Blair is out - put out the flags

I must admit I have never liked Tony Blair. I remember when he was elected leader of the Labour Party after the death of John Smith ( a great man) and saying immediately I didn't like him or trust him. I never did vote for him, well he wasn't my MP for a start.

So now we have Brown in charge, the guy who should have been there in the first place. Blair would never have been so successful if he hadn't had Brown at his side. Having kids has definitely shown people Brown's softer side but he still has a touch of the old labour that people are wary of. Anyway, I think he will be a really good Prime Minister and for people who say well its not democratic as he wasn't elected by the people. Crap, you voted for the labour party, not the leader, unlike the US where you actually vote for a bozo like Bush.

Fortunately for Brown it seems Blair will be out of the Commons as he is going on to bigger fish to fry. However, I can understand the Russians reluctance to actually anoint Blair as special envoy to the Middle East, after all he can be blame for a good part of the mess we are in at the moment.

If you want to learn more about Mr Brown, go to the BBC website where they have provided a good biography of him

Anyway, on to more important things in my life at the moment, my new coffee table.

Wow its a coffee table I can hear you saying, so what? The reason I am so pleased is because I have been looking for the right one for about 4 yrs now. About that time I bought 2 end tables from World Market which were in their end of season sale. Unfortunately all the matching coffee tables had been sold but each year I would go and look at their new stock. However, they never had any light wood coffee table, only those horrible dirty brown woods, which are so dark and gloomy but seemingly loved by Americans.

So I have never given up looking, every furniture store I would see, I would visit, just in case they had the right table. Last week I had to go down to San Marcos to help my eldest daughter to get to her work (her car has broken down again). As I contemplated going down the evening before, I caught myself looking at the ratty little coffee table we had. (you can see behind the new table in the bottom pic) I had a sudden thought, I had always meant to pop into the North Carolina Furniture Direct where I knew they stocked Broyhill furniture. I knew that Broyhill had a table I might be interested in. As it turns out they did have a table but its was Mexican made table and very solid.

So although I went down there knowing I was looking for a table I didn't mention it to Gordon. Didn't think I needed to as I had been saying about getting a table for several years. It seems I was wrong. He likes the table but for some reason that is beyond me, it seems we have to go as a couple for every single item in the house. I like to shop with Gordon (sometimes)and it would have nice if he was there but he wasn't To get your knickers in twist about a coffee table seems out of order to me.

Anyway he mentioned it once too often that "he would never buy anything like that without me" and I turned around saying " I think this a control issue and I don't like it. Why should I have to ask you about everything. It like you don't trust me". I suppose I was kind of blunt because he was genuinely hurt by that remark.

However, I do think its a control issue and it something I become aware of in the last year or so. I don't things have changed with Gordon, I think its always been there but I think I have changed a lot in the past couple of years. Only last night I had to control myself from really biting back as we were watching the Daily Show. Something was said and Gordon thought he had to explain to me as if I were a 10 yr old child, despite the fact I was still trying to watch the show and I am not that dumb. Once he finished rambling on, I replied "I know" and left it at that.

I suppose that the trials and tribulations of married life ,after 22 yrs ,I should be use to it but its really getting on my tits at the moment. I really do need to get a job, then I might not be so judgemental.