Wednesday, 6 October 2010

be careful what you wish for

I'm home alone
and it is unbearable.The house is just as tidy
when I come home
as it was when I left.

I have no-one to cook for
and I must eat by myself.

The silence is doing my head in
because it is so loud.

I am reduced to
downloading pictures of soup tureens
in the shape of rabbits
to keep myself occupied.

Just as well MrM is back tomorrow.

24 comments:

MrM said...

In the virtual world I am still there ...

does this get me closer to coffee cake nirvana ???


PS - I don't think that we have enough space for all this stuff. Some of the blue & white china would have to make way

kathe said...

We have found our opposite thread. if only I could have but one night...alone. For sure I could finish my sentences, soak in the tub, tidy the house and watch a movie in bed, eat eggs for dinner, read the paper uninterrupted, and turn the heat on!!

blackbird said...

Oh, I cannot believe it!
I haven't been alone in my house for a year! At least!

SmitoniusAndSonata said...

No , I can quite see that snuggling up to a soup toureen wouldn't be quite the same !

Ticking stripes said...

There are worse ways to spend an evening and they are indeed very beautiful tureens! I hope you took the time to make a coffee cake!

Ali said...

In our house, those rare nights are ear-marked for pizza, given that I am the only one who likes it in all its tomato and cheesy glory. Just hog the whole duvet and embrace it.

Sue said...

Cannot understand you Alice, seems like absolute bliss to me!

anne bebbington said...

I guess this is pay-back for all those times you begged for a bit of peace and quiet - I love a bit of quiet solitude but the novelty certainly wears off after a while

Hermes said...

I rather like being on my own for a while. Time to think.

The Coffee Lady said...

One word - television.

Gina said...

I do hear what you are saying but there are times when I long for just a single evening or two of that sort of aloneness.

Lucille said...

It is unnerving isn't it? Luckily I had some reassuring hammering going on on the roof. Have you started talking to yourself yet?

Menopausal musing said...

You cold play "I spy with my little eye"......... you would be guaranteed to get it right each time ............

silverpebble said...

Oh dear! I recommend poppytalk autumn colour week flickr pool. It's beautiful!

Dear Cathy. She's made me laugh again.

driftwood said...

I hate being alone in the house at night, something always breaks down....

if you need more soup tureen therapy you need to book a trip to Winterthur in Delaware (ok so it's not that close by but....) they have the Campbell Collection of Soup Tureeens. quite incredible.

http://www.winterthur.org/?p=557

The Flower Garden said...

I completely understand that silence is deafening. Particularly if not chosen. Time really drags.

However beautiful tureens.
Not sure if I'd want my soup coming out of a pet though!

Helen said...

I'm never satisfied. Right now I could kill for a bit of time alone but if I was granted it I'd probably find the silence so oppressive that I'd start tip-toeing round the house and whispering to myself.

It may take many years of solitary confinement before it occured to me to download rabbit-shaped tureens though...

peppermintpatcher said...

Sometimes silence can be very loud.

Jane said...

I'm afraid I long for a night alone in this house - or even a few hours would do!
Wonderful tureens - especially like the cauliflower.

Paola said...

Coffee cake nirvana ...
I LOVE that!

... and guess my WF: cremboni
HA

eurolush said...

I've got a dozen red balloons.

Be there in about two hours...depending on the direction of the wind.

readersguide said...

It's odd, isn't it?

Jackie said...

I never once dreamed I would find the words 'doin' me 'ed in' coming from your blog. Albeit politely expressed and the perfect choice for the situation. I swing from the doing in of the head due to no one here, to the complete opposite where the house is full.
At the moment my head is truly done in.

Baa-Me Kniits said...

Oh dear look what I have to look forward to in times to come.....I should get down on the floor and be thankful for all the little pieces of lego that keep crippling me when I stand on them :-) Nice soup tureens though!