Saturday, 10 February 2007
Wednesday, 7 February 2007
Snow's a coming...
...or so the weather man says.
Found this piccy on a freebie site and from what is being said this is what we can expect to wake-up to tomorrow (don't think I will hold my breath as the weather men have been known to get things wrong in the past - no hurricane, Mr Fish ???????? I should cocoa...).
At the moment it feels a bit too cold for snow but who knows what will greet us in the morning.
Deep snow I can cope with (not sure about British Rail, mmmmmmmmmm) it's the dusting of icy stuff that I don't do very well with *memories of Ouch*....
Just off to fill my hot-water bottle and then I'm off to my bed. Nighty, night everyone, we shall see what tomorrow brings..........
Dumb / Smart balance...
...as I'm sure most folk in the UK will know, this title comes from a TV advert for a 'flexable friend'. You know the one...man applies for new plastic card - smart (???????), woman cleaning windows falls through open one, flat on her face - dumb. Well this is how I feel my life is at the moment.
For every nice thing that happens there has been a really grotty one to off-set it...
Take the day of the Artbase crop in January. It was a great day, the project was super and everyone had fun :o)...Come Monday and I was told that I was being moved to a new job because of 'restructuring' :o(
This last weekend was busy but I was able to help Mum get another batch of scarves ready to sell for her club :o) but Monday was looming. Hence not sleeping well, as Monday was the day I was to move to my new job :o(.
Without going into too much detail, Monday was horrid. My existing colleagues had clubbed together to get me a gift even though I was only going to another part of the building and that was it.......the tears were flowing (surprising how kind gestures can sometimes make things seem even worse). But worse was yet to come. Despite knowing for weeks that I was joining the new team no arrangements had been made by my new manager for my move - no IT services, no help to move work/belongings, nothing.............so muggins here moved everything herself - how to make someone feel welcome and wanted, NOT!
You can see from my previous posting that I needed to let off steam, but words just failed me.
I must say a very BIG thank you to Chrissie for her comment - the 'hugs' were gratefully received and yes, things probably seemed even more grotty because I hadn't slept well. I have some wonderful friends who read my blog who also showed their support and I can't express how much this all meant to me...THANK YOU everyone.
Things haven't improved over the last two days and to add insult to injury the heating failed in our part of the office and it has been freezing (not literally, but you know what I mean...). Everyone has been sitting in scarves and cardies/fleeces that they have dug out of the depths of their drawers. On the whole...things are pretty miserable.
I'm fed up with all the 'dumb' occurrences, I want some of the 'smart'...............
For every nice thing that happens there has been a really grotty one to off-set it...
Take the day of the Artbase crop in January. It was a great day, the project was super and everyone had fun :o)...Come Monday and I was told that I was being moved to a new job because of 'restructuring' :o(
This last weekend was busy but I was able to help Mum get another batch of scarves ready to sell for her club :o) but Monday was looming. Hence not sleeping well, as Monday was the day I was to move to my new job :o(.
Without going into too much detail, Monday was horrid. My existing colleagues had clubbed together to get me a gift even though I was only going to another part of the building and that was it.......the tears were flowing (surprising how kind gestures can sometimes make things seem even worse). But worse was yet to come. Despite knowing for weeks that I was joining the new team no arrangements had been made by my new manager for my move - no IT services, no help to move work/belongings, nothing.............so muggins here moved everything herself - how to make someone feel welcome and wanted, NOT!
You can see from my previous posting that I needed to let off steam, but words just failed me.
I must say a very BIG thank you to Chrissie for her comment - the 'hugs' were gratefully received and yes, things probably seemed even more grotty because I hadn't slept well. I have some wonderful friends who read my blog who also showed their support and I can't express how much this all meant to me...THANK YOU everyone.
Things haven't improved over the last two days and to add insult to injury the heating failed in our part of the office and it has been freezing (not literally, but you know what I mean...). Everyone has been sitting in scarves and cardies/fleeces that they have dug out of the depths of their drawers. On the whole...things are pretty miserable.
I'm fed up with all the 'dumb' occurrences, I want some of the 'smart'...............
Monday, 5 February 2007
Horrid...
...horrid, grotty day.
Yuk, poo, grrrrrrrrr, hurumfff, :o( - just can't think of sufficient words..........................
Yuk, poo, grrrrrrrrr, hurumfff, :o( - just can't think of sufficient words..........................
Sunday, 4 February 2007
Tired...
...but not sleepy.
Just where has the weekend gone? No sooner does Friday arrive than suddenly, it's Sunday evening. Spent a lot of the weekend at Mum's as she hasn't been 100% recently. The surgery to her eyes is still causing her some discomfort but overall she is very pleased with the results. Due to her MS the muscles in her eyelids were failing and causing obstruction to her sight. Although it is over a month since she had the second eye done (for the second time in two months - they made rather a booboo of the first attempt) she still has a few stitches that have yet to come out and this is causing some irritation. Still, at least now she can enjoy her knitting and crochet without the eyelids closing at will...
I seem to have been chasing around all weekend but not really getting anything done :o(
At the moment I am sitting looking at the PC thinking how tired I am but there are too many things buzzing around my brain... I know I will eventually get to sleep only to be rudely awakened by the alarm clock heralding the start of another day at work. Oh well, let's give it a go - night, night everyone, sweet dreams..........zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Saturday, 3 February 2007
And so ends another week...
...and a pretty horrid week it has been too.
Everything is change, change, change at the moment at work. I don't think anyone has heard of the old saying "if it ain't broke, and it works, why fix it?" because everything is being 'fixed' with things that surprisingly DON'T WORK... Don't get me wrong, change can be good - we shouldn't cling to our comfort blankets just because it's easy, it's familiar - but there is also a thing called 'change overload' and I think that is the point that we at work are reaching, even though we are only in the early stages of the current round of 'essential changes'............(bah!)
Moving on...
Friday evening's commute was a doozy. Anyone and everyone who owns an MP3 player/personal hi-fi (do folk still have those?????) must have been in the train coach with me. Now forgive me if I'm wrong but I thought 'personal' meant just that, PERSONAL - not blaring out so the whole coach can hear every word or shreak that is blasting someones ears (or would be able to hear if the noise could be separated from all the other blaring noise >:o ...). Hey, I like loud music, in the right places, but do these folk realise what they are doing to their hearing - I SAID DO THEY KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING TO THEIR HEARING - sorry, wasn't sure if I could be heard (LOL). My Dad had terrible trouble with the tone-range of his hearing, in later life, and it so frustrated him especially as it was caused by his working environment - not self induced - back in the days before H&S and ear-protectors... It didn't go down too well with Mum either as she was able to hear the TV perfectly clearly from the end of the garden when Dad was watching.........However, I digress, loud music of the personal hi-fi type is not what you want to be listening to after a grotty day/week at work but yesterday had the crowning glory of someone singing along to what they were listening to - well perhaps 'singing' is a slight exageration - have you seen the X Factor auditions where the judges are confronted by someone who opens their mouth and suddenly you have the sensation of nails scraping down blackboards (got the picture?) - in the row of seats in front of me was this demented woman (not young might I hasten to add) shreaking away and doing her Stevie Wonder head swaying impression. The sigh of relief when she got off could be heard above the MP3 players (ROFL).
Now if you want loud music that you can enjoy, get the car out! I'm not talking vibrating base that makes the pavement shudder as the car passes by. I'm talking open road motoring - somewhere you can 'feed the fantasy' without being a nuisance - afterall, if you are giving it your all singing along to your favourite tracks, who is going to see except for the folk driving in the opposite direction and I don't think they are going to turn around and come after you to tell you that you look stupid *giggle*. Better yet, the theme tunes from all those wonderful cop shows are great for letting off your frustration. Imagine zooming along the motorway to The Sweeny or The Professionals visualising all those car chases...a lot safer than trying it yourself!!! Who says that it is only the boys that dream of fast cars...perhaps the boys might try to imitate the wheelspins and handbreak turns in their souped-up Fiestas, Rovers, whatevers...we girls have far more imagination :o).................
Well, the weekend is here. Best make the most of it before Monday is with us again. Now where did I put that TV themes CD??????????????????
Everything is change, change, change at the moment at work. I don't think anyone has heard of the old saying "if it ain't broke, and it works, why fix it?" because everything is being 'fixed' with things that surprisingly DON'T WORK... Don't get me wrong, change can be good - we shouldn't cling to our comfort blankets just because it's easy, it's familiar - but there is also a thing called 'change overload' and I think that is the point that we at work are reaching, even though we are only in the early stages of the current round of 'essential changes'............(bah!)
Moving on...
Friday evening's commute was a doozy. Anyone and everyone who owns an MP3 player/personal hi-fi (do folk still have those?????) must have been in the train coach with me. Now forgive me if I'm wrong but I thought 'personal' meant just that, PERSONAL - not blaring out so the whole coach can hear every word or shreak that is blasting someones ears (or would be able to hear if the noise could be separated from all the other blaring noise >:o ...). Hey, I like loud music, in the right places, but do these folk realise what they are doing to their hearing - I SAID DO THEY KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING TO THEIR HEARING - sorry, wasn't sure if I could be heard (LOL). My Dad had terrible trouble with the tone-range of his hearing, in later life, and it so frustrated him especially as it was caused by his working environment - not self induced - back in the days before H&S and ear-protectors... It didn't go down too well with Mum either as she was able to hear the TV perfectly clearly from the end of the garden when Dad was watching.........However, I digress, loud music of the personal hi-fi type is not what you want to be listening to after a grotty day/week at work but yesterday had the crowning glory of someone singing along to what they were listening to - well perhaps 'singing' is a slight exageration - have you seen the X Factor auditions where the judges are confronted by someone who opens their mouth and suddenly you have the sensation of nails scraping down blackboards (got the picture?) - in the row of seats in front of me was this demented woman (not young might I hasten to add) shreaking away and doing her Stevie Wonder head swaying impression. The sigh of relief when she got off could be heard above the MP3 players (ROFL).
Now if you want loud music that you can enjoy, get the car out! I'm not talking vibrating base that makes the pavement shudder as the car passes by. I'm talking open road motoring - somewhere you can 'feed the fantasy' without being a nuisance - afterall, if you are giving it your all singing along to your favourite tracks, who is going to see except for the folk driving in the opposite direction and I don't think they are going to turn around and come after you to tell you that you look stupid *giggle*. Better yet, the theme tunes from all those wonderful cop shows are great for letting off your frustration. Imagine zooming along the motorway to The Sweeny or The Professionals visualising all those car chases...a lot safer than trying it yourself!!! Who says that it is only the boys that dream of fast cars...perhaps the boys might try to imitate the wheelspins and handbreak turns in their souped-up Fiestas, Rovers, whatevers...we girls have far more imagination :o).................
Well, the weekend is here. Best make the most of it before Monday is with us again. Now where did I put that TV themes CD??????????????????
Thursday, 1 February 2007
Crop tonight...
I give fair warning, I will not stand for - any train disruption (British Rail & London Underground to note), freaky weather (Mother Nature, take a break please) or any other occurrance that could put paid to this evening's gathering...you have been warned!
It seems like forever since we last had a Thursday night crop (early December ;o( - doesn't time fly). The project for tonight is the page that Nicola posted on her blog two weeks ago before wind stopped play (hurrumffff) but there is a rumour that there could be an additional surprise...oooooo, I like surprises - as long as they are nice ones (lol).
During the time since the last Thursday crop this blog was created :o) and I have discovered so many like minded crafters out in blogland as well as some very helpful and supportive folk - hurraaaaaaaaay for blogs.
Doesn't replace the need for the gathering of like minded folk though. A whole day at work to get through before playtime >:o...................................
It seems like forever since we last had a Thursday night crop (early December ;o( - doesn't time fly). The project for tonight is the page that Nicola posted on her blog two weeks ago before wind stopped play (hurrumffff) but there is a rumour that there could be an additional surprise...oooooo, I like surprises - as long as they are nice ones (lol).
During the time since the last Thursday crop this blog was created :o) and I have discovered so many like minded crafters out in blogland as well as some very helpful and supportive folk - hurraaaaaaaaay for blogs.
Doesn't replace the need for the gathering of like minded folk though. A whole day at work to get through before playtime >:o...................................
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