SNOW IN SPRING ...

No, it's just wrong! :x

Yes! And that was our summer - short burst of warm weather in March! Then we were deluged with rain for the rest of the year.

I'm not asking for much. I just want a bright WARMISH Spring, followed by a WARMER summer with a nice cooling breeze and a light rain shower every now and then to keep the atmosphere clear. :roll:

I've lived on my own for 20 years now and one of the things I found hard to get used to was not having to yell at anyone to 'shut that b****y door!" I don't know what it is about kids that makes them open doors but not close them, take things out of cupboards but not put them back, eat meals but never take their plates back to the kitchen - and also what makes them ignore their parents rantings about it.

I'd never have got away with leaving mess behind me when I was a kid. In fact, it was we kids who did ALL the housework because our Mum had to work and Dad was disabled. I used to ask my sons to tidy their rooms etc., my God if they'd been asked to strip the beds, remake them, take the sheets to the laundry ... they'd have reported me to Childline!

I had a busy and productive and useful childhood and to be honest ... I'm glad of the experience.

izzzi said:

Goodness Grace it is true. Our 26 year old son will nicely tell me off for not shutting this lap top down properly,yet he can not shut that b***y door, not to mention the plates. Our other son does close doors and take is plate to the kitchen.

We did have good memories. When I was a boy with 3 sisters, one of my jobs was to fill the metal bath with warm water, after my sisters had their wash etc; it was my turn then I had to empty the bath. This cold weather reminds me of those cold baths and the drafts from the back door. Roy

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Roy ... just take a deep breath, be firm and do them a favour ... give him an ultimatum ... clean up, do a bit or ... or sod off!

I had one relatively tidy son, and one terribly messy son. To be honest, the tidy one has caused more heartache because a lot of what he did was pretence and he rebelled in other ways more heartbreaking. The messy sod ... well at least he was honest. That's all I can say. But there's only so much honesty a parent can take too.

If I had my time again I'd beat them both with a stick and to hell with PC!

Roy I remember those tin baths. My mother used to boil water in a big boiler ALL day long so we could bathe on Saturday night. It had to be filled MANUALLY by carrying buckets of hot water from boiler to bath and it had to be emptied the same bloody way.

I'm not an advocate of going back in time but my kids don't know such hardship and they don't know such usefulness either. I'm glad they didn't have to go through a childhood like mine, but in some ways I can't help but feel they're so bloody spoiled that they've missed out on some lessons in life. I appreciated what my Mother and Father struggled to give me. My kids appreciate nothing I did for them because my efforts took place in the workplace where I took abuse from managers so my kids could have a decent standard of living and enjoy a 'childhood'.

I worked in some dives throughout my life to put bread on the table and keep the roof over our heads. Was it recognised or appreciated by husband or kids?

Nope. It was taken for granted and complaints were regarded as a bit of a joke ... until the divorce papers dropped through the letterbox.

I'd have worked myself to death for my husband and kids, in fact I nearly did, but when it's not appreciated and taken for granted and even ridiculed well .... Nah! I preferred to walk out and leave them to it.

I woke up at 2am this morning and that was it. Couldn't get back to sleep until about 5am. So I read my book, had a cuppa and then nodded off until 9am.

Looking out of my window the snow is pretty much as it was yesterday, about 2 inches deep but it's stopped snowing and it doesn't really feel all that cold either.

But I notice that the sky is very white which usually means there's more to come. And I REALLY don't want it. I want warm, dry weather now with just a sprinkling of rain now and then, thanks.

2012 felt like one looooooooooooong winter and we're almost 3 months into 2013 and it's STILL winter. I don't feel like I've had any sunshine or warmth for ages and it's beginning to get me down now.