Bad weather ahead

Posted by on January 5, 2009 Leave a Comment

Oh goody, there’s been a issued in the UK today. We woke up to find this morning – not very thick, but turning to ice rapidly and have now been informed by the weather stations that there’s the potential for the temperature to drop to -10 degrees tonight.

Of course, this has been planned carefully in advance by mother nature as the kids all go back to school this week – the boys went back today, the girls go back tomorrow and we also have to take Alice for her booster needles tomorrow and do the . I have a cold – which has finally started to loosen its hold, so now you can guarantee that it’ll return with a vengeance once I’ve been out in the sodding cold weather….

bah humbug!

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Belated Happy New Year

Posted by on January 4, 2009 Leave a Comment

Happy new year to everyone. I hope 2009 is a much better year than 2008 was for most people. Let’s be honest, it was a pretty crappy year all round.

I’ve done it again and rebuilt my blog – I’ve done it before a thousand times and I don’t imagine this’ll be the last time either, but maybe a fresh new start is the way forward…. only time will tell. As always, I can’t promise how often I’ll update but I’ll do my best to do it regularly.

A couple of updates:-

  • IaBT is doing well (should anyone be interested) and still open and active for posts and we’re always happy to have new members come join in.
  • Blog Roll – because I’ve rebuilt my blog, I’ve lost my list of blogs that I was linking to so if yours is missing, drop me a note and I’ll re-add it.

That’s your lot for the moment.

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Family Completed!

Posted by on May 11, 2008 Leave a Comment

Can you believe it? A couple of weeks I posted that we’d hired a PI to find our last remaining sister – Elizabeth. On Friday I received an email out of the blue via genes reunited. When I unwittingly hit the link I was taken to a message from her! She’d found a post I’d put up over a year ago on one of the many sites I’ve been to and managed to track me down on Genes where she contacted me. We spent over an hour chatting on the phone on Friday night and I filled her in on the rest of the siblings.

So, unbelievably, we’ve actually done it! We’ve managed to find (well, if we’re being totally accurate – all three of them found us!) all of them and are now trying to arrange to get a hall or something so we can have a proper reunion together before Tony’s in September.

I’m still amazed that we’ve actually done this. Only 18 months ago it seemed an almost as we didn’t know where to look and were running out of options. Now, Helena has suggested that there’s a story here that should be written and has come up with a set of questions to help us tap into the various things that could go into writing it. I’ve spoken to the rest of them and so far it’s a decisive yes on attempting to get it down, so wish us luck and I’ll keep you informed!

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Private Investigations!

Posted by on April 23, 2008 Leave a Comment

I never thought I’d find myself in this position but, believe it or not, I’ve just hired a Private Investigator! Don’t worry, I’m not have Gary followed or anything just as seedy though. I’ve hired him to find our final missing sister!

I did manage to resist asking him if he wears a and mac – I’m not sure how well that would have gone down. I might wait until he’s actually done the job I’ve hired him for and then ask :D He might have a , you never know!

He seems quietly confident that he will be able to track her down and then the ball will be in her court as to whether she wants to initiate contact with the rest of us. I do wonder if she even knows about us, whether her adopted parents told her she was adopted and whether she has actually got her file. If she does have it, I’ll be the only other child listed as she’s the second eldest – unlike Laura’s whose file includes myself, Elizabeth (our missing sister) and Tony, but doesn’t list Emma, Helen or Rachel. So Elizabeth could be in for a rather large surprise. I just hope it’s a surprise she welcomes! But if she makes the decision that she doesn’t wish to have contact with us, if we can get the question as to whether she is alive and happy answered then I, for one, will be satisfied.

Wish us luck and I’ll keep you guys informed!

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Another sister found!

Posted by on April 21, 2008 Leave a Comment

Over the last 18 months, my and I have been trying to track down three of our sisters who were taken away from the family. One went with her father when he split with our mother, the other two were put up for .

We regained contact with the first in February 2007, due to Tony (my brother) discovering that he worked with someone who knew her and it snowballed from there culminating in us finally exchanging IM details, addresses and mobile phone numbers and have kept in touch since. She didn’t remember any of us (except Tony) and was taken away at a very early age so it’s been around 25 years since we saw her last. I managed to visit her in March this year and spent a couple of hours at her home.

This left two to find. These were much harder as they had been adopted and there was every possibilty that their names had been changed. To be honest, it was hard to find somewhere to start so I tracked down their original which confirmed they’d been adopted and then contacted the local . Due to being pregnany, I let searching fall by the wayside and didn’t chase up the services to see if they’d discovered anything and was thinking about taking back up the search over the next few weeks.

So, imagine my surprise when Tony calls me early Friday evening, all excited and told me that the second sister (his full sister, my ) had been in touch! She’s only been wanting to find us for the last 10 years. It turns out that Tony dated her best friend when she was 16 and happened to have a photograph of him which she spotted a few nights ago. They then trawled up and down a street looking for his best friend’s house and she left her mobile number with his parents. We’ve spent the weekend catching up and filling her in on the (skeletons and all!) So it’s been quite a . The craziest part is that Laura got in touch with us all on her 29th birthday (Friday 18th April) 27 years later!

So now we just have one more to find. Once again, I’ve spoken to the adoption services and they’re going to call me back (hopefully today!) and see if we can chase her down. Obviously they won’t give me her contact details but I’m hoping they will contact her for me and that she or her parents still live at the contact address they have. Otherwise it could become a costly endeavour.

Wish me luck!

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Staff Warning – Swearing at Work

Posted by on April 19, 2008 Leave a Comment

This was sent to me today by my other half.  I thought it was funny and oh so apt!!!  Being someone who doesn’t swear all that much, can you guess which one is something I say quite often :D

Dear Employees

It has been brought to management’s attention that some individuals throughout the company have been using during the course of normal conversation with their .

Due to complaints received from some employees who may be easily offended, this type of language will no longer be tolerated.

We do, however, realise the of being able to accurately express your when communicating with colleagues.

Therefore, a list of New and Innovative ‘TRY SAYING’ have been provided so that proper exchange of ideas and information can continue in an effective manner.

1.  Try Saying:  I think you could do with more training  Instead Of:  You don’t have a fucking clue, do you?

2.  Try Saying:  She’s an aggressive go-getter. Instead Of:  She’s a fucking power-

3.  Try Saying:  Perhaps I can work late Instead Of:  And when the fuck do you expect me to do this?

4. Try Saying: I’m certain that isn’t feasible Instead Of: Fuck off arse-hole

5. Try Saying: Really? Instead Of: Well fuck me backwards with a telegraph pole

6. Try Saying: Perhaps you should check with… Instead Of: Tell someone who gives a fuck.

7. Try Saying: I wasn’t involved in the project. Instead Of: Not my fucking problem.

8. Try Saying: That’s interesting. Instead Of: What the fuck?

9. Try Saying: I’m not sure this can be implemented within the given timescale. Instead Of: No fucking chance mate.

10. Try Saying: It will be tight, but I’ll try to schedule it in Instead Of: Why the fuck didn’t you tell me that yesterday?

11. Try Saying: He’s not familiar with the issues  Instead Of: He’s got his head up his fucking arse.

12. Try Saying: Excuse me, sir? Instead Of: Oi, fuck face.

13. Try Saying: Of course, I was only going to be at home anyway Instead Of: Yeah, who needs fucking holidays anyway.

14. Try Saying: I don’t think it was supposed to turn out like that  Instead Of: I see the fuck up fairy has visited again then

15. Try Saying: Sorry – I didn’t quite catch that Instead Of: What the fuck are you wittering on about this time ?

16. Try Saying: Do you really think so ? Instead Of: No shit Sherlock

17. Try Saying: Do you think that’s appropriate work wear for the office ? Instead Of: Have you seen the fucking state of that ? ‘

18. Try Saying: There is a cleaner required in the lavatories  Instead Of: I’d give that a while

19. Try Saying: He’s / she’s quite attractive Instead Of: I’d do it

20. Try Saying: He does have a tendency to procrastinate Instead Of: He’s so fucking boring, I am losing the will to live

21. Try Saying: It’s so nice to be in a busy office environment Instead Of: Why don’t you all just shut the fuck up

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Back in the land of the living

Posted by on March 21, 2008 Leave a Comment

I’ve been ill! *sulks* And none of you even noticed! Well, except for . So I’m going to sit here and be all sulky for a minute or two!

Okay, done!

So, yeah, I had a crappy cold which had me dosed up to the 9s with which don’t work but gave me something to do and the desire to do nothing but feel sorry for myself. Wednesday was the worst day, especially as we had to go to a parents thing at school for the boys – which was fun… Actually it was, as we were in the English room and discovered the had made a typo on one of their sheets – which gave Gary and I a lot of ! So much so, Gary even left the teacher a note tellling them about their mistake for them to find the next morning. Oh to have been a !!!!!

So, it’s Easter this weekend. And in rememberance of Jesus’s rise from the grave we’re giving out , because we all know they are given out because rabbits lay eggs, and the were pushed into to keep them upright….. right? What complete and ! Easter is Eostre – a . Yet another one the stole – gods bless em :p

I can’t be bothered ranting about it at the moment tho – it’s that cold still bothering me! I’m not up to my usual bitchy self!

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What a day!

Posted by on March 9, 2008 Leave a Comment

The day started at 5am – purposely so for a change instead of being woken up by the kids. By 6.12am we had bundled the kids into the car and set off to drive to Birkenhead for the day. We arrived at 8.15am, instead of the predicted 9/9.30ish due to a distinct lack of and finding a route that didn’t take forever! After spending a few hours at my sister’s, we visited a friend, then made our way to the afterward-party of the we had actually travelled down for!

We didn’t go to the actual christening itself being a church thing and churches aren’t places I spend a lot of time in nor have a lot of time for. So after we arrived at the thing afterwards, we spent a couple of hours catching up with family. To be honest, judging by some of the being displayed, I would have been happier not seeing certain . But then I didn’t go there to see them anyway, I went to see my and my sisters.

We left the party thing at 3 and then travelled up to my other sisters for an hour before setting off home. Got home at 6.10pm and I’m bloody , so don’t irritate me any!

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25 Signs You’ve Grown Up

Posted by on March 8, 2008 Leave a Comment

1. Your are alive, and you can’t smoke any of them.

2. Having sex in a twin bed is out of the question.

3. You keep more food than beer in the fridge.

4. 6:00 AM is when you get up, not when you go to bed.

5. You hear your favorite song on an elevator.

6. You watch the .

7. Your friends marry and divorce instead of hook up and break up.

8. You go from 130 days of to 14.

9. Jeans and a sweater no longer qualify as “dressed up.”

10. You’re the one calling the police because those next door won’t turn down the stereo.

11. Older relatives feel comfortable telling sex jokes around you.

12. You don’t know what time Taco Bell closes anymore.

13. Your goes down and your payments go up.

14. You feed your dog Science Diet instead of McDonalds leftovers.

15. Sleeping on the couch makes your back hurt.

16. You no longer take naps from noon to 6 PM.

17. Dinner and a movie is the whole date instead of the beginning of one.

18. Eating a basket of at 3 AM would severely upset, rather than settle, your stomach.

19. You go to the drug store for ibuprofen and antacid, not condoms and .

20. A $4.00 is no longer “pretty good stuff.”

21. You actually eat breakfast food at .

22. “I just can’t drink the way I used to,” replaces, “I’m never going to drink that much again.”

23. 90% of the time you spend in front of a computer is for real work.

24. You no longer drink at home to save money before going to a bar.

25. You read this entire list looking desperately for one sign that this doesn’t apply to you.

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Favourite Authors

Posted by on March 8, 2008 Leave a Comment

People who know me, know that I’m a serious . Below is the list of my favourite authors!

1. Janny Wurts – if you haven’t read her and Shadow series yet, do it now!!

2. – he’s lost his way a bit of late, but his and Mallorean series were phenomenal.

3. Terry Goodkind – at one point I thought his was going to go the same way as – books with little point to them – but he stated his latest book was going to be the last one and, sure enough, he wrapped everything up. A brilliant storyteller. I’m looking forward to seeing what he does next.

4. . – I love the world she’s developed filled with werewolves, , witches and all manner of .

5. – this woman flits from typical fantasy to urban fantasy without any problem whatsoever.

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