This first bit is for Landers & Brad and Jake & Sarah, I am a 70!!!!! Got my flying mount and everything

Right now the important bit is over

I had quite a good day yesterday, my bartering skills were at full tilt and I managed to get my Son the bargain of the month, he has been looking for a preowned psp for his son for his birthday, money is a bit tight and most preowneds come with memory card and game. We had gone last friday to Game because they had advertised a psp with game for under a £100.00, except of course when we got there the deal had changed (in less than half an hour mind?) he could have a psp lite with no game and no memory card ( the guys actual words were 'if there is one in there then you have one if not you dont, good customer service or what!?) We decided not to get it as they wanted £115.00 just for the console!

So yesterday I went for a wander on my own ( I know I am getting daring

I wandered into this shop we have locally called cash converters, I was looking for something that I didnt find However what I did find was a psp with four games and memory card for only £109.99 now it was just the standard one and it was black, so after asking if they had white (Gold dust apparently in the standard one) I bartered with him and in the end came away with a psp lite in white, with five games and a 1mg memory card, for the same price Am I on form or what?

And I got a free teddy bear from another shop for spending too much money over ten pounds

Quite a positive day for me then.

Anyway now I have to go and get ready for work.

Have a great day

A visitor to a lunatic asylum asks the head doctor how they decide who are the sanest and who should stay or go.

"well" says the doctor "We fill a bath with cold water and give the patient a choice of thimble, spoon or bucket to empty it"

"Ah, I see, so a sane person would choose the bucket as this would empty it faster?"

Erm Actually,.............................................. a sane person would pull the plug out, where would you like your bed, near the window?"

Everyone seems a bit down and fretful lately, and we haven't had much of a summer so far (she says as she watches the rain bounce off the sidewalk) so Landers and I have come up with a little plan to try to help boost morale and make people smile (we hope)

We have set up a Summer Writing Compettion. Short stories of no more than 300 words, they can be about anything but must contain the phrase 'a sunset on the beach'

To enter the competition you go here http://writingforfun.blog.co.uk

Rules and other bits of info including prizes is there.

Pop along and have a look and remember this is all for fun, and I hope that many of you will join in as you do with Secret Santa and the Bloscars.

I have decided that I am not just good at my job I am Damn good at it, I have turned three complaints around today and all while training ( I now need a stiff drink) my trainee was totally mesmerised by the vocablury, and the speed with which I turned a ranting client into a pussycat. "I will never be able to do that" he said in his sweet piping camp way (yes I said camp, he is almost a contender for Paddy's crown ) So I am feeling a little more positive today than yesterday.

I have to admit that I have done something that may be silly, or not depending on the outcome, but I got rather, shall we say disheartened yesterday with the course that I am doing, I do not seem able to please this tutor no matter what I do

Anyway we shall see, right now I need food (I am actually hungry will wonders never cease?)

It has been raining most of the night, again, and it looks like it is set in for the day too, I wonder if we will actually get a summer?

It is wednesday, the middle of the week and only two days from my day off, which does mean I have to work saturday but that doesn't bother me at all. I am looking forward to having a day off this week because the day I am having is pay day!!!

We have been paid the six months back pay that we were promised though once the tax man etc had taken their bite there was not much left of it, still it does mean that I have a little extra money that will hopefully pay for a couple of things that I need like my passport, and maybe give me some money in the bank for a change. Still have things to pay out, and I have to live and eat etc, though dont qoute me on that one

The year seems to be flying past, it is almost the end of June, where is the time going?

I need to be making decisions about my next course for my study, though maybe now is not the best time, we will see.

Anyway off to make myself look something like presentable for the day, have to make a good impression on the newbies

After a full day of trying to train a new starter the way that I work, I have had to leave him for the last hour in the care of someone who does things (in my opinion) in a manner that I dont believe he is ready for (And hope he never will be) this is the person that I mentioned in the other blog, you know the lovely lady but.

Today she has tried to co-erce me in to buying a new bag because she doesn't like the one I use, and as I pointed out, I bought the bag for a reason and that is what I use it for, I am not changing that just because she thinks it should be so! She made some comment about taking me shopping, erm, no, I dont think so, I know what I like, if others dont well that really is not my problem is it, I dress to please me not them.

Anyway, enough already, I am out of work now and allowing the calm of the blogging to wash over me.

I promised rainbows and sunsets for my friend and so we shall have them.

I find that the things that help me the most when I am down are the images that I can conjure of sunrises and sunsets, I can even place them in locations of my own choosing, when i first started doing it I used to find pictures of them and imagine myself in that place relaxing and just soaking up the beauty and the tranquility of the moment. Now I can conjure them anytime I need them, just as I can conjure the garden and the pople inside. At the moment one of my friends seems to be visiting the garden a lot and I am wondering if he is alright?

As for rainbows, well they are one of the most aweinspiring sights are they not? Even more so when you consider that they are always in the sky, yet we cannot see them unless it rains, to me this is showing us that there are always good things around but sometimes you have to experience the not so good or the pretty bad to realise and appreciate them, to see what you have that you perhaps were blind to before?

And of course there is always sunshine after rain, which shows that persevering through the bad times will bring you good times (Just sometimes it is a long wait)

I was going to write a blog about rainbows and sunsets and stuff, cos these are beautiful things and they are free, for us all to enjoy.

But I have come across so much prejudice and intolerance today that I decided instead to air my opinions on this, and just to reiterate these are my opinions.

I have had a pretty crap life, those that 'know' me can agree that it has been pretty much one bad thing after another, those that read my blog have seen some of it, the things that I have written of anyway. I could be bitter, I could have a huge chip on my shoulder, I could be jealous of people that had great childhoods and brilliant marriages etc etc.

But as it happens I am none of the above, I dont consider myself to be better than anyone else because of it, I consider me to be, well just me. It isn't that I am tolerant of others it is because I believe we are all different and we are all special, it matters not to me what a persons sexual orientation is, what their beliefs are, how they spend their money, what matters to me is that they are aware of the fact that we are all different and accept me as I am as I accept them.

It is one of the sad facts of life that there are people that have tunnel vision, they see/hear/believe only what they want to, and everything else is a lie, or the rantings of the sick and corrupt, the uneducated and poor, and so on. The strange thing about this is the ones that shout the loudest can very rarely back up their arguments and have no idea of the art of debate (Have we not seen this many times on here?) I am not just talking about here or about the post that Landers did, but other things that have happened at work too.

I deal with people everyday that have been given months to live, and to say that their outlook on life is beyond positive would be an understatement, no wallowing in the injustice of their situation, get out and enjoy life, one gentleman told me that being given a death sentence had taught him something he didnt realise he lacked, and that was an understanding that the world is made up of many kinds of people all unique, what does it matter what they are or what they believe as long as they are living thier lives to the best of thier abilities and allowing others to do the same.

It seems that there are many that could do with taking a leaf out of that book

Just a quick post to say good morning, running a little late this morning as I was trying to do so many things at once and I have the new starter today so I have to concentrate on that as well.

I will be back after work to visit awhile.

Have a great day and dont work too hard

When I watch my son and his wife and the way that they feel about each other shines in their eyes it makes me believe that there is such a thing as true love, maybe it is dependent on meeting the right person at the right time or something, all i know is that what they have must be the greatest feeling in the world, cos it sure makes them happy.

I have been watching and observing people as usual at work and out and about, a lady, one that I quite like funnily emough, turns out to be a manipulator, she has never tried this with me, though she does think she is some kind of super psychologist and tries to tell me what I am thinking at times, she is usually wrong,she managed to get herself a three hour lunchbreak yesterday purely by going shopping with 'the boss'. it is a complicated story but the boss of the whole place used to be mt manager, and this other lady has invited her to an event this evening so she had to have something new, and she took her with her. She is darn good, she can get people seeking her approval without them realising that they are doing it!

And yet another person is leaving at the end of the month, announced yesterday, this is going to make things pretty tough over the next few weeks, but hey ho, whats new.

Sheesh I write some boring stuff lately!!

Have a good day, I am off to find my brain!

Sometimes I feel like I am just a wisp of reality, not exactly invisible but not really there either, it is like sometimes the people can see me (usually when they want something) and sometimes I just seem to blend into the background. Mostly this doesnt bother me, I like being left alone, especially at work, but sometimes it is irksome.

On the subject of work, another two people are leaving at the end of the month and another left yesterday, sinking ship comes to mind

I need a break by the sea, I may have to take a weekend away, a long one, somewhere nice with sand and sea, and hopefully sunshine (And maybe some bloggers?)

Things are not all rosy at Casa Da Famile`, leeetle bit of tension, but was dealt with, sort of, it doesnt matter how well you get on there will always be times when you are irritated by something someone does. This weekend I will try to sort out my room, which is now my haven, and it has been adopted by the family cat! She is sweet though totally nuts, she lies across the back of my computer chair and watches me when I am typing, I will have to watch what I write

Right got to go sort the brats out, have a great day

Wednesday the 18th of June, so why does it feel like october? It started off yesterday morning lovely and sunny and by lunchtime the sky was dark, it was cold and it really felt like October, now it is raining, a continuation of yesterdays rain that decided to pour in the evening. It is this wind that we have had for the past week or so that keeps the clouds covering the sun and makes us wear woolies, in June!!

Still things can only get better right?

I think we should have a seaside blogmeet in the summer, round about August time, what do you think?

I have been chosen to mentor a new starter as of next week for four weeks, while this may seem like a bind the way that I look at it is this, if I train them then at least I know that they have been taught the corect way to do the paperwork and the proper manner in which to talk on the phone, and that may seem like blowing my own trumpet and thinking that I am better than everyone else. I dont,but when I hear the way that some people talk to others on the phone I cringe, there are ways to get your point across without patronising the client, we are supposed to be there to help the client not to act as superior to them.

And the amount of mistakes that I have to rectify is beyond a joke, especially when it concerns someone else's money, it only takes an extra few seconds to look at something properly or even to look for something that is a click away, and it is so annoying when you know that a series of mistakes could have been avoided by someone doing just that.

Anyway, I am looking forward to it, this young man is apparently quite the joker, and has a great personality, so it could be lots of fun

Did we see the nominations last night? I dont think I have ever seen anyone get that many nominations in Da house before? Do you think that maybe they dont like Alex?

Annnnd, what about that Mario, I am so glad he is not my manager cos I really would have had the sack by now

AAAAAnnnnndddd I think if he leaves we will see a whole new Lisa, dont you?

Enough of that tripe, as it is the middle of the week and everyones least favourite day what are your plans for the weekend? Mine are boring so yours have got to be better.

Life is strange, and people are stranger, the work I do enables me to speak to all kinds of people from all walks of life. A few weeks ago I spoke to a client whose wife had just walked out after many years of marriage, I say walked out, she apparently told him she was going outside to do something and never came back. When he went to see if she was in the kitchen he found a noe on the kitchen table telling her not to look for her she wasn't coming back. She was 61, now that must have took some courage.

Starting your life over at that age must have been a daunting decision to make, of course I feel sorry for him too, after so many years of marriage you really dont expect that to happen, and he didnt apparently, he never knew she was even thinking of going.

Yesterday I spoke to another gentleman who had just come home from hospital after a third heart attack, minor ones but each one a little worse than the last, he told me how his wife of 41 years had left him for a younger man, she too was 61 the man she had left him for was 39, they are now married (she left him two years ago) he says he couldn't understand it as he was so good to her, gave her anything and everything she wanted, she was never short of money, well there was obviously something she wanted that he couldn't supply, money is not the answer to everything, apparently.

It just goes to show that there are no guarentees in life and that no matter how old you are it doesn't hurt to show a person that you love them and that they matter, before it is too late to do so.

And on to cheerier things, the sun is shining though it is cloudy again, but never mind it is Tuesday and the week is humming away, soon be weekend and I have the whole weekend off, well from work anyway. I dont finish until seven this week, though I have to admit I like this shift, I love the laid back mornings.

Right I shall go and leave you to your cornflakes and stuff, but may be back before I go, you never know

Have a great day.

My lovely friend Landers was good enough to let you all know that the beginning of my blogging sabbatacle was due to a family emergency (Before the almighty cock ups by BT!!)

I never got a chance to thank you all for the lovely messages he passed on to me, and which thankfully I was able to pass on to the family member when we finally got a chance to talk to her again, something we didnt think we were going to be able to do, ever again. It was very much a battle against time and all that, what with repirators and heart monitors and so on and so forth, scary things when you see them shallowing out I can tell you.

Scarier I think because this was no aged and wise aunt that was lying there having lived her life and seen many things and in so doing experienced many things.

No this was a 21 year old who has seen nothing and experienced little, I am not going to go into the details too much, suffice it to say that she is now up and about and trying very hard to be strong and pick up the pieces and start all over again. At 21 you should be out having fun not having to visit clinics and take medication because you failed in trying to opt out of life.

Many people laugh at me when I say that what is meant is meant and that fate will intervene when it isn't time for things to happen, well it intervened this time and when I think the time is right I will tell you how.

Right now, thank you for being there, it was a tough time for all concerned and knowing people are rooting for you is a very big help.

Good Morning to all.

I had it planned to write this long and boring blog about all the stuff that has been happening over the past weeks, but, apart from the fact that I wish to keep the little credibility that I possess, and dont want to bore everyone to death, I decided that it doesn't really matter, the stuff that has happened that is.

Crap happens we get through it and then it becomes past crap, and that is where it is going to stay, in the past, I cant change it by moaning about it or dwelling on it.

So apart from the fact that I miss Molly, my life is getting on track, sort of, I take up my driving lessons at the end of this month and hopefully will have passed my test by the end of the year (dont hold your breath on that one though ) and I may just manage to save enough to do the November meet

No new job yet, but, that does not mean I am not still looking and you never know what is around the corner.

I have not yet managed to catch up on everyones blog, I worked this weekend and had numerous other things on the go, like a uni assignment, but I am sure that I will be able to eventually get around to visiting everyone and saying hi.

Right now I have to go and wash my hair and various other boring things, to prepare for the day ahead.

Catch you later, have a good day and all that.

Here are The Rules:

Each player answers the questions about themselves. At the end of the post, the player then tags 5-6 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know they've been tagged.

1. What I was doing 10 years ago:
Working 14 hour days, 6 days a week, I was in working in a private nursing home as an Auxillary nurse

2. What 5 things are on on my to-do list for today:
I only have three, study, relax and play WOW, oh and blog so thats four, hmmm wash my hair, there made it five

3. Snacks I enjoy:
I dont really do snacks, Jaffa cakes, peanuts, thats about it really

4. Things I would do if I was a billionaire:
Everything, what wouldn't I do?

5. Places I have lived:
Barton Stacy, Singapore, Blackpool (My excuse is I was too young to decide ) Sutton, Kildwick, Haworth and here where I am.

Everyone has probably already been tagged but here goes

I tag
beautiful-mistake
eggbod
redleader
Sixpence

Ahhhh its good to be back

Sssshhhhhhh *whispers* My broadband is up and running, but I dont want to say it too loud just in case those gremlins are hanging around still

OK enough of that, Yes I am back, and ready to pester the life out of you all again. Be prepared (after the eviction of course) to be brought up to date with the happenings of the past few weeks, though I have to warn anyone with a low boredom threshold that they should go find something more interesting to do

Back in a little while

Due to several almighty blunders by BT I have been offline for um, quite a while now. The good news is that I am due to be reconnected on Friday the 13th (Yes I know that I said the 5th Paddy, but BT sort of messed that up!) anyway, fingers and toes and anything else that can be crossed needs crossing because this is now the fourth reconnection date!

And how is everyone?

I feel like I have gotten so out of touch with everything that is going on here, oh! What if you dont remember who I am?!

Anyway a trip to the library was in order to let you know that I have not forgotten you, deserted you or married a millionair and run off into the sunset

I will see you soon (I hope) so be good