It's all about tonight!

OH MY GOD. I am going to explode. I have been refraining from venting immensely on this here blog so's not to sound like a total angry little elf but i'm afraid I can no longer hold it in.

Never have I ever been around somebody so nosey! The bloody nose is the size of the grand canyon and really they are blameless because it just sticks itself in where it's not wanted. I can handle it, but when it's there 5 days out of 7 it REALLY BEGINS TO GRATE.

I could write more. Believe me I could write reams and reams about how mind numbing annoying it is to be subjected to this day in and day out. Alas, I feel it's not good for my positive energy or anybody else's for that matter.

Let's move on to a friendlier and more welcome note - tonight I am off to the mooooovies. Unfortunately I am so poor that I actually can't afford to have nandos before hand :o( (Boo!) however, I am going to watch Breaking Dawn (With Dawn, ha!) Okay not funny...still it is said to be a good movie, although let's be honest; sexy on the sexy scale is blowing the roof off so who cares if it's not any good!?

Tomorrow I am off round to Tina & Keith's for a curry, always welcome! Friday cinema could be on the cards again but I think it will more than likely be Sunday instead! 50/50 - Been waiting for this to come out for aaaaaages!

4 weeks on Sunday until Christmas. Help :/

It's Chriiiiiiiiiiiiistmaaaaaaas! (Almost)

I urge anybody reading this to read THIS http://wiseall.wordpress.com instead. It's fucking phenomenal and P Wise is one of the funniest, most creative writers I know AND he actually does it for a living! (Sort of) I however just wallow in my own garbage (not actual garbage, that would be gross) and just write anything. Like I said to my Mother, who thinks i'm quite good (she doesn't read much)- I just write, I don't re-read or think much before I write. I just write and write. Quite often when I don't feel like writing I just start writing and it just takes me away. A bit like now...

I just got an email from Vue Cinema. "Dear Vue Member" How impersonal. How am I meant to strike up a business deal with you when you address me in such a way? Saying that, I am going to Orange Wednesday next week so their approach wasn't totally flawed. Dammit.

Anyway, I feel like this day is dragging but strangely the week itself has gone quite fast - it's only bloody Friday tomorrow! I'm going to The Farmhouse, but it has to be said I am not wearing a party dress to a pub which is going to be full of drunks and mostly trash singing Karaoke. Should be a great laugh though! Get a few drinks down me and I might pick up a mic! (Not likely)

Tonight is a night in with the best boy I know. Catching up on the second episode of "American Horror Story" which after the 1st Episode has got me hooked! Loving it! It's all a bit strange and a teensy be scary at times but what would you expect from a programme with 'Horror Story' in the title? Exactly. Fishcakes and Wedges, a meal fit for a king. I'll take it! 11:39 - 20 minutes until I can go to lunch and get outta this joint, could go now but let's be honest it's a better deal to get back later, less time until home time then!

I can't believe I have written all this garbage (again not actual garbage, gross) and i've forgotten to document my first experience babysitting a 5 month old! Saturday night I looked after the one and only Summer Shawyer. She has a routine, bed by 7pm and usually wakes up around midnight or just after. Just my luck, Damo & Cags went out at 8pm, Sumsy woke up at 8:20! Bless her little rosy cheeks, she cried and cried. Poor little poppet was hungry, restless and no amount of jigging and bouncing could calm her for more than 2 precious minutes! Her poor little face, all red and her eyes weary. If only she liked Formula :o) Alas, she is not fond of the stuff so Cagsy had to return from the pub to feed poor Sums, and then she went back to sleep and didn't wake for the rest of the night! Phewph! A bit of a ordeal, but I don't think I did tooooo badly! Auntie Ems :o) Woo!

I didn't think it was possible to have so much love for two little ladies. They are still the best things since the ever famous sliced bread. Can't wait for Christmas! Jingle Bells Jingle Bells....

Pow, right in the kisser.

I recently went to a party where manya mental conversations were had regarding afterlife, space, 'ying & yang' and to be honest i'm more of a living in the real world kind of girl. However, the past couple of days have seen me go into a kind of subconscious trance where I don't know what is real and what's not.

I have come to the conclusion that I will never be happy, at least not in this life. I just have to make the best with what i've got. <---- Did I seriously just write this? One part of me thinks that nobody is ever 100% happy, people are just lucky. The other half thinks nobody should ever have to settle for being 'okay'. Which is right? And where is the middle ground? Is there a middle ground?

I love a romantic gesture, but is there actually a single man out there who does things because they love someone, not because they want something? By 'something' I mean gratitude or to feel good about themselves. I am turning into a cynical old woman and as a result I don't think there are any selfless good deeds.

God I need to get a life! Be a bit more care-free, I say this too often and I always revert to the same uptight crazy person who worries too much. Who on earth would want to be with someone like that? How am I meant to change? Should I change? It always ends up the same, nice on the outside, not so nice on the inside. So it'll probably work out in the future that I have lots of short term friends but not very many long term friends. It will also mean I will end up a lonely old spinster with a house full of cats. I also have a huge issue admitting i'm wrong, if anyone ever reads this I could be in trouble, ha! In all seriousness, it's things like that, that ruin my relationships with people and it absolutely kills me :(

I've got a boy who tells me he loves me, leaves me notes under my pillow and cuddles me on the sofa. That's all I need right? I just wish he'd go that extra mile. Sometimes I feel like i'm putting 200% in and getting 2% back. Should relationships even be like this? Is every relationship like this? Should relationships be effortless or do they need work? I think the latter, but maybe not night shifts. I should really stop being such a mentalist and get on with the here and now.

London is just around the corner and it will be a lovely weekend away :o) To be honest, for me it's more of the holiday blues which is getting me a little down. Florida feels like it never even happened. Hmph.

Bring on the next holiday!

Flabbergasted

HOLY FUCK,

how on earth did I forget to mention that Florida was awesome!?

This slipped my mind when I went to New York last year too, there must be something wrong with me!?

Anyway, it was fanfreakintastic. Completely out of this world, everything is massive (including the people).

I will elaborate more on this at a more convenient time. As it is, i've got to go to Asda to 'do a shop' or whatever one says. Waaaaaay fun!

Yellow Diamonds, in the light.

Went a bit out of my mind yesterday, had a small panic when I realised I was feeling very frustrated about the current 'stand still' of my relationship. I'm ready for the next step people, and talking about it and taking no action is reeeeeally frustrating and making me think all kinds of crazy things.

Jayboy knows how I feel, I just need him to talk to me a bit more, you know? You don't know, you're not even anyone, you're thin air. New all time low; speaking to thin air.

I just wanna start building a life and living something new rather than the same old day in, day out gaggle that is currently going on. I'm not into rushing, but I am into security. Imagine if this went as tits up as the last time I really opened my heart up, not sure I could take it to be honest!? He's right though, I do worry too much. Let's just all take a chill pill and look forward to the next 6 months. Got a weekend away in London to look forward to, along with Christmas shopping and some lunch. Gotta love lunch.

On a completely separate a sad note - Great Uncle Bill passed away on Saturday. At the grand age of 94, he was a legend. I hadn't seen him for a while but Sheila, Shirley and Bill still send me a Christmas gift every year, so sweet of them. He was Grandad Ken's last remaining sibling which is so sad for Grandad. 8 Brothers & Sisters and he's the last one standing. I am glad Bill passed on peacefully in his sleep, with no pain and that Sheila and Shirley were there with him at the end.

Rest in Peace Uncle Bill :o) You will be missed by all The Green's!

Ruby Ruby Ruby Ruby, la la la la la la.

Is it really possible to feel loved and alone at the same time?

How about a little less questions and a little more shut the hell up! - Classic line from Family Guy.

Anyway, I have pretty much got the best weekend of my life coming up, would you believe it! Waaahoooo! Actually I jest, it'll be the shittiest weekend that's for sure. Pompey will also probably lose which will add to my woe. Isn't it fabulous? I feel like a used piece of chewing gum. Word of advice to anybody in a relationship, you may NEVER assume how one is feeling. Infact you may never assume anything about your 'other one'. Assuming is possibly the worst invention ever to exist. I hate assumptions unless they are less than assumptions and more actual concrete FACT.

When 2 nights of precious sleeping next to one another only come around once every 5 days, you'd assume...AHA never assume! That is all.

So basically my Nan is ill in hospital and it's not the best feeling in the world. I went to see her on my own last week at the hospital,(never assume you will gain 100% support either btw!) and I was totally unprepared for what I would see. It was a mere shell of who my Nanny Ruby used to be. She mostly made no sense and after saying "I'll give you 5 minutes" - (Cheers Nan) she said she wanted me to leave and would prefer it if I wasn't there :( I know my real Nan would never say that to me but I couldn't help getting upset. I hugged her, gave her a kiss and slowly made my way out of the hospital which then lead to me bursting into tears in front of a bunch of strangers walking in to the hospital. I got myself so worked up I got in the car, went to drive off and forgot to pay the car park ticket which in turn made me late to meet Jay. How foolish and forgetful. Bit like me if i'm honest.

I didn't want to see her after this, I will go to see her again soon but I just want to make sure I keep the fresh memories in my head of sitting on the arm of my Nan's chair whilst she holds my feet and I clamber in the cupboard in the living room. I tell you I found all kinds of interesting rubbish in there. I would take stuff out and say "What's this?" I think the most popular answer I got was "No Idea." Haha. I would eat chocolate swiss rolls until I was sick round their house, cheese and brown sauce sandwiches which my Nan would make me in the kitchen, cut into triangles and deliver to me on the sofa. Walking to the actual kitchen would be a milestone for her now, or just knowing what the actual kitchen is. I used to try and make my Grandad watch Casualty on a Saturday night but he'd make me turn it off because he didn't like blood, ha! I'm fairly sure there were some generation game viewings round their house at one time or another. Then off I went up to the put out bed with the cosiest quilt ever to lay there trying to sleep but secretly waiting for Mum and Dad to get in from their nightclub days! Awesome. Those are the best memories of my Nan and Grandad, that and one of my many hamsters deciding to show itself after being lost for almost a week running round the sofa under my Grandad's legs. "Emily, there's something running along the carpet!" "Yes! Found Scratch!" Why I thought 'Scratch' was a good name for a hamster I will never know. Lest not forget my favourite thing in their house - The Typewriter. I seriously would love this as a hand me down. I used to go up and play on that thing all the time. God knows what I used it for I wasn't quite the novelist at 5.

It is now I wish for my Nan to be watched by angels. I might not have had quite the same relationship with her as I have been lucky enough to have with my Nanny Mo, but she is a very special grandparent and I love her ever so much. The Green Family is a name to be proud of and she was there a the beginning of my tree as I know it hence not being alive to meet any Green's before them!

THE GREEN'S!

NEXT WEEK BABY!

I have been having some VERY mysterious dreams as of late. Let's see, there was me and Ian Somerhalder living it up in a tent in a random back garden I didn't recognize, but let's face it I wasn't particularly worried about who's back garden I was in. Then after that, I was in a strange house, which wasn't mine. In the kitchen I was cleaning and preparing food then all of a sudden everything I touched was just shattering, or breaking. I was mortified, kept apologising saying "So sorry, I won't break anything else" then everything kept breaking! All the while Ian Somerhalder was still there....I have literally no idea.

Anyway, 2 weeks until Florida, so so so so SO excited! Actually, excited doesn't cover it. I keep sneezing and I am PRAYING it is not the start of a cold...that would be bad times indeed. I have got everything prepared, all sorted just waiting for Thursday 15th Sept to come around; that is 10 days today baby! I have just discovered I can officially say 'I am going to holiday NEXT WEEK'. *dance*

I'm am probably going to be in the biggest low EVER after my holiday but let's not think about that just yet, I honestly can't stop talking about it, i've pissed off the world and his wife but I....just...can't....stop!! Fingers crossed when we get home it'll be the start of another exciting time, despite missing the sunny sunshine state! :o)

Light's gone, Days end.

And they say
She's in the Class A Team
Stuck in her daydream
Been this way since 18
But lately her face seems
Slowly sinking, wasting
Crumbling like pastries
And they scream
The worst things in life come free to us
Cos we're just under the upperhand
And go mad for a couple of grams
And she don't want to go outside tonight
And in a pipe she flies to the Motherland
Or sells love to another man
It's too cold outside
For angels to fly
Angels to fly

Definition of D-Bag

Oh hai 4 weeks until Florida! I am more annoying than usual so apologies to all the lovely people that have had to hear me badger on about Florida for the last 9 months! But seriously, you would all do the same, so zip it.

After a slight ordeal on Sunday night we are back in business, who need psychopathic arseholes trying to ruin your life?! Not me :-) Less said about this the better, I just wanted to document it for further chuckles in years to come.

Sara is going on holiday tomorrow for 2 weeks, and it is her birthday this weekend. In aid of all this she has purchased what I can only describe as a buffet for the entire office, I have consumed 2 sausage rolls and 2 torillas chips dipped in salsa. SORTED.

Speaking of birthdays, Sara had her party last Saturday. After Pompey Vs Brighton I was ready to do some serious drinking. Missing a 95th minute Penalty whilst 1 nil down is enough to drive anyone to the drink if you ask me. Headed straight to Sara's with 2 bottles of 'Summer Red' courtesy of Gallo got there about 5:45, left at 09:30 in possibly the most drunken state EVER. Not my finest moment. Decided i'd had too much to drink so went to the bathroom, slept for about 5 minutes on the bathroom floor then thought to myself "probably not best to sleep here, i'll go find a bed". Just happened to be Wyatt's bed, Sara's 16 year old Son. Jay got a search party together and Phil even walked down the road in fear of me having fallen down an actual ditch. There I was minding my own business asleep on a comfy bed! Sorry guys! Got home at 9:30...I am totally ashamed that I was in my own bed by 10pm!! What an absolute douchebag.

There you have it, the story of my Saturday night. Sunday was spent recovering.

Mama Says!

I am getting slightly worried at the number of mental dreams I have been having recently. Last night everybody had left for Turkey except me and Calum who were left in the house for some odd reason. We did some gardening and then it was as though we had our old back door again but we couldn't find the key to lock it. I honestly don't know what possesses me to have these weird dreams, it's not as if I ate a block of cheese before bed.

On a totally separate note it really really bothers me that there is all this shit going on in the world and all some people can say is "There's devastation in Norway and people are moaning about JD Sports getting broken into" - I would like to add there is ALWAYS somebody worse off than you. So of course there is something really bad going on elsewhere, people are hurting, people are dying, people are grieving but a the end of the day this shit is going on in our own back gardens. Nobody is saying one thing is more important than the other, by taking an interest in the London/UK Riots it's not giving Norway the finger. Gaaaaaah. Ridic.

JR and I took a rockin' trip to London at the weekend, we refrained from looting and rioting whilst we were there and it was a pleasant trip. I was totally zonked on Saturday night and we stayed in what appeared to be a room in which a mouse could live but it was lovely! Saw Super 8 @ the IMAX, which was awesome! Genuinely great film and the IMAX is just wicked. Love it! Drank cocktails and tapas in Las Iguanas on Southbank, Nandos in Covent Garden and Slug & Lettuce drinks on Regents Street. A great day with my boy it has to be said :) Looking forward to a couple of birthday meals coming up for him later in the month :)

Also - 37 sleeps until Florida!! Ohhhhh Yeah! It's gonna be super delish in every kind of way! I can't stop looking at the Bubba Gump Shrimp website. Mouth. Watering. This chain of restaurants definitely needs to open in the UK although saying that it might take away the special spark it has. I am totally getting a free glass again!! I'm collecting. New York, Orlando - next stop LA or San Fran?? Please!

Speaking of delish, Molly Mo & Summer are the epitome of delish. Love them more each day :) Growing up so fast, both weigh over 9lb now! The only time in your life when weight gain is a positive experience.

Unbelievabubble.

The amount of verbal diarrhoea to come out of peoples mouth is absolutely unbelievable.

That is all.

Could it be, that you're joking with me?

It's been a fair old month - spent more time with Molly Mo & Summer. Molly has put on some weight at last and Summer is getting bigger and bigger. They're so scrummy I just want to eat them :-)

It was my birthday last Sunday and I had a pretty mediocre day. The curry was awesome, and having the family round was great but that coupled with my Nan telling me I was fat kind of balanced out the day. I'm still getting over it. Pfft. Hardly an incentive to come and visit you! Cheers Nan.

Saw Take That on Friday 1st July and I have to say it was increds. There was an actual million foot robot who stood up like the angel of the north. It was so rad and Robbie's bit was mental! He is 'Robbie fucking Williams' you know. Loved it. My Nanny Mo loved it too, was a pleasure to take her. She doesn't call me fat at random opportunities. Bonus!

I have purchased my DisneyWorld tickets at £220! By jove, who decided to price them at such a monstrous amount? Anyway, at least it's out the way. I have also bought my visa which I am actually unsure if I really needed it...I think my one from last year still covers me. Oh well I paid $14 for it anyway!! Cheers O'bama. We should definitely start charging for people to come into the UK. Bloody rip off merchants. Mum & Dad are getting my Universal tickets for my birthday and then all I need is my Discovery Cove package tickets, yay! Dolphins :D I am going to attempt to communicate with them like Dory does with the Whales in Finding Nemo. Yaaaaaas!

Going out for a meal tonight to celebrate Whymark Seniors Birthday should be yumtastic, then tomorrow me and Jayboy off to Brighton for some shopping and Las Iguanas cocktail & food goodness! Yeeeeah!

So pretty much all my excitement is over now the weather is 17 degrees with torrential rain. I hope it brightens up tomorrow. You would NOT think this is July. Seriously weatherman SORT IT OUT! I hope the thunder storms have stopped in Florida by the time our holiday comes around, it seems they have been going on forever and a day.

I don't even like Kaiser Chiefs that much.

Mannequin

How do I get closer to you?
When you keep it all on mute,
How will I know the right way to love you?

Usually the Queen of figuring out,
Breaking down a man is no work out,
But I have no clue,
How to get through to you.

Oh, I wanna hit you just to see if you cry
I keep knockin' on wood, hoping there's a real boy inside.

Cos you're not a man,
You're just a Mannequin,
I wish you could feel, that my love is real
But you're not a man.

I wish I could just turn you on
Put a battery in and make you talk
Even pull a string for you to say anything

But with you there is no guarantee
Only expired warranty
A bunch of broken parts
And I can't seem to find your heart

Oh, I'm such a fool
This one's outta my hands
I can't put you back together again

Cause you're not a man
You're just a Mannequin
I wish you could feel that my love is real
But you're not a man
You're just a toy
Could you ever be a real, real boy
And understand
But you're not a man.

Invisibility Cloak

I must have one on.

Molly Mo Bowley

2 weeks ago I announced the birth of my first niece Summer who now has the prettiest of middle names - Fern.

Whilst she now looks like this:




New Baby Molly Mo Bowley weighing in at 6lb 12oz looks like this:



Two beautiful little ladies have entered my life and Auntie Emily is pleased as punch :o) I don't know how pleased punch was but I do know it's a very very very big lot.

Little Molly Mo and Little Summer Fern will be the best of friends and as close as sisters. Now all I need is to purchase a Big Cousin t-shirt for Summer and a Little Cousin t-shirt for Molly. It must be done! Even though Molly is almost a whole pound more than Summer, what a little fatty! :)

I just can't wait until the next time I see them. Molly is the image of her Dad so far but she has the Shawyer/Bowley trade mark lips. Watch out Angelina, Molly's in town! :-)

Girls rock! <3

Itsy bitsy baby, still itsy bitsy.

So whaddaya know, Summer is still iddy diddy -



How amazing would it be if we all stayed baby sized? Although officially not possible. We would find it difficult to eat, get dressed or converse with other humans. Not much of a life obviously!

I haven't seen Summer since Saturday and I miss her already :) Plus she must be missing her Auntie Em by now, poor little soul. This will be rectified ASAP!

On a completely separate subject, what is an appropriate time to wait until just agreeing with somebody because you didn't hear what they said? I usually give it three but to be honest that is only when i'm really interested in the conversation. If I'm not it's one strike and you're out. I had such an example this morning and I simply just made a chuckle as my answer as i'm pretty sure said person was trying to make a joke. For all I know they could have said they just had a bereavement and I laughed out loud. I think note to self: LISTEN. If you haven't heard it ask them to repeat it, and if you really haven't heard it just own up to being stupid and deaf, or have a pop at them for speaking so quietly. I'm pretty sure people do this to me all the time, but this is because I talk too fast. Must learn to slow down!

I am pleased that I have a 4 day week at work this week - not pleased that I have had to sacrifice my work at home day for meetings though, boo! Friday is going to be epic come rain or shine. I'll be boppin' to the beat of the radio with Kings of Leon! Helllll yeeeah. IOW Festival is upon us once again and this year I am going to make it one to remember and not just for the fact I will remember it because half my family won't be there! Boo to all you baby havers! :( I do hope we embark on the obligatory fish and chips at Callum and Karen's house on Friday arvo, canny wait!

I think time is running out to purchase a season ticket for PFC this season, I left this job to my Dad but it seems as though he is increasingly less bothered as the days go on. He will then of course moan at me for not prompting him or indeed sorting something myself. Hmmmmmm, Dad if you read this, come onnnnnnnn get it sorted. I love de footy! Love from your bestest Daughter in the whole wide world.

On a fresh note - we paid off Florida! Alls I gotta do now is budget for spending and buy tickets. My plan is as follows -

Mum, Dad + Siblings = Universal Ticket for my birthday = £90 Purchase July.
Disney World Ticket = £220 Purchase June 29th Pay Day
Discovery Cove All Inclusive Day Package = £130 Purchase July Pay Day

June Payday = £200 Dollars
July Payday = £300 Dollars
August Payday = £600 Dollars

Total Spending Monday = £1100

This is pretty much all I can afford and to be honest i'll be amazed if this plan comes together! Here's hoping! There is absolutely no reason why I can't do it so bring it on! I also need to go about purchasing a travel money card which I have found on moneysupermarket.com need to run this by Dad because Dad is the center of all sense (at times, don't tell him I said that). I also need to purchase Travel Insurance. Mustn't forget!

Closer and closer, 101 days! A bit like 101 Dalmations but less dogs and more waiting for Florida.

Can't wait to see Jayboy tonight, we're going on a radical trip to Asda. Yeah man.

Baby Summer

So basically this is my new niece - Summer Shawyer.



She is the best thing since sliced bread and we all know that sliced bread was pretty cool.

At this very moment I love her more than life itself and I think Caroline and Damien are going to be pretty damn good parents :-)

Bring on the Auntie duties!!

All dressed up and no where to go.

That just about sums it up. Luckiest girl in the world, huh.

I just can't WAIT to be King!

Count down as follows -

30 Days until IOw Festival -

Much fun is going to be had. Bow Time I am especially looking forward to, i'm hoping for some rad festival adventures this year with Dawne. It'll be sad times because the whole fam isn't coming for the first time ever but it will be a new and enjoyable experience for all involved. Dawn will not have the added luxury of running away from the sun and back to the tent ala V Festival 2009 because we will be staying in belvedere towers as per the norm in IOW. Bring on the cleanliness, showers, straighteners and a general party time at the fest. KOL - excited much?

37 Days until Baby Shawyer is here -

My first ever niece or nephew will be entering the world, should it choose to arrive on it's due date. I'm hoping this is the case, or even early cos we're all itching to meet him/her. Yippee!!

38 Days until Baby Bowley is here -

My second ever niece or nephew will be gracing the world with their presence again, should it choose to come out and cry on the date it's suppose to. Can't wait, can't wait, can't wait. I wonder will it be Niece/Nephew, Niece/Niece or Nephew/Nephew - suspense is actual killing me!

49 days until Glee @ 02 Arena -

Yeah, so i'm probably suppose to be ashamed of this but i'm not so yeeeeeeah, some good food at some establishment in the 02 with D, then one of the best shows ever I would imagine. Going to pretend nobody knows me for the evening and sing louder than ever, woop woop!

128 days until Florida -

Holiday of a lifetime with JR, I'm slightly apprehensive with nerves considering the long flight, my first holiday abroad with just Jay, and the fact i've never been there before. It's gonna be freakin' awesome!! There are no words to describe how much I am excited to go there. Hotel is going to be wicked, the parks, me oh my the parks! AND swimming with Dolphins, corrrrrr, lucky lucky girl. :-)

x <3 x

I would do anything

To give me all your love is all I ever asked,
cause what you don't understand is -

I'd catch a grenade for you,
Throw my hand on a blade for you,
I'd jump in front of a train for you,
You know I'd do anything for you,
I'd go through all this pain,
Take a bullet straight through my brain,
Yes I would die for you baby, but you won't do the same.

Super enjoying Bruno Mars Album. Go buy it!

Forgotten

Brilliant. I really want it to be everything I ever dreamed of but at the end of the day I am probably trying too hard. I feel like I am constantly feeling small and unappreciated. What does it mean when you've been forgotten? :(

Yeah so...

...if you could kindly remove this burn from my head I would appreciate it.

I'm like - baby, baby.

So basically it's 151 days until Florida, i'm a little worried if i'm this excited now there is a good chance self combustion could take place between now and boarding the aeroplane! Ohhhhhhhh yeah!

Daily Florida excitement is now out of the way so I am free to type of tonight's extravaganza which is.....curry and TV. (You can see why I am so excited for Florida.) - In all seriousness, it is going to be yummy.

It's Monday, the official worst day of the week but I am not letting this get me down. A sexy man eyed me in the car this morning which was new, mainly because Portsmouth holds no sexy men except for my one and only Jay W, I like to think he was looking at me, though he was probably looking at the curry house on the left which is yet to open tbh. After a bumpy week last week, I am determined to be happy this week with no down falls :) Plus - 4 day week! Hurrah!

I ate a chocolate brownie this morning that Terry made and I have to say I am finding it hard to move this afternoon. The gooeyest, most thick, heavy, fatty piece of goodness i've ever eaten. I'll be having dreams about it tonight whilst I am all alone in the big house. Boo :(

For a last note - The amount of crap I hear on a daily basis from this place is starting to actual kill me from the inside. That is all.

Insy Winsy...

Today has seen me in a variety of moods. One minute i'm pretty much the happiest ever, the next I feel totally full of rage and read to snap a pencil in half. (I was going to go for snap somebody's head off..., but realised snapping a pencil is far more likely.)

I got into work this morning, all happy due to the sun shining and having made a rough itinerary for Florida last night! Sat down at my desk only to see that somebody has removed the ball of my mouse. First off I assume somebody is playing some sort of game with me although generally 9am is too early to be playing tricks on anybody. This is usually saved for the afternoons when we're lethargic and bored! My team Confirmed that nobody was having a lily laugh, so obviously I was actual fuming! Who would do this? Commit such a cowardly act never to be seen again. Using a normal mouse gives me a hurty thumb so I am now missing my mouse muchly :( I am finding it difficult to get to grips with this bastard old one. I am a mouse snob, it has to be said. Never fear I have ordered a new one and it shall be locked away each evening you thieving mouse ball whack job.

I took upon the exciting task of 'sorting out my purse' today and I found a European Health Insurance card which expired in 2010. I have applied for a new one although I don't really know what I used it for in the first place. It is probably better to have one than to not, even though I rarely holiday in Europe. (Ha! 'Rarely Holiday', get me. Probably one of the most cringe things I've ever said.) Speaking of holiday, Jay and I made a rough itinerary of Florida last night. It has become apparent that fitting everything in is going to be a struggle! Well, not really a struggle but to conclude - I will be so tired I will need match sticks to prop open my eyelids should I need to be seen to be awake at any stage during the holiday. Jay could probably take me on tower of terror and I wouldn't know about it. In fact I may suggest this to him, you may only take me on tower of terror if I am indeed asleep.

After planning the itinerary, we found ourselves perusing Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream flavours in the US. They have about a billion more flavours than we do in the UK. A lot of Peanut Butter grossdisgustinggrossgrossgross flavours, but also a lot of amazingwonderfulyesyesyes flavours. I am looking forward to sampling some in the US of A. Never mind that, there we were drooling over the yummy icefeeeeem flavours and there it is, A MASSIVE, GIGANTIC SPIDER casually taking a stance by the sofa ready to make it's move across the carpet. Well, I can safely say I am in fact still scared of spiders, not just any spiders (actually, yes any spiders) but this was a mammoth hairy beast of a spider which needed to be shot in my opinion but I had to make do with Dad throwing it out of the front door. I now have the heeby jeebies, it's not contagious, not to worry.

I do not wish to experience this again any time soon.

I'm beggin' you for bird seed

It's not often you have a rod stuck under your skin but yesterday that was me. A jab to the arm which may I advise anyone who is thinking of having a contraceptive implant - it STINGS LIKE HELL! Oh well, now it's in and I don't have to remember to take a pill everyday for the next 3 years happy days. I do actually have genuine concern for my memory. I used to have such a cracking memory and now I seem to forget things on a daily basis. Worried much?

This weekend was none other than awesome - Dawn and I went to see Peter Kay who was hilario! "Duffy's been begging me for bird seed for years" - hahaha. That whole section of the set was probably my fave. That and the leotard. Phwoar. We went to a very posh nandos; is there such thing I hear you ask? Apparently there is, situated in Chandos Place, Covent Garden. Good times! D and I met up with Paul and his friend Jack which was lovely. We went to the Porterhouse for a drink where I had Savanna Cider which i'd never had before but was pleasantly surprised. We took off about 6:30 to go to The O2 Arena, it is wicked in there! You would not think that all these amenities fit under this one roof including that HUGE arena. Mental. Dawn and I were pretty much the highest seat you could get but I actually didn't feel it made much of a difference. Bit wobbly up there if anything :/ £4.80 for a small brothers cider, now that is what we call day light robbery. I will be teaching my new niece(s)/Nephew(s) about this ASAP.

Speaking of new Niece's and Nephew's it's only approx 72 days until they arrive. Time is literally flying and before we know it they will be here to say hello to their Auntie Em :-) Yeeeeeeeeeeeaaahh!

I have a bout a billion thoughts going round in my head at the mo but really have no idea what to write about them. Going to put them in a little box in my head and go back to them later.

Byes.

You know you're Groupon.

I would really like to know how my Tesco club card key fob has become mouldy. The hole that the key goes through has become slightly green and gross. I am not a fan.

In other news I had a wonderful weekend with himself - it was full of walks, Giraffe, Movies and driving. Also the weekend staples, a few snores from his side of the bed. Gotta take the bad because with the bad comes the good! Friday night I got in being a tad under the influence of alcohol. I didn't plan on getting that drunk but after I got into bed I needed to shield my face with the quilt from TV which I though was burning my eyes out due to the brightness. Small hangover on Saturday which was cured by the most glorious day ever! A bulmers, a meal at Giraffe and The Adjustment Bureau. I really enjoyed Matt Damon - who wouldn't? It was inceptionesque with a romantic twist. I love romance! A bit too much, perhaps. Although I could probably never get enough of romance and romantic things in general.

I really need to get back to Groupon with some idea on a few blogs to write. My brain has been busy recently and I thought about suggesting something for Easter, not that i'm particularly religious however, everybody loves a bit of chocolate. They have asked me for 5 ideas - FIVE. Okay it's only 5, calm down dear. Thinking cap, where are you?

WAH tomorrow, meeting wednesday, thursday will drag, then we're back to Friday again- Canny wait!

Top of the morning to ya!

Went to the movies last night, saw Chalet girl and I can confirm Ed Westwick is officially weirdly hot. Why Weirdly? Well because he's got a odd shaped nose and weird hair. I don't really get it, all I know is it's NICE.

Got back from Dublin on Sunday, had a great trip although my feet gave me a little taste of what's to come in Florida with the amount of PAIN I had coming from them on Sunday night. My gaaad. It felt like the entire amount of blood in my body had filtered into my feet and that they were due to explode any minute. I have that issue and the issue that I pee'd 7 times within 3 hours. That is definitely not normal for a human being. Mental.

Friday an Earthquake struck Japan which proved to be seriously devastating. This lead to a 33ft Tsunami which has lead to a few explosions at a Nuclear Plant and now radiation is leaking out. Could it get any worse? Watching the coverage on Sky News was literally unbelievable. Thousands of bodies have been washed up and 10,000+ people missing. Seriously can not get my head around the devastation. Can only send good thoughts to everybody out there and pray that there is some salvation somewhere along the line. Sit tight Japan, help is coming!

Jayboy coming over tonight for food and general goodness. Missed him yesterday so looking forward to it! Red Nose Day is tomorrow :o) Donate now!

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KARMA

is a bitch. That is all :(

Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner, Batman.

It is without doubt, quite unbelievable that the boy at football fell in love with me a little over a year ago. Whilst he probably didn't love me back then as in my opinion it probably takes a while to love somebody like me, I unknowingly planted the seed that cold Tuesday night at Fratton Park. I seem to have him under some kind of spell at the moment so my life is one big bunch of flowers. Doesn't it make you sick? I'll enjoy it until the day he finally realises i'm nothing but trouble, I hear some people like trouble though... :)

I definitely don't care too much for Marilyn Monroe, bit before my time if i'm honest but this quote is glorious -

"I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best."
— Marilyn Monroe

It pretty much describes me in great detail without actually going into any detail. Yeah that didn't make sense to me either but I definitely know what I mean. I wish i'd said this first, I don't think anybody would believe me if I said I made it up. Damn you Maz.

On a separate note there has been a large amount of home games at Fratton Park recently and would you believe i've got 2 more to look forward to in the next 10 days. Sheffield on Saturday and Boro next Saturday - both winnable I feel but you have to have doubts considering we've won the last 5 matches and kept 5 clean sheets. You wouldn't think '5 wins' and 'Pompey' go in the same sentence but apparently that day has come! Rocha has been a real legend at the back, don't really know why it took Cotterill so long to realise he is an actual ox. The wins have been worth freezing my nips off at Fratton recently. Brrrr.

It's almost the weekend - the lay ins can't come quick enough, although saying that this week has been enjoyable. Went to Footy Tues and enjoyed the win (naturally) and yesterday I went to Nandos and the moooovies with Dawne. We saw No Strings Attached and clearly it was the best choice ever as Ashton Kutcher was more or less naked on several occasions and I have come to the conclusion that I would be willing to strike up some sort of deal for sharing if Demi is up for it. A girl can dream. Then there is the one they call Jayboy, but in all fairness I did offer him Natalie Portman as a distraction - a good deal if you ask me.

Tonight is a night of nothing, eating dinner and being warm, two of lifes comforts. Friday will be much of the same but with better television choice i.e Friday Night Dinner. I really enjoyed the first episode with Simon Bird, I think it'll be a hit! It looks promising anyway, I will be most annoyed if it's turned to shit this week. I did feel slightly uncomfortable about the creepy man excessively using their toilet in last weeks episode. I hope for no creepy men in this weeks instalment.

Love you and leave you.

The Admiral and his Elephant

It's that crappy time of the year again where you have to renew the car insurance. It started off a bit of a pain in the arse but it's actually worked out rather well. Good old Diamond quoted me £966 - NINE HUNDRED AND SIXTY SIX SQUIDS! That was pretty much not happening, so with the go compare opera man with the twirly fake moustache running around my head - I set about my investigation. I found Admiral and Elephant were both cheaper and cheaper still when I added old papa to the line up! So I phoned Diamond all ready with my 'I'm leaving and you can't stop me' speech - turns out that wasn't necessary because they matched the deal and not only that bettered it! (Bettered a word? Who cares!) So good times on the insurance front. Wahey!

It's Dad's birthday next week which is exciting! Although more exciting for him cos he is off to Dublin with Mum and Calum & Karen. That's okay, I didn't want to go anyway! Pah! In all seriousness i'm only a little sad cos I won't get to see him turn 50, although I don't really know what i'm expecting; perhaps a sudden break out of wrinkles. He will probably look the same on his return.

Before I forget I have to document Pompey's sudden winning form. Now I say sudden, this is because we have mostly been so awful it hurts my eyes. However, the last 4 matches have been 4 wins AND 4 clean sheets to boot! I don't know what Cotterill is putting in their Lucozade but whatever it is, it's working! After listening to the radio the first half of what sounded like the most one sided match ever we some how managed to come away from Ipswich with a 2 nil win. Less questions asked the better, i'm just pleased this goodness is making itself known! Yay! Relegation was a possibility (a minor one, but still...) a mere 2 weeks ago but now look at us, 12 points from 12 points. Yeeeeeeeeah you heard it.

I would really like to write more but I feel that this is the most positive note to end on. Plus it's clearly not the right time to be writing this!

Ciao Bella! (I don't even know what that means, it just sounds good.)

The New Florist

So yesterday everybody was either loved up or found vomming in a bin at the sight of all the loved up comments on Facebook or Twitter or < insert social networking site here >. I however, took it with a pinch of salt and got on with my working day. Sat here typing away whilst flowers poured into the office I swear you may have mistaken IBM for an actual florist at one stage. I dropped a very subtle hint on facebook.....to no avail! Sara's Husband Steve is away in Spain but he sent her flowers to work - awwww, well it would have been 'awwww' except Sara was working at home yesterday. The lovely Mrs Leason happens to live about a 30 second walk from my house so I kindly offered to take them home to her. It was worth it - the amount of looks and comments I got walking out of work with this huge bunch of flowers was unreal. I thought about going through the whole 'They're not mine, friend working at home, these from Husband' but the opportunity was too great and I held them proud pretending they were from a secret admirer - teehee! This story is a lot better than the last flower story I divulged a couple of blogs down.

I got home and very quickly it became apparent that I was freakin' marvin'. So I whipped out the iPhone and texted Jayboy. He informed me he was leaving his new house (one that is empty and cold without a kitchen and bathroom) and going back to his parents house (one that is homely and warm with a fully fitted kitchen and bathroom) and would let me know when to come round. Not gonna lie, I was a bit peeved that he wasn't already home however, before I had a chance to get angry/sad/eat my own arm off in hunger there was a knock at the door. Cue Jay at the door with 10 red roses and a bright red card. - Who said romance is dead!? The first ever flowers i'd received. I'm 23 years old and these are the first flowers i've received, the first that weren't for 'i'm sorry' or 'i'm about to cheat on you' anyway - (they don't count, btw.)

We were going to get Chinese take away and watch a movie (he'd bought 'Valentine's Day' for us to watch) and after looking at the menu for 15 minutes then deciding to have the same thing I always have I found myself dialling the number. "Welcome to Mai King, we are now closed for Chinese New Year, we will be returning February 18th" - Not even the 10 red roses could hide my disappointment. We ended up having a curry and even though the chinese will have to wait for another weekend we had a lovely evening. He even offered to be my chauffeur in his Citroen C3 - does it get better than that?! Probably shouldn't answer that. Lovely gesture, as Zoey may say.

I laid in bed last night perusing a website which showed the Grammy's red carpet. I like to browse at what people have chosen to wear to these occasions and it always amazes me that people turn up looking like they got dressed in the dark. Jordin Sparxx turned up in a hideous red frock which made Lady GaGa's entrance in an actual egg look good. I actually thought Kevin McHale looked quite dashing in a white tuxedo - but then hey i'm bias cos I just love a bit of Glee! Grammy's will be shown in the UK on Wednesday at 10pm on ITV2. Is it wrong I quite enjoyed the Usher/Bieber performance, my street cred (if I had any) has just gone waaaaay down.

Tonight will be spent mostly watching The Brits - I sincerely hope Mumford win something, they deserve it with all they've achieved the past year. I'd be voting it best album that's for sure.

Ciao amigos, I should probably do some work!

Funny Valentine

Happy Valentines everybody! Some say it's just another day like any other and you should show your loved one the same affection everyday - screw that! I think it's lovely to have such a day to be extravagant and go all out to show somebody how much you love them. Jay and I are doing this tonight in the form of take away and possibly a movie. I've got him something rather large & edible. (Teehee, that sounds naughty, it's not...) Infact, the chances are he probably thinks it's naff and that I haven't put in any effort but the truth is I have little money and i'm on a show string budget! He'll understand! Anyway, it kinda suits that we've been together 1 year on Saturday, 1 whole year since we went on a nervous date to Zizzi, and he told me "If I had to rate your smile out of 10, it'd be a 10" - what a line! Got me. :-)

This weekend was crazy, so crazy I thought about spelling 'crazy' with a 'K' although I don't like bad grammar, so I have chosen not to.

Friday night we went to a charity gig at the Rifle Club in Fratton. Dawne met us there and it was a grand old knees up. I may have drank too much, I say may - I definitely drank too much. Ended up going to a kebab house after, I can honestly say I lost all track of time I have no idea what time we got in. All I know is that I fell in the door of the loo in the 'restaurant' (embarrassing) and then threw up what I had eaten when I got in (classy). I am absolutely amazed that I didn't feel too hungover the next day. Actually can't believe it. I am also amazed that this is only the 3rd time ever in the history of forever that I have been sick from drinking. To top it off, I woke up in the morning to find my bed had actual broken and I was laying at a slight angle.

Jay and I toyed with the idea of going down for breakfast but then fell back to sleep and woke up around 11:30, whoops! We watched the United/City match which had a couple of great goals, and in the eve we did home made pizza! The dough was immense! Definitely something I want to do again. Jay's was like a chilli, hot chilli, hot hot chilli pizza though so I didn't think much of it, but he likes to go overboard on the chilli on almost everything so no surprise there!

Yesterday was good fun, old Stokesy was back from his travels around South America so we all met up for lunch and a game of bowling! I came third in the bowling, my standards are clearly slipping. I blame Friday night to be fair. We met his new girlfriend Alex, really lovely to meet her, she'll fit right in with everybody for sure.

I was pretty much in bed by 7:30 last night, watched the Baftas at 9, then couldn't sleep till about 12:30 but eventually managed to zonk out. The King's Speech pretty much cleaned up at the Baftas as expected. I have new love for Helena Bonham Carter, her speech was really funny and she seems like a cool, if a little weird lady! As Dawne pointed out Tim Burton still hasn't found a hair brush. Sir Christopher Lee is looking OLD like seriously old. I knew he was old, but not that old. Natalie Portman won Best Actress for Black Swan - seriously need to see this film again. Loved it! Definitely one for the DVD collection. The next few films on the agenda to be seen are -

Never let me go
True Grit
Paul

Also, I am actually too excited about Hangover II! YES! This time it's in Thailand, but I think they lose Doug again. Liam Neeson has a cameo and Mr Chow is back, haha! Hitting cinemas in May - can't wait!

Righty ho, i'm going back to the future. See ya!

Love & Other Drugs (Flowers)

So Valentine's Day is fast approaching. Probably one of the shittiest days to pass you by when you're single; the shops are filled with heart, cards, 'romantic' chocolates and everything pink & red. It's just a crappy reminder that you're alone and you have nobody to shower you with love!

This year is different, in the fact that i've actually got another half - who'd a thought it? (Who woulda thought, woulda thought, woulda thought it? Who woulda thought life could be this way? BANDITS!) Getting back on track, to say that I now have somebody in my life to be showered with love and valentines surprises makes me feel awesome! However, it doesn't actually mean that I will be showered with love and valentines surprises. This is the boy who once said "I thought about getting you flowers but then decided not to" - Apparently it's the thought that counts. I have only ever received 1 rose on valentines and I practically forced Dave to buy it for me at a cheap flower stall at Reading Train Station. And they say romance is dead. Tell I lie, I once received the most beautiful bouquet of flowers at work when I was at The Listening Company. It came with a note which said "Emily" and then it had a load of drivel signed by "Nick". Well at that time, I didn't know anybody called Nick (to be fair, I still don't but that's not the point) and I had serious doubts on that they were for me. Apparently I was the only Emily on the 4th floor so they had to be for me. In the end, after trying to track down any other Emilys in the building I did find another Emily and she adamantly said she definitely didn't know anybody called Nick and that they must be for me. Even thought I knew they were definitely not for me, I had no choice but to take them home, being stared at the whole way on the train with this huge bunch of flowers covering my entire face. So the next morning there is a bang at the door, a very angry florist lady who proceeds to shout at me for taking these flowers home. Queue me handing her back the snipped flowers in a tesco carried bag. As you can see my track record with flowers is not great. Perhaps that is why Jay only thought about it but didn't actually end up getting any, haha!

Needless to say whatever happens on Valentines, this time last year I was walking Millie Dog on the hill and that is where we first met up for a chat - Millie ended up taking a chunk out of his finger but I guess that's what you get for trying to take her ball off of her :-) Next weekend it'll be exactly a year together, that is lonnnng for me, so we're going to Loch Fyne and for cocktails - I canny wait!

I sincerely hope all the singletons out there looking for love find it sometime soon. I actually don't care how queer this sounds - love is awesome! xoxo

Happy thoughts

This day has just wooooooshed by. Crazy!

I feel like i'm doing about 6 different things at once and my brain is working over time!

Tonight I am going to watch episodes of The Office back to back for funsies, aaaaaaand relax.

Americano!

Last Saturday Jay and I went to Thomas cook aaaaaaand we book a holiday! Hoorah! September the 16th we will be off to Orlando, Florida for 2 weeks! I almost can not contain my excitement, waaahooo!

It'll be my first holiday away with Jay, just us two. I'm preparing for me wanting to rip his head off at some point, but that could happen any day of the week. Gotta love the boy! :-)

I am severely worried about my feet dropping off at some point during the holiday, I wonder if there is some mini foot spa that I am able to take?! Probably a bit far fetched. My American buddy Alan says Florida residents are mostly elderly people, pretty weird how somebody who lives in the US has this opinion but everybody here thinks it's all theme parks and restaurants! To be honest for me it WILL be all theme parks and restaurants. My Mum would never take us when we were little cos I didn't like rides and we thought there was little point taking a child to Florida who would be the 'bag holder' at all the theme parks. Plus it's expensive, as Jay and I have found out! We have started paying well in advance though so we should be ok!

So the count down begins, 200 odd days to go...!

In amongst booking holidays we went out to Las Iguanas for some brasilian specialities! 2-4-1 cocktails went down a treat! I just love a Long Island Iced Tea! So so yum! We had a great meal and I had some mega prawns, they were delish! A bit tipsy we got a taxi home and just as I got in the taxi I though 'hmm I need to pee' by the time we got home it had been the most excruciating journey ever, never needed to pee so bad! We had, had 4 cocktails and Jay didn't even need to go.....there is something wrong with that boy! I go too much and he doesn't go enough. Okay, so that's enough about peeing - really not the best of subjects.

Visits Dawne D's new flat last week - it is immense! She has done a grand job of seeking out this one! Looking forward to the official house warming in a few weeks! I got the ferry over and back last friday and we went for a curry at the Bengal somethingorrather. The Gosport ferry is an experience to say the least. I was on 'The Spirit of gosport' - pah! Never heard such gubbins.

Dropped the boys off at the Blue Cobra for Adam's birthday meal last night and then I headed to Beccas to help her tidy her room, this wasn't only Becca being lazy it was an actual job for 2 people. Even though you can only fit 2 people in that bedroom even when it's tidy. It took a couple of hours and hell fire it was ridiculous! She is the Mother of all hoarders, keeps absolutely everything even if it's a receipt from 1990. I managed to force her to chuck a lot of crap out, it now looks clean-ish, or at least clean enough for Beth to sleep in there tonight!

Tonight I am finally getting to see Black Swan (courtesy of Pete!), I really hope I like it. Heard Portman is a shining light in it, but also heard it's very dark and gloomy. Verdict later!

Green is superior.

Things that are Green; well let's see there's me, the rest of my family and this 'ere new look blog. I was bored of the old layout so decided to pick a newbie. It's got birds and everything. I like them, in my mind I picture them flying about on the page and tweeting like little birdies should do. We should all strive to be greener, I couldn't be greener if I tried :)

This weekend was one I would quite frankly rather forget, let's just pick out the best parts -

Pompey drew 2-2 with Leeds which wasn't the worst result, even if we were winning twice. The Fratton park flood lights were not serving their purpose and went off twice during play. Annoying to say the least and afterwards I read somebody had posted on twitter "Do they film 'Take me out' at Fratton park? They had lights going off everywhere." Made me chuckle! No Lighty, No Footy.

I went out for a curry at the Indian Palace with Jay, Willington and Pete at 6:30. Then we went to see 127 Hours at the cinema. The Curry was okay but the service wasn't great took over 45 minutes for food to come and then the fire alarm went off twice literally piercing my ear drums. The only course of action to combat the fire was to open a side door which let in minus temp air - lovely! I hate to be the one to complain but then I found none other than a BRUSSEL SPROUT in my curry. Really?! First time i've ever encountered one in there, must have been a sale on Christmas veg! Safe to say I will not be going there again in a hurry. Nice bhaji's though.

We headed to Odeon to see 127 Hours, a film that I was pretty excited to see. The hacking arm off with a blunt knife scene wasn't even as bad as some people were making out. I was getting ready to stare elsewhere or to hide my face entirely but coupled together with the rest of the story it was compelling to say the least. Pretty gross when he pulled the tendon out but hey he clearly valued his life enough to actual hack off his arm. In all honestly I don't think I could have done it, but then again he probably thought that too. The worst bit for me was witnessing him drink his own pee. Something nobody wants to see. Bleurgh. I really liked that the actual Aron Ralston was in the film at the end. Such a remarkable story.

I was so tired all weekend and right now i'm sort of on the verge of falling asleep too ha! Will be eating such delights as jerk chicken at Jay's tonight. Looking forward to it, we haven't had marinated chicken mondays in ages! Hoorah!

Can't wait for Friday, it's pay day, it's the weekend and Dawne and I are going out for drinks with some of her work buddies. Plus! Saturday should be the booking of our holiday to the US of A! Woohoo! Can't wait to go back and i'm already thinking of NYC for next year. By then there will be two teeny babies in the fam, so excited to meet them! Especially after meeting baby Esmé yesterday. Nat looked really well and Esmé is the cutest!

Definitely the longest i've held a baby without him/her crying!



Yesterday I went to lunch at Nando's with Tins and Bec, a nice catch up and then we popped to Nat's to visit her and the beautiful bubba :) Spent the evening at Jay's and then crashed in bed by 9:30! found it difficult to get to sleep though, finally managed it around midnight. *yawn*

Now the Monday Blues (Official term!) have been lurking all day, thinking of going to see Millie Dog after work, perhaps take her for a walk if I can get out of here at 4:30.

Back to the drawing board peeps!

Cwoffee!

I realise I went to New York back in September with the famous Dawne D but as she quite rightly pointed out I never did an exceptional blog about it. Considering it was pretty much the best holiday ever ever EVER I am very ashamed I didn't actually write a masterpiece on it.

So here goes...

We'd been looking forward to it for months beforehand and were super excited to be flying Virgin because 1) i'd only ever flown pretty budget except for BA to NYC many moons ago and 2) Dawne had never flown further than Spain or some-ting. D stayed over at mine the night before and we were up at 3:30am to get going! Said goodbye to Mother and my snoring Father and off we went. Was a pretty harmless drive to Heathrow even though it was raining some what, wouldn't be missing this weather! We checked in pretty harmlessly (Is that even a word? It is now.) and headed to find food. We paid about £17 for food which was extortionate but I got over it pretty quickly because I WAS ON HOLIDAY and when you're on holiday you can do crazy shit like spent £17 on breakfast. Eggs on toast and a glass of apple juice. Seems fair don't you think? It was lush to be fair.



We boarded the plane to find a complimentary blanket laid out for us on our seats, an individual TV screen where you could watch over 50 movies, listen to 100's of songs and many TV shows. You could even use a remote to message a person in another seat...if this was economy I seriously would love to know how First Class is! Probably some gold plated seat with champers coming from all angles. There wasn't as much space as i'd have liked but I was so pre-occupied with the service and the movies that I really didn't care that much. The only thing that was bothering me is the lady in front thinking it was okay to ram her seat as far back as she could so I was practically watching TV laying down. Food came and any normal person would resume the upright position but noooo! In the end I waited til she got up and went to the loo and pinged it back in place myself. No harm done. We had an array of treats on the plane, a good meals, a chocolate brownies and then later on a packet of love hearts?! Awesome! I passed the time by watching Kick Ass, Cemetary Junction, half of SATC2 and some Family Guy.



We landed in NYC and joined the long queue to actual get in to the country. We had to provide all 10 finger prints and an picture. Safety first! Real strict about using phones in the airport even though one girl thought it was best to ignore all announcement and carrying on tapping on her blackberry. Really wanted to slap her upside the head alas I refrained. We grabbed our cases, no damage and headed out to the taxi rank. $50 straight fee to get to our hotel. (Well, I say hotel, use that term loosely, more on that later.) I was excited to see the big city, however we boarded the taxi and it became clear that we may not get to actual see the big city because there was a high possibility we could perish in the taxi ride there. Our driver was an absolute maniac and a freakin' rude one at that. After pretty much everybody beeping him the whole way into the city centre I honestly thought for a moment he was just kidnapping us and taking us to a far far away drug house or something. I was relieved when we arrived outside East 73rd and York Ave apartments! We paid him our cash and the boot was open, so I sort of stood there, and decided instead of wasting time i'll just get my mahousive suitcase out myself. So heavy I just dropped it on the pavement at which point he says "If you had given me a tip I would have helped you". Well sorry mate but where I come from you tip a guy for the service, if you haven't yet provided the service how the bleedin' 'eck am I suppose to tip you?! I was fuming so I just legged it across the road with D in tow and then began the task of trying to actually get in the apartment. There was a dodgy phone that we didn't quite know how to use (we're not totally retarded that we don't know how to use a regular phone but this was NOT a regular phone, ok!)Whilst trying to figure out how to get in, we read a sign on the door which said that the building was basically liable to fall down at any moment. Awesome. Some bloke let us in, in the end and we paid our moneys and got the keys. It was conveniently on the 3rd floor of a building with no lifts to I dragged my lump of a suitcase up a spiralesque rickety staircase! We checked out our room, opening all the doors to see what's behind them as you do. Kitchen, Check. Bathroom, Check. Loo, Check. Bedroom, check. Spanish people in other bedroom, Check. WAIT WHAT. Apparently we were sharing our apartment with 2 spanish people. Ola! There was a computer in the kitchen which was handy to facebook mumma and the rest of the crew! It was all going swimmingly until we spotted a sign on the door which said that we were under no circumstance to let anybody in who didn't have a key. Why? Because criminals often pose as police to gain access to your room! Upper East Side, not as good as it's made out to be!



So after briefly going a bit insane that we'd either be a)kidnapped b) robbed or c) killed we headed straight out to the sight that is Times Square. Jumped in a cab and we soon realised we had pretty much the coolest driver ever! We heard stories of all the famous people he'd had in his taxi and about all the places he'd been, very interesting and he was very sympathetic about the rude taxi driver we previous encountered! We stood in the middle of Times Square and just sort of stared around having outer body experiences. Didn't quite know what was happening all we knew was we'd left Portsmouth at 5am and now it was 2pm in the afternoon but it was 7pm in England, we're stood in the middle of all these lights, with 1000's of other people going about their daily business. WHAT! Highly confused and not knowing what to do we took comfort in something we both knew - Planet Hollywood. The waiter was very over the top - totally loved it! We both had a pizza which was yum, something tastes better about eating pizza in New York City. After we'd finished there we just roamed around for a bit until we admitted defeat and had to actual sleep. Kept waking up more or less every hour at 4am I decided sod it and had a play on the computer. Went back to sleep about 6 and were ready and waiting to get what most girls love - SHOPPING! Yipppeeee!!



We shopped for a total of NINE HOURS. I honestly do not know how I was standing at the end of it. American Eagle Outfitters is a sweeeeeet shop, loved it! We walked around the 3 story M&M shop and just genuinely went mental with money and buying a load of immense products from various shops that we didn't need! We ate in Bubba Gump Shrimp which was my favourite meal of the whole holiday, so so good! Mischa, our waitress was such a doll, she drew us an ice cream cone on our receipt :) such a lovely lady, the whole BGS experience was amazing and we got to take home our glasses! Sadly Dawns cracked in her suitcase on the way home bad times :(
Every now and then we had to take a pit stop on the Times Square steps. The same steps that Jay Z and Alicia Keys filmed Empire State of Mind! I made the mistake of wearing flip flops which quickly gave me a blister so we embarked on a mission to find new shoes. Found some pretty purple converse which were so nice Dawn decided to purchase her own pair of floral ones! So with our new shoes we headed to the steps for a sit down and a chat. We were rudely interrupted by some foreign people who wants us to take their picture - can't you see we're in the middle of a diary entry!?



The next day we headed to Brooklyn Bridge and to get there we took the subway - an experience! Plus we realised getting taxi's everywhere was getting expensive! It is a blood long bridge so we went half way, took some piccys, called a few family members to tell them we were calling from the Brooklyn Bridge for the hell of it and walked back again. We watched some really awful street dancers which wouldn't allow to take pictures unless you paid them. Erm, not that desperate. We then headed to the Staten Island Ferry, at least something that didn't drain us of dollar! Walking down the road, minding our own business and we get what I can only describe as attacked by two people asking us to donate money to them to fund a 'trip' for their school. In all honesty I can think of better things to donate to but to get them off my back I gave them a dollar and was done with it. Caught up with Dawne only to discover she has parted with $20. She didn't know what has happened, I didn't know what had happened all we knew was that now she was in possession of 5 bags of Welch's Grape sweets. Sat in the Staten Island Ferry Terminal we decided we may as well eat them. After eating one we decided they were fruits from Satan so they went in the bin. Needed to cheer D up fast from losing cash and being poisoned so onto the ferry we went! It was a pleasant journey where we saw the lady herself, Statue of Liberty although it was jam packed on there so was hard to get a great view at times. We then went to Ground Zero as it was only round the corner. Had a browse round trinity church and the 9/11 memorial museum. Glad we didn't spent too much time in there, depressing much. So very sad :( We headed back to Times Square after that and had Macdonalds, had to be done! Saw a naked Elderly cowgirl woman trying really badly to cover up her sagging bits with a guitar - hideous! Whilst having a chill out on the red steps we did a video entry but only after we were invaded by a protest march of people demanding that 9/11 was a conspiracy. There was also one guy with some bagpipes which I did not get, but it's NYC seemed pretty normal.




11th September was here and we decided to get up a little later in order to not go home quite as early as we had been doing. My feet were literally shreds! We went to Ground Zero on 10th as we decided the 11th would have been ridiculously busy and we couldn't risk being in the middle of any trouble there may have been. There had been talking of burning a koran or something - best to steer clear of that! Instead we went to 5th Avenue and daydreamed about shopping at Cartier and Gucci and went to The Empire State building. Absolutely stunning views, totally breath taking!



We took lots of piccys up the ESB and I even had a picture with King Kong. He was much more soft and friendly than the films. We went on to Grand Central Station which without sounding really arty and gay had some beautiful architecture. That good feeling was bought down by a woman on the subway telling me the world was soon to end in may 2011. Way to go woman, you deluded mentalist. We headed to bloomingdales- if I lived there I would call it 'bloomies', as if it were my local alas I do not and cannot, boo. We looked around at all the stuff we couldn't afford, I got hounded by a lady who couldn't believe I didn't know who the lady was who made 'Juicy Couture' stuff. Dawne purchased a 'little Brown Bag' and for some reason could not get it into her brain that they were called this, we had variations of 'Medium Grey bag' and such. By the time we left bloomingdales I could have collapsed but I genuinely think I was numb from the horrific pain in my feet. We walked down to Central Park for a sit down in the glorious sunshine. It was the perfect setting; a man playing acoustic guitar, people around us just relaxing and few little doggies running about. Something lovely about seeing animals running about. There was a lake in front of us and the sky line of the buildings beside us - just stunning. We sat down read the New York Post and soaked up the sun.



After our chill our in Central Park we crossed over to FAO Schwarz to transformed back into the mind of a child. It is the most incredible toy shop! They had a Chewbacca made out of Lego! Can't get cooler than that.



The next day's highlights were The Rockefeller which we saw at night time and Ellen's Diner where you are literally sung to throughout your meal! Random songs from musicals or whatever sung by people dress up like they're come from the 50's. It was immense to say the least! We digested some greasy american grub and then headed to Times Square to pick up some last min souvenirs. Rockefeller was something else, seeing a similar view to Empire State but at night time with all the lights was incredible. I seriously need to go back to NYC - sooner rather than later! We also ate at Hard Rock Café in our time in NYC, we are such tourists! It was great though and we got to take home our glass again, always welcome!



Our last day was spent in the airport. Since the people who owned the apartments were a bit dodgy and hardly ever in we were worried we'd store our bags with them and they would either a) do a runner or b) not turn up when we wanted to retrieve our bags! So we took the decision to go straight to the airport at around midday. More confirmation came that most NYC taxi drivers are actually nice when the guy jumped straight out to help us with our cases. We tipped him heavily and you've never seen a man so happy, made us feel good! I think we spent a total of around 10 hours in the airport. I got so happy when our names appeared on the board and that we were on the third board out of 6 so must mean we're soon until Dawn crushed my enthusiasm by saying the other 3 boards were for arriving flights so we were in fact at the bottom. Nuts.



I honestly don't know how we passed the time but we some how managed it and we were then to say bye to the glory that is NYC. Made our way to the boarding gate only to be sat there for half an hour wondering what the frick is going on. Apparently we were waiting for none other than SAMUEL L JACKSON to get there so he could board first. I suppose it is pretty rad that Sam, (my mate) was on our plane but I went through the emotion when firstly I was excited he walked about a metre away from me, then felt angry we had to wait all that time just so he could get on before anyone else, and then finally filled with worry and fear that there may or may not be SNAKES ON MY PLANE! Ha, ha, ha no? I watched The Runaways on the way home and then tried sleeping, which didn't go well it was very stop and start. So we left at 10pm and it was pitch black. Arriving back in England 7am, bright sunshine. Just got rid of one mind fuck, and now there's a brand new one! Cheers! I have to say though, majorly worth it.



All in all the best trip with the best person for the job. Loved it, and love my bff. Bring on the festival in June and any other adventures we may encounter!

XOXO!

London's Burning

On the downside the weekend is over and i've got the Monday blues. On the upside, the weekend was probably one of the best ever!

I took a half day on Friday, and at 18:04 we were on the train to London. (Damo, Cags, me and Jayboy). Met everyone at the Travelodge Waterloo and the evening began. We travelled to Shepherds Bush to the Sufi Persian Restaurant, it was amazing! Our journey there was not so amazing - huge weirdo rasta spouting utter gubbins at the very nice lady sat next to us on the bus saying things like "You sound like a young lady but you look like a old lady", "You have very soft hands" and "Is that your girlfriend, waheeeyyy!!" to the man opposite made for a very uncomfortable journey. Only in London, aye.

We got to the Sufi, a small but busy restaurant. Dad had to have the obligatory Salad Oliveh which wasn't quite like Shirins but we made do - it was lovely all the same! We had a selection of starters and some freshly baked flatbread, sooooo good having only eaten a bag of frazzles all day. Then we just simply had the 'Sufi for 6' Caroline with her veggie whatsit and Abby has the well done Lamb so's not to upset the baby :)I can only describe it as a massive plate of MEAT. The rice was lush, the meat was lush, all in all very lush. Adam had a quality photo with 'Adam's Café', naturally and then we made our way home. We were all soooooo tired and I was asleep within minutes on a surprisingly comfy bed. Good times!

Saturday we started our day by going to EAT. on Southbank. A quick brekkie stop, a place which i'd been to before for lunch when i'd been at IBM Southbank. I will always remember it for Kevin Walkers 'Salty Dog' crisps. Jay had as he describes 'The best chocolate milk ever' so this made his morning. We then hit the IMAX cinema to watch Tron. It was nothing short of incredible. I really really REALLY enjoyed it and so did Mum, who said several times she can't believe she enjoyed it as it's not really her sort of film. It's made me want to dress up as Tron for fancy dress with a funny disc on my back if nothing else. Although to be honest it's also made me day dream about how cool it would be to pull out some sort of stick to make it into a motorcycle of sorts. What a great way to get around!

So anyway, after Tron we went up the OXO Tower and had drinks! Bumped into Sarah Way, who isn't 'Way' anymore but I don't actually know her married name....oopsy. So we had a drink with them which was lovely. Dad was adamant the tower was moving but I literally think he's just made that up in his head. We stayed up there for around an hour and then headed over to Soho to Revolution! Free cocktails all round and then 2 for 1! It was wicked except for the girl chucking up in the loo next to me. It was 6PM lady, pull yourself together! I felt mega uncomfy walking to the Spaghetti house after that :/ Got there safely though and had another immense meal. Calamari, followed by Gamberini which sounds like a dodgy footballer however, it was actually some linguine tiger prawn goodness with chilli and garlic. Hmm Mm! We popped into the Porter House in Covent Garden just after spag house and it was the busiest place ever in the world. Never felt so claustrophobic in my life. There was a cool band playing but we left at about 11:30, the girls were tired, and let's face it I was knackered! We hadn't been back to the hotel all day so I wanted to jump in the shower when we got back. A shower, a cuddle and some TV was all I was askin', but nooooo some pyro queen had to set fire to Room 208 and do a runner aye!! I'm in a towel, wet hair and the alarm starts going off. Exactly like the alarm in AGA's student halls - not something I wished to be reminded of! Alarm was intermittent so I poked my head of wet hair out of the door to see a very sleepy lady doing the same thing 2 doors down. We were all thinking the same, "Get this alarm off and let us sleep" (Or at least watch MOTD). Little did we know there was an actual fire! Lesson learnt there, never assume it's not a fire! I suppose we should have gathered that when we realised it was 1am. I chucked on a pair of jeans, shirt and a cardi. Won't bother putting a bra on, naaa we won't be out there THAT long. ONLY A SODDING HOUR! Dad stupidly didn't put any shoes on, we got outside and the full blown fire brigade are there with hoses and fire proof jackets all ready to fight the beasty fire. Damien joked that he'd set the fire off with his monopoly Iron, he actually has the offending article in his pocket, naughty! The scene was about 100 odd people stood on Waterloo Road in dressing gowns and pajamas. Dad was complaining of hypothermia or some other issue that was never going to materialise, so they pulled over a 453 bus which was not in service so we could all sit on it for warmth and semi-comfort. After a long old wait we were finally let back in and managed to get to sleep about 2:30, apparently the alarm went off again around 4am for somebody smoking in their room? Lucky for them I was in a coma so did not get out of bed to burn their eyes out with the offending stick.

After that eventful night, we left the hotel at 10:45 on Sunday and went to 'The Table' for brunch. It was dead posh and the menu looked amazing - but sadly I think I chose the wrong thing on the menu :( Bad times. All the same is was a lovely place and I would definitely go back! Jay and I had to be back by 6 for Willingtons birthday celebrations at Frankie and Benny's and bowling but before this we all went to the Science Museum which was most interesting. My favourite section was the Human Body which had a machine which made me 'Very male' by taking a picture and tweeking certain aspects of my face - hideous! We left at 4ish and arrived home safely at 5:30 - speedy! Had a lovely sleep on the way home to recharge my batteries and off we went out at 6. F&B's was delish, Calamari (again), BBQ Ribs and a Cinnamon Waffle - tasty! I've always been a bit hit and miss at bowling but I managed to win the first game with 127 points and trail behind in 3rd on the second game with 90. My finger is feeling poorly today, I am definitely not throwing it right, owie.

So basically I love the family so much and it was a joy to be away with them all, never fail for a good time! Here's to all the other times to be had with the little babies included :)

Z80, Currys and a load of crap

It's only bloody Friday and that can only mean one thing; London with the fam! Probably the last chance we'll all get to be away together before the little babies come. I'm excited for IMAX! Never been before and hopefully Tron is epic.

The last two nights i've been home alone! Although had company for the majority of it. Dawne D Dawn (New name) came over on Wednesday night and we took a trip to Sainsburys to purchase dinner. We ended up making fajitas, they were scrummy! Old El Paso crispy chicken fajitas, they must be new as I have never seen these badboys on the shelf before. I discovered Vampire diaries on Wednesday after flicking through TV Choice on Virgin, so now it's taken over my life and i've watched 13 episodes in 2 days at 45 minutes each....there has not been much sleep!

I used to love sky in all it's glory even though i'd never actually had it and I always felt really naff that we'd been stuck with Virgin/NTL or whatever. It has however up'd it's game significantly! I would definitely go so far as to say Virgin is actually better than sky. Not only can you record programmes (as you do on Sky) but it has TV On Demand where it will record stuff it thinks you'll like, it also has TV Choice, which just has a complete A-Z of various series to be watched for free at your own time. Sky do not have this, Sky Anytime is a poor excuse for TV Choice. All hail Virgin.

I have half day today in which I will be packing my last bits for London and getting a hair chop. So happy they managed to fit me in very short notice. Wahoo! :) Not really looking forward to the Train journey as it'll be freakin' choc a block with all the London busy bodies coming home from work. Not really looking forward to dropping millie dog off at Nanny's either cos I hate to leave her :( She slept on me for like 3 straight hours the other day and when I tried to pick her up she was so sleepy she was like a dead weight. She is the very very cutest! I love her more than some of the actual humans I know, haha!

My new Fujifilm Finepix Z80 camera came on Wednesday which was I VERY excited about. It has been a long a tiring struggle with Currys who are without doubt the most useless electrical company ever in the world. Here's the story -

May 2010 I bought a Pentax Optio H90 which was awesome, proper retro looking with a 5X optical zoom, i'm no camera expert but I liked this! Along with the camera I purchase a 3 year 'Instant Replacement' guarantee. Whilst on holiday in Turkey a few of the pixel's in the screen went funny so when I got home I took it back to Currys Digital and as they didn't sell them in that store they kindly rang up the airport store and asked them to send it down via courier. A little inconvenience but I came back 3 days later to pick it up. Sooooo, a few weeks later I turn it on to take some piccys and discover the exact same thing has happened, same pixels, same place, gone. So back I go to the shop to say "hey! mister, this camera has the same issue, please help!" I am now informed that they no longer sell this camera and I would have to pick a different one....so basically I have no idea what i'm looking at so they said I can go away, do some research and bring back the broken camera whenever I want to change it, after all I do have 3 years! I left it for around 4 months, took it back to Currys on Jan 2nd and found the gorgeous Finepix Z80! I go to exchange it but am informed that they don't actually have it in stock, bummer. I enquire as to when it will be back in stock and the answer I get is "We will get it back in stock but I don't know when" Employee of the year 2011. YEAH! Basically I was then forced to get my Dad involved (The dad of all dads) who picked me up last friday and we went straight to Currys. After me calling up Currys and asking them to send a camera from Eastleigh to Portsmouth apparently they don't do this anymore!? 'Not in our policy' is another thing i've heard. So anyway, we discover we can take it back in PC World as it's the same company, lightbulb goes on and since me and Jay were going to Chichester the next say for a meal and some shopping I got online and reserved the camera. Went into PC World just to check they had it reserved in Chichester, all was well on their system, hurrah I would finally have this broke one replaced with this perfect purple beast! The next morning I get a call at 9:45 "Hi i'm so and so from PC World Chichester, just calling ot tell you that unfortunately we don't have this camera in stock, must have been a system error" A SYSTEM ERROR. I am beyond fuming, so my Dad goes mental yet again and we are now demanding our money back. After a huge debacle at the Currys shop we got the money back but now I don't have a warranty...Dad assures me he is sorting this with a strongly worded letter to Currys. Watch this space!

They also offered to pay Dad's petrol money if he drove to Southampton and picked it up - er no!

We ordered it online and now I am the proud owner of this beauty:



Here's to a good weekend with a few snappy snaps! :)

Surfin' USA

I have often thought about moving over to wordpress or tumblr. I mean, I have a tumblr but it's really very empty and i'm just not feeling it. Blogspot is a little dead but then can I really leave after 3 years of typing crap? I think no is the answer. I shall unite alone with me, myself and I on this very blog.

Now that's sorted - I feel we must move on to the very pressing matter that is the tin of roses sitting next to my bed. It's as if they're there to taunt me. Whilst I am a fan of chocolate who's idea was it to put a whole tin of roses into my very capable of eating chocolate hands? Will the diet ever start?

I feel a bit guilty that I haven't really been to help Jay decorate his new house although I have mixed feelings on whether I should help or not. Imagine if I don't ever get to live there? I don't give to receive but still, all that hard work for nadda! That is probably one of the most selfish things i've ever said. Oh well, get over it. I am perfectly happy to help as long as it's not painting of scraping floors. I painted Zoey's room which I thought would be the most fun ever, turns out it was the least fun ever. I'll be quite happy to plug a kettle in when the time comes, that seems like a reasonable effort. Of course I am only half joking. (:/) If my help is required just call on me Jayboy!

It's London this weekend with the fam, very excited for Tron at the Imax, sceptical for The Sufi Restaurant ('London's answer to Shirins') and doubley excited for the spaghetti house restaurant, woo! Hoping to fit some shopping in again too! How could I not?

Trying very very hard to book a holiday to Florida, i'm bursting at the moment with the thought of Harry Potter world - Me? Sad? Never! I want to fly with virgin as they are oh so awesome, but do not like the hefty price tag :)

Time to be gone, bring on the weekend!

The big 2011

HAPPY NEW YEAR and all that gubbins.

My New Year was shoddy, really very shoddy. NYE I woke up feeling a little nauseous, it carried on throughout the day and I wretched so many times in the end I actually wanted something to come up alas having eaten nothing, nothing did. Felt rough as nuts all day NYE - managed to make it to Abby's as she was having a party. Stayed for about an hour, ate a slice of melba toast or two but then had to leave cos I really thought I was gonna hurl. Coupled with the dreaded D, I was not feeling great. Went back to Jays, and was asleep by 11. Jay prodded me at midnight to say Happy New Year but I really wasn't with it and don't really remember it happening to be honest, he says it did though so I believe him...just!

Felt rough all Saturday, Pompey got thrashed at Watford and Greg Halford got sent off. Bad day all round. Sunday I thought I was beginning to feel better however, half way round PC World started to feel dodgy again and had to have a 'sit down' like I had dodgy 80 year old hips or something. (I don't, thank God, yet.) I had eaten 1 crumpet all day and now didn't feel like anything again so basically my last properly meal had been Thursday night and it was stew! Whilst it's a good meal and it's not THAT bad i'm not particularly fond of it and for this to be my last memory of food was not making me happy. Sunday night in bed I felt like I was on a different planet, couldn't even talk properly I actually started to think there was something seriously wrong with me other than just a normal sickness bug. Monday progressed and I managed to go to football (Which was a waste of time, Hull, you bastards) and eat 2 slices of toast and half a marmite sandwich. If you're still reading after the depression that is the first two sections of this blog then you'll be pleased to know Jay and I went to Harvester on Tuesday to celebrate the fact I could eat again (hurrah!).

Even though New Year was crap, Christmas was actually really fab. Such a great time with the family and Jayboy. Spent Christmas Day at Abbys, after going to Jays to exchange our gifts. I got some rad presents, too many to mention (lucky me!) the best one of all though was a weekend away in London with the family next weekend! Sooooo excited. We're going to see Tron at the Imax and out for a couple of meals. Should be great! Plus I ordered new boots yesterday...yay! Love new things :)

Also i'd like you all to meet Baby Shawyer -



There's gonna be a baby Shawyer and a baby Bowley - Double Auntie Emily, yippee!

Surrounded by babies in June :)

Yesterday I went to Nandos and the movies with Dawn which couldn't have been more ridiculous if it tried. I queued up in Nando's to get the food, Dawn got the sauce and resumed her position at the table. I came back having ordered and she says "You may realise we only have 1 sauce", automatically I think somebody has taken it away, cos it was busy and there may not have been enough to go round. Then I realise there is a massive cone next to our table saying 'Caution wet floor'. Couldn't believe i'd missed her sitting by herself, knocking a glass bottle on the floor, nandos sauce all over the place. Brilliant. Well, it was brilliant until we got into the cinema and I ripped a 5 pound note in half. Standing by the ice cream waiting for my Ben and Jerrys I decide to pipe up and tell Dawn about how at Christmas, Jay has ripped a card open but ripped it sideways and ripped the £20 note in half. Me, thinking i'm clever and demonstrating with the fiver in my hand ACTUAL rip it in half. I really have no idea what I was thinking but the cashier was literally just standing there looking at me as if I was some retard. Which, in all fairness was correct at that precise moment. Dawn was just in absolute stitches whilst I stood there with two halves of a fiver. I gave it to the cashier in the hope she has cello tape. Luckily she excepted my poor excuse for money. On the plus side, the film was great (Love & Other Drugs) and Nandos was tasty as always.

I'm really looking forward to Saturday. Jay and I are training it to Chichester for a look round the shops, some pub stop offs and a meal at Smith & Western (Which looks amazing! Never been there).

Bring on the weekend :o)