Fantasising ....For Fun!
Diary of a Fishwife

- [ April 2007 ]
- [ March 2007 ]
- [ February 2007 ]
- [ Janaury 2007 ]

Ides of March!
Forget Friday the 13th. Ignore ladders, black cats, broken mirrors and spilt salt. Think instead of March 15, and beware. As superstitions go, being wary of the ides of March is certainly more unusual. Yet the day does have a certain resonance.
In the complicated world of the Roman calendar, there were 45 public festivals as well as the ides of each month, days which were sacred to Jupiter.  In March, May, July and October, the ides fell on the 15th. … This, besides the day of Julius’ Caesar’s murder, was also on this day in 1876 that Test Cricket was born…. e-cyclopedia @ bbc.co.uk

Dear Diary
March, march, march – seems the month just seems to do that! It’s the 3rd already and I’ve only caught up with the fact that there are not 31 days in February again!  Seems I do that every year – run out of days in February (at least payday comes around quicker..*Grin*)

Well March has a couple of interesting dates – the Ides of March (15th) (Ides means the middle for those of you who don’t google!; St Patrick’s Day – 17th – so when all are going green, I’m going green every day except for the 17th – that’s the day I wear white and speak the language of the little Fiddlepats who live in Eastern Galoslovinia (do they actually exist? Well maybe they do in my stories to the kids and who says I can’t anyway if no-one can understand what I’m saying? And am going to not be “Julius Caesar”).

Earlier this month, after having a stressful time with the kids, decided that the name “Mom” was no longer functional and told the kids that if they needed me, they had to call me by my new name “Flooblesnat” and only then would I take any notice of them.  Well for the first 15 minutes, “Mom” was called about 20 odd times and all I did was carry on doing our dinner – after a while, my 3-year old piped up …”Flooblesnat, please may I have….” And her wish was granted, much to her delight! Well, for the rest of the evening the kids had me in stitches trying to remember that I had given up on “Mom” and had transformed myself into a strange little creature whose stress levels were lower than mine!

So, we now have a new rule – if I am stressed and the kids are doing the irritating thing, then my name changes – to what next, we’ll have to wait and see!

Enjoy your March, march, march….see who you can be this month!

Write to you soon, dear diary
Sleep well
Me
xx

Bevskins xxx !!!

*****************************************************************

February 2007,
Dear Diary

February – Happy New Year to me! The first month of my birth year!  My birthstone is Amethyst – so I’m going to wear purple, whilst the rest of the fashion followers wear floral pinks, reds and greens with matching metallic accessories!  Whilst women wear cinched waists & tight wrap belts, I will wear loose flowing robes without waistlines and revel in comfort!

I’m celebrating “Valentine’s Day” – but in a different way! I’m going to spend the day on my own – and give myself a day of “love and gratitude” – no kids, no hubby present!  I’m going to wake up, stretch and then go back to sleep for another couple of hours. Order coffee in bed and have breakfast outside in the garden!  Enjoy a manicure and pedicure that I do myself! Break out the bubbly whilst I read in the bath – a hundred candles creating my sanctum! I’m going to wear nothing but my best jewelry and my best outfit should I decide to go out for an ice-cream dinner and when I go to bed, I’m going to tuck myself in with a romance novel!

But for the next 27 days of Feb, I’m going to treat my hubby to a month of romance, hugs, kisses, flowers and poetry (wonder what his co-workers will think when he gets red roses delivered to his office every day!). My kids will get 27 days of me not nagging, begging, pleading for them to “get dressed, eat breakfast, do homework!”  I will play eye-toy; Barbie’s and even go skipping – but I promise to try and not raise my voice and let them finish what they want to say before I finish their sentences for them!

It’s going to be a fantasmagorical month!!!

Ÿ  Happy Birthday to me!
Forty years I will be!
I feel like a princess!
Just watch me and see! Ÿ
Love
Me xxx

Bevskins xxx !!!

*****************************************************************

Janaury 2007,
Dear Diary

January – usually the 1st month of the year for the rest of you! But for me, it’s the last month of my birthday year – my year starts in February.

This year I am going to write to you, dear diary about what I would be doing if I lived in my fantasy world.  So whilst everyone is making their new year’s resolution (and breaking them as soon as! (*Grin*), I’m going to resolve to live more in my own fantasy world ….! So take a trip with me as I regale you with my fantasy journal…..

January is back to work/back to school for most, and wrapping books, buying school clothes etc. Me and my kids are going to skip the first day at school and go to the park – we’re going to eat candy floss for breakfast and pancakes for dinner! We’ll go to sleep during the day and play games at night! Watch the moon set and watch sunrise.  We’ll paint the house walls in pictures and welcome the graffiti artists to join us (maybe not! *Grin*)

I’m going to buy a bicycle and cycle to the gym so that I can have a steam bath! We’ll donate books to a library without taking any out!  We’ll plan a trip to the zoo and act out for the monkeys….. but most importantly, we’ll celebrate the end of the year, not with regret for what we haven’t done…. But with fulfillment with what we have achieved.

Write to you soon, dear diary
Sleep well
Me
xxx

*****************************************************************

Bevskins xxx !!!

PS. For more articles written by Bevskins [ Read More ]