Yesterday I took part in the Old Town festival with my Daughter. We walked around the streets and danced to Shakira's Wacka Wacka song, whilst dressed in bright colours and Hawian skirts. There was a real carnival atmosphere. Crowds had gathered to watch the parade. We did it last year and won and we did again this year! It was fantastic, I enjoyed every second of it. I felt like I was spreading joy. No-one should ever take themselves too seriously, dressing up like an idiot and dancing around the street, makes people smile.
Doing something like this gives you a real sense of community, it was brilliant. My Daughter was so excited she was up at the crack of dawn and in her outfit, and then kept asking me, "When are we going Mum?". It was great for Mother Daughter bonding. I loved getting involved in it and look forward to doing it next year.
It looks like today I can wear one of my Summer outfits! Thank goodness for that, my Summer wardrobe thinks it has been made redundant....come on sunshine we need a few weeks of warmth and sun!
Sunday, 26 June 2011
Sunday, 19 June 2011
Brand new customers only!
I am a member of the AA and have been for 7 years. This week they really annoyed me. They sent through a statement to say they were going to take £178 off me for the year, 2 days before they were going to do it! I nearly fell off my chair at work when I saw how much it was.
I immediately went online and googled the RAC who were offering £69 without home start. I rang the AA and said, "You are having a laugh if you think I am paying that,". They then gave me some old blarney about on their website I can discounts for various concerts, tyres, etc. I then said, "All I really want you to do is fix my car if it breaks down,". I am not interested in some website with discounts, that A) I never knew about anyway, B) I would never use it, C) Never heard so much rubbish. I then said, "I am walking unless you do something.". The guy said straight away we'll do it for £70!
I am flabbergasted they do this, where is their customer loyalty? I have come to the conclusion they are not interested in how long you have been a customer and more interested in bumping up their prices and hoping you won't notice so they get more money! I am sure there are loads of people paying more than they should without knowing. From now on I am going to check everything carefully. I saved myself £107 for a few minutes on a phone call.
I immediately went online and googled the RAC who were offering £69 without home start. I rang the AA and said, "You are having a laugh if you think I am paying that,". They then gave me some old blarney about on their website I can discounts for various concerts, tyres, etc. I then said, "All I really want you to do is fix my car if it breaks down,". I am not interested in some website with discounts, that A) I never knew about anyway, B) I would never use it, C) Never heard so much rubbish. I then said, "I am walking unless you do something.". The guy said straight away we'll do it for £70!
I am flabbergasted they do this, where is their customer loyalty? I have come to the conclusion they are not interested in how long you have been a customer and more interested in bumping up their prices and hoping you won't notice so they get more money! I am sure there are loads of people paying more than they should without knowing. From now on I am going to check everything carefully. I saved myself £107 for a few minutes on a phone call.
Wednesday, 8 June 2011
Operation bingo wings ahoy!
As I am getting older my arms have got really flabby. I find some short sleeve tops are tight across the top of my arms. When I wave my arms I have this wobbly bit doing it's own thing underneath. I decided to start operation bingo wings. I went to Tescos and bought some weights. I could hardly lift them into the trolley (there are 3 in a pack). I struggled getting them into the car. I also bought myself a fitness ball.
Tonight is the night I am blowing up the ball and getting my dumb bells out. I used to got to the gym so I know what to do. For the last few Fridays I have been cylcing into work (16 mile round trip) and then running at lunchtime. Not ideal doing it all in one day, but with various other committments it is the best I can do. On Saturdays I am really tired, I am hoping I get used to it more as the weeks go on. I call it fitness Friday. I am hoping the weather picks up so I can wear some of my Summer wardrobe which is lying redundant in my closet!
Any way must dash got a ball to blow up!
Tonight is the night I am blowing up the ball and getting my dumb bells out. I used to got to the gym so I know what to do. For the last few Fridays I have been cylcing into work (16 mile round trip) and then running at lunchtime. Not ideal doing it all in one day, but with various other committments it is the best I can do. On Saturdays I am really tired, I am hoping I get used to it more as the weeks go on. I call it fitness Friday. I am hoping the weather picks up so I can wear some of my Summer wardrobe which is lying redundant in my closet!
Any way must dash got a ball to blow up!
Sunday, 5 June 2011
Britains not got no talent!
Once again Britain has got talent has been proved wrong! I can not believe the low grade standard of the programme. I did not watch one single episode, my Husband told me he caught a bit of it with a girl on it singing Lady Ga Ga in the semi-finals and she could not sing! Why do people watch this and give it the ratings? May be I am totally missing the point of it, as I see no point in watching it.
The only small snippets I have seen is a few barmy women dancing with their dogs on stage. Why is that entertaining? I hope that was the last one. I am not sure if my opinion is in the minority,I would prefer to watch paint dry to be honest with you. I did not see the who the winner was, some bloke from some where or other. I hope he goes onto be more of a success than last year's winner who was some acrobatic dance group that I have never seen on anything either (No I did not watch that one either, I saw them on This Morning). Okay so admitidely Susan Boyle and Paul Potts were launched from obscurity into mega stardom. It did give them a platform that they never would have had if it was not for the show. Pleas no more dull talentless talent shows!
The only small snippets I have seen is a few barmy women dancing with their dogs on stage. Why is that entertaining? I hope that was the last one. I am not sure if my opinion is in the minority,I would prefer to watch paint dry to be honest with you. I did not see the who the winner was, some bloke from some where or other. I hope he goes onto be more of a success than last year's winner who was some acrobatic dance group that I have never seen on anything either (No I did not watch that one either, I saw them on This Morning). Okay so admitidely Susan Boyle and Paul Potts were launched from obscurity into mega stardom. It did give them a platform that they never would have had if it was not for the show. Pleas no more dull talentless talent shows!
Monday, 30 May 2011
Sky plus?
We cancelled our sky subscription, mainly due to it costing us nearly £60 a month and there is never anything on. 600 odd channels of rubbish. I think one of my main hobbies was flicking through the channels. I realised I only really watch free view channels. My favourite programmes are TOWIE (The only way is Essex) and The Vampire Diaries, both on ITV2.
I am not bothered by all those channels going, however, no-one told me Sky plus goes with it! I am absolutely gutted, I will now have to watch adverts! I know it is horrendous. I thought if you had the box you would still be able to use it and not have all the channels, but oh no! I am not sure how I am going to survive without Sky plus! Stiff British upper lip...sob, sob!
How ironic I went to publish my blog and there was a google add to join Sky! We did try and call them to see if they would give us a deal if we had our broadband and phone with them. We were then told all deals are for brand new customers only and you have to leave Sky for 1 year before you can get a free this that and the other. To get the full package including all your gubbings Sky would charge us an extra £90 for the privelidge....no thanks!
I am not bothered by all those channels going, however, no-one told me Sky plus goes with it! I am absolutely gutted, I will now have to watch adverts! I know it is horrendous. I thought if you had the box you would still be able to use it and not have all the channels, but oh no! I am not sure how I am going to survive without Sky plus! Stiff British upper lip...sob, sob!
How ironic I went to publish my blog and there was a google add to join Sky! We did try and call them to see if they would give us a deal if we had our broadband and phone with them. We were then told all deals are for brand new customers only and you have to leave Sky for 1 year before you can get a free this that and the other. To get the full package including all your gubbings Sky would charge us an extra £90 for the privelidge....no thanks!
Saturday, 21 May 2011
Big brown bug!
This week I was ambling around my house, when I saw what looked like a 2 inch piece of wood on the floor. I thought one of the kids had probably bought it in from the garden. I bent down to pick it up and realised it was a bug! A big brown bug! Ewe.
I quickly went and got a glass to catch it. Once it was in the glass I studied it closer fearing it was a cockroach. My senses soon returned when I realised cockroaches are black and shiny. This bug was the biggest I have ever seen, it was massive. It had little pincers at the front and brown wings. OMG I thought I was in an episode of "I am a celebrity get me out of here.".
I called my Husband and the kids to have a look. My Husband informed me he found it crawling up his leg and then put it in the bin. Phew, it crawled out the bin. What he was thinking of putting something like that in the bin I don't know. Obvious it could get out, as it has bloody wings. He took it into the garden and disposed of it.
I was flabbergasted to see such a massive bug in this country. I have never in all my years seen anything like it. I googled it thinking it might be from some foreign parts, but no called a brown bug and does come from this country. It really freaked me out seeing it in the house and I kept thinking are there any more, did it create a little nest in the bin and had some babies in it?
What it must be like living in Australia I don't know. One of my friends who emigrated there once found a load of cockroaches in her knicker draw. I said to her, "I would have thought you would be used to having a cock in your pants by now,".
On that note I'll be off! Have a nice weekend.
I quickly went and got a glass to catch it. Once it was in the glass I studied it closer fearing it was a cockroach. My senses soon returned when I realised cockroaches are black and shiny. This bug was the biggest I have ever seen, it was massive. It had little pincers at the front and brown wings. OMG I thought I was in an episode of "I am a celebrity get me out of here.".
I called my Husband and the kids to have a look. My Husband informed me he found it crawling up his leg and then put it in the bin. Phew, it crawled out the bin. What he was thinking of putting something like that in the bin I don't know. Obvious it could get out, as it has bloody wings. He took it into the garden and disposed of it.
I was flabbergasted to see such a massive bug in this country. I have never in all my years seen anything like it. I googled it thinking it might be from some foreign parts, but no called a brown bug and does come from this country. It really freaked me out seeing it in the house and I kept thinking are there any more, did it create a little nest in the bin and had some babies in it?
What it must be like living in Australia I don't know. One of my friends who emigrated there once found a load of cockroaches in her knicker draw. I said to her, "I would have thought you would be used to having a cock in your pants by now,".
On that note I'll be off! Have a nice weekend.
Sunday, 15 May 2011
Eurovision.....love it or hate it?
I watched the Eurovision song contest last night and absolutely loved it. I wanted JEdward to win. Blue did not do too badly, I thought they gave a good solid performance. Lets face it with all the political horseplay going on we were never going to win. All our European counterparts voting for their neighbours or a country they have had an altrication with. You have got to laugh at the scrupels of the contest. It is not about music, more for uniting Europe in a weird way. I was surprised that all the songs I saw were sung in English. For me it made it better to watch.
Next year I am going to have a Eurovision party where there will be lots of booze. I have decided it is better to embrace the singing (political) contest and celebrate it's tackiness. It is time we accepted it for what it is. The winners of the night I am sure will be JEdward, they will get some sort of advertising deal out of it. Anything, they do seems to turn to gold and I have to admit, I love'em, they are brilliantly entertaining, it does not matter that they can't sing!
Next year I am going to have a Eurovision party where there will be lots of booze. I have decided it is better to embrace the singing (political) contest and celebrate it's tackiness. It is time we accepted it for what it is. The winners of the night I am sure will be JEdward, they will get some sort of advertising deal out of it. Anything, they do seems to turn to gold and I have to admit, I love'em, they are brilliantly entertaining, it does not matter that they can't sing!
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