoyed cleaning my home. The kids would be in school, (well, three of them, the baby would be crawling around amusing himself) and I’d put on some music and get as busy as a bee, having a whale of a time vacuuming, dusting and polishing in time to the music. Pile of dirty dishes? No problem. Three loads of laundry? *finger snap* done.

These days, things are a bit different. If we acknowledge the elephant in the room, “aging,” things are a lot different. But I try to ignore that. This past few days though has seen me chicken-hearted at the thought of cleaning. I’m as tense as someone with ants in their pants and I know that any minute now the drain that was quiet for maybe a whole minute, will start over flowing again.

I did manage to get the floor cleanish, wearing rubber gloves and scooping solid waste with a dustpan that will be thrown out once this issue is over, and I even took a photo of a sort of nice looking floor. Sat to take a breath and heard the tell-tale gurgle and off she went again. The drain that is.

Flowing merrily across the floor while I sit and wait for plumbers, who can ream out the pipes and who hopefully will have the necessary video camera to feed in there and find where the blockage is.

There’s been no mention yet of replacing broken pipes but if that does happen I’ll be as happy as a dog with two tails. 


Comments

  1. The elephant in the room was called Dumbo. He was always as busy as a bee before any circus performance and as happy as a dog with two tails when the show was over. Being successful in circus entertainment is not for the chicken hearted.

    When an elephant called Bumbo joined the caste he was like a wolf in sheep's clothing. Friendly and mild-mannered at first, he soon revealed his true devious character. He was caught stealing elephant grass from the feed trailer and when challenged he refused to say a thing.

    "What's wrong Bumbo," said Dumbo. "Has the cat got your tongue?"

    In the big top, the crowd were having a whale of a time. As they cheered, Bumbo tried to slip away through a flap in the canvas.

    "What's up?" asked Dumbo, pulling him back with his trunk. "Have you got ants in your pants?"

    Bumbo was dismissed by the ringmaster and was sent to live on Kangaroo Island with another dishonest elephant called Mumbo who could only speak Mumbo-jumbo.

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  2. I would be loath to do anything if I knew that a spewing drain could ruin it all in two seconds as well. I so hope this will get fixed, meanwhile I enjoy your use of the "words".

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    1. Charlotte; thank you, the spewing drain is fixed at last and after a week of sponge baths at the kitchen sink, I enjoyed a hot shower this morning.

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  3. Well done. I do hope this problem is now done and dusted. It must feel wonderful to have a clean floor again.

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    1. Elephant's Child; thnak you. It is done and dusted, but unless they replace cracked pipes we will still have the tree roots problem eventually. I do love clean floors and bought a new mop just this morning.

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  4. Heartfelt, and a clever use of the phrases.

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  5. Love that you used your recent trauma for the words but loath you had to suffer through it.
    XO
    WWW

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    1. Wisewebwoman; I'm pleased that I was able to fit the words with what I was feeling.

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  6. i should wear rubber gloves more then I do. I have crappy nails.

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    1. Dora; I have crappy nails too but don't like wearing rubber gloves unless I have to.

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  7. Very, VERY fitting and the words fit in perfectly, too! I hate cleaning...

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    1. Iris; they worked in very well. I used to love cleaning, these days I still do but don't do it so often. It's hard keeping up with all the cat hair and the computer takes up too much time also.

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  8. At least your recent drain issues provided inspiration for this week's words!

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  9. I'm thankful they finally found the problem and the cleaning is done. Do they have stuff they can put down the pipes regularly to retard the growth of tree roots? I've heard of such here.

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    1. messymimi; there is something but Housing won't do that. It's up to us and luckily I know what to buy, though it is far more expensive that it used to be. So I would have to use it less often.

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