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May 27, 2005
Sleepwalking
I use the train to get to work every day and have a five minute walk from the station to my building. Due to the proliferation of roadworks and new building going on in the city centre, my route is somewhat twisted and tortuous but short nonetheless.
As I do most days, this morning I turned up at the door of my building with no recollection of having got there. Obviously, on autopilot, my feet just know where to go and my brain doesn't need to involve itself in such trivialities. Probably because it was, as yet, unaware of the fact it had risen from my pillow.
I was discussing this phenomenon with a colleague as we waited for the lift. "Oh yes" says he, "I do that every day".
Now that scares me... the guy drives to work. It's bad enough that I might inadvertently walk under a car in my trancelike state but the thought of what could happen if I drove...... oh too scary!
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May 25, 2005
You'll Never Walk Alone
Steven Gerrard lifts the European Cup for Liverpool after a fairytale victory over AC Milan. Fantastic, absolutely fantastic!!
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May 22, 2005
Don't panic!
We had a fire drill in work the other day... at exactly the same time as they normally test the alarms (Friday, 10am). Needless to say, we all sat there looking stupid for at least 5 minutes. Just about long enough to be overcome by smoke I reckon.
God help us if we ever have a real fire at 10am on a Friday!
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May 21, 2005
What would it take....
... to write for a living?
Some writing talent I guess and the ability to tell a story. An idea for a story would be a must.
Do I think I have what it takes? hahahaha No! But writing for a living would be kinda cool. I've done so much writing in the last year or so: blogging; articles; assignments for my diploma; even at Castlecops I wrote up guidelines, canned responses and stuff. (One thing I was always good at was giving errant posters a right royal telling off.) And I can't help thinking, what if I was being paid by the word for this?
I guess I'll just have to wait until I'm inspired but I won't hold my breath. lol
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May 17, 2005
Go Go Gadget
My "financial advisor" has put me on a strict budget - I am so bad with money - and he's sooooo strict. It's like having a personal trainer at the gym, shouting ...shall we say... words of encouragement at you from the side of the treadmill, except with him it's the ATM.
Anywho, I'm only two days in but it's working out great and it's actually been a lot of fun planning a menu, shopping as frugally as possible and (see below) going back to baking.
BTW the cake was superb - so good in fact, I made another one today.
Now, that I've wiped up the drool, what was my point? Oh yes, my gadget! A few Xmases ago my uncle bought me a present. That in itself is unusual, it's the only one he's ever bought me but the present itself turned out to be a plastic bag sealer!! It's one of those that actually sucks all the air out of the bag before sealing so it keeps food unbelievably fresh but it's one of those gadgets that you think to yourself "Hey, this is neat! Now, at the back of which particular cupboard can I lose this neat little gadget?"
And of course that's just what I did until last night when I was making packed lunches for us all and suddenly realised I hadn't bought any sandwich bags. Oh oh, disaster! But wait, as I frantically searched cupboards for something to wrap my butties in, I stumbled across my bag sealer, perfect timing!
So after sucking every single molecule of air from around my piece of home made sponge cake and deftly sealing the bag with the application of a little heat, I'm all packed and ready for work tomorrow and my go-go gadget has pride of place in my kitchen (next to my picture of Bill Shankly).
I feel like a domestic goddess - which is so lame because I'm really not but this is the most mumsy/domestic thing I've done since I gave birth so just humour me won't you? :-D
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May 15, 2005
You can have my cake and eat it
It seems this is a month for doing things I don't normally do. I just baked a cake :-)
I know all you mums who can whip up a raspberry pavlova while burping the baby, cleaning the oven and starching hubby's underpants are all saying "Big deal!" right now but it's been a long, long time since I made anything that didn't come out of a tin, jar or packet and I'm feeling pretty pleased with myself.
I used to bake for the kids all the time before I went to work full time. That was nearly 11 years ago so I'm a bit out of practise but, if (hopefully) I haven't lost my touch, we're in for a treat in approximately four minutes......
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May 13, 2005
Craze or Crazy?
This new "craze" was featured in a TV documentary, I didn't see it but it was the main topic of conversation in work today. The newest teenage fad infesting the UK is Happy Slapping. If you've never heard of it, you're lucky. If you have, I can only pray you've never been a victim!
Happy Slapping is carried out by groups of teenagers who "slap" unsuspecting kids or adults while capturing the attacks on camera phones.
These "slaps" are by no means gentle and recent attacks have become more menacing and violent as the craze spreads throughout the country. In last night's examples one man's eardrum burst from the force of the slap. In extreme cases, the slaps have been replaced by punches and kicks.
How sick does an individual have to be to get pleasure from this pastime? What is missing from the lives of these kids that they have to fill them with wanton attacks on complete strangers?
What sickens me most is the tale of the lone female victim who was "slapped" on a train full of people, not one of whom came to her aid. Are we so scared of our children that we will sit back and pretend this isn't happening?
What kind of world are we living in?
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Shame on me!
When I joined BlogExplosion I was a little dubious about opening up my blog to unregistered comments but I'm glad now that I did as I've received lots. Most of them kind, constructive or interesting. None of them rude or flaming.
I'm a little lax in replying and even worse in leaving comments myself, even though I surf BE every day and enjoy most of the blogs I read. Which is pretty lousy of me because I do get a real buzz out of them and where would I be without my daily fix of Sophie and Doug I hereby resolve to change that forthwith, Brownies honour!
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May 05, 2005
My babies
My kids are out, I'm all alone and I'm wandering from room to room thinking how quiet the place is without them.
The faint feeling of missing them clutches at my heart just for a second.
Then I find my watch face down in the butter......
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The Bigger Shoe
I have a complex!
The guy who sells the Big Issue outside my local supermarket has stopped pestering me to "buy the bigger shoe".
This is something I've dreamed of for months and years and now it's finally happened....
.... only now, I'm wondering why he's stopped. Has he just decided I'm too mean? Oo-er!
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May 02, 2005
Ouch!
I did something I don't normally do yesterday. So this morning every muscle in my arms, shoulders and neck are screaming at me. I don't think they'll ever forgive me for abusing them so badly.
What did I do to inflict this agony upon myself? I went grocery shopping!
I don't drive and the nearest supermarket is less than a minute from my front door so I tend to shop for what I need on a daily basis. But it's the most uneconomical way to shop. So yesterday, in a determined effort to start tightening the purse strings, I took myself further afield to my local Iceland and bought enough food to feed the British Army for a month (or my kids for a week.)
The feeling of euphoria I had coming through the checkout with a laden trolley and a not too empty purse was soon overtaken by the realisation that I had to get this lot home before a) it defrosted; and b) my arms fell off. The five minute walk home stretched into twenty as my muscles stretched into spaghetti and now I'm paying the price.
On the upside, if I keep shopping this way my freezer will always be full because I'll be so knackered I won't have the energy to cook; plus I'll never have to pay to go to the gym. hehe!
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