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My lappie just arrived.

I reckon I'll be busy for a while.

See you later

I've got one of those webcammy things in my header now too cos I'm a copycat so if you want to take a picture ...

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Since I got paid the other day, and I feel less worried about Vista

I bought this

Do not tell me I coulda got a better one for less or that the spec is crud

or I'll give you a chinese burn

I wondered why my son's face was so spotty recently. Kept moaning at him to wash properly "Girls like to touch a smooth face" etc

This morning I discovered what was going wrong.

FAIL!

He's been using that. It usually hangs over the radio antenna to dry after I've scrubbed the bath

£2.99 from Lakeland - not to be used on children's faces.

A phone call.

Apparently someone phoned Maxi's mum a little while ago saying ...

"Hello, you might not have met me before but I'm MW's mother-in-law. Her youngest child, my grand-daughter, has been murdered and there's going to be an investigation into all the men who have ever been involved with her. Also, MW has had a nervous breakdown."

This grand-daughter she's talking about must be about 6 now. The ex has her.

The person who made the phone call was MW. She didn't even try to disguise her voice.

Sorry, I shouldn't be giggling but after a while there's not much else you can do.

Maxi's mum thought I should know, after all the hassle. Forewarned is forearmed kinda thing.

Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelp!

Still.

Ah well, it's nearly tomorrow

Nothing interesting to say. It's been a good day though. Loads of work done. Sun shone for a while, rain rained for a while.

A child stayed over with Mini last night. Another one showed up at 8.30 I have a feeling that another 3 showed up while I was at work. One brought his xbox round cos Mini's was taken by courier to be fixed. He has a new game from his dad (Rainbow 6 Las Vegas 2?) so had to play it immediately.

Watched Mitchell & Webb - frickin hysterical

Catherine Tate isn't so funny any more but Peter Kay's on it so *fneugh*

Still considering a lappie. Annoyed at Bill Gates cos I want XP not feckin Vista

Wondering if it really would work ok to buy a lappie with Vista on it and get XP from Ebay Or if I'd end up regretting it.

In other news - the vibrating cushion for my back that Andy got me at Crimbo is bluddy marvellous. I think it might even help with my *whispers* IBS

... is sooooooo nice

Got loads done at work. Some stuff at home.

Still have to get the Xbox courier'd to be fixed

Wee yin happy ... off swimming with small friends.

Realised ex owes me money - woohoo!

Egg has interest for me - woohoo too!

Off to do more stuff .....

He left at quarter to six. I'm ok. It's been so lovely

The weather's been crud till today, typical. But it really hasn't mattered too much. I've sickened him of Starbucks though but we did have an unusual next-table-neighbour this afternoon I think he had learning difficulties of some sort so I kinda sorta have to forgive it, don't I? She didn't mean to give you the wrong type of drink, you both have accents - get over it!

Bought a new filing cabinet the other day. It's pink Look, it's not that bad, although I grant you it does sound it. So I had filing to do; to soften the blow of Andy going home - yes, I know I'm weird.

Mini's back *holding his cash-hungry hand out* He really likes Andy (yay!) but I was expecting that ...

He has a friend staying over. He just got back this afternoon and he has a friend staying over *arg*

Meh.

He phoned another friend. I'd already tipped the contents of my purse into his sweaty mitt.

"Can J stay too?"

No ... no ... no ... no ... no ... no ... no ... no ... no

times 37

A different one is staying tomorrow night.

*frantic filing*

No, it's not a euphemism

I shall be locked in my PC room for most of their stay. The Xbox is bust and they'll be after entertainment money.

Expect lots more blogging tomorrow

Oh, before I go ... apparently I'm "Yo!" according to one of Mini's wee friends.

4 months ago ...

"Mum, this is T"

T says "Yo!"

*snigger*

One each from me and Andy

Saw Clerks II yesterday - Paddy, that's bizarro and funny

Lazy day today. Wandered around for a while *clickclickclickclick* down by the river and such. Many had the same idea. Lovely lunch of baked camembert, salad, bread & apricot relish in a cute riverside pub. Saw a rat by one of the uni grounds (I've not seen a rat here before)

Did Starbucks ... well wadya expect? This is me yer reading

Limped home (pesky hip) and was molly-coddled by da man I could get used to this

Did you watch Big Fish? I've seen it before but I forgot how lovely and sad it was.

Haven't heard from the bairn today. I imagine he's battered his dad's windaes wi' snowballs though. It's traditional, eh?

Another first

Starting young ...

Highwayman learned at an early age the pleasure of Air Guitarring...

Childhood chess match ...

Despite his delight at capturing Subs' KitKat, Highwayman was now perturbed ...

Did Dougal move diagonally or two up and one across ...?

Ridin, ridin, ridin ...

Another Subs scandal breaks as photographic proof emerges of her with Bobby between her legs ... (Caption provided by AJ Captioning Services Ltd.)

The Amazing Frog Boy takes a nap ...

As work went on feverishly around him, Mini began his helpful life as he meant to go on ...

A moment of classic art, "Subville's The Thinker" ...

Although on a par with Rodin's version Mini's interpretation was a tad more ... horizontal ...

My Mum and The Magical Safety Hood of Anoraki, God of Trainspotters ...

How many children remain blissfully unaware of that protective hand ...

It's been lovely. Better every time

(no I don't mean that ... but yes ... oh FFS shurrup, me!)

A met me at work and we went into town for lunch. *yum* Strolled round Camb in the rain but it coulda been sun or snow for all I cared. Looked at this 'n' that. *normal stuff blah blah*

I'm very happy. All my normal aches 'n' pains etc but everything is fine with his hand to hold

I know what yer gonna say so

*Thanks*

for yer good wishes

No work till Tuesday - woohoo!

It didn't really sink in, what had happened. Not till I got back from work today. I'm wondering if the floods of tears are a selfish thing because it's nothing to do with me.

A friend I've met twice. A friend I had a shaky start with ... then discovered the depth of, briefly. I like her person and I fully believe a lot of her was in Cody. Over the months we've read how cheeky, sussed and thoughtful he is and how much his mum adores him.

Watching what happened on blog at this news was very touching, and painful. Hence the tears. I'm stuck in that moment now. Remembering the world standing still. Looking at folk and wondering why they were carrying on, doing normal things. I'll forgive myself this selfishness I think, and attribute these feelings to being there with her.

So hard to form the words, to be exact.

Know how much you're loved, hon. It's times like this that folk can be allowed to show it.

Nothing will help. Be.

This one .....?

Or this one .....?

Or my personal favourite, this one .....?

"My name is Milandra and my ear is a question mark."

How fitting is that expression, eh? It's cool to wear a swim hat

"Mummy, mummy, she used the C word!"

Combed a buggery bastardwich headlice outta my hair this morning.

Just the one, mind.

But I've been itching and paranoid all frickin day.

*consta-comb*

Times like this I frickin hate kids.

Filth-mongers.

God did not make head lice. They're the spawn of satan.

Carried by wee people who have no clue about personal space.

C*nts!

Not quite the style of Landers, but ya gets ma drift

That's just too sad ...

And this is sad, but true ...

LINKY

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FART PARTY

... if one were needed.

This was in my Inbox this morning

Bored bored bored bored bored bored bored bored

*bleugh*

Passing time

*drums fingers*

*taps newly grown fingernails*

Hurts when ye pick yer nose

and other stuff

blah blah blah blah blah

*looks at invisible watch*

nearly FOUR days

MEH.

Ex told me he couldn't have the wee yin on the first week of holidays cos he wants time with GF. Her ex is having their kid for the first week of holidays - can't do second week (going on holibobs). Ok, says me. But Andy's holidays don't go on for as long as the wee yin's. He has two weeks starting yesterday. So my ex is having the boy from Wednesday (while he's still at school) this week till Tuesday next and Andy's coming here on Wednesday.

Ex works near the wee yin's school so pick up and drop off is ok.

He just realised though, that it's a long weekend while he has Mini and that's the time he wanted to spend with her. He messed up the dates

So - he'll have evenings with her, alone, and be working through the day

*div'ead*

He phoned to tell me, I could hear in his voice that he wanted to get me to lie down and let him stamp on me change my arrangements again - but he knew he couldn't *snigger*

Her ex is not really a dedicated dad. She has to chase him for money and time with his lad etc. So they have to dance to his tune, then I have to dance to their tune, and finally - Andy is the BEST

It seems that the more stroppy and awkward you are, everything goes your way pffft

I felt like rolling Andy in custard and *cough* erm ... I was so proud of him when all this dawned on me earlier. He's the opposite of awkward

*punches time square on the face*

HURRY UP

*taps fingernails again*

It's really dull in here now. Hardly anyone is posting.

Might as well go and do something less boring instead

Cyanide & Happiness

ZITS

You can't do this ... at the start of a row.

Or this ...

or this ...

You can't do this unless it's at the start of a row

I tried linking a picture in a comment the other night and it didn't work till I used 'edit' (the comment I made was in my own post)

I don't like it when he's not here, y'know

edit - just as I posted that Bridge of Sighs came on my media player

Folk are kickin up a stink round here about Tesco wanting to plonk their self on Mill Road. It's all over the papers, big meetings, folk standing about with placards and singing daft songs about the big bastard Tesco

On the empty shop front they've stuck posters saying NO TO TESCO and A4 sheets with FAQs. They're moaning about how it's gonna change the place, remove all the wee shops, take the character away from here, etc.

Half the shops on Mill Road are lying empty anyway, and it looks a bit guff, cos the cost of rental is too much. The shops that are there now over-charge for their goods cos the rent's so high. The price gets passed to us and they call that 'character'

I bought unrefined sugar from a local shop (£1.79 for 500g). Next time I got it from Tesco (92p for 1Kg). What are these people on?

To get to a decent shop (i.e. one that charges a fair price) I have to either:

* Get a bus (Day-rider ticket £3) and only buy what I can carry on and off a bus.

or

* Walk to the nearest Tesco or Asda (quite a distance and I'm in pain that day and the next) and get a taxi back (at least £5)

or

* Taxi there and back (£5 each way)

or

* Plead with ex and have to fit in with his agenda (once he took me to Sainsbury's instead cos he didn't want to drive to Asda! £ x many!)

That one is a last resort.

So, who's the biggest, baddest ... erm ... baddie?

Tesco or the Council?

I think I'm the only one with no poster on my window! LOL

1. What gadget could you not be without?
My mobile. The calendar bleeps me for everything. It's my RAM

2. What gadget do you not own but wish you did?
A PDA. But I couldn't afford the monthly connection bills.

3. What would be you ideal secret agent gadget?
An invisible tardis, but a wee bit smaller than the original.

4. Which gadget would you like to have invented?
The staple. Yeah yeah ... paperless offices - not while there's a council.

5. The next big thing will be...?
Blogging for schools!

The other night I went to bed quite early as I'm so hopeless at getting up in the morning. Deep in sleep at quarter to five - the house phone rings ...

"Wha?"

"You have been sent a text message. Press 1 to listen, press 2 to ..."

*presses 1*

"Blah blah blah saw everyone, including Jo. Miss you lots, love you lots 2 xxxxx"

Not a clue who it was from. Slightly baffled. Which Jo could they mean? I must be able to work it out.

Took me a while, scrolling through my mobile address book. Still couldn't work it out.

Phoned the person.

(what if they thought they'd sent it to someone, they'd think the person knew they loved them, missed them yadda yadda)

It was my frickin niece.

She's got a new mobile and for some reason it keeps sending old texts to everyone's numbers

That could get tricky!

Deleted lots of numbers from my phone (ya never know lol)

Shoulda kept some though, certain times you have to know NOT to answer

They've put a wee thing next to the tag section at the bottom of the posts

(star) recommend this post

and the tags have a line under them so I'm thinking they're probably links now, in case other folk have tagged their posts the same and you might wanna look

oooooooooooooooooo

In a week's time I'll see him

Not just see him ... snugglehug him *boing*

Life will be sweet again

He just sent me this ...

did it make you giggle?

My wooden-top came to see me

He brought an alarm. Not just any old alarm ... it's powered by gas and is LOUD. I have a personal alarm already - The Godfather and it's fairly loud but this one's louder

Says I'm the only one who had a good word to say about her. The only one who knew her before she got ill.

I was sitting there, listening to him and answering questions when I suddenly realised who he looked like ... O.M.G. Simon Pegg

Any idea how hard it is to keep a straight face when you're picturing the person in the hilarious film you watched the week before? Same feckin uniform!

Eventually when he stood up I said it to him (holding the dvd up) - apparently he gets a lot of stick at work for it. They have this poster up on the wall ...

He doesn't wear shades. Or have two ouzis strapped to his back.

My throat/cold didn't come to anything!

As I was pondering this strange phenomenon

I realised that

even my blood is defensive

Hmmm. It was set in Revelation time ... you couldn't buy anything if you didn't have the 'mark of the beast'. I don't usually think of it like this but ... someone had held my arm and tricked me into having a black band put round my wrist, with a square thing attached to it. I suppose it was like being tagged when you're on bail or something?

Anyway, I'd been 'got' and there was no way out of it, but I was telling other folk about it - so they wouldn't fall for the same trick, and for my troubles was given kinda 'brownie points'. So even though I was lost I was able to have some kind of special commission.

The person who we all grouped around (leader? some kind of helper? we all had to group together anyway ... us V's evilness!) this person had a kind of credit card and was able to get supplies for us to survive on (manna?)

Very strange. I've never had a dream like that before!

Feeling a bit too rough

night night

Right. I have a throat thing that's about to start, as my head is throbbing and my throat feels peculiar. So that's why I've not been coping so well. Every time I get a throat bug, I feel depressed and fragile for a few days before it. My mum noticed this years ago. Glad I know what it is cos I was getting pissed off with myself for not handling things better.

Got back from work and there was a message from my local PC. I'd left a message for him yesterday about the shenanigans of Mad Woman & daughter.

Spoke to him and he's gonna sort things with the Crime Prevention dudes and the council woman who's dealing with MW. She's been threatened with ASBO's quite a bit from numerous people round here. He's going to do his best with this. It's better when you are assigned a local PC, it seems. He knows what is going on.

I don't know if it'll make anything stop but it's a step in the right direction.

Sorry for all the whinging over the last couple of days. I'm not a good patient

Andy just found this comic it's ace

(click for pop-up)

Got a call from P earlier, she's in hospital because of gall stones. I'd been emailed about it last night. They are gonna take the stones out and remove her gall bladder at a later date.

She told me the church office had asked if I was ok.

Then explained that Mad Woman (or perhaps her daughter) had left a message on the answerphone. It was quite garbled apparently, but accused my ex of murder and both of us of a number of things.

I phoned the church and was told of the message. The woman that Mad Woman had shouted at and thrown summat at left our church a wee while back. None of the other office staff know the story of all this. I filled K in with all the garbage. She's offered to speak up for me to the police (who are pretty much doing sod all to help) if I want that.

Phoned ex. The usual. "I'm sick of hearing all her crap"

Well f'kin good for you ... I seem to have custody of our psychotic ex friend - grate!

Ah well. K in the office has offered help, that makes me feel better even if I don't take her up on it.

Dunno how much more of this I can take.

My aunt suggested seeing the Crime Prevention dudes since I'm worried about the letter box ... ok it's like a phobia, I could say - yeah she wouldn't do anything violent - but try keeping that in yer head when it's dark and you can't sleep.

I didn't say that to make you feel sorry for me. Just trying to explain what it's like.

Possibly a metal box fixed to my door beneath the letter box? I reckon the CPOs might know of summat like that. Doesn't stop the shite following me to church though.

Oh FFS I don't know. Can't think this through really. I don't want to move cos my house is a brilliant bargaining thing for an exchange. Mini's school is nearby so I have to stay here. Once Mini leaves school I'm off though.

Couple more years and I can leave all this lot and their mire of crap that they want to drag me back into. It worries me when I see Mini getting into the scandal of it. "I had to talk to someone about it!" Yeah, cos Lie Woman's son is a fantastic person to talk about it to

And so it goes on, generation to generation *puke*

A lot of things are getting me down tonight. Some of it is the stuff surrounding Mini. He has an 'internal exclusion' at school. He got 3 red cards at school for talking and for missing his detention. 3 Cards is serious.

He has an utterly crud memory, just like his mum

He could write it in his school diary but he'd still forget to look. Maybe if he gets that mobile he wants for his birthday I can show him what I do - programme stuff into the calender so it bleeps at me to do stuff

Anyway, they sent me one of those letters ... 'your child is awful'

Told me what would happen, if he gets a school bus I must arrange travel etc. Said nothing about a packed lunch. Mini told me a half hour ago - oh I'll need a packed lunch cos I'm not allowed to go into the dinner hall.

I'm annoyed at him and at the school. Couldn't they have mentioned that in the letter? He gets free school meals usually. He gets back from his dad's on a Sunday night and dumps this on me. There are no shops open!

We've been here before. The only shops open are the Asian ones.

Chicken Tikka on a baguette? No? Didn't think so, small dude.

Och ignore me, just having a moan. So much for me coping

I'll toddle down there with a packed lunch after work tomorrow and suggest they include that information in their letters in future

For all the complaints I've had about him - I have equal amount of complaints about the way they run things there. Can't believe I had to appeal to get him in there *pffft* best non-fee-paying school round here MY ARSE.

EXPLOSM HERE

Watched The Wonder Years today ... man it's been ages. Must point Mini at it when he gets back from his dad's.

Had various thoughts that I can't focus on properly to form into blogable posts

along the lines of

Fear of Change

Not that I have it. Sometimes I wonder if I'm missing summat in my genes

*ponders the possible gags from that line*

Big Things I've Done

Left all my friends and family to move way down here with a fookin wanker - it has to be said (fancy-a-shag guy) I saw the girl he left me for the other day. She's gorgeous. But he broke her. He dragged her through the courts, blackened her name and now she never sees her own daughter

*lucky escape*

Got married after seeing my boyfriend for five weeks. Stayed for 11 years, hoping it'd get better.

Separated from husband, to look after Mini mostly on my own. If I'd thought years ago that my life would be that I'd have run far, far away. I've coped but I wouldn't have when I was younger.

Oh look, it's almost focussed thoughts

I'm scared of loads of things. But you get to a point where you want to kick the fear in the head and just do summat. I think that's what happened before each of these changes. "Go on, Fear, do yer damndest"

Maybe I'm just a bit simple

Added bit - No this wasn't aimed at anyone, I just realised the other day that I'm braver than I thought I was

... every Sunday (but I think they've started leaving the previous week's posts at the bottom of the page)

HERE

Subject: Sheriff Arpaio and he is cheap. LOL

If only we had more men in authority like Sheriff Arpaio - love the update!

Update on Joe Arpaio Oh, there's MUCH more to know about Sheriff Joe!

Maricopa County was spending approx. $18 million dollars a year on stray animals, like cats and dogs. Sheriff Joe offered to take the department over, and the County Supervisors said okay.

The animal shelters are now all staffed and operated by prisoners. They feed and care for the strays. Every animal in his care is taken out and walked twice daily. He now has prisoners who are experts in animal nutrition and behaviour. They give great classes for anyone who'd like to adopt an animal. He has literally taken stray dogs off the street, given them to the care of prisoners, and had them place in dog shows

The best part? His budget for the entire department is now under $3 million Teresa and I adopted a Weimeraner from a Maricopa County shelter two years ago. He was neutered, and current on a ll shots, in great health, and even had a microchip inserted the day we got him. Cost us $78.

The prisoners get the benefit of about $0.28 an hour for working, but most would work for free, just to be out of their cells for the day. Most of his budget is for utilities, building maintenance, etc. He pays the prisoners out of the fees collected for adopted animals.

I have long wondered when the rest of the country would take a look at the way he runs the jail system, and copy some of his ideas. He has a huge farm, donated to the county years ago, where inmates can work, and they grow most of their own fresh vegetables and food, doing all the work and harvesting by hand. He has a pretty good sized hog farm, which provides meat, and fertilizer. It fertilizes the Christmas tree nursery, where prisoners work, and you can buy a living Christmas tree for $6 - $8 for the Holidays, and plant it later. We have s ix trees in our yard from the Prison.

Yup, he was re-elected last year with 83% of the vote.

Now he's in trouble with the ACLU again. He painted all his buses and vehicles with a mural that has a special hotline phone number painted on it where you can call and report suspected illegal aliens. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement wasn't doing enough in his eyes, so he had 40 deputies trained specifically for enforcing immigration laws, started up his hotline, and bought
4 new buses just for hauling folks back to the border. He's kind of a 'Git-R Dun' kind of Sheriff.

TO THOSE OF YOU NOT FAMILIAR WITH JOE ARPAIO HE IS THE MARICOPA ARIZONA COUNTY SHERIFF AND HE KEEPS GETTING ELECTED OVER AND OVER THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY:

Sheriff Joe Arpaio (In Arizona) who created the 'Tent City Jail':

He has jail meals down to 40 cents a serving and charges the inmates for them.

He stopped smoking and porno magazines in the jails. Took away their weights. Cut off all but 'G' movies.

He started chain gangs so the inmates could do free work on county and city projects.

Then he started chain gangs for women so he wouldn't get sued for discrimination.

He took away cable TV until he found out there was a Federal Court Order that required cable TV for jails. So he hooked up the cable TV again, only let in the Disney Channel and the Weather Channel.

When asked why the Weather Channel He replied, so they will know how hot its gonna be while they are working on my chain gangs.

He cut off coffee since it has zero nutritional value.

When the inmates complained, he told them, 'This isn't The Ritz/Carlton...if you don't like It, don't come back.'

He bought Newt Gingrich's lecture series on videotape that he pipes into the jails.

When asked by a reporter if he had any lecture series by a Democrat, he replied that a democratic lecture series might explain why a lot of the inmates were in his jails in the first place.

More on the Arizona Sheriff:

With temperatures being even hotter than usual in Phoenix (116 Degrees just set a new record), the Associated Press Reports:

About 2,000 inmates living in a barbed-wire-surrounded tent encampment at the Maricopa County Jail have been given permission to strip down to their Government-Issued pink boxer shorts.

On Wednesday, hundreds of men wearing boxers were either curled up on their bunk beds or chatted in the tents, which reached 138 Degrees inside the week before.

Many were also swathed in wet, pink towels as sweat collected on their chests and dripped down to their pink socks.

'It feels like we are in a furnace,' said James Zanzot, an inmate who has lived In the tents for 1 year. 'It's inhumane.'

Joe Arpaio, the tough-guy sheriff who created the tent city and long ago started making his prisoners wear pink, and eat bologna sandwiches, is not one bit sympathetic. He said Wednesday that he told all of the inmates: 'Its 120 Degrees in Iraq and our soldiers are living in tents too, And they have to wear full battle gear,

But they didn't commit any crimes, so shut your damned mouths!'

Way to Go, Sheriff!

Maybe if all prisons were like this one there would be a lot less crime and/or repeat offenders. Criminals should be punished for their crimes - not live in luxury until it's time for their parole, only to go out and commit another crime so they can get back in to live on taxpayers money and enjoy things taxpayers can't afford to have for themselves.

If you agree, pass this on. If not, just delete it.

Sheriff Joe was just re-elected Sheriff in Maricopa County, Arizona.

Happy Boifday

Nick

Have fun, you

Feck.

Today hasn't been great for a number of folk close to me.

I wish I hadn't told him that someone had left. He blames himself.

I wish I hadn't told someone else that someone had figuratively left. His heart has broken.

I wish I knew how to smooth things over for someone who has left.

But

I also wish I'd had the chance to tell *someone they'd upset me a few weeks back.

*not from these here parts

Out with P; lunch, shopping and more shopping.

My ankle has been sore for a while, since I fell down stairs at my GPs (lol) about 4 years ago! So I bought an ankle support.

My wrist has been sore for a while, since madwoman tussled with me as I punched her tried to get her to leave. So I bought a wrist support.

There's a great big sale on at Debenhams, so I bought a stripy jumper for me (has to be stripy) ... red & grey ... lovely jubbley and a tee shirt and jumper for Mini. Oh, and those JML touch lights that stick onto things (he has a loft bed and he's scared of the dark - both very good reasons to have insta-light)

We'd arranged to meet another friend and her two kids for coffee. Do not buy the spiced chai latte from Debenhams ... they use syrup to make it and it's horrendous. Undrinkable *bleugh*

It all went on my card. I don't care. Much. Till the bill comes and I see the interest. Bastards.

Small children can be really sweet. I'm glad Mini's twelve though.

News from the Xbox room ...

"She's nuts ... she told me yesterday that she never wants to speak to me or see me again!"

"Yeah I hate that ... out of nowhere"

mumblemumble *more tales of emotional warfare*

Apparently, puberty's in full swing amongst the 12 year olds.

One small female friend got laughed at for being small and trying to get onto a table to sit ... and he has NO IDEA why he did it cos she's a really close buddy. He's apologised over and over and over but she's ditched his friendship.

Another friend (the one who's quoted) told him to naff off, for no reason at all.

Sitting there chatting about it like wee old men, with very high-pitched voices

Why don't schools cover stuff like that in a bit more depth? Growing up is hard enough when yer coping with yer own mad hormones, never mind trying to work out why yer friend's suddenly become a complete Jekyl & Hyde.

The show-y off-y thing with guys and the bitchy snappy thing with girls. Imagine that hitting you when you have no idea why, and then yer mates all start doing it too! Just as you're getting ready for yer exams. It's a cruel joke, this living thing. We've all been through it - how did we cope without getting all mashed up? Oh yeah, we didn't

There's still summat going on in my digestive system. I reckon the pastries weren't fresh enough and my guts have staved off something. Can feel little bits of cramping along my body.

Ah well, I feel a lot better than yesterday.

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The boy was supposed to be on a school trip to the Black Country Museum today. I got a text from school earlier saying they'd be back at 4pm instead of 8pm!

I phoned to ask why the trip was cut short and was answered as though I was a nuisance caller!

He just came in the door. Apparently they sat in the coach for 5 hours because of a tailback in traffic. They were allowed out the coach for 15 minutes! *pffft*

Hope they get a 'replacement' trip

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My third exam mark was 10% down on the first two exams. I studied for those for about 4 weeks each, I started doing this one in November, then the PC bust and my back went *ping* and procrastination set in - so, like sleep, the longer you get; the worse you are!

I haven't been feeling too great this afternoon.

I have ..... a food hangover

Toddled off to sit my exam. Passed. Toddled home. Walked past cake shop. Doubled back.

*sigh*

2 x Danish pastries make my belly sored

Also, v tired as I walked there and back, and you know what walking's like for me

Had a nanna nap ... tartan blanket 'n' everythin'

I'm lying, I was tucked up in bed under my quilt

Anyway. Apart from that I had a good day

This picture ...

is from HERE

I googled it to find a pic of my phone for Alec.

If you get the picture you want to insert ... right-click it and this will appear ...

Carefully select the text where it says 'Location', copy it.

Type this into yer post or comment - pasting the selected text in between the inverted commas ...

... and yer picture will show up

*Click on the pictures for them to pop up*

** No, I'm not going for Most Helpful Blogger

I knew there was a good reason for me not opening my gob - d'oh!

I keep my mouth shut for feckin ages and ages never stating what exactly is on my mind.

Bottled up. Not out.

*pop*

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Then I remember the reason I kept my mouth shut

My opinion is surplus to requirements

*banging head over and over and over*

Much like this ...

I made that one disappear too

Happy Birthday, Kelly

Hope you've had a lovely day

My niece phoned. She was on her way back home from Tesco. She saw mad woman's daughter there and they had a bit of a shouting match.

She asked her (!) what she was saying about her auntie and her dad.

I'm a dirty little slag apparently

Now, this is coming from mad woman but still ... I'm so fed-up with it all.

Another dampener on the next few days then. *chewing it round in my head*

Ignore it, you say? Easier said than done. I wish I'd never met any of them.

*pffft*

They were my introduction to church life

God, forgive them.

I wish I knew what I'd been doing to become a dirty little slag.

No flowers please

HERE

In other news ...

I watched Hot Fuzz today and it was a right laugh.

Go watch it ... funny and gory

Parenthood is getting me down tonight. Kids round here all the time, staying for tea, often staying over. It's expensive. And tiring. Mini doesn't tidy up much or clean the dishes they use so I'm constantly clearing a space to put things on in the kitchen.

I can cope when I get a night free once per week. This week he's not going to his Dad's cos he can't see his friends when he's there. I love giving him things, spending money on him, letting him have pals round. But I'm so tired of all this

CLEAN THE FECKIN DISHES!

If I have to answer the door one more time tonight I think I'll scream *sigh*

Switch the Xbox off when you go out.
Stack the game boxes over there *points*
Take the back door key so I don't have to get up & down constantly
Rinse a cup out once in a while
Let me know well in advance if one of them is staying ... we don't have enough food!

I might cry.

Told him not to get a Mother's Day anything ... just do the feckin dishes!

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