Its soo me

I love this background it is so me Red and Hearts. Yummy and I did it all by myself, unfortunatley I lost the photo's but I am sure I can get them back on, if I concentrate. I have always fancied myself as a rock chick! I really like fiddling around with this blog, it feeds my artistic tendancies.

Right off to download more widgets

Did I mention its 6 days to my hollybags? No? well it is

Continuing on the theme

as a grumpy woman. Tonight in broad daylight I saw 2 young men obviously worse the wear for drink lying on the bowling greenand one them just stood up an urinated. No shame. Then we were harranged by 3 kids drinking whisky. Last week a friend had her kicked by a different goup of lads. Stupid thing was there was 4 drunk of them and 20 of us all sober wearing boxing gloves. Wonder what the Police would have made of that had we retaliated?
Anyway sick of moaning, had a good work out tonight was hoping for a better outcome weight wise before my hols but its not to be. Hey ho.

Speaking of holidays a week tonight I will be sitting at Los Balcon with an ice cream and foa treat I may have my cornet dipped in warm chocolate. OLA!

As I get older

I seem to get less tolerant. There are a lot of rude people out there and I don't think they realise that their rudeness makes them ugly. I work in a big city centre hospital and there are thousands of people walking around staff, patients, reps & reli's. No one smiles no one acknowledges you - even when you hold open a door. I admit I may look one sandwich short of a picnic going around with a smile on my face but at least I am making an effort.

So come on peeps put a bit of effort into being pleasent.

Only a week to my holidays - my Nano is loaded and ready my holiday clothes are almost ready, toiletries are bought - what next?

If only they could talk

We have 2 dogs Jasper who is 5 and Nico who is 7 months. For the last 2 weeks or so Jasper has been a bit flat, he has been to the vet who couldn't find anything wrong but he did yelp (Jasper not the vet) when his paw was touched so we assumed that some bousterious play and he had been injured so the vet perscribed an anti inflamatory. He hasn't improved really and I was so worried on Saturday morning becuase he seemed so down, wouldn't come back into the house, was hunched and head down. We lost a cocker a couple of years ago with a twisted gut and it makes you nurotic you are constantly watching for the symptoms and they looked similar. I was sooooo upset.

So taking no risks at 6.30 am off we went to the emergency vet, who gave him a examination fingers and thermometers where a boy would prefer not to have them! all she could find were some mites in his ear. We walked him up and down and although he was hunched in pain there was no obvious source. Blood tests were all completly normal which was re assuring.

The vet decided to treat the mites and said as soon as I put the drops in he will shake his head. But Jasper couldn't and it was obvious it was his neck that hurt . So she gave us some Tramodol tablets which she said would space him out but should ease the pain.
He is a new dog today, he even had a roll on the grass so they are working. Goodness knows what he has done to his neck but we are a lot happier and so is he. So its off to the local vets tommorrow to see about some x rays.

AND Nico got promoted to the next class up at dog training and he has just fallen in love with a 4 month old golden cocker called Molly. Awh shucks.

Shame on you

for not beleiving that I'm equal to a 5 year old. Yep I did it !!! whoo hoo.

Even managed a music video!

Ipod nana

Yes I know its a Nano but I feel a reet nana as they say in these parts. How difficult can this be? 5 year olds seem capable of choosing a few songs ( and if the radio reports are correct they have even worked out how not to pay for them!) and downloading them - me ? not a chance I have down loaded the programme at least 3 times and still no luck. Are there any 5 year olds still up that can help me please?

Aha and fuel - I shopped at a well known supermarket at the weekend and got a voucher for 5p off per litre, only problem is the nearest petrol station is several miles away at Kingston Park, but as I need the old engine juice off I went, whilst I was there I bought more bits and peices for my holidays like a new hat (well one can never have enough!) then went to get the fuel. Guess what? They had coned off the forecourt. My gasted was flabbered, but I was determined and I found a space between 2 cones and squeezed in, followed by half of north tyneside. The woman rushed over and said I could try the pump but they were out of gas. I could have cried but being made of stern stuff I gave it a go..... and guess what



I got a whole tank full :-)

Baby's first hair cut

Ok so technically the puppy is not a baby. Today Nico had his first hair cut. He has been suffering in the heat (being black) and we think he is a working cocker because his coat is quite thick. I rang lots of people looking for someone who knew what they were doing with cocker's. I was told all sorts of different things - the most frightening was that I would have to do the stripping and it had to be done daily!! The woman we use for Jasper is too fond of the clippers for my liking and we didn't want Nico's coat ruined.

So it was back to Bothalhaugh where the wonderful Rob hand stripped him - result sleek shiny dog but all his baby curls have gone. He looks much happier and he wont have to suffer the daily tat removal (for a while any way).

Into the Dragon's den

Its back - I like dragons den - I don't always understand it but I do like it. I wish they weren't so rude though.

Good fit camp tonight except I got a medicine ball in the chin note to self must duck next time!

Sophie & Heather turned up late but so far we didn't get press up punishment. Fingers crossed he forgets on Wednesday.

I have a friend who has a friend

who this week is a competitor on 'Come dine with me'. I have caught the odd episode but my friend, whose friend... watches it religiously every week. So I have taken an interest my goodness those people can bitch! The episode I just watched was a group of women from Brighton and each evening (Mon - Fri) they take turns at cooking a 3 course meal with the chance of winning £1000. But how rude are they behind each others back??

What do you do if there is something on the menu that you hate - like figs, or my case tomato given that most dishes appear to have tomato in them I'm stuffed!!

My friends friend was cooking last Friday and the result? ....... you'll have to wait and see.

Get fit out doors

Went training and it stayed dry, unfortunatley the ground was wet from days of rain so muddy knees and bums are the order of the day. Good session this moning, running, crunches and then a game of ? well football sort of crossed with net ball with a bit of gaelic football thrown in. We also had twin 6 yr old helping out. Was good fun.

Anyone wondering what a 49 year old women in the prime of her life is doing sitting here bloggin on a saturday night when she could be out having fun? = Yep me too.

Rain Rain go away

...come again another day.

More rain and not gentle summer cooling rain but the real heavy wet through type. Thankfully my pots like it and probably need it too. The Clematis is blooming and so beautiful (Photo to follow) but I am most pleased with it. Only a few months ago it was a wizand stick bent against the north east gales and now it bears rich purple flowers.

Still some sun would be nice, we actually have the central heating on - well I turned it off on prinicple ;-).

This is one of the most spectacular areas in britain, thankfully the weather saves us from being over run like the south west, and giving my feelings on people who are unable to park maybe rain is good.

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Festival

I like living in Tynemouth - I really do. Usually its a pleasant place most people know each other, the beachs are some of the best in the country, the pubs, wine bars and restuarant's cater to every taste.

This weekend has been the 'Mouth of the Tyne' Festival, its the son of son of son of the old fish quay festival that died a death about 5 years oago. I quite like the festival there is a variety of music, face painting (I'm Guessing here because I have never acutally been) etc.

Its the parking that drives me nuts, there is unlimited free parking on Beaconsfield with a bus every 10mins to the viallage (A brisk walk is the same time) but no people just abandon thier cars on street corners, pavements and stuff, even the back lane is full.

On a postive note, the streets are clean and the bins full which is as itshould be, and I know that when I am out with the dogs at 5 am the men will be out empyting them.

All will be quiet for another 12 months.

Business Meeting ;-)

I have just had one of the best business meetings in a long time. everytime Karen and I arrange to meet one of use gets held up or called away. or interuppted. So we arranged to meet 'off site' in a wine bar in Tynemouth. It was brilliant. We got through our agenda agreed a plan & timeframe and still had time for a glass of wine and a catch up.

It was soooooo productive we are going to do it once a month, in fact we may push the boat out at the next meeting and have tapas.

Saw an odd thing tonight, a bloke walking on the pavement playing an electrice guitar not connected to anything, singing his head off

Save our Fish and Chips

We went for fish and chips last night because we had a viewing and by the time they viewed its late and you don't want to cook etc etc. Any way I lurve salt and vinegar on my Fish and Chips but now you can only have a little bit of salt becuase its not good for you - but neither is fish and chips surely if you only have them occasionly that's ok? Shant be having them again if I cant have salt.

I have noticed my bloggs are becoming a little obsessed with food, and food is a fuel if you're fuelling the body you have to cary it around and on a 3K run that's heavy.

No more blog's about food - promise.

lovely Sunday

Now normally I am not overwhelmed by Sunday its all a bit repitious and it since Antiques Roadshow finished its quite boring. However Sunday gone was brill. I went to Isabella crop circle for the morning and produced a lovely page - thanks Chris and Jackie, then I went for lunch with Mum tot he Astley Arms. Only problem is that all you want to do is go to sleep after a big meal, but we struggled on and went to Seaton Delaval for ice cream - best in the county.

Watched rubbish TV ! most pleasing then..... The husband arrived back form his road trip to Scotland - hey ho! Still the bar has been set.