"I love your feet because they walked upon the earth, and upon the wind, and upon the waters,
until they found me"
Your Feet. Pablo Neruda
"I used his feet to kick him in the head"
Angry (Feet) Tim Minchin
I don't have a foot fetish :o) but I think I might have Large Socks fetish (I stole my dad's boot socks).
I love Pablo Neruda, his poems anyway and Tim Minchin makes me laugh, I love that last line of the poem, cutting off someone's feet to kick him in the head - excellent :oD
...and of course Steve, gotta love a cat that tries to attack you in the mirror.
I love Pablo Neruda, his poems anyway and Tim Minchin makes me laugh, I love that last line of the poem, cutting off someone's feet to kick him in the head - excellent :oD
...and of course Steve, gotta love a cat that tries to attack you in the mirror.
ev'ryone from the place
C'mon with the rain
I've a smile on my face"
There's nothing quite like walking in the rain... with a happy refrain,
Except, of course... singing and dancing in the rain :o)
It's coming up for the Matthew St. Festival in Liverpool - the bank holiday week, I think.
The first year my family decided to go was when I was about 15ish so 1995ish
(I'm the one in the blue stripy shirt, hanging off the blonde girly)
The photograph was taken in The Rubber Soul on Matthew Street - the only pub I know with a road through it :o)
On leaving the Cavern to head to China town we walked up Lord Street with quite a few people. It was raining... A LOT!
We walked in a crowd and got wet.. and as people seem to do when walking in large groups and getting rained on, someone started 'Singin' In The Rain' and pretty soon, we were all singing in the rain, and after a while, more people came to sing in the rain with us... and it was fantastic. All of us singing Singin In The Rain... AH, happy times.
That was about the first time I had been 'Out' to pubs (and allowed to drink beer...woooh) and I thought, "Yay, if this is what happens everytime I go out, I want to go out every week!"
Singing In The Rain with loads and loads of people is exhilarating! No other Beatles Festival could live up to that one, though each year we try :o)
So, yeah... rain - it's great.. you can walk in it, sing in it, dance in it, and take pictures of it when it lands on your windows :o)
So, yeah... rain - it's great.. you can walk in it, sing in it, dance in it, and take pictures of it when it lands on your windows :o)
This is were I live...
I live at the very end of this street, in the tiny bit of red brick house at the very end.
I walk down this street almost every day, and each day it seems different. This day, it was rainy and sunny (whenever I read about JFK being shot in Dallas, this is how I imagine it was - one of those childhood things - that is, the story, not him actually being shot, that was before I was born), and clear and wet... a perfect day, by my standards.
This is 5am...
Each morning, Steve (my cat) wakes me. My work friends have decided it is because the sun is up. I am not sure that I agree but can think of no other reason, why would he moo at that time of the morning? ('Moo' is what myself & Cam say he does - he really doesn't seem to Miaow, it's definitely more of a Moo :o) He stands over my head and Moos in my face. I look at his food and it's still there, I stroke him a bit and he purrs, I stop stroking him and turn over to go back asleep...and he Moos some more. I think, he's just a Pain In The Arse. A lovely one, at that :o)
"Actually, cats do this to protect you from gnomes who come and steal your breath while you sleep".
John Dobbin
Steve taking up valuable pillow space when I had moved to stroke him... Yoiks! Pillow Space stollen!
(ignore the Teddy Bear - it's simply a breast pillow - plus, it smells of lavender so it's lovely :o)
(ignore the Teddy Bear - it's simply a breast pillow - plus, it smells of lavender so it's lovely :o)
"Actually, cats do this to protect you from gnomes who come and steal your breath while you sleep".
John Dobbin
Except, it is.. or at least it feels like that at the moment.
I've been on a week long induction to the NHS as I'm a New Starter, which is silly really because I've worked in the NHS on a number of occasions, in various departments, so each time I move department, I am considered a New Starter... see, it's stupid!
The amount of money wasted on an Induction Week could be
better spent on medical care, or medicine or nurses... or anything else!
Plus, the amount of trees killed for the sake of all the paper I'm never going to look at again, is stupid.
It was in a pretty building though...
The 1829 Building
(so called because it was built in 1829 - so original)
The 1829 Building is not my usual place of work, that's just the headquarters of the Primary Care Trust I work for.
My actual place of work will be...
Chester Enterprise Centre
Ok, so it's not as exciting as the 1829 Building but it is exciting in a
'rundown train depot' kind of way.
It used to be a train depot ( :o) It's right next to the train station) so it has these really high ceilings and wooden beams, and strange windows that only open enough to allow a teasing of fresh air.
Inside looks like this...
I'm not quite sure what's going on with the mesh and scaffolding, it reminds me of a prison... do they think we're going to hate working so much, we might throw ourselves off the balcony and onto the floor a few feet below (I guess if you did a nose dive you might injure your head a bit... and defintiely your nose).
The Health Consortium offices look like this...
Notice the glass ceiling? That makes it very, very hot... it's just like a green house.
There are lots of really old beams about the place which makes it quite nice and the rent is cheap, so I guess they're not too worried about the heat. I also learned in Health & Safety this week that there is not an upper limit for how hot it can be at work... so we'll just have to put up with it.
Aside from the heat, the people I have met are nice and I haven't actually done any work, so a great start to my job.
I've been on a week long induction to the NHS as I'm a New Starter, which is silly really because I've worked in the NHS on a number of occasions, in various departments, so each time I move department, I am considered a New Starter... see, it's stupid!
The amount of money wasted on an Induction Week could be
better spent on medical care, or medicine or nurses... or anything else!
Plus, the amount of trees killed for the sake of all the paper I'm never going to look at again, is stupid.
It was in a pretty building though...
The 1829 Building
(so called because it was built in 1829 - so original)
The 1829 Building is not my usual place of work, that's just the headquarters of the Primary Care Trust I work for.
My actual place of work will be...
Chester Enterprise Centre
'rundown train depot' kind of way.
It used to be a train depot ( :o) It's right next to the train station) so it has these really high ceilings and wooden beams, and strange windows that only open enough to allow a teasing of fresh air.
Inside looks like this...
I'm not quite sure what's going on with the mesh and scaffolding, it reminds me of a prison... do they think we're going to hate working so much, we might throw ourselves off the balcony and onto the floor a few feet below (I guess if you did a nose dive you might injure your head a bit... and defintiely your nose).
The Health Consortium offices look like this...
Notice the glass ceiling? That makes it very, very hot... it's just like a green house.
There are lots of really old beams about the place which makes it quite nice and the rent is cheap, so I guess they're not too worried about the heat. I also learned in Health & Safety this week that there is not an upper limit for how hot it can be at work... so we'll just have to put up with it.
Aside from the heat, the people I have met are nice and I haven't actually done any work, so a great start to my job.
I lost my Internet connection for TWO days, what a total pain in the arse!
Anyhoo...
In my family, when we have parties or a family gathering,
we have a 'thing' were we Peg each other (As Below)
Those are the cropped trousers of my mum :o)
She was unaware she was 'pegged'
It's usually my auntie who ends up with 20 pegs on the back of her shirt!...hehehe.
I don't know why we do this or why we even find it slightly amusing,
but we do... and I love it... it's so much a secret family thing.
It makes me feel a part of something, even if that something is silly and pointless.
Plus, I'm the greatest Secret Pegger EVER :D
Life is Good
(for the time being)
Anyhoo...
In my family, when we have parties or a family gathering,
we have a 'thing' were we Peg each other (As Below)
Those are the cropped trousers of my mum :o)
She was unaware she was 'pegged'
It's usually my auntie who ends up with 20 pegs on the back of her shirt!...hehehe.
I don't know why we do this or why we even find it slightly amusing,
but we do... and I love it... it's so much a secret family thing.
It makes me feel a part of something, even if that something is silly and pointless.
Plus, I'm the greatest Secret Pegger EVER :D
Life is Good
(for the time being)
Jump up jump up and get down
We had a little party for Jesper on his Swedish Name Day
After a few drinks and much singing and dancing,
we decided to jump around!
As you do :o)
Jamie Jumping
Ross & Jamie (cousins)
My Uncle, Stan & Jamie
My Mum & J
My Dad & J
My COusin Elli & J
Jamie had to be in all the photographs since nobody else seems to be able to jump
on the count of three, plus adults don't seem to enjoy jumping alone - it seems they feel a bit silly :o)
There was one photograph of my jumping but I had no head!
Ok So I forgot where I'm at. I've been adjusting to my new life.
Well, temporarily new life, I guess, it's a trial new life until he's gone for good.
('gone for good' sounds so harsh but I don't mean it that way)
I'm quite liking it so far but I did have to buy a nightlight for my hallway upstairs,
It seems darker when you're living alone.
I was wandering around charity shops and I found a book called
"I used to miss him...but my aim is improving" hehehe
It cost me 59p so I got it. It's pretty pants but there was a quote I liked
"There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning."
Louis L'Amour
Louis L'Amour wrote westerns.
Anyhoo...
It's exactly a year ago that I had my thyroid operation
so I wanted to post some pics of the day after and a year after,
just to show how amazing the human body is; it heals so well!
If you're squeamish, probably best not to look at the pictures.
1 Day After
Still shiny because of the spray on plaster and swollen because of the op.
1 Year Later
See.. the human body is great,
fat, thin, tall, short; it's all good.
Well, temporarily new life, I guess, it's a trial new life until he's gone for good.
('gone for good' sounds so harsh but I don't mean it that way)
I'm quite liking it so far but I did have to buy a nightlight for my hallway upstairs,
It seems darker when you're living alone.
I was wandering around charity shops and I found a book called
"I used to miss him...but my aim is improving" hehehe
It cost me 59p so I got it. It's pretty pants but there was a quote I liked
"There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning."
Louis L'Amour
Louis L'Amour wrote westerns.
Anyhoo...
It's exactly a year ago that I had my thyroid operation
so I wanted to post some pics of the day after and a year after,
just to show how amazing the human body is; it heals so well!
If you're squeamish, probably best not to look at the pictures.
1 Day After
1 Year Later
See.. the human body is great,
fat, thin, tall, short; it's all good.
It's 4 days, I just can't count. Lounging in my bedroom with candles
& hot chocolate, watching Take The Money & Run. I've been
having my own Woody Allen season; nothing like it to cheer me up :o)
"I'm pointing a gub at you, apt natural" Comical hehehe
(I'm going with 5 today)
"Keep your face to the Sunshine...It's what sunflowers do."
Sunflowers for my parents 35th Wedding Anniversary.
I think that is quite an achievement.
"Keep your face to the Sunshine...It's what sunflowers do."
Sunflowers for my parents 35th Wedding Anniversary.
I think that is quite an achievement.
(I've lost track of the days)
Seemed Like Old Times
I went to a birthday party for my cousin, she is 11. There were balloons.
Sometimes when it gets late people mess with the balloons
much to the amusement of others (ok, so we're childish).
Aside from that we were very civilised...
Above are photographs of my cousin and my brother.
He has a thing for scarves (or we have a thing for making him wear our scarves)
(scarfs or scarves? I've said it too many times and now it makes no sense)
Myself and Jesper;
he'd had no sleep and just got out of the bath; poor sausage.
Only 6 days eh? Not 5, unless I'm not counting the day he goes.
I've forgotten really. I'm going to stick with 6 days, it seems less scary.
On a positive note, I get to go food shopping for anything I want.
I love shopping for food when it's just for me, so exciting!
Sometimes when it gets late people mess with the balloons
much to the amusement of others (ok, so we're childish).
Aside from that we were very civilised...
He has a thing for scarves (or we have a thing for making him wear our scarves)
(scarfs or scarves? I've said it too many times and now it makes no sense)
Myself and Jesper;
he'd had no sleep and just got out of the bath; poor sausage.
Only 6 days eh? Not 5, unless I'm not counting the day he goes.
I've forgotten really. I'm going to stick with 6 days, it seems less scary.
On a positive note, I get to go food shopping for anything I want.
I love shopping for food when it's just for me, so exciting!
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hehe... he was in Attack Cat mode! read more
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