Why is it always me?

I have again...given our computer a virus. I was an accident. I was trying to delete a message but when I clicked on the screen instead of toggling, I accidentally clicked on the link...it was one of those HSBC please confirm your details type things...damnit. Anyways to be on the safe side, as I can no longer find the infected file we are not able to use the internet until we have reinstalled the whole shabang. Anyways that means I have to check my emails and stuff at my mam and dads, at the expense of my brother's vital computer time. You might be asking why I am not doing it at work now that I am back. I am only back half days and having gone back to 346 emails I have been too busy to do much else. That and the fact that people I hardly know are asking how I am, and then catching up with the people that I do know.... not much time for personal email or blogging.

So hopefully over the weekend there might be more chance to keep you all updated.

I'm All Alone...

...There's nobody here beside me." Ahh the dulcet tones of Donkey from Shrek....I am on my billy as Ann is out having a well deserved night out with the girls from her work so I thought I'd have a chat with the world via a piece of plastic. Also the fact that I have posted pretty much bot-all for a long while, and the fact that I have done a few things recently, mean I actually have a few things to post. Here goes:

I went to see the Manic Street Preachers last Thursday evening. They were fantastic and were one of the most polished live bands I have ever seen. Added to that you got the spectacle of seeing Nicky Wire bounding around like a one-man ministry of silly walks. However, there was one downside to the evening...I got absolutely fleeced by spending five pound on the worst concert programme of all time. I mean there isn't a single word in it..not even a copyright blurb!! There are 8....yes count them 8!! blank pages and a few pictures which at best can be described as odd...The one picture of the band shows them hiding there faces and almost looks like they are ashamed of ripping off their fans with such a piece of toot...well I tell you they fookin should be!! They were great though.

I have just discovered a potentially great TV programme, produced and directed by Bryan "X-Men/Superman/Usual Suspects" Singer called House which stars Hugh Laurie as a slightly odd Doctor, Gregory House. Now there is one major hurdle you have to get over which is that the great man speaks with an American accent....and to be honest it did take a lot of getting over to the extent that I wasn't even going to finish watching it. But I am a huge fan of Hugh Laurie so I went back to watch it and stuck it out and I found that I really enjoyed it. There are some very funny moments and also a lot of very graphic medical procedures...some of which brought back vivid memories of my MRI scan...but all in all I am looking forward to watching it again next week...we Brits can see it on Hallmark Channel on Sky on a Sunday evening. There was even a Rolling Stones reference when House was arguing with his boss and quoted "the great philosopher, Jagger" when he said that "you can't always get what you want" which was followed later by the boss saying that she had researched this great philosopher a found that "if you try sometimes you get what you need". And then the episode ended to the sounds of the Stones...class!

Right they were quite long so I'll finish with a few little snippets:

New series of Doctor Who.....Fantastic

New Doctor...David Tennant.....Wow....Can't wait

And finally I don't know if anyone noticed but didn't the moon look a long way away last night.

Please Note

Don't press the red button

Thought for the day

It takes much more than a pocket full of Kryptonite to kill Superman. You need wily skills too.

Ow ow ow! That hurts.

Not my blood test... in fact I even kept a little bit of colour in my face, although it was three whole bottles.

No! I got back and did some of the gardening I have been meaning to do for months. It basically involved stabbing holes in the grass and brushing sand in. Except the dumbass that I am forgot to put gloves on..... see what is coming?!

I now have a massive skinless patch on my right hand and I can't get my wedding ring on becasue of the blister on my left hand. I have put a blister plaster over the right hand but can do nothing about the left. It doesn't hurt now quite as much as it did when I first ripped the skin off, but I am really not looking forward to the plaster coming off. Why am I so dumb?!

God help me! I'm going to die....

I have a blood test. Last time blood spurted everywhere and I nearly passed out. Hopefully this time it might only be the one bottle, but I am very afeared. I'd be appreciative of your prayers. Thanks. God rest my soul.

I turn quite religious when I think I may die........ I need to do something to try and rescue me from the hot place.

To busy for posting....

Well I am normally too un-busy for posts and have nothing to say but this week...quite the opposite.

I had a little birthday tea with Black forest gateau.. which I did not have enough of. Then on Wednesday we went to Sheffield to the Meadowhall where upon I spent my birthday money for the second time. I have been wanting some Benetint for ages but wasn't sure if it would make me look like Aunt Sally. So I foolishly asked an orange lady in House of Fraser if I could test some. She was a very nice orange lady and before I knew what was happening I was in the chair having the full make-up done... I had none on to begin with... she was just going to try the Benetint... I said it might look stupid with no foundation on... she said she would do the base.. I agreed. Anyway she also put some Dr Feelgood on which I have heard about but when she put it on I had to have that too. Which meant I had overspent my birthday money but, so what?! I work... well not at the moment but that is a whole other story.

Then we visited Christopher at his humble abode, and we went to a sci-fi shop thing for Andrew and then a music shop, surprisingly enough, again that was for Andrew. When we got back I think that Andrew and Chris had Playstation planned for the rest of the afternoon. I wasn't really enthusiastic about that plan and so we went to Bakewell and had pudding. Which was really lovely. I felt like a true old lady with my pot of tea and slice of pudding. it was even eaten in a little tea shop... well the original bakewell pudding shop actually.

Then we went to visit David and Livvi, Andrew's brother and sister in law. We stopped over the night and we had planned to visit a museum that Livvi is due to begin working at. But there weren't enough parking spaces and we were too lazy to walk, so we went to IKEA instead. I accidentally totalled a bill of £80, but it was all on stuff that we really needed, as all of it is already being used.

On Friday we went to my mam and dad's because my brother had my birthday present for me...... between him, my sister and her boyfriend they had adopted me a giant panda through the WWF. Not only that but it is a killer panda that has killed and injured two goats...which must have just been for the sake of it because pandas eat bamboo don't they? Are they not vegetarian... omnivores... herbivores...whatever the correct word is? We went to Mike and Sarah's on the afternoon and they had bought me a beautiful pink plant...although we are not sure what it is or how to keep it alive, so that should be interesting. It has gel stuff in the vase... I guess that has something to do with its healthiness! I met my friend Denise from work and we had a good catch up with each other and everything that has been going on in the office.

Last night we had a little party to celebrate being together for 10 years. And Graeme brought me a birthday cake which he had baked and decorated himself to look like Kermit. It was fantastic and the best birthday cake I can remember having since I was little. It even tasted fabulous and for what I understand to be a first attempt is some achievement I think. Graeme, Joll and Julie also bought us the classic film Drop Zone on DVD, which was the first film we ever went to see. How thoughtful is that?!

Today my friend Suzanne came over for a cuppa, which turned into two cuppa's and she was supposed to be elsewhere... I think I talk too much. She brought me some really gorgeous flowers from Claire Metcalfe's. It was a really nice surprise, and I had a good catch up on what she was doing, and told her everything that was going on with me too... poor girl. Now I am off to arrange more girly nights. Two posts in a week can you believe it?

To anyone who is listening and is not aware....

Today is my birthday.........................woo hooooooo! I am 20 something if I write the proper number it looks a lot, so I'm not gonna. I'm as old as my tongue and a little bit older than my teeth, as my good old gran says. I think I am old enough to start saying things like that on a regular basis.

So what have I planned for my birthday. Well this morning we are going food shopping... to buy me a black forest gateau......mmmmmmmm.... that or lemon merangue pie (which has to be made freshly otherwise it is no use at all, Sara Lee just won't do).

Then we have pretty much the entire house to tidy because a man is coming to measure for carpets.... the upstairs of our house is a shameful mess, except the little bedrooom which is only tidy becasue it has literally just been decorated, in fact it has not quite been finished. Then we await the arrival of said carpet man. When he leaves G and Jue are coming over for birthday tea, and I am allowed one glass of wine. I'm sure my doctor would not be apporving but I haven't had a drink for 3 months. I'm not a recovering alcoholic, well not really, I am on tablets that prohibit alcohol consumption...but one glass will make no odds. I guess.

Right I am off to open presents and cards. Mini wave for me...woo hoo!