Roll on half term!! - Definitely - I am in need of some rest and a catch-up on all those things I can't fit into my day to day life!
This past couple of weeks have gone by pretty fast! We've had snow (yes SNOW! although not enough of it!), enjoyed a few drinks at the Swan after a particularly rough week at work (and Putin had his hair cut!! I was devastated - I LOVED the legoman/playmobile look!), a visit from Colin and Sonia (along with a lovely meal!), and visited my parents for my mum's birthday...amongst other things!
Monday night, while the guys were at the pub, Joey and I helped Lou with some painting. The Po's have done loads on their house since I last saw it! So Joey and I tacked the master bedroom while Louey enjoed the glossing (yes enjoyed...yes insane!) I spent some time being a glorified paint holder, Joey was comparing the Fratelli's 'Henrietta' to a musical (very good impersonation, but the comparison has completely left my brain!) while Louey said it was more Vic Reeves, and Lou became a 'superfreak' with her weird veiny hands (in the nicest possible way!)
I still have a mound of paperwork, and a to-do list a mile long...maybe it is meant to be that way? Who knows?
Comedy Quote:
Green Wing (S1?)
Mac: I'm assuming you've taken painkillers?
Caroline: I want something stronger. I want the stuff you use... to kill people.
Mac: Nope, saving all that for Guy.
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Monday, January 15, 2007
Sometimes life sucks.
OK, I spoke to soon. After feeling all chuffed and happy after all my hard work last week, I am now back to square 1...no, make that stuck in jail...do not pass go...do not collect £200...
Like I said, lots of hours, slaving away, feeling good that my 'to do' list was shrinking (somethings reappear every week, but I'd managed to get rid of things on the list that wouldn't reappear for some time!) only to be given a huge workload, twice the size of the original, and now I am drowning in a sea of paper...again...with no rubber ring to keep me afloat...or a lifeguard...
And I feel pretty crappy too...headache, dodgy tummy, stiff neck, exhausted...so, yeah, pretty pants. On a less 'Woh is me' note, spoke to my mum and she has spent the day in bed as she's ill....and that is unheard off (the last time being approximately 20 years ago when we all had chicken pox and she had shingles and nan had to come and look after us all! Get well soon Mo!
Like I said, lots of hours, slaving away, feeling good that my 'to do' list was shrinking (somethings reappear every week, but I'd managed to get rid of things on the list that wouldn't reappear for some time!) only to be given a huge workload, twice the size of the original, and now I am drowning in a sea of paper...again...with no rubber ring to keep me afloat...or a lifeguard...
And I feel pretty crappy too...headache, dodgy tummy, stiff neck, exhausted...so, yeah, pretty pants. On a less 'Woh is me' note, spoke to my mum and she has spent the day in bed as she's ill....and that is unheard off (the last time being approximately 20 years ago when we all had chicken pox and she had shingles and nan had to come and look after us all! Get well soon Mo!
Sunday, January 14, 2007
Lou's birthday.....and stuff
I have been very busy this week...and very good too, getting lots of schoolwork done (although I still have a worksheet backlog - still endeavouring to catch up from 'the move') and actually managing to cross things of my 'to do' list and feeling pretty chuffed with myself!
Friday night Carl and I vegged out with some red wine and watched ER that we'd taped the night before. Saturday, after a lie in and a lazy morning watching Scrubs on TV (love it - bit of a comedy fix so am happy!) I went shopping and coming back exhausted! No idea why!! So we had an early dinner (after a late breakfast!), more wine and DVDs! 1st we watched 4 Weddings and a Funeral (a Chrimbo pressie from the Putin's - thanks!) I had seen it many years ago and didn't think much to it, but I really enjoyed it now I am older and wiser!! Then, being early still, we decided to watch Elizabethtown (a rental) and it was pants. After 45mins we switched it off (and that's rare, normally I'll watch to the end for closure but I found it so uninspiring I couldn't be bothered!) and tried something else - The Triangle. It is a 3 part series. I was sceptical at first but enjoyed it...well part one anyway, then went to bed (sooo tired!) while Carl watched part 2.
Today I watched part 2 before being good and getting down to school work! This evening we celebrated Lou's birthday by having a meal at The Rising Sun somewhere on the A4! It was good to get together, celebrate Lou's 28th birthday, and get a visual update on Rossputin's hair - which Joey said is making him look more and more like a playmobile character!! Ha ha!
Thought of another fave GW quote: (Season 1 Ep 2)
Sue: Did you touch my squirrel?
He he...there are so many!!
Friday night Carl and I vegged out with some red wine and watched ER that we'd taped the night before. Saturday, after a lie in and a lazy morning watching Scrubs on TV (love it - bit of a comedy fix so am happy!) I went shopping and coming back exhausted! No idea why!! So we had an early dinner (after a late breakfast!), more wine and DVDs! 1st we watched 4 Weddings and a Funeral (a Chrimbo pressie from the Putin's - thanks!) I had seen it many years ago and didn't think much to it, but I really enjoyed it now I am older and wiser!! Then, being early still, we decided to watch Elizabethtown (a rental) and it was pants. After 45mins we switched it off (and that's rare, normally I'll watch to the end for closure but I found it so uninspiring I couldn't be bothered!) and tried something else - The Triangle. It is a 3 part series. I was sceptical at first but enjoyed it...well part one anyway, then went to bed (sooo tired!) while Carl watched part 2.
Today I watched part 2 before being good and getting down to school work! This evening we celebrated Lou's birthday by having a meal at The Rising Sun somewhere on the A4! It was good to get together, celebrate Lou's 28th birthday, and get a visual update on Rossputin's hair - which Joey said is making him look more and more like a playmobile character!! Ha ha!
Thought of another fave GW quote: (Season 1 Ep 2)
Sue: Did you touch my squirrel?
He he...there are so many!!
Thursday, January 11, 2007
Comedy Fix?
Hurrah! I finally got my Green Wing DVDs through the post (a week after dispatch!) I brought Season 2 over Christmas, as I HAD to see it in time for the Special (which I saw 3 times (!) with various people - and it got funnier each time I watched it.) So, I now have Season 1 and the special on DVD too. I have just watched the alternate ending, and I must say I prefer it to the actual one...it leaves it more open (for a new series...fingers crossed but I doubt it!) Rather than an alternate ending, it is more of an extended ending, with a more that one person up in the air!
I have to say, it is a bit sad that the powers that be said there is unlikely to be a 3rd season - I love Green Wing (such a funny show, so many hilarious scenes...if you haven't seen it...watch it now!), and shows like it (Spaced, Black Books etc) - they just stop too soon and there aren't enough of them. Where will I get my comedy fix now!?!?!? Answers on a postcard...(or in the comments :o)
One of my fave lines...(Season 1 Ep 3)
Mac: Join me again next week on this episode of let’s make no f**king sense at all when I’ll be waxing an owl.
I have to say, it is a bit sad that the powers that be said there is unlikely to be a 3rd season - I love Green Wing (such a funny show, so many hilarious scenes...if you haven't seen it...watch it now!), and shows like it (Spaced, Black Books etc) - they just stop too soon and there aren't enough of them. Where will I get my comedy fix now!?!?!? Answers on a postcard...(or in the comments :o)
One of my fave lines...(Season 1 Ep 3)
Mac: Join me again next week on this episode of let’s make no f**king sense at all when I’ll be waxing an owl.
Sunday, January 07, 2007
Happy 2007!
Before I write about the New Year celebrations, resolutions and any other -tions I can think of, I will tell you about the run up to New Year, including Christmas.
We spent Christmas day with my parents and Paul, Sarah and baby Joshua. We arrived home at 4ish Chrimbo eve and had a relaxing evening watching movies. Christmas day was lovely and chilled...I got some lovely pressies including Planet Earth on DVD and smellies and choccies...oh and lots of B&Q vouchers!! We popped over Paul and Sarah's for about an hour in the morning to see Joshua open our pressies to him - we got him a singing penguin for bathtimes which he liked (and we saw it in action at bathtime later on!!) Lunch was back at the bunglehouse and was delicious! I ate so much I must have looked like a football!! We went back over my brothers for tea and ended up playing Simpson Monopoly, where Paul thrashed the pants off us all!! We came back home Boxing day afternoon - which was a little weird, especially after mum getting mushy as we're not in Sandy anymore...
Between Christmas and New Year should be a time of relaxation, recuperation...and other a-ations as well...but no, not for us we've been DIY-ing!! Carl replaced the valve on the hot water pipe and we fixed the hole in the kitchen ceiling (it still needs finishing off but is far better than a gaping hole!!.) We have re-insulated the loft (thanks to the B&Q vouchers!!) and went through the boxes to try and get rid of stuff...we have so much stuff it is untrue - I am such a hoarder...and being a teacher really doesn't help!! So we brought crates to box things up properly. Carl then finished off the flooring in the loft (he did about 1/3 of the loft when we moved in and he is now replacing the bit near the hatch as that needed replacing - so about 1/2 the loft will be floored - lots of storage space!!) I was rather impressed with the amount of stuff I managed to bin/recycle/give to charity!
New Year celebrations were at Dave and Joey's for a 'night at the races.' It was the chance to dress up a bit posh and try to win some fake money on the horses. I was rubbish and lost lots - not as much as Putin though!! Dave and Lou seemed very good at picking winners and had lots of payouts! After midnight we all flagged a bit and ended up watching a programme about annoying celebrities...at about 2.30-3ish we came home, but needing to see who the number one annoying celeb was we had to watch the rest of the show and got to bed at 4.30am!!
Since New Year it is back to work :o( Finding the dark mornings particularly pants and really not wanting to get out of bed at all! On Saturday Chudders and I helped the Po's with their house. The main job was Carl helping Ross with the loft insulation and boarding up (as he is a pro now!) while Lou and I made trips to the tip, destroyed the kitchen (I love hammers!!) and constructed a fireplace...among other things. My fave moments were Lou and I dancing in spaces where cupboards had been, CP trying to pull a unit off the wall but only a bit came off in his hand - luckily I caught him, and Mr Po looking rather like a Teletubby (Po!) Then it was a curry, Green Wing Special (Boo Hoo! No more Green Wing!) and some Peep Show before going home to bed!
We spent Christmas day with my parents and Paul, Sarah and baby Joshua. We arrived home at 4ish Chrimbo eve and had a relaxing evening watching movies. Christmas day was lovely and chilled...I got some lovely pressies including Planet Earth on DVD and smellies and choccies...oh and lots of B&Q vouchers!! We popped over Paul and Sarah's for about an hour in the morning to see Joshua open our pressies to him - we got him a singing penguin for bathtimes which he liked (and we saw it in action at bathtime later on!!) Lunch was back at the bunglehouse and was delicious! I ate so much I must have looked like a football!! We went back over my brothers for tea and ended up playing Simpson Monopoly, where Paul thrashed the pants off us all!! We came back home Boxing day afternoon - which was a little weird, especially after mum getting mushy as we're not in Sandy anymore...
Between Christmas and New Year should be a time of relaxation, recuperation...and other a-ations as well...but no, not for us we've been DIY-ing!! Carl replaced the valve on the hot water pipe and we fixed the hole in the kitchen ceiling (it still needs finishing off but is far better than a gaping hole!!.) We have re-insulated the loft (thanks to the B&Q vouchers!!) and went through the boxes to try and get rid of stuff...we have so much stuff it is untrue - I am such a hoarder...and being a teacher really doesn't help!! So we brought crates to box things up properly. Carl then finished off the flooring in the loft (he did about 1/3 of the loft when we moved in and he is now replacing the bit near the hatch as that needed replacing - so about 1/2 the loft will be floored - lots of storage space!!) I was rather impressed with the amount of stuff I managed to bin/recycle/give to charity!
New Year celebrations were at Dave and Joey's for a 'night at the races.' It was the chance to dress up a bit posh and try to win some fake money on the horses. I was rubbish and lost lots - not as much as Putin though!! Dave and Lou seemed very good at picking winners and had lots of payouts! After midnight we all flagged a bit and ended up watching a programme about annoying celebrities...at about 2.30-3ish we came home, but needing to see who the number one annoying celeb was we had to watch the rest of the show and got to bed at 4.30am!!
Since New Year it is back to work :o( Finding the dark mornings particularly pants and really not wanting to get out of bed at all! On Saturday Chudders and I helped the Po's with their house. The main job was Carl helping Ross with the loft insulation and boarding up (as he is a pro now!) while Lou and I made trips to the tip, destroyed the kitchen (I love hammers!!) and constructed a fireplace...among other things. My fave moments were Lou and I dancing in spaces where cupboards had been, CP trying to pull a unit off the wall but only a bit came off in his hand - luckily I caught him, and Mr Po looking rather like a Teletubby (Po!) Then it was a curry, Green Wing Special (Boo Hoo! No more Green Wing!) and some Peep Show before going home to bed!
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