Bloody computer is on a go slow, trying to read all your blogs but it's just not opening them up argh!!!!!!!!!

Had a little mishap on Friday, as Biddie knows! I tried to wax my chin mmmmmmm not a good idea i can tell you! Well apart from it not working it peeled off a layer of skin ouch! I was left with a bright red chin! It hurt like hell and i looked a proper plonker!

Well the good news is it is nearly back to normal, just a bit red and i can promise that i will never try that at home again!

A bit of news for all of you who visit Jo, Ladydtd, me mate in Ireland, she will be back with us soon, she is moving back to England on the 6th Feb so is very busy packing and arranging the move, as soon as she has internet set up she will be back on our screens!

Been watching my favourate TV programme, Becker, don't know if anyone watches it but I think it is soooooo funny!

We usually like to take quite a few holidays through the year, as you might have gathered! But this year we have decided to save are money towards a holiday in Feb 2008 to West coast USA and Las Vegas, its an 11 day holiday, visiting San Francisco, Hollywood, Las Vegas and the best part the Grand Canyon. So we will see if we can keep away from the travel agents windows for the next 12 months! That is going to be difficult I can tell you!

Hey my grandon spoke to me on the phone yesterday, I was right giddy! He is 19 months old, he says "Hello" and it sounds really posh, then of course its all mumble jumble, well to me it was, but not to him he was probably telling me what he had been up to, then he says "ta-ta"! Here is a photo of him talking to the plants!

Well thats all I am off to try and read some of your blogs, computer willing!

Time for a laugh

One day, in line at the company cafeteria, Joe says to Mike behind him,
"My elbow hurts like hell. I guess I'd better see a doctor."

"Listen, you don't have to spend that kind of money," Mike replies.
"There's a diagnostic computer down at Wal-Mart.
Just give it a urine sample and the computer will tell you what's wrong and what to do about it.
It takes ten seconds and costs ten dollars . . . A lot cheaper than a doctor."

So, Joe deposits a urine sample in a small jar and takes it to Wal-Mart.
He deposits ten dollars, and the computer lights up and asks for the urine
sample.
He pours the sample into the slot and waits.
Ten seconds later, the computer ejects a printout:
"You have tennis elbow. Soak your arm in warm water and avoid heavy activity.
It will improve in two weeks.
Thank you for shopping @ Wal-Mart.

That evening, while thinking how amazing this new technology was, Joe began wondering if the computer could be fooled.

He mixed some tap water, a stool sample from his dog, urine samples from his wife and daughter, and a sperm sample for good measure.
Joe hurries back to Wal-Mart, eager to check the results.
He deposits ten dollars, pours in his concoction, and awaits the results.

The computer prints the following:
1. Your tap water is too hard. Get a water softener. (Aisle 9)
2. Your dog has ringworm. Bathe him with anti-fungal shampoo. (Aisle 7)
3. Your daughter has a cocaine habit. Get her into rehab.
4. Your wife is pregnant. Twins. They aren't yours. Get a lawyer.
5. If you don't stop playing with yourself, your elbow will never get better!
Thank you for shopping @ Wal-Mart!

Hope this brought a smile to your faces x

the Last Lot I Promise!

the following photos are of Matmata, the area where Star Wars was filmed

this is now a hotel, yes it is a Berber Cave and it is where they filmed Star Wars
i am not a fan but for those of you who are i hope you recognise some of the photos from the film

the bar


oops this one made it twice sorry!

the last photos are off the Atlas Mountains



well i promise thats your lot! hope you enjoyed coming with me to Tunisia!
next holiday will be somewhere completely different!

And There's More Photos!

The Berber Village of Matmata, the house's are dug out of the rock to escape the intense daytime heat, the rooms maintain an even temperature of 17C/63F throughout the year.

the kitchen

a bedroom

the store room with the rope for access

below is a Berber woman making bread, which we tasted and it was very nice

the 'bathroom'

the 'lounge'

it was truly amazing seeing these people and how they live, if i hadn't seen it for myslef i just would not have beleived that people choose to live in these 'caves', they were spotless and the people were very clean, it makes me appreciated all my home comforts!

a photo of an old village, the mosque is facing the wrong way!
cant remember where this one was taken but it sure is pretty!

and of course the Sahara Dessert!

Well thats your second batch of photos hope i am not boring you, i only have one more to post of photos to come and thats of Matmata, the area where Star Wars was filmed, and the hotel that they filmed in, which is also a Berber Cave, and the Atlas mountains

Tunisia photos

sunrise in Tunisia, how lovely is that!

Amphitheatre in El-Jem, built in 230-238 this is the world's 3rd largest Roman amphitheatre

and the best perserved Roman relic to be found in Africa

Bourguiba's sarcophagus in the mausoleum

Habib Bourguiba Mausoleum, inside contains the remains of Bourguiba and his family, Bourguiba was proclaimed the first president of Tunisia in 1956 after Tunisia regained its independence

remains of a Ribat (fortress) in Monastir, one of the oldest and best preserved in Tunisia, it was also used for scenes in Zeffirelli's Life of Christ and Monty Python's Life of Brian!

view from our hotel balcony

our hotel in Port el-Kantaoui

hope you enjoyed the above photos I will be posting some more in a few days, photos of Berbers, (non-Arab) people of North Africa, who still live in caves, i have photos of their 'homes'! truly amazing! and photos from Matmata where the filming of Star Wars was taken.

Until then enjoy and hope you are all well x

I do return

hi to you all i am back safe and sound be patient with me and i will post you some photos soon.

We had a great time, we had lots of sun and lots of fun! We went on a two day trip to the dessert and i went on a camel ride!

We met a great crowd of people, all of whom we will be keeping in touch with.

Had a coach crash, no one seriusly injured, just a few bruises and aches and pains, a lorry crashed into the back of our coach!

well here is a couple of photos, one of me dressed to go on me camel and a couple of the camel!

keep watching for some great photos coming soon!!!!!!

TTFN see you in a week

Well i am all packed and ready for my first holiday this year, off to Tunisia flying early Sunday morning so we have booked into a hotel at Manchester Airport.

Mr Milo is going to have a great holiday too as he is not going into kennels he will be spending the week with a friend, who has five dogs, Rupert, Gypsy, Billy, Barney and Jess, so he will be going for lots and lots of long walks, he wont even miss me!

I treated myself to a MP3 player, wow its great i have got Cliff, Elvis, Phil Colins, Dido, James Blunt, David Cassidy and Robbie Williams. I tried it out this morning when i took Mr Milo for his walk, it was 8am and not a soul to be seen on the fields, so there i was singing and dancing away, yep you got it a bloke appeared and looked at me as if i was strange, can you believe that, me strange!!!

Well i am going to try and have a read of all your blogs before i go, and then i got a suggestion for you all, why don't you all take a week off then i wont miss anything! LOL.

Ok ok i know that's selfish, oh well see ya all in just over a week, TTFN x

Adverts

had these sent to me thought you might all enjoy them!

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday to what would have been

the 72nd birthday of Elvis

just wish i could have seen Elvis in concert, he was one sexy man!

when we went to Knoxville, Tennesse i got so excited thinking we could just call to Memphis and go to Graceland, little did i know that it was just to far away to nip to! So for all of those that have either seen Elvis in concert or been to Graceland i envy you.

One week into 2007

Can you beleive we are already one week into the New Year!

Today is the 12th day of christmas or Epiphany, which i have just found out has two meanings: the first being the Christian festival commemorating the manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles in the persons of the Magi, observed on the 6th Jan, and the second the manifestation of a superhuman being, so there you go if you didn't already know that you do now!

So i have taken down the tree and the decorations and it looks so bare in my lounge now.

Well i am looking forward to my first holiday of the year to Tunisia we leave on the 14th Jan for one week, but i am a little upset in the fact that my clothes are just too tight ouch! I lost 3 stone last year and splashed out on a new wardrobe yipee but they are not going to fit me for this holiday, so i came up with a plan! All my 'fat' clothes are still too big, in which i am pleased about! But not wanting to buy some 'inbetween' size clothes i thought i would boil wash the fat clothes and put them in the dryer.

Well what i want to know is that when you don't want something to shrink it does and when you want something to shrink why the hell doesn't it!

So i will be travelling light as in not taking a lot of clothes with me! But i am sure it won't spoil my holiday, oh and i promise i will take the camera with me!