I haven't disappeared, I have tried to catch up with what has been happening with you all and sorry if I haven't managed to post or reply to comments.

Had a hectic day shopping and bought 5 tops in the end, no dresses as there wasn't much around!

Hubby true to his work did spend his hard earned cash on me so he is free for footie tomorrow.

Back is killing me now so am going to lay down and do some exercises to ease it a little and maybe, just maybe some bedroom games

Right going off now.

Hugs xx

Kizlode sent me this earlier and as it is quite poignant thought I would post it here. If you can pass it on.

I Got Flowers Today

We had our first argument last night, and he said a lot of cruel things that really hurt me. I know he is sorry and didn't mean the things he said, because he sent me flowers today. I got flowers today.
It wasn't our anniversary or any other special day.

Last night he threw me into a wall and started to choke me. It seemed like a nightmare, I couldn't believe it was real.
I woke up this morning sore and bruised all over. I know he must be sorry cause he sent me flowers today.

I got flowers today, and it wasn't mother's day or any other special day.

Last night, he beat me up again, it was much worse than all the other times. If I leave him, what will I do? How will I take care of my kids? What about money?
I'm afraid of him and scared to leave. But I know he must be sorry because he sent me flowers today.

I got flowers today. Today was a very special day. It was the day of my funeral!
Last night, he finally killed me. He beat me to death. If only I had gathered enough courage to leave him, I would not have gotten flowers today.......

If you are against domestic abuse, please pass this along to everyone,
NOT just women.

It is taking ages to load pages or I get a message telling me servers are busy.

So I am giving up for tonight, I really cannot be bothered with this lol!

Have a good evening folks

Last day of term has arrived at last!

Of course I will still have to get up early to get my two to school still but I have finished yipeeeee!

It has felt like a very long term, yet it wasn't that long really. We are all tired and exhausted and today was very long.

Mass in church and having to deal with a couple of children who didn't behave at all well

But now I can relax, I can get a grip on the dieting lark and start to focus again. I have been out of control lately. The house is a tip and there is so much that needs to be done.

I have most of youngest child's new school uniform now, just need to get his pe kit, a new pair of shoes and a new bag - amazing what he manages to talk me into getting.

Imagine an eight year old with hands on hips "but mum you really don't want me to start a new school with a bag that is falling apart and scruffy shoes, you don't want me to let you down now do you?"

Right have to go and get a few bills paid. Got paid yesterday and realised what I still have to pay - pity it will not last for long lol!

Children did a maths assessment at school last week when I was off.

Supply teacher marked them..............................................................................................................incorrectly!!!!

Consequently I spent today remarking so that I could put them on the assessment grid to work out who needs to move up/down groups.

And for that she gets paid a huge amount a day!!!!

Ok posted this yesterday and it seems to have foxed a lot of you because I didn't have many takers lol

so decided to tell you which ones are true or false

1. My father went to see a Frank Sinatra concert on the day that I got married - True Ok he did turn up for the ceremony then went to the concert as everyone else left the church to go to the reception.

2. I am a member of the Cross Stitch Guild.False I am not a member though I have thought about joining - maybe one day

3. I stood next to Sean Connery and Michael Caine at a bar in a pub - True I had no idea at the time I admit. I was more concerned about ordering my drinks and thinking that the bloke next to me had a lovely scottish accent. When I joined my friend and sat down she was open mouthed and shouted "Do you know who you were standing next to?" and yes it was Sean Connery who was deep in conversation with Michael Caine!

4. I have two God children - False I have no God Children.

5. I appeared in Women's own magazine when I was younger - True I was about 5 at the time and my mother was being interviewed about the Tenants association she co ran. There are photos of us shopping int he local supermarket!

6. I have every record ever released by Metallica - False unfortunately not though no doubt that will be corrected by my son who is a Metallica fan.

7. I once won £100 on the lottery - False I wish.

8. I have played and sung at the Royal Albert Hall with Roy Castle - True Concert when I was younger and Roy Castle was the comprere (sp). I was in an orchestra as well as the choir and he played/sang with us.

9. I got married in black - False I wanted to I really did but mum wouldn't let me

10. I nearly died after I was given the wrong type blood during a blood transfusion - True I was severly anemic after the birth of my first child and needed a transfusion except that they gave me the wrong blood. My MIL alerted the nurses after watching me get redder and redder and coming out in hives and as I struggled for breath they came running and stopped the transfusion. They had the blood tested and discovered that it had the wrong label on it!

It feels like it has been a hectic day yet I haven't done an awful lot! Couldn't get onto blogland this morning and I so wanted to wish CJ good luck with the interview today, hope all went well, you were in my thoughts hun.

The day was foggy to begin with, but did put out some washing and I am happy to say the sun shone this afternoon and it is lovely outside nw. So much so that I managed to walk home carrying my coat instead of wearing it - yes I walked to and from work again today

Hubby has discovered a fish in our pond outside today which has caused some excitement. Our fish got poisoned a couple of years ago and so the pond has laid dormant for a while with the odd frog/toad visiting at springtime. So he was quite excited until he saw that a toad was trying to have sex with the stupid thing - yes it looked like he was strangling it at first but then the fish was where no fish should be in a toads anatomy and hubby had to go in a rescue. Personally leave wildlife alone but he is quite adamant that that is not natural and it needed to be done

Not having seen it myself I cannot say if the toad was having sex or strangling the fish, perhaps the toad was just a tad confused! Hubby is now sorting out the pond or rather attempting to clear it of leaves with the boys in the front garden.

Right have to go and see if the potatoes are ready to mash so that we can have dinner before they all head off for their Wing Chun lesson

Hubby came home from work and announced that the match on Saturday has now been moved to Sunday instead.

"So you have me here all day Saturday" he says with a glint in his eye.

"correction" says I, "All day Saturday AND Sunday"

"I thought we could negotiate that one" he replies "How about I take you clothes shopping on Saturday and you let me go footie on Sunday?"

So thought about it, told him to change the bed as well tonight and yes he can go to footie on Sunday if he spends his hard earned cash on me Saturday.

Life is good

Here are 10 things about me - 5 true, 5 false

*someone play, go on, you know you want to*

1. My father went to see a Frank Sinatra concert on the day that I got married
2. I am a member of the Cross Stitch Guild.
3. I stood next to Sean Connery and Michael Caine at a bar in a pub
4. I have two God children
5. I appeared in Women's own magazine when I was younger
6. I have every record ever released by Metallica
7. I once won £100 on the lottery
8. I have played and sung at the Royal Albert Hall with Roy Castle
9. I got married in black
10. I nearly died after I was given the wrong type blood during a blood transfusion

I was tagged by Menomama so here it is:

I can't be arsed to sort out my bedroom

I tag

aj
smichen
antlady
funky and
Idontknowwhy

The walk was lovely though cold this morning.

Downside of walking to work is that afterwards you have to walk home again via childs school to pick him up and I had layered up this morning but the sun is shining now and it is warm outside

Eldest has just made me a much earned cup of tea and I have just eaten a lovely granny smith to keep me on the go!

Came home to a note from the local Labour Action Team to say that they had called and were sorry that they had missed me. Well so am I in a way because 19 years of living in this town and this is the first time anyone has ever called upon me from any party and I really have a few things that I would like to say - unfortunately none of them are what you want to hear really but as it will not make any difference at all then they will remain unsaid for now. Must be council elections coming up soon, none of the parties here are worth anything or will do anything to make this town any better.

Right better go and see if I can find anything appetising to feed my children!

Following on from my discussion about being beautiful yesterday,

a friend sent me this by email which is lovely and thought I would share it. Enjoy!

There were four country churches in a small TEXAS town:

The Presbyterian Church , the Baptist Church, the Methodist Church and the Catholic Church . Each church was overrun with pesky squirrels .

One day, the Presbyterian Church called a meeting to decide what to do about the squirrels. After much prayer and consideration they Determined that the squirrels were predestined to be there and they shouldn't interfere with God's divine will.

In the BAPTIST CHURCH the squirrels had taken up habitation in the baptistery. The deacons met and decided to put a cover on the ba ptistery and drown the squirrels in it. The squirrels escaped somehow and there were twice as many there the next week.

The Methodist Church got together and decided that they were not in a position to harm any of God's creation. So, they humanely trapped the Squirrels and set them free a few miles outside of town. Three days later, the squirrels were back.

But -- The Catholic CHURCH came up with the best and most effective solution. They baptized the squirrels and registered them as members of the church. Now they only see them on Christmas and Easter

It is thick fog here for a change. Forecasters tell me on the radio that it will be sunny this afternoon, but foggy all morning!

I am planning on walking to work today, just dropped little one off at his school and had breakfast, done my Core workout and now am getting ready to leave the house for work. Well I will at 10 anyway, if I walk it will take about 40 mins to get there, better make sure the MP3 player is charged up and ready to go!

Still feeling sick, well have that sicky feeling you get in the stomach and have a loss of appetite. According to sneak preview of the scales I haven't lost anything yet. I have however, lost about a pint of blood as I managed to get to the hospital by 8 this morning and was one of the first in the queue to have my fasting blood test done. Apparently the doctor will check for Aneamia, thyroid and other things as well, there was quite a list apparently lol!

Only 4 days to go till I am on holiday yeah!!! counting down the hours now as most of this week is taken up with penitential masses and church in school - fun fun fun lol!

Right better get my butt into gear and go and get ready for work. Leaving you with this word file that has some beautiful pictures on it - couldn't convert them to jpeg files, no idea why!

Couldn't get it to paste but apparantly I am 0% sociopath which makes me
empathetic, loyal, and introspective.
In other words, there's no way you're a sociopath... but you can spot one pretty easily!

so why did I not spot that fact that one of my boyfriends was one then

A forty something, having split from his latest girlfriend, decided to take a vacation. He booked himself on a Caribbean cruise and proceeded to have the time of his life, that is, until the ship sank. He found himself on an island with no other people, no supplies, nothing, only bananas and coconuts.

After about four months, he is lying on the beach one day when the most gorgeous woman he has ever seen rows up to the shore. In disbelief, he asks, "Where did you come from? How did you get here?"

She replies, "I rowed from the other side of the island. I landed here when my cruise ship sank."

"Amazing," he said. "You were really lucky to have a row boat wash up with you."

"Oh, this thing?" explains the woman. "I made the boat out of raw material I found on the island. The oars were whittled from gum tree branches, I wove the bottom from palm branches and the sides and stern came from a Eucalyptus tree."

"But, where did you get the tools?"

"Oh, that was no problem," replied the woman. "On the south side of the island, a very unusual stratum of alluvial rock is exposed. I found if I fired it to a certain temperature in my kiln, it melted into ductile iron. I used that for tools and used the tools to make the hardware."

The guy is stunned.

"Let's row over to my place," she says.

After a few minutes of rowing, she docks the boat at a small wharf. As the man looks to shore, he nearly falls off the boat. Before him is a stone walk leading to an exquisite bungalow painted in blue and white.

While the woman ties up the rowboat with an expertly woven hemp rope, the man can only stare ahead, dumb struck. As they walk into the house, she says casually, "It's not much but I call it home. Sit down, please. Would you like a drink?"

"No! No thank you," he blurts out, still dazed. "I can't take another drop of coconut juice."

"It's not coconut juice," winks the woman. "I have a still. How would you like a Pina Colada?"

Trying to hide his continued amazement, the man accepts and they sit down on her couch to talk. After they have exchanged their stories, the woman announces, "I'm going to slip into something more comfortable. Would you like to take a shower and shave? There is a razor in the bathroom cabinet."

No longer questioning anything, the man goes into the bathroom. There, in the cabinet, a razor made from a piece of tortoise bone. Two shells honed to a hollow ground edge are fastened on to its end inside a swivel mechanism.

"This woman is amazing," he muses. "What next?"

When he returns, she greets him wearing nothing but vines, strategically positioned, and smelling faintly of gardenias. She beckons for him to sit down next to her.

"Tell me," she begins suggestively, slithering closer to him, "We've been out here for many months. You've been lonely. There's something I'm sure you really feel like doing right now, something you've been longing for?"

She stares into his eyes. He can't believe what he's hearing.

"You mean...", and he swallows excitedly and tears start to form in his eyes.........

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"Don't tell me you've got Sky Sports"

We all have days when we don't feel pretty enough, our hair doesn't look right, our bum looks too big in that dress, my nose is too big and I have got to that time of life when the moles start to appear in the same places my mum and nan have them - Great!

It is difficult to remember sometimes that inner beauty is what counts not what comes in the wrapping of our skin, what we see on the outside, and I think that the picture from here says it all really.

OMG

Yesterday just went by.

I feel like I have lost 24 hours not 1 today!

I went out on Friday Night. A Friend hits 40 in a few weeks and decided to have a meal and dance at the local Chinese. Now as I have been ill, it wasn't until last minute that I decided to go as Nigel had been invited as well and has been looking forward to it for weeks.

This, I stress, is unusual for my husband as he can be quite shy when meeting people for the first time and although he had met this particular group of friends before he hadn't met their partners, and usually his sense of humour can irritate some people.

So off we headed, got to the restaurant in time, ordered and sat down for what turned out to be a fantastic night, with everyone getting along and having a good laugh.

There was even a quiz the DJ put on as well where you had to guess the name of the song, the person or group who sang it and the name of the film it was featured in - you can imagine lots of "yeah you know the bloke who sang this one long hair - and It was by Europe, no survivor, no Europe! For some reason when the DJ handed the quiz sheets out he seemed to think I was the most sensible one of the group and handed me the pen and paper

Anyway Got home in the early hours of the morning and I felt like death, I was so ill.. An yesterday it got worse! I couldn't stand without the room spinning and feeling sick all day, even sitting up hurt. Thing is I didn't have that much to drink compared to what I normally drink when I go out on the town and don't need to drive. I know I annoyed the waitress at one point because I asked her for the umpteenth time to refill the water jug and she had not long done so, mainly because I was drinking so much of it - even Nigel commented on that fact. I didn't eat a lot, but then again I haven't eaten a lot over the last few days either, so obviously it is not a good idea to drink wine when you haven't had a lot to drink - well gone are the days when I used to be able to do that with no effect on my head anyway!

Obviously as I get older the harder it is to keep up

Happy to say today I am back to normal, still feel sick but as I haven't been then that bodes well. I am currently stocking up on Vitamin C and Iron in the hope that will help a little.

It was a great night though, the type when you get a flashback that makes you smile and chuckle to yourself. And by the texts I got from friends the next day, they have been suffering as well so at least I am not the only one lol!!!

Have you ever felt like the odd one out?

Went to the interviews today, sat with the teaching staff, met the one candidate that turned up, other two sent their apologies and had a sandwich or two which I didn't feel like.

Originally I was to be there to show candidates round school and to observe.

This didn't happen. In fact with only one candidate and an internal one at that, there wasn't much point in showing around.

Other Governors that turned up were men. The chair of Governors is a woman, who quite farankly is a yes person and tends to suck up to the men on the governing body.

So no prizes for guessing who was told that she wasn't wanted for the rest of the day?

So what was the point on sending me on a recruitment course and making me recruitment governor if you have no intention of using me?

Makes no difference to me, I am bemused by the whole thing and in fact it makes it a lot easier for me to resign.

Just wondering how to word it, want to hand it in at tonights meeting and ruffle a few feathers lol

Ok been tagged by Marvo I noticed as I was looking through the posts I missed yesterday

Why? Seemed like a good idea at the time

Who? Hubby while we were courting

When? May 1988

Where? At home

What? Roast Dinner

First time I cooked a meal for my husband

Not tagging as most of my friends have already been tagged

First of all I want to say thank you to you allf or sending me get well wishes and for those of you who told me off for ironing when I should be resting. You were right I feel worse today than I did yesterday, but it is funny how all of you told me off for not resting, yet hubby never mentioned a thing, in fact he let me carry on, didn't even ask how I was feeling!

Men!!

However no time to be ill today, Deputy head interviews are going ahead and as a governor on the interviewing panel I need to be there, so stocking up on Ibuprofen and diclofenac for my back, which due to lack of exercise is killing me today, and water and echinacea I will boldly head off and hope that I get through the day without feeling sick or wanting the loo.

We have to have dinner with the prospective (sorry spelling is crap this morning) candidates as well, hoping not too much rich food will not be able to eat it. I also have a meal out tonight with a few friends at a chinese restaurant in town. Friend is 40 in a few weeks but because she is off to Ireland she is having an early birthday party. The restaurant is having a theme night as well - think it may be Elvis tonight or Abba can't remember which, but it sounds like fun and I shall be determined to go even if I don't eat and only drink lemonade!

Right have to go and shower and get ready for today.

Have a good one

Ironing

In between watching total crap on the telly.

I am bored.

And yes it took me all day to do the ironing because

a) there were 3 huge baskets full of clothes which no one bothered to fold when they took it out of the dryer

b) I kept stopping and watching films on the telly - thank God for TCM!

c) I stopped to eat from time to time

d) I got bored!

So a day well spent, pity I have such a lot of washing to do but that can wait till the weekend

Your mission in life is to make others feel comfortable in their surroundings. It's a shame these good intentions mask your toxic core. You are pure poison, shrouded in pleasantries.

Quiz by TheQuizzery.com

Well I got to see the minor illness nurse. Fortunately she is someone I know quite well so took me seriously when I said I didn't know what was wrong just feel ill.

After checking me out a bit and doing a variety of tests and asking 1001 questions, general diagnosis is:

inner ear infection (knew about that one)
stomach virus (hey knew that one as well)

She has given me some tablets for the ear which is what she thinks may be causing me to feel so rough in general though she has booked me in for a fasting blood test just in case - suspects that due to a bad period I may be slightly anemic as well.

So that is the diagnosis, have told work, they don't seem to be impressed

No sun this morning, instead we have a fine sprinkling of snow, which is covering the cars and the garden furniture but not settling on the roads or pavements. Snow is very fine and not at all heavy and it is cold, so very cold. I have switched the heating over to stay on, I don't do cold

And I feel no better this morning. I slept well, wnet to bed, just after my last post yesterday and slept through till 5 this morning when I woke to pain in my ear again. My throat is still sore and I feel rough. I really wish I could say 'I have flu', 'I have a cold' or even 'I have that stomach virus' for yes food is going right through me, but to be honest with you I don't seem to have any of these things just symptons of them all really. Perhaps I am run down. I am going to try and see if I can get to see the doctor today or at least the minor illness nurse. Getting past that bloody receptionist is bad enough but I will harangue and argue till I get what I want

I feel guilty though about the situation at work. It isn't often I take time off, but see no alternative. Not helped by hubby looking forward to going out tomorrow evening, to a do that we are both required to attend for one of my friends birthdays, he has been looking forward to it a lot and yet I know that he will not go alone.

Right better get off, have a good day.

http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/piratesofthecaribbeanatworldsend.html

Looks really good can't wait

Tower : "Delta 351, you have traffic at 10 o'clock, 6 miles!"
Delta 351: "Give us another hint! We have digital watches!"

********** ************
Tower: "TWA 2341, for noise abatement turn right 45 Degrees."
TWA 2341: "Centre, we are at 35,000 feet. How much noise can we make up here?"
Tower: "Sir, have you ever heard the noise a 747 makes when it hits a 727?"

********** **********
From an unknown aircraft waiting in a very long takeoff queue: "I'm f...ing bored!"
Ground Traffic Control: "Last aircraft transmitting, identify yourself immediately!"
Unknown aircraft: "I said I was f...ing bored, not f...ing stupid!"

********** ************
O'Hare Approach Control to a 747: "United 329 heavy, your traffic is a Fokker, one o'clock, three miles, Eastbound."
United 329: "Approach, I've always wanted to say this..I've got the little Fokker in sight."

********** **********

A student became lost during a solo cross-country flight. While attempting to locate the aircraft on radar, ATC asked, "What was your last known position?"
Student: "When I was number one for takeoff."

********** *************

A DC-10 had come in a little hot and thus had an exceedingly long roll out after touching down.
San Jose Tower noted: "American 751, make a hard right turn at the end of the runway, if you are able. If you are not able, take the Guadeloupe exit off Highway 101, make a right at the lights and return to the airport."

********** ** ********

A Pan Am 727 flight, waiting for start clearance in Munich, overheard the following:
Lufthansa (in German): “Ground, what is our start clearance time?"
Ground (in English): "If you want an answer you must speak in English."
Lufthansa (in English): "I am a German, flying a German airplane, in Germany. Why must I speak English?"
Unknown voice from another plane (in a beautiful British accent): "Because you lost the bloody war!"

********** **********

Tower: "Eastern 702, cleared for takeoff, contact Departure on frequency 124.7"
Eastern 702: "Tower, Eastern 702 switching to Departure. By the way, after we lifted off we saw some kind of dead animal on the far end of the runway."
Tower: "Continental 635, cleared for takeoff behind Eastern 702, contact Departure on frequency 124.7. Did you copy that report from Eastern 702?"
BR Continental 635: "Continental 635, cleared for takeoff, roger; and yes, we copied Eastern... we've already notified our caterers."

********** ********** *

One day the pilot of a Cherokee 180 was told by the tower to hold short of the active runway while a DC-8 landed. The DC-8 landed, rolled out, turned around, and taxied back past the Cherokee. Some quick-witted comedian in the DC-8 crew got on the radio and said, "What a cute little plane. Did you make it all by yourself?"
The Cherokee pilot, not about to let the insult go by, came back with a real zinger: "I made it out of DC-8 parts. Another landing like yours and I'll have enough parts for another one."

********** **********

The German air controllers at Frankfurt Airport are renowned as a short-tempered lot. They not only expect one to know one's gate parking location, but how to get there without any assistance from them. So it was with some amusement that we (a Pan Am 747) listened to the following exchange between Frankfurt ground control and British Airways 747, call sign Speedbird 206.
Speedbird 206: "Frankfurt, Speedbird 206 clear of active runway."
Ground: "Speedbird 206. Taxi to gate Alpha One-Seven."
The BA 747 pulled on to the main taxiway and slowed to a stop.

Ground: "Speedbird, do you not know where you are going?"
Speedbird 206: "Stand by, Ground, I'm looking up our gate location now."
Ground round (with quite arrogant impatience): "Speedbird 206, have you not been to Frankfurt before?"
Speedbird 206 (coolly): "Yes, twice in 1944, but it was dark, -- And I didn't land."

********** ***********

While taxiing at London's Gatwick Airport, the crew of a US Air flight departing for Ft. Lauderdale made a wrong turn and came nose to nose with a United 727. An irate female ground controller lashed out at the US Air crew, screaming: "US Air 2771, where the hell are you going? I told you to turn right onto Charlie taxiway! You turned right on Delta! Stop right there. I know it's difficult for you to tell the difference between C and D, but get it right!"

Continuing her rage to the embarrassed crew, she was now shouting hysterically: "God! Now you've screwed everything up! It'll take forever to sort this out! You stay right there and don't move till I tell you to! You can expect progressive taxi instructions in about half an hour, and I want you to go exactly where I tell you, when I tell you, and how I tell you! You got that, US Air 2771?"

"Yes, ma'am," the humbled crew responded.

Naturally, the ground control communications frequency fell terribly silent after the verbal bashing of US Air 2771. Nobody wanted to chance engaging the irate ground controller in her current state of mind. Tension in every cockpit out around Gatwick was definitely running high. Just then an unknown pilot broke the silence and keyed his microphone, asking: "Wasn't I married to you once?"

Tower : "Delta 351, you have traffic at 10 o'clock, 6 miles!"
Delta 351: "Give us another hint! We have digital watches!"

********** ************
Tower: "TWA 2341, for noise abatement turn right 45 Degrees."
TWA 2341: "Centre, we are at 35,000 feet. How much noise can we make up here?"
Tower: "Sir, have you ever heard the noise a 747 makes when it hits a 727?"

********** **********
From an unknown aircraft waiting in a very long takeoff queue: "I'm f...ing bored!"
Ground Traffic Control: "Last aircraft transmitting, identify yourself immediately!"
Unknown aircraft: "I said I was f...ing bored, not f...ing stupid!"

********** ************
O'Hare Approach Control to a 747: "United 329 heavy, your traffic is a Fokker, one o'clock, three miles, Eastbound."
United 329: "Approach, I've always wanted to say this..I've got the little Fokker in sight."

********** **********

A student became lost during a solo cross-country flight. While attempting to locate the aircraft on radar, ATC asked, "What was your last known position?"
Student: "When I was number one for takeoff."

********** *************

A DC-10 had come in a little hot and thus had an exceedingly long roll out after touching down.
San Jose Tower noted: "American 751, make a hard right turn at the end of the runway, if you are able. If you are not able, take the Guadeloupe exit off Highway 101, make a right at the lights and return to the airport."

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