Friday 27 March 2009

Tough Targets?

My list of things to do, in roughly this order:

Buy some new work/everyday shoes

Get a beanbag

Put a white suite in the bathroom (or at least repaint and replace the flooring with pine and green mats, to tone down the fruitbowl theme.)

Get a nice kitchen with a solid stone-like worksurface in bold colours (or fix up and paint the cupboards/fix floor to look newish)

See either Madagascar or New Zealand (or Holland at least...)
Get a leaner figure and do a photoshoot! (Well, maybe not the photoshoot...)

Do my bedroom in red and oak panel with bookshelves full of literature and curios (or just collect some curios for now. Ideas accepted. Curios not, until I've seen them.)

See more live shows/plays/go to the Albert Theater

Have a lift in a Bentley Flying Spur (No, a Yaris won't cut it.)

Get paid more than I currently do, preferably for something I enjoy. (So I can get nice things/better versions.)

Get an Acer One (Linux version) for it's pocketability (see above)

Own a Black-throat monitor (or funky up the lizard tanks a bit more!)

But y'know what? I'm good for now. (-Ish.)

Monday 23 March 2009

Brrr? No, Grrrr.

It's been a busy couple of weeks I'm afraid - work has been extremely short of staff, so I've been working extra time and giving up my days off to cover. I'm most annoyed, having discovered that my day offs have essentially been given out - instead of alleviating the staffing issue. In fact, I'm even more annoyed, as when my only colleague had to go to the hospital to have an infected wisdom tooth removed in emergency surgery, we were told that "she may as well come to work and cry in pain rather than sit at home and cry in pain."

Also, a very good friend of mine has just been diagnosed with lung cancer - but what struck me most odd is that they've been giving up smoking for years, on off on off. I went round to visit and the house is completely free of cigarette smoke. It's a terrible shame something like cancer had to strike before actually doing it. Don't get me wrong, I'm aware it's a tough habit to break - but it's sad they've been able to stop so suddenly after this news. One can only wonder, if they had just stopped the first time...

His Lordship is still fighting with His bankruptcy and nothing concrete is being said. Ditto with the work - I grabbed a copy of the local paper to flick through for jobs and discovered the entire two pages of jobs contained a grand total of three jobs and lots and lots of adverts. We had a nurse, a teacher and a field salesperson. The sales job never responded...

So yes, I'm generally cheesed off. At least it's not snowed for a bit.

Quote of the Week: "I had 5p stuck up my nose and I liked it." - My colleague. The best bit is we both work in banks...

Sunday 1 March 2009

Wut?!

I'm not sure I like doing Tesco online shopping any more. Alright, so yes, it's a bit like Christmas time, when one of my loving grandparents sends me some very odd gifts (I have a rather interesting papier mache frog in Victorian flowers pattern in the downstairs bathroom...) - but it's not super practical. I'm not sure why, but I received five (yes, five) two litre bottles of lemonade, two different brands, both wrong. I'm most puzzled.

Weather here has actually nudged into the greenhouse style too - as I mentioned, the lizards were chuffed to be able to window bathe, He and I went out and decimated the front garden. There's a pile about five feet tall, slowly drying out up the side of the house to be burnt. I ripped out a tree that wasn't supposed to be there, He took after all the hedges. The lavender had it's base truly kicked and the hydrangea has been pounded into submission too. But, like yourself, I've also overdone it and eesh do I ache now! It hurts to laugh!

But, it's making learning the machines at the gym I've just signed up to fun! I've had a go on a few of the overgrown toys there. The best one is the "Crosstrainer" - I see where it gets the name from - you train on it and you get cross with it! You expect a sort of stair-climbing motion, but no, you lean BACK and sort of wiggle your bum. It's very like ice skating.

Quote of the Day: Woman sat in movie bar, trying out 3D glasses: "Doesn't look much different with these on." Partner responds: "Well, everything's already IN 3D, isn't it?"