Thursday journal.

 Neet is still not well and missing doing our Thursday journal.

This week the words are 'I don't have a shopping problem. You have a problem with my shopping. 

Sophie and her mum Sarah are having a bit of a difference of opinion as to what Sophie should be buying with her pocket money and the small amount she earns doing shopping for some off the elderly people who live near them. As far as Sophie is concerned it's her money and she wants to buy the things she likes.

Her mum on the other hand thinks Sophie should buy sensible things like comfy shoes and clothes that suit her age group.

Sophie was really into steampunk at the moment and had bought herself a nice pair of boots and hat both steampunk style. Her mum obviously thought they were awful and told Sophie what she thought of them.

Sophie was not giving in and said to her mum " I don't have a shopping problem. You have a problem with my shopping" 

There wasn't an essays answer to that so Sophie's mum just gave up and went to cook dinner. She just hoped that Sophie wouldn't wear that ridiculous hat to dinner. She dreaded what Sophie's dad would think of it.

I am linking this to Elle's theme on Art Journal Journey of Halloween, Steampunk or Steampunk Halloween.

Thursday journal with Neet

Neet is still not well so I'm still on my own. The quote this week is 'Sometimes you just got to get your halo dirty'

Biddy's friend had come to see Biddy and her decorations for Halloween. Anna was really keen on Halloween and usually held a party at her house. She been doing this for about five years now and Biddy had decided as a surprise she would host it this year in her flat.

Biddy didn't like Halloween and couldn't think why people went a bit mad about it, she thought it far too commercialised. But this year she felt it was about time she made a real effort and asked her best friend Anna to come and give her opinion.

"Well, this is a bit of a surprise" said Anna looking around "and you even have a witches hat on, well done I'm impressed" "Are you going to wear some witches cloths on party night as well?"

"Don't be silly Anna, that's going a bit too way out  for me, it took a lot of effort to get this far, you know I don't really like halloween. But sometimes you just got to get your halo dirty"

I am linking this to Elle's theme off Steampunk, Halloween. or Steampunk-Halloween  on Art Journal Journey.

Thursday journal with Neet

 I know the title is Thursday journal with Neet, but she is not well and unable to take part at the moment, so I am flying the flag solo again this week.

The words this week are 'Anyone who can fold fitted sheet is obviously a witch' I can only agree with this statement, I dislike them and folding them is nigh on impossible.

Beth was around at her mums ( Dorothy), and was there to help her fold the sheets ready for ironing. Beth didn't iron her bedding and couldn't understand why her mum still did as most of her sheets were polyester/cotton. What a waste of time Beth thought, and questioned her mum yet again. 

"Come on Dorothy said, let's get this done and we can then have a nice cup of tea"

"Honestly mum, I don't know why you bother with the fitted one, it sort of irons itself when you stretch it over the mattress. And anyway anyone who can fold a fitted sheet is obviously a witch."

"so are you going to help or not" asked her mum.

I don't think I need to Mum. Don't look round but there's a witch just about to fly over your head, she can probably do it on her own"

"Oh very funny Beth, now come here and help me"

I am linking this to Elle's time of Steampunk, Halloween or steampunk Halloween on Art Journal Journey

Thursday journal with Neet

 The words this week are 'Once upon a timeI didn't care, I still don't' 

Enid had invited her friend Anthea to her room to show her the decorations she had put on the wall to celebrate Halloween. Anthea wasn't really interested but went round to see if they were an improvement on any of the previous years she had gone round to 'admire' the decorations. Enid kept her room orange so it was an easy background for her obsession with decorating it every year for Octobers All Hallows Eve.

As usual Anthea was greeted by Lucky, Enid's cat who she was a little bit scared of. 

“Well what do you think of it” Enid asked looking really pleased with herself.

“I tell you this every year, I really don’t like Halloween things, they give me the creeps. Once upon a time I didn’t care, I still don’t. The End. I do like it more than last years though, there are no creepy decorated skulls looking at me this time.” With that over with, Anthea headed for the door, looking back at Enid she said “see you later at our usual coffee place”

Thursday journal with Neet

 The words this week are 'Coffee in one hand, confidence in the other'  Elle from Empire of the cat has chosen Steampunk, Halloween, or Steampunk Halloween as here theme on Art Journal Journey

To comply with this I have made my background with a good amount of orange and the two figures also wear Halloween colours.

Cindy and her young friend Millie have been invited to a steampunk Halloween party at one of their friends. Young Millie said that she had never heard of such a strange party, what did it mean she wanted to know. Cindy wasn't 100%  sure herself but convinced Millie that as long as she had made some effort in the right direction she would be fine. 

"After all" said Cindy "I haven't made too much of it, all I have done is to dress in the Halloween colours of orange and green. I didn't want to wear black as they might have thought I was going as a witch"

That made Millie laugh and she avoided saying anything about Cindy and witches. What she did say was "I managed to hire this dress from the fancy dress shop in town and the lady there seemed to know all about Halloween and steampunkt"  

“It looks great Millie, all you need now is coffee in one hand and confidence in the other”

With that the two girls went off to the party.

Thursday journal with Neet

'You think that's bad? Watch this' are the words this week. This had me thinking, it took me ages to think of a story to go with. it.

Lucy has asked her mum to come to see the tricks she had been teaching her two little dogs. She had been practicing for weeks and was hoping that they would perform well. Dash the Dachshund was not very bright and the ball was a little bit too big for him, that and the fact he didn't like all this training lark and decided to rebel.

First of all it was Mungo to perform and all he had to do was balance the ball on his nose, it wasn't easy and he wobbled about all over the place. Lucy's mum wasn't really that impressed but just said "Ok, now what"

Lucy knew her mum was not impressed and wasn't really too upset, after all Mungo was only slightly brighter than dash. Now the time had come to put both of the dogs to the test.

"OK mum, you think that's bad, watch this"  Lucy laughed.

Lucy just knew Dash wasn't going to balance the ball on his nose and then toss it over to Mungo. And how right she was he just kicked the ball out of the way and went to sit in his basket. Mungo was so relieved he went and sat in the basket with Dash. Lucy and her mum had a good laugh about it afterwards. 

The cat thought they were all mad.

I am linking this to Art  Journal Journey where it's Mia's theme of Make your own background. Mine is a mixture of Dylusion paint and stencils.

Thursday journal with Neet

 'How old do I have to be before I have any idea what's going on'  are the words this week. 

To link it to Mia's theme on Art Journal Journey of Make your own background I have used Dylusion spray inks and a Dylusion stencil.

Susie was out with her favourite Aunty Betty, her Mum's sister and they were discussing the state of the world, the evil of some people, the greed for money, and global warming, amongst other things. Betty was very concerned about the youngsters growing up with the state the planet was heading into, but didn't't want to scare the poor girl. Betty stared telling her of the lovely people she dealt with in her job and all the good they were doing working with people who were struggling with illness and poverty.

"Perhaps you might like to do something to help people when you leave school" said Betty.

"Well I want to teach, which means I will go to university and get all the qualifications"  said Susie, I think that would  help people I suppose, I'm really not sure" 

"Yes of course it will, why aren't you sure" asked Betty.

"Well I'm not sure that I  have a full  understanding of today's world, how old do I have to be before I have any idea of what's going on." Susie asked.