TFIF!!!!

Well its cold, grey, miserable and wet but at least its Friday.... Well thats what I thought until I arrived at school today!! The main topic of conversation before the [most enthralling] 'morning meeting' was the fact that it had said on the news today that we were working for free....... for free!!????? WTF, it took a few minutes for the fog to clear [I'd only had the one cup of tea and it takes on average two!] to realise what they were talking about. Friday 29th February 2008.... a leap year! We have an extra day to work yet our wages are exactly the same *sob* mind you .... an extra days pay isn't exactly going to make me rich with the wages I get ;o)

I wonder how many laydeeeees out there today have proposed?? I wonder if I can still propose whilst I'm married?? It may be cause for a few awkward conversations later so i think I'll give it a miss this leap year and leave it to all the single girlies out there. Would be interesting though wouldnt it?
Barry at work did say that, if he wasn't already married and if I wasn't already married and if he wasn't the same age as my Dad I could have proposed to him :oD sweet thought... but then I'm an old fashioned girl so I'll wait for the fella with the great, big, sparkly ring to ask me should I ever find myself in the position to be considering it ;o)

Good luck to anyone planning to take the plunge today though .....................

I left the building...

I actually went out .... at night too!! It wasn't just a trip to the supermarket .... or to take something to my sisters.... or run my Mum somewhere... OR take the kids some place!! I actually went out!
I met some 'colleagues' from work and we went to a lovely local eatery :o)
The person I work closest with and have a great laugh with at work was sadly ill, but there were still 7 others going. What I hadn't figured on was being about 15-20 years younger than 6 of them lol and the person nearest to my age was sat right at the opposite end of the table!!
well... what do women of later years talk about on a night out?? ..... let me tell you ..... THE BLOODY MENAPAUSE *slaps forehead in despair* Sweats - night sweats - paranioa - panic attacks - spotty skin - dry skin - itchy skin - dry *ahem* areas ......... *mouths down below silently* These are just a few of the many fun symptoms I have yet to experience and it was pointed out on one or ten occasions that it will be here quicker than I know !!!

Jesus I came away deciding I may as well just shoot myself now :o(

Anyway, it was lovely to have a night out, the food was gorgeous ;o)

my job

.....I appear to have had an enthusiasm bypass!

The weather again

How interesting I am and how very English to discuss the weather so often.

Today seems to be back to wet, muddy footprint weather, anyone with a dog will understand the hassle of letting him out into the garden and having to keep his muddy feet off the cream carpets afterwards [ yes i know.... what made me choose that colour with kids and animals? ..... I have wondered that many times myself]
During the cold, frosty days its lovely when everything is completely frozen over [and how much easier it is to clean up after him also !!!!!!!! ] He wanders back into the kitchen with not a mark on my floor! BUT on days like this ...... AAAAaaarrgggghhhhh ......... let me tell you, wiping a rottweilers feet on a small kitchen mat is not the easiest job and he just wont accept how much easier it would be if he helped a little and made the wiping movement himself.

The cat.... Hmmmmm now hes another story altogether, before i acquired him no-one [yes im meaning you! cat lady] explained to me just how those small footprints would appear EVERYWHERE! How on earth do cats get to these places and how the heck do they bloody balance there??

highjacked

Totally highjacked!!!! my laptop that is!
Every tuesday when I finish work at lunchtime I go to fetch my sister and niece and nephew for the afternoon and they stay for tea as my sisters partner works late and she hates being alone *roll eyes in despair*
Anyway, the second we have unpacked the whole of the car boot - did I ever carry so much stuff with me for a visit when my kids were that small?? - My niece has cbeebies on the tv and my sister has herself installed on the sofa with MY laptop on her knee , Its quite amazing the things I've bought on ebay in recent months lol

My house looks as if a small hurricane has gone through it, I'm still wiping finger prints from every window and the dining room carpet ..... well we wont even go there Lol

the weather

Today there are 2 totally separate sides to my garden. One half is completely white and frozen over...looks like a fine covering of snow and the other side is in full sunshine and all bright and green looking! Even the pond has half of it covered in ice and the fish are all sunning themselves in the warm side lol.

The problem I have is that when its nice weather I feel more like getting up and being productive, when its cold I feel like staying put in front of the fire ....... the way I'm feeling today can all change just by looking at one side of the garden then the other lol

I think I will sit on the sofa that over looks the sunny side.....




for now ;o)

I have a problem

and its a large problem sadly..... I am addicted to being online *blushes*
My Mum came over today and decided that she might stay over tonight, my first thought was not 'oh how nice to see her' it was utter panic that I wouldnt be able to be online tonight... how sad is that?? What is it about being online? have I really no life, that I have to have my fix of chatting and online games?

I better get myself a hobby I think lol

Anyway, she spoke to my Auntie this afternoon who invited her to go and stay at hers tonight and she didnt like to say no..... was I going to be upset she worried, as she had said she would stay here?? ..... oh no! don't you worry about us, you go and have a lovely chat and even better I'll drive you over there..... how kind am I? ;o)


relief (HAPPINESS) noun [S or U] a feeling of happiness that something unpleasant has not happened or has ended:

update

Not Bothering WAS the better option it seems ............................ *sigh*

Revelation....

We have just realised that both our kids were conceived somewhere around valentines day lol

I think DH will be sitting far, far, FAR away from me this evening! I'm not sure why we never noticed this before now.....


HHmmmmmmmmmmmmmm..

Valetines day....

OK.... so i was up early, eagerly awaiting the postman.... should i have bothered?? that will be a big fat NO!
I handed hubby his usual cup of coffee to persuade him out of bed along with his valentines card, he just looked at me said 'thanks' and 'i didnt think we were bothering'. AHEM...... some of us were bothering *rolls eyes*
Lets wait and see when he returns whether he dashed out to buy something or just decided not bothering was the better option LOL

What made it worse today was every where you looked were lovey dovey couples, Asda was full of shelves of teddies, cards, roses...you name it, it came in pink or red today. At the checkout in front of me was a couple in their late teens heaving the biggest [tackiest] teddy holding a heart, they kept looking at each other and giggling bless them lol.

So this is it........ all i can ever think of to blog about, its not going to be the most interesting blog in the world is it??

[answers not actually required....it was a rhetorical question]


oh and look ....... i posted in red in honour of the date! :o)

miracles

Im posting this as i have just had a chat with a online friend about the fact that i am one of those sad women that believes all she reads about miracle anti-aging creams!!
On getting ready for bed i have just applied a glycogen peel, cleansed this off [anti aging wipes] applied a night cream [anti aging] and eye cream [again anti aging] and has a miracle occured??? has it ****!! years and years i have been applying this stuff in one form or another and .... I'M AGING!! The actual reason for mentioning all this is, afore mentioned friend has never bought any miracle creams anti aging or otherwise and although being the same age as myself looks younger and .... I would imagine is a good few £'s richer than me as well lol

Hmmmmmm lessons to be learnt there me thinks............

realisation

I have realised that i do in actual fact have things amusing to write about.......... the problem is that writing about 'interesting' people they may by some one in a billionth chance stumble upon this blog [people do search for odd things you know... in fact i have a story about just that] and realise that said person is in fact themselves and hence a court battle will commence!! stranger things have happened


Anyway story of searching things in google........... A colleague at work decided that it would be a great idea for her and her hubby to have a cruise later in the year during the summer break. Not having young children anymore they dont fancy spending a few weeks with other peoples little darlings. Soooooo, what would be a good way to search for such a cruise in google? ..... let me tell you now - ADULT ONLY CRUISES - isnt a good search phrase LMAO apparently it unearthed many sites my friend never knew could possibly exist lol. Now where did she hide the gimp mask...............

Hmmmmmmmmm

This has been started as someone has assured me its good for the soul to write.......lol!



My main problem being though, I actually have nothing at all to write about. Maybe as I go on I may suddenly suprise myself by discovering, that in actual fact, i do have an interesting life after all........ I'm not holding my breath on that microscopic chance though!



The one positive aspect of this is, as i sit here and ponder on my extremely boringly, mundane, routine life, I'm ignoring the ironing ;o)



I have had another break to the ironing today when my youngest son decided it would be a great idea to bake ... yes it 'seemed' a lovely idea during half term.... he decided upon meringues. The problem arose when he lifted the food mixer out of the mixture to see whether it was at the 'peaks' stage yet............ Hmmmmmm maybe turning the mixer OFF first may have been the better option ....lol



Anyway....... back to ironing, but let me assure you, I WILL be back should anything exciting happen during the rest of my Tuesday!



pl