tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462787118668544142.post6472716001405701858..comments2023-10-07T16:35:50.848+01:00Comments on wakeupandsmellthecoffee: I Really Don't Know Clouds At Allwakeupandsmellthecoffeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04602735058278146250noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462787118668544142.post-69871363883777905362008-07-05T09:17:00.000+01:002008-07-05T09:17:00.000+01:00Good attitude, you should offer workshops on this!...Good attitude, you should offer workshops on this!DJ Kirkbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08481107164497582398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462787118668544142.post-64267577213898426772008-07-02T15:55:00.000+01:002008-07-02T15:55:00.000+01:00-ann: Get that book out right now. It doesn't dese...-ann: Get that book out right now. It doesn't deserve to be in a drawer.<BR/><BR/>pm: That's my favourite weather too. I used to like to go swimming just as the wind was churning up the waves and turning the sky a dark gray. And thunderstorms in Florida are marvellous things.<BR/><BR/>highland housewife: Your story reminds me when my daughter and I used to lie on the grass and look up at the sky. I would exclaim, "I hate the rain." She would reply, " I like the rain -- when it stops." And that is how she is to this day. Always a positive spin.<BR/><BR/>flowerpot: Thank you. I'm just about hanging in there.<BR/><BR/>cj: You're so right. As Annie would sing, "The sun'll come tomorrow."<BR/><BR/>tara: I wonder what clouds taste like too. That's a very good question.<BR/><BR/>doglover: And that's another perspective about clouds I hadn't thought about, not being a photographer. When we have blue sky, which isn't too often, it is a vibrant blue. But the best blue for blue sky is in Wyoming.<BR/><BR/>Hey mob, I think email feedback on jobs should be outlawed, quite frankly. Can you imagine being made redundant through an email? And yet it happens all the time.<BR/><BR/>exmoorjane: Ah, it's the hard times that makes us appreciate our lives today, and gives us stories to tell our young ones about how hard life can be.<BR/><BR/>jenny: I'm quite embarrassed to be moaning when there you are, so exuberantly handling what you have going on in your life. Thank you for your visit and for reminding me to keep my chin up and look for the positive. As Monty Python would sing, "Always look on the bright side of life."<BR/><BR/>sparx: Thank you. Our tough times just make us tougher.wakeupandsmellthecoffeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04602735058278146250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462787118668544142.post-89843125484927310472008-07-02T11:25:00.000+01:002008-07-02T11:25:00.000+01:00Hi WakeUp - you have a great attitude to your curr...Hi WakeUp - you have a great attitude to your current weather, I'm sure you'll get through it. You have a great attitude - I've been really broke a few times and in a way it helps to know that one can always do it again if one has to.Sparxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04075991922896922279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462787118668544142.post-43402648832035922052008-07-01T05:42:00.000+01:002008-07-01T05:42:00.000+01:00I must admit, when I first started reading the pos...I must admit, when I first started reading the post, I moved on. But I got curious and came back to see what you wrote about clouds and realized it was more about you than clouds.<BR/><BR/>It has been a rough year for you with all sorts of ups and downs, and I can feel your frustration and pain. It took me a long time to shake off the negative and start seeing the positive side of Hubby not working and this surprise pregnancy and tightening the belt financially and all that... I am in no position to give advice, because nothing I said to Hubby has gotten him a job, but I do know this-- keep the faith-- not just in God, but in your marriage, your husband, your kids and yourself. You are all so much stronger than you think and sticking together will see you all through whatever storms the clouds may bring.jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08772053505930801670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462787118668544142.post-62223275231149016352008-06-30T20:31:00.000+01:002008-06-30T20:31:00.000+01:00Fabulous post. Know so well where you're at..... T...Fabulous post. Know so well where you're at..... This made me laugh at the end with the living on nothing bit - I (fellow Cap) did just that too - working at Earls Court (where they gave you lunch) I used to get a tiny carton of milk, some cheese and a yoghurt and slide it in my bag to take home for my supper....I could just about afford the teabags! <BR/>Do hope the storm clouds give way to, eeek, whatever the nice fluffy harbingers of calm days are...Exmoorjanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09230395732150659356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462787118668544142.post-62200246892130942812008-06-30T13:43:00.000+01:002008-06-30T13:43:00.000+01:00Brilliant post. A great metaphor for your lives r...Brilliant post. A great metaphor for your lives right now. Coffee -you are certainly being hit with both barrels blazing. It's called the catastrophic effect - one thing after another, after another, after another. I've been there and know what each sucker punch feels like when you still haven't stopped reeling from the last one. <BR/><BR/>The email feedback on your husband's job interview - God we really have sunk quite low as a nation as this is quite common now. People aren't trained to give bad news so hide behind email and text msgs. Shocking bad manners and a terrible let down.<BR/><BR/>I'm with the fabulous comment Crystal made - clouds move on - it's patience though that is hard to find whilst waiting for the sky to clear. <BR/><BR/>You'll do it.menopausaloldbag (MOB)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04320287770097378027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462787118668544142.post-49058644862088422202008-06-30T11:22:00.000+01:002008-06-30T11:22:00.000+01:00I'm another cloud enthusiast. When I was young I ...I'm another cloud enthusiast. When I was young I knew the names of all the different types of cloud and, later, when I got into photography, I realised how they could make a picture - white sunlit clouds behind the camera light up the dark shadows. A cloudless sky makes photography awfully difficult.<BR/><BR/>And you're lucky too in having weather coming in from the Atlantic over the Welsh hills - it makes the sky so blue. Here in Surrey (Southern England) we get a lot of stuff coming from the Continent of Europe and the skies are always a pathetic pale blue with all the filth in the atmosphere!DogLoverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08790183909033947474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462787118668544142.post-49529131492313204552008-06-29T22:00:00.000+01:002008-06-29T22:00:00.000+01:00It is amazing to see clouds through a child's eyes...It is amazing to see clouds through a child's eyes. They view them with such wonder and see amazing things. Then say something like "what do clouds taste like?"Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01124513427678555863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462787118668544142.post-14233790560024165782008-06-29T19:41:00.000+01:002008-06-29T19:41:00.000+01:00Clouds move on. And the sun comes out. If it's m...Clouds move on. And the sun comes out. If it's meant to be, it will happen. Hope things work out for you soon.<BR/><BR/>CJ xxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462787118668544142.post-80543063350734247782008-06-29T10:17:00.000+01:002008-06-29T10:17:00.000+01:00Sounds a great book and very good analogy for life...Sounds a great book and very good analogy for life. Hang on in there and best of luck.Flowerpothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14102679179201725732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462787118668544142.post-72180013718977474362008-06-29T00:15:00.000+01:002008-06-29T00:15:00.000+01:00Lovely post. I love watching the clouds with my da...Lovely post. I love watching the clouds with my daughter. They metamorphosise (!) into all manner of things. I hope your cloud-watching helps you see a way ahead and that a new wind blows those dark clouds away.Housewifeinthehighlandshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05185751330764597620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462787118668544142.post-55459826842200080762008-06-28T23:19:00.000+01:002008-06-28T23:19:00.000+01:00Hang in there, Wakeup. You are finding the right a...Hang in there, Wakeup. You are finding the right attitude to attack this period with. Observation and reflection - and you will find the optimism eventually.<BR/><BR/>Very very nice post, by the way. I, too, love clouds, which is in large part why I became an atmospheric scientist. My most favorite weather ever is truly the calm before the storm - darkened skies and insidious winds. The anticipation is almost always more intense than the actual storm, too.<BR/><BR/>You're clearly a survivor - and one with interesting stories, which is lucky for we readers.Kanga Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06251832877719706249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3462787118668544142.post-17931943908953392922008-06-28T17:11:00.000+01:002008-06-28T17:11:00.000+01:00Excellent post. We have that book sitting in a dra...Excellent post. We have that book sitting in a drawer - maybe I should give it a read.<BR/><BR/>I hope the storm doesn't come.-Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08359625931588140579noreply@blogger.com