However, perhaps all the signs and symptoms I exhibit are merely the signs and symptoms of getting old! Oh Well, I shall just have to get used to wearing more purple and get used to watching Last of the Summer wine!
When I Am Old.
When I am an old woman I shall wear purple With a red hat that doesn't go, and doesn't suit me, And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves And satin sandals, and say we've no money for butter. I shall sit down on the pavement when I am tired, And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells, And run my stick along the public railings, And make up for the sobriety of my youth. I shall go out in my slippers in the rain And pick the flowers in other people's gardens, And learn to spit. You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat, And eat three pounds of sausages at a go, Or only bread and pickle for a week, And hoard pens and pencils and beer mats and things in boxes. But now we must have clothes that keep us dry, And pay our rent and not swear in the street, And set a good example for the children. We will have friends to dinner and read the papers. But maybe I ought to practise a little now? So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised, When suddenly I am old and start to wear purple! Jenny Joseph |
Beauty now seems to have her own personal entourage!
She just came downstairs complete with Iggle Piggle AND his blanket,Ratatouille and Ratatouille Too!
4 comments:
Wear purple by all means but don't torture yourself with Last Of The Summer Wine!
Yep. I think it would be torture, I have never managed to watch an entire episode yet!
Lack of sleep is torture! Our sleep schedule has improved but it took about eight years for our daughter to sleep through the night!
I know when I am (really) old and Beauty is all grown and well behaved and sleeps beautifully(ha!) I shall look back and think of these times with very fond memories!
My question is though
WHY CAN'T I HAVE THE FOND MEMORIES AND SLEEP NOW!
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