Monday, October 31, 2005

Count Your Blessings..

I saw this while I was browsing a witchy site, and thought it was lovely.. So I had to share it.


COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS......
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Think of all the things in your life for which you are thankful. It should be fairly easy to come up with a long list. If you're having trouble, start with life itself, the beauty of the world around you, the opportunity to learn and grow. Consider your family, friends, people who sincerely care about you, your work, your faith, your home, your community, the joys you've known, the things you have to look forward to.

Think of all the things for which you're grateful. Dwell on them and consider how richly blessed you are. Gratitude will energize you and propel your life toward even greater joy and fulfillment, because abundance beings with gratitude. The more you focus on the positive side of life, the more positive and energized your life becomes.

Whatever disappointments you may have, there is always something for which to be thankful. Appreciate the good things, and they will grow. Focus on your blessings, and energize your life with gratitude.

-Author Unknown

Thursday, October 27, 2005

Imitation..

Only a short blog at the moment...all I want to say is:

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery - so thank you, you know who you are.. :-)

Tuesday, October 25, 2005

Aaaah..

Now my blog is playing up...the stupid thing wont let me load a moon phase or a site meter counter...

Where did this huge gap at the top come from...? Hmmm needs investigating I think..

Monday, October 24, 2005

I hate Haloscan..

GRRR!!!!!

For some reason everytime I try and add a comment to various blogs that use Haloscan, the stupid thing doesnt let me - keeps coming up as done and a blank page.

It hates me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ideas for new name for DH

I have decided to give DH a blog name after reading several blogs that have got names for their OH's...for example "Rachel" calls her DH " Mr Newt" on her blog. So I have decided now is the time to refer to DH as a name rather than DH....

I am opening this up to ideas from the other bloggers that I read or read me..etc.. If you need any help, then my DH is a banker, is a steam train fanatic, and is into heavy metal. Eeeks makes him sound rather weird writing that..lol.

So comeon all comments welcome, and lets all pick a new name for DH..

Feeling like pooh...

Its now the third day and this damn migraine does not want to shift.. :-( it is now firmly sitting above my left eye and making my head feel like someone has tied a really small elastic band around it..aaaaaaaaahhh!!! I suppose the last place I should be is on here but I wanted to let my poor readers (yep I have a few..lol) know where I am..lol. Am popping pain killers for some relief, and in the short time I do get some relief I am dragging myself through the things that need doing.. Trouble is the relief doesnt last long..:-(

I cant stitch cos its too damn painful to see to concentrate, have to watch the t.v. with the sound on low and the brightness down to the bare minimum, and have the curtains all drawn cos its too bright indoors.

So I am going to drown myself in the bath with my lovely new Lush products - Fresh Pharmacy for my face and Heavenly Bodies butter cream and then to finish it off King of Skin body butter. Believe me they are absolutely heaven, and thank you to deadly for telling me about these delightful products. Although I did already have fresh pharmacy from lush, just hadnt tried the others. DH liked the other products, after I tried them yesterday :-) He said my skin was so smooth and smelt lovely all day through. Bliss!!!

Thursday, October 20, 2005

To all my friends in the Florida area..

I am keeping my fingers crossed that all my online friends will be kept safe during Hurricane Wilma ...

Feeling okay ....

Just wanted to say thank you to everyone that has posted their comments on my previous post. They really cheered me up while I was feeling down. I feel blessed to have such good friends online.

On another note, Christmas seems to be coming earlier and earlier..DH keeps coming home from work with Christmas gift catalogues..lol.

*Normal service will be resumed shortly..*

Tuesday, October 18, 2005

Plese don't despair....

Last night I started to recognise the usual signs of me going majorly downhill big time. Trouble is I couldn't stop it at all, and although it is a slow process nonetheless it is happening. And you know why, its bloody winter!! The evenings are dark by 6pm, the weather is crap and so is my mood.

I also didn't realise how much I was hoping to not get a visit from 'aunt flo', I am feeling my clock ticking away and know that I don't have long left if I want my dearest wish to come true. But I will be honest, I do not want D's, my dearest wish is to have a child with J. Impossible, I can hear that voice in my head saying, the one that's called a conscience.. I don't give a flying fig about my conscience..sometimes I don't give a f*** about my own feelings.

I am getting so fed up now with having to put the lovely face on for everyone, being all jolly online and offline. I do wish I could let my friends see how I am really feeling but they don't want to see me being a miserable bitch all the time. That would be the quickest way of losing friends I think.. so what do I do? Yep I keep it all bottled up till it gets to the point where I can no longer keep it contained. It starts to eat away at me, just a slow knawing then it gets bigger and bigger till it completely takes over and has completely eaten me up. I want to curl up, bury myself under the duvet, heck even run away to where no-one knows me where I can just lose myself amongst the crowd and become a nobody.

I wish my DH wasn't being such a love and understanding me so much. He never complains when he sees me going downhill, sees the state of the house etc.. he lets me work it out myself without questioning why I am doing this or not doing that. If he knew that inside I was still crying because I wanted J so much. I would sell my soul to the devil if I could have my best friend back. I miss being able to ring him up and talk about how my day has been or how I am feeling, or hearing how he has been doing this and that.. I miss being able to send him daft emails during the day telling him stuff, like how Bear has been etc.. I miss having him in my life so much it hurts. I don't want J as a lover, or anything like that, I want him in my life as my best friend. He knew me and I knew him, we bounced off each other, t was a friendship that would last or so I thought. We always said that if we ever split up we would always be there for each other, always be friends no matter what.. How come its so hard to lose a friend rather than a lover. J was/is my soulmate and always will be, there is no doubt about that. Maybe that's why I am holding onto M so much, trying to recreate something that I so desperately want but cant have..

Why can life not be easy, why are there so many trials sent to us, and why the heck am I not getting strong enough to handle these trials. Just when I think I am starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel, I feel as though I am being dragged back, all the life is being sucked out of me.

If only taking pills would make it all go away, or cutting would take the pain away but it doesn't. It just makes it worse!

Please let it get easier, please can I curl up and hope it all goes away?. Please can I have my best friend/soulmate back?

Monday, October 17, 2005

I got eggs..

This egg hatches on October 1, 2005! Adopt one today!This egg hatches on October 1, 2005! Adopt one today!

Icky and "flo"

Well good news and bad news..lol. Am still feeling decidedly sick, although it is more nausea now rather than actually being sick, and "aunt flo" has popped in.

So DH has breathed a sigh of relief, me I am more than a little disappointed, and angry at DH with his reaction, especially after a discussion yesterday. But that isnt relevant anymore now..oh well!!!

Now where did I put those pain killers..aaaaaaah I hate stomach cramps ! Now why couldnt we have had something simple like measles every month instead of this..ugh!!

Saturday, October 15, 2005

Goddess of porcelain..

Ugh!! I still feel nauseaus, although not as bad as I did yesterday. I was so icky that I actually took myself back to bed for the day, and only got out to say hello to the porcelain goddess. :( I have now become personally aquainted with this white goddess that I feel an instant empathy now with her..:p

And still no sign of "aunt flo"..oops!!!

Piccies - 1st Christmas Ornie and Ollie

I finally have a christmas ornie hd, my first one this year :) Its by Glory Bee and is from the Just Cross Stitch Ornaments 2004 or 2005 issue (cant remember, and mag isnt nearby..lol) I substituted my own colours instead of the ones suggested :)




And here's a couple of Ollie, taken a couple of days ago :) As you can see he has certainly made himself at home, in fact its hard to believe he has only been with us for a fortnight now, it feels like he has always been with us :) He is such a character too, and is full of life.

Thursday, October 13, 2005

Mmmm cream cheese and honey..

I have just grossed DH out..lol. I was feeling peckish, well actually peckish is a bit of an understatement, bloody ravenous is the word!! Anyway I really fancied a cream cheese sandwich or a honey sandwich, but I couldnt decide on which one so I had cream cheese and honey in a sandwich together.. :-) Now this might sound really gross to some, but believe me it was absolutely gorgeous....

Before I go - waves to my Barnsley reader..

I see that the Blueyonder customer that lives in Barnsley, Yorkshire is still reading my blog. I do hope you are enjoying reading all about my mundane life.. But can I suggest something to you, if you dont like someone then dont read all about them..it must be very tedious for you. :-)

Found!!!! And icky me!! And some good news..lol

I have found the 2004 JCS Ornament magazine :-) It was in the drawer with all my other JCS mags all the time - doh!!! Still I can stop panicking now..lol.

And the icky bit..thats me :-(

I should have taken a degree in the workings of a womens body..lol. Why when you are waiting for something it doesnt arrive on time,when every month for the past 12 months it arrives on time, grrr.. plus I have been feeling decidingly sicky the past two days.. The mornings I am feeling not too bad, but come 5pm my stomach is doing somersaults all on its own. Last night I was laying in bed trying to get to sleep, and couldnt decide whether to get to the loo and say hello to the porecelain goddess or hope it goes away or I fall asleep soon. Luckily I fell asleep and woke up feeling not too bad. Now its 5.30pm and I am feeling really icky again..and if I go to pee again this afternoon I will scream..I'm thinking of taking up residence in the small room..lol.Oh well I am sure it will sort itself out in due course..one way or t'other :-)


But I did have some good news this morning :-) I got a statement from my bank and I couldnt believe it, the £450 odd overdraft I had, has been wiped clean. :-) I sent them a letter saying that there was no way I could afford to pay it all off in one go and would they accept payments each month..well I hadnt heard from them so I assumed they werent going to be very forthcoming. Anyway it turns out that they have recredited the debit interest, which is what the overdraft was anyway, and I have a nil balance :-) Way to go for Nationwide :-)

And the other bit is that Telewest have upgraded the t.v. system to a new thing. Its like TiVo but not quite Tivo.. but you can watch the previous weeks programmes all the following week, so if you miss the likes of Casualty on Saturday you can watch it again on Monday if you want..or even again on Wednesday :-) They've also upgraded the internet service we have now from 4mb to 10mb :-) So in amongst the icky feeling I am feeling reasonably pleased with myself :-)

Last one of me...lol

Ok as you can see I am rather pleased with the photos of myself lately - the reason being is that I have lost a fair amount of weight over the past 6 months :-) So I am really happy with actually showing pictures of myself..lol.



I hate having my photo taken..:-) Plus I think having my hair up does nothing for me..lol. This was taken on the 1st October of this year :-)

Wednesday, October 12, 2005

Just a wee piccie

After talking to a good friend on MSN I have decided to put this photo that was taken of me two weeks ago :)


Sorry about the lack of smiling..lol

Tuesday, October 11, 2005

Feel like c***

Dont want to do anything today, it was an effort to get out of bed this morning as I didnt want to at all. Cant even explain why I feel like this. :-( Sun is shining and its a gorgeous day which should be perking me up but it isnt..:-(

I've got some ironing to do, hoover around upstairs and clean the bathroom - these things I will do because I have to.

I just feel like curling up and giving up at the moment. I've got so used to putting on the good happy face for everyone that when I hit a downer it comes as a shock. I just wish I could let this "mask" down for one moment, but its not what people want to see. They dont want to know the sad me, so up comes the "mask".

The weird thing is that today I dont trust myself - that is bad!!!!!

Monday, October 10, 2005

JCS Ornaments 2004

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah I am severely pissed off - I have spent the best part of two hours turfing my JCS magazines out trying to find the 2004 issue. I have found 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003 but NO 2004. I have turfed the cupboards out, looked everywhere I could possibly think but still no magazine. Now I know I had it before the carpet was changed, but since then I havent seen it. I have even looked in the boxes upstairs, that has the rest of the living room bits in, but it isnt in there.

Why is it the one magazine I do want is absolutely nowhere to be found...grrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Stitching HD

I can finally upload my fairy exchange piece, I am hoping that my recipient has received it by now, but I am pretty sure she doesnt read my blog so I am safe anyway :-)

And here she is - all stitched up


Stitched on pale pink hand dyed evenweave
Backed with pale pink and silver stars material
Finished October 2005

7 Things..

Ok Mel I have finally got round to doing it..lol

7 Things To Do Before I Die

    Be a mother
    Make peace with my own mother
    Tackle my inner demons
    Learn to love myself for me not for what others want me to be
    Travel to Alaska and back to America
    Get my house exactly how I want it
    Learn to say no and mean it.



7 Things I Can Do

    Love unconditionally
    Cook and bake
    Sew (cross stitch and other sewing too)
    Drive a car, and park it too.
    Be there for someone
    Change a washer in a tap
    Give reasonable advice


7 Things I Can’t Do

    Say no
    Feel confident
    Cook rice
    Do whats right for me, not whats right for others
    Forgive easily
    Let go of a love lost
    Be a daughter


7 Things That Attract Me To The Opposite Sex

    Eyes
    Smile
    Compassion
    Respect
    A sense of humour
    Stability
    The ability to love whether it be human or animal



7 Things I Say Most Often

    Oh!
    Hmmm
    Do you want a cup of tea?
    I love you
    No Ollie, Smudge or Bear (which ever one is doing something they shouldnt be doing!)
    Hi
    Thanks


7 Celebrity Crushes

    Kevin Sorbo
    Chris Ecclestone
    George Clooney
    David Tennant
    Richard Dean Anderson
    William Peterson
    Hugh Laurie

Sunday, October 09, 2005

Mutterings..

As seen on Deadly's blog here's some mutterings:



  1. Quirk:: different
  2. Crystal:: rose quartz
  3. Pet Peeve:: crumbs on the worksurfaces
  4. Cuban:: cigars
  5. Breasts:: chicken
  6. Whispers:: chinese
  7. Complicated:: love
  8. Promise me:: You wont leave me
  9. Murder:: Death
  10. Filament:: Blending
  11. Quaint:: Cute
  12. Rind:: Bacon
  13. Disease:: Illness
  14. Queer:: Odd
  15. Pork:: Fat
  16. Soaked:: Wet
  17. Skeleton:: Bones
  18. Mold:: Ugh!!
  19. Finished:: Ended
  20. Buffalo:: Animal


Hmmm are these the normal ramblings of a sane person..lol.

Saturday, October 08, 2005

Ok couldn't resist this one..

How You Are In Love

You take a while to fall in love with someone. Trust takes time.

You tend to give more than take in relationships.

You tend to get very attached when you're with someone. You want to see your love all the time.

You love your partner unconditionally and don't try to make them change.

You are fickle and tend to fall out of love easily. You bounce from romance to romance.

Playing

Oooh this is definately me :-)

Your Power Color Is Red-Orange

At Your Highest:

You are warm, sensitive, and focused on your personal growth.

At Your Lowest:

You become defensive and critical if you feel attacked.

In Love:

You are loyal - but you demand the respect you deserve.

How You're Attractive:

You are very affectionate and inspire trust.

Your Eternal Question:

"Am I Respected?"


Ok now this is scary...

Your Mood Ring is Light Blue

Emotions mixed
Unsettled
Cool


Hmmm...

Your Brain's Pattern

Your mind is a multi dimensional wonderland, with many layers.
You're the type that always has multiple streams of though going.
And you can keep these thoughts going at any time.
You're very likely to be engaged in deep thought - and deep conversation.

Thursday, October 06, 2005

A pondering thought..

Why can they not make the fabric conditioner smell on freshly washed clothes a candle..? I am using Asda's Orange and Cedarwood fabric conditioner an its got the most adorable smell when it is on clothes that have just come out of the washing machine. Now if someone could capture that smell I would definately buy it :-)

Why is therapy hard..

Can someone answer me this question? Although it probably didnt help that I went into the session with a very low tolerance. I was already wound up after every bloody idiot was on the road doing idiotic things.

The amount of people that I saw on their mobile phones while driving around corners or doing complicated manaeouvres really grated on my nerves. By the time I went into see Wendy my blood was boiling, so yep that got me off to a good start..:(

We did have a reasonable good session in the point that we had a very long talk about my finances, or lack of it shall I say..we also put a couple of things into perspective too.

I also had to make her a promise that I will not have takeaways because I cant be bothered to cook - I have to actually cook a full dinner, as in from scratch like I used to do. THe only time I can have a takeaway is if D suggests it now.. AAAAAAHGGGGGGGHHHH!!

I've also got to make an effort and make enquiries about the card making group near me, and possibly pop along to observe. Hmmmdifficult one that..

Still thankfully I have a month to do this all in as Wendy is now off backpacking in Naples for a month. Cant wait for her to come back so she can tell me all her stories :)

Good news is that when I mentioned it to D about no takeaways bless him he said that he would pay for a takeaway once a month, as long as I stuck to my promise of cooking proper meals.

I have been stitching as well, which is another good thing. Finished my fairy exchange - will post a picture as soon as I have uploaded it from my camera. Now onto my Halloween exchange for ITP.

And so the lovely life of this depressant continues..lol

Meant to put this yesterday but forgot..lol

I was doing a very happy jig around my living room last night :) And no it wasnt cos I had stepped on one of my stitching needles..lol. I had brought a Tickled Pink scratch card from Asda a few hours before and hadnt got round to scratching it., well anyway I did it last night and I couldnt believe it.. I won..

Yeppers I won a beauty treatment from any salon in my area that is a member of BABTAC. Wowser I couldnt believe it, I dont win anything.. So I immediately went searching for a salon near me on the BABTAC website, and I couldnt believe it they actually offer holistic therapy treatments. So now I cant decide between, reflexology, reiki, chakra healing, crystal therapy or Hot Stones..oooh decisions decisions..lol.

Wednesday, October 05, 2005

Cats, mice and sore nips..

Thought for the day - never let your cat lay near your laptop :-)

Ollie is very cuddly at the moment, and he likes nothing better than to sprawl all over me while I am sitting on the sofa. Now this is okay normally, but when I am browsing at the laptop he has this fascination with chase the mouse. I have an optical mouse which means I can use it on the sofa, which is a godsend I can tell you. Anyway Ollie seems to think it is his right to chase this mouse that mummy keeps shooing away!! We have pat the mouse, we have chew the lead then we have the full blown sink teeth into said mouse. His little face when he looks up at me as if to say "its not soft and squidgy like my toy mouse is.." is such a picture.

Then we have the snuggling syndrome..what is it with cats that must headbutt you at every opportunity..lol. And do they have a homing device for sore areas of your body? Cos believe me this cat certainly seems to..lol His favourite is lets sit across mummy and pound her lap, then when we get bored with that position we shift so that we are lengthways up my body. Then his litle paws start to pound, we go through the poundy paw phase. Then when we are satisfied that mummy's skin looks like a teabag, we then start to headbutt. I dont normally mind this as its normally my hand he wants, but not today - oh no he wanted to headbut my chest..aaaaaaaaaaah!! Please no, not there - they are sore. And bless him he found that out, as soon as he headbutted me there I shot off the sofa and Ollie was dumped unceremoniously on the floor with a sharp NO!

Yep Ollie is settling himself in.. Now I dont seem to remember my other cats being this cuddly. Barney wanted a lot of loving the last year of her life, and Smudge is so independant that having a cuddle on your lap is indignanty to her..she has to cuddle on HER terms not yours!! But Ollie is very cuddly..and this is after only 6 days with us. He's even tried to snuggle Bear, but poor Bear wasnt quite sure what to do..lol. Trouble is Bear moved and Ollie flew behind the sofa at this point. :-)

Second thought for the day - Ollie has brought a new love to our lives. :-)

Tuesday, October 04, 2005

Monday, October 03, 2005

100 Things About Me - updated January 2007

Ok seeing as I keep seeing this I thought I had better do my one..so here goes. But bear with me I might not get to 100 things so will have to keep updating it :-)

  1. I am an Aquarian
  2. I am 37
  3. I dont want to be 40
  4. I was abused
  5. I used to live with foster parents
  6. I have two cats and one dog
  7. I spent two years in a childrens home
  8. I am a pagan
  9. I love crystals
  10. I love the colour purple and pink
  11. I drive my husbands ex car
  12. My old car went to the scrapheap in heaven
  13. I loved my grandparents
  14. I never got to see them before they died
  15. I married when I was 19
  16. I am still married to him
  17. I have been unfaithful
  18. I found my soulmate
  19. We weren't meant to be together
  20. I have no children
  21. I have lost several babies :(
  22. I would like children one day
  23. I adore the snow
  24. I hate the rain
  25. I dont see my mother
  26. I dont want to see her
  27. She doesnt want to see me either
  28. My mother is now dead, she died of lung cancer
  29. I love cooking
  30. Especially baking
  31. I love the Victorian era
  32. I was born in the wrong time
  33. I have many friends
  34. I would willingly go to the end of the earth for my friends
  35. I love garibaldi biscuits
  36. I collect myth and magic ornaments
  37. I have several favourite pieces
  38. I am scared of flying insects
  39. I love the moon
  40. I am trying to create a moon garden
  41. I believe in ghosts
  42. I have seen a ghost
  43. I am too trusting for my own good
  44. I never seem to stitch for myself
  45. Am always stitching for other people
  46. I suffer with depression
  47. Which means I cant work
  48. I now have my dog Jet living with me
  49. I also have my other cat Amy living with me as well, she came with Jet.
  50. My total pets are 3 cats and 2 dogs
  51. I am now unable to have children
  52. I am going through an early menopause at 38
  53. I found my best mate again

Sunday, October 02, 2005

Grrr..@ blogrolling

AAAAAAAAhhhhhhhhhh what is up with blogrolling? This is the second day that it hasnt told me who has updated their blog..aaaaaaaaah!!!

Short post at the moment, got other things to do..lol.

Asbestos or not asbestos..that is the question.

Well after my little water leakage disaster in our living room the other day what I thought was going to be a simple insurance claim and a s...