Well readers (I am assuming I have one or two even if it is mostly family!!!) I am off to Africa for a bit, as I have said previously bit of a year for me healthwise so I am blowing my savings and I am going to Tanzania and Zanzibar with my mate CJ. We are spending 8 days doing a Safari starting in Arusha, and driving through the Serengetti, doing a hot air balloon flight, then flying to Zanzibar spending some time in Stone Town, and then a nice relaxing 5 days at Breezes on the beach - We went all out five star, suites, what the heck it's a once in a lifetime trip and as my Dad always says "There's no pockets in a shroud!!!". While I am away my lovely Brother (helped by my Dad) is fitting my new kitchen.
So I'll be gone for three weeks, but look forward to some long blogs when I get back and hopefully some great pictures & experiences.
Keep smiling
Marmite Girl xx
Saturday 27 October 2007
Wednesday 24 October 2007
Aaaahhhhhhh
Bit of a nightmare week last week, really busy at work, which culminated in a visit to a customer in Ipswich, the visit went very well and it is always a pleasure to visit Customers and Brokers, but it happened to be on Black Friday and it took me over nine hours to drive back! Never mind I thought Saturday will be great, as I will be away for my Sister-in-Laws birthday I had bought her tickets to see Ray Quinn in Cardiff and we were staying over in a hotel (my Brother was babysitting) so we got up Saturday, got ready, went into Cardiff, had a lovely lunch, bit of a shop, checked into the hotel, met a couple of mates for dinner, and then went over to the Cardiff International Arena ready for the concert......that’s where it started.
We had really good seats, and got settled there were quite a lot of young girls obviously and quite a few elderly also, so it was a real family atmosphere, so we settled down for a lovely evening. The support acts finished and Ray Quinn came on. In front of us however was a girl and her friend probably in their 20’s, this girl was absolutely plastered, as soon as he came on she stood up and was flailing about, tipping her drink over the poor lady next to her. The people behind me asked me to tell her to sit down as their children couldn’t see. I reached over and tapped her friend and passed the message on, that’s when the tirade of “F” words started. She then left the concert hall to go to the bar ….mid song!!!.....and returned with a triple Bacardi – now there is no way this girl should have been served she was paralytic. She returned to her seat and tried to grab the lady next to her to sway her back and fore. Then she grabbed hold of two little girls in front of her, until their mother pulled her off, more “F” words. No sign of a security guard anywhere! My Sister –in-law (Amanda) said very politely “look we have come to listen to Ray not you, and you are spoiling this for a lot of people” more “F” words. By this time her friend was so embarrassed she had left her and gone to sit up the back! She dropped her bag over the back of the seat so I leaned over to pick it up ….get off my “F” bag – I said I’m just passing it to you! More “F” words – so my Sister-in-Law said look just sit down and enjoy the show, she then tried to fight us, slapping Amanda. The gentleman sitting next to this drunken idiot wet to get a security guard who didn’t want to know – so in the end the man said if you don’t remove her I will, Finally a security guard came and took her out, and everyone in the surrounding area cheered. Just as Ray Quinn said “now it’s time for my last song” – so we only heard that and his encore, he was excellent, but the birthday treat I had been planning since June for Amanda was ruined. Why on earth would you pay for a ticket for a concert that you didn’t want to see?
Still we finished the evening off with a few drinks in the bar and watched Parky and laughed, and I know Amanda still enjoyed the weekend but you can’t help feeling bad that a really nice weekend had been spoiled by one drunken fool.
Other than that I’m still trying to empty my kitchen.....and only 8 more sleeps until I go to Africa......
Keep Smiling
Marmite Girl
p.s. Jeni B’s new show (albeit her voice only) Food Poker starts on Monday so tune in.
We had really good seats, and got settled there were quite a lot of young girls obviously and quite a few elderly also, so it was a real family atmosphere, so we settled down for a lovely evening. The support acts finished and Ray Quinn came on. In front of us however was a girl and her friend probably in their 20’s, this girl was absolutely plastered, as soon as he came on she stood up and was flailing about, tipping her drink over the poor lady next to her. The people behind me asked me to tell her to sit down as their children couldn’t see. I reached over and tapped her friend and passed the message on, that’s when the tirade of “F” words started. She then left the concert hall to go to the bar ….mid song!!!.....and returned with a triple Bacardi – now there is no way this girl should have been served she was paralytic. She returned to her seat and tried to grab the lady next to her to sway her back and fore. Then she grabbed hold of two little girls in front of her, until their mother pulled her off, more “F” words. No sign of a security guard anywhere! My Sister –in-law (Amanda) said very politely “look we have come to listen to Ray not you, and you are spoiling this for a lot of people” more “F” words. By this time her friend was so embarrassed she had left her and gone to sit up the back! She dropped her bag over the back of the seat so I leaned over to pick it up ….get off my “F” bag – I said I’m just passing it to you! More “F” words – so my Sister-in-Law said look just sit down and enjoy the show, she then tried to fight us, slapping Amanda. The gentleman sitting next to this drunken idiot wet to get a security guard who didn’t want to know – so in the end the man said if you don’t remove her I will, Finally a security guard came and took her out, and everyone in the surrounding area cheered. Just as Ray Quinn said “now it’s time for my last song” – so we only heard that and his encore, he was excellent, but the birthday treat I had been planning since June for Amanda was ruined. Why on earth would you pay for a ticket for a concert that you didn’t want to see?
Still we finished the evening off with a few drinks in the bar and watched Parky and laughed, and I know Amanda still enjoyed the weekend but you can’t help feeling bad that a really nice weekend had been spoiled by one drunken fool.
Other than that I’m still trying to empty my kitchen.....and only 8 more sleeps until I go to Africa......
Keep Smiling
Marmite Girl
p.s. Jeni B’s new show (albeit her voice only) Food Poker starts on Monday so tune in.
Tuesday 16 October 2007
Like living in Tupperware
How rubbish is the weather at the moment I feel like I'm living in a piece of tupperware! Never mind only two weeks before I go off to Africa on safari, I have just started on the Malaria pills and I have to say the side affects are horrible, my mouth tastes like mothballs and I feel sick and headachy, I think Malaria wouldn't be so bad (well apart from the possible death bit!) Still after spending half the year in hospital/off work I'm in a live for today type mood, so Africa is always somewhere I have wanted to go, and I am and buggar the expense.
While I'm away as I mentioned my lovely Brother is fitting a new kitchen for me, so I am attempting to box everything up, it's a nightmare, I have bought the paint and tiles and it's all systems go, he and my Dad have already taken out a few cupboards and a huge bit of work surface so cooking is out of the question, but at least I'm losing weight......always a silver lining eh?
Keep Smiling
Marmite Girl xx
While I'm away as I mentioned my lovely Brother is fitting a new kitchen for me, so I am attempting to box everything up, it's a nightmare, I have bought the paint and tiles and it's all systems go, he and my Dad have already taken out a few cupboards and a huge bit of work surface so cooking is out of the question, but at least I'm losing weight......always a silver lining eh?
Keep Smiling
Marmite Girl xx
Friday 12 October 2007
Don't make friends with salad !
Hooray it’s Friday which means although we are all still working hard, we do have that almost the weekend feeling about us. Hence the fact we have been singing the Homer Simpson conga song “you don’t make friends with salad” interspersed with Gina Gee all day. Oh Ok we are not working particularly that hard, me and Hitch (see below) have checked into the land of can't be arsed - we have nicknamed our desks CBA Towers!
I sit next to a lovely girl in work, but she is one of those extremely thin people who doesn’t stop eating and I know I shouldn’t be jealous, but hell on wheels I am!! – I usually have an alpen light bar for breakfast while she tucks into a full cooked breakfast in a box from the canteen upstairs. Lunch time for me is usually a jacket potato or soup and a yogurt, while Hitch (as she is affectionately know for trying to fix everyone up) tucks into something and chips, and between meals she is constantly eating chocolate and cakes. Today she munched her way through faggots, chips and gravy, and has now spent the afternoon suffering from faggot backlash (which isn’t a form of homophobia but a form of indigestion).
By the way COMPLETELY hooked on Facebook now, am spending hours doing random quizzes people keep sending me I think I have lost days!
Keep Smiling
Marmite Girl xx
I sit next to a lovely girl in work, but she is one of those extremely thin people who doesn’t stop eating and I know I shouldn’t be jealous, but hell on wheels I am!! – I usually have an alpen light bar for breakfast while she tucks into a full cooked breakfast in a box from the canteen upstairs. Lunch time for me is usually a jacket potato or soup and a yogurt, while Hitch (as she is affectionately know for trying to fix everyone up) tucks into something and chips, and between meals she is constantly eating chocolate and cakes. Today she munched her way through faggots, chips and gravy, and has now spent the afternoon suffering from faggot backlash (which isn’t a form of homophobia but a form of indigestion).
By the way COMPLETELY hooked on Facebook now, am spending hours doing random quizzes people keep sending me I think I have lost days!
Keep Smiling
Marmite Girl xx
Sunday 7 October 2007
Down with the kids
Well I thought I was quite computer literate by being a blogger, but apparently you are nothing if you are not a "facebooker" so one of the youngsters in work signed me up about a month ago, but I have to confess I haven't touched it since. That was until I went to a party last night, my friend Sarah's Mum & Dad had been married for fifty years, they had a party in exactly the same room in the same hotel they held their wedding. Anyway everyone I spoke to (under 40)said they were on facebook so I figured I had better get on with it. It's flippin addictive I can tell you!
I had an e-mail from the wonderful Silvena Rowe yesterday which was very un-expected, and very lovely, She also said to stop by facebook so you see it's everywhere. I'm still not sure how the heck it works though, but I have up-loaded photos, I seem to be playing an endless movie quiz, I've done a 10 second interview and don't ask me how but one of my friends has sent me a drink.....and I think I sent one back but who knows. I have 3 friends now and feel ever so popular.
Did the usual Sunday roast today which was lovely, Cara was a joy as always, I'm babysitting again next Friday and I can't wait.
Got loads to do this week, working the whole week and also need to empty my kitchen cupboards ready for the new one to be installed, you wouldn't believe how much junk (and by junk I mean Tupperware/addis/empty Chinese containers/tubits kind of junk) how many containers can one person use I live on my own!!! Need to go to Ikea to order the kitchen, find tiles and paint. My Brother is going to fit the new kitchen while I go off to Africa on my safari, so hopefully when I get back it will all be done.
Ruby has had her hair cut by the lovely Maria this week, she does such a great job, Ruby is white and gorgeous and smells like baby powder.
Oh well bed calls
Keep Smiling
Marmite Girl xx
I had an e-mail from the wonderful Silvena Rowe yesterday which was very un-expected, and very lovely, She also said to stop by facebook so you see it's everywhere. I'm still not sure how the heck it works though, but I have up-loaded photos, I seem to be playing an endless movie quiz, I've done a 10 second interview and don't ask me how but one of my friends has sent me a drink.....and I think I sent one back but who knows. I have 3 friends now and feel ever so popular.
Did the usual Sunday roast today which was lovely, Cara was a joy as always, I'm babysitting again next Friday and I can't wait.
Got loads to do this week, working the whole week and also need to empty my kitchen cupboards ready for the new one to be installed, you wouldn't believe how much junk (and by junk I mean Tupperware/addis/empty Chinese containers/tubits kind of junk) how many containers can one person use I live on my own!!! Need to go to Ikea to order the kitchen, find tiles and paint. My Brother is going to fit the new kitchen while I go off to Africa on my safari, so hopefully when I get back it will all be done.
Ruby has had her hair cut by the lovely Maria this week, she does such a great job, Ruby is white and gorgeous and smells like baby powder.
Oh well bed calls
Keep Smiling
Marmite Girl xx
Tuesday 2 October 2007
The height of "Chavness"
OK so I have always thought personalised number plates are a bit Chav, but driving to work this morning I was obviously stuck in a jam behind someone called "Bev" firstly I didn't really care what her name was and secondly the personalised number plate was on a flamin Nissan Micra!!!!! I mean come on!!
Did a bit of baking last week for the Macmillan Worlds largest coffee morning, made some muffins and jam thumbprints, took them into work along with several other masterbakers and £636 was raised for this fab cause. I felt a bit bad really, I hadn't made jam thumbprints before but found a recipe (thanks Barefoot Contessa) anyway I made them, they looked lovely but as I am still slimming worlding :( I couldn't' actually taste one to see what it was like, so I called my friend Sarah who lives a few doors down and asked her to come over and taste one for me, luckily she said they were lovely and tried a muffin as well, that's when I said right now hand over a couple of quid as it's for a good cause!
Had Cara for the weekend, she was a joy as always, Saturday I found her trying to pour juice from her beaker down poor Ruby's throat, I asked her what she was doing and she turned around looked at me as if I was stupid and said "I'M SHARING" she makes me laugh so much.
Well that's about it
Keep smiling
Marmite Girl xx
Did a bit of baking last week for the Macmillan Worlds largest coffee morning, made some muffins and jam thumbprints, took them into work along with several other masterbakers and £636 was raised for this fab cause. I felt a bit bad really, I hadn't made jam thumbprints before but found a recipe (thanks Barefoot Contessa) anyway I made them, they looked lovely but as I am still slimming worlding :( I couldn't' actually taste one to see what it was like, so I called my friend Sarah who lives a few doors down and asked her to come over and taste one for me, luckily she said they were lovely and tried a muffin as well, that's when I said right now hand over a couple of quid as it's for a good cause!
Had Cara for the weekend, she was a joy as always, Saturday I found her trying to pour juice from her beaker down poor Ruby's throat, I asked her what she was doing and she turned around looked at me as if I was stupid and said "I'M SHARING" she makes me laugh so much.
Well that's about it
Keep smiling
Marmite Girl xx
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