Bournville in Feb
Hi folks – hope 2007 has been a good one for you all – as usual here it has been a rollercoaster – mind you I reckon it’s the same for a lot of us these days? I’ve still managed to condense it onto one side of A4! Without the ups and downs, we wouldn’t appreciate the ups! Dad lost his sister - my Aunty Joyce at the beginning of the year – and a cousin lost her hubbie too – but on the bright side we got to meet up with the family!
I know you’re always dying to know whether I’ve found Mr Right, so I’ll put you out of your misery early on – No :-) ….had an interesting time trying tho’! Had two real & two virtual men tho’ none from this planet! It started & ended with mobile phone willy pictures…..
I know you’re always dying to know whether I’ve found Mr Right, so I’ll put you out of your misery early on – No :-) ….had an interesting time trying tho’! Had two real & two virtual men tho’ none from this planet! It started & ended with mobile phone willy pictures…..
January saw the start of me receiving naughty pictures of someone’s willy on my mobile over the next few months – nicknamed him Mobi Dick – & resigned myself to the fact that maybe that’s all I could attract this year… however he got caught & arrested & they stopped….so thought I’d try the dating agency again – met Andy – advertised himself as fit, attractive & sporty – this was short-lived – turned out ‘Lardy arse’ was less than honest in his description & a control freak – tried to stop me watching reality TV – it was more ‘real’ than he was!...
Then there was Peter – bless – after I’d helped him lay his (very long) hedge, fix his mom’s conservatory roof, tidy his mom’s garden & drove it all to the dump, I had a ‘ping’ moment – I was his Tuesday & Thursday skivvie, so…..dumped him, not before I’d given him a list of local workmen (I’m not that harsh y’see!) I should have known better when my first (and only) gift was a book on ‘How to kick the chocolate habit’ – what is it with these men who want to change us middle aged women?? So it was back to computer land and I find an ex from 1984 on Facebook!! We chatted on line and exchange texts, & then (a now very!) distant cousin (also on Facebook) coyly admitted that they had been exchanging titillating mobile messages – & she got scared after he started sending pics of his willy – so y’see – either I’m out of touch with this weird modern world or still remain a ‘Knob head’ magnet -literally! Answers on a postcard please… I know that Men are from Mars and Women from Venus…. but the ones I attract seem to be on a space ship orbiting both?
I’m into recycling big time now – I have got myself a wormery and a butt – water that is – though from the pic above left you can see I seem to be acquiring the other variety nicely thank you….
It was mom’s turn to give us a scare this year – back in April got admitted with a suspected DVT – turned out it wasn’t (phew!) but not before she’d spent a week being shoved from pillar to post, sometimes without a bed to lie in –Sometimes she got no food because she was ‘in the wrong part of the ward??’ then when she did it was served on a dressing trolley – see pic left - which doubled as a linen trolley too! Ashamed that it was the hospital where I trained – but seems to be the norm these days. She pretty much discharged herself a week later – you really wouldn’t believe the stuff that went on – or maybe you would?
Talking of the NHS, I am still hard at it trying to stay sane in the ever sillier world of Risk Managing and Health & Safety…. I have been doing clinical shifts to keep my hand in and loving that side of things – not so much enjoying the desk jockey side of things – targets/government bureaucracy/boxes to tick etc. I have found I am using one word a lot more than ever this year – and that is ‘Bollox’! It’s a lovely tension relieving word tho’ when said with feeling! Unfortunately my managers have not quite got the same sense of humour as me, and I am currently being admonished for my sometimes ‘aggressive and cynical’ approach……so y’see those of you who haven’t seen me in a while now know I haven’t changed, however my managers are keen to send me somewhere to change me it seems? Any ideas folks?
The year was pleasantly hectic too – I hit 46, waaaay over middle age really…. Alex turned 18 & is working hard at B’ham Conservatoire. (Vheck out her 18th birthday tribute back in July's Blogs). She invited me to her A’ level recital & told me I was to wear purple as that was the theme - I looked great in my rambling fleece while everyone else was in evening wear!!! Thanks Alex! Philip is also still doing well – mom and I went to see him in concert at the newly refurb’ed Town Hall this week. SPICE pals Andy & Bex/Gerri & Jane got married – I did the wedding cake for G & J. Sean & Sue had Emily. Kiwis Rich & Manda also produced - Claudia – a sister for Sam & Lucia, who I shall be meeting in January. I got struck by a thunderbolt in July (thought I’d throw that in to see if you were still awake). Fortunately only killed the house alarm & computer – I was out at the time walking in Belbroughton watching the storm over Birmingham from the hills! I’ve done loads of fun things too – including Dhol drumming & Morris Dancing – see the April 25th Blog - with my friend’s hubbie Dave (I called him ‘Morris’ for years!), and loads more pics. I have done loads more walking & spent a few weekends away – Ullswater, Lee Bay & Minehead walking – getting fit for my Exodus trip in January (thanks mom & dad) in New Zealand for 23 days then 7 days with my Kiwi pals – can’t wait!
If it's your first time checking this out after your Crimbo card, jus to let you know I’m also on Facebook – the weird Ex’s willy hasn’t put me off and am in touch with lots of old friends – including the raft guide from my 1994 trip down the Zambezi would you believe!!
Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and that 2008 is a good year for you all and your families and nearest and dearest.
Love from Kimmie xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I’m into recycling big time now – I have got myself a wormery and a butt – water that is – though from the pic above left you can see I seem to be acquiring the other variety nicely thank you….
It was mom’s turn to give us a scare this year – back in April got admitted with a suspected DVT – turned out it wasn’t (phew!) but not before she’d spent a week being shoved from pillar to post, sometimes without a bed to lie in –Sometimes she got no food because she was ‘in the wrong part of the ward??’ then when she did it was served on a dressing trolley – see pic left - which doubled as a linen trolley too! Ashamed that it was the hospital where I trained – but seems to be the norm these days. She pretty much discharged herself a week later – you really wouldn’t believe the stuff that went on – or maybe you would?
Talking of the NHS, I am still hard at it trying to stay sane in the ever sillier world of Risk Managing and Health & Safety…. I have been doing clinical shifts to keep my hand in and loving that side of things – not so much enjoying the desk jockey side of things – targets/government bureaucracy/boxes to tick etc. I have found I am using one word a lot more than ever this year – and that is ‘Bollox’! It’s a lovely tension relieving word tho’ when said with feeling! Unfortunately my managers have not quite got the same sense of humour as me, and I am currently being admonished for my sometimes ‘aggressive and cynical’ approach……so y’see those of you who haven’t seen me in a while now know I haven’t changed, however my managers are keen to send me somewhere to change me it seems? Any ideas folks?
The year was pleasantly hectic too – I hit 46, waaaay over middle age really…. Alex turned 18 & is working hard at B’ham Conservatoire. (Vheck out her 18th birthday tribute back in July's Blogs). She invited me to her A’ level recital & told me I was to wear purple as that was the theme - I looked great in my rambling fleece while everyone else was in evening wear!!! Thanks Alex! Philip is also still doing well – mom and I went to see him in concert at the newly refurb’ed Town Hall this week. SPICE pals Andy & Bex/Gerri & Jane got married – I did the wedding cake for G & J. Sean & Sue had Emily. Kiwis Rich & Manda also produced - Claudia – a sister for Sam & Lucia, who I shall be meeting in January. I got struck by a thunderbolt in July (thought I’d throw that in to see if you were still awake). Fortunately only killed the house alarm & computer – I was out at the time walking in Belbroughton watching the storm over Birmingham from the hills! I’ve done loads of fun things too – including Dhol drumming & Morris Dancing – see the April 25th Blog - with my friend’s hubbie Dave (I called him ‘Morris’ for years!), and loads more pics. I have done loads more walking & spent a few weekends away – Ullswater, Lee Bay & Minehead walking – getting fit for my Exodus trip in January (thanks mom & dad) in New Zealand for 23 days then 7 days with my Kiwi pals – can’t wait!
If it's your first time checking this out after your Crimbo card, jus to let you know I’m also on Facebook – the weird Ex’s willy hasn’t put me off and am in touch with lots of old friends – including the raft guide from my 1994 trip down the Zambezi would you believe!!
Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and that 2008 is a good year for you all and your families and nearest and dearest.
Love from Kimmie xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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