so down in the dumps today !

Had my cholesterol result so gotta watch everything I eat from now - I am still a stone and 5lb's lighter than I was at the beginning of December -08 tho, so that's a bit of a bonus really. Would love to lose, at least, another stone before Christmas without dieting - just eating healthily and help lower my cholesterol and I think that is VERY achievable.

Very tired.........................house is a tip. Saw two new houses been sold in the last few weeks on the estate - no one looking at ours. People expect you to give the house away. Very depressed about that because we could be virtually mortgage free and I'd be able to spend on myself again rather than my income going on bills.

Right. Pick myself up, dust myelf off and get on with the housework.

not such a bad week - especially now it's friday

OMG ! 7.1 cholesterol...........got to get that down and FAST ..... will go get a book tomorrow and read all about it. Frightened me to death.


although sat sitting her waiting for the doctor to ring - had blood test for cholesterol, the nurse said that when i rang for results they would just tell me it's OK 'if it was below 5' and if not then a doctor would have to ring me to discuss the results..........................so waiting for call - not happy.





Had to cancel my 3 pm to wait for call - so £20 down - annoyed at that too. Just finished my SLYMI for week 9 - nine weeks into 09 already, how quickly has that gone then.





Mrs N hasn't been so bad, although she could have been at times so I just walked out and left her to it.......................treading on eggshells.





Korin definitely hasn't got the Drayton Manor job - she was too late with her application, but she's just found out that there are vacancies for P/T staff at KFC in Burton and so she's going to try for there - Dad can take the application form up later - or I will after tea.





Really tired this afternoon. House looks like a tip and I don't feel like doing it. I do have 3 days off next week and won't see Mrs N for 11 days wooopey DOO ! although I do have to work monday cos she isn't in.





Right, might get some of my Scrap Your Day done - that's month 11 (how quickly has that gone) - can't wait to get this book finished tho - haven't really applied myself to this challenge.

supposed to have had dental hygienest appointment

straight from work, but she had rang in sick and they had left message on my home answer machine rather than my mobile. It was a good job I rang to try sort DD's orthodontist appointment, otherwise I would have worked an extra hour or so at work and then gone to dentist.....................lucky me huh?

Gary came over to talk about Mrs N - he said to tell her that I am taking it further if she keeps being so vile ................... I feel much better about it now and will tell her that Iam not standing for her nastiness any longer.

So Key cooked, I walked dog, Keir emptied dishwasher, I didn't know what to have for tea, everyone had a rushy tea as I was working at 7.30 and she just rang to cancel for tonight, this is the 3rd time she has rearranged, and driving me a bit nuts - see if she comes on Wednesday now.

Right. I might do a bit of scrappy - thinking of doing a BOM (Book of ME) - be rather boring then. Tee hee.

Sunday nearly gone already !

Don't know where the weekends go to - but as always we have been busy. Key's fixing the shower as it leaked all through the lounge ceiling - lounge ceiling now a real mess and so needs painting !! Can't be bothered at the moment, half way through the shower.

Suddenly realised that my poor little car needs an MOT and insurance and two new tyres, wasn't going to have it done and declare SORN as I'm driving the main car, Key now having the company car - but I would like to be back in my little car - less petrol etc, will have to think about selling one - IF any cars are selling.

this LO was a LO for the SLYMI challenge - week 8 ALREADY.......................the house isn't mine - it's just a pic of the internet.

Here is my everywhichway book for DD's trip to london

I have decided not to waste my time or thoughts

on that shitty woman at work. I will ignore the stupid idiot.

I have discovered inkjet transparencies for the first time tonight - and WOW WOW WOW - love them. Can do things like 'rub-ons' but use the transparencies instead, love it - the pic is of DD's every which way book on London from December, 2008 - still have a few pages to finish, might have a marathon scrap tonight - I'll see how I feel after a treatment at 7.30 pm. Gotta go get tea too.

MRS NASTY REARS HER UGLY HEAD AGAIN

Vile day, I could tell she was in a mood as she arrived for work. Why is it that these type of people just keep on and on and on - I am really fed up with her now - argumentative, aggressive, vile, horrible, stinking woman..............................I have applied for two jobs, don't want to leave my new job, but CANNOT ABARE THIS BLOODY WOMAN.

so today I did a LO - OMG, yes I did.

it was for the SLYMI challenge - week 7 ALREADY - and it was to scrap old photos. WEll, I have plenty of those - just non of my childhood which I wish I could get our Janet to give me some of the pictures she has ! BUT she won't she has said I can can go over and scan the pics and send them to myself but that would just take too long.

So I haven't done it .......................yet.

Happy Valentines Day :(

I decided to do an extra special tea tonight, only chicken and salad but with LOTS of the 'bits' I don't normally buy, the table shows just SOME of the foods I cooked - and did pasta salads, with beautiful fresh prawns and the chicken was a LARGE fresh bird - tasted delicious. AND I did a homebaked apple pie and custard for afterwards. Lovely surprise for DH - the kids came down moaning 'don't eat that, don't eat this - how long is tea gonna be, I'm starving, why are you going to so much trouble'? then they kept bickering with each other - DROVE ME BARMEY. Anyway, DH came home and was pleased that I'd done a nice surprise - meal was really nice. THEN the kids kicked off afterwards, and really put a damper on the night. TYPICAL.

We opened the bottle of champagne which friends bought us for our joint 50th Birthday party back in December 06......................it truly was delicious being a proper champagne.

DH & I will just go out for a meal in future and not bother with the kids !

my present from Skegness from DD

I had to smile when DD said 'oh, I got you this when I went to Skegness' - Yup, it/s the free shampoo you get in the hotel bathroom :( didn't know whether this was thoughtful or thoughless?

Think I've gone off the rails

where taking a daily photo is concerned.

Worked for 4 days at hospital and all day long today doing reflexology - feel shattered tonight, can't think of anything I'd like to photograph today.......................so giving it up.

MIGHT tho, have a go at making something - scrappy wise.

horrible couple of days at work

mrs N just as nasty as ever, I really could smack her one - know I can't but would love to. She just doesn't let anything go and goes on and on and on about things - which to me is just totally pathetic..............................plus she's constantly trying to stir up trouble, yet when she speaks to people on the phone she sounds like the most wonderful, beautiful, happy person in the world. ITS all show - and she's a snob (but doens't have the money to be a snob) - OH I REALLY HATE HER. I hate myself hating her, cos I've never REALLY hated anyone.

She just wears me down, by Thursday I can't wait to finish and have Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday without having to see her but more importantly NOT HAVING TO LISTEN TO HER droning on and on and on about stupid pathetic stuff.

10th February, 2009 - my photo today

ME -------------------a worn out tired old me. I am absolutely shattered tonight and I have to work (well do a reflexology treatment at 8 pm) - now 7.5o pm. So better go get room ready. I shall go straight to bed afterwards. Goodnight.

9th February, 2009 - my photo a day

little salem de bubblies - love you baby. Such a sweetie, cutie - cuddly.

BLOODY WEATHER

signs I'm at work again tomorrow - bad weather. I haven't had a decent weather drive into work since 22nd December, and it is now DRIVING ME NUTS! - cold and snowing again - been quite thick and sticking. HOPE it stops and tomorrow is a bit warmer and I can park on the car park instead of at the hospital which is costing me an absolute bloody fortune.

Todays photo - Keirs Bike

I pray each time you go out on this bike that you will be safe, you worry me to death each time. Please drive safely and be aware of other road users, I know you're not mad on the road, but it's the other drivers that worry me.

well officially its sunday 8th - still scrapping

but only just - my points don't seem to be going up much cos I've been doing some challenges not LO's but enjoying the CC - goodnight, time for bed though

cybercropping, cybercropping, cybercropping.

How sad am I, a measley 100 pts for a LO and a tag book.....................here is the tag book, but I enjoyed it - just seemed to take me all blooming day long. AND now CSI will be on and I won't get to scrap again until 10.30 pm, I'll probably be too tired then to do anything. We'll see.

today's pic - the car sitting outside and my DD just rushing to get out to meet up with her friends in Burton and me not offering a lift - unheard of, but she's been buying a weekly travel pass and it's a terrible waste if she doens't use it - PLUS it's extra petrol for me and my time - it's cyber crop and I've hardly had any time on UKS because of housework, shopping and the like. Won't have much time tomorrow either. So, feeling a bit guilty about not offering a lift - although there is still time for her to come back and say that she has missed the bus - hope not.

6th, 7th & 8th, ~Cybercrop~ weekend. Excited?

Well, a little maybe.

This is the FIRST class - the original done by Artbase was stunning - proper 'FRAME' but I was pleased with the template I made.

2nd Class was Black and Blue - didn't like it, I'm afraid. So waiting for the 3rd class up at 11 pm, see if I want to do it, although I am already feeling pretty tired.

A photo a day : 6th February, 2009

Yesterday I had an email from a good friend/customer of mine, sending me a guardian angel and a statement that 24 hours on something good will happen/come about - AS we are still waiting on that couple and a decision as to whether they;'d like to buy this house (although they're unhappy about the parking) I assumed that my GOOD would be in the form of them buying the house - and notifying us at 11.09 of said 'wish to buy' - WELL IT DIDN'T HAPPEN. Ah well. Just hope we get some more viewings very soon and someone wants to buy my beautiful house. ALTHOUGH the mortgage has come down again today so hopefully we'll be able to stay that little bit longer anyway.

my little acetate book (well they're laminated pouches)

Surprise Surprise, yet more snow

nah not really a surprise as they'd forecast it - but we were all hoping that they had got it wrong. FREEZING - thank goodness I haven't had to go to work today - had to cancel a £95 customer tho ! sad about that - but she's rebooked for next Friday. So haven't lost the money. Key nipped to the local co-op for a few provisions - sorted - I am having a scrappy day. Yippeeeeeeeee

MORE MORE MORE cold horrible weather

more snow today when I woke - got in to work at 7.45 again - hate getting to work so early but try to avoid the rush hour traffic.

Pics of my office - drab, horrible place - but Hey Ho it's the hospital and it won't get decorated no matter how much we moan.

Icy - freezin - cold - vile - horrible - rotten - stinking - blooming - weather !

black ice etc, fortunately all the school in Birmingham were out today because of the weather and so the drive to work wasn't too bad.............................but dread tomorrow. Everything back to normal PLUS cold, icy weather still - I don't think there has been a decent day since I started at the hospital. Ah well. AND because of haing to park at the hospital it's costing me £6 per day - 3 days this week £18 - £18 last week too - two weeks at £12 - £60 a month, plus petrol. It's no joke. I will have to start searching for a nearer job where I can park for nothing.

My photo reminds me that Spring is on it's way. BIT disappointed that that couple haven't got back to us about the house and Estate Agents can't understand it either. Maybe they're just the type of people that go round looking at peoples houses for the fun of it - maybe they can't afford to buy? Very strange.

2.2.09 I have my camera back - yippeeeeeeee

missed my camera - just a couple of pics of the snow I had to drive home in today. Since I started at the hospital it has been terrible vile horrible weather. It's been a nightmare, roll on Summer eh.

I just feel so sad tonight.

OK I am being unrealistic, they haven't even offered a price - and I have a feeling that IF they do it's gonna be low - and we won't accept it - BUT Key came home from work and said how sad he felt about us selling the house - I feel likewise. I love my house, but it's practical to get a very small mortgage and smaller house. Yesterday after 6 hours of cleaning I sat on the stairs and thought, I won't miss all this cleaning......................you really do need help cleaning a house of this size espcially when you go to work. I am shattered. Work again tomorrow.

I really hope they make a decent offer - I really hope they want my house - I was looking at new houses on the net today and there are some really lovely new houses - YES, half the size of this but that means - very small mortage. I have to become Mrs sensible.

I cleaned for England yesterday

but the house looked lovely for the viewing today. What a lovely couple. They placed themselves in the house - 'the boys can have the top floor all to themselves'. The baby will have it's own room and she will' - relating to the little girl they had with them. He said 'I can put my shed there' - referrring to the back of the garage. She said 'her toys can go into the dining room out the way' - they both said how big the house was and they loved it. They were then off to look at the local primary school. All very positive. BUT may be the usual that some people make the positive remarks and have no real intention to buy.

We shall just have to wait and see.