Sky really are the limit

(other satellite providers are available -use them!). I am fairly new convert to satellite tv but last year I converted to Sky+ becuase my favourite crafting programmes are on when I am at work earning the money to pay for my crafting obession.

My Neighbours who will remain anonymous becuase I have never met them put scaffolding up 3 months ago since then we have had various problems with the sky box and lost a few channels but we still had lots including films.

Came back from Scotland on Monday and no sky at all, now they tell you if its raining etc to wait so I waited till Thursday and rang them. They said they couldn't tell if it was the scaffolding or if there was a fault with the box and they would send a man. I asked if it was the scaffolding could the engineer move the ariel 'we will send him prepared' they said.
Man arrived and immediatley diagnosed the problem as the scaffolding really wasn't interested in the fact that I disagreed and that we'd had channels until last week end. So I said if its the scaffolding can you move the satellite dish. to which he told me he couldn't go up the scaffolding becuase they hadn't erected it and he wasn't insured. So how are you going to move the dish - I'm not says he - just wait till the scaffolding is down and left. Guess what? - Sky subscription cancelled. Customer service my ar*e!!

Its taken me a while....

but now I understand that sometime you have to set aside the feelings and needs of others and do it for you. Cramming lots of good fun (and in the case of fit camp hard work but good fun) into your life. So tommorrow I have re arranged my day and told the family that I will not be producing the usual lunch and I am going out to the Crop in Blyth.

Just need to deal with the guilt!

bank holiday

been in Scotlaand. Such a lovely day on saturday, one of the best shoe shops in the UK is in Ayr and I am rarely disapointed or empty handed (or footed!) Saturday was no exception. Then the icing on the cake was to find a pair of linen trousers in M &S sale that I have been looking for for ages. Being in the sale they were £15 cheaper than i was expecting!

The day rounded off beautifully with a meal at Checchini's. Try it its fab.

Unfortunatley Sunday was not so great. With someone complaining becuase I was cooking his breakfast. Now where I come from if someone cooks my breakfast I am grateful and would be happy to take what was on offer. I am afraid the day got no better. So once again the weekend ended with frustration (on my part).

Maybe I need to find somehting different to do with my time.

If you are ever in the Ayr area (and you should becuase its really a very nice place) go to the tea rooms at Rozelle. I don't know if it once was a country house but now its a gallery and tea rooms with lovely gardens/woodland and park area and ducks. excellent for a walk and the tea rooms are terrific. All decorated out a la Cath Kitson. Lovely home made cakes and they sell jam etc to raise funds for Cancer research. Excellent stuff
Horrible dive back - am always sad any way but the weather was atrocious really dangerous, heard later there was a pile up on the motoway but I am not surpirsed and just hope there was no one injured.

Extemes of emotion

Today started off badly with an email from BF to say that she was unable to go on holiday next month. :-( Child care problems and they really do have to come first, even though this has been booked for months.

So I started looking form someone to take her place on the holiday not as BF (that position will never be vacant) not so easy as you would think
So then we look at changing the dates but school holidays, babysitters, other peoples holidays so much to take into account.

However maybe just maybe its sorted so cross anything you can and hope taht we can go after all and today is not so bad after all - apart from the rain.

More about the dogs

The pup has started to become food agressive and its a worry. I have sought some advice and apprantley its becuase he is taking over as top dog from Jasper, which is very sad as Jazz is only 5! but its true, whilst Jazz has not been well he has prefered his basket rather than my bed, and guess who snuck in his place - yup pup. So I have to take over as top dog - not sure how I do it but I guess I get to sleep on the bed.

Down loaded my holiday pics. Shared them with the BF. She noticed something I hadn't. I took a photo of BF and her husband and behind them there was graffitti! how sad in a beatiful town like Nerja. I would like to think its not the local kids but who knows, it may well be them. I managed to get the photos onto face book and will try to get a couple on here too.

More about the dogs

I'm Back

From 34 degrees and brilliant sunshine to 15 degrees and rain. There should be a law against it. Its too cruel. I did wonder what would happen if the whole plane revolted and refused to disembark at Newcastle. But as ever I did the right thing.

Apprarntley its rained most days while i have been off but I don't care.
Actually it was a bit too hot to lie in the sun, and what with the BF's skin cancer op last year it really wasn't appropriate.

Still I'm busy putting my photo;s into an album a la Chris and Jackie at Isabella crop. Still can't control the bling.

So the hols.

Very hot, food excellent you must try Sabor Amour a thai restaurant on Burriana Beach owned by 2 dutch people - absoultley first class food. Also morrocan food very good. A daily swim and lots of reading and sleeping perfeck.

Its just making the effort to go back to work. Feel a little weird about it.....

Still not doubt I shall get over it!

What is it about dogs?

I have 2 cockers both male one nutered and one not (yet). When we go for a walk its like battle of the pee. First one goes then the other sniffs it and he pee's over the first one. Then the first dog (are you keeping up) then sniffs and wee's. It goes on for ages before I can eventually drag them away.

Officially right now I am on holiday and I probably should be on the Front street with a large glass of something cold , but I am so tired was up at 5.30 when the rain and thunder woke me and the dogs. The rain was a torrent several inches deep in fact so deep the pup wasn't happy walking through it. So now I'm ready for bo bo's.