In January this year we had 3 cars parked outside. My sporty job, the family car and Better Halves company 4x4.
Thinking there was no need for this situation we got rid of the family car and I traded in my sports car for a 4x4 of my own. So we became a 2 car family once more. It was all good.
However...
Better Half changed job and the company car was no more. All of a sudden we were a one car family and christ it has been a hassle! I live about 8 miles outside of Edinburgh in a village and it's not the best place on earth to be when you don't have a car all day. Better Half has been taking our sole remaining vehicle to work all day leaving me (during the kids holiday's I might add) without wheels.
I am now pleased to report that I am back in business! Better Half has got a new car and we are again a 2 car family! Of course seeing as how he got a new car I wanted one as well and so the 4x4 we currently have is today being replaced with a new 4x4 for me! So it's goodbye to my lovely Japanese imported turbo diesel, with japanese Sat Nav and Japanese TV - none of which I can understand and hello to my new black 4x4 with UK Sat Nav, DVD player and Leather Seats.
Happy? I think I am! Keeping it for any decent length of time? I intend to but we'll see! We've had 10 cars in 5 years!
Oh and happy days also to my wee sis who has traded in her little 1 litre Daewoo (Dad used to say he had had Lawnmowers with more power!!) for a nice shiny new Peugeot.
What my Dad would think about us spending our inheritance on cars I don't know - he'd probably be fairly happy. Dad was the sort that liked to get a new car himself...I can guarantee that if he'd been here and my sister, better half and I were all buying new cars he'd soon have followed suit...with that in mind I can only wonder how long it will be before Mum is trading in her Tony Toyota for a new model.
Jenny xx
Saturday, August 20, 2005
Another One Bites The Dust...
I attended my second funeral of the year yesterday. Not bad going considering my attendance rates at funeral's last year!
A family we have known for a good few years lost their leader yesterday when Husband and Dad Geo died just 10 weeks after finding out he had cancer.
He was a nice man and it is really sad that he had to end his life suffering the way he did. It also a damn shame that his family had to watch him waste away like that in pain. No-one deserves to be put through that. We wouldn't let it happen to a dog, yet law dictates that we should allow ourselves and our loved one's to suffer even when all hope is lost. That can't right.
Cancer is a horrible illness that will affect one in three of the British population at some time in their lives. It is an indiscriminate illness which picks it's victims at random. Geo had very little in the way of symptoms that he was carrying this plague in him. They say that there are things we can do to lessen our chances of having cancer. Eat healthily, stop smoking and drinking and lead an active life. Tell that to the family of my Brother in Law. Bridget, his Mother, is now dead as a result of Cancer. She never smoked in her life, very rarely drunk if at all, kept her weight at a healthy level and had an active life.
Yesterday they told women that if we eat chips just once a week or risk of getting breast cancer rises by 27%. My personal response? Bullshit.
They would be better off trying to find the cure for this disease than wasting millions telling us not to eat chips once a week. I still cannot believe that we can send man to the moon, make cloned babies, catch mass murderers through a cigarette end left at a crime scene but we still cannot find a really effective answer to cancer.
Sadly until we do many more families will have to go through the same pain watching their relatives try and fight this horrible disease. I pray (selfishly) that one of these families is not mine and I pray that it is not yours either.
R.I.P Geo.
Jenny xx
A family we have known for a good few years lost their leader yesterday when Husband and Dad Geo died just 10 weeks after finding out he had cancer.
He was a nice man and it is really sad that he had to end his life suffering the way he did. It also a damn shame that his family had to watch him waste away like that in pain. No-one deserves to be put through that. We wouldn't let it happen to a dog, yet law dictates that we should allow ourselves and our loved one's to suffer even when all hope is lost. That can't right.
Cancer is a horrible illness that will affect one in three of the British population at some time in their lives. It is an indiscriminate illness which picks it's victims at random. Geo had very little in the way of symptoms that he was carrying this plague in him. They say that there are things we can do to lessen our chances of having cancer. Eat healthily, stop smoking and drinking and lead an active life. Tell that to the family of my Brother in Law. Bridget, his Mother, is now dead as a result of Cancer. She never smoked in her life, very rarely drunk if at all, kept her weight at a healthy level and had an active life.
Yesterday they told women that if we eat chips just once a week or risk of getting breast cancer rises by 27%. My personal response? Bullshit.
They would be better off trying to find the cure for this disease than wasting millions telling us not to eat chips once a week. I still cannot believe that we can send man to the moon, make cloned babies, catch mass murderers through a cigarette end left at a crime scene but we still cannot find a really effective answer to cancer.
Sadly until we do many more families will have to go through the same pain watching their relatives try and fight this horrible disease. I pray (selfishly) that one of these families is not mine and I pray that it is not yours either.
R.I.P Geo.
Jenny xx
Friday, August 19, 2005
Happy and Sad...
Whilst I was glad to hear the ringing of the school bell on Tuesday, I was also a little sad.
The reason for this was that 5 year old started school. My little baby boy became a big school boy.
Off he went in shirt, tie, big boy's trousers and blazer with a school bag almost as big as he is to join the ranks at the local primary.
There were 28 new Primary One's going in this year and the playground heaving with Mum's & Dad's, Granny's, Grandad's and Auntie's all armed with Camera's and Video Camera's to capture their respective loved one's first day at school for prosperity.
Here's one from our family album!
All 28 of them lined up when the bell went and their new teacher came to meet them and escort them into school. "Say goodbye to your Mum's and Dad's" She said and there was a collective shout of "Bye Mum, Bye Dad" from them all before they all climbed the stairs to begin their first day. Each of them calmly walking into school without so much as a backward glance leaving their Mum's reaching for the hankies!!
5 year old has been desperate to be a big school boy since his best friend started last August so he seemed fair chuffed to be getting his wish at last. I was a little choked up to see him in the uniform but more choked up about the fact that neither his Grandad nor his Gran Isa were still around to see him. Without doubt they would have both been there, camera's in hand, proud as punch! Still he had Mum, Dad, Gran, Auntie Gill and his cousins all waving him off!
He's now finished his first week and seems to still be enjoying it all but of course it's still a novelty...I wonder how they'd feel if they had any concept of time yet and realised they had to go to school for at least the next 11 years!!
Mind you 5 year old seems to have cracked it...there are 9 boys in the class and 19 girls so he'll be spoiled for choice when he gets a bit older!!
Jenny xx
The reason for this was that 5 year old started school. My little baby boy became a big school boy.
Off he went in shirt, tie, big boy's trousers and blazer with a school bag almost as big as he is to join the ranks at the local primary.
There were 28 new Primary One's going in this year and the playground heaving with Mum's & Dad's, Granny's, Grandad's and Auntie's all armed with Camera's and Video Camera's to capture their respective loved one's first day at school for prosperity.
Here's one from our family album!
All 28 of them lined up when the bell went and their new teacher came to meet them and escort them into school. "Say goodbye to your Mum's and Dad's" She said and there was a collective shout of "Bye Mum, Bye Dad" from them all before they all climbed the stairs to begin their first day. Each of them calmly walking into school without so much as a backward glance leaving their Mum's reaching for the hankies!!
5 year old has been desperate to be a big school boy since his best friend started last August so he seemed fair chuffed to be getting his wish at last. I was a little choked up to see him in the uniform but more choked up about the fact that neither his Grandad nor his Gran Isa were still around to see him. Without doubt they would have both been there, camera's in hand, proud as punch! Still he had Mum, Dad, Gran, Auntie Gill and his cousins all waving him off!
He's now finished his first week and seems to still be enjoying it all but of course it's still a novelty...I wonder how they'd feel if they had any concept of time yet and realised they had to go to school for at least the next 11 years!!
Mind you 5 year old seems to have cracked it...there are 9 boys in the class and 19 girls so he'll be spoiled for choice when he gets a bit older!!
Jenny xx
Back To School
It lasted 7 weeks and 1 day in my neck of the woods.
It involved tears, tantrums, juggling of schedules, many a trip to the cinema, the beach and various other Landmarks. It involved spending too much money and inevitably a trip to Blackpool.
It was the school summer holidays.
But Hurrah for they are now over!!! At 8.50am on Tuesday 16th August the Mother's of Kirknewton (and many other places no doubt!!) breathed a collective sigh of relief as the school bell rang.
Jenny xx
It involved tears, tantrums, juggling of schedules, many a trip to the cinema, the beach and various other Landmarks. It involved spending too much money and inevitably a trip to Blackpool.
It was the school summer holidays.
But Hurrah for they are now over!!! At 8.50am on Tuesday 16th August the Mother's of Kirknewton (and many other places no doubt!!) breathed a collective sigh of relief as the school bell rang.
Jenny xx
Thursday, August 18, 2005
Back From Wherever...
Jeez. Haven't been on here for a while. Not that you'd have noticed unless you read this regularly. Haven't felt the need to write anything in the last week or so but I'm back now and gearing up to blog away and make up for lost time.
Exactly what I'll be writing about is as yet a mystery to me but there have been a few events in recent days that should be logged (or is that blogged??) and exactly when I will begin to write them up is also a mystery. Right now I can't be arsed filling in the gaps of last week but it's hugely possible that I might just do some typing tonight.
Might see ya then.
Jenny xx
Exactly what I'll be writing about is as yet a mystery to me but there have been a few events in recent days that should be logged (or is that blogged??) and exactly when I will begin to write them up is also a mystery. Right now I can't be arsed filling in the gaps of last week but it's hugely possible that I might just do some typing tonight.
Might see ya then.
Jenny xx
Monday, August 08, 2005
Watched The Video...
Sat down with 5 year old and 8 year old last night and watched the video of my Tree performance for Scottish Television back in 1985.
Absolute class. The kids were in hysterics as the close up of me came on the screen. They were rolling around laughing. I must admit I got the giggles a bit myself. One thing became totally apparent to me while watching though...5 year old doesn't half look like his Mum!
Better was to come though when I found a video marked "camcorder". We put it on and spent the next hour ending ourselves as various family gatherings appeared on screen. My wedding, 8 year old as a newborn, my Niece's first birthday, 8 year old's first birthday, and various "taken for the hell of it" moments in between.
The main reason the kids found this funny was looking at what I and my sister were wearing and our hairstyles. Given this tape is only 9 years old, I am disgusted at the state of us both. My hair is scarliy short and my Sister's hair resembles an old english sheepdog! Thank god we've found straighteners! There can be no excuse though for wearing white trousers with heeled shoes...ever! Still we weren't alone, everyone looked dodgy in the video.
At least it gave the kids a good laugh.
On a more subdued note, it was a strange experience watching it again. It's the first time I've seen my Dad in the flesh if you like or heard his voice since he died. It was strangely calming and made it seem like he'd never gone at all. There is also footage of my Sister's Mother-In-Law who died just 7 months before Dad. She looks so healthy and to hear her distintive Irish lilt on the tape again was nice.
They may be embarrasssing these old videos but they do hold a lot of memories and it was nice to see it.
I'll away and put it back for another decade now!
Jenny xx
Absolute class. The kids were in hysterics as the close up of me came on the screen. They were rolling around laughing. I must admit I got the giggles a bit myself. One thing became totally apparent to me while watching though...5 year old doesn't half look like his Mum!
Better was to come though when I found a video marked "camcorder". We put it on and spent the next hour ending ourselves as various family gatherings appeared on screen. My wedding, 8 year old as a newborn, my Niece's first birthday, 8 year old's first birthday, and various "taken for the hell of it" moments in between.
The main reason the kids found this funny was looking at what I and my sister were wearing and our hairstyles. Given this tape is only 9 years old, I am disgusted at the state of us both. My hair is scarliy short and my Sister's hair resembles an old english sheepdog! Thank god we've found straighteners! There can be no excuse though for wearing white trousers with heeled shoes...ever! Still we weren't alone, everyone looked dodgy in the video.
At least it gave the kids a good laugh.
On a more subdued note, it was a strange experience watching it again. It's the first time I've seen my Dad in the flesh if you like or heard his voice since he died. It was strangely calming and made it seem like he'd never gone at all. There is also footage of my Sister's Mother-In-Law who died just 7 months before Dad. She looks so healthy and to hear her distintive Irish lilt on the tape again was nice.
They may be embarrasssing these old videos but they do hold a lot of memories and it was nice to see it.
I'll away and put it back for another decade now!
Jenny xx
Sunday, August 07, 2005
Confused Dot Com
If you live outside the UK you may well haev no idea what the hell I'm talking about...but there is an advert here for a Car Insurance Broker called Confused.com.
The advert is highly annoying and features a man shouting loudly how "looking for cheaper car insurance drives him mad" and saying "Confused dot com" a lot in a very annoying manner.
Turns out that this man is my Uncle's Cousin...bloody hell.
Now how I can't be related to a man who is related to Robbie Williams I don't know...instead I am related to a man who is related to the mosty annoying thing on Tv after Crazy Fucking Frog!! Typical.
Of course things are different if you're a child. 8 year old loves the advert, knows it almost word for word and is thoroughly chuffed that her Great Uncle is related to the man in the advert. She's telling all her friends and they think it's like waaay coool.
I wonder how cool 8 year old and her friends will find me when they learn I too have been a Tv star. I'm off to rake out the video of me appearing in a school's programme. I get a big close up as well that's definitely Waaay coool. I do the best impression of a tree in school uniform you've ever seen.
Yes you did read that right. I was performing a "dance, mime scene" to classical music in school uniform. My role was that of a tree in a forest which closes in around innocent young children wandering along through a forrest! My school was a big highlight in the STV Schools Programme schedule of Autumn 1985. No jokes please about wooden acting!
Of course it's not my only bruch with fame whilst at school. I have also been seen by an audience of Millions on Tv when I took part in the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony in 1986. I was seen dancing in the stadium as part of a big choreographed number and running through the streets of Edinburgh before hand!
Now how cool will that be to 8 year old I wonder...I imagine it will be waaay uncooool!!
Jenny xx
The advert is highly annoying and features a man shouting loudly how "looking for cheaper car insurance drives him mad" and saying "Confused dot com" a lot in a very annoying manner.
Turns out that this man is my Uncle's Cousin...bloody hell.
Now how I can't be related to a man who is related to Robbie Williams I don't know...instead I am related to a man who is related to the mosty annoying thing on Tv after Crazy Fucking Frog!! Typical.
Of course things are different if you're a child. 8 year old loves the advert, knows it almost word for word and is thoroughly chuffed that her Great Uncle is related to the man in the advert. She's telling all her friends and they think it's like waaay coool.
I wonder how cool 8 year old and her friends will find me when they learn I too have been a Tv star. I'm off to rake out the video of me appearing in a school's programme. I get a big close up as well that's definitely Waaay coool. I do the best impression of a tree in school uniform you've ever seen.
Yes you did read that right. I was performing a "dance, mime scene" to classical music in school uniform. My role was that of a tree in a forest which closes in around innocent young children wandering along through a forrest! My school was a big highlight in the STV Schools Programme schedule of Autumn 1985. No jokes please about wooden acting!
Of course it's not my only bruch with fame whilst at school. I have also been seen by an audience of Millions on Tv when I took part in the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony in 1986. I was seen dancing in the stadium as part of a big choreographed number and running through the streets of Edinburgh before hand!
Now how cool will that be to 8 year old I wonder...I imagine it will be waaay uncooool!!
Jenny xx
Friday, August 05, 2005
New Lifestyle Update...
I was you may recall going to start my new healthy eating regime this past Monday. That didn't happen - there is a good reason though. I had recently done a big shop so the cupboards and fridge were teeming with "bad" foods and it would be a waste not to have polished them off before beginning this new adventure!
However, I did pop along to Tesco on Wednesday night to fill up the trolley with all the "good" foods Dr Gillian says I need to be eating. I whizzed past the biscuits, cheesecakes, crisps and wine and filled the trolley with sweet pototoes, leeks, carrots and butternut squash and £100 later headed home.
My fridge looks fantastic - packed to the gunnels with fresh veggies.
Yesterday I began the new eating thing in earnest. Breakfast was a fruit smoothie, Lunch was homemade organic lentil and carrot soup with lettuce wraps and dinner was vegetable chilli casserole and wholegrain rice, with a litre and a half of water for good measure...sound lovely eh? To be honest it's a shit load different from a normal days diet - no breakfast, no lunch and pasta for dinner with crisps in between!
I took the recommended vitamins - B complex, Iron supplement, multivitamin, enchinea, Milk thistle, starflower oil and liquid Aloe juice. I'm sure I heard myself rattle a few times as I was walking along!
So far so good though - I managed to get through day one with no crisps or diet Irn Bru!
Apparently I need to keep it up for 3 months then alter the plan to bring in more normal foods. I'm sure it will be worth it in the end.
One downside I have noticed though...I could now pee for Scotland.
Jenny xx
However, I did pop along to Tesco on Wednesday night to fill up the trolley with all the "good" foods Dr Gillian says I need to be eating. I whizzed past the biscuits, cheesecakes, crisps and wine and filled the trolley with sweet pototoes, leeks, carrots and butternut squash and £100 later headed home.
My fridge looks fantastic - packed to the gunnels with fresh veggies.
Yesterday I began the new eating thing in earnest. Breakfast was a fruit smoothie, Lunch was homemade organic lentil and carrot soup with lettuce wraps and dinner was vegetable chilli casserole and wholegrain rice, with a litre and a half of water for good measure...sound lovely eh? To be honest it's a shit load different from a normal days diet - no breakfast, no lunch and pasta for dinner with crisps in between!
I took the recommended vitamins - B complex, Iron supplement, multivitamin, enchinea, Milk thistle, starflower oil and liquid Aloe juice. I'm sure I heard myself rattle a few times as I was walking along!
So far so good though - I managed to get through day one with no crisps or diet Irn Bru!
Apparently I need to keep it up for 3 months then alter the plan to bring in more normal foods. I'm sure it will be worth it in the end.
One downside I have noticed though...I could now pee for Scotland.
Jenny xx
Wednesday, August 03, 2005
Age over Youth...
There may be a moral in this for people lke me who work in an establishment teeming with old farts!!
A wealthy old lady decides to go on a photo safari in Africa, taking her faithful aged poodle named Cuddles, along for the company. One day the poodle starts chasing butterflies and before long, Cuddles discovers that she's lost.
Wandering about, she notices a leopard heading rapidly in her direction with the intention of having lunch.The old poodle thinks, "Oh, oh! I'm in deep doo-doo now!" Noticing some bones on the ground close by, she immediately settles down to chew onthe bones with her back to the approaching cat. Just as the leopard isabout to leap, the old poodle exclaims loudly, "Boy, that was one delicious leopard! I wonder if there are any more around here."
Hearing this, the young leopard halts his attack in mid-strike, a lookof terror comes over him and he slinks away into the trees. "Whew!" says the leopard, "That was close! That old poodle nearly had me!"
Meanwhile, a monkey who had been watching the whole scene from a nearby tree, figures he can put this knowledge to good use and trade it for protection from the leopard. So off he goes, but the old poodle sees him heading after the leopard with great speed, and figures that something must be up. The monkey soon catches up with the leopard, spills the beans and strikes a deal for himself with the leopard.The young leopard is furious at being made a fool of and says, "Here, monkey, hop on my back and see what's going to happen to that conniving canine!"
Now, the old poodle sees the leopard coming with the monkey on his back and thinks, "What am I going to do now?", but instead of running, the dog sits down with her back to her attackers, pretending she hasn't seen them yet, and just when they get close enough to hear, the old poodle says: "Where's that damn monkey? I sent him off an hour ago to bring me another leopard!"
Moral of this story..Don't mess with old farts...age and treachery will always overcome youth and skill! Bullshit and brilliance only come with age and experience!
Jenny xx
A wealthy old lady decides to go on a photo safari in Africa, taking her faithful aged poodle named Cuddles, along for the company. One day the poodle starts chasing butterflies and before long, Cuddles discovers that she's lost.
Wandering about, she notices a leopard heading rapidly in her direction with the intention of having lunch.The old poodle thinks, "Oh, oh! I'm in deep doo-doo now!" Noticing some bones on the ground close by, she immediately settles down to chew onthe bones with her back to the approaching cat. Just as the leopard isabout to leap, the old poodle exclaims loudly, "Boy, that was one delicious leopard! I wonder if there are any more around here."
Hearing this, the young leopard halts his attack in mid-strike, a lookof terror comes over him and he slinks away into the trees. "Whew!" says the leopard, "That was close! That old poodle nearly had me!"
Meanwhile, a monkey who had been watching the whole scene from a nearby tree, figures he can put this knowledge to good use and trade it for protection from the leopard. So off he goes, but the old poodle sees him heading after the leopard with great speed, and figures that something must be up. The monkey soon catches up with the leopard, spills the beans and strikes a deal for himself with the leopard.The young leopard is furious at being made a fool of and says, "Here, monkey, hop on my back and see what's going to happen to that conniving canine!"
Now, the old poodle sees the leopard coming with the monkey on his back and thinks, "What am I going to do now?", but instead of running, the dog sits down with her back to her attackers, pretending she hasn't seen them yet, and just when they get close enough to hear, the old poodle says: "Where's that damn monkey? I sent him off an hour ago to bring me another leopard!"
Moral of this story..Don't mess with old farts...age and treachery will always overcome youth and skill! Bullshit and brilliance only come with age and experience!
Jenny xx
Inner Peace...
Got this in an E mail a few days ago...might give it a try.
I am passing this on to you because it definitely worked for me and we all could use more calm in our lives. By following the simple advice I heard on a Oprah, I have finally found inner peace.Oprah proclaimed the way to achieve inner peace is to finish all the things you have started. So I looked around my house to see things I started and hadn't finished. There was plenty and so before leaving the house this morning, I made a point of finishing of the things I had started…
I finished off a bottle of Vodka, and the bottle of Chardonnay in the fridge, I also finished the bottle of Baileys, and a bottle of Merlot, I finished the Hagen Daaz in the freezer, a packet of Doritos I had left half eaten. I then finished of my Valium supply and my Diazepam supplies. Finally I finished off the cheesecake.
You have no idea how good I feel.
So it seems it is true that finishing off all those things you started can bring you inner peace.
Jenny xx
I am passing this on to you because it definitely worked for me and we all could use more calm in our lives. By following the simple advice I heard on a Oprah, I have finally found inner peace.Oprah proclaimed the way to achieve inner peace is to finish all the things you have started. So I looked around my house to see things I started and hadn't finished. There was plenty and so before leaving the house this morning, I made a point of finishing of the things I had started…
I finished off a bottle of Vodka, and the bottle of Chardonnay in the fridge, I also finished the bottle of Baileys, and a bottle of Merlot, I finished the Hagen Daaz in the freezer, a packet of Doritos I had left half eaten. I then finished of my Valium supply and my Diazepam supplies. Finally I finished off the cheesecake.
You have no idea how good I feel.
So it seems it is true that finishing off all those things you started can bring you inner peace.
Jenny xx
Friday, July 29, 2005
Went Out.
Plan was to stay in tonight as I already mentioned. However plans can alter with sudden speed in this house once I take a notion.
Better half and I, alone with no kids (yippee) have just returned from the cinema. We went to see Wedding Crashers with Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson.
The cinema was busier than I've seen it in ages so this film is obviously doing good business and rightly so. It's the first time in many a moon that I've heard so much laughter out loud in a cinema. Even more so than Meet The Fockers. People were in stitches and you could see shoulders going up and down as the audience tried not to cop the giggles too much.
My only gripe was that it was quite long and at times the story was dragged out a bit too much but it is worth a view without doubt. Vince Vaughn is funny man and Owen Wilson is massively (maffisely - it's a personal joke!) cute in a man with a funny nose kind of way!
Go see it. I doubt you'll be disappointed. Keep an eye out for Grandma - she's hilarious!
Jenny xx
Better half and I, alone with no kids (yippee) have just returned from the cinema. We went to see Wedding Crashers with Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson.
The cinema was busier than I've seen it in ages so this film is obviously doing good business and rightly so. It's the first time in many a moon that I've heard so much laughter out loud in a cinema. Even more so than Meet The Fockers. People were in stitches and you could see shoulders going up and down as the audience tried not to cop the giggles too much.
My only gripe was that it was quite long and at times the story was dragged out a bit too much but it is worth a view without doubt. Vince Vaughn is funny man and Owen Wilson is massively (maffisely - it's a personal joke!) cute in a man with a funny nose kind of way!
Go see it. I doubt you'll be disappointed. Keep an eye out for Grandma - she's hilarious!
Jenny xx
Laying Down The Gauntlet...
Ross my blogging partner in crime was given a challenge by his Brother to write a piece about a subject of his choice with the deadline of completing it before his nephew's birthday. Ross has been in a creative slump recently and his Brother saw this as way to get the old writing juices flowing again. It seems to have done the trick. I had put a link in so you could click and read the finished product for yourself but everytime I put the bloody link in it fails and I can't be arsed sitting here pissing about with it anymore.
Ok so it may not be the most inspiring piece ever written nor the best but it got Ross writing again and that is a good thing. He has talent and encouraging him to make that talent better can only be beneficial.
Strangely enough for a guy who seems to like a challenge, Ross seems to shy away from the ones I give to him. Oh alright so they invloved us dressing as homies and running riot about the town centre in the car or taking the mop from the club and driving around randomly hitting people with it (to name but a few of the cleaner idea's mentioned) but to be fair it was a dull Saturday night at work!
I did tell Ross I was going to diss him on here for his refusal to take part in anything more outrageous than dying his hair but I'm not going to. Instead I'm going to give him a different challenge. I've not yet finally decided what it'll be but it will be in relation to the written word in order to be useful as well as humorous to me. If he doesn't take the challenge I will make it my mission to ridicule him publicly on here and if that invloves raiding his Momma's photo album for 70's horror pictures of him then so be it!
So darling Ross, to accept the challenge or not?
I will let you all know what I decide and if pussy boy accepts the challenge!
Jenny xx
Ok so it may not be the most inspiring piece ever written nor the best but it got Ross writing again and that is a good thing. He has talent and encouraging him to make that talent better can only be beneficial.
Strangely enough for a guy who seems to like a challenge, Ross seems to shy away from the ones I give to him. Oh alright so they invloved us dressing as homies and running riot about the town centre in the car or taking the mop from the club and driving around randomly hitting people with it (to name but a few of the cleaner idea's mentioned) but to be fair it was a dull Saturday night at work!
I did tell Ross I was going to diss him on here for his refusal to take part in anything more outrageous than dying his hair but I'm not going to. Instead I'm going to give him a different challenge. I've not yet finally decided what it'll be but it will be in relation to the written word in order to be useful as well as humorous to me. If he doesn't take the challenge I will make it my mission to ridicule him publicly on here and if that invloves raiding his Momma's photo album for 70's horror pictures of him then so be it!
So darling Ross, to accept the challenge or not?
I will let you all know what I decide and if pussy boy accepts the challenge!
Jenny xx
Reaching Even Futher...
I'm getting fair global so I am.
I'm now spreading my words (and nonsense) to Italy, Spain, Singapore & Austria as well.
It amazes me what people will read!!
Jenny xx
I'm now spreading my words (and nonsense) to Italy, Spain, Singapore & Austria as well.
It amazes me what people will read!!
Jenny xx
Silence.
It is totally silent in my house just now.
Mum has taken 5 year old and 8 year old to stay the night and other half is at work. I have the house to myself and it's bliss.
I'm not working tonight so I've got a good few hours stretching out in front of me.
There's a warm bath with my name on, a chilled bottle of wine in the fridge just asking to be drunk and an Indian takeaway on my mind.
Now if you'll excuse me, I have a few hours with my Sky+ and a comfy sofa before other half returns.
Jenny xx
Mum has taken 5 year old and 8 year old to stay the night and other half is at work. I have the house to myself and it's bliss.
I'm not working tonight so I've got a good few hours stretching out in front of me.
There's a warm bath with my name on, a chilled bottle of wine in the fridge just asking to be drunk and an Indian takeaway on my mind.
Now if you'll excuse me, I have a few hours with my Sky+ and a comfy sofa before other half returns.
Jenny xx
Is It Wrong...
For me to be sitting here laughing out loud at my kids.
They are currently in the lounge, owing to the fact that it is pissing down, playing Madagascar on the Playstation. All I can hear is "oh not again", "I hate this game" and the occasional cry of "help", as they struggle to complete the levels.
It's making me laugh no end to hear the frustration in their little voices! Evil? maybe. A bad mother? possibly. Smug because I've completed it? You betcha!
Jenny xx
They are currently in the lounge, owing to the fact that it is pissing down, playing Madagascar on the Playstation. All I can hear is "oh not again", "I hate this game" and the occasional cry of "help", as they struggle to complete the levels.
It's making me laugh no end to hear the frustration in their little voices! Evil? maybe. A bad mother? possibly. Smug because I've completed it? You betcha!
Jenny xx
Thursday, July 28, 2005
Change Of Lifestyle...
So I have realised that as I am now 31, and given most of my family have died before 70, I am to all intents and purposes about halfway through my life.
The last 6 years have seen me contented with my lot and contentment has brought with it the expansion of my waistline and the knowledge that if I am pissed off I can eat a six pack of Walkers crisps in one sitting.
No more.
I have decided enough is enough and I am going to start eating healthily. Ok so part of this is a bid to regain some the energy I had at 19 when I could drink 8 vodka's, dance for hours on end and still go to work at 6am having had 4 hours sleep. I have been blessed with skin that is holding it's age well, no wrinkles yet, but I have the health of a delapitated old bag. In any event the shock that I am approaching middle age is scary. I would like to make it 70 just for the hell of it!
So I am going to make a big effort. I've decided to go with the Mckeith plan, after all you are what you eat. Should be a challenge as I am a vegetarian who does not like any veg except for peas, lettuce, cucumber and potatoes and Dr Gillian is big on veg!
So from Monday I am a new woman. It's out with the pot noodles, pasta and Walkers and in with sesame seeds, veggies and fish. Sounds bloody wonderful. Not!
Och well we'll see how it goes. I may even decide it's time to give up the evil weed, but all in good time. I'll be so bloody stressed eating green food I will need a ciggy to keep me sane.
I will let you know how it goes.
Jenny xx
The last 6 years have seen me contented with my lot and contentment has brought with it the expansion of my waistline and the knowledge that if I am pissed off I can eat a six pack of Walkers crisps in one sitting.
No more.
I have decided enough is enough and I am going to start eating healthily. Ok so part of this is a bid to regain some the energy I had at 19 when I could drink 8 vodka's, dance for hours on end and still go to work at 6am having had 4 hours sleep. I have been blessed with skin that is holding it's age well, no wrinkles yet, but I have the health of a delapitated old bag. In any event the shock that I am approaching middle age is scary. I would like to make it 70 just for the hell of it!
So I am going to make a big effort. I've decided to go with the Mckeith plan, after all you are what you eat. Should be a challenge as I am a vegetarian who does not like any veg except for peas, lettuce, cucumber and potatoes and Dr Gillian is big on veg!
So from Monday I am a new woman. It's out with the pot noodles, pasta and Walkers and in with sesame seeds, veggies and fish. Sounds bloody wonderful. Not!
Och well we'll see how it goes. I may even decide it's time to give up the evil weed, but all in good time. I'll be so bloody stressed eating green food I will need a ciggy to keep me sane.
I will let you know how it goes.
Jenny xx
Playstation Addict...
I have an addictive personality...it's one of the reasons I steer clear of drugs as much as possible - I would become a hopeless junkie. My addictions in the past have ranged from Nicotine (still suffering!) to Take That!
I also have a habit of becoming totally addicted to my Playstation and when a new game appears in the house I am compelled to keep the damn thing on until I complete the game.
For the last 2 days I have been sitting for hours on end in front of a 42" tv playing Madagascar on the ps2! Enbarrasing choice of game I agree but I haven't half enjoyed the trials and tribulations of Alex, Gloria, Marty and Melman.
I am pleased to say I have now completed it in full. I can now wean myself off the playstation and resume my life!
Jenny xx
I also have a habit of becoming totally addicted to my Playstation and when a new game appears in the house I am compelled to keep the damn thing on until I complete the game.
For the last 2 days I have been sitting for hours on end in front of a 42" tv playing Madagascar on the ps2! Enbarrasing choice of game I agree but I haven't half enjoyed the trials and tribulations of Alex, Gloria, Marty and Melman.
I am pleased to say I have now completed it in full. I can now wean myself off the playstation and resume my life!
Jenny xx
People I'd Like To Be Stuck In A Lift With...
Crikey there's a thing to ponder. I am allowed to choose 10 people (living or dead) but you base it on being alone with them in the lift, so here's my ten... I might just add that had I actually given this much thought the list would look massively different I suspect but anyway...
1. My Better Half - We'd have a laugh and there's a few things I can think of to do to pass 5 minutes!
2. Madonna - She could sing to me or recite her children's books, failing that she could teache me a bit of yoga, she's a big heroine of mine so I'd like to meet her.
3. Robbie Williams - He can sit and sing Angels to me for hours on end! Plus he's got a great sense of humour and a deep side to make talking intresting. Oh and I'd like to jump his bones!
4. Peter Kay - How much fun in one small space? I might pee my pants though which wouldn't be good in a confined space.
5. Marilyn Monroe - I've probably read almost every book ever written about her - I'd love to talk to her.
6. Frank Sinatra - I expect he'd have a few tales to tell to pass the time.
7. Donkey From Shrek - Yes I know he's not real but this is my blog ok? Anyway Donkey would be a riot!
8. My Sister - We can talk absolute rubbish for hours on the phone so passing time would be a doddle and she can be every bit as daft as me so we'd do alright!
9. Homer Simpson - The best philosopher ever.
10. My Dad - I have a few questions for him let me tell you and it would be the best thing ever to see him again!
Jenny xx
1. My Better Half - We'd have a laugh and there's a few things I can think of to do to pass 5 minutes!
2. Madonna - She could sing to me or recite her children's books, failing that she could teache me a bit of yoga, she's a big heroine of mine so I'd like to meet her.
3. Robbie Williams - He can sit and sing Angels to me for hours on end! Plus he's got a great sense of humour and a deep side to make talking intresting. Oh and I'd like to jump his bones!
4. Peter Kay - How much fun in one small space? I might pee my pants though which wouldn't be good in a confined space.
5. Marilyn Monroe - I've probably read almost every book ever written about her - I'd love to talk to her.
6. Frank Sinatra - I expect he'd have a few tales to tell to pass the time.
7. Donkey From Shrek - Yes I know he's not real but this is my blog ok? Anyway Donkey would be a riot!
8. My Sister - We can talk absolute rubbish for hours on the phone so passing time would be a doddle and she can be every bit as daft as me so we'd do alright!
9. Homer Simpson - The best philosopher ever.
10. My Dad - I have a few questions for him let me tell you and it would be the best thing ever to see him again!
Jenny xx
Music...Universally Blogged.
I've spent the last hour randomly reading through various other blogs and out of the 13 I just looked at 9 of them had a post about what music the blogger was listening to. Why should I be any different then?
My music tastes are wide and include everything from 80's Hi-nrg to Classical with many a pit stop at the hip-hop, dance, rock and ballad artists along the way!
So here's what is currently playing through the house while I sit here (or do the ironing!)...
Damien Rice - The Blowers Daughter
The Killers - Hot Fuss
James Blunt - You're Beautiful
Kaiser Chiefs - Everyday I lLove You Less And Less & I Predict A Riot
Green Day - Wake Me Up When September Ends & Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
The Proclaimers - Greatest Hits
Snoop Dogg - Signs, Drop It Like It's Hot, Ain't No Fun (if the homies can't have none)
The Rasmus - In The Shadows
Wu Tang Clan - Gravel Pit
Rob Thomas - Lonely No More
Sanata & Rob Thomas - Smooth
50 Cent - Disco Inferno & Candy Store
Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl & What You Waiting For
William Orbit - Barbers Adagio For Strings
Thin Lizzy - Parisenne Walkways
Richard Ashcroft - Song For The Lovers
Snow Patrol - Run
Grandmaster Flash - White Lines (don't do it)
So that's about it for this week...recommendations always welcome!
Jenny xx
My music tastes are wide and include everything from 80's Hi-nrg to Classical with many a pit stop at the hip-hop, dance, rock and ballad artists along the way!
So here's what is currently playing through the house while I sit here (or do the ironing!)...
Damien Rice - The Blowers Daughter
The Killers - Hot Fuss
James Blunt - You're Beautiful
Kaiser Chiefs - Everyday I lLove You Less And Less & I Predict A Riot
Green Day - Wake Me Up When September Ends & Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
The Proclaimers - Greatest Hits
Snoop Dogg - Signs, Drop It Like It's Hot, Ain't No Fun (if the homies can't have none)
The Rasmus - In The Shadows
Wu Tang Clan - Gravel Pit
Rob Thomas - Lonely No More
Sanata & Rob Thomas - Smooth
50 Cent - Disco Inferno & Candy Store
Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl & What You Waiting For
William Orbit - Barbers Adagio For Strings
Thin Lizzy - Parisenne Walkways
Richard Ashcroft - Song For The Lovers
Snow Patrol - Run
Grandmaster Flash - White Lines (don't do it)
So that's about it for this week...recommendations always welcome!
Jenny xx
Wednesday, July 27, 2005
How Hard Can It Be?
I've never been one of those women who desperately wanted to have a blossoming career. I've never had huge ambitions I felt a desire to fill workwise. I wanted to be an air hostess as a little girl, mistakenly thinking it was glamorous and latterly towards my teens I wanted to be a journalist perhaps moving to tv and reading the news! Something happened to change that though and that thing was fate...Fate intervened and instead of pursuing University I ended up taking time out after school and found myself a year later working in a plastic factory! Of course had I not followed this route I would never have met my future Husband nor had my Daughter. Obviously, Husband is now ex-husband but shit happens! I am a firm believer in fate and trust my belief that if something is meant to be it will be, if not then it ain't gonna happen. Maybe this is why I never really have regrets about anything.
Despite the slight change in plans over the years (slight change? top tv journalist to Mum of two and part-time Barmaid!) I still have one ambition which has stayed with me since I was about 9 years old. I would love to write a book.
I wonder how many other thousands of people have that ambition in them? I was a big reader as a child, always had my nose in a book and things haven't changed any. If I get some free time I can always be found curled up on the sofa or in the garden with a book in hand. I haven't pledged alligance to any particular genre either. I will read almost anything and everything perhaps with the exception of sci-fi which I'm not too keen on and I may have a bit of a leaning towards biographies but only because I'm nosy!
I loved English at school and enjoyed all the book reports that everyone else hated! I even enjoyed studying Shakespeare. I think I am the only person I know who actually looked forward to their higher English!
So with one amibition I would indeed like to fullfill I find myself wondering, how hard can it be?
I have given the matter some thought over the years and have come up with a few ideas but they're just not right...yet. Maybe one day I'll get the right idea for a story and the rest will flow naturally. Aye right, not likely! They do say that you should write about what you know though and witha life and family like mine I reckon there's a book in there somewhere!
So watch this space and who knows one day I may just be telling you I've written a book!
Jenny xx
Despite the slight change in plans over the years (slight change? top tv journalist to Mum of two and part-time Barmaid!) I still have one ambition which has stayed with me since I was about 9 years old. I would love to write a book.
I wonder how many other thousands of people have that ambition in them? I was a big reader as a child, always had my nose in a book and things haven't changed any. If I get some free time I can always be found curled up on the sofa or in the garden with a book in hand. I haven't pledged alligance to any particular genre either. I will read almost anything and everything perhaps with the exception of sci-fi which I'm not too keen on and I may have a bit of a leaning towards biographies but only because I'm nosy!
I loved English at school and enjoyed all the book reports that everyone else hated! I even enjoyed studying Shakespeare. I think I am the only person I know who actually looked forward to their higher English!
So with one amibition I would indeed like to fullfill I find myself wondering, how hard can it be?
I have given the matter some thought over the years and have come up with a few ideas but they're just not right...yet. Maybe one day I'll get the right idea for a story and the rest will flow naturally. Aye right, not likely! They do say that you should write about what you know though and witha life and family like mine I reckon there's a book in there somewhere!
So watch this space and who knows one day I may just be telling you I've written a book!
Jenny xx
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