You know the day is not going to go well when the issues start before you have even managed to have your breakfast!
I am very much a creature of habit, and every morning before I have my breakfast I put away the dishes from the night before. So I picked up all the cutlery and headed for the cutlery drawer, no sooner was the drawer opened when I heard a noise from the dish rack behind me. Clearly the dinner plate had decided enough was enough as using all its efforts jumped off the dish rack and shattered on the kitchen floor. I didn't even have a chance to attempt a rescue mission before it went to pieces.
I got all the bits cleared up, and carried on with my morning routine and things seemed to be going well until I got to the motorway and was almost crushed between a car transport lorry and a shell petrol lorry. Thankfully due to my manoeuvring skills I managed to escape death and got to work in one piece.
Now my day generally feels like a struggle due to the people I have to work with. Neither of my team have the ability to think for themselves or the function of common sense so I spend half my day doing their jobs for them as well as having to fit in what I am supposed to be doing myself. A prime example of this is we use City Link to deliver our equipment to customers and every day this needs to be booked by 3pm and all parcels bagged and labelled to go out at 4pm. Well we had 5 parcels to go and by 3.40pm not one of them had been packaged up or registered with City Link, hence a mad rush between me and Trudy to get this done while the driver patiently waited in his van. Yet more stress for me to deal with.
So when a call came in at 5pm from a customer advising his broadband wasn't working and he wouldn't be able to steam the Man U v Chelsea game I kindly picked the ticket out of the queue to help. It turned out that the customer had changed the equipment on site and the information we held did not match what they had. I tried, as politely and professionally as possible to explain to the IT guy at site that this was the case and I would need to investigate what had happened, however by this time he had become both rude and patronising. Now I have the ability to cope with people like this I have been working in customer services for long enough now but sometimes you cant help but get angry. I put the phone down and through nothing more than anger cried at my desk thereby breaking my cardinal rule of never crying in public.
Thankfully the crying wasn't sobbing like a 5 year old with snot bubbles but it was still enough to end up with puffy eyes and a red nose. Certainly not attractive. This was made worse by the fact that all the men in the office started being nice. When I am crying I don't need sympathy I need to be left alone to recover. At this point I decided the best course of action was to head home and write off the day in a hope that today would be better.
The evening went smoothly, I had my dinner watched the footy and went to bed. I got up this morning and everything was on track for a good day until I got to work.
I hadn't even started work and was being bombarded by questions, answers to which were right in front of Natalie had she decided to do what most grown ups do and read. I then when into a meeting for an hour and a half and I am pretty sure that through out this time both Natalie and Trudy just talked. It resorted in my having to tell them to stop chatting and get on with some work because the voices were going straight through me. This then resulted in huffing from both of them. I don't mind having a chat and on some occasions even I will maybe go too far but I do know when enough is enough and I certainly would not huff at being told to be quiet.
Maybe it is the responsibility of being in charge and the fact that they are more used to me being one of the team rather than manager that they feel I am being unfair, however Natalie is really pushing her luck. She asked me yesterday if she could leave at 4 today and work through her lunch to make up for it. I agreed so imagine my surprise when at 12.55 she asks to go for a fag break. We are not allowed fag breaks any smoking is to be done in the lunch hour so if you don't have a lunch you don't have a fag. Now she is stropping about this.
Thankfully on a positive note my job hunting appears to be picking up speed so fingers crossed something will come up sooner rather than later and I can leave this place before it sinks from underneath me!!
Dream job - I don't think so!!
Here's hoping things can only get better!!
xoxo
Wednesday, 13 April 2011
Tuesday, 5 April 2011
Being an adult
I am convinced that between me and my brother I have always been the sensible practical sibling, he is more of a "fly by the seat of your pants" type.
On a number of occasions I have been referred to as having "an old head on young shoulders" this could be interrupted as meaning boring but I choose to look at it as knowing how to be an adult.
Don't get me wrong I love to have fun and I especially love to cause trouble but where is concerned I appear to have a very old fashioned view of what is acceptable and what isn't. For instance I believe the do's and dont's to ber:
1) If you aren't ill go to work (unless you have pre-booked holiday)
2) Don't be late unless you have a valid reason to be
3) Always give 100%
4) Don't take the piss
5) If you don't like your job look for a new one but still put in 100% while doing the current job (unless you are being made redundant in which case screw 'em)
In the last few weeks it has come to my attention that my brother does not think this way.
I didn't go to Uni, I left college at 18 not really sure what I wanted to do with my life, but found a job and aside from 8 weeks of unemployment due to my first redundancy I have worked hard for the last 9 years. Alan went to Uni, did 3 years studying economics and left with a huge amount of debt and a 2:1 to his name. Not bad some might say. The problem was as he was leaving Uni the economy was going through the down turn but after a lot of perseverance he managed to get a job on the graduate scheme for Zurich dealing with Car Insurance, sure not the fast past high flying life of an economist or investment banker but a job (by this time I am facing my second redundancy but battling through none the less).
After doing the job for a while he decided that he didn't want to do it any more as he didn't like the sales side of it and he didn't like his new boss so while looking for a new job started to skive off work. Big no no as far as I am concerned. If you want a good reference when you leave a job you need to give the employer a reason to write one. But eventually he got a new job as a Customer Advisor at the Natwest and by all accounts really enjoyed. So much so he got arrested at Christmas after his works do, anyway I digress. We moved house and everything seemed to be going well until last month........
He got ill, nothing serious, just ear ache so he took a week off sick. This I don't have a problem with, then came the Monday he was due to go back to work, he decided he still wasn't well so went to the Doctors and they signed him off for two weeks with Vertigo as he kept losing his balance. OK so this didn't fill me with joy, especially as he wouldn't send his sick note in, and my worry being he would get sacked.
The sick note expired on the 28th March but again he didn't go back, now he had decided he didn't like the job, it was too sales based so he was going to quit. He spoke to his boss who arranged a meeting and it was decided that he would go back, even if just for three months and during this time could look for a new job. So yesterday was his first day back.
Well, imagine my surprise on returning from London to find the door bolted because he didn't go it, apparently he just couldn't face it and the update today is he has officially resigned and will not be going back.
I am not saying that I disapprove of his choice, if you are not happy then change is the best solution but my understanding of being an adult is when you have responsibilities you need to take these into account before making rash decision.
I am sure everything will work out for the best as it seems he always lands on his feet but only time will tell. He has until the end of June to have found a job other wise he is facing having run out of savings and we wont be able to afford our rent. I now have everything crossed, tight!!
xoxo
On a number of occasions I have been referred to as having "an old head on young shoulders" this could be interrupted as meaning boring but I choose to look at it as knowing how to be an adult.
Don't get me wrong I love to have fun and I especially love to cause trouble but where is concerned I appear to have a very old fashioned view of what is acceptable and what isn't. For instance I believe the do's and dont's to ber:
1) If you aren't ill go to work (unless you have pre-booked holiday)
2) Don't be late unless you have a valid reason to be
3) Always give 100%
4) Don't take the piss
5) If you don't like your job look for a new one but still put in 100% while doing the current job (unless you are being made redundant in which case screw 'em)
In the last few weeks it has come to my attention that my brother does not think this way.
I didn't go to Uni, I left college at 18 not really sure what I wanted to do with my life, but found a job and aside from 8 weeks of unemployment due to my first redundancy I have worked hard for the last 9 years. Alan went to Uni, did 3 years studying economics and left with a huge amount of debt and a 2:1 to his name. Not bad some might say. The problem was as he was leaving Uni the economy was going through the down turn but after a lot of perseverance he managed to get a job on the graduate scheme for Zurich dealing with Car Insurance, sure not the fast past high flying life of an economist or investment banker but a job (by this time I am facing my second redundancy but battling through none the less).
After doing the job for a while he decided that he didn't want to do it any more as he didn't like the sales side of it and he didn't like his new boss so while looking for a new job started to skive off work. Big no no as far as I am concerned. If you want a good reference when you leave a job you need to give the employer a reason to write one. But eventually he got a new job as a Customer Advisor at the Natwest and by all accounts really enjoyed. So much so he got arrested at Christmas after his works do, anyway I digress. We moved house and everything seemed to be going well until last month........
He got ill, nothing serious, just ear ache so he took a week off sick. This I don't have a problem with, then came the Monday he was due to go back to work, he decided he still wasn't well so went to the Doctors and they signed him off for two weeks with Vertigo as he kept losing his balance. OK so this didn't fill me with joy, especially as he wouldn't send his sick note in, and my worry being he would get sacked.
The sick note expired on the 28th March but again he didn't go back, now he had decided he didn't like the job, it was too sales based so he was going to quit. He spoke to his boss who arranged a meeting and it was decided that he would go back, even if just for three months and during this time could look for a new job. So yesterday was his first day back.
Well, imagine my surprise on returning from London to find the door bolted because he didn't go it, apparently he just couldn't face it and the update today is he has officially resigned and will not be going back.
I am not saying that I disapprove of his choice, if you are not happy then change is the best solution but my understanding of being an adult is when you have responsibilities you need to take these into account before making rash decision.
I am sure everything will work out for the best as it seems he always lands on his feet but only time will tell. He has until the end of June to have found a job other wise he is facing having run out of savings and we wont be able to afford our rent. I now have everything crossed, tight!!
xoxo
LonDon & Laughing
Sunday was the day, London was the place and Laughing was on the menu!!
I must in part thank Lynne for without her I would not have had the opportunity to go to London to see the one and only Peter Kay.
I met Emily at the ferry just after 12o'clock on Sunday afternoon and after a lift from Jay we boarded the train from Havant station London bound for Waterloo. The journey was very smooth and the time past just as quickly as the view outside. Thankfully the shock from the cost of the ticket subsided rather swiftly and did not ruin the trip, but I must say train companies these days certainly know how to mug you off!!!
We arrived at Waterloo just after 2pm and headed for the underground. I will admit I was a little apprehensive as I have only ever once been on the London Underground but having conquered the Subway in New York this was going to be easy. Plus to aid our quest Emily was armed with an app of the lines on her Iphone, we therefore had to be on to a winner. So we purchased our all day rail cards and headed confidently(ish) to the Northern Line. We hadn't travelled more than two stops when were notified by the tannoy that the Northern Line was closed. God Damn it planned scuppered at the first. So after consulting the map we headed off in search of the next best option to get us from Charring Cross to Kings Cross. Eventually after multiple changes we made it. However to add further confusion to the issue the entrance that Emily knew was closed and we ended up on the other side of the station feeling rather bemused and slightly lost, not helped by my Iphone who was trying to make us go the wrong way. Finally we managed to get round to the front of the station and things started to become familiar to Emily.
It didn't take too long to get to the hotel, which I will admit certainly wasn't the Ritz but was a step or two up from the hostel in New York, we go checked in and headed to the room for a fast change and refresh before heading back to train station to get to Covent Garden as we had arranged to meet Emily's friends Paul and Jack.
After meeting them we plotted a course to Nandos and once again my Iphone tried to get us lost, but with some quick thinking we managed to work out where we needed to be. Nandos Covent Garden is far nicer than Nandos Gunwharf Quays, and while I don't want to dis my regular eating establishment the truth must be heard. The food was good, the service was fast and the company was very funny. After consuming scrummy Nandos we headed back through Covent Garden to the Porterhouse for a drink.
I have to say this pub was great. It was all dark and mysterious. It is the type of place you could lose a day in. We chatted for an hour of so about all kinds of things and had a good laugh. Then sadly it was time to say goodbye and we left the boys to walk down to Leicester Square to again hop on the tube to the O2.
The journey didn't take long at all when we got there it was packed (not surprisingly). We decided to have another cider and nearly fainted to find that a small bottle of brothers cost over £4. You can get 3 pint bottles for £5 in adsa!! What a rip off!! We found out seats which were level 4 row R seats 890 and 891, needless to say very high up indeed but thankfully were right over the stage we had a pretty good view. The highlights of the show for me were Mums cooking roast dinners, the thick table (let the thick see the table), Sky Plus and the double shovel at the end.
Due to the high volume of people in the O2 queueing for the tube was a little longer than normal but it wasn't too bad and we were still able to swing by Maccy D's on the way back to the hotel for supper. We did almost get lost on the way back as we missed the turning but managed to get back on track. By this point though due to all the working my feet were killing me and I now have a number of blisters to show for me weekend in the big smoke.
Monday morning arrived with a bit of a bang, I dont understand why hotels say check out is at 12 and then cleaners start banging on your door at 9.30. If you know the room is occupied wait until after 12 before you start knocking, this interruption did not go down well and I think they might have realised when I snapped "WHAT" as I answered the door. She beat a hasty retreat and then at 11.30 someone else came back with the same agenda, by this time we were up and ready so decided to depart and head back to Waterloo to go for lunch.
We walked from Waterloo Station round to the Embankment and went to Giraffe for lunch. The food was lush and once again we remarked how much nice the establishment was to the one in Gunwharf. We had lunch and caught the train back to Portsmouth. By the time I walked home from the ferry I was shattered and god did my legs hurt.
I am now truly convinced that when Muller did the adverts for their yogurts and explained the pleasure / pain theory they may have been on to something because for all the pleasure I got from the laughing and the company I suffered with the pain from the walking.
So that is the second comedian of the year now, bring on John Bishop and Lee Evans if they are anywhere near as funny as Peter Kay 2011 is going to be an absolute scream!!
xoxo
I must in part thank Lynne for without her I would not have had the opportunity to go to London to see the one and only Peter Kay.
I met Emily at the ferry just after 12o'clock on Sunday afternoon and after a lift from Jay we boarded the train from Havant station London bound for Waterloo. The journey was very smooth and the time past just as quickly as the view outside. Thankfully the shock from the cost of the ticket subsided rather swiftly and did not ruin the trip, but I must say train companies these days certainly know how to mug you off!!!
We arrived at Waterloo just after 2pm and headed for the underground. I will admit I was a little apprehensive as I have only ever once been on the London Underground but having conquered the Subway in New York this was going to be easy. Plus to aid our quest Emily was armed with an app of the lines on her Iphone, we therefore had to be on to a winner. So we purchased our all day rail cards and headed confidently(ish) to the Northern Line. We hadn't travelled more than two stops when were notified by the tannoy that the Northern Line was closed. God Damn it planned scuppered at the first. So after consulting the map we headed off in search of the next best option to get us from Charring Cross to Kings Cross. Eventually after multiple changes we made it. However to add further confusion to the issue the entrance that Emily knew was closed and we ended up on the other side of the station feeling rather bemused and slightly lost, not helped by my Iphone who was trying to make us go the wrong way. Finally we managed to get round to the front of the station and things started to become familiar to Emily.
It didn't take too long to get to the hotel, which I will admit certainly wasn't the Ritz but was a step or two up from the hostel in New York, we go checked in and headed to the room for a fast change and refresh before heading back to train station to get to Covent Garden as we had arranged to meet Emily's friends Paul and Jack.
After meeting them we plotted a course to Nandos and once again my Iphone tried to get us lost, but with some quick thinking we managed to work out where we needed to be. Nandos Covent Garden is far nicer than Nandos Gunwharf Quays, and while I don't want to dis my regular eating establishment the truth must be heard. The food was good, the service was fast and the company was very funny. After consuming scrummy Nandos we headed back through Covent Garden to the Porterhouse for a drink.
I have to say this pub was great. It was all dark and mysterious. It is the type of place you could lose a day in. We chatted for an hour of so about all kinds of things and had a good laugh. Then sadly it was time to say goodbye and we left the boys to walk down to Leicester Square to again hop on the tube to the O2.
The journey didn't take long at all when we got there it was packed (not surprisingly). We decided to have another cider and nearly fainted to find that a small bottle of brothers cost over £4. You can get 3 pint bottles for £5 in adsa!! What a rip off!! We found out seats which were level 4 row R seats 890 and 891, needless to say very high up indeed but thankfully were right over the stage we had a pretty good view. The highlights of the show for me were Mums cooking roast dinners, the thick table (let the thick see the table), Sky Plus and the double shovel at the end.
Due to the high volume of people in the O2 queueing for the tube was a little longer than normal but it wasn't too bad and we were still able to swing by Maccy D's on the way back to the hotel for supper. We did almost get lost on the way back as we missed the turning but managed to get back on track. By this point though due to all the working my feet were killing me and I now have a number of blisters to show for me weekend in the big smoke.
Monday morning arrived with a bit of a bang, I dont understand why hotels say check out is at 12 and then cleaners start banging on your door at 9.30. If you know the room is occupied wait until after 12 before you start knocking, this interruption did not go down well and I think they might have realised when I snapped "WHAT" as I answered the door. She beat a hasty retreat and then at 11.30 someone else came back with the same agenda, by this time we were up and ready so decided to depart and head back to Waterloo to go for lunch.
We walked from Waterloo Station round to the Embankment and went to Giraffe for lunch. The food was lush and once again we remarked how much nice the establishment was to the one in Gunwharf. We had lunch and caught the train back to Portsmouth. By the time I walked home from the ferry I was shattered and god did my legs hurt.
I am now truly convinced that when Muller did the adverts for their yogurts and explained the pleasure / pain theory they may have been on to something because for all the pleasure I got from the laughing and the company I suffered with the pain from the walking.
So that is the second comedian of the year now, bring on John Bishop and Lee Evans if they are anywhere near as funny as Peter Kay 2011 is going to be an absolute scream!!
xoxo
Friday, 18 March 2011
Twickenham - Home of the Gods
Everyone has a list of things they want to do in their life and I am no exception.
When you leave school its generally things like get a job, learn to drive. These items have been crossed off my list for quite some time.
The last item I crossed off my list was huge, it was my trip to the Big Apple last year with Miss Emily Green.
On Friday last week I was having a typically bad Friday this is solely due to work and I was very much looking forward to the weekend and being able to chill out and on Sunday watch England take on Scotland in the rugby.
At about 16:30 the sales manager came over to my desk armed with what was to be a question to completely change my weekend.
Chris: Dawn we have a spare ticket to the rugby at Twickenham on Sunday, would you be interested in coming along?"
Me: OMG! Yes totally I would love to.
All the details were then exchanged and I agreed to meet him and the others at work on Sunday for a lift to the game.
At this point I have a question, why is it when you are so excited about something and have somewhere to be that things start to go slightly wrong. Now I had to be at work for 11:30 to meet everyone. I left my house at 10:30 as I had to get some petrol and being as it was a Sunday I figured it wouldnt take me long at all to get there. How wrong I was.
I got to the pertol station, there was a delay here as they were having issues with card payments declining, eventually I paid and was on my way..........only to get stuck behind every sodding Sunday driver in Gosport. A journey that should have taken 25 mins took nearly 45. I got to work bang on 11.30.
We got to the pub in Kingston about 1pm and all had Hog Roast rolls for lunch, there were lush but so big I had serious trouble eating it, there was certainly no elegance involved. At around 14:30 we started walking to the ground ready for 15:00 kick off. I could not believe how many people there were they seems to be streaming out of every side road.
We got through the gates and bag check pretty quickly and up the stairs to the entrance to the terraces. I did think at this point that I might cry with joy as the anticipation was over whelming. We got to our seats which were fab, on the corner behind the try line. An amazing view (I was later to find out that Matthew and James had tickets right next to the pitch, so close that they could hear the guys talking).
The first half of the game was not the best England have ever played but being there was amazing. In a game of rugby the half time break is only 10 mins. By this point I was desperate for the loo, part of my brain said dont worry about it, go later it will take ages if you go now. The other part of my brain said if you dont go now you wont need to go later as you will have an accident in your seat. So I decided to brave it and headed for the ladies, I was right the queue was huge. I rang mum to let her know I was having a great time and rub it in that I was there. Then the 10 mins were up and I was still queueing as they welcomed the teams back on the pitch. I was just about to get a cubicle when there was a roar from the crowd as England nearly scored a try. I can honestly say I think it is the only time I have been glad that they didnt.
The second half was much better than the first, I was shouting and singing at the top of my voice. Thankfully we managed to beat the Scots and this took us 1 game away from winning the Grand Slam. I can now cross off watching England at Twickenham from my list.
It certainly was one of the best Sundays I have had in a while. Now on to this Saturday when England play Ireland in our final 6 nations game! Come on England, we can do it!!
xoxo
When you leave school its generally things like get a job, learn to drive. These items have been crossed off my list for quite some time.
The last item I crossed off my list was huge, it was my trip to the Big Apple last year with Miss Emily Green.
On Friday last week I was having a typically bad Friday this is solely due to work and I was very much looking forward to the weekend and being able to chill out and on Sunday watch England take on Scotland in the rugby.
At about 16:30 the sales manager came over to my desk armed with what was to be a question to completely change my weekend.
Chris: Dawn we have a spare ticket to the rugby at Twickenham on Sunday, would you be interested in coming along?"
Me: OMG! Yes totally I would love to.
All the details were then exchanged and I agreed to meet him and the others at work on Sunday for a lift to the game.
At this point I have a question, why is it when you are so excited about something and have somewhere to be that things start to go slightly wrong. Now I had to be at work for 11:30 to meet everyone. I left my house at 10:30 as I had to get some petrol and being as it was a Sunday I figured it wouldnt take me long at all to get there. How wrong I was.
I got to the pertol station, there was a delay here as they were having issues with card payments declining, eventually I paid and was on my way..........only to get stuck behind every sodding Sunday driver in Gosport. A journey that should have taken 25 mins took nearly 45. I got to work bang on 11.30.
We got to the pub in Kingston about 1pm and all had Hog Roast rolls for lunch, there were lush but so big I had serious trouble eating it, there was certainly no elegance involved. At around 14:30 we started walking to the ground ready for 15:00 kick off. I could not believe how many people there were they seems to be streaming out of every side road.
We got through the gates and bag check pretty quickly and up the stairs to the entrance to the terraces. I did think at this point that I might cry with joy as the anticipation was over whelming. We got to our seats which were fab, on the corner behind the try line. An amazing view (I was later to find out that Matthew and James had tickets right next to the pitch, so close that they could hear the guys talking).
The first half of the game was not the best England have ever played but being there was amazing. In a game of rugby the half time break is only 10 mins. By this point I was desperate for the loo, part of my brain said dont worry about it, go later it will take ages if you go now. The other part of my brain said if you dont go now you wont need to go later as you will have an accident in your seat. So I decided to brave it and headed for the ladies, I was right the queue was huge. I rang mum to let her know I was having a great time and rub it in that I was there. Then the 10 mins were up and I was still queueing as they welcomed the teams back on the pitch. I was just about to get a cubicle when there was a roar from the crowd as England nearly scored a try. I can honestly say I think it is the only time I have been glad that they didnt.
The second half was much better than the first, I was shouting and singing at the top of my voice. Thankfully we managed to beat the Scots and this took us 1 game away from winning the Grand Slam. I can now cross off watching England at Twickenham from my list.
It certainly was one of the best Sundays I have had in a while. Now on to this Saturday when England play Ireland in our final 6 nations game! Come on England, we can do it!!
xoxo
Thursday, 3 March 2011
Nandos Madness
In my humble opinion Wednesdays have always been the best day of the week. I appreciate that some people will disagree with me and say that actually Friday is the best day as that means the weekend has arrived but I am afraid they are quite wrong.
Wednesday is the best day for a number of reasons, such as:
1) It is the middle of the week so that means Monday and Tuesday are out of the way
2) It is the middle of the week so it is down hill until the weekend
3) It is far enough away from next Monday
4) Gossip Girl is on ITV2 and I love Chuck Bass
5) Castle is on Alibi Whoop
More recently this list has been expanded to include:
1) Nandos, everyone loves a bit of cheap chicken
2) Orange Wednesdays, everyone loves a half price cinema experience
3) Ben and Jerries Ice Cream Sundaes - speaks for itself I feel.
Up until the move of house myself and Emily had been frequenting Nandos and Vue in Gunwharf for regular mid week entertainment. But over the last few weeks this seems to have slipped away from being so regular.
So last night we planned a trip to see No Strings Attached with a bit of Nandos dinner first. We got to Nandos at about 7pm and it was absolutely packed, we had to queue for a table and put our name on a list. I was shocked at the demand for cheap chicken. This was made up for when we were seated and my usual food of Medium Chicken Pitta, Chips, Coleslaw and sauce arrived. I was merrily tucking into mine while Emily sat there and watched eagerly awaiting the arrival of her food. She decided after about 5 mins and me getting half way through mine that she would go and locate her meal, the next thing I know she comes running back round the corner going "hes just picked it up, hes bringing it now". Eventually we both completed our meals and headed to the cinema.
One thing that does make me chuckle and very much annoy Emily is the fact that you can buy your tickets from the counter inside the cinema where you get the food so there is no need to queue up for ages outside at the box office but you can guarantee that every Wednesday the queue will be practically down the stairs with people waiting just to get tickets - its just silly. So as we had already bought the tickets we skipped past the fools and off to the ice cream counter.
Thankfully this time the ice cream was purchased with no incident, mainly helped by the fact that Emily paid on her card for hers so there was no temptation to rip a £5 note in half. She handed the tickets to the ticket monitor by the screen, we were pointed in the right direction and headed towards the door when all of a sudden I heard "SPLAT" and yes you guessed it Emily's Ice Cream Sundea was laying on the floor. I was instructed to get a seat in the screen while she hurried off to get a replacement.
I got into the screen to find it was packed, I ended up having to get a seat at the front of the upper tier of seats. The down side to these seats is people come in looking for seats and stand right in front of you with no regard for the fact you are trying to watch the screen. The up side being the leg room is great and no one is trying to push past when they need to go to the loo mid way through.
What surprises me is how annoyed people get when they arrive to the screen 15/20 mins after the picture has started and complain they cannot get a seat.
We watched No Strings Attached and in my opinion it was very good, I have no idea what makes the critics slate a film when it is funny and can clearly draw plenty of money from the box office. Plus Ashton Kutcher getting his kit off helps - phwooor!!!
And this is why I believe Wednesdays to be the best day of the week!!
xoxo
Wednesday is the best day for a number of reasons, such as:
1) It is the middle of the week so that means Monday and Tuesday are out of the way
2) It is the middle of the week so it is down hill until the weekend
3) It is far enough away from next Monday
4) Gossip Girl is on ITV2 and I love Chuck Bass
5) Castle is on Alibi Whoop
More recently this list has been expanded to include:
1) Nandos, everyone loves a bit of cheap chicken
2) Orange Wednesdays, everyone loves a half price cinema experience
3) Ben and Jerries Ice Cream Sundaes - speaks for itself I feel.
Up until the move of house myself and Emily had been frequenting Nandos and Vue in Gunwharf for regular mid week entertainment. But over the last few weeks this seems to have slipped away from being so regular.
So last night we planned a trip to see No Strings Attached with a bit of Nandos dinner first. We got to Nandos at about 7pm and it was absolutely packed, we had to queue for a table and put our name on a list. I was shocked at the demand for cheap chicken. This was made up for when we were seated and my usual food of Medium Chicken Pitta, Chips, Coleslaw and sauce arrived. I was merrily tucking into mine while Emily sat there and watched eagerly awaiting the arrival of her food. She decided after about 5 mins and me getting half way through mine that she would go and locate her meal, the next thing I know she comes running back round the corner going "hes just picked it up, hes bringing it now". Eventually we both completed our meals and headed to the cinema.
One thing that does make me chuckle and very much annoy Emily is the fact that you can buy your tickets from the counter inside the cinema where you get the food so there is no need to queue up for ages outside at the box office but you can guarantee that every Wednesday the queue will be practically down the stairs with people waiting just to get tickets - its just silly. So as we had already bought the tickets we skipped past the fools and off to the ice cream counter.
Thankfully this time the ice cream was purchased with no incident, mainly helped by the fact that Emily paid on her card for hers so there was no temptation to rip a £5 note in half. She handed the tickets to the ticket monitor by the screen, we were pointed in the right direction and headed towards the door when all of a sudden I heard "SPLAT" and yes you guessed it Emily's Ice Cream Sundea was laying on the floor. I was instructed to get a seat in the screen while she hurried off to get a replacement.
I got into the screen to find it was packed, I ended up having to get a seat at the front of the upper tier of seats. The down side to these seats is people come in looking for seats and stand right in front of you with no regard for the fact you are trying to watch the screen. The up side being the leg room is great and no one is trying to push past when they need to go to the loo mid way through.
What surprises me is how annoyed people get when they arrive to the screen 15/20 mins after the picture has started and complain they cannot get a seat.
We watched No Strings Attached and in my opinion it was very good, I have no idea what makes the critics slate a film when it is funny and can clearly draw plenty of money from the box office. Plus Ashton Kutcher getting his kit off helps - phwooor!!!
And this is why I believe Wednesdays to be the best day of the week!!
xoxo
Saturday, 19 February 2011
So the movies say.....
I can honestly say I have been single for a while now, don't get me wrong there have been boys just not long term ones. It appears I have developed the ability to be attracted to the ones who come with a warning notice which generally reads "Its not you its me, I'm just not looking for a relationship". I should make it clear I don't go looking for these ones they some how find me, lead me on for a couple of weeks then break out the immortal saying "I think we need to talk".
Now don't get me wrong I am not saying that being single is a bad thing, I have a lot of amazing things in my life right now. I have recently moved house into an amazing apartment, I have an amazing job which may be offering the prospect of promotion, I have amazing friends and a totally amazing family. There is nothing in my life that I have to complain about. I am not looking for love, a relationship or even the no strings attached but should the opportunity present itself I would not be running in the wrong direction from the right guy. I am assured by friends and Hollywood that he is out there, it seems to me that he is either hiding or he just hasn't realised he is looking for me!
So imagine my joy and possibly even delight when after returning home last Friday night after a fab evening with Miss Emily Green and her wonderful family and friends I discover a brief private facebook message from a boy!! Now this message certainly wasn't a long love note or even the proposition of a date it was one word but it made me smile. As I was under the influence I decided, as I am sure every girl would, to reply in just as much a cheeky manner. I then preceded to turn my phone to silent and hit the hay thinking no more about it.
Saturday morning arrived and on awaking suddenly remembered the message from the previous night. I grabbed my phone with mild anticipation and wariness to find there was a reply. How I refrained from whooping I will never know, but I did. Again the message was brief but the message was there none the less. A reply was sent from me and I went about my business of arranging breakfast, no mean feat with a hangover on the go. To cut what could be a rather long and predictable story short these messages continued for the morning and into the afternoon.
Then they stopped..............I had by this time thought, wow maybe out of the blue and totally unexpectedly this boy likes me, is interested may even ask me out. I will admit the following thoughts had by this point crossed my mind:
1) He messaged me after the gig
2) He would have had to look me up
3) That would mean he was thinking of me after the gig
4) He replied to my message on Saturday
Typical girly thoughts which if I am honest I am not a fan of, but as it is not often a boy goes out of their way to contact me it was kind of inevitable it would happen.
Well after about 2pm (I think) on Saturday there was no further communication all weekend, or Monday or Tuesday. So against my usual philosophy on Wednesday I sent him a quick but again brief private message on Fb, on the basis that if he didn't reply I could put the whole thing behind me. To my shock and surprise 5 mins later I got a reply, there were a few exchanged back and forth until I felt bad that he was only replying because he didn't want to be rude (he seems to be a genuinely nice guy you see) so I said good night.
Needless to say I have not heard from him again and I really don't want to push it. My general theory to all this (and I am no expert I can assure you) is just play it cool, there is no point crying or nagging or worse both it will never get you what you want. This may be the wrong approach, not going after your goals is a sure way to watch them slip away unattained, but why put him off before he even gets a chance to know you.
So over this weekend I have been giving it some thought and have come to this conclusion, Hollywood is right!! If he isn't contacting you, HE'S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU!!
Which means I am back to the drawing board and putting all of this behind me once again and going back to being single and not thinking about boys. But just so we are clear I am not without love in my life, as previously stated I have amazing family and friends by my side every day!!
So I say:
Dance like no one is watching
Laugh at least once everyday
Love like there is no tomorrow
And Live life to the full as you never know what is waiting round that next corner (in my case it may even be a boy!!
xoxo
Now don't get me wrong I am not saying that being single is a bad thing, I have a lot of amazing things in my life right now. I have recently moved house into an amazing apartment, I have an amazing job which may be offering the prospect of promotion, I have amazing friends and a totally amazing family. There is nothing in my life that I have to complain about. I am not looking for love, a relationship or even the no strings attached but should the opportunity present itself I would not be running in the wrong direction from the right guy. I am assured by friends and Hollywood that he is out there, it seems to me that he is either hiding or he just hasn't realised he is looking for me!
So imagine my joy and possibly even delight when after returning home last Friday night after a fab evening with Miss Emily Green and her wonderful family and friends I discover a brief private facebook message from a boy!! Now this message certainly wasn't a long love note or even the proposition of a date it was one word but it made me smile. As I was under the influence I decided, as I am sure every girl would, to reply in just as much a cheeky manner. I then preceded to turn my phone to silent and hit the hay thinking no more about it.
Saturday morning arrived and on awaking suddenly remembered the message from the previous night. I grabbed my phone with mild anticipation and wariness to find there was a reply. How I refrained from whooping I will never know, but I did. Again the message was brief but the message was there none the less. A reply was sent from me and I went about my business of arranging breakfast, no mean feat with a hangover on the go. To cut what could be a rather long and predictable story short these messages continued for the morning and into the afternoon.
Then they stopped..............I had by this time thought, wow maybe out of the blue and totally unexpectedly this boy likes me, is interested may even ask me out. I will admit the following thoughts had by this point crossed my mind:
1) He messaged me after the gig
2) He would have had to look me up
3) That would mean he was thinking of me after the gig
4) He replied to my message on Saturday
Typical girly thoughts which if I am honest I am not a fan of, but as it is not often a boy goes out of their way to contact me it was kind of inevitable it would happen.
Well after about 2pm (I think) on Saturday there was no further communication all weekend, or Monday or Tuesday. So against my usual philosophy on Wednesday I sent him a quick but again brief private message on Fb, on the basis that if he didn't reply I could put the whole thing behind me. To my shock and surprise 5 mins later I got a reply, there were a few exchanged back and forth until I felt bad that he was only replying because he didn't want to be rude (he seems to be a genuinely nice guy you see) so I said good night.
Needless to say I have not heard from him again and I really don't want to push it. My general theory to all this (and I am no expert I can assure you) is just play it cool, there is no point crying or nagging or worse both it will never get you what you want. This may be the wrong approach, not going after your goals is a sure way to watch them slip away unattained, but why put him off before he even gets a chance to know you.
So over this weekend I have been giving it some thought and have come to this conclusion, Hollywood is right!! If he isn't contacting you, HE'S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU!!
Which means I am back to the drawing board and putting all of this behind me once again and going back to being single and not thinking about boys. But just so we are clear I am not without love in my life, as previously stated I have amazing family and friends by my side every day!!
So I say:
Dance like no one is watching
Laugh at least once everyday
Love like there is no tomorrow
And Live life to the full as you never know what is waiting round that next corner (in my case it may even be a boy!!
xoxo
Tuesday, 15 February 2011
The Cupboard into Narnia.....
Following on from my rant about Letting Agents and their total inability to do anything productive and helpful I set about on my mission to locate the gas metre in my flat which I believed to be in the cupboard under the stairs.
Well, I entered said cupboard, navigated my way over the Dyson Vacuum Cleaner, around the step ladder, past the set of drums (hardly used but cannot be discarded) over the suitcases and empty boxes, possibly required for certain appliances on the basis they may break, to the back of the cupboard where I know the electricity metre resides. After all that effort and climbing I had to stop for a breather and luckily had remembered to bring supplies in case such a situation should occur. Once the supplies were consumed and energy levels restored I started to try and locate my gas metre. Imagine my dismay and horror when I found the gas metre does not seem to live in the cupboard under the stairs with the fuse box and the electricity metre. After standing there for about 5 minutes moving the same three boxes out of the way over and over again just to be sure, I stopped Mr Tumnus on his way back to Narnia to enquire if he had seen it on his travels, apparently he does not recall there ever being one in there so I am back to square one with this hunt. If I can't find it I may have to resort to accosting a neighbour in the hall way to see if they have any more information. I will of course keep up the efforts to locate the metre but my focus has been removed from this and the paying of bills to the panic that I may have mislaid me Peter Kay tickets (Emily if you read this don't panic yet, I am almost sure I know where they are) I have a feeling they may be in one of the drawers under my bed if not then the next step is to go back to the old house and check there. Fingers Crossed, as I really don't want to have to pay out more money for tickets I already have.
On Friday night I went out with the lovely Miss Emily Green, her ever extending family and friends to a charity band night at the Rifle Club in Portsmouth. I can say that I had a brilliant time, consumed plenty of alcohol and laughed loads. I always seem to have such a good time when I am out with them all. I think I was well behaved, I don't remember doing anything to disgrace or embarrass myself which has got to be a first for me!! I did very much enjoy chatting with the boys, its not very often I get the chance to do a bit of harmless flirting so I tend to make up for it when I do!! haha! Who knows one day it might actually lead to something but right now I am not going to hold my breath!! haha!!
I am off to Fat Club tonight, I am not 100% convinced there will be a big loss this week but I am feeling slightly slimmer if that is possible so you never know.
Until next time xoxo
Well, I entered said cupboard, navigated my way over the Dyson Vacuum Cleaner, around the step ladder, past the set of drums (hardly used but cannot be discarded) over the suitcases and empty boxes, possibly required for certain appliances on the basis they may break, to the back of the cupboard where I know the electricity metre resides. After all that effort and climbing I had to stop for a breather and luckily had remembered to bring supplies in case such a situation should occur. Once the supplies were consumed and energy levels restored I started to try and locate my gas metre. Imagine my dismay and horror when I found the gas metre does not seem to live in the cupboard under the stairs with the fuse box and the electricity metre. After standing there for about 5 minutes moving the same three boxes out of the way over and over again just to be sure, I stopped Mr Tumnus on his way back to Narnia to enquire if he had seen it on his travels, apparently he does not recall there ever being one in there so I am back to square one with this hunt. If I can't find it I may have to resort to accosting a neighbour in the hall way to see if they have any more information. I will of course keep up the efforts to locate the metre but my focus has been removed from this and the paying of bills to the panic that I may have mislaid me Peter Kay tickets (Emily if you read this don't panic yet, I am almost sure I know where they are) I have a feeling they may be in one of the drawers under my bed if not then the next step is to go back to the old house and check there. Fingers Crossed, as I really don't want to have to pay out more money for tickets I already have.
On Friday night I went out with the lovely Miss Emily Green, her ever extending family and friends to a charity band night at the Rifle Club in Portsmouth. I can say that I had a brilliant time, consumed plenty of alcohol and laughed loads. I always seem to have such a good time when I am out with them all. I think I was well behaved, I don't remember doing anything to disgrace or embarrass myself which has got to be a first for me!! I did very much enjoy chatting with the boys, its not very often I get the chance to do a bit of harmless flirting so I tend to make up for it when I do!! haha! Who knows one day it might actually lead to something but right now I am not going to hold my breath!! haha!!
I am off to Fat Club tonight, I am not 100% convinced there will be a big loss this week but I am feeling slightly slimmer if that is possible so you never know.
Until next time xoxo
Friday, 11 February 2011
Letting Agents Suck!!
When I signed my tenancy agreement with Leaders I was told that as my property was a managed property they would sort out the transfer of the utilities such as Council Tax, Water, Gas and Electricity.
Well earlier this week I received a Council Tax Bill from Gosport Council. Alarm bells started to ring when I noticed that it was addressed to Mr and Mrs Evans. Now I am pretty sure that I am not married to my brother so that clearly needed to be changed. It also stated that there was no Direct Debit set up for us. I ask myself what was the point of completing the form with my bank details if they aren't even going to bother passing them on.
I proceeded to ring the council and spoke to a very lovely lady who kindly changed me to Miss on their system and advised me that the third party (leaders) who supplied our details only gave them or Surname and the address of the property. Not at all helpful!!
So I completed a new DDM and mum has taken it down the town hall. Imagine my surprise when a letter arrived from Leaders last night advising me of who my utility companies are. This information on the whole would be quite useful if it wasn't for the fact it totally contradicted what I was told back at the beginning. Leaders had advised they recommend their tenants keep their Gas and Electricity with Southern Electric. Well my letter advised me that my electricity supplier is Eon and my gas supplier is Unknown.......helpful I don't think so.
They did however supply me with a number to ring to establish who the gas supplier is, I called them and was told this information is not stored on the National Grid as it is a private supplier, I can obtain this information from the Gas Meter. This means at the weekend I get to crawl around in the cupboard under the stairs to find out and then call them.
Back to the letter from Leaders, they did state that IF they have requested the services be changed to Southern Electric then we will receive a welcome pack in the next 6-8 weeks however IF they haven't then we will be billed from the current supplier in the usual way. This raises yet more questions:
1) How do I know what the usual way is? I've only just moved in
2) How do I know if they have actually requested the change?
3) Have they even bothered to set up a direct debit for my payments?
This means that yet more of my time is going to be taken up trying to answer these questions, so it looks like I will be taking a trip to leaders tomorrow to find out what the hell is going on.
The moral of the story is, if you ever rent a managed property through an agent and they offer to sort out the utilities for you, tell them politely not to bother it will be quicker to do it yourself!!!
xoxo
Well earlier this week I received a Council Tax Bill from Gosport Council. Alarm bells started to ring when I noticed that it was addressed to Mr and Mrs Evans. Now I am pretty sure that I am not married to my brother so that clearly needed to be changed. It also stated that there was no Direct Debit set up for us. I ask myself what was the point of completing the form with my bank details if they aren't even going to bother passing them on.
I proceeded to ring the council and spoke to a very lovely lady who kindly changed me to Miss on their system and advised me that the third party (leaders) who supplied our details only gave them or Surname and the address of the property. Not at all helpful!!
So I completed a new DDM and mum has taken it down the town hall. Imagine my surprise when a letter arrived from Leaders last night advising me of who my utility companies are. This information on the whole would be quite useful if it wasn't for the fact it totally contradicted what I was told back at the beginning. Leaders had advised they recommend their tenants keep their Gas and Electricity with Southern Electric. Well my letter advised me that my electricity supplier is Eon and my gas supplier is Unknown.......helpful I don't think so.
They did however supply me with a number to ring to establish who the gas supplier is, I called them and was told this information is not stored on the National Grid as it is a private supplier, I can obtain this information from the Gas Meter. This means at the weekend I get to crawl around in the cupboard under the stairs to find out and then call them.
Back to the letter from Leaders, they did state that IF they have requested the services be changed to Southern Electric then we will receive a welcome pack in the next 6-8 weeks however IF they haven't then we will be billed from the current supplier in the usual way. This raises yet more questions:
1) How do I know what the usual way is? I've only just moved in
2) How do I know if they have actually requested the change?
3) Have they even bothered to set up a direct debit for my payments?
This means that yet more of my time is going to be taken up trying to answer these questions, so it looks like I will be taking a trip to leaders tomorrow to find out what the hell is going on.
The moral of the story is, if you ever rent a managed property through an agent and they offer to sort out the utilities for you, tell them politely not to bother it will be quicker to do it yourself!!!
xoxo
Thursday, 10 February 2011
Some people need a smack in the face
Oh My Good!! What a hell of a morning!!
The traffic this morning was pretty rubbish so getting to work wasnt fun, topped off by the fact that I could bearly keep my eyes open. I can safely say it is not fun almost falling asleep while driving, it is not an experience I wish to repeat. Thankfully no accidents were caused and I kept a safe distance from the car in front of me but even so!
Got to work eventually, alive, and had a nice quiet first hour. No calls to annoy me so I had time to catch up on some outstanding bits and pieces. The Trudy arrived. I am not going to list all the things I cannot stand about here as there is only 10 mins left of my lunch break and I just wont have enough time. The main things today that are really grating is that everytime I ask her to do something she huffs and insists on making everything into a massive drama. I could understand if the issues were massive but its not its just general everyday things. She has been doing this job for this company for over a year yet she still asks me questions she clearly knows the answer to so when I tell her I am unsure she goes and answers her own question. If you know the fricking answer dont ask the fricking question and piss me off.
I am generally not a people person, but lately I have been getting so much better at tolerating people. She however pushes me to the limit everyday, even trying to ignore her doesnt work as she is like a dog with a fucking bone, and a yappy little one at that!! Anyway rant over and here is hoping that today gets better.
On a fat club update, 1.5lb was lost on Tuesday so back on track as it were. I have been good bringing in decent lunches to work and also cooking healthy dinners so fingers crossed it continues.
I am off out with Green and the gang tomorrow night so very much looking forward to it I should imagine lots of alcohol will be consumed!! Good Times!!
xoxo
The traffic this morning was pretty rubbish so getting to work wasnt fun, topped off by the fact that I could bearly keep my eyes open. I can safely say it is not fun almost falling asleep while driving, it is not an experience I wish to repeat. Thankfully no accidents were caused and I kept a safe distance from the car in front of me but even so!
Got to work eventually, alive, and had a nice quiet first hour. No calls to annoy me so I had time to catch up on some outstanding bits and pieces. The Trudy arrived. I am not going to list all the things I cannot stand about here as there is only 10 mins left of my lunch break and I just wont have enough time. The main things today that are really grating is that everytime I ask her to do something she huffs and insists on making everything into a massive drama. I could understand if the issues were massive but its not its just general everyday things. She has been doing this job for this company for over a year yet she still asks me questions she clearly knows the answer to so when I tell her I am unsure she goes and answers her own question. If you know the fricking answer dont ask the fricking question and piss me off.
I am generally not a people person, but lately I have been getting so much better at tolerating people. She however pushes me to the limit everyday, even trying to ignore her doesnt work as she is like a dog with a fucking bone, and a yappy little one at that!! Anyway rant over and here is hoping that today gets better.
On a fat club update, 1.5lb was lost on Tuesday so back on track as it were. I have been good bringing in decent lunches to work and also cooking healthy dinners so fingers crossed it continues.
I am off out with Green and the gang tomorrow night so very much looking forward to it I should imagine lots of alcohol will be consumed!! Good Times!!
xoxo
Friday, 4 February 2011
Fat Club Update!
I went to Fat Club on Tuesday not feeling overly confident, I was fully aware that my previous loss of 4lb was a total fluke mainly down to the fact that I went to a morning group and didn't eat anything before going, so was not expecting this week to be very productive. I was right, straight back to square one, do not pass go, do not collect £200. Bad times.
I feel this slight backward step is down to the stress of moving and the fact that until the middle of the week we didn't really have a great deal of food in the house. A change of routine always takes some getting used to but I have to start behaving again and damn quick.
I am out with Emily Green and her family on Friday night so need to make sure I am sticking with the healthy between now and then. I don't expect to lose a lot but I need to get a couple of pounds off at least so I look good in my dress. Fingers crossed!!
The new house is going well, although last night was not so fun. The damn wind kept making my window bang and I kept waking up with a start thinking someone was breaking in or something! Talk about paranoid.
The Rugby 6 Nations starts tonight with England playing Wales in Cardiff so my evening is planned! A nice healthy chilli or salad in front of the TV shouting at England!! Good Times.
On Saturday I will be heading back to the old house to collect some more things that weren't overly important during the move next weekend and then on Sunday I will mostly be chilling out although I think I am going to have to pop to Asda at some point.
All in all, things are still going well!
xoxo
I feel this slight backward step is down to the stress of moving and the fact that until the middle of the week we didn't really have a great deal of food in the house. A change of routine always takes some getting used to but I have to start behaving again and damn quick.
I am out with Emily Green and her family on Friday night so need to make sure I am sticking with the healthy between now and then. I don't expect to lose a lot but I need to get a couple of pounds off at least so I look good in my dress. Fingers crossed!!
The new house is going well, although last night was not so fun. The damn wind kept making my window bang and I kept waking up with a start thinking someone was breaking in or something! Talk about paranoid.
The Rugby 6 Nations starts tonight with England playing Wales in Cardiff so my evening is planned! A nice healthy chilli or salad in front of the TV shouting at England!! Good Times.
On Saturday I will be heading back to the old house to collect some more things that weren't overly important during the move next weekend and then on Sunday I will mostly be chilling out although I think I am going to have to pop to Asda at some point.
All in all, things are still going well!
xoxo
Monday, 31 January 2011
And its done.......well almost!!
Whoop Whoop!! I am officially living in my new house and I absolutely love it!!!
I was up at 7.15am on Saturday morning and by 8.30 I was loading the car with the first load of stuff to be moved. All morning I was back and forth with boxes. Claire very kindly came round about 10.30ish and completed the inventory for me. Then her and Lewis put up my wardrobe unpacked my DVDs and arranged the furniture. At 10am Jo and Adam arrived at mums with the van ready for the lifting and shifting of all the heavy furniture. Mum had a mild panic attack at about 9.50am that Jo wasn't going to arrive but he did.
After a lot of hard work we got all the major stuff moved and buy Sunday it was all unpacked. There are still a few bits that I have left at the old house but I can get those after work in the evenings. The rest of the family have this week off so they have plenty of time to adjust I however am back to work today so ever so slightly jealous of Alan being home on his own.
Yesterday I was getting ready and it felt like I was staying as a guest in someones else's house I think it is going to take a week or so to get totally settled. I had trouble sleeping last night due to "new house noises" but I am sure I will get used to these eventually.
All in all the weekend has been totally knackering but so worth it.
On other items, I went for a Curry with the lovely Miss Green on Friday night to the New Bengal in Gosport. The food was once again delish and I will certainly be making that my regular for Curry related eating. She came round to the new place first with some fizzy champers to celebrate the move, she truly is a love!!
Sunday was not such a fun day, I woke up with a stomping headache which I put down to the fact I didn't really have a lot to eat or drink on Saturday so probably a bit dehydrated. I went to Asda with mum to get some food in as we didn't really have anything. On the way out I ended up (and I'm not really sure how) having a run in with my dad on the phone. And as much as I am ashamed to say it started crying in the car park ahhhhhhhh!!! Got home and was putting the shopping away and managed to bash my head on the corner of one of the cabinets, needless to say I swore, a lot and then cried some more. Emily came round again and we just chilled out and chatted, had a small bite to eat and then she headed home.
The family then went to the Cocked Hat for dinner, thankfully by then dad had got over his tantrum by then and the evening passed very nicely. I managed to get two loads of bedding washed and when I left for work this morning they were almost dry so good times on that front.
My uncle has come down from Cheltenham today to pick up our old oven and fridge freezer, he has helped mum and dad do a few bits round there new place and they are off out for something to eat. He will probably have headed home before I finish work so wont get to see him which is a same.
Thankfully I haven't got much planned for the rest of the week as I could do with just relaxing. Tonight I am going to make some dinner and have a nice hot bath as I have been freezing all day, for some reason the heating in the office hasn't been working properly and it has been worse than the old house for cold.
Got fat club tomorrow so the next entry will be about that, not feeling confident for any loss this week but I have been very busy so not going to feel too bad about it.
xoxo
I was up at 7.15am on Saturday morning and by 8.30 I was loading the car with the first load of stuff to be moved. All morning I was back and forth with boxes. Claire very kindly came round about 10.30ish and completed the inventory for me. Then her and Lewis put up my wardrobe unpacked my DVDs and arranged the furniture. At 10am Jo and Adam arrived at mums with the van ready for the lifting and shifting of all the heavy furniture. Mum had a mild panic attack at about 9.50am that Jo wasn't going to arrive but he did.
After a lot of hard work we got all the major stuff moved and buy Sunday it was all unpacked. There are still a few bits that I have left at the old house but I can get those after work in the evenings. The rest of the family have this week off so they have plenty of time to adjust I however am back to work today so ever so slightly jealous of Alan being home on his own.
Yesterday I was getting ready and it felt like I was staying as a guest in someones else's house I think it is going to take a week or so to get totally settled. I had trouble sleeping last night due to "new house noises" but I am sure I will get used to these eventually.
All in all the weekend has been totally knackering but so worth it.
On other items, I went for a Curry with the lovely Miss Green on Friday night to the New Bengal in Gosport. The food was once again delish and I will certainly be making that my regular for Curry related eating. She came round to the new place first with some fizzy champers to celebrate the move, she truly is a love!!
Sunday was not such a fun day, I woke up with a stomping headache which I put down to the fact I didn't really have a lot to eat or drink on Saturday so probably a bit dehydrated. I went to Asda with mum to get some food in as we didn't really have anything. On the way out I ended up (and I'm not really sure how) having a run in with my dad on the phone. And as much as I am ashamed to say it started crying in the car park ahhhhhhhh!!! Got home and was putting the shopping away and managed to bash my head on the corner of one of the cabinets, needless to say I swore, a lot and then cried some more. Emily came round again and we just chilled out and chatted, had a small bite to eat and then she headed home.
The family then went to the Cocked Hat for dinner, thankfully by then dad had got over his tantrum by then and the evening passed very nicely. I managed to get two loads of bedding washed and when I left for work this morning they were almost dry so good times on that front.
My uncle has come down from Cheltenham today to pick up our old oven and fridge freezer, he has helped mum and dad do a few bits round there new place and they are off out for something to eat. He will probably have headed home before I finish work so wont get to see him which is a same.
Thankfully I haven't got much planned for the rest of the week as I could do with just relaxing. Tonight I am going to make some dinner and have a nice hot bath as I have been freezing all day, for some reason the heating in the office hasn't been working properly and it has been worse than the old house for cold.
Got fat club tomorrow so the next entry will be about that, not feeling confident for any loss this week but I have been very busy so not going to feel too bad about it.
xoxo
Thursday, 27 January 2011
Good Things
I went to Slimming World (here after referred to as Fat Club) on Tuesday morning, I decided as I had a busy day planned I might as well go to the morning group. Got weighed for my second week and if I am honest was not expecting to have gone well. I had hardly written anything down all week so wasn't handing in my food diary. But I stood on the scales and to my surprise I had lost 4lbs. I was stunned that is 6lb in 2 weeks. If I can maintain that this week and lose an extra pound on Tuesday I will have lost half a stone in three weeks. Damn good effort I think.
Further good news has been received today, my very good friend Hayley has had here baby. It wasn't due until the 2nd February but it appears she gave birth to a little boy at 01:15 this morning weighing in at 6lb 6oz and named Oliver James Robinson. I am very excited to meet the little chap.
The house move is looming ever closer, I am 95% packed which is good. My friend Adam who was going to help with a van has let me down so now we are reduced to one van to move all big items for the four of us. Jo is kindly helping and we have got him scheduled in for 930/10am.
I was supposed to be going out on Friday night with a few peeps from work and Green but that has now been cancelled as Vicky is also moving house this weekend. I do think this is possibly for the best as it means that I can do some moving on Friday night and by the time the big furniture gets moved on Saturday I will be sorted. Then I can help everyone else. Although they all have next week off work so they have plenty of time to get themselves unpacked I however will be back at work and I really don't want to be living out of a suitcase and boxes if I can avoid it.
I am back at work today after having my three days off, I was hoping coming back would be less stressful but apparently that is not the case. The last few days have been manic apparently and everyone seems to be feeling rather stressed. I feel like I am the only one in a good mood, will be interesting to see how long that lasts.
Not long to the weekend!! haha!!
xoxo
Further good news has been received today, my very good friend Hayley has had here baby. It wasn't due until the 2nd February but it appears she gave birth to a little boy at 01:15 this morning weighing in at 6lb 6oz and named Oliver James Robinson. I am very excited to meet the little chap.
The house move is looming ever closer, I am 95% packed which is good. My friend Adam who was going to help with a van has let me down so now we are reduced to one van to move all big items for the four of us. Jo is kindly helping and we have got him scheduled in for 930/10am.
I was supposed to be going out on Friday night with a few peeps from work and Green but that has now been cancelled as Vicky is also moving house this weekend. I do think this is possibly for the best as it means that I can do some moving on Friday night and by the time the big furniture gets moved on Saturday I will be sorted. Then I can help everyone else. Although they all have next week off work so they have plenty of time to get themselves unpacked I however will be back at work and I really don't want to be living out of a suitcase and boxes if I can avoid it.
I am back at work today after having my three days off, I was hoping coming back would be less stressful but apparently that is not the case. The last few days have been manic apparently and everyone seems to be feeling rather stressed. I feel like I am the only one in a good mood, will be interesting to see how long that lasts.
Not long to the weekend!! haha!!
xoxo
Monday, 24 January 2011
Almost Mugged Off....
My lovely little car has been waiting for a good service for a couple of months now and as I have got a couple of days off work decided to be productive and book it in for a right old seeing to.
So off I went to Southampton, got to the garage and handed over the keys. Was told by the very spotty boy behind the desk it would be 2 hours including the cleaning so headed off to West Quay and Ikea for some time wasting.
Went to Costa and had a coffee then to Ikea, Alan asked me to look for a wardrobe and mum wanted me to price up some chest of drawers so with mission in hand I very slowly wondered around Ikea taking photos and noting costs of relevant items. After about an hour I wondered over to Next Home ware store. I wasn't even half way round when I received a phone call from the garage. I was advised that my front break pads were almost completely worn and my break discs were in need of replacing and this work would cost me £209.98. I very politely told them I couldn't afford it right now and would get it sorted as soon as I was paid.
As soon as I had finished that call I rang Auto Tyre Centre in Gosport to see if Jo (the god of all mechanics) could check over the service sheet and the brakes as I had a feeling the garage were trying to mug me off being as the car is no longer under warranty.
So I picked the car up from the garage and headed straight to Jo's. He took one look at the brakes and said if they did need doing it wouldn't cost anywhere near what Renault wanted plus there is nothing wrong with the discs and the pads are barely half worn. Renault lied!!!!! I am not surprised as soon as they know the car isn't in warranty, and the fact it was a girl who bought it in they clearly thought well we've got one here lets rip her off!! Sorry lads you aren't getting one over on me. No one does anything to my car until I have checked with Jo.
Moral of the story, never trust a corporate garage not to rip you off and always seek mechanical advise from trusted source.
Rant over!!
xoxo
So off I went to Southampton, got to the garage and handed over the keys. Was told by the very spotty boy behind the desk it would be 2 hours including the cleaning so headed off to West Quay and Ikea for some time wasting.
Went to Costa and had a coffee then to Ikea, Alan asked me to look for a wardrobe and mum wanted me to price up some chest of drawers so with mission in hand I very slowly wondered around Ikea taking photos and noting costs of relevant items. After about an hour I wondered over to Next Home ware store. I wasn't even half way round when I received a phone call from the garage. I was advised that my front break pads were almost completely worn and my break discs were in need of replacing and this work would cost me £209.98. I very politely told them I couldn't afford it right now and would get it sorted as soon as I was paid.
As soon as I had finished that call I rang Auto Tyre Centre in Gosport to see if Jo (the god of all mechanics) could check over the service sheet and the brakes as I had a feeling the garage were trying to mug me off being as the car is no longer under warranty.
So I picked the car up from the garage and headed straight to Jo's. He took one look at the brakes and said if they did need doing it wouldn't cost anywhere near what Renault wanted plus there is nothing wrong with the discs and the pads are barely half worn. Renault lied!!!!! I am not surprised as soon as they know the car isn't in warranty, and the fact it was a girl who bought it in they clearly thought well we've got one here lets rip her off!! Sorry lads you aren't getting one over on me. No one does anything to my car until I have checked with Jo.
Moral of the story, never trust a corporate garage not to rip you off and always seek mechanical advise from trusted source.
Rant over!!
xoxo
Sunday, 23 January 2011
Its all go....
So on Wednesday Green sent me a text at lunch time to see if I fancied going out for dinner, well its Wednesday of course I'm up for dinner. So after a quick phone call we decided it would be rude not to do Orange Wednesdays and as she had a voucher for money off food we decided to break with routine and go to Giraffe for dinner rather than Nandos.
I must say that food was lush and not all that badly priced either. I had chicken wings to start and thought it would be best to try and eat them with a knife and fork but after half of the first one gave up and resorted to eating with my fingers. Sometimes there is just no place for being elegant while you eat. I had a chicken Schnitzel bacon burger for main. Yum Yum!! I will most certainly go back. It was a nice atmosphere and the decoration was nice. Although I love Nandos, it is always nice to have a bit of variety in life.
We decided to go and see the Kings Speech, see if it lived up to all the hype and award nominations. Thankfully we managed to get through the ice cream queue without Emily ripping another £5 note like she did on our last visit. There was however some confusion regarding the screens. We were in screen 1 and there was a huge queue going right out of the door which we believed to be for our screen so we stood in the foyer with our ice cream for 15 mins until we discovered the queue was in fact for a different screen!! Fail!! Whilst standing eating our ice cream, which half way through defeated me, possibly due to too much chocolate I managed to spill some down my purple coat. I really cannot be trusted.
The film was very good. It isn't a comedy but there were some good comedy moments. I am a bit of a history fan so films about things that actually happened do interest me. Colin Firth certainly deserves his awards in my opinion. It can't be easy to learn to stutter the way he does in the film. I think I might purchase it when it comes out on DVD.
The rest of the week was pretty quiet, things are getting better at work and my level of responsibility is getting higher. I had a meeting with the teams on Thursday to launch our new process which I have been working on and I got a lot of praise from my boss regarding how good the work I had done was. More brownie points for me! Good Times.
This weekend has been unbelievably busy. I was at the hairdressers for 10am yesterday, was lovely to see Nathan as haven't seen him since the beginning of December. Its always nice to have a chat. I now have purple hair, was getting rather bored with the red and it as it fades so easily I decided to go a bit darker. Totally love it.
When I finished there I popped into the Natwest to open a new bank account for our bills when we move. Now I can start sorting out the direct debits for all the utilities and the TV licence. Once I finished there I met Alan and we went down to leaders to sign our tenancy agreement and pay the deposit. We have done it early because he is working on Saturday and it means I can get in the flat first thing and check things over before we start moving stuff in. Then I went with mum to her new house to help with the measuring of furniture. I still don't think they have realised the actual definition of down sizing but they will get there. Or at least I hope they will as its only a week until move day!!
Today I spent the afternoon with Mrs Coote, having a good old chin wag. Now that we don't work together I don't get to see her as much so its nice to have some time to just sit and put the world to rights. Then I went and picked up my Peter Kay Tickets from Lynne's. Busy Busy Busy.
I have Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday off work next week so will be getting my car serviced and cracking on with the packing ready for the move. I will be glad when we are moved and I can have a weekend of just chillaxing!
I can honestly say for the first time in a long time I am happy with everything going on in my life. 2011 is treating me well so far.
xoxo
I must say that food was lush and not all that badly priced either. I had chicken wings to start and thought it would be best to try and eat them with a knife and fork but after half of the first one gave up and resorted to eating with my fingers. Sometimes there is just no place for being elegant while you eat. I had a chicken Schnitzel bacon burger for main. Yum Yum!! I will most certainly go back. It was a nice atmosphere and the decoration was nice. Although I love Nandos, it is always nice to have a bit of variety in life.
We decided to go and see the Kings Speech, see if it lived up to all the hype and award nominations. Thankfully we managed to get through the ice cream queue without Emily ripping another £5 note like she did on our last visit. There was however some confusion regarding the screens. We were in screen 1 and there was a huge queue going right out of the door which we believed to be for our screen so we stood in the foyer with our ice cream for 15 mins until we discovered the queue was in fact for a different screen!! Fail!! Whilst standing eating our ice cream, which half way through defeated me, possibly due to too much chocolate I managed to spill some down my purple coat. I really cannot be trusted.
The film was very good. It isn't a comedy but there were some good comedy moments. I am a bit of a history fan so films about things that actually happened do interest me. Colin Firth certainly deserves his awards in my opinion. It can't be easy to learn to stutter the way he does in the film. I think I might purchase it when it comes out on DVD.
The rest of the week was pretty quiet, things are getting better at work and my level of responsibility is getting higher. I had a meeting with the teams on Thursday to launch our new process which I have been working on and I got a lot of praise from my boss regarding how good the work I had done was. More brownie points for me! Good Times.
This weekend has been unbelievably busy. I was at the hairdressers for 10am yesterday, was lovely to see Nathan as haven't seen him since the beginning of December. Its always nice to have a chat. I now have purple hair, was getting rather bored with the red and it as it fades so easily I decided to go a bit darker. Totally love it.
When I finished there I popped into the Natwest to open a new bank account for our bills when we move. Now I can start sorting out the direct debits for all the utilities and the TV licence. Once I finished there I met Alan and we went down to leaders to sign our tenancy agreement and pay the deposit. We have done it early because he is working on Saturday and it means I can get in the flat first thing and check things over before we start moving stuff in. Then I went with mum to her new house to help with the measuring of furniture. I still don't think they have realised the actual definition of down sizing but they will get there. Or at least I hope they will as its only a week until move day!!
Today I spent the afternoon with Mrs Coote, having a good old chin wag. Now that we don't work together I don't get to see her as much so its nice to have some time to just sit and put the world to rights. Then I went and picked up my Peter Kay Tickets from Lynne's. Busy Busy Busy.
I have Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday off work next week so will be getting my car serviced and cracking on with the packing ready for the move. I will be glad when we are moved and I can have a weekend of just chillaxing!
I can honestly say for the first time in a long time I am happy with everything going on in my life. 2011 is treating me well so far.
xoxo
Wednesday, 19 January 2011
Every journey starts with a single step!!
Today is the morning after the night before and on this occasion I don't mean that in the sense that I have been drinking.
Last night was my first weigh in since starting Slimming World again and I am very pleased to be able to report that I have lost 2lb this week. A good first step I feel!! There are of course many more steps to be taken to get to goal but I am on my way! As the munchkins said "follow the yellow brick road"!!
On a further positive note in relation to the house move I have been advised by my mum that we have received a compensation payment from the people who turned off our gas and the money covers the deposits for both our move and theirs. Hopefully I can use some of the money to buy a microwave as this is the only appliance we don't have. It also means that my savings are safe and I wont be completely skint when we move.
D'Ream was right - things can only get better!!
xoxo
Last night was my first weigh in since starting Slimming World again and I am very pleased to be able to report that I have lost 2lb this week. A good first step I feel!! There are of course many more steps to be taken to get to goal but I am on my way! As the munchkins said "follow the yellow brick road"!!
On a further positive note in relation to the house move I have been advised by my mum that we have received a compensation payment from the people who turned off our gas and the money covers the deposits for both our move and theirs. Hopefully I can use some of the money to buy a microwave as this is the only appliance we don't have. It also means that my savings are safe and I wont be completely skint when we move.
D'Ream was right - things can only get better!!
xoxo
Monday, 17 January 2011
I hate Mondays!!!
OMG!! Its official I hate Mondays!! Or at least Monday mornings.
Today has to have been the worst day ever for a long time. It took me an hour and 20 minutes to get to work, and once again the traffic report on the radio was a total waste of time. I don't think they do it on purpose they just seem to miss the massive traffic jams on the M27 but report every road around it. So I was late getting to work bad times. Although just to point out I am not blaming the radio for this fact it was all the cars on the road by 7.30 that were the issue.
No sooner is my computer on (not even in the system) and the phone is ringing with customers complaining, I am on the early shift and the only one available to take calls until 9am. Call after call was someone moaning and complaining. I have no problem helping anyone with any issues and will do everything thing I can to get issues resolved but today it occurred to me that not one of these issues are my fault or something I even have control over.
It is probably like this every day but as I am feeling like a right girl today everything seems to be hitting my last nerve, hence the entry now, try and get it off my chest before the afternoon starts and things get progressively worse. I spoke to mum and she told me to think positively, as I pointed out I am, I am positive it is all total rubbish!!
Plus side, I finish at 5 today so at least I can be in bed by 6.30 and hide away from the world until all this emotional rubbish has passed!!
xoxo
Today has to have been the worst day ever for a long time. It took me an hour and 20 minutes to get to work, and once again the traffic report on the radio was a total waste of time. I don't think they do it on purpose they just seem to miss the massive traffic jams on the M27 but report every road around it. So I was late getting to work bad times. Although just to point out I am not blaming the radio for this fact it was all the cars on the road by 7.30 that were the issue.
No sooner is my computer on (not even in the system) and the phone is ringing with customers complaining, I am on the early shift and the only one available to take calls until 9am. Call after call was someone moaning and complaining. I have no problem helping anyone with any issues and will do everything thing I can to get issues resolved but today it occurred to me that not one of these issues are my fault or something I even have control over.
It is probably like this every day but as I am feeling like a right girl today everything seems to be hitting my last nerve, hence the entry now, try and get it off my chest before the afternoon starts and things get progressively worse. I spoke to mum and she told me to think positively, as I pointed out I am, I am positive it is all total rubbish!!
Plus side, I finish at 5 today so at least I can be in bed by 6.30 and hide away from the world until all this emotional rubbish has passed!!
xoxo
Saturday, 15 January 2011
Found It.....
YIPPEE!!!! We found one, the perfect house, we are moving!!
Being as we had 6 properties lined up for today I was convinced this was going to be one long day and no doubt a very unproductive one at that. How wrong I was! Me and Mum picked Alan up from work in Fareham and headed back to St Georges Barracks in Gosport. Now I have loved these buildings since they were first built and have wanted to live there for ages so this property was the main one I had my eye on. The bonus being it is part furnished so we don't need to worry about white goods or a 3 piece suit. The hard part was going to be convincing Alan. Job done, he walked in looked at the size of the kitchen and front room and was sold, the size of the bedroom and the en suite shower room were a total bonus. So we cancelled all the other viewings and put a holding deposit down. Bring on the 29th Jan when we get the keys.
I have called Sky and booked that in, so one less thing to worry about. That is going in on the 29th Jan as well so we wont be without TV. Just got to start packing now, for me it shouldn't take too long but Alan might need a bit of help. Because it has an en suite shower room we get a bathroom each so there wont be any fighting over the shower in the morning!! Result!!
It was mums 60 birthday yesterday, she loved all her prezzies and got three massive bunches of flowers. The four of us are going to The Osborne View for dinner tomorrow to celebrate the birthday and the fact we are all moving on the same weekend. Again YIPPEE!!
Well that's all for now, just wanted to share about the house.
xoxo
Being as we had 6 properties lined up for today I was convinced this was going to be one long day and no doubt a very unproductive one at that. How wrong I was! Me and Mum picked Alan up from work in Fareham and headed back to St Georges Barracks in Gosport. Now I have loved these buildings since they were first built and have wanted to live there for ages so this property was the main one I had my eye on. The bonus being it is part furnished so we don't need to worry about white goods or a 3 piece suit. The hard part was going to be convincing Alan. Job done, he walked in looked at the size of the kitchen and front room and was sold, the size of the bedroom and the en suite shower room were a total bonus. So we cancelled all the other viewings and put a holding deposit down. Bring on the 29th Jan when we get the keys.
I have called Sky and booked that in, so one less thing to worry about. That is going in on the 29th Jan as well so we wont be without TV. Just got to start packing now, for me it shouldn't take too long but Alan might need a bit of help. Because it has an en suite shower room we get a bathroom each so there wont be any fighting over the shower in the morning!! Result!!
It was mums 60 birthday yesterday, she loved all her prezzies and got three massive bunches of flowers. The four of us are going to The Osborne View for dinner tomorrow to celebrate the birthday and the fact we are all moving on the same weekend. Again YIPPEE!!
Well that's all for now, just wanted to share about the house.
xoxo
Tuesday, 11 January 2011
A New Day, A New Dawn
There is always one day that is the first day of the rest of your life and today is mine, Tuesday 11th January 2011.....
Today I (re)joined Slimming World on the basis of new year new me!! I can safely say without fear of contradiction I have been here before, I have had so many weight loss first days that I have lost count but I need to make this one count. The thing is, I know Slimming World works, I proved that last year when I lost half a stone before my amazing holiday with Green to New York but then I came home and was told I was being made redundant so I resorted to eating to keep calm about it, then by the time that had sorted itself out it was almost Christmas and what is the point of starting this before Christmas that is just throwing money away. Therefore I know I can do this and more importantly I want to do this. As my group leader said tonight I have already made the first step I walked in the door now I just have to work hard to achieve my goal.
My main target is to have lost two stone by my birthday so I have just under 5 months to really nail this. Then it means that by the time I go to the Isle of Wight Festival in June I should be a skinny Minny and not be worrying about what I am going to wear if it is too hot. I have to remember that lying about what I am eating isn't cheating anyone other than me, so I will make sure to write about how my days / weeks are going here to remind myself that this is important and I can do it!! Here is to weight loss glory!! hurrah!!
In other news Green advised me today that our tickets to see Glee live in London have arrived, I am very excited by this news as this is one of my many social calendar entries for 2011. Only down side is we have to wait until June, but it will be a fab day out in London!
Work is getting busier by the day, Sam (my manager) clearly thinks I'm good at the job because he is giving me loads of responsibility and to top it off I am getting so much praise from other people I am worried my ego wont fit through the door soon. Not bad for only being there a month if I do say so myself! Long may it continue.
I would just like to add, Michael McIntyre says that traffic on a Friday.....Its a nightmare, I can confirm he is wrong, traffic on a Monday now that is a fricking nightmare. I have never had as much issue getting to work as I did yesterday it took me over an hour for a journey that at worst should only take 40 mins. Then to top it off I put the traffic report on the radio and the best report they could come up with was "the motorway is very busy" OBVIOUSLY!!! They don't believe in telling you why, giving you a valid reason for the fact you haven't moved from one spot for 10 mins they just seem to like pointing out the fact you cant move!! Its just rude, give me a god damn reason would you!!! Anyway traffic related rant over now.
Some progress on the housing front, yesterday me and Alan put together a list of 6 properties to view at the weekend. Mum kindly booked most of them in for us today however the two we wanted to see the most have gone (typical) but we still have 4 to see and going by the photos all seem really nice. I am not going to get my hopes up this time but the law of averages surely has to be on our side??
So until next time......."Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game"
xoxo
Today I (re)joined Slimming World on the basis of new year new me!! I can safely say without fear of contradiction I have been here before, I have had so many weight loss first days that I have lost count but I need to make this one count. The thing is, I know Slimming World works, I proved that last year when I lost half a stone before my amazing holiday with Green to New York but then I came home and was told I was being made redundant so I resorted to eating to keep calm about it, then by the time that had sorted itself out it was almost Christmas and what is the point of starting this before Christmas that is just throwing money away. Therefore I know I can do this and more importantly I want to do this. As my group leader said tonight I have already made the first step I walked in the door now I just have to work hard to achieve my goal.
My main target is to have lost two stone by my birthday so I have just under 5 months to really nail this. Then it means that by the time I go to the Isle of Wight Festival in June I should be a skinny Minny and not be worrying about what I am going to wear if it is too hot. I have to remember that lying about what I am eating isn't cheating anyone other than me, so I will make sure to write about how my days / weeks are going here to remind myself that this is important and I can do it!! Here is to weight loss glory!! hurrah!!
In other news Green advised me today that our tickets to see Glee live in London have arrived, I am very excited by this news as this is one of my many social calendar entries for 2011. Only down side is we have to wait until June, but it will be a fab day out in London!
Work is getting busier by the day, Sam (my manager) clearly thinks I'm good at the job because he is giving me loads of responsibility and to top it off I am getting so much praise from other people I am worried my ego wont fit through the door soon. Not bad for only being there a month if I do say so myself! Long may it continue.
I would just like to add, Michael McIntyre says that traffic on a Friday.....Its a nightmare, I can confirm he is wrong, traffic on a Monday now that is a fricking nightmare. I have never had as much issue getting to work as I did yesterday it took me over an hour for a journey that at worst should only take 40 mins. Then to top it off I put the traffic report on the radio and the best report they could come up with was "the motorway is very busy" OBVIOUSLY!!! They don't believe in telling you why, giving you a valid reason for the fact you haven't moved from one spot for 10 mins they just seem to like pointing out the fact you cant move!! Its just rude, give me a god damn reason would you!!! Anyway traffic related rant over now.
Some progress on the housing front, yesterday me and Alan put together a list of 6 properties to view at the weekend. Mum kindly booked most of them in for us today however the two we wanted to see the most have gone (typical) but we still have 4 to see and going by the photos all seem really nice. I am not going to get my hopes up this time but the law of averages surely has to be on our side??
So until next time......."Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game"
xoxo
Sunday, 9 January 2011
It is all a bit new!
OK so 2011 is going to be a busy year for me and as everyone keeps saying the world is going to end in 2012 I thought, to hell with it lets write a diary. Photos are great for memories but you cant get everything from a photo. I mentioned my diary idea for my very good friend Miss Emily Green who suggested maybe I should do this instead as she has been blogging for a while now. So here goes.......
2011 is starting out with a lot change for me. The family (me, mum, dad and brother) have decided that we need to move house. This wasn't a decision that was made lightly and has caused a few heated discussions over the last month but due to the fact that we have been living in a house with no central heating or gas since July enough has certainly become enough.
I should perhaps expand on this a little, my current house and childhood home is part of the boundary wall of Haslar Hospital, the hospital has now closed and the site has been sold to a private firm to develop in to yet more flats and luxury accommodation. Back in July 2010 on the pretence of a gas leak they turned the gas off, we were not informed of this wonderful decision and found out the hard way when the stove stopped working. We were assured that all would be done to rectify this situation and I am now sitting here is January 2011 with still no gas. Some people might say that's not that bad they gave you electric heaters but being as my house is 200 years old, has no insulation or double glazing any heat you can generate just disappears!!! So as I said enough is now well and truly enough!!
Mum and Dad were very lucky and managed to find the perfect house for them after only a couple of weeks of looking. Me and Alan have not been so lucky, we had so many viewings booked in before Xmas but because of the snow they all cancelled, I managed to get our fave ones re booked for this weekend but they were all let before we even got a chance to get there. Then late on Friday night, mum found a lovely house off Military Road in Gosport, we got an appointment booked for Saturday afternoon, viewed the house and it was perfect, just what we had been searching for. I got back from the last viewing of the day (no more than an hour from leaving the perfect house) I called the agent to say yes only to be told "I am so sorry the landlord let the property privately and they called half an hour ago to advise" gutted does not describe how I felt.
After an afternoon of being extremely annoyed and angry I am looking on the positive side, we have worked out exactly what we can afford and we are now widening our criteria for places maybe even looking at a 3 bed house rather than 2 for a bit extra storage. Hopefully by the end of the month when mum and dad move we will be ready to go to and start a whole new chapter!!
That in itself is a lot to be doing right now but add to it everything else that is planned for 2011 I am not sure when I am going to have time to stop. I started a new job in December and my first month has gone very well, this was bought about by being made redundant again, after three go's I am getting rather good at it but hope this is it now. The hours are longer than my previous job which means evenings are shorter but I am not complaining as it is paying for all my other activities. I am not going to ruin my plans by writing about them now you will have to wait and see.....
The reason I mention the shortness of my evenings is as of late and mainly through the influence of friends I have become rather addicted to certain TV shows, the main ones being Greys Anatomy, Gossip Girl, Brothers & Sisters and Castle. Due to the fact that I caught on to most of these shows a little later than most I am currently trying to catch up. Castle and Gossip Girl aren't an issue as I am on top of those however I am only half way through season 6 of Greys and season 7 has just started on living, I have 10 more episodes to go of season 6 before I can catch up with season 7. I haven't even started season 4 of Brothers & Sisters and season 5 starts on More4 at the end of the month. So much viewing and not enough time. Plus most Wednesday me and Green hit the cinema for 241 and a bit of Nandos so that takes an evening out of my viewing time. I am not complaining though as I love Orange Wednesdays.
I am a big believer in the theory that "Everything happens for a reason", as well as the power of positive thinking will win out. Both of these ideas will see me through what promises to be an amazing 2011, with friends and family by your side to guide you through, what can go wrong..........?
So on that note I am going to sign off for today, hopefully with everything crossed my next post will be to advise we found a house.
xoxo
2011 is starting out with a lot change for me. The family (me, mum, dad and brother) have decided that we need to move house. This wasn't a decision that was made lightly and has caused a few heated discussions over the last month but due to the fact that we have been living in a house with no central heating or gas since July enough has certainly become enough.
I should perhaps expand on this a little, my current house and childhood home is part of the boundary wall of Haslar Hospital, the hospital has now closed and the site has been sold to a private firm to develop in to yet more flats and luxury accommodation. Back in July 2010 on the pretence of a gas leak they turned the gas off, we were not informed of this wonderful decision and found out the hard way when the stove stopped working. We were assured that all would be done to rectify this situation and I am now sitting here is January 2011 with still no gas. Some people might say that's not that bad they gave you electric heaters but being as my house is 200 years old, has no insulation or double glazing any heat you can generate just disappears!!! So as I said enough is now well and truly enough!!
Mum and Dad were very lucky and managed to find the perfect house for them after only a couple of weeks of looking. Me and Alan have not been so lucky, we had so many viewings booked in before Xmas but because of the snow they all cancelled, I managed to get our fave ones re booked for this weekend but they were all let before we even got a chance to get there. Then late on Friday night, mum found a lovely house off Military Road in Gosport, we got an appointment booked for Saturday afternoon, viewed the house and it was perfect, just what we had been searching for. I got back from the last viewing of the day (no more than an hour from leaving the perfect house) I called the agent to say yes only to be told "I am so sorry the landlord let the property privately and they called half an hour ago to advise" gutted does not describe how I felt.
After an afternoon of being extremely annoyed and angry I am looking on the positive side, we have worked out exactly what we can afford and we are now widening our criteria for places maybe even looking at a 3 bed house rather than 2 for a bit extra storage. Hopefully by the end of the month when mum and dad move we will be ready to go to and start a whole new chapter!!
That in itself is a lot to be doing right now but add to it everything else that is planned for 2011 I am not sure when I am going to have time to stop. I started a new job in December and my first month has gone very well, this was bought about by being made redundant again, after three go's I am getting rather good at it but hope this is it now. The hours are longer than my previous job which means evenings are shorter but I am not complaining as it is paying for all my other activities. I am not going to ruin my plans by writing about them now you will have to wait and see.....
The reason I mention the shortness of my evenings is as of late and mainly through the influence of friends I have become rather addicted to certain TV shows, the main ones being Greys Anatomy, Gossip Girl, Brothers & Sisters and Castle. Due to the fact that I caught on to most of these shows a little later than most I am currently trying to catch up. Castle and Gossip Girl aren't an issue as I am on top of those however I am only half way through season 6 of Greys and season 7 has just started on living, I have 10 more episodes to go of season 6 before I can catch up with season 7. I haven't even started season 4 of Brothers & Sisters and season 5 starts on More4 at the end of the month. So much viewing and not enough time. Plus most Wednesday me and Green hit the cinema for 241 and a bit of Nandos so that takes an evening out of my viewing time. I am not complaining though as I love Orange Wednesdays.
I am a big believer in the theory that "Everything happens for a reason", as well as the power of positive thinking will win out. Both of these ideas will see me through what promises to be an amazing 2011, with friends and family by your side to guide you through, what can go wrong..........?
So on that note I am going to sign off for today, hopefully with everything crossed my next post will be to advise we found a house.
xoxo
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