Peeves..............

OK so today I feel really crabby, its that time of month, its cold dank and wet and frankly just cant be bothered!!

I am sitting here at work really not wanting to be here, I am lucky at the moment that the IT regs still allow me to post on here, so I'm going to post and be all yukky and moody LOL. My motivation seems to have vanished along with the sunshine so hopefully when that comes back so will by motivation.

I have loads of photos and plenty of stash (well not plenty) there is more then enough that I could be getting on with.

So the latest news from me is mum has decided that she wants to see the house now, she realises that the house is just far to big and hard to manage now its just her on her own, so we have found a lovely 2 bed maisonette just around the corner and she is in love with it, we have also had loads of interest in her house which is always a good thing, just its just a case of watching and waiting and hoping it will all sort itself out. Also the estate agent well he is a bit of a lad I must say, he looked a little tangoed when I met him LOL - I think he needs to have a rest from the ole tanning beds LOL.

I know I said I was going to blog at least once a week, cant remember the date I last done one, so I thought I would get my trusted Blog Prompts list out and take one from there, and as you can see by the title its about pet peeves and there should be a law against.............................

My pet peeves, probably are the same as most others, I think for this one it will be in list fashion LOL:-

• Petrol Station attendants that stay on the phone whilst serving you and hold their hand out for the cash!!
• People who NEVER call back
• People who say "if only you had told me last week I was selling one!!!!"
• Cold Callers on a SUNDAY MORNING
• Learner Drivers in rush hour (sorry I know I was a learner once, but never in rush hour)
• Pregnant women chuffing on a fag
• People who hear my London accent then start talking to my in rhyme "whose on the dog and bone" "up the ole apples and pears" "ah lovely mince pies" do I look like a pearly queen LOL
• Or when you have a argument/discussion with your OH, and you say you always do that and they come up with the smart arsed comment "if I always do that then give me examples" oh that really gets my goat cos you know sods law says you cant remember a single example!!

I know there are a whole host more of annoying little things that I feel should just be law that they cant annoy me. Anyway I will try and think of something better to blog about next week, hey you never know the sun might come out and my motivation to come back and I could blog about scrap booking now theres a chance!!

Seeya xxx

Toot Toot

I know I have posted today, but only just got my photos uploaded and havent shared my new car with you loverly lot................so here is my sexy little black number..........isnt she yum....................

She is the new shape Seat Leon, fab and fun to drive......just thought I would share

Random Fact for a Random Monkey!

Ok so here are some random facts about me, I found this on Gems blog and as she hadn't tagged anyone in particular and I hadn't blogged I thought I would take this opportunity to blog and share some randomness about me.

The rules are to list 7 random facts/habits about yourself. Then choose 7 people to get tagged and list their names (don't forget to leave them a comment telling them that they have been tagged and to read your blog and they need to write the rules in their answer too). So...7 random facts/habits:

• Lamb will never pass the threshold of my house, unless it is a pet, as a child I had to eat what mum served but hated it from my earliest memory
• I cannot physically look out of a downstairs window, that backs onto a dark area like a garden, I am scared that someone will be starring back at me of pop up in front of me
• At nearly 32 I am still petrified of clowns, one of two things could happen if I came face to face with one 1. I could cry and turn into a blubbering wreck or 2. punch the living daylights out of whoever it is, and it could even be a friend playing a joke, I wouldn't see it!
• I had my last cigarette on the 14th August 2004, the day Roger and I moved into our first house together and am now officially the worlds worst ex smoker
• I kick boxed for several years, and competed
• I started Ice Hockey at school despite not being able to skate, and even now if you put me in those blue boots it will look like I have never skated a day in my life
• I have 2 false teeth at the front of my mouth, thankfully they don't look false, they were knocked out by a flying Puck and yes OUCH is the right word!

As for tagging someone, I think I am going to take a leaf out of gems book (blog) and let whoever hasn't been tagged to take this opportunity to share some randomness with the blogging community, but if you do then comment back here so I can go and have a peep.

Thanks for reading a little snippet of my random world, it was nice to invite you all in

Claire xx

Oh my goodness!!

Can you believe it !! its nearly a month since I last posted, so I'm sorry to those that read my dreary going ons, LOL but I really don't know where time has gone, I really am shocked that we are now in MAY!! whats that all about?

So May brings the end of the CC on UKS, which was a totally fab weekend, I tried different things, I actually worked outside my comfort zone and regularly over the weekend found thinking out of the box which was cool, I feel that as I have really only been scrapping for just over a year, I have found that I am comfortable with certain things like colours, embellies, number of photos etc.... and this weekend saw me scrapping more then 1 or 2 photos, and using different sizes have a look:-

And I found that because I didn't buy any kits I made things, like one of the classes needed a clock and I was able to make one, ok albeit not as perfect as the one that would have been in the kit, but I truly had fun making them!

Also, May brings loads of birthdays, my Brothers 41st!! I cant believe it was this time last year we were all in Mallorca celebrating his 40th! its mad where the hell has 12 months gone?

Also, sad to say it also sees the first anniversary of my dear dads death, its crazy, I sit here now and wonder how I got through this year, and to be truthful I cant answer that, I have had my days of realising that I will never see him again or have that hug and become inconsolable, but yet there are days where I think he is in a much happier and pain free place, I think I am one of those people that hide emotions as much as I can, and just get on, and try not to think too much about what is going on, I am not saying that I don't think about him because I do and a lot, like with the crap I am going through with work I could see my dad and have a good ole rant and he will tell me "oh stuff em tell to go **** themselves your better then them" LOL a true Irishman I can tell you, and he would listen even though I was probably boring the pants off him he would always shake his head and have an answer, or if he knew I needed to rant he would rant with me, and that is something I do miss a lot! funny isn't it, the silly things that get you.

Funny, the silly sod is always in my mind, maybe not always at the front, but is always there, you know my philosophy in life is never to regret, and 99% of the time that is so true, but sometimes I think "oh how I wish Roger and I had gotten married" you know just to save that little bit of pain on the day!! Hey ho never mind........................(just reflecting), it would have also been his 66th birthday on the 26th May!

I managed to get some old photos scanned the other week, and here are just a few of my favs:-

This is me and dad in our back garden in Putney, London in the early 80s (not a daddy's girl at all LOL)











Now I know full well that Mum would not be happy with this photo, but it is of mum and dad on holiday in Malta (2nd time) in the early 90s

This is a fav of mine, I have always looked up to Lee in more ways then one, and this was our first visit to Mallorca back in the 80's, how strange that we now seem to go there every year, as this is now where he lives, the birdy song obviously had a lasting affect on him hehe

Mum gave me a few of these photos, and have enjoyed finding things to do with them, and is nice to have them in my vast collection of photos both on my pc and the hard copy ones. I know mum has many many more for me to play around with so looking forward to getting my grubby mits on them too.

Anyway, I am sure I have waffled on far to much now so I am going to sign off - but not before wishing my big brother a happy birthday for tomorrow, and my several friends throughout this month, and a happy birthday to my dad I know he is probably reading this over my shoulder LOL, and I miss you more then you know xxxxxxxx

Thanks for reading peeps, promise I will get back to once a week (honest!) - I have been badgering a good friend (Sarah) for not updating hers, and she quite rightly pointed out my month absence today x

Catch you all soon
Clairexxx