PHEW!!!!!............................................

Well what a day, I'm aching all over after washing AND polishing(inside & out) the old banger ready for my trip to Bristol and Minehead. Next on the list is to pack my bag I suppose then have a shave and shower. Still no sign of the new grandson yet (knowing my luck Caz will hold onto him till I return to Sunderland) The weather today has been wonderful, brilliant sunshine with just a slight cool breeze, would be nice if this weather stays till after the weekend. I've also spent quite a bit of time doing useless quizes on facebook, good for a laugh if nothing else. Might change the n/s/r wheel on the car as I think the tyre may be illegal, I will have to get the old tape measure out and check the width of the tyre and the worn piece. I hope the 'boy' enjoys his little jaunt to Ireland, leaving the boss behind to look after Thom. TTS have been on the phone again, because I had a different candidate number when I took my freight CPC and didn't need to take mod 1 this time, I have only been given a pass for the mods I've taken and not a complete Certificate. To get one I have to send in all my certs and pass slips for the exams I've passed, what a carry on ......................................

03:30am and I'm still hyper

Well after 15 months of struggle I've finally managed to pass module 5 to complete my CPC in National Passenger Transport.......I'm so worked up about it I can't sleep. I know it's silly but I've been trying so hard to pass, now I have I'm really excited. When the lady from Tyneside Training Services called yesterday I was so gobsmacked I almost started jumping with joy. Had to phone the boss and let him know that I knew before they did......TTS didn't know who to address the letter to as the old boss was made redundant but they had my phone number so gave me the good news before asking the new boss's name. Broke the news first to my son Kris who I think was very happy for me and it's come at a good time. Thursday I'm off to a school reunion in Minehead, Somerset, to meet with some people I haven't seen for over 40 years. Also 2 more happy events are to happen this summer, 1 pretty soon (a grandson) and 1 a couple of months later (a granddaughter) so all in all 2009 is starting to be a great year.

such is life............

Well it's been over a week since my last blog...... the usual boring daily routine passes by...... a little light relief yesterday, I imported a lot of my music onto my laptop using itunes.... had problem getting albums with various performers on them to make one album..... with a little guidance from my son Kris that has been well and truly sorted and I've managed to get all the covers in place too.

When 'Sorry for the inconvenience' just aint enough!

well wot a lovely set of rest days......weather has been quite nice......apart from a bit of rain yesterday......otherwise I've been stuck in the house waiting for DHL...... and when they finally arrive?.....sorry sir cant accept that parcel it doesn't have a RTS label on it! So I contact Staples and ask for one to be emailed so I can print one off......only to be told the driver should've supplied one there and then......so I now have to wait in again......... mean while Staples send a bill to me for £30 for the replacement flash drive and a 2nd one (because the original order was for 2) after I made it quite clear that only one flash drive needed replacing......the excuse for the bill?
we haven't received the faulty one.......NO YOU MUPPETS the replacements arrived 2 days before the faulty one was due to be collected.

Wot more questions??

Well I'm slowly getting 'use to' this Vista thing........but why so many questions?..... Pauline nearly cried last night..... we had chicken parmasan for tea but also had an unexpected visitor, namely Evie... it wasn't long before Evie was nibbling away at bits of Paulines tea and was just about to put something down on the unsupported side of the food box as Pauline shouted "don't put that on there!!'..... too late!..... chilli sauce all over the new carpet.....red stains all over the place. I've never seen Pauline leave the room and return with a bucket of water and a cloth so fast in my life.......today it looks like she was successful at removing 99.99%..... from some angles you get a hint of a mark but we're not sure if it's the colour of the carpet or shadow

VISTA.........SHISTA.........

Well finally got my new laptop....... wot a pain to set up this Vista thingy is....give me XP anytime! Once you get it sorted it's not too bad........ got a couple of features on it I didn't know about like speech recognition, which is great as long as you ignore people who tell you what a prat you look talking to a computer (PAULINE!!!) also a 7 in 1 card reader and infra red ........ not sure about the touch pad but I have a spare mouse to use with it. Managed to set up the Wi-fi easy enough, had to re-name it because Vista would not accept the old password, so it was delete it and re-name and put in new password.

Tempest flies lolol.........

Gawd a week has passed already, seems like only yesterday I did my last blog..... JG has finally passed on to the great BB house in the sky, thank you! ..... I don't mean to be unsympathetic but it was getting a bit much .... I am sorry she didn't get to see her kids on Mothering Sunday. Spend last night at work out and about as I was playing Ops Support.... legs feel like I ran a marathon today..... Contacted Staples about a replacement for my SanDisk Cruzor Micro which gave up the ghost for no apparent reason.... looking forward to the new laptop arriving tomorrow morning.... my mate in work gave me some Venison sausages to try .... they are lovely bet they'd be great with some gravy and spuds.... Pauline has made chicken curry for us twice and he wanted to say thanks..... also gave me a bottle of Merlot but as Pauline doesn't drink wine that's all mine ..........well off to work now I suppose .... still only 2 more nights to go.

LOLOL some people are so gullible!

I have just had the biggest laugh in a long time..... for a while now I've been thinking about trying to catch people out with a made up name ...... someone like a DJ ...... any way I had a survey email the other week and I filled it in using this name I'd thought of ....... a man phones this afternoon asking to speak to ..............IVAN ICHIBELLI..... lolol never thought it would happen.

you've got to laugh................or die crying!

After having a lovely sleep last night because Pauline stayed up late watching Jade Goody get married on Living TV, it was very difficult to get my backside off the mattress this morning.... my 3 bits of bad luck this month have happened in the last couple of days.... 1/ my car key battery goes tilt, got new battery, got to have the key re-coded.... 2/before leaving the car park to come home yesterday I find my n/s/r tyre extremely flat at the bottom........ 3/ my Scandisk 4 gig data stick has just given up for some unknown reason....it's not very old either. Was late leaving tonight because I had to cone and tape off half a car park cell..... we've got some subsidence and men are coming to do a GPRS survey. Today has been a normal manic Sunday... had one laugh though that brightened up the day..... the help buzzer sounds from one of the barriers ....."Hello! can I help?" angry voice replies "YES!, I'm at the barrier and pressing the button and I can't get a ticket to enter the car park!".....quick check on the CCTV..... "There's a VERY good reason why you can't get that barrier to open or give you a ticket sir!".... "OH YES! and what might that be?"...... "You are trying to enter via an EXIT SIR!".............. SILENCE!!!! lolololololololololol

New laptop....

I'm finally getting a laptop.... the one advertised on TV from Dell...... Inspiron15...got a Pentium Dual Core T4200(2.0GHz) processor... 3072MB RAM 800MHz DDR2 250GB(5400rpm)Serial ATA Drive.... 3 years McAfee..... and WiFi(802.11 g/n) .... only bad thing ....it runs Vista Home Premium..... means P can use the PC for her 'hidden object' games while I do some serious stuff (LOLOLOL) on the laptop. Poor ole Pauline, she's got a very bad head cold after getting caught in a rain shower Saturday night after work (her niece was waiting in the car park but she missed her) on her way to catch a bus home. I had offered to take the Metro to work Sat but she said it was okay as she had a lift arranged..... best made plans of mice and women huh!