A Reflection on the Week?

This week has been , as they say, "one of those weeks!". With some members of the family shouting at each other for various reasons, me messing up one of my Blog pages rather badly, and then with each of us feeling pretty bad, this week has been very hard work.

You would have thought that, with the problems I have had with my own Big Blog Tool Site, that I would have "learned my lesson" by now. But you'd be wrong, at least partially. I shall not comment any further on my "errors" with regards to my Blogger mix up. Only to say that, instead of putting me off building and altering my own Blog templates - it has actually spurred me to try and do "my own thing". While I was look for solutions to my mistakes - I noticed that there were a multitude of Blogger templates for use with Blogger.com sites. I think that I may have to alter the way that the site is hosted (via some of my web space and not via blogspot.com) - but it gives my another goal to aim for. Mind you - I still have our own main website to update - so that should really be the first port of call.

For me, apart from being an Internet Idiot of the day (do Blogger communities have a Village Idiot - cause if they do I'm applying), the week has been a little hard to get used to . I'm typing part of this entry during my lunch hour (and now finishing it at home - feeling absolutely shattered)- this being the first Saturday at work for a very long time. It is both strange, and normal, in equal measure. strange, in the fact, that I'm not doing my normal Saturday things (cleaning the house, ironing, Computer maintenance and the like) and it feels weird to but here at work, but typing this.

The normality?. Work is hassle, hassle,hassle. To be honest it hasn't actually been too bad - so far. But those work-a- day pressures are still the same, whatever day it is.

Liam is defiantly growing up. The only problem with this is that, at the moment it is leading to some loud "discussions" - particularly between him and Cathy. Liam is a proper boy, nee teenager. He is nice and nasty, happy and sulky, quiet and noisy in equal measure. But he can be stubborn, short tempered and bolshy(if that's a dictionary word) - I wonder where he gets that from? - LOL. He is certainly like me in many ways - he has a "work" and home persona, he takes a while to build up anger and then "its helmet time". He is very smart - but doesn't often feel it because of his dyslexia. I suppose the "head to head" battles are part of his growing up - but do they have to be so loud?

As I have mentioned before - I have somewhat of an interest in World War One. I have tried to understand why - but I suppose it is a combination of things. Anyway yesterday (Friday) we received the books form the new book club we had joined - and one (or two) of them where history books about WW1. The one thing that has always horrified me about WW1 (apart from the obvious) was the way the world almost fell into a conflict by accident. Every Country was basically looking after it's own self interest, no side being any better than the other. Some making agreements to do this at hat with other, and within no time at all - most of the world is at war. Four years and far to many casualties later - was the world actually any better. Families destroyed, great tracks of land laid waste - only for the World to have another go at each other within 20 years or so.

What frightens me is that I can see another fall into war looming on the international horizon. Whether it do true or not, I get the impression that Mr Bush is going to blow dirty great holes in Iraq whatever ( and I still can't shake the feeling that he is finishing off what his Father should have done in the first place). I don't know about any other UK citizen, but I'm not convinced that our Country should be involved with this. Don't get me wrong - The Gulf War had to be fought. Iraq were definitely the aggressors in that case, and I can support the rational and the fact that it was truly a alliance Force. But this time? it just feels wrong. It seems , on the face of it, that it is the US and the UK against the world - and stuff what anyone else thinks.

Anyway - have just seen the news. Colin Powell has been interviewed on TV and he basically said that he would be quite happy to give the Arms Inspectors a little longer to do their job. It has also been suggested that there may be some compromise to gain the support of other countries. I hope they can come to some sort of conclusion - for everyones sake.

This is one of the longest entries that I have ever made. I hope this isn't to long for you - I'll try to be a little shorter next time - but this time I just wanted to say all this before I forgot what I wanted to say.