YUKKY MISERABLE DAY!!
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Posted:Jan 11, 2008 4:05 am
Last Updated:Jan 14, 2008 5:23 am 12786 Views
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It's horrid outside. Dark grey and tipping it down. The rain shows no sign of stopping whatsoever.
It's enough to make the happiest of all people feel a tad depressed, lol!
I just hope it stops before I have to venture out later this afternoon to collect my from school!
Oh I do hate walking to school through the waterfalls, in the rain I mean, oh well at least we have a nice dry house to return to when we finally make it back again!! Even if we do resemble drowned rats, lol!
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BACK TO NORMAL!!
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Posted:Jan 7, 2008 2:20 am
Last Updated:Jan 16, 2008 1:23 am 11842 Views
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Yes the Christmas holiday period is over, boo hoo, owwwwwwwww.......
Hubby's back to work, back to school, Christmas decorations back in the loft and me back on my tod, lol!
I really did not want to see the Christmas tree taken down. I will miss the warm glow of the lights in the corner on the cold wet days that we seem to have all the time here! I shall miss being greeted, when we return home from our long journey from school, by the colorful rope lights, the sparkling led icicle lights, the pair of lit potted fir trees either side of the porch and the glow up Santa's that we had in front of our house over Christmas.
It's back to normal now, all the lights gone, no more long lie ins with the hubby, no more late nights on the sofa, with my bottle of citrus flavored lager, lol!!
Actually I'm not sure if it's hitting forty that's done the trick or simply the excitement of the Christmas holidays, but my hubby has discovered his se$ual appetite BIG TIME He tells me it's because he doesn't have to worry about getting up early for work, as he took two whole weeks off for the Christmas break! But he's never been so attentive towards me in all the eight years we've been together!! I had his warm secure arm wrapped tightly around me all night, every night, for the past two weeks. At one point I had to ask him to remove his arm from my body, as unfortunately, it was crushing my torso, lol! Well he does have very strong muscly arms you know! God, I am loving all this attention he has so suddenly begun lavishing on me!! Well lets just hope his oh so loving nature lasts!!
Back to reality though. That means I have to contact the school, and discuss, yet again, my sons grades!! The stupid school really pees me off. They just do not set any kind of expectations for the students anymore. My came home with his academic review just before Christmas. And I was horrified, yes absolutely enraged, to read that his 'target grades' are those that he already achieved two years ago back in primary school. Like how is he supposed to make any progress if the teachers are setting him such low target grades. And to think the blinking' head of year advised me that my was in 'above average' teaching sets for all his subjects. Well then the dam academic review just does not add up. And if the school does not return my voice message that I left over the holidays then, again, I will have to put my concerns in writing to the head. And no, I doubt it will make any difference to the teaching standards being received by the students, but at least I will have bought it to their attention! I just get really fed up with having to fight for my 's education all the time. The system is in a complete mess. Unless you can afford to send your to a private school your just will not receive the standard of education that they deserve int his country. it's all government targets, and the teachers just do not possess the passion for teaching that they would have, say thirty odd years ago!! Even my says he does not enjoy attending school anymore, because he is not learning anything much. He feels he is being taught the same work as he was back in primary school, from two years ago. He seems to has lost all enthusiasm that he once had for his school days. He told me he can learn more form his revision books at home than attending school!
Oh well I'll do my best, there's not much more I can do than that is there? Unless I make a show of myself and go get on my soap box down at the head's office!!
Oh. p.s, notice the family pic I have posted on this latest post. We had a few shots taken at a portrait studio in the city just before Christmas. I've already scanned, and ordered, one to be produced into a wall canvas. Yes I found a great art site on the net, with sale prices for their canvas work, and so I have ordered a 90 x 90 cm one to hang above the sofa in the lounge. Oh I do , love my paintings, always have. And the new modern canvas prints look so effective.
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The advice line forum is not good for the attached members.................
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Posted:Nov 21, 2007 3:41 am
Last Updated:Nov 22, 2007 10:24 am 10565 Views
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That advice line forum over at the Ff mag can be a bit of a drag.
It's beginning to feel a little tedious for me, having been an active contributer on there for 3 years now.
I put it down to the over whelming number of long term single members active on there.
I mean it stands to reason really doesn't it?
An advice line forum full of long term unattached members isn't going to be the best place for a long term attached member to be appreciated, lol
Those singletons seem to get a little bitter and a tad bit envious, perhaps of any attached member. They certainly don't take too kindly to my announcements of my proposed marriage to my long term partner. Perhaps a little insensitive of me to be using this particular forum to 'discuss' my future plans and home life.
I guess the last thing middle aged singletons want to hear is a thirty something lady going on about her life with her partner, when none of them have found much luck in marriage etc.
When I've come here to discuss any ups or downs I've had, however minor, in my relationship it's not surprising that the majority of members on the mag have stood up in arms with their catty sarcastic remarks.
I shall endeavor to keep my thoughts to myself now, particularly those that involve my love life. One has to be quite tactful when interacting on an internet magazine full of 'losers in love'.
Maybe I should seek a WEDDING FORUM or similar, lol.
Seriously though, I ought to take a leaf out of SUNSHINESMILES book. She is, after all, like me, one of the few long term attached users on the advice lines. However she manages to keep her private life, i.e; love life, strictly PRIVATE. I should learn to do the same if I wish to remain a satisfied member on the advice lines! You see I may be painfully shy in real life, but here on this Ff site I am too MOUTHY, and I need to bite my tongue a little and not blab about my home life too much,
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COLD AND FROSTY MORNING.................
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Posted:Nov 15, 2007 3:15 am
Last Updated:Nov 19, 2007 4:41 am 10709 Views
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Yes the frost has arrived this morning, it's still here now at 10.55am. Funny thing is the house is still feeling a tad cold even though I've knocked the thermostat up to a whopping 30 degrees. I know not exactly environmentally friendly having one's central heating that high, but it's cold I tell you. Probably got something to do with the hall radiator not heating up much, same as for the upstairs landing and the one in the en suite. They don't seem to heat up as much, if anything at all, compared to the radiator in the family bathroom which gets boiling hot, it can be like a sauna in there. I'll have to get someone round to attend to the three cool radiators that we have in the house.
Anyway the were glad of the frosty scene in the back garden this morning when I pulled open the kitchen blind.
'Oh Mummy does that mean it will SNOW soon?', my eagerly asked me.
The garden does look like a pretty winter picture. All the ornamental shrubs are covered in white along with the grass. The washing line is white too. And how fascinating the spider webs look when they are encrusted in frost, like magical fairy jewels.
Oh well, the frost has begun to melt now, and my cat, Simba is meowing to go outside, bless her. She has been sleeping in the small space behind the sofa with her fur pressed up against the radiator in the lounge. She needs to be careful she doesn't roast behind there, lol. It's amazing how cats can go from a hot environment inside to outdoors in the freezing conditions of winter, without becoming ill like us humans would.
It's a shame really as the frost on the grass is probably the nearest thing that we will get to a white Christmas this year, and for years hereafter.
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HE CAN'T FIND A BEST MAN.......................
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Posted:Nov 12, 2007 2:19 am
Last Updated:Nov 14, 2007 4:09 am 10530 Views
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So me and my hubby were discussing marriage plans last night, and he's still undecided about his choice of BEST MAN.
Just as he hasn't kept in touch with his once close mate's the ones from before we got together. They did remain mates, he had a good friend network, whilst we were living back in the Midlands. After we moved to the WEST, they gradually lost touch. The odd Christmas card is all he gets now, and perhaps a telephone call once a year. So he thinks it might be a bit of a cheek to call them now all these years later, after not keeping in touch and asking if they'd be his best man at our wedding.
So I suggested his brother in law, but he reckons he's a bit quiet, not too keen on on speeches.
So I'm thinking with all this talk of non best man, and my family all in various disputes with one another [a right bunch of bickerers some of them can be], and the fact that my Mother is not really like a true loving Mother should be, I figured it looks like an overseas wedding is what we'll have to have.
'Will we need a best man if we get married abroad', he asks
'I doubt it', I advise him.
I think every girl dreams of the day she'll walk down the aisle, or stately home wherever the service may be, all for the day, the big white dress and all, just to be the princess for a day, and I long to see my hubby in a smart groom's suit, my true prince, lol.
Something tells me a beach ceremony abroad will be on the agenda. I dunno, sometimes that just feels like a package holiday, with all the family in tow, well just the anyway.
Are white weddings really just for those with happy extended families and lots of close friends, I really don't know.
And it occurred to me last night, how our wedding night will be the only ever night we will spend together without the being around. Since we moved in together over eight years ago. So our wedding night, or honeymoon, will be our only chance of finally being alone together with no in the house. HOW IRONIC IS THAT. Now I have something to REALLY look forward to, lol.
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OK, the carpet fitter's arrived...................
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Posted:Nov 7, 2007 2:38 am
Last Updated:May 17, 2024 2:56 am 10214 Views
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Yep, he came at 10.30am, but I'm sat here at the computer and all I can hear is the poor guy upstairs coughing and spluttering like he's ill or something.
Should I go offer him a cup or tea, or do you think he'll get the wrong idea? LOL.
I'm just glad he's started on the carpet, that's all. Sooner it's fitted the sooner I can get up there and sort out my 's bedroom.
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Where's the carpet fitter then ?
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Posted:Nov 7, 2007 2:19 am
Last Updated:Nov 7, 2007 2:21 am 10153 Views
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We ordered a smart new carpet over the weekend for my eldest 's bedroom. At the carpet shop we arranged for one of their contract fitters to come out on Wednesday, first thing.
So today is Wednesday and it's now past 10am, and still no sign of the blasted carpet fitter. Wouldn't normally mind, but I did get up at the crack of dawn this morning in order to be up and ready to answer the door as they were supposed to be calling between 8 and 10am. I was up late again last night as well, clearing out my 's room and removing her old carpet.
Isn't it annoying when you expect someone to call round at a certain time, and you're left hanging about waiting for the door bell to ring?
Back again, just had to take a phone call, and no it wasn't the carpet fitter either, it was a parent inquiring about care.
Well anyway the time is now 10.15 am and no sign of the carpet fitter. I do hope that they don't let me down as my 's room is all cleared now, and her furniture has been dismantled and is currently taking up all the space upstairs in the other bedrooms so I'm really hoping just to get the carpet fitted and furniture back to normal. It's really clustered upstairs right now, it's amazing how much stuff my had in her bedroom. Time for another clear out I think, a lot of her old stuff will need storing in the loft. Although my youngest has already claimed some of her printing and art gear which we found at top of her wardrobe, lol.
Well better be off, just in case the fitter does show after all.
BYE...........
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MY THOUGHTLESS PARTNER.....................
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Posted:Nov 6, 2007 3:54 am
Last Updated:Nov 7, 2007 1:33 am 11478 Views
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Well my partner said a funny thing the other night.
WITHOUT thinking about me, as usual, he said,
'I need the love of a woman, no one would blame me for having an affair right now'
ALL, because, I was feeling really bad that night with stomach cramps, so I wasn't going to let him have his way in bed.
LIKE, what a complete wanker, I thought, like how many years did he refuse intimacy with me, and I never had a bloody affair, yet the one time I can't comply in the bedroom he's talking of an affair.
That's men for you, some of them are just naturally selfish.
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