The Mysterious Hole In The Ceiling

So, what is the hole in our ceiling? It is the hatch in our hallway that leads to the loft, a place I never go because I cannot climb the ladder.  A strange place that takes your possessions.

Why is it mysterious?  Well, it is something of a black hole, a strange other universe. It eats things!

We have lived in several homes and never had any strange goings on with any loft as we call them. We have always put things there and there they have stayed. This loft is different. This loft has strange powers. This loft spirits your belongings away.

Over the twelve years we have lived here we have put many things up there, safe and sound. Only one problem, when you want them again and go to get them, they are nowhere to be found.  They have vanished.  We have our own "triangle" here.

Two years ago, at Christmas time, him indoors put away two ornaments, pretty ones of ladies in Victorian clothes. He wrapped them up carefully in newspaper and placed them in a box clearly marked ornaments. After Christmas they were not in the box, he searched everywhere. Nothing. This Christmas when getting the decorations down, there they were in a box of tinsel, unwrapped, just lying there although they had not been there the previous year! Where had they been during those two years, what had they been up to?

This year, we have again lost two ornaments, crystal ones. I was very particular that they were placed near the loft hatch so we could get them down again straight after Christmas. They live on my television and are important to me.

Today, Mike is taking down all the Christmas decorations, so I asked him to get me the crystals.  They have disappeared. He remembers wrapping them and putting them up there, now they have vanished. Will they turn up this year, next year, sometime, never?

Do we have someone invisible living in our loft who is setting up their own home and picking the things that appeals to them most?

Over the years we have lost books , papers, photographs, wind -chimes, a variety of ornaments, rugs, curtains,  photographic equipment.  All manner of things.

So, we have a black hole in our house. Things enter there never to be seen again or to turn up years later somewhere else. Some are never found.  Where do they go? It is a mystery to us. Even the family joke and warn us not to put things up there or they will be lost without trace.  I am, at present, reading a horror book by Graham Masterton about “something” that lives in an attic. As I was reading I thought yes, that sounds like us, something must be living in our attic as well! Maybe this “it” has our keys which have never been found. At least we have new keys now and hopefully will be able to keep them in our clutches.

So, dear readers, if you have something you are sick of, something you want to be rid of, something you no longer need, send it to us. We can be absolutely certain to lose it for you, as long as we put it up there!

2006

    WELCOME

       2006

Heralded in by the most wonderful firework display Mike and I have ever seen, coming from London. Wish we could have been there. The London Eye and Big Ben looked marvellous and the colours were beyond description. Be kind to us all, New Year, be kind to us all.

                     

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Mike and I wish all of you, everywhere, a very happy 2006. It is like finishing a book, closing the cover and then picking up a new one. I thank you for all your wonderful friendship throughout the last year. Whatever 2005 has been like for you, and I know it has not been a good year for many,  we hope that 2006 is much better in every way.  May health and happiness be yours and may you be blessed in all that you do and all that you pray for. God bless you all.

Pictures Of The Boys

My feelings got the better of me this morning and I did not want my journal to go into the New Year on a downbeat note. You know me, I try and keep my journal positive. No good dwelling on the bad things in your life, that does not help.  So I decided to make a second entry with something happier.

The doctors were helpful to a point.  They feel my blood sugars have risen due to stress and Christmas food  - although I made everything as sugar free as I could, I still indulged in foods I do not normally have -  although in the past my sugars have fallen back quickly again after Christmas.  This set off my anxiety as I panic when my blood sugar rises. So, they do not want to alter any of my medication at this time.  They want me to give it at least seven to day days and if I am still having problems then go and see them.

They were less helpful with the back pain which is awful and has been for some time.  They are unwilling to prescribe anti-inflammatory drugs because they make my stomach bleed and they also feel I am on enough medication so they have just told me to stay in a warm bed and take over-the-counter paracetamol and try and relax and not tense against the pain.  As if I have not tried that already.  However, I do know that stress makes any condition worse, stress finds your weakest spots.  I am hoping I can calm down now and relax more and it will improve.  If not, I shall be seeing them about my back.

I do feel slightly more positive than I did this morning and a lot of that is due to your good wishes and knowing that there are such lovely people out there who do care about me.

We had a real downfall of snow this morning, thick and heavy although around noon it changed to rain and there is not much left now but I thought the graphic appropriate.

I promised you some pictures of the boys that were taken by a professional.  I shall have to get frames for them because they will be taking pride of place on our wall.

First, Nathan, he looks so much older than eighteen months which he was yesterday and is very tall for his age.

 

Now four month old Daniel

 

The boys together

 

This last one is a family photo of Nathan in his winter jumper

 

Well, dear friends, I am going to try and read and comment on some of your journals now.  I will do as many as I can but, please bear with me if I do not get to you all, the pain might just prevent me. Let us hope I will be feeling a lot better in a couple of days with my sugar dropping back towards normal.

Bigs hugs to you all for your lovely wishes which I know you truly mean.

 

Happy New Year

I am taking this opportunity to wish you all a Happy New Year.  A little early but unfortunately I am very unwell at the moment.  My blood sugars have rocketed out of control but I have other problems as well.  I have contacted the doctors who are run off their feet at the moment.  They have taken note of all I have told them, how I desperately need help and cannot be left like this over the New Year holiday.  All they have said is to contact them again after 2 p.m.

I just hope they can come up with the help I need because I feel pretty desperate at the moment.  I do not usually share these sorts of things with you but I wanted you to know that I might not be around for a few days and you will all know why.  It all depends what happens with the doctors.

Mike and I wish each and every one of you, readers known and unknown, journallers who have become dear friends, a happy healthy and prosperous New Year.  May your troubles be few and your joys many.  God bless you all.

Until the next time.

Charming Comment

I had a lovely comment on my earlier entry.  I thought you would like to see it.  What a caring kind person this must be - not!  Perhaps life will hand out to this person some of the health problems we have to deal with.

What are you moaning about?---''only Mike and yourself '' think yourself lucky that you have somebody to share your day with-- plenty didn't.

You sound a real old moaner, wait till you really have something to moan about.


Dennis
Comment from diopallis - 27/12/05 14:53

Update On Keys

Thank you all for your helpful suggestions.  No, the keys are not in the car which has not been used since Christmas Eve and Mike had them long after that.  No, our little Nathan could not have picked them up and hidden them.  He was in our sight all the time and anyway, Mike had them late that night many hours after they had left.  They are nowhere in the house and garden.  It does seem they have been lost in the street.  Maybe someone will hand them in to the places that know we have lost them.

In the meantime, tomorrow we will see about changing the locks on the house. 

We are grateful for your tips though.