grrr

just read this on the BBC
"However, the BBC understands that the 6.9% pay rise over 18 months will consist of a 5.4% pay rise between 1 October 2007 and 1 April 2008, followed by a 1.5% pay rise from 1 April 2008 to 1 April 2009. Workers will also receive a lump sum payment of £175."

yup that's right. good old royal mail and their pay deal. i say again, where's the deal for nurses?

now look at these cuties! a devon farm is breeding mini pigs which can be house trained as pets. all together now....awwwwwww





also, what is this about Simon Pegg in the new star trek film??? nooo! dont do it simon!! your kooky comedies show you are so much better! instead of star trek, film series 3 of Spaced!

the good old days

dont you just love looking through old photos?? so many memories spring up, and they're usually pretty small things. yesterday i went to my dad's, after photos of our old cat, Ginny. she was a kitten when i was a baby and lived to be 16. she used to sit outside my bedroom window, miowing to come in at 6 in the morning!

also found in the photo pile was this classic of me and my sister. look at the fetching pattern clashing!













my mum is a bit down at the moment. she had to have her achilles tendon removed and a new tendon, muscle and blood supply grafted from her big toe. unfortunately she now had an infection in the toe site and is feeling down because she cant do anything on her own yet. she spends all day either on the sofa or in bed and is really bored and frustrated. *sigh* poor mummy.

continued with the Heroes dvd session last night, only 5 more episodes to go. *gasp* at mr linderman, *sigh* at claire's grandmother, *argh!* at sylar, suresh and peter!

i would also like to say a (very) belated congratulations to fellow cropper sandie for having a Lo accepted into the Basic Grey gallery.

tank girl!

ok has anyone else seen this film?? tank girl is so cheesy but so amazing! i mean, a film with genetically engineered kangaroo soldiers?? Lori petty as tank girl manages to regularly change her hair style and colour, despite a drought. Malcom Mcdowell is a fab baddie and dubious rapper IceT plays a once cop now kangaroo! everyone has to see it! in fact, i like it so much i have a black and white hardback copy of the comic (very rare) in French!

also, rubbish bags were gone this morning and the postal strike appears to have been sorted. hallelujah! but why is it that the first letters i get through are bills and loan offer letters?? where are my gingerbread button??

2 rants and a rave

rant 1: postal strikes. postmen have had around 8% pay rise over 2 years. nurses meanwhile have to fight to get a measly 1.9% this year which is less than cost of livinge. postmen can strike when they want (and they do). They have been at work since weds and intend to strike again on mon.

i am waiting for my etsy buttons from Jodie. grrr

rant 2: our rubbish still hasn't been picked up and its 4pm. I live on a new estate and the trucks can't get in, so we have to leave our bags on the main road. Imagine 30 households worth of rubbish sitting outside since last night. tasty.

rave: I have been listening to cds I forgot i had, including this one from The Littlest Man Band which includes Scott and Dan from ReelBigFish.













in extra news: i think Zeus got fed up with the 3 locusts in his viv. when i left earlier he was cowering in a corner and when i got back, they had gone and all i could see was a yellow and black striped leg....

*yawn*

• Get up at 530 am, start work at 730 am.
• maybe get breaks at around 10am and 3pm if not too busy
  
• Leave work 8pm, get home 9pm.
• Repeat three times in a week, remembering to go to bed at 10pm the night before work.
• Ache all over, cant wait for lie in.
  

Equals:

how im feeling right now. and i got asked to do an overtime shift.

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see this from jodie
so amazing.

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pencil lines 53

This is a LO i did today for pencil lines sketch 53, provided by ali edwards. i used daisy d's autumn papers and blooms and the photos are from our trip to 'big pit'. i love ali's style of scrapping and really got inspired by her book 'a designers eye to scrapping with patterned paper' .










my second LO is pretty self explanatory. i mounted the photo and made my own scalloped frame, and i also made my own shrink plastic buttons!! i'll definitely be trying both techniques again.













at lunchtime i tried to pay for my road tax for next year, but apparently im too eager and have to wait until the 15th! it irritated me more as i'd drawn cash out for once, and the woman in the post office seemed mighty peeved that id even considered buying it early! one bonus though, it's £30 less than i thought! yay to saving money!

'Big Pit'

yesterday we went on a spur of the moment day out with marcus's family to wales! we went to 'big pit', an old coal mine near pontypool where you get to go underground. it was pretty cool! spur of the moment days are the best! (and i <3 the top photo, i think it looks really professional!!)

When we got home, we had dominos, a bottle of wine and season 1 of Heroes on dvd. perfect!!

clever me!

this is my first attempt at patchwork!!! not a bad effort me thinks. :-)

im also very happy because ive just seen Zeus eat a grape. yay!!!! small victories!!

and now if you want a chuckle, check this out **** (its not rude, i just want it to be a surprise!).

this is another LO i did yesterday using a prompt from inked scrapbookers, what your tattoos mean to you. i only did the one on my arm. its basically angel wings with a bible ref to guardian angels, as a reminder that im never on my own. its pretty comforting and i find i sometimes subconsciously stroking it!!
the LO is a bit of a mish mash of things although i love the pom poms on the side!

happy 1st october!!

and what a foul day it is too! i woke up at 9 and it was so dark i thought it was still the middle of the night!

ive been feeling pretty creative today and have so far done 2 LOs as follows :

This is basically my new found love of YoSushi! and is based on and Ali Edwards LO in the Creating Keepsakes 100th issue. i love how simple it is!










This is based on a prompt from the Mojo blog for the 21st sept (im a bit late!!) and also a prompt from the blog 'a true friend'. the idea was to scrap your pet and 5 words that describe them. i added a bit of paint'n'stamp bubble wrap having seen it used in Silje's fab LOs. im not sure it works on this one but i'll keep trying!!






Tomorrow im going for quilting lessons at a place i discovered today :) its hidden away in a business park and they seem really friendly, so we'll see how it goes!

on Saturday we booked our holiday for next year! yay! me and marcus are going back to Floriday for 2 weeks over my birthday! we're staying in the same hotel as last time, the clarion universal, as its right in the middle of international drive, perfect for walking most places.

We're still waiting to hear from the guy about taking Zeus. He's got a space but he's just waiting for a vivarium for him. its strange but now we've made the decision, Zeus seems to have perked up. he's eating and drinking a bit more and seems really active. oh well.

and this photo is for the scrapping frenzy 'architecture' photo prompt. its of the domed roof in the British Museum