Happy days...

So last Saturday I watched my big brother get married to his girlfriend of 14 years & 2 kids. About bloody time I say. It was (apart from my own) one of the best weddings I have been to. Why? Because they not only had the wedding ceremony, they had the whole family confirmation thing so their kids could be involved as part of the service. It was tear jerking stuff people.

I would of cried, honestly, but when your beloved brother, all dolled up in his suit with tails, closely resembles the Fat Controller from Thomas the Tank Engine all you wanna do is laugh!

Choo choo!!

Life goes on...

And on & on...



D has a new job, he will be writing wills. To do this job we have had to buy him a 50cc scooter to get around town, buses are soooo unrealiable!! Next, we have to tax, insure & get petrol for it. Not good when you HAVE NO MONEY!!



D starts properly on Tuesday next week. He has 4 appointments already & his mydiary keeps pinging with more appointments. It is really good money though. The downside is he will have to be self employed which means he will have to pay his own PAYE & NI, thats 25% of his income stashed away somewhere safe until 01/04/2010. Nice, there will be all this money & I can't spend it!!



On a great note, we are going on a freeeeee holiday to Spain!! Well, nearly free, we only have to fork out £94. We go in October, D's bro will stay at home and love The Cat. Talking of the Cat, we had to take him to the vet again yesterday as he began the whole 'I want to pee but ain't happening so MEEEEOWWWWWW, MEOWWW, PURREOWWW, MEOWWW' in my face. Constantly. I went for a wee & he jumped onto my lap & continued the pained stare. He coupied down 11 times in 10 minutes and nothing come out. Given his past we took him to the vet just to be told that he had cysititis & charged me £52.00 for the pleasure.



Then, he did the unforgivable...



... he gave Darth an injection. Everyone knows that giving Darth an injection will turn him into Mental Cat for a few days and OMFG I did not sleep for the racket coming out of his mouth all bloody night.

I'm going to London...

Yay! And I'm so excited. Well, excited and a bit sad as this day trip signals the end of all fun and frolics for me & D.

D has been made redundant.

Crap isn't it? Just bought a house and stuff and D loses his job. He'll get a smallish payout, being as he worked there for 7 years, but nothing that we can live on for a few months. He has been applying for jobs left, right & centre but nothing as yet. Bloody recession.

Soooo, the London trip is a day trip for one last blow out before we have to buckle our belts & stop having lives, pay all the bills and live in poverty. I'm not complaining, I've done it before & can do it again. Asda Smart Price, here I come!!

Apart from that, life is good.

Lots of exercise... Possibly

So, new year, new body? Maybe...

I have been joining my friend in pounding the pounds on her new cross trainer. It kills me, I've never felt so bad in my life whilst working that bastard! Maybe that's why I've only done it twice so far this year...?

Nothing much on the interesting front. D has to find a new job as his boss can't afford to keep him on for much longer. He also can't afford to pay him redundancy which is amusing. I've told D not to leave until A. He has a new job that pays more or B. He gets redundancy. Either is satisfactory for me now we have a massive mortgage to pay.

I've been trying out some new receipes as well, to add to my list of stuff I've cooked there is...

Chicken & Bacon Risotto
French Onion Soup with Cheesy Croutons
Chocolate Mud Cake
Beef & Bacon Lasagne

I test the finished products on D's brother & so far he has cleared his plate on all of them!! result!

One day I will post photos of the finished food!

So far...

So it's a New Year & like other suckers I know I decided to make some New Year Resolutions. So far I haven't started any. Doh!

Anyway, New Year Resolutions are:

1. Get fit. When you bend over in your office and a customer shouts 'Whoa, total eclipse of the sun man' you get a bit of a complex. So far, getting fit has consisted of me walking to the chip shop instead of driving and drinking squash instead of coke. Getting fit will be a long hard slog for me.

2. Make more effort. This relates to my appearance in the office. At present, I get up & look in the mirror and cringe, clean my teeth, wash my bits. get dressed (yes, in the light although it does look like I do get dressed in the dark sometimes) & go. I rarely bother with my hair (I should do, hedge dragged backwards comes to mind) or make up (the bags man, the baaaags). I have begun to get up a little earlier to address above points, however at the moment, me getting up earlier has given me more time on a morning to moan about getting up too early.

3. Be nice. So far this year I have been nice. To people I like. People I don't like have been having a rough time courtesy of my tongue. Stop it LMPP. Be nice.

4. Drink less alcohol. This relates to number 1. However, its not happening, it just jumps in my mouth. Oops.

5. Blog more. Ok, this one I will succeed at. I'm crap at blogging and it shows. I am ashamed.

6. Cook more. I looooove cooking! I watch all the shows & read all the blogs but my kitchen is a bit of a ghost town. I can and have proved I can cook fairly well, but my menu is limited:
Casseroles: Sausage, Chicken & Beef
Toad in the Hole
Lasagne
Cottage Pie (once)
Roast dinners
Spag Bol
Lemon Chicken (no one in my household likes it?)
Chicken Biryani
Fried breakfast
Chilli
Random quickie frozen shite

I need to learn more receipes & cook more!

7. Spend less money on crap & more on important stuff. Nuff said!

Ok, that's it, my list of things to achieve this year. Whether or not I succeed is another story. However, I will blog more & update you so at least one of my resolutions will be fufilled!!

It's so damn cold...

In fact, my car iced over whilst driving it this morning with the heaters on. I have to pull over quick & pray there wasn't a parked car in my way.

Happy Holidays & Happy New Year! A bit late I know but then again, better late than never eh?

Yesterday, yes, New Years Day, I got pulled over by a copper for apparently pulling out in front of a car. It didn't matter that the car I 'pulled out in front of' was approx 5 football field lengths away from me, he still pulled me & proceeded to tell me what was wrong with my car...

Him: 'You have no brake lights madam'.
Me: 'Yes I do, I can see them lighting up on your car you're parked so far up my ass!'

Apparently that's a bad thing being cheeky to the police.

Him: 'I'm going to issue you with a vehicle defect form. You have to immediately get your car repaired by a registered MOT Testing Station & get this form stamped & post it to this address on the back. Do I make myself clear Mrs. M?'
Me: 'Duh, it's New Years Day, Pray tell where I'm supposed to get this done on New Years Day??'
Him: 'Not my problem Mrs. Mead'.

The police, very helpful.

In fact, when I went to hand it in at my local police station after dragging my friend away from his family meal to fixed my car & stamp said form, the nice lady behind the counter told me she couldn't accept it & that it had to be posted and gave me an envelope for my trouble.

Thanks, I'm soooo pleased.

I then went to work in the pub, where I'm not in the managements good books, & played gin rummy with the other member of bar staff for most of the night. No customers is an understatement, I must have served no more than 11 people in 6 hours. I do not think we will be getting double time this New Years Day.

Fabulous start to 2009 don't you think?

It's about time...

I thought I'd update you all with the going ons my my life.

We are nearly there with the house buying, Friday we should be proud owners of our new house. D's mum has very kindly allowed us to make a start on the bathroom as she is away in Spain for a few days. All looking marvellous & I will, I promise to post a few photos of it once it is done!!