THE GREAT FLOOD

I WAS AWOKEN IN THE EARLY HOURS TO THE SOUND OF RAIN,

WIND WAS HOWLING, GALE FORCE STRENGTH, RATTLING MY WINDOW PANE,

LITTLE DID I KNOW THAT DAY WOULD BE MY WORSE NIGHTMARE,

RAIN WAS LASHING, RIVER'S BULGING, CHAOS EVERYWHERE,

CARS ABANDONED,PEOPLE WADING THROUGH SEWAGE RIDDEN WATERS,

PEOPLE STRANDED IN THEIR WORKPLACE,THIS STORM HAD REALLY CAUGHT US,

SHOPPERS DESPERATE TO GET HOME SAFELY, TO THEIR NICE WARM BEDS,

HELICOPTER'S PLUCKING WORKMEN FROM COLLAPSING SHEDS,

HELPLESS VICTIMS WINCHED TO SAFETY, ALL SEEKING SAFE REFUGE,

THE SCALE AND DEVASTATION CAUSED, WAS ABSOLUTELY HUGE,

MOBILE PHONELINE'S PUSHED TO THE LIMIT,NO-ONE COULD GET THROUGH,

TO CHECK THEIR FAMILIES ALL WERE SAFE AS THE WATERS GREW AND GREW,

HOUSES LOSING POWER SUPPLY,NO TV TO WATCH THE NEWS,

JUST SAT IN DARKNESS,SHOCKED AND BEWILDERED,THEY REALLY HAD NO CLUES,

RIVERS SWELLING, BURST THEIR BANKS,WALLS AND BUILDINGS CRUMBLE,

NOTHING IN IT'S PLACE ANYMORE,THE CITY'S ONE BIG JUMBLE,

MANY HEROES WERE SEEN THAT DAY,THEY WERE ALL SO EASY TO FIND,

WHO SAID CHIVALRY WAS LONG DEAD,HAVE FAITH IN YOUR MANKIND,

THIS DAY IN JUNE,WE WILL NEVER FORGET,OR THE MEMORIES OF THOSE LOST,

WE NEED TO HAVE MORE DEFENCES AGAINST THIS FLOODING, AT ALL COST,

EVERYTIME I SEE A RAINDROP,I'LL THINK BACK ON THE DAY,

THE RAIN CAME DOWN TO WASH US OUT BUT SHEFFIELD'S HERE TO STAY.

 

THE SHEFFIELD FLOOD

WHO GREW UP IN THE 80'S ?

	Just for Fun - Totally Random
	You know you grew up in the 80's if: 1. You used to buy cassette singles… and still have some stashed somewhere… 2. You can sing the rap to the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and can do the Carlton 3. You hold a special place in your heart for "Back to the Future." 4. You know where to go if you "wanna go where everybody knows your name." 5. You've heard of Garbage Pail Kids. 6. You know that "WOAH" comes from Joey on Blossom 7. Two words: Hammer Pants 8. You watched "Fraggle Rock" 9. You had plastic streamers on your handle bars... and spokey-dokies or playing cards on your spokes for that incredible sound effect 10. You watched "Duck Tales" (Woo ooh!) 11. It was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons. 12. You (your sister, cousins) wore a ponytail on the side of your head. 13. You saw the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on the big screen..and still know the turtles names. 14. You know all the words to "ice ice baby". 15. Poltergeist freaked you out. 16. You ever had a Swatch Watch. 17. L.A. Gear....need I say more? 18. You Believed that "By the power of Greyskull, you HAD the power!" 19. You know the profound meaning of "WAX ON, WAX OFF" 20. You wanted to be a Goonie. ("Goonies never say die.") 21. You ever wore fluorescent clothing. (some of us...head-to-toe) 22. You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off and his cheeks shifted. 23. You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf. 24. Your first Walkman weighed about as much as a brick. 25. You still get the urge to say "NOT" after every sentence. 26. You remember Hypercolor t-shirts. 27. You knew "The Artist", when he was humbly called "Prince". 28. You thought She-ra (Princess of Power!) and He-Man should hook up. (Many 80's kids have informed me that this would be incest so scrap that)! 29. You thought your childhood friends would never leave because you exchanged handmade friendship bracelets. 30. After you saw Pee-Wee's Big Adventure you kept saying "I know you are, but what am I?" 31. You were a Cub Scout, brownie or girl guide but now you have no idea what all the badges you got were for. 32. You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates. 33. If you ever said "I pity the fool". 34. You have ever played with a Skip-It or Elastix 35. You had or attended a birthday party at McDonalds. 36. You've gone through this nodding your head in agreement. 37. You remember when cellular phones weighed 15 lbs. and had to be carried over your shoulder. 38. You wore like, EIGHT pairs of socks over tights with high top Reeboks. 39. You wore socks scrunched down 40. You remember boom boxes and walking around with one on your shoulder like you were all that. 41. You remember watching both Gremlins movies. 42. You know what it meant to say "Care Bear Stare!!" 43. You remember watching Rainbow Bright and & My Little Pony Tales 44. You had to come in the house when the street lights came on. 45. You remember Alf, the lil furry brown alien from Melmac. 46. You remember New Kids on the Block when they were cool...and don't even flinch when people refer to them as "NKOTB" 47. You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By The Bell," The ORIGINAL class. 48. You know all the words to Bon Jovi - "SHOT THROUGH THE HEART AND YOUR TO BLAME.. YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME" 49. You just sang those words to yourself. 50. You have a tendency to turn the collar up on your Polo shirts. 51. Your first computer was a Commodore 64 or an Atari 800. 52. You know what movie the phrase, "Number 5 is alive!" is from. 53. You played with Lego’s when they were just blocks of various sizes, not any of the special little parts. 54. You took plastic cartoon lunch boxes to school. 55. You remember that "Up above the streets and houses, Rainbow climbing high. Everyone can see it smiling over the sky. Paint the whole world with a rainbow" 56. You played and or collected "Pogs" 57. You used to (and probably still do) say "What you talkin' 'bout Willis?" 58. You played British Bulldog or Man hunt 59."You went to a chinese restaurant to buy a loaf of bread, bread, bread. They wrapped it up in a five pound note and this is what they said, said, said..... 60. You sang " One, two, Freddy's coming for you. / Three, four, better lock your door. / Five, six, grab your crucifix. / Seven, eight, gonna stay up late. / Nine, ten, never sleep again."

FOR MY HUBBY ADRIAN

What's apple pie without custard,

What's a hot dog with no mustard

What's a right without a wrong,

What's a bird without a song,

What's a dog without a cat,

What's a head without a hat,

What's the dark without the light,

What's a day without a night,

What's a strawberry with no cream,

What's a person with no dream,

What's an end without a start,

What is  love without a heart,

What's a child without a Mother,

What is one without the other,

Without your love what would I do,

For what am I without you

 

 

 

A fly

Can somebody please tell me why

God created the House fly

Does it have a purpose

Maybe part of the food chain

I can't get my head around it

And I've tried again and again

Are they sent to test us

Or do they play a part

I just can't connect the link

I don't know where to start

chillin

In my mind's reflection, I sit and dream,

I remember all the things I've seen,

I remember all the things I've done,

I remember all the heart's I won,

The happy days here in my heart,

The day I married, never to part,

The day my baby boys were born,

The day their Christening robe was worn,

The times they would come home from school,

So clever they are,  no-one's fool,

The times I'd sit and worry til late,

When they went out on their first date,

So proud I was with a College degree,

Did this person come from me ?

The treasured pictures, the precious dreams,

My face aglow with warm sunbeams,

I feel so humble and oh so blessed,

To know my life is the very best....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PEGGY

 

THIS LITTLE LADY IS 1 TODAY

I LOVE HER WITH ALL OF MY HEART

I THANK THE LORD THAT SHE CAME TO ME

I KNOW THAT WE NEVER WILL PART

SHES A SISTER TO BUFFY

A TRUE LIFELONG FRIEND

A GIFT SENT FROM HEAVEN ABOVE

THOUGH SOMETIMES SHE'S SCRUFFY

SHE ALWAYS WILL SEND

A MESSAGE TO MY HEART WITH LOVE...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PEGGY  X X X

 

just poetry

Feeling so lost inside

Is a very scarey place

Needing somewhere to hide

To escape the rat race

Dont know where Im going

Dont like where Ive been

Dont like the not knowing

Dont like the things Ive seen

Wondering what will come tomorrow

Wishing life could be

Wonderful, with no more sorrow

I just want to feel free.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANTHONY

 

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANTHONY

24 TODAY

HOPE YOUR DAY IS MAGICAL

WHAT MORE CAN I SAY

YOU REALLY ARE SO TREASURED

SO LOVED IN ALL YOU DO

ALL THATS LEFT FOR ME TO SAY

IS " HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU !!! " 

 

 

 

Thinking aloud

EW !!!  I dont like the new layout for my blogs page. I liked it the way it was.

It looks all messy and scrawly now. I much prefered it when it looked all neat and in it's place.

Anyway, just to let you all know that Steve has a job now. He starts on Tuesday.

I wont spoil it by telling you all the details, cos I'm sure you would rather hear all about it from Steve himself.

He's really excited about it. He looked  GORGEOUS in his best suit for the interview bless him.

Just got in from what turned out to be a very long trip to Middlesborough to pick up some items we won on E bay.

We decided to go to visit Whitby, as Adrian's never been ( he's from Northern Ireland )

Then we decided to go visit my Auntie who lives near Bridlington. We took the EXTREMELY long way round because we had never gone on that particular route before, so we got a bit lost.

Three and a half hours it took us to get there. I was absolutely starving and desperately needed the loo.

But we did get there in the end thank goodness,even though extremely later than anticipated.

I would also like to ask everyone to send best wishes to my Nephew James, who was taken in to hospital yesterday with suspected meningitis.

He was diagnosed with a flu type virus two weeks ago and fell very ill. Since then, his brain has been bleeding, although it has stopped now, thank goodness.

He is still quite ill but making very slow progress. It's his birthday on Tuesday, although he will still be in hospital then. I think he's about 29.. I forget, I have so many to remember.

He's such a sweet, caring, lovable person, much like my Steven and I love him dearly...

So good vibes please people...  Hope all is well with you and speak again later....Bye for now...x x x x