Wednesday Wishlist

Another Wednesday rolls around and here I am with another wishlist.  What’s on the list this time?

1. A crystal ball.  I could have done with one of these last night.  I checked the weather forecast on the television and on two different websites: all three said it was going to heave it down with rain today, so I rang up my clients and between us we decided it’d be better to cancel rather than go through the palaver of a thirty mile round trip only to get soggy and end up going home early anyway.  Has it rained today?  NO.  Not happy.

2. Chicken flavoured crisps.  I’ve got a hell of a craving for them at the moment and will have to give in and go to the shop in a minute.

3. More time… this one crops up on the list pretty often, and today it’s made an appearance because I’ve realised that my To Read pile has got out of control.

Yup, it’s actually turned into two piles.  That’s not good, and it doesn’t include the many, many books on my Kindle that are also unread.  I don’t actually buy that many books, people keep giving or lending them to me and I haven’t got the heart to say no!  I don’t seem to spend much time reading these days and as such am still plodding gently through Simon King’s Shetland Diaries (which I’m enjoying a lot), but I should probably get a move on and allow myself a bit more time for reading before two piles turn into three…

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Wednesday Wishlist

It was 20 degrees in the shade by about eleven o’clock this morning.  That’s insane for March although, in fairness, I have to concede that it was exactly the same this time last year when I was sitting out in the garden (wearing this very same sun dress actually!) doing a lot of sketching.

So what’s on my wishlist this Wednesday?

1. For my partner, Matt, to be home enjoying the good weather with me.  The poor sod is stuck at work instead.

2. For some rain, please.  Yes I know we Brits tend to whinge about the weather, particularly the rain, but we’ve had so little rain over the past year that a hosepipe ban is about to commence.  That’s bad news for gardeners.

3. For my arm to stop itching.  Yesterday I was bitten by a mystery insect (I didn’t see it, although I’m suspecting my neighbour’s dog of having fleas as the bite appeared about ten minutes after I bumped into said dog in the street…) and now I’ve got a huge, red and very itchy lump on my arm.  *tries not to scratch*

 

That’s it for my Wednesday Wishlist!  If you made one of your own then let me know and I’ll link to it.

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Wednesday Wishlist

How quickly the week seems to roll around, I can’t believe it’s Wednesday already!  Today my wishes are…

1. The ability to concentrate on paperwork for more than ten minutes at a time.  I need to work out what I need in terms of decking planks and joists for a job but keep putting it off as it’s so dull.  Needs to be done though or I can’t order the materials.

2. To be a bit less clumsy.  My hands are currently covered in more than the usual number of scratches, cuts and burns. All courtesy of work (or DIY, in the case of the burns: be more careful with the heat gun), but all avoidable if I’d taken more care/been less cack-handed.

3. Better teeth.  I know this was on my list last week too but I went back to the dentist on Monday and had a horrible time (as well as the crown prep I needed another filling, and the anaesthesia just would not kick in… several injections and a couple of hours later I finally got to go home).

What are you wishing for today?

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Wednesday Wishlist

Aaaah, it’s very late in the day to be posting a wishlist but better late than never.

1. Dry weather.  Please.  I went to work this morning and by 11am we’d called it a day as it was raining stair rods and we just couldn’t carry on.  Can it be dry tomorrow, pretty please?

2. To find my favourite pen, which has mysteriously vanished.  I know it’s just a pen (and nothing fancy, just a Uni Pin fineliner), but I love it and it’s just the right nib size for comfortable (and tidy!) writing.  I’ve got three others, all different nib sizes, but none of them feels right!

3.  A couple more hours in the day.  Despite finishing work early I don’t seem to have got much done at home and it’s nearly bed time already!

 

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Wednesday Wishlist

1. I wish I had better teeth.  Apparently I need another crown, which is rubbish (and expensive) news.  The photo above was shamelessly stolen from My Milk Toof – why not visit their website and see how great they are (they’re certainly the only teeth I like at the moment!).

2. Another pair of hands.  There’s oodles I want to get done this week, but I could do with a second pair of hands to get through it all!

3. Some sunshine.  It’s dry out, and quite mild, but so grey.  Yesterday was the same and too much greyness is a tad depressing, so let’s hope the sun comes out for a bit!  This cute cushion made me smile, click here to see where you can get it.

 

Have you got a Wednesday Wishlist?  If so let me know and I’ll add a link to it

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Wednesday Wishlist

It’s very late in the day to be posting my wishlist, but I think the list itself will explain why!

1. To get more than four hours sleep tonight.

2. To not have pricked pretty much all my fingers with rose thorns.

3. Ibuprofen.

 

See you next Wednesday, hopefully with a more cheerful list!

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Wednesday Wishlist

I wrote my list as soon as I got in from work today…

Can you tell I was a bit peckish?…

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Wednesday Wishlist #3

I’m late with my wishlist this Wednesday, and I’m afraid I haven’t had time to come up with any pretty pictures for it.  However, the wishes are still here and today they are…

Warmer weather.  It was SO cold at work today!

Warmer socks… I did have really cold toes today

An early night.  This is one wish I think I’ll be able to manage!

 

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Say CHEESE!

I never cease to be amazed at the kindness of friends.  Last week I was wishing for some Cheese Moments, and featured them on my Wednesday Wishlist… and I came home yesterday after my week away to find a box had been delivered containing these…

Twenty four packets of Cheese Moments!  I nearly had heart failure!  They were sent by my friend Jayne, and I’m so grateful to her for this wonderful RAOK   I’ve had a packet already (and they do taste just as good as I remember), and I will be stashing the rest in my studio to snack on while I’m working.  Feed the beast and she will draw

Thank you again Jayne, you are an absolute LOVE.

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Wednesday Wishlist #2

Another post written in advance, so I’m sitting here wondering what on earth I might be wishing for a week from today.  Well, by the time this post is published I will be at the seaside in Sheringham so my wishlist probably looks like this…

Who wouldn’t want sunshine while they’re at the seaside?

Similar to the first wish, but not quite the same.  Blue skies usually mean no rain, so hopefully I’ll be enjoying nice weather.

I think everyone wishes for more time when they’re on holiday, and a working holiday is no different.  I’ve got a week in Sheringham to paint this apartment, and fit in as much relaxation and sketching as I can around that.  More time is definitely something I’ll desperately wish for!

Pop back next week for the next Wednesday Wishlist, and please do join in if you feel like it

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