Monday

It's Monday, the day most of us don't enjoy, the first day back at work for some of us after having a wonderful (well hopefully) weekend!

We are having a lot of heavy rain and I am just praying for all of those who suffered with the flooding last year don't suffer more of the same, they must be so anxious I know I would be.

The weekend just flew by, went into the city with my friend and we decided to spend the evening at hers with a nice bottle or two of wine, just chilling and enjoying some girlie talk, not done this for ages, so we sure had fun. AND AND I DID NOT GET PISSED!!!! Yes it is true, so no one was disturbed by drunken phone calls!

Sunday I took Mr Milo to meet Molly in her new home, Molly of course was delighted, Mr Milo was his usual grumpy self! I can't believe that he will be 12 next month, just think the year after he will be a teenager, just hope he doesn't get as hormonal as the lad did when he got to that age, if he does I will be re homing him!!!!!!!!!! Might re home himself an all!!!!!!

It is now only four weeks away to our holiday in the States! Got our holiday insurance sorted, got me some Dollars, have e-mailed Redneck Nerdboy, who we will be meeting for coffee, he has been so helpful so thanks mate and see you soon!

We are off out for a Carvery tonight, celebrating but am not telling you what because it isn't mine to tell you, I am so cruel to you all really, will tell you in a few months, if I get permission!, and no it has nothing to do with babies or puppies!!!!

OK that's all folks, oh please just call over at DjKirkby's place she is celebrating a long awaited result.

My Survivor Needs Meme

I’ve been tagged for a meme by Rising Rainbow.

Rules of the “Survivor Needs” Meme:

Please link back to the originating meme at Survivors Can Thrive , so people can see its origins, get ideas for their own self-care list, see who’s already been tagged, and maybe we can track how far this meme goes.

List 25 needs and 5 wants. Try to restrict your needs list to things that have to do with being a survivor of some sort of abuse, assault, etc. Your list can be anything…you want! Use this list to remind yourself to get your needs met this New Year.

Pass on this meme and tag five people to play this meme with you.

I need:

1. to stop opening up the past
2. to like and love me
3. to speak my mind
4. to sleep ALL night
5. to trust myself
6. to stop comfort eating
7. to stop saying it is OK when it isn't
8. to stop wishing for the impossible
9. to show my feelings
10. to stop pretending I am happy all the time
11. lots of love and hugs
12. to see my son and grandson more
13. to take up a hobby
14. to start to socialise
15. to feel wanted
16. to be able to say NO
17. to take more care of myself
18. to feel safe in crowds
19. to spend more time with my friends
20. to listen and take heed of good advice
21. to stop feeling that I am being watched
22. to feel that strangers aren't talking about me
23. to widen my comfort zone
24. to look after me
25. to have my man and my dog by me always

I Want:

1. to stop cruelty to all humans and animals in the world.
2. for everyone to feel safe and loved
3. to eat less
4. to be me
5. to have no money worries
   

I need to pass this on to 5 people, some of the people who I would like to ask to take part do not blog, but I will ask them to do this - so I ask Biddie, Marmitey, Elizabeth, Trish, SH and SB.

1 - 2 - 3

Things break in three's so they say, well I am inclined to believe it!
1 - The toaster packed in, no worries toasters aren't too dear to buy, so new one bought and toast is now popping up as it should do!!
2 - Washer stopped spinning, well it probably stopped washing as well really! Now looking back we did go to buy a new washer in the January sales LAST year, but hey we came back with a bargain holiday to Tunisia instead, so really I knew the washer was starting to misbehave, and it was on borrowed time! But I am not ready to part with it just yet, I mean washers are not cheap, and this one is getting on in years, but even so I WILL NOT BE BULLIED BY A WASHER! So as I have my white goods insured with British Gas I gave them a ring on Saturday and a very nice man came out on the Monday and low and behold he fixed it there and then, a loose wire on the motor. Yippee, so hopefully we can get another year out of the old cantankerous, noisy washer!
3 - The microwave decided that it was over worked, yes I am ashamed to say I use my microwave a lot! Himself only knows when tea is ready if he hears 'ping, ping, ping'! So a new one had to be bought IMMEDIATELY!!!

Well at least I know I can relax now as that is my three out of the way!

Anyway it's fish and chips for tea tonight, and yes that will be with mushy peas too!!!!!

Friendship

"True" Friendship
None of that Sissy Crap.
Are you tired of those sissy "friendship" poems that always sound good, but never actually come close to reality?
Well, here is a series of promises that actually speak of true friendship.
You will see no cutesy little smiley faces on this card-
Just the stone cold truth of our great friendship.
1. When you are sad -- I will help you get drunk and plot revenge against the fu**ing bastard who made you sad.
2. When you are blue -- I will try to dislodge whatever is choking you.
3. When you smile -- I will know you got laid.
4. When you are scared -- I will take the piss out of you about it, every chance I get.
5. When you are worried -- I will tell you horrible stories about how much worse it could be until you quit whinging.
6. When you are confused -- I will use little words.
7. When you are sick -- Stay away from me until you are well again. I don't want whatever you have.
8. When you fall -- I will point and laugh at your clumsy ass.
9. This is my oath.... I pledge it to the end.
"Why?" you may ask;
"because you are my friend".
Friendship is like peeing your pants, everyone can see it, but only you can feel the true warmth.
Send this to 10 of your closest friends, Then get depressed because you can only think of 4!

Beccy's Tag

Thank you to Beccy for tagging me, I love most tags as it gives me something to blog about as you know me I don't usually have much to say!

The rules:
Post 5 links to 5 of your previously written posts. The posts have to relate to the 5 key words given (family, friend, yourself, your love, anything you like).
Tag 5 other friends to do this meme.
Try to tag at least 2 new acquaintances (if not, your current blog buddies will do) so that you get to know them each a little bit better.

Don’t forget to read the archived post and leave comments.

My family post has to be this one, if you know me you will understand why and if you don't well aren't you the lucky ones!!!

Friends, oh so many, many friends both in the real world and in this wonderful world of blogging, so after a lot of re reading my posts this is the one I would like to share with you all again. This girl means so much to me, unfortunately she is no longer blogging, she has had a real bad time but I love her so much, and I so regret the years we were apart.

Now why would you want to re-read something about me! Are you sure you want to do this? Do you want to see that photo that Swampy made me do? Remember it, it is not pretty, or it could be the one about useless facts about me? Or even the drunken me? Mmm OK lets have a real laugh here and go for the photo, but just be warned it is not pretty!

Ah my love, this has to be the easiest for me as my love has been my life for 28 years.

So what are thinking I should show you for the anything else bit? This one is not easy, I would love to re show you my little fella, and the lad, but have promised that there will be no more photos of them, then the next in pecking order has to be Mr Milo, we all love Mr Milo, I mean he has even managed to post his own meme, remember that one? What do you mean NO, well it's about time you had another look at this then!

Now then I have to tag 5 of you lovely lot now, not easy to do as I know how many of you are not into tagging, so will try and pick those who usually play along.

For the 2 newish acquaintances, I have a little confession here, I add people to my Google Reader account and forget to add them to my links, so sorry will amend this real soon.

So get ready and now look for your name:

Alf, Betty, Gawilli, DJkirkby and It's Her. Not upset if you don't want to play, but let me know if and when you do the tag. Have fun now!

Ha ha that's naughty of me really because you won't be able to access the last link, it is my private blog, just maybe one day it will become public you never know!

Phew at Last

Well I just can't believe that we are 12 days into the year 2008! Seeing as I have spent the best part of this year ill I feel I want to start it all afresh!

Pleased to tell you all that I now fell well enough to start returning back to a normal life, well as normal as normal is for me anyway!

Have been doing my best to catch up with you all, but if I have not yet done so I apologise and will promise to do better, honest I will.

As I said I have managed to lose some weight whilst I have been laid up in bed, but I am now back to eating although I am going to eat sensible and see if I can keep the weight off and managed to lose more, and I do mean lots and lots more! Well for the next 6 weeks at least until the long awaited holiday to the States starts, and then I am afraid I will be planning on eating and eating especially stakes and cheesecakes and all the food that you are all going to tell me is so so good and a must to try so go ahead and tell me what to eat then please!


Something strange has happened, well I think it is anyway! When I was ill I had a day or two of feeling sick and queasy so I got me some Tonic water to drink to help settle my tummy, now I hate tonic water but I drank it and it did work, the thing is now I love it, how strange is that then? I am drinking a bottle a day of ice cold slimline tonic water! Yes Sal it is true!


Now if you all can remember the trouble I am having with my right ear, you know the 'glue ear thingy' I mentioned here, well the hospital have now decided as they are not sure what to do or how to treat it they are sending me for a CT scan of my head to see what shows up, which will be great as it will prove once and for all that I do have a brain! I have this scan on Monday and should get the results about two weeks later, or when I can get an appointment at the ENT clinic, which reminds me I am supposed to ring them up and book the appointment oops best do that then.

Well the housework has not been done now for a few weeks so I should try and push the vacuum cleaner around and get the polish and duster out, but then again it could wait for another day or two surely?!

Alrighty then I am off to erm to erm to erm well to maybe do nothing, so catch you all later, have a good weekend everyone.

BED

Thank you all again for keep calling by to see how I am, and sorry for not responding to your comments or for visiting your blogs. I did go to work and managed two days but then I became really ill and had to go to bed where I have been since Tuesday till Thursday dinner time! I just slept and slept and slept, so fingers crossed I am now recovering.

I promise that next week I will call and see you all and that normal services will be resumed, until then take care everyone and if you are unlucky enough to get flu please stay at home in bed and recover fully before going back to work, in other words 'Do as i say not as I do'!!!

BOO

Thank you everyone for calling by and wishing me well.

The mouth ulcers are still causing me a lot of trouble, I can't eat much at all, have had yogurts and soup, but the soup can only be tepid and it is not nice!!! One good thing is that I have lost the extra pounds I put on over the Christmas holidays, mind you I do not recommend illness to lose weight!

The flu, well I did behave myself and stayed in for four days, honest I did, well OK I nipped out on Sunday for an hour, unfortunately I had to go to work today, as I only work four hours a day I thought I would be fine, well I was really but it just floored me, after two hours I was dead beat, yeah I know I should stay at home but with the big holiday just around the corner I really can not afford to lose any pay. I would get sickness pay but would lose the first three days, which is almost one weeks pay.

Anyway I can home from work and went straight to bed and will be in bed soon for the night. So all in all I am on the mend and resting as much as I can.

A question for you, where does the saying 'As weak as a kitten' come from? Yes I feel as weak as a kitten, but just wish I also had the energy as a kitten, they are full of life and I sure could do with a bit of their energy!!!!!

OK then just going to try and see what you have all been up too and then it is off to that lovely comfy bed of mine, we have become real good friends these past few days!

Not Back Yet

Thought I would call and let you know I went to the doctors and was sent straight back home to bed, I have got flu! Have never had flu before, in fact I always thought that flu was a bad cold, how wrong am I, he said it usually lasts about 5 days and yesterday sounded like my worst day, but to stay in bed and take paracetamol. And the mouth ulcers are also down to being run down too, so that's me then I am off to rest.

AWOL

Just a quickie to let you know I am going to be AWOL for a while!

I am not feeling very well, got an appointment with the doctors on Friday, think I am just a wee bit run down, I ache from head to toe, got a mouth full of ulcers, got pains in my tummy it hurts to drink and eat, I just want to curl up in bed with a good book!

So talk amongst yourselves and I will let you know when I am back.

TTFN