One of those day's

Well whilst most people have been having a nice bank holiday day off, please pay a thought to those of us who were working! I had one of those day's where I never seemed to be able to catch up with my work....And to top it off a project my boss and I have been working on, which should go into effect tomorrow, has been changed....Today! So all our work has to be altered to suit, but he has gone away, and the work is password protected. I have done my best and we are going to have to make do until Thursday when he gets back. Oh Well!

Let's hope tomorrow is better!

Question is..

As you will see on the right I have added a poll (You can tell I have a day off and nothing better to do!)

Not a very interesting question I know but my mind is numb after a week of nights! I will try and put a new question once a week, be it silly, serious, topical or even a bit surreal! I don't expect many people to vote but i'm only doing it for a bit of fun!

If anyone has a question they want me to ask please feel free to put it on the comments section and if I think it suitable I will put it up for a week and post a link for that week to the person who has posed the question. (Don't forget to list the answer choices as well!)

Now the question is do I go to bed or force myself to stay awake till tonight!

Blogs!

I have been sufing blogs on Blog explosion the last couple of mornings (evening to me this week!) and it's interesting what a diverse world we live in! Also how, even though they are diverse, country's are similar on how they post.

I have noticed though that most of the time, not always, I can work out what country the blog writer is from by either the general theme of the blog, how it is written etc before looking where they are from or the $ sign! Has anyone else found this to be true?

I think I have too much time on my hands! Or more like I can't sleep on night shift so end up surfing instead!

Night!

As I am on night shift this week my posts might be a sporadic so bear with me! I kind of like night shift, no one around to disturb you, however as soon as my body has got used to doing nights it's time to go back to the world of normal living!

I will bid farewell for the moment as i'm off to bed now...well it is nearly midnight...well to me it is anyway!

Skint!

Remind me not to go out to the shops when I have free time on my hands! Spent far to much money today! I went out to get a set of weights so I can improve my upper arm/body strenght ready for my holiday moving heavy stones in the moutains of Wales...I ended up comeing back with a new digital camera as well! I was going to get one as I wanted one I can alter apperture/shutter speed etc but wasn't quite planning to buy one today!

I am impressed with it though, 2.1 more mega pixels than my last one and a lot more creativity possible with it without the hassle of lugging a large old SLR around with me! It has a black and white feature as well which reminds me of my college days doing A level photograpy, without the mess of chemicals ruining my clothes!

Rainy day..

It's been one of those days today, in theory I should have woke up with a hang over or at least a little tender as last night went to another leaving do, dropping like flys at the moment at work! However even though I drank more than I should have and didn't get even tipsy and woke up sober! The only think I can think of was I had a really bad headache before we went to the pub and someone gave me a headache tablet, perhaps that had an effect on me!

It has been one of those rain, sun, rain, sun...days as well, trust me to pick a rain bit to go to the shop and end up getting soaked....I did see something to make me feel better about it though, as I got back to my house like a drained rat I saw a group of kids, scouts or something similar, just as wet as me, only they had back packs on and sleeping mats strapped to them so were obviously camping...Poor souls, did make me feel better about myself though, as I stepped inside my nice central heated house and dried myself out!

Pleased to say my car passed her MOT this morning and after a lot of walking in and out of shops I managed to get a couple of leaving presents, i'm quite pleased with myself as I had no idea what to get and I have come home with hopefully some interesting presents and kept to budget!

A book of interesting facts for every day of the year, a scarcastic funny little book on commuting which i'm sure he will like, a 2 pint beer glass with 8 funny beer mats, a bottle of vodka and a bag of pick and mix, (don't ask!). Don't worry he won't read this so it doesn't matter that I have listed what I have got. I just have to wrap them now!

Busy few days!

Due to doing funny hours this week at work I haven't had time to get on my comp, and when I have I have been too tired to write anything! I will write more tomorrow as I have a day off, MOT in the morning, hopefully the car will pass!

It is one of the blokes in the office's leaving do on Friday and I have been given the task of getting a pressie for him, and I haven't a clue...Any suggestions would be appreciated! I've been asking around his friends what to get and they have no idea either! I'm hoping for inspiration when I go shopping tomorrow!

Car's who'd have em!

I have just spent all day waiting for my car to be checked over (brakes, exhaust and tyres) ready for it's MOT which is due very soon. I was told last MOT that I should keep an eye on my exhaust and brakes. As that was a year ago I thought it advisable to get them checked..I had my brakes checked when it was serviced before anyone panics thinking I had left it a whole year!

As it turned out my brakes are still fine, just cleaned them up for me and same with the tyres, just needed front swapping with rear and tracking done.....Then came the bit you know you are not going to like...You need two parts of your exhaust replacing, oh and as your car is a fairly new model will have to order them in and take loads of money from you'...Ok they didn't say those exact words but that's what they meant! I knew it would be expensive as anyone who has a VW (ok mines a skoda, but was the same story when I had a polo) will know, parts aren't cheap, but they do last longer than most, from my experience anyway!

On a positive side although I was waiting around all day as I couldn't get home easily from where I was, it was a lovely day and I spent the morning walking by the canal and the afternoon sitting in the grounds of Berkhampstead castle in the sunshine which was very relaxing although I do have a slight red tinge to my face now!

Happy tidings

When I got home from work today I found the wild duck that had been nesting in my garden in the middle of the lawn with all 9 ducklings underneath her. Due to her not being able to get out of the garden I had to catch her and her chicks and re locate them. She was easy to catch but the ducklings gave me the run about! I am pleased to say I managed to get all of them to the local reservior and realeased them in a safe location and watched her take them in the water and swim off into the long reeds. It was a very satisfying to watch. I hope they do well but I will never know as there was lots of other mother ducks there, hence why I realeased them in that location. I did manage to get a quick photo of them after I caught them, they were really cute!

Worthless..

Yesterday was an interesting day at work, I had an appraisal where each in the team got marked on the work we have done in the last six months. Frustratingly my boss marked all of us the same as our department is new and it is our first appraisal so we can have the opportunity to show improvement. He did give us all 100% but it's frustrating as I know myself and one other have put much more into the development of the team and job role and it looks like we all have done the same work, sort of makes you feel a little under appreciated even though he did say he knew I should of got the top grade for what I have done. Thing is I understand why he has done it, just a little miffed!

Second was a big bust up between two of the team and I got caught up as a witness to a verbal warning from my manager to one of them, who is a good friend of mine, although he was in the wrong and knew it...Unfortunately this happened right before my appraisal! Typical!

Today was nice and calm, if a little edgy between the two who had the bust up!

Chilled out..

As it has been such a nice day I thought i'd take a picture of something summery...this was a Christmas present!

I'm feeling a little delicate this morning, it was someone's leaving do at work last night so a few drinks were consumed, it was a good night though!

I had to go in for my feedback for not getting the job yesterday, I had done better than I thought but I also was told the Bulls...t I was expecting, some people can talk an interview and tell the people what they want to hear, doesn't mean they will actually do the job well! I have to say the two main things he said I didn't show was that I wouldn't be tough enough with the staff and second I didn't show my commitment and flexibility.....I told my colleagues and they nearly fell over with shock as they are my two strongest points.....Problem is I know I didn't sell them well as to me they are second nature not something to boast about. I must admit I did defend myself in the feedback and said I am a hands on person, come and see me working and he would see I am telling the truth (ie not just saying it to bulls....t through an interview!) He had to admit he had not actually asked anyone what I was like but would make the effort to see how his teams worked on the ground (he is new to the location). Right now I am de-stressed I will shut up on the matter!

On a positive note it appears I have won a competition, first in a long time...(so ok I was the only entrant!). Take a look at http://dossman.blogspot.com/ for my winning entry! Also at http://puppetdude3.blogspot.com/ where I found the link to the competition.

Not a lot to say day...

Think that says it all!

One of those days..

Well no suprise to me I have just received a call to tell me I wasn't succesful in the job application I applied for. I'm not bothered at all, although I know I would be as good as, and in some cases better than the ones that are doing it now. Apparently I was against some tough competition. In reality i'm shit at interviews and I only shine with work I have proved I can do sadly they didn't know me. Hey ho nevermind! Just have to go and listen to the crap feedback now!

On a lighter note my cold is slightly better today and my hen has laid another egg....I think I will save them up and have scrambled eggs for brekkie on Sat. :-)

Well what can I say in my first post? A little about myself I suppose, i'm a 30 something (only just!) married woman who likes to occationally have a bit of adventure in my life, nothing to ott though!

I have two pets, (excluding the hubby!) Button (rabbit) and Star (chicken) and no children, who needs kids when you have pets, the plus factor is they don't answer back and the neighbours can look after them when you are away!

Where am I in my life at the mo? Well I work (to hard sometimes!) and have just gone for an interview for a promotion, which I won't get, the the experience was good, I will find out in the next couple of days if I got it so it will give me something to write on here.

The other area of interest in my life at the moment is becoming an assistant leader for the National Trust working holidays. I'm off mending high level footpaths in south Wales in June (not as an assistant) which should be hard work but fun. The last one I went on was in Yorkshire which was really worth while, ence me applying to be a leader! My training course is in July and I will be assisting on a holiday in North Wales in September, which is an adventure holiday as well aimed at 18 to 24 year olds so I need to up my fitness levels quickly! (I am also learning a little basic Welsh so should come in use!)

Well I think that is about it for today, oh except my hen laid her first egg today which I was quite proud of, I even felt a little guilty eating it...it was nice though! I'm sure I will have plenty to put in my Blog over the months!