Its been one of those weeks where Monday starts badly and the rest of the week swiftly follows but for one night and one night only Mamma Mia is on LOL
Now thats not strictly true cos its the second time this week ive watched it Ha ha ha ha ha but I cant help it. There is just something about it that no matter what stinking mood I am in, or how bad a week i've had Mamma Mia can cheer me up.
Now we all know I am an enormous Queen fan but I am also an Abba fan and there are a few Abba songs that are special to me and remind me of various things, but there is just something about this extremely cheesy film that can cheer up the most demented of minions
Now it might be the added bonus of Meryl Streep who I absolutely adore as an actress and will watch anything shes in but theres another bonus in the shape of Pierce Brosnan LOL Mr 007 himself . He cant sing but he doesnt need to LOL
Its that element of much loved tunes, sunshine, eye candy and a tiny plot. Its not trying to be something its not, its not stretching my intellect, but then I dont want it to, I just want it to be fun ... and fun it is !! One of these days I will run away to the greek isles and hole up with a loved one and just soak up the rays and visit all the places where it was filmed but until then watching it on the Tv is fine by me.
So if I annoy everyone singing along so be it. If I wear my sky box out recording it and watching it everytime its on, so be it because it cheers me up faster than ice cream or chocloate !
Friday 26 July 2013
Sunday 21 July 2013
Arghhhhhhhh
Tonight I missed a self imposed deadline, and I know it will drive me silly. I have been trying to write 1250 words a day since mid May, I even blogged about it, and give or take a few missed days for one reason or another I met that aim...until the beginning of July.
In early July a family catastrophe hit us and I didnt write a word for a week and it set me back. Ive been playing catch up ever since.
From tomorrow onwards I need to work on editing the book that preceeds this one becasue that has a deadline of Aug 1 for beta readers to have a read and tell me whats what before I re edit and get it ready for publication.
Somewhere in there I need to work on the final two chapters before moving on to the next thing.
Ahhh the life of a writer is never finished.
I set myself a plan at the start of the year and within 3 weeks it was blown out of the water, but I think I've regrouped nicely. I have 1 book published already this year, 1 nearly ready for beta, 1 95% written and soon ready for its first edit.
These 2 will be released this year and show a marked change in the style for me, but dont get lulled into a false sense of security as I have plans to write many in the vein of FBG (1st published book) and BHWC (3rd published book) but a little variety does a writer good.
Since we are in July and nearing the end, I will prob have half another new story written and then one done in nanowimo month of November.
For me the way forward is definately the 1250 or more method as it focus's my energies and keeps me on track especially when I get a little writers block or something happens
So its onwards and dont look back LOL
In early July a family catastrophe hit us and I didnt write a word for a week and it set me back. Ive been playing catch up ever since.
From tomorrow onwards I need to work on editing the book that preceeds this one becasue that has a deadline of Aug 1 for beta readers to have a read and tell me whats what before I re edit and get it ready for publication.
Somewhere in there I need to work on the final two chapters before moving on to the next thing.
Ahhh the life of a writer is never finished.
I set myself a plan at the start of the year and within 3 weeks it was blown out of the water, but I think I've regrouped nicely. I have 1 book published already this year, 1 nearly ready for beta, 1 95% written and soon ready for its first edit.
These 2 will be released this year and show a marked change in the style for me, but dont get lulled into a false sense of security as I have plans to write many in the vein of FBG (1st published book) and BHWC (3rd published book) but a little variety does a writer good.
Since we are in July and nearing the end, I will prob have half another new story written and then one done in nanowimo month of November.
For me the way forward is definately the 1250 or more method as it focus's my energies and keeps me on track especially when I get a little writers block or something happens
So its onwards and dont look back LOL
Tuesday 16 July 2013
Now there's an idea
When I started writing many years ago, well about seven, I originally did it for therapy to deal with a situation and it turned into a coupke of books that wee no good, but after years of writing other things I went back to the original two and have rewriten them but i decided I would never write anything else that involved anything to do with a real life situation...well not one that involved anyone I knew
but I may change that approach and write about something thats been going on of late.
I cant say anymore but it would def be interesting especially if combined with my new found passion to create characters and then kill them off.
I must be something about the month of July LOL I always feel a little off centre because of the past, but today I am decidely murderous.
Infact when I got chance tonight to write I sat down and constructed a list of characters that I could use in up and coming work and how I could kill them off LOL I have a funny feeling I am a closet thriller/murder/crime writer
Mybe I should give it a try combined with a few other ideas... Any additions to the list will be considered LOL
but I may change that approach and write about something thats been going on of late.
I cant say anymore but it would def be interesting especially if combined with my new found passion to create characters and then kill them off.
I must be something about the month of July LOL I always feel a little off centre because of the past, but today I am decidely murderous.
Infact when I got chance tonight to write I sat down and constructed a list of characters that I could use in up and coming work and how I could kill them off LOL I have a funny feeling I am a closet thriller/murder/crime writer
Mybe I should give it a try combined with a few other ideas... Any additions to the list will be considered LOL
Thursday 11 July 2013
If you're not whitening....you're yellowing?
This commercial got me thinking....it's true, yet it's something I never really thought about before. Yes, I suppose if I don't have strips on my teeth twenty-four/seven, my teeth will only get worse.
Then I thought about all the other things in life that fit this theme...
If you're not driving, you're walking
If you're not resting, you're working
If you're not working, you're mooching
...then the worst one hit me!
If you're not dieting, you're fattening
Funny how a lil old commercial warps your head in those 60 second commercials...LOL
Then I thought about all the other things in life that fit this theme...
If you're not driving, you're walking
If you're not resting, you're working
If you're not working, you're mooching
...then the worst one hit me!
If you're not dieting, you're fattening
Funny how a lil old commercial warps your head in those 60 second commercials...LOL
Monday 8 July 2013
Its hot
too hot LOL
Im british so we talk about the weather everyday, we complain about it almost everyday, we're not happy when its raining, extremely unhapy when its snowy and icy - were just never happy.
Complaining about the weather is our national past time.
Today is hot - damn hot but with that lingering muggy feeling. Now I dont really like hot days, I have to drink a lot and get over heated easily, but its the muggy bit that does me in and leaves me with a whopping hangover headache right about my left eye (normally). Strange as it maybe I actually love the rain.
The torrential downpours we've been having of late, that leave cascades of water running down the road are not enjoyable and pretty dangerous especially when it falls in a few moments but the rain thats just light, drizzly, well I like nothing better. I love to feel it fall on my face and reminds me that I am alive and I should be happy that I am alive.
Now my pooch loves the snow, mainly cos she loves to roll in it and eat it ! and I can see why, she drives me nuts, running up and down the hills covering her self in snow and chasing snowballs thankfully thats months away.
For now I am treated (NOT) to the sight of milk bottle brits walking the streets with tshirts tucked into their shorts, baring pure fairy white chests (Males only !) Why must you subject us to this? Its not nice, sometimes its damn right disgusting and its def not masculine. So put ur tops back on pls - Id rather thave pasty white then tomato ketchup red visions whenever I leave the house !
Im british so we talk about the weather everyday, we complain about it almost everyday, we're not happy when its raining, extremely unhapy when its snowy and icy - were just never happy.
Complaining about the weather is our national past time.
Today is hot - damn hot but with that lingering muggy feeling. Now I dont really like hot days, I have to drink a lot and get over heated easily, but its the muggy bit that does me in and leaves me with a whopping hangover headache right about my left eye (normally). Strange as it maybe I actually love the rain.
The torrential downpours we've been having of late, that leave cascades of water running down the road are not enjoyable and pretty dangerous especially when it falls in a few moments but the rain thats just light, drizzly, well I like nothing better. I love to feel it fall on my face and reminds me that I am alive and I should be happy that I am alive.
Now my pooch loves the snow, mainly cos she loves to roll in it and eat it ! and I can see why, she drives me nuts, running up and down the hills covering her self in snow and chasing snowballs thankfully thats months away.
For now I am treated (NOT) to the sight of milk bottle brits walking the streets with tshirts tucked into their shorts, baring pure fairy white chests (Males only !) Why must you subject us to this? Its not nice, sometimes its damn right disgusting and its def not masculine. So put ur tops back on pls - Id rather thave pasty white then tomato ketchup red visions whenever I leave the house !
Thursday 4 July 2013
Its a dogs life !
Lately I've been waking up in a morning to the sight of our family pet, a golden lab called Honey lying on the pillows at the top of the bed.
Here she is head on the pillow, body stretched out along the headboard. She likes her comfort that dog. Part of me thinks, she thinks shes human and therefore wants the same luxury's as we have come to expect as adults. But most of me is sure that my son, and before that, my daughter have pampered to her every whim and now she is spoiled.
She enjoys nothing better than a good meal, prefereably anyone elses than her own actual dog food, copious amounts of belly rubs and being able to sleep anywhere at anytime.
For a while there she kept me company and made me get up in a morning, to take her for nice long walks, she makes me do it again on a night time as she gives it the elongated swagger that only a labrador can. But dont trust those puppy dog eyes, cos she will sit at the window for hours on end being the one and only member of the neighbourhood dog watch. She sees everything, and I mean everything. If she could she would be noting the comings and goings of everyone in our street in a wee notebook. If shes not doing that shes watching for anyone carrying a plastic bag, a grocery bag becasue each must be thoroughly investigated for anything inside which could be to the taste of her palette and we will eat anything except lettuce and I mean anything.
I do feel sorry for my neighbours at times cos she literally runs across to them, if we are out walking, and shoves her nose right into the bags. Its embarassing but thankfully they think shes funny.
Unusually for a dog, she doesnt bark, never has, I can count on two hands how many times she has barked in her 8 or so years, however she will lick you to death ! and she can sniff out a piece of cheese or a slice of ham or bacon at 100 paces.
I must admit I wish I had her life LOL
And if Marley and Me hadn't already been done Honey and Me would be on the shelves !
She enjoys nothing better than a good meal, prefereably anyone elses than her own actual dog food, copious amounts of belly rubs and being able to sleep anywhere at anytime.
For a while there she kept me company and made me get up in a morning, to take her for nice long walks, she makes me do it again on a night time as she gives it the elongated swagger that only a labrador can. But dont trust those puppy dog eyes, cos she will sit at the window for hours on end being the one and only member of the neighbourhood dog watch. She sees everything, and I mean everything. If she could she would be noting the comings and goings of everyone in our street in a wee notebook. If shes not doing that shes watching for anyone carrying a plastic bag, a grocery bag becasue each must be thoroughly investigated for anything inside which could be to the taste of her palette and we will eat anything except lettuce and I mean anything.
I do feel sorry for my neighbours at times cos she literally runs across to them, if we are out walking, and shoves her nose right into the bags. Its embarassing but thankfully they think shes funny.
Unusually for a dog, she doesnt bark, never has, I can count on two hands how many times she has barked in her 8 or so years, however she will lick you to death ! and she can sniff out a piece of cheese or a slice of ham or bacon at 100 paces.
I must admit I wish I had her life LOL
And if Marley and Me hadn't already been done Honey and Me would be on the shelves !
Wednesday 3 July 2013
Oh the fricken joy of holidays...
I was first hesitant when the boss said to take a day of holidays. Thinking it's been four years without a break, I decided June 28th would be the best day. After all, Canada Day was Monday, July 1st, so I could sleep in four days in a row. Woo hoo...! Oh I'm living now....
Staying up like a rebel until 1 a.m. Friday morning just because I could, I snuggled into my covers satisfied. I turned the alarm clock off and settled into dreamland. At 4:11, I woke feeling heat emanating. HOT FLASH-Holy crap! I swear I was about to spontaneous combust. I whipped the covers back so fast, the decorative pillows landed on the other side of the bed. Getting up, walking six paces, I turned the switch for the overhead ceiling fan. Blinded by the light attached to it, I yanked the chain to shut it off.
Lying back down in my queen-sized bed, I thought about how fortunate it is that I'm single. Sprawled out like the movies when kerchiefs tie wrists and ankles, whilst Mr. Gorgeous plays...I began to think I was more like that poor cowboy left in the desert staked as the vultures fly overhead.
The air conditioner was set at 68 degrees as always, so this shouldn't be happening, I thought as I listened to the squeak of the fan above. Please, please, let this pass, as I felt the pool begin to develop on my chest in that divet just between. Looking at the clock it was now 4:17, six minutes of hell was slowly fading. By 4:18, I was completely frozen and wondering where the hell that heat went. The room was I'm sure 65 degrees, so what the heck? My hair stuck to my head, the chemise I wore felt damp...oh ya know!
I'm at the age where things start to change....yep, menopause. As I try to curl up under the covers shivering...I thought about how I might explain this should I ever meet Mr. Right. Great, the hamster in my head switched to fast forward now.
"In for a hot time?" I lie there giggling to myself then thought of how quickly it passed and I was like an ice cube. I can imagine the confusion that first romantic night as I kick him off the bed so I can be in the breeze of the fan, panting...then politely ask him to come back under the covers when I need to put my ice cold body against his. "You're so sexy," I thought to myself. If I were married, it'd be no big surprise. He'd of gotten used to my quirks, so this would be no big deal.
At 5:21, the time I normally get up for work (when the alarm goes off), I started my day. Sheesh...this is holidays?
Is it me or does everyone have the weirdest stuff happen when you think you can sleep in and enjoy some relax time? LOL
Staying up like a rebel until 1 a.m. Friday morning just because I could, I snuggled into my covers satisfied. I turned the alarm clock off and settled into dreamland. At 4:11, I woke feeling heat emanating. HOT FLASH-Holy crap! I swear I was about to spontaneous combust. I whipped the covers back so fast, the decorative pillows landed on the other side of the bed. Getting up, walking six paces, I turned the switch for the overhead ceiling fan. Blinded by the light attached to it, I yanked the chain to shut it off.
Lying back down in my queen-sized bed, I thought about how fortunate it is that I'm single. Sprawled out like the movies when kerchiefs tie wrists and ankles, whilst Mr. Gorgeous plays...I began to think I was more like that poor cowboy left in the desert staked as the vultures fly overhead.
The air conditioner was set at 68 degrees as always, so this shouldn't be happening, I thought as I listened to the squeak of the fan above. Please, please, let this pass, as I felt the pool begin to develop on my chest in that divet just between. Looking at the clock it was now 4:17, six minutes of hell was slowly fading. By 4:18, I was completely frozen and wondering where the hell that heat went. The room was I'm sure 65 degrees, so what the heck? My hair stuck to my head, the chemise I wore felt damp...oh ya know!
I'm at the age where things start to change....yep, menopause. As I try to curl up under the covers shivering...I thought about how I might explain this should I ever meet Mr. Right. Great, the hamster in my head switched to fast forward now.
"In for a hot time?" I lie there giggling to myself then thought of how quickly it passed and I was like an ice cube. I can imagine the confusion that first romantic night as I kick him off the bed so I can be in the breeze of the fan, panting...then politely ask him to come back under the covers when I need to put my ice cold body against his. "You're so sexy," I thought to myself. If I were married, it'd be no big surprise. He'd of gotten used to my quirks, so this would be no big deal.
At 5:21, the time I normally get up for work (when the alarm goes off), I started my day. Sheesh...this is holidays?
Is it me or does everyone have the weirdest stuff happen when you think you can sleep in and enjoy some relax time? LOL
Tuesday 2 July 2013
I am in love with the man from Tesco's !
Yes its true I love the man who brings my Tesco Groceries LOL
I have always shopped online. It started with Ebay, and well that is, as always a bit hit and miss. You rely on the honesty of the seller and 99 times out of 100 its fine but theres always that 1. It is however, a great place to find unusual items and more than once I've found something thats raised a smile from someone I love.
Then theres the various websites, t shirts, Italian foodstuffs, German foodstuffs, Soda Stream, Ikea and so on and usually these are all fantastic. You pay your money and await delivery and however many days later it arrives.
Then theres the direct sites, where you order something, pay for it and have it delivered to the store. Now Ive used House of Fraser, Tesco Direct, and Asda (Walmart) and I have to say I will never ever use Asda again, they are so disorganised its untrue. They dont even know how many packages your order is coming in and email / text you to tell u its arrive 10 days after you've picked it up LOL - Useless. The other two are great, organised, friendly, helpful and never lost anything yet.
But I am a convert to a new kind of online shopping - Online groceries and all from the comfort of an app on my Iphone !!
Now I know some people will roll their eyes at me but since I have had issues lately with my shoulders carrying heavy bags of groceries is not helpful. So I tried the online approach. I could pick from the majority of store items, and found everything that I would normally buy. I decided to place a relatively medium size order so if it went wrong, well it wasnt too much of a hardship but it went right, very right.
I ordered it through my Iphone, got the discounts I would have in the store, and didnt buy anything that I didnt really want but fancy advertising enticed me and a nice young man delivered it right to my door in three trays, carried it into the kitchen then helped me empty the trays so he could take them back LOL
WOW, fantastic or what
I was converted. I didnt buy fresh veg cos I prefer to pick my own but everything else was fab.
So I placed a second order... sent it away today and a few hours later got a nice phone call from Tesco, seems there were two items on my list that were out of stock and I had replaced them with two products with leser amounts ( Vitamins in 30's rather than 90's) This all happened at the checkout stage but the shop were calling to tell me the 90's were in stock and would I like them LOL
Amazed - most definately, happy and I cant wait for the shopping to arrive now
I will definately do this again - the days of lugging bags from cars filled with tins, bottles and other heavy stuff is well and truly over ! + Note to self - embrace technology LOL
I have always shopped online. It started with Ebay, and well that is, as always a bit hit and miss. You rely on the honesty of the seller and 99 times out of 100 its fine but theres always that 1. It is however, a great place to find unusual items and more than once I've found something thats raised a smile from someone I love.
Then theres the various websites, t shirts, Italian foodstuffs, German foodstuffs, Soda Stream, Ikea and so on and usually these are all fantastic. You pay your money and await delivery and however many days later it arrives.
Then theres the direct sites, where you order something, pay for it and have it delivered to the store. Now Ive used House of Fraser, Tesco Direct, and Asda (Walmart) and I have to say I will never ever use Asda again, they are so disorganised its untrue. They dont even know how many packages your order is coming in and email / text you to tell u its arrive 10 days after you've picked it up LOL - Useless. The other two are great, organised, friendly, helpful and never lost anything yet.
But I am a convert to a new kind of online shopping - Online groceries and all from the comfort of an app on my Iphone !!
Now I know some people will roll their eyes at me but since I have had issues lately with my shoulders carrying heavy bags of groceries is not helpful. So I tried the online approach. I could pick from the majority of store items, and found everything that I would normally buy. I decided to place a relatively medium size order so if it went wrong, well it wasnt too much of a hardship but it went right, very right.
I ordered it through my Iphone, got the discounts I would have in the store, and didnt buy anything that I didnt really want but fancy advertising enticed me and a nice young man delivered it right to my door in three trays, carried it into the kitchen then helped me empty the trays so he could take them back LOL
WOW, fantastic or what
I was converted. I didnt buy fresh veg cos I prefer to pick my own but everything else was fab.
So I placed a second order... sent it away today and a few hours later got a nice phone call from Tesco, seems there were two items on my list that were out of stock and I had replaced them with two products with leser amounts ( Vitamins in 30's rather than 90's) This all happened at the checkout stage but the shop were calling to tell me the 90's were in stock and would I like them LOL
Amazed - most definately, happy and I cant wait for the shopping to arrive now
I will definately do this again - the days of lugging bags from cars filled with tins, bottles and other heavy stuff is well and truly over ! + Note to self - embrace technology LOL
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