29th May 2010

Well...I have neglected writing on here for some time!

I have been busy and have spent much less time sat at my computer. We decided to do some work on the garden and the sun has been out...we have made it look much nicer and bought new table and chairs. We have dismantled the old shed and today we are putting up a new one.

We found out that a neighbour of ours, whose son is a friend of our eldest, is a landscape gardener so we got a quote for the front garden and greed for it to be done. It took 4 days and was finished yesterday. It went from being really old falling apart crazy paving on one side and weeds and overgrown mess on the other - to the picture that I will post on here soon!. Made me realise that you can do all sorts of cool improvements if you have some money! Unfortunately we don't have the money to do everything we would want to do!

Work has been really busy and a little stressful but I suppose I like it like that - its just nice to have the occasional morning or afternoon where you can a chill-ax a little and I haven't been able to do that for a while. I move roles soon...I am just starting my 5 rest days, then I go back in for 2 days, have 2 days off then have 5 days training in Guildford, then I go back to my old department for a week, then do an attachment (or shadow ppl) with my new department, then go to EGYPT FOR TWO WEEKS (I would have that flashing in colour if I could) then I start in my new role properly. I am really worried that I wont like it as much as I like my current role...but I'll have to wait and see!

My twins left school yesterday...I am officially old!! All my children are no longer at school (my work here is done...) The twins still have revision and exams to do, but they don't have to go to school on a day to day basis any more. They both have places in different collages in September so that's gonna be a whole new load of stress I assume.

I decided to join weight-watchers on Wednesday - the on-line version I don't think I could stomach the group meetings, I've done it before and found them to be patronising and a money making scheme to sell as many weight-watchers products as possible. However, I needed a new incentive on my diet and I wasn't losing any weight and I have a personal trainer who weighs me every 4 weeks and its embarrassing when I don't lose anything! Plus I have just under 5 weeks until I go away and it would be good if I could lose 5-7lb or something (MORE) by the time I go away. However...I am STARVING.......it had better work for that reason alone.

My OH had laser eye surgery just over a week ago. It was traumatic! He has always had bad eye sight and has had to wear glasses since being a kid and its a pain in the butt. I am always worried about his glasses getting broken and him being blind (not literally) and when we go diving he cant wear them so that must be annoying for him, he cant just pick out sun glasses like I can etc. etc. So he was brave enough to go through with the laser eye surgery and it was pretty awful afterwards, he couldn't open his eyes and it was quite painful. The surgery was fine apparently - no pain or anything. Each day got a bit better and now he can see really well and manages without glasses but still has a bit of blurriness, but only because his eyes are still healing. It is amazing really - he had an eye test and has better than 20/20 vision! Cool!

Anyhow, I need food badly....until next time....

16th May 2010

Its my birthday. I am suffering a little from last nights antics! The OH, Yvonne and Stuart and I went to Kingston Upon Thames. We went to an all-you-can-eat Chinese place and then went bowling. The food was good and plenty...Stuart made me laugh afterwards saying you never get enough to eat at these all-you-can-eat restaurants! We went bowling and had a good laugh and dance at the same time. Somehow we made 3 games last all night. I think we were the last ppl out of the place. I think I lost each game, but I can take it! I'm not very competitive...I'm only saying that so that the ppl that know me will think 'yeah right!'

My eldest picked us up from Kingston and put on his booming music in the car - there were no lyrics so me and Yvonne made our own...in gangster style...I think it is safe to safe that we totally embarrassed ourselves in front of my son! Its not very good is it, being a drunkard in front of my 18 year old - I'm not a very good influence! At least we were all laughing lots and not stupidly drunk!

We got home and played cards - I won!! hahahaha!!! - (just pretending to be competitive!) and we went to bed at about 5am!!

Today we all felt a little rough so I made a huge breakfast of egg, bacon, sausage, tomato, mushrooms, beans and toast -which made us all feel a lot better!!

Then I got loads of pressies!! The OH got me a diving watch/computer, and diving weights, and wide angle lens for my camera, jewellery, a very special brandy, and fantastic massage thingy that you put on your chair which is truly special, a tripod and a bag for my camera, and cool bakery book, oh...a puzzle ball gamey thingy - and a sphere experience (where you roll down a hill in a big ball thing!! So basically I was completely spoilt!!!

The twins got me flowers and eldest got me chocolates! Yvonne and Stuart got me a bracelet and books (books that she claims she lent me and I lost - but really she never lent them to me in the first place and we argue about it all the time but I have no doubt whatsoever that she never lent them to me and I could slap her when she claims that she did!!)

My mum got me lots of spices and a container to keep them all in - mainly for Indian cooking cos she knows we love making curries!

Basically everything was ace!!

I went back to bed for a couple of hours this afternoon - and I still haven't recovered properly from last night...Its 20:49 and I am waiting for take-out to be delivered...

So - I now enter my last year in my thirties...sob...I am NOT looking forward to being 40!!

4th May 2010

Morning...well its actually afternoon - but morning to me as I haven't been up very long!

I have had a few busy days...I have been on my 5 days off - I went out on Friday night with my OH and Yvonne and Stuart - I had arranged to go out with the OH to celebrate the job offer he has just got (although not taken as yet) and I saw Yvonne at work who said that she and Stuart would come along although they were both working the next day so Stuart was driving. We had a good laugh and it was great to feel back to normal with Yvonne because last time I saw her at work she seemed like she was having a go at me, she was tetchy, and although I couldn't put my finger on what it was I got the impression she was annoyed at me.

Friday night was just fun and we had a few laughs...so that was great.

Saturday we decided to go to Westfield in Shepperds Bush, which is a massive shopping centre with all kinds of shoe and clothes shops from Gucci to Coast to Bench to Next... we spent a small fortune!! However it has been a long time since we bought clothes, and it was the first time ever we just bought stuff without worrying about how much it cost (although we didn't quite stretch to Versace and Prada - that's just silly money, and pretty yucky stuff if you ask me!!)

I did my usual thing and forgot that I cant whisper, which has got me into trouble a few times - like the time in Manchester when I was very drunk and 'whispered' OMG look at the state of her with all that gold on, she looks pathetic! (or words to that effect) and she turned to me and demanded 'WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY???' and I said....'I said you look very nice....' and I got ready to be battered but my friends managed to get me away.

well, on Saturday we were in the Armani shop, and the OH nudges me and nods towards a couple that looked ridiculous. They were about 60 years old and she had blonde, red and green hair, and fur shawl thing on and all sorts of layers and weird stuff - he had what little grey hair he had left spiked up and looked as bad as she did. You could tell that what they wore was very expensive but they basically just embarrassed themselves...and I 'whispered', "Well they must have won the lottery because if they had been born into money they would have much more class" and then I realised that the man must have heard me...if looks could kill!!! he stared at me without blinking or looking away with this evil smirk on his face - he did this the whole time he was in the shop! I obviously hit a nerve. LOL

I just hope he took a long look in the mirror - I may have done him a favour.

Okay...I sound like a complete bitch now don't I?!

Anyway - we had such a good time spending money and buying stuff on Saturday that we went back and did it again on Sunday!! We wont be doing it again for a while though lol - I'll have to save up!

We went out with Yvonne and Stuart again on Sunday night and they were staying over so it was a proper night out - we only go locally so we can walk home. Yvonne was not herself at all, I think she is very stressed at the moment - she was laughing one minute then getting upset...I'm sure it will pass she just has worries at the moment. If she has a problem with me I'm very sure she will tell me soon...it wouldn't be like her not to. They stayed over and yesterday everything was fine and we had a lazy day and Sunday Lunch.

Today I am thinking Oopps, I haven't been to the gym, I have been drinking alcohol and I have a PT session tomorrow!! So I am officially RUBBISH at staying healthy and not drinking and sticking to my diet and going to the gym...but as usual I will just start over again. I am sat in my gym kit and will definitely go sometime today.

Anyway - gonna have the coffee that my OH has lovingly made for me - then we shall go to the gym!!