Chelley's View

I sat down merrily at ye olde computer this morning to sort out my Junior assembly and to blog about something that I’ll blog after I’ve blogged this…! Anyway, I got slightly side-tracked by Persephone Hazard and her moonrock soap! Ooh, that looks fun I thought… Unfortunately I didn’t have a bar of ordinary soap around but I did remember the bright green R***x soap I got with a Christmas present. I wasn’t quite sure what the perfumed, R***x aspect of the bar would do in the microwave but, hey, green moonrock – cool!
Anyway, I took the before pictures, bunged it in, retreated to the other side of the kitchen (camera in hand and at the ready just in case there was an impressive explosion to capture on ‘film’) and then waited. It’s a bit concerning when your microwave’s pretty old and the light doesn’t work anymore so you can’t see what’s happening. But all seemed to be fine until just over a minute in and smoke started coming from the microwave and a revolting smell of burning. Now this might be par for the course when you’re making moonrock, but I thought the perfume bit might be about to do something nasty so I wimped out*!! You could see the beginnings of the moonrock though. (The house stinks of burnt R***x soap now… TeenSon will be so impressed when he wakes up!).

*When you have experienced a microwave explosion in the kitchen before, it makes you slightly cautious about doing it again… a few years ago I accidently blew up a mince pie… there was a huge bang as the plate broke in half and flames shot out of the microwave!

After thought: The theme we’ve been given for assemblies for the next couple of weeks is, ‘What would Jesus have done?’ I suspect he wouldn’t have blown up perfumed soap in the microwave… but then he’s probably better at physics and stuff than me! Right… assembly… I don’t think I’ll mention the soap!

I feel like writing (or maybe I feel like talking) I’m not quite sure which? Anyway, I love writing, though at this point in the proceedings I have no idea what I’m going to write! I’m in a drifting around kind of mood this evening – trying to make the most of my day off, but having only a smidgeon of energy and motivation which isn’t that conducive to great achievements! I did manage to sit at the kitchen table and write a couple of letters which I’m really pleased about, because I haven’t seen those who’ll be receiving them (various of my in-laws) in quite a while and sometimes you just want them to know that you’re thinking of them. I read a few verses of Romans, drifted around the Ship a bit, put away a couple of Christmas presents that had been left to have a home found for them, and now I’m wondering whether to go to bed and watch a DVD as I know I won’t do any of the jobs on the list… but somehow that always brings tomorrow round far too quickly, and I want to hang on to my day off for a bit longer!
Perhaps I’ll just light a candle as I sit here and let God take hold of my contented, thankful, daunted, happy, sad, grateful, wondering, settled, rambling and tired thoughts… and ask for his light to shine.

This post was going to be about the Google searches that have reached the blog recently… and it still will be about that… eventually, when I’ve had a little random ramble first!
I was trying to decide what to put as the title, you know, trying to avoid the plain and simple ‘Google’. So, my mind flitted around a bit and then found in some dark recess, the phrase ‘Googly Woogly’! Well, that seemed a bit more interesting but I thought I’d better Google it to check that ‘the ones in charge of the internet’ didn’t think it was ruder than I did. Apparently not – but did you know there’s a Googly Woogly Queen? It didn’t interest me that much, so if you want to find out – you’ll have to Google it yourself!
Anyway, where was I…? Oh yes, titles… well having got ‘Goo…gle’ well and truly in my mind I then remembered the Goo Goo Dolls and thought, “Ooh, I must add them onto my music/bands list in the previous post because I absolutely love ‘Iris’ – top song!
And so after all that… I finally come back to who’s Googled what to get here!
First was ‘Chelley’. It’s quite nice to know that I come up on the first page for having my own name – though I am rather put out that the Shire is only number 4 and 5 – and the Teapot is top of page two. I mean that’s *my* name!! (I think the Shire only beat the Teapot because of the number of times I said it – I don’t think I’ll psychoanalyse that though!).
The second search was for ‘Let’s walk on the wild side’ – for which the Shire was number 2 – I hope they weren’t too disappointed!

create your own visited country map
or check our Venice travel guide

Well, it’s a start I suppose! I’m rather put out that there was no little ‘Ibiza’ box to tick – because that little red dot would have made a huge difference to my map! (Not to mention that I went when I was 17, when it was a somewhat happening place to be for the young and cool (haha)… I was of course a respectable and responsible young Brit abroad… not like the drunken whippersnappers today)!

…to the random question? Hmmm…. you’ll have to find the question tucked somewhere about the main page of the little Shire here. I wonder who the genius will be who can answer it in the comments (without letting on where the question was)?
Yeah well… I’ve been working hard and felt like doing something pointless and random!

A clue? Ok then. I like to spout a load of nonsense

Another clue… Just hover around for a bit.