Driven to distraction...

Well I am still loving the job- its getting a little easier, I am starting to remember the sales mens names and what area they cover, which saves a lot of time I would have to spend looking them up on my list.

WP took Monday off to sort out getting my car,he picked me up from work in it. I did not like it at first, not the style or colour but the way it felt to drive and sounded, its got a really loud sporty exhaust.



So Monday night we went to bed and I had a mini meltdown (with tears) about the thought of driving to work the next morning, mainly the prospect of crossing two lanes when I get onto the dreaded I-270. I even suggested we not only move house but I could maybe rent an apartment near to work- By this time I was probably a little delusional...

WP, the sweet man he is he offered to drive me to work the next day.I bet he thought I was pathetic though too, but he did not say it, which was nice, because I thought I was pathetic too....

Monday night I hardly slept, I had stomach ache, I was up long before the alarm and left the house by 6.30.
I started the engine, fiddled about with the seat and mirrors,I still was not happy with them but I wanted to try and beat the rush hour, which I think I ended up at the start of it.
I drove down the road with my heart banging against my ribcage , my knuckles were white from gripping the steering wheel so hard and my lower back was aching by the time I got to work from being scared to relax in the seat.

I made it! I made it there by 6.50 ish ( I start work at 8am) LOL. Good job we have electronic keys to get into our office.
I tried to get down to work but the little nagging thought of having to drive home again was at the back of my mind the whole day.
4.50 came and so did the stomach cramps... I emailed WP at work and said I did not want to go home, I even thought about driving to his place of work and waiting for him there ( I know the non highway way).

But by 5.15 I plucked up the courage to leave, and I was on my way again, I was on 270 doing ok and my phone rang, it was WP wondering if I had left yet- I told him I had to get off the phone quick because I had to have both hands on the wheel, then the traffic slowed right down which was great- I must be the only person who does not mind being stuck in highway traffic!

I got home around 5.50 ish.

Next morning I left a little later, my hands were not gripping the wheel so hard and I sat back in the seat.
Thursday was even better, I have my mirrors set up to just where I want them so I know when I look in my left mirror I am seeing the lane to the side of me.

Friday he drove me so he could take the car to get new brakes.

Saturday I went out and about to do a few errands, and it was great, had the windows down, the radio on....

I think its going to be all ok!

The Last Friday...

Just came to me this is the last Friday I am going to be sitting here blogging (well for a while anyway), not only that but the last Friday I will spend with WP (he has Friday and Saturday off).

I am sure he won't miss me in the least ( he is taking a nap as I type this) in fact he will be glad to get rid of me.

Yesterday I drove on the HIGHWAY Wp's bro decided he wanted to go to the Dr's (without an appointment) but whatever it was not my gas being used.

I drove him there and back- for you St Louisans I drove from St Charles all the way to Big Bend, wooo.

It was not too bad, I only had to make sure I swapped over 2 lanes as I got onto the highway and coming back I never had to swap at all, nice and easy just stayed in the inside (or is it outside?) lane the whole way back and then crossed over to my exit.


Then I drove to the post office from the house into St Charles SOLO!
Yay, I was in the wrong lane coming back but I pushed myself over and got there and back in one piece, with nobody having to sound their horn or give me the finger....

It still feels "naughty" to be driving alone, guess it's something I will have to get used to.





Last night we went to thee the Jumper, it was ok- the effects were really good but the storyline could have been better.Hayden Christensen the main character was bugging me where I had seen him before, well I just looked him up and of course he played Anakin Skywalker. Duh!
Other then having a piece of popcorn thrown at me, the couple behind us talking for about the first hour and then the guy half of the couple falling asleep and snoring through the last 15 minutes of the film it was pretty uneventful...
oh I nipped out halfway through to get WP another soda and the three (young) men at the counter were gushing over my accent and asking me about football (soccer)- Phfft do I look like a football fan? I said no I did not like football and one of them said did I like to watch Darts???errr no, finally to shut them up I said if I had to watch sport I preferred baseball.

Thats about it! we have a wedding reception this evening, should be interesting, however I am not sure how "secure" this blog is so I may never mention the goings on ala wedding reception again.

Oh and the best laugh, we drove all the way to the Dr's only to find they had closed at noon. Haaa Haaaa, guess thats why it's a good idea to call first.


Happy Friday Folks!

Quickie

Just a quick update:

I went in on Monday to sign the acceptance letter, the hourly pay was a pleasant surprise...
I have been given a start date of Feb 18th, providing my criminal background and drug tests come back ok- Which I am pretty sure they would.
They wanted to see my drivers license which of course I was still waiting for immigration to approve so I could not give them that number at the time. But I got the license the next day through the mail (permit of course), so I sent off a quick email to the lady in HR with the number.

One thing I noticed is the DL expires on the same day as my work permit- which is annoying because IF when I do pass my driving test I am going to have to re-new it before the year is out!

As for the parallel parking, I still have not attempted it because when the boys have had their days off the weather has been terrible.

I have to say though I doubt very much it will be WP showing me, he has the patience of an angry wasp...

His brother is not much better but because he and I are not married it works out just fine, he manages to hold any annoyance in.

We will see if anyone has time tomorrow....


One last thing I have a favour to ask...
I have discovered this new font which I love, to quote:

Calibri is a sans serif with soft rounded corners. It has a warm, friendly personality that isn't found in fonts like Arial and Helvetica. It is also the one typeface in the collection that is appropriate for use both in text sizes and larger headline sizes.

In Microsoft's promotional booklet, "Now Read This," Calibri's designer Lucas de Groot says, "Its proportions allow high impact in tightly set lines of big and small type alike."

He adds, "This font is suitable for documents, e-mail, Web design, and magazines."

Calibri set in regular, bold, or italic is a pleasure to read. The rounded corners create a smooth reading experience. As de Groot says, "The family has a generous width that makes reading easier by emphasizing the reading direction."

Well I am trying it out on one of my test sites and it works, but I read somewhere that it does not work for Mac users so if you have a Mac can you please look HERE and let me know if it looks the same as the picture below.

Even if you don't use Mac can you have a look what it looks like.

If it doesn't show for the majority then there is no point in using it!

Thanks a bunch, have a happy Thursday.
:)

Chapter 3: Did I say enough...

Chapter's 1 & 2 can be found before this post.

So last Tuesday was the big day- the interview.
I get all my "evidence" together, joint bank statements, marriage documents, Utility bills that sort of thing, to basically prove we do actually live in the same house.

Now they do request on the appointment notice that you also take photographs as proof of a relationship- However if you could see my photograph on my work permit you would understand whenever any camera or recording device enters a room, I exit the room.

So I have all I need except my i-94 arrival/departure record.

Its a little green card that looks like this:

Holy Flipping Crap!! I cannot find it anywhere ( and I am usually careful about stuff like passports etc and I tend to keep them all in the same place safe & sound)
Not only that but I cannot for the life of me remember when and where I last had it, I know I scanned it and sent off a copy of it when I sent off my immigration forms, then I thought I had put it in the file with the extra passport photos, USCIS notices, letters and forms etc.

Maybe it slipped out of the file?
Maybe I lost it at the medical exam ?- I took the file with me to that.
Maybe I lost it in the move from the apartment to the house?

I have no clue and its really rather worrying because that along with the stamp in my passport are the only 2 things that prove I entered the United States legally.


Both got dressed up drove into the city, paid a fortune for parking and went into the USCIS

* insert suspense music*

We go in , I set off the metal detector as usual and have to have the little portable thingy waved up and down over my body.

Go to the waiting room which has quite a few other people in it ( mostly dressed up too- I knew it wasn't a jeans kind of thing)

No reception desk/ window at all, instead there is a door and a hole in the wall in witch you place your interview appointment letter ( probably so the staff don't have to listen to bitching?)

Now we wait, we are about 20 mins early. People come out of "the door" they don't seem to be smiling, just blank expressions, wonder if this a bad sign or a good sign.

People who came in after us get called in before us.

Then its our turn * Shudder*
A very severe looking woman ( Immigration Officer) shows us into her office- all glass walls, huge American flag ( with the yellow fringing ) on a stand, a desk, her chair and 3 chairs the other side of the desk. A webcam on the desk!

Before we sit down she has us swear an oath to tell the truth, WP bless his heart has to pipe up and say he cannot swear to God because he is an Atheist. Severe woman looks a little put out and I want to fall into a hole in the floor.
She looks up the non God believing oath and he agrees to tell the truth...

We sit down and she begins asking me a whole load of questions ( which I had already answered on the form)

Am I a communist
Am I a terrorist
Am I a felon
Am I a smuggler
Do I intend to practice polygamy

That sort of thing.

Then she moves onto how we met, looks at our joint bills, bank statements etc.
She asked why I did not leave the country when I was mean to, I (we) told her that was when WP first started getting ill and we could no longer afford to pay for more flights to and from the UK.

I took along the HUGE folder of medical bill records which I opened to show my point, she did not make any effort to take them to look at or whatever.

Then it was when and how did we decide to marry. I told her it was a whim.

She then said" so when you came back into the country in *insert month* you came planning to stay for good.*

Hmm sneaky trick question?

I said that no I had not and that I had intended at the time to return to the Uk again and come back at a later date ( which was the truth) but because we no longer could afford to do that I ended up just staying.


* Its seen as an act of fraud to come into the United States on the Visa Waiver Program with the intent to marry or not leave the country again after the 90 days.


So thats about it pretty much.....Now you all know me, I like to scare myself about every possible scenario by reading other peoples illnesses/ stories on the internet.

So of course I had googled many many times looking up what happens at immigration interviews.

According to the general consensus on the many internet forums out there. You go /you convince the IO that you did not intend to stay and break the law/ they are satisfied with your story and immediately stamp your passport- ( the stamp is so you can leave the country and re-enter etc while you are waiting for your green card- That and I guess would allow you a bloody drivers license right away!)

Did she stamp mine? NO.

She took it and Wp's DL to photocopy, looked at my work permit ( which I also ready they then take it away from you when you get approval for a green card), I still have mine.

She said IF I were to get approved then they would more then likely hold off the green card date until mid feb.
The reason for this is if you have been married less then 2 years you get a 2 year conditional green card ( which I think is meant to put a stop to people marrying just for a green card and then splitting up)
One you are nearing your second wedding anniversary you then become eligible for the proper 10 yr green card- The card lasts 10 years but once that permanent resident status is issued you get it for life (unless you commit a serious crime or something)

So they would hold off on our case and just grant the 10 yr card once we have been married 2 yrs. where as if they gave me one before it would be another 2 yrs before I could swap it to the 10 yr one.

Which makes sense I guess.

WP being the little ray of sunshine he is then started asking what would happen if my case was not approved, how long would it be before I had to leave the country, could I stay here and just not work, him take care of me that sort of thing.

She said if the case was not approved I would get a trial (cripes) and even felons who go to trial sometimes get granted approval.


So on the whole I think its looking ok, I just wish she would have been a bit more "forthcoming" and more "human"

One thing she never mentioned the 1-94 card ( which is still playing on my mind being lost n all)
So that was a positive.

Once we had left though I wondered if I should have showed her:

My return ticket to the UK- just to show I had intended to return.

I also had a letter from work agreeing to my career break ( a formal word for unpaid time off)- To show that I had not given up my job to come to the US.

But its too late now.

Another positive thing is WP received a letter from them yesterday stating that his application I-130 Petition for Alien Relative had been approved. I was happy for a while until again I had to go and get on the internet and read about cases where I-130's but I-485's Application To Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status ( which is what the interview was about) were not approved....


So I just need to sit it out, stay calm and stay off emigration forums for the next few weeks and hope for the best.

Keep your fingers crossed for me!!

And if you kept up with 3 posts worth of drivel and still managed to get the general gist of things as they now stand, you are a better person then I !!!!


Oh and just one more thing: I have an interview on Friday at one of the larger companies in the area, don't want to say too much more at this point other then its one of the jobs I applied for back in early December ( and they just called yesterday) and that I don't think I am probably qualified enough for the job so I am not holding out much hope but will give it a shot.

I thought I better....

do some sort of blog.

I haven't been around for a while, did you miss me ?

Firstly WP has spent a few days in hospital so I was at his bedside like the dutiful wife I am. He's home now (well at work at the moment) and feeling a lot better.

And so to the rant....

On his discharge notes there was a medication listed that he was to take every night. Great! No prescription, or medication for that night, just a note to get the pharmacist to call this certain DR(a cover DR) for the directions...

So the next morning I went to Walgreen's to get them to call which she did. Five O'clock I decided to call Walgreen's to ask if it was ready. No, the Dr had not bothered to call in, she suggested I call the hospital which I did.

They put me thought to the nurses station , who could not help me, firstly because they no longer had the notes and secondly that had never heard of this DR. They told me to call the DR's page number direct.

So I did.

Several minutes on hold listening to terrible music...

Finally this woman answers, I was polite, I explained the situation.

Woman" This number is for medical emergencies only"

Me" Oh, well this is the number listed on the discharge paper"

Woman snotty voice" Well DR Cannotbebothered has been on call all weekend"

(Like this is my problem how? maybe if the DR had bothered to stop and write a prescription I would not have to bother anyone)

Me (again) " This is the number on the notes and Walgreen's have already called this morning Re this matter"

Woman" The Dr will get to it"

Me (pissed off by this time) " Well Walgreen's close at 6 so its a bit late in the day now.
I hung up by this time if the woman had been in sight I would have probably grabber her by the throat and throttled her....

Day 2 without the required medication...

I go to Walgreen's again to get them to call, which they do in my presence.
(Of course its Labour day so again they are closing early)

5 o'clock and still no call from DR Cannotbebothered, of course I am not surprised in the slightest.

Tuesday: Day 3 without medication...

I call WP's regular Dr and have the medication within 3 hours.

Blasted Dr's!

******

For those of you who are interested,the stain came out of the carpet, I think because I acted fast. Firstly I mopped up the excess and then scrubbed the are with warm water and laundry detergent.


So I have done none of my X stitch, hardly any Gym(I went this morning).

I haven't heard anything from immigration, which is seriously stressing me out. I called the bank the other day to see if they had cashed the checks. No. This managed to stress me out more, to the point I am waking up with my teeth hurting from clenching my jaw in my sleep ( I do that when stressed out).

Oh joy.

Thats about it I think.

22 inches of love....

I have been a little lax of late ( yes again).

I have excuses excuses excuses:

• I have finally waded through my immigration paperwork all 4 inches of it and posted that with a substantial amount of money.

• My feet are a lot better, I haven't been to the gym this week they have been far too painful, but have now started to itch, a sure sign they are on the mend.

• As much as I love my laptop 80GB of hard drive simply is not enough ( As well as my 200BG external back up). So I have made the switch to a "grown up" PC.Thats the beauty of having a man who collects computer parts, I simply voiced my concern and "Walla" the same evening I had a custom made PC complete with 200 GB's.Not only that but he gave me his 22" flat screen! Yay!So I had to then begin the crappy job of installing all my software and transferring files again.

• I have been doing some blog design.

But its all done now, I am mostly sorted!

Oh and I have been watching the survivorman marathon on TV all day as well.

Ow Ow Ow & Retail Theraphy.

Yesterday morning I walked to the store in these shoes....

Big Mistake!

Ouch! I was ok until I got there and then I had to literally hobble home again.Back to trainers again, you can see by the bright white of my feet that they are always covered up in trainers (tennis shoes).

I needed to cheer my self up with a bit of retail therapy. Yes despite it being over 100 degrees outside I decided to walk to the Mall (in trainers this time).
I have been fed up with my current bag for a while, yes is great for carrying things, I can get 2 x 2L bottles of soda in there among all my junk. But you need a change now and again right? I am rather picky about bags too, they have to be right.
Jcpenney first, My God the price of bags is ridiculous !!! I spotted this black fossil bag with all the right stuff, one problem it had little leopard skin accents on it, which I don't mind but my husband has an aversion to animal prints of any kind....Something to do with an Ex girlfriend who had this "thing" for leopard skin, you know sheets, shoes, bags etc.
So that was the end of that.

Next stop Macy's I spotted this...

Yummy, and so soft but $98? *Sigh Sob*

I decided to leave the air conditioned mall and brave the heat to walk that extra half mile to K-mart...

Where I got this...

For less then a fiver! (original price $16.99, marked down to $8, checkout price $4.80)

These.

$3 each for the first 2 (from $9.99 &7.99) and $7.49 for the last (from $9.99,not so much of a bargain on that)

These.

Crop pants $8.40 each(from $19.99) and the shorts $7.20 (from $16.99)

Yay! I feel good when I get some bargains.

I also got these* and a pair of jeans for WP and all for around 2/3 of the price of the Fossil bag!



I know, I am a cheapskate, even if I was rich I would begrudge paying a lot for one thing when I can get more for the same price.


*note: The undies are for me not WP, of course he can look at them on should he so wish too...

Drivel.

I stole this pic from Orhans blog. I love it so much I had to set it as my desktop picture, he has such a cute little face (in a Goth kind of way)..Boys in eyeliner are so darn cute!, Yes I know he is a little young ( don't worry Pissy). But the look on his face makes me giggle.


Anyway , what have I been up to? I can really say, WP has been off on vacation Tue/ wed and day off today & tomorrow. The week has flown by in a blur.

I am about to file my papers with immigration, I am terrified, and pissed off that the buggers put their fees up at the end of last month! I thought it wont be so bad just a few $'s more....Wrong its now going to cost me around $500+ more.

We went today to have passport size photos taken to send in with all the stuff, they are terrible, I hate my photo taken at the best of times but this looks like I have had a stroke or something, one side of my mouth is up and the other is down!
Wp's are terrible too Hee.

I only hope that I don't have to see these photos again after I have sent them off.
Of course I needed three but they only do them in pairs so I had to buy four ( I will burn the other)

Speaking of burning, I had some papers the other day that I wanted to get rid of and had a brainwave, I thought it would be easier to just burn them in the sink rather then cut them all up. Wrong. 4 hours later the apartment still reeked of smoke. Cough.

Then the rest of the week has been mostly watching WP and his pal( south city boy who I am going to call Billy Bob Hee) working on cars (yes in 100+ temperatures! ). I think on the whole more talking and general messing about goes on then actual car maintenance.


Thats about it , at least thats all I can recall....

season premiere......

Well not really, but I thought it was about time I showed my face :)

What have I been up to?
Cant say I can think of anything extra exciting really ( At this point I should maybe make up a fancy tale, but lack the imagination)

A quick run down:

• Still going to the gym,Got a hott body,6 pack,Smaller boobs (barely a handful) and larger but less wobbly legs, according to WP anyway....Still my pants are getting looser even if I cannot see any difference. I haven't been going to Yoga for a while, I must get back into it soon, I was thinking about Pilate's as well (Monday evenings)
• WP has had another birthday, still waiting for one of his pressies to show up (dam you ebay T shirt seller!!). I was going to burn bake him a cake but he was off for a few days so I couldn't fill the house with smoke bake without him knowing...So he got off lightly this year.
• Went to see Oceans 13 yesterday, aside from the Brad Pitt on the large screen obvious attractions the film was ok too. What was not ok was the concessions costing as much as the tickets...No time to stop off before hand to stock up on goodies.
• The Sopranos, yes I know this has probably been disscussed to death but I have to add my 2 cents....At first just like everybody else I thought the cable was out, you got to hand it to David Chase love him or hate him he got everybody talking. The next morning the amount of hatred on the HBO forums was unprecedented Hee. As for me, well I am glad ole Tony didn't die, (or did he????) I like to think he lives on...I hate when things end.But really what is there to look forward to now on a Sunday night?
• I have sorted out my PC to within an inch of its life, its so organized now(well it was, little files are creeping in here and there where they are not mean to be...I will get to them soon)
• I have a number of emails in my in box which I still need to reply to, If you are one of them I haven't forgotten you I have just been lazy.....
• I had an urge the other day to re-read the Flowers in the attic series so am hunting them out on ebay as I type (3 down 2 to go)
• MUST make arrangements to either pre-order the last Harry Potter( sob) or get some kind person to take me on release day (July 21st) Another thing I hate to end.
  

Gosh, I am having trouble thinking of things I have been doing, we have had meals out, fights, meals in, watched movies, its (nearly) July and I haven't even been down to the pool yet.
I have to babysit tomorrow evening for TM woman, I still haven't gotten my $100 from the old neighbours ( who I have now found out they have moved just over the boarder to Illinois) Bah!

Bloody Hell! This post is full of mindless, useless drivel, still at least you all know that I haven't pissed WP off enough (yet) for him to have killed me and buried me in the basement.
I will try and make a real effort to visit everyone and post some more on here, If I don't see you I wish all my American pals a happy 4th, and now my friends I will leave you with this song( a current fave) Off to bed now.

Things falling apart...

Me that is.

Over the last few days I have had this lower back paint that has slowly crept up on me. The right upper buttock to be precise. Its getting so sore I am getting waves of nausea with it now. Well at least I think thats where they are coming from, who knows, I may have other parts of me falling apart too....

WP says its because I am "old as dirt" His words not mine, such a sympatheic man I live with...

The thing is I am not sure when it arrived or what cause it. I have narrowed it down to the following suspects:

1. Yoga on Saturday- we did lots of "leg work" which included lying on our backs making scissor movements up and down and in an out with out legs. Not pretty to look at.
2. Carrying 2 full loads of wet laundry in a basket up the stairs from the basement. That will teach me to be lazy and not do them one at a time.
3. Bedroom antics, and thats all I am saying, use your imaginations.
4. Or possibly WP is right and I am indeed old as dirt Hee.

Now please excuse me, I am off to pop a few more pills...

Just before I go I have to post this story which I found hilarious. Seems Shanna Moakler ( former Miss USA - married, divorced, reconciled, Who knows... to Travis Barker) posted Paris (pink Taco) & Lindsays (Fire Crotch) personal emails & phone numbers on her "my space" page.

* You may remember Paris had a quick fling with Travis.

LMAO.

GRRRR

So I have been going to the gym for what, a month now ? Or there abouts. How much weight have I lost ? None! That's right not a single pound, what the hell!
I don't know what I am doing wrong, I am not eating more then usual, I am burning on average 330 cals per every 30 Min's I spend on the elliptical, + the weights machine + Yoga once a week.

I am slightly irked to say the least.

WP has lost weight by doing nothing! OK so I got him to switch from regular soda to diet a while ago, and I have been paying more attention to what we have both been eating ( sometimes I wonder if he is a lost cause)

I am becoming slightly obsessive about calories, I can tell you now right off the top of my head, without even going to look that Quaker Maple & Brown sugar instant oatmeal has 160 Cal's, 1/2 cup serving of bran flakes with skimmed milk is 140, one pot of low fat yogurt 140...The list goes on...

Its not fair, maybe I should try this out :


Other then that life is good!

I love my husband....

Despite his ability to leave the bedroom floor looking like this.

Last night.

Yesterday WP won some tickets to the St Louis Bandits ( JR Ice Hockey) V's team USA. He works til 7 and the game started at 7.30 so it was a bit of a rush we got into the city really quick but then spent around 15-20 mins trying to find somewhere to park ( The Cardinals were playing)
We finally got into the suite at around 7.55.
I was starving and his company always lay on the same old thing, Some disgusting green cheesy smelling dip with greasy toasted bread and toasted ravioli with sauce which is ok.

However this is what I saw when I arrived....

An empty platter! The F***ers had eaten the lot!

I was pissed off! There were a group consisting of 2 guys and a girl and then a group of 2 men and their wives, the men had piled high plates.
How Rude. I didn't like them from that moment on...( I wont say anything else about them here because one of them must work for the same company as WP)

At the end of the first period they ran a "Throw a paper airplane into the open sunroof of the car to win it" competition, mine was screwed up in my bag and as we were so high up in the club level access suites I didn't really think my little plane would stand a chance.

You can just make out the planes on the ice.

Of course nobody won the car but the person who got it nearest did win the pool table the car was towing.

The suites are quite nice all in all, there is always plenty of bottles water (I stole a bottle for the Gym today),Sprite and Pepsi ( Better then Coke) to help yourself too.

Not a very good picture but I didn't want the other people in the room to think I was "odd" so I took this discreetly...You can just make out the Stadium seating at the front of the box.

The suite has its own fancy(ish) bathroom, so of course I have to post that pic!

And I suppose I better post a few pics of the game too, after all thats why we were there...

St Louis won 4-3, I find it strange that they still play Gary Glitters Rock and Roll Part 2 when the home team scores, after all he is nothing put a filthy paedophile... Thats not to say I dont like the song I do but still....

For your enjoyment this song uses a sample of Rock and Roll part 2 and was a huge hit in the UK.

In 1988, a group called The Timelords released a song called "Doctorin' The Tardis" that sampled this. The song went to #1 in England and made Glitter a lot of money, which he needed for legal bills and an extravagant lifestyle. The Timelords later became The KLF, who had a hit with "3AM Eternal."

*Look out for a nice shot of one of the Whiltshire chalk horses,a red post (mail) box and some Green Green English countryside...
:)

P.S: Because we had nothing to eat this resulted in a stop to Jack in the box on the way home, thus canceling out a days Gym efforts!

The premiere

Ok so I didnt like the last look, puke green, Miami Vice look just was'nt working....
At all!

So this morning I am wondering what to do next and I am afraid credit for this one goes to WP ( He will always be WP to me). He planted the filmstrip seed. So after a few false starts here it is...

*Cuts Ribbon*


I have been busy with other things, including blog designs so not much time to blog , I promise to try to catch up asap.

I havent forgotten you all.

BTW, if you get the chance to go see 300 then go its really good ( & sad). the fight scenes are amazing!!!

Ciao

News Flash

Wp telephoned me this afternoon to inform me Webpirate no longer exists....

*violins play quietly in the background*

Its all gone, he has even changed his name on e-Bay.

This leaves me with somewhat of a dilemma....what am I going to call him in future on my blog?


Any ideas ?

Nice cuppaTea.

Poor WP came home last night with a sore throat.

His voice was all husky and sexy like Barry Whites. I asked him to sing to me but for some reason he declined....

This morning he had hot sweet tea with lemon, I have never known anyone drink as much tea as that man. He goes through around 2 one gallon pitchers of tea in 2 days, sometimes less.

Sometimes its plain tea, sometimes raspberry or spiced apple.Sometimes I make green, sometimes I will mix it up and make green tea and mango tea.

I made a big stock pot of tea for him at his Moms at Christmas, his sister said it was good and then said to WP "Well they drink a lot of tea in England" I laughed, firstly yeah I suppose the English are seen to drink a lot of tea, but its always hot. Secondly I hate tea, hot cold or any. I can force myself to drink a hot cup of fruit tea but thats about it.

Pass me the Pepsi!


Translation of the day: I called WP Narky this morning via email and he asked "whats a narky?"

So for all you Americans, a new word for your daily vocabulary:

Narky : adjective-- British term -- easily annoyed; overly sensitive; quick to fly off the handle

Randomness #23651

We went to see Wild Hogs on Friday, it was pretty funny. We got there a little late so everyone had taken the good seats and we had to sit on the lower levels. I hate sitting down so near to the screen because fast action scenes tend to make me a little dizzy when I am that near. Thankfully there weren't many of them!
Overall the film is worth a watch but not one to rush out and buy on DVD.

Then last night I babysat for treadmill woman, she said 5.15 so I was there on time, they left at 6.00.
Her new BF is a biker with long grey hair who sat on the coach and didn't say a word to me, it was a little intimidating.
Anyway after they left we wrote a play (the little girl always wants a play when I go) this time the theme was Easter. We came up with the Easter bunny pissed off because Santa gets cookies & milk and he gets not so much as a carrot breaks into the egg factory and steals the chocolate.
Lame I know but it kept her happy for an hour or so.

Then we played a bit of X-men and then watched home Alone 2. They fell asleep on the floor and on the sofa.
She came in alone and pissed off so I had to put on my "relationship advice" hat (me dishing out advice what a laugh).I can always give it out but I never follow it myself!

So then by the time I got home WP was in bed asleep, so I gave him a little kiss on the cheek and turned over to go to sleep...

He woke up later though and remembered to give me the "Ass bustin" he had promised via email earlier in the day- An except from said email.Enjoy.

When your (my name) is bad, hiding in the bed,

Who ya gonna call, Assbusters.

If she's something strange and it don't look good

Who you gonna call?

Who you gonna call?
Who you gonna call?
ASSBUSTERS!



Bustin makes me feel good.

He has quite a talent that guy doesn't he ?


Just before I go I want to say I am so Glad Pissy and her family are OK after the terrible Tornado that ripped through her town at the end of last week.

In the bathroom.

Last night I went to get a shower, I turned to get some shower gel from the bottle and this is what I saw..

Yes the mango body wash (formally mango coloured) has now been reduced to a green sludge colour! God(& WP) knows what the hell is in there but I just could not bring myself to use it, I used the Axe instead.

Seems he had decanted every quarter full bottle of shampoo, conditioner, shower gel and who knows what into the one bottle.

There is nothing wrong in my book with having a million nearly empty bottles scattered around the side of the bath, whats the problem? ;)

I entered a contest over on Steve's blog- I did not win :| But if you* want to check out all his entries they can be found here.

*If you are my husband reading this please do not check out my entry & discover my wanton mis-use of toilet paper & Worcestershire Sauce




Edit: W0000 don't forget new season of Americas next top model is on tonight...

A-Z and scrambled brains

KC Tagged me, so here it is : (Excuse my laziness at not posting links but you know how it is...)


A- Available or Single? No.

B- Best Friend? Sad but true, Webpirate.

C- Cake or Pie? Ohh I like both, I am gonna say Pumpkin Pie, No wait Chocolate cake.

No gimme the pie!

D- Drink of Choice? Baileys on the rocks, but its usually Larger.

E- Essential Item?Jeans , Jeans & more Jeans.

F- Favorite Color? Purple.

G- Gummi Bears or Worms? If I had to pick worms.

H- Hometown? Chester, England.

I- Indulgence? Chocolate.

J- January or February? February.

K- Kids and names? N/A

L- Life is incomplete without…? My Husband,chocolate and the internet.

M- Marriage Date? February 14th 2006

N- Number of Siblings? 3 half brothers, 1 half sister.(not close)

O- Oranges or Apples? Oranges but they gotta be the big sweet ones.

P- Phobias/Fears? Spiders. Milk.

Q- Favorite Quote? Not really a quote but : 'never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo' . (Shakespeare)

R- Reasons to smile? I have lots of reasons.

S- Season? Autumn

T- Tag 3 people? Gotta do Catch, Pissy & Mimi Ha!

U- Unknown Fact About Me? MYOB

V- Vegetable You Hate? brussel sprouts <----- I left KC's answer here Yuk Yuk Yuk.

W- Worst Habit? I am perfect ;)

X- Xrays You've Had? One I think (not gonna count dental ones)

Y- Your Favorite Foods? Chocolate, Cheese Pizza & a nice salad.

Z- Zodiac? Aquarian
Friendly and humanitarian
Honest and loyal
Original and inventive
Independent and intellectual

On the dark side....

Intractable and contrary
Perverse and unpredictable
Unemotional and detached

Yep!

*****

For dinner WP requested biscuits, covered in sausage in white gravy, with eggs on top ( and you people say we English are odd for liking mushy peas ?)

So I set to work, Biscuits were the frozen kind so no trouble there, sausage just tip it in the pan and fry it, no problem, eggs the same. White gravy (which is basic white sauce, or bechamel in England- although we tend not to eat it as gravy like you Americanos...)
Melt the butter add in the flour to form a roux, then the milk blah, blah blah- I don't know why I am bothering to explain all this, you guys have been making it for years right ?

Anyhow WOOOOOOOOO no lumps at all- Go Me!! I cooked it up and added in the sausage YUK it looks like porridge, or brains or something.

See what I mean :


Despite its unappetizing look he ate his platter clean.

A Valentine Message....

Happy Valentines day to everyone out there. Hope everyone has a great one.


As a follow on from yesterdays post , and to prove once and for all that WP is in fact a little bit messy himself, here is a picture of the desk.

You can see in plain view, his hat, his wallet, his credit card,his screwdriver, of course I am responsible for everything else on there, but I cannot work in a neat & tidy environment. I feel out of place.
So there!


One more thing we have been married a whole year today, Yay. so Happy Anniversary Darling!
I bet you have loved every second of it......Right ?*

*See card at top of post before answering