It was only 1p a couple of months ago......honestly.
I looked on Amazon for the book mentioned by Sharon in Surrey in Canada (The Book of Eve by Constance Beresford-Howe) but I think it's very different in that Eve walks away from an abusive unhappy marriage and then later finds love elsewhere. Abra In Gaining Ground is in a safe marriage, she loves her husband and children but is overwhelmed by a sense of emptyness. She doesn't want or need human contact and it's only by living in the cabin on her own that she finds 'whole-ness'.
I'm glad I'm not alone in feeling the way I do and then feeling guilty for feeling that way! Also pleased that our grown up children all have loads of friends and enjoy being really social as I wouldn't have wanted my feelings to have been passed onto them.
Sharing and finding others feel the same means I feel more empowered now to be as anti-social as I want!
Now the Make do and Mend...............
How to revive an elderly cheese grater.
Insert the tip of a metal skewer under each of the grating bits and prise them out. Simple!
Poor new neighbours. Their removal company went into liquidation on Friday! Half their furniture and possessions were stuck in a depot and they had to pay another company to collect their stuff and deliver it to them. Sounds like a proper moving house horror story!
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Sue
Hi Sue. Can't sleep so catching up on the blogs I love! I too tried to find the book on Amazon and was amazed to see it was £27! Enjoy your day Pauline x
ReplyDeleteOh, your poor neighbours. Now only bad weather but also that! What a nightmare way to start their new life!
ReplyDeleteLove the grater tip but now be careful for your fingers and knuckles! :-)
J x
I was sorely tempted by the book,Gaining Ground, that you discussed yesterday. However, when I looked on 2 sites this morning the prices were in the region of £27-36!
ReplyDeleteJust as well as I have foresworn buying books for Lent.
Maybe the price will have dropped by Easter.
I do hope that your neighbours will be happy in their new home, what a nightmare start.
You sound as though you are helping out which is very noble given your reticence about being sociable.
Oh dear I'm now feeling guilty for mentioning this book!
DeleteI'm sorry for your neighbours, as they truly have had the move from hell. Since the recession several removal companies bit the dust, including one very big one round here. With one estate agent we talked to selling only 2 houses a quarter you can see why.
ReplyDeleteThe book you mentioned sounds an interesting read. I am a people person and like to pass the time of day, as mum used to say. I am happy to garden or sew or walk on my own but I'm quite social (though it has to be the right sort of conversation - no mundane wittering about telly and soaps (which I don't follow).
Your poor neighbours!!
ReplyDeleteI managed to get the book before the price went up. Mine was £2.49 + postage and it's already been despatched ... so they can't hold it hostage now a certain blogger has pushed up demand ... haha. Such is the power of the blogger. 😉
After such a dreadful start to moving to their new home, I hope things will only improve.
ReplyDeleteOh! I've done the cheese grater thing with an old metal knitting needle! Great frugal minds think alike!
ReplyDeleteWe both got the idea from John and Irma Mustoe in the Penny Pincher paper! My letter got posted yesterday so should be with you soon
DeleteOh, yes, the Penny Pincher Paper! I had forgotten.
DeleteYes, I had the letter thank you.
Moving house is stressful enough - what the neighbours are going through is uber stressful.
ReplyDeleteI am in your camp re being sociable, I love being alone. I know exactly the level of social stimulation and connection I need. I have an acquaintance who is very out going and thinks it odd I don't enjoy parties and large gatherings, always trying to get me to join in. Very tiring trying to fend her off. Enjoying a quiet life does not preclude one from kindness or any of those other good things, as your new neighbours are surely finding out as they go through moving hell.
ReplyDeleteI went onto Amazon yesterday just after reading your post on the book and it was just over £10. Today I saw that it is now over £56. I think that is scandalous.
ReplyDeleteJoan (Devon)
Sorry, I stand corrected as £56 is for the paperback and the hardback is £27.95. Still scandalous.
DeleteJoan (Devon)
I'm so sorry, I had no idea that my blog was so influential! I honestly only paid 1p for it a couple of months ago and there were several cheap copies which I suppose have all been snapped up leaving the silly price ones.
DeleteI have the same grater x
ReplyDeleteIt is lovely to own a good book but it's possible the library might have a copy.
ReplyDeleteOh, dear your new neighbours are really having a bad time.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.