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Saturday, February 20, 2010
This time I promise!!
The new blog is nearly finished. Unfortunately, when your skilled html friend is busy jetting off to Ethiopia or Australia for weeks on end, (alright for some!), you are just damn grateful that they have the time and patience to work on something in their very little spare time out of the kindness of their heart, when they could be organising their next trip to god knows where.
Sincerely, I'm grateful and appreciative to you *C* and how you haven't 'cut a bitch' for all the bossiness I've thrown your way, I shall never know.
So, just a little bit longer and I shall present the grand opening, I'll supply the cakes if you bring a paper plate of egg sandwiches, cos I could eat egg sandwiches until I cluck.
Soon mon amie, soon x
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Yo!
Umm, hello? Anyone here?
Really busy time, in no particular order;
I have a new place. Couple of months before I move in. Tons to do to it. TONS!
It's lovely, bigger, drive with carport, lovely private little garden (that is going to be completely 'diggered out'). In a really quiet close a few miles down the road. Perfect.
Two big ventures with a friend. Neither of which I want to talk about online. (yeah, isn't it annoying when bloggers say that!). Put a bit of money upfront, so taking a risk, but regardless of what happens I'll enjoy it, once things are up and running and I can manage them in only 2-3 hours a day instead of the current 12 hours!
Desperately trying to learn Wordpress amongst other things. In connection with the above. Hurts brain.
Planning on resurrecting this blog in Wordpress, you know, when I finally master it.
Have become Yoga and meditation Jedi. Helps with pain better than any medication.
Lowered doses of medication!
Still have stomach issues. Haven't checked my weight for a couple of weeks. Last count was 3 stone lost in 4 months. Waiting for some test results and having some more soon. Just a precaution, 99.9% sure it's just my way of expelling grief. Not going to worry about it, no point, but obviously, if things have not settled down by about the 8 month point I may resemble a huge pineapple atop a pin and then I'm sure those delightful medical people will spring into action.
Going away on Wednesday for a while, planned to coincide with what would have been Dad's birthday. Staying in this country, what the hell do I pack? Bikini or waterproofs?!?
Start doing a bit of acting at the end of the summer. It's been a few years, so first I need to gain some confidence back again, but I really want to get back into it. It always was one of my loves. Starting small by doing a couple of monologues in a local arts festival.
Starting some part-time college courses in Sept. Haven't narrowed down the subjects yet, but I can tell you none will be pole dancing classes, does anyone ever really sign up for those?
Monday, April 06, 2009
Tweenage Kicks
I am clearly a frigid old woman.
I took my 11 year old niece clothes shopping today and got the shock of my life. I felt like the mother from the movie 'Carrie', 80% of what she liked had me screaming "go to your closet and pray!". If it wasn't low cut to show off that fried egg sized cleavage, it was just short enough to cover her High School Musical knickers. And then she kept declaring items were 'sexy' which had me contemplating buying two lifetime tickets to a retreat somewhere in the bible belt.
Every time I said no she did the Chinese torture whine. "Pleeeeeeeeease, pleeeeeeeeeease, but I like it, pleeeeeeeeease', she shut up the minute the bamboo was shoved under her fingernails.
She didn't want anything pink or vaguely feminine coloured. Butterflies and flowers made her 'v-urp' and glitter was 'gay', so consequently we came home with not much. Oh, apart from a whole hoard of Sponge B@b Square Pants stationary, because apparently a character whose target age group is seven is 'cool'. I don't know, it's all so damn confusing.
I also wasn't prepared for the barrage of questions. "Why do pregnant woman pee so much?" "What does having a period feel like?" "What does oral mean?". Yeah, I skillfully dodged the last one, didn't want to even think about where THAT was going.
I'm taking her out again on Thursday. We're going to the cinema. The only place I can think of to limit the gush of verbal diarrhea.
Totally unrelated photos below, because "you can't take my photo, the spot on my forehead looks like Jessica's face. She's the class smelly girl. Grrrrrross". Eleven year olds are so supportive of each other aren't they.
Thursday, April 02, 2009
I will never ever do one of these again.
Hiatus over. Time to get back in the saddle and commit damn it.
As an ease in, I will do something that includes no brain power. A (dum dum deeeeeeeer) 'have you ever' meme. I hate memes, but blah, I also hate ..... give me a second...
"SHUT THE FUCK UP WOMAN!!"
..sorry, I swear to god, that woman downstairs has only one volume, that being 'shout like you are down the bottom of a 50 foot well and your life depends on it' volume. Makes. my. head. explode.
..right, where were we, ah yes, meme. Now how is that pronounced 'me' 'me'? 'mem' 'may'? 'me' may'? In my head it's always been 'mem' 'may', but heh, my head is not a head to swear by. Unless the thought has to do with say, the fornication of squirrels, then it's a given.
1). Taken a picture completely naked? Yes
2). Made out with a friend from MySpace/Facebook? No
3). Danced in front of your mirror naked? Frequently
4). Told a lie? Of course not ;)
5). Had feelings for someone who didn’t have them back? Yes, I'm looking at you Brandon Flowers
6). Been arrested? No, cautioned yes, read my rights no.
7). Made out with someone of the same sex? Yes, in a drunken stupor. She started it!
8). Seen someone die? Quite a few people.
9). Slept in until 5 P.M.? No
10). Had sex at work? Yes
11). Fallen asleep at work/school? No
12). Held a snake? Wow, random. Yes I've had a python around my neck. Yes I do mean a snake!
13). Ran a red light? Yes, but not on purpose.
14). Been suspended from school? No
15). Wrecked your car in an accident? Wrote of my 21st birthday car, 2 days after getting it!
16). Pole or strip danced? Only for an audience of one.
17). Smoked? Yes
18). Been fired from a job? No
19). Sang karaoke? Once or twice.
20). Done something you told yourself you wouldn’t? oh please, hasn't everyone?
21). Laughed until a drink came out of your nose? Yes, it it really necessary for anyone to know that?
22). Caught a snowflake on your tongue? every time it snows!
23). Kissed in the rain? Of course.
24). Sang in the shower? Yes, but not frequently
25). Given your private parts a nickname? Not my own, no.
26). Ever gone out without underwear? Of course.
27). Sat on a rooftop? No
28). Broken a bone? Too many to mention.
29). Mooned/flashed someone? No actually, I wouldn't have the balls.
30). Shaved your head? No
31). Slept naked? Only every night.
32). Played a prank on someone? What kind of question is this? God memes are shit.
33). Had a gym membership? Yes
34). Felt like killing someone? Whoever invented memes
35). Made your girlfriend/boyfriend cry? the ex? Yes
36). Cried over someone you were in love with? Everyone has, get a bit more inventive with the questions kid.
37). Had sex more than 10 times in one day? Oww, that's pushing it a bit!
38). Had Mexican Jumping Beans for pets? Oh shut up, now that's just stupid.
39). Been in a band? No
40). Subscribed to Maxim? Pffft! ( getting bored now)
41). Taken more than 10 shots of alcohol? You do stupid things abroad.
42). Shot a gun? Yes
43). Had sex today? In my head.
44). Played strip poker? Yes.
45). Tripped on mushrooms? No
46). Donated blood? I can't.
47). Video-taped yourself having sex? No
48). Eaten alligator meat? Alligator no, crocodile yes.
49). Eaten frog legs? Yes, slippy little suckers.
50). Jumped out of an airplane? Don't be daft.
51). Been to more than 10 countries? Yes
52). Ever wanted to have sex with a platonic friend? No
Monday, March 09, 2009
Thank you
This thank you is long overdue, but it is no less heartfelt than it was a month ago.
So many people helped me through the last couple of years, you know who you are, yes you, if you ever left a comment, sent an email, a card or a phone call then I'm talking about you. YOU made a difference and I am so grateful.
Things are OK, better than OK really. That is, if I don't talk/think/hear about him. I'm avoiding situations at the moment, excusing myself from conversations, changing the subject, bluntly telling people that I don't want to 'go there', avoiding coming to this blog! and that's OK, that's really OK, I'm fine with that.
Yes, some people tell me it's denial, some people think I should be wailing whilst holding a picture of him, and that's really sad for them, because they worry themselves for the day when it will, in their minds, knock me off my feet and I'll fall into a vat of despair. What a waste of energy for them, it makes me sad.
This being said, I am fully aware that this current feeling of .... whatever it is .... may not stick around, or that the punching pain that I last felt the day after he died may come back, or that one day I really will believe he's gone and I'm OK with that too, but I'm not preempting it and I'm not analysing it. If I'm not ready to feel anything much yet, that's just the way I need to be and if I never go through a so called 'process' then I obviously wasn't supposed too.
I am slowly working on getting a life back, making time for the thing I love. I never realised just how consuming the last 2 years have been. I'm ready to take on challenges, take risks, be carefree and spend time with friends that I value. I haven't felt this optimistic for a long, long time.
I've just had my hair done, spent some time in the woods with the sun on my face, followed by coffee with friends. Today has been fun, really really fun.
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