The sun was shining this morning. First day that has been like this in ages. Forecast is good too.
Called in at Waitrose on the way to work to get some stuff I can't get elsewhere. Going to give that evil free bread another try. Could be a coincidence I was ill the last time I ate it. Very expensive though at £2 for a tiny loaf.
Monday, 30 July 2007
Sunday, 29 July 2007
Sunday
Got up about 9am. Had some glutano crackers with honey. Altered the straps on my new dress for Wednesday. Managed to stab my finger with the needle in the process and get blood on my new, light coloured dress!! Managed to scrub it all off I think.
Lunch I had a baked potato with tuna.
Slept for a while in the afternoon.
Lunch I had a baked potato with tuna.
Slept for a while in the afternoon.
Saturday, 28 July 2007
Saturday
Got up about 9am after having some upsetting nightmares.
There was some sunshine early on so I took a few more photos of my shiny things.
About 10.30 had a baked potato with tuna and mayonaisse.
Talked to Amber and Gorz on MSN until about 1.30. Then went to sleep until about 5pm.
Then watched "Metropolis" (2001). Amazing film. Every scene a work of art.
Then talked on MSN and the chatbox for a bit.
There was some sunshine early on so I took a few more photos of my shiny things.
About 10.30 had a baked potato with tuna and mayonaisse.
Talked to Amber and Gorz on MSN until about 1.30. Then went to sleep until about 5pm.
Then watched "Metropolis" (2001). Amazing film. Every scene a work of art.
Then talked on MSN and the chatbox for a bit.
Friday, 27 July 2007
Friday
Back at work today but still feel gruesome.
Plan of action was to keep eating small amounts all morning so as neither to let any stomach acid build up nor eat so much that it made me sick. As of lunchtime seems to be ok. Still feel horribly dizzy though.
Very tired and dizzy in the afternoon. Got through the day. Got home and slept for an hour before cooking dinner.
Plan of action was to keep eating small amounts all morning so as neither to let any stomach acid build up nor eat so much that it made me sick. As of lunchtime seems to be ok. Still feel horribly dizzy though.
Very tired and dizzy in the afternoon. Got through the day. Got home and slept for an hour before cooking dinner.
Thursday, 26 July 2007
Poorly Thursday
Still unwell. Not at work today. Woke up about 6 am, had a cup of tea and fell back asleep until 11am. Got up and had another cup of tea. Then some more of the soup from the big pot I made yesterday. Went back to sleep at 1 pm until about 7 pm. Got up had a couple of baked potatoes and a bath and went back to bed about 9 pm. Got up around midnight and was sick. Spent the next couple of hours shivering and feeling terribly nauseous.
Wednesday, 25 July 2007
Still sick
Slept from 8.30 pm until midnight last night. Then I woke up and could not sleep again properly. Every time I closed my eyes I was sleep MSNing people. In the end I got up and took some Kalms (herbal sleeping tablets) at 3am.
Woken up by the alarm at 5.45 am. Watched the birds at the back door (door closed) as they all fled to the trees for some reason. I noticed a ginger tail moving along the path in next door's garden and thought there must be a new ginger cat in the neighbourhood. The face of a large fox emerged from the gap between the fence. He came right up to the back door and we were almost nose to nose before he noticed me. Then he ran to the middle of the garden and turned back and looked at me for a bit before dissapearing into the bushes by the old bench.
Then two squirrels decided to get amourous on the roof of next door but ones shed. For the zoologists reading they did it once, danced around the shed roof then did it again.
By 6.30 the garden was quiet again as all the critters began to hide from the waking neighbourhood and all it's noises.
I dragged myself to work despite feeling horrible and very dizzy. My perceptions are somewhat sharpened too. When people's feet made the train platform move slightly I felt it right in my head and it was unbearable.
Threw up at 10.40 am and 12.10 am. Mostly acid. Than again at 12.30 mostly the jelly I attempted to eat at lunch. Then again just before 1pm. and a final time about 2pm. I then went home from work.
Got home and had a small amount of rice and some water to try and help settle it. Slept from 3pm until 5.50 pm.
Got up and decided to use the precious bag of chopped, frozen sweet potato I have been hoarding since last Xmas to make soup. Can only get it at one supermarket (Waitrose in Bromley) that I hardly ever go to.
Woken up by the alarm at 5.45 am. Watched the birds at the back door (door closed) as they all fled to the trees for some reason. I noticed a ginger tail moving along the path in next door's garden and thought there must be a new ginger cat in the neighbourhood. The face of a large fox emerged from the gap between the fence. He came right up to the back door and we were almost nose to nose before he noticed me. Then he ran to the middle of the garden and turned back and looked at me for a bit before dissapearing into the bushes by the old bench.
Then two squirrels decided to get amourous on the roof of next door but ones shed. For the zoologists reading they did it once, danced around the shed roof then did it again.
By 6.30 the garden was quiet again as all the critters began to hide from the waking neighbourhood and all it's noises.
I dragged myself to work despite feeling horrible and very dizzy. My perceptions are somewhat sharpened too. When people's feet made the train platform move slightly I felt it right in my head and it was unbearable.
Threw up at 10.40 am and 12.10 am. Mostly acid. Than again at 12.30 mostly the jelly I attempted to eat at lunch. Then again just before 1pm. and a final time about 2pm. I then went home from work.
Got home and had a small amount of rice and some water to try and help settle it. Slept from 3pm until 5.50 pm.
Got up and decided to use the precious bag of chopped, frozen sweet potato I have been hoarding since last Xmas to make soup. Can only get it at one supermarket (Waitrose in Bromley) that I hardly ever go to.
Tuesday, 24 July 2007
Not well
I feel awful today. Really lightheaded and freezing cold. Am breathing only thanks to the awesome power of sinutab.
Took a ginger sweet to break the feeling of sickness - then threw up. Nothing worse than throwing up ginger.
The diagnosis of the folks on the chatbox, mostly Slide, was that I have cholera.
Went home from work at 4.30. Had two baked potatoes for tea. Spoke briefly on the phone to Mum and then went to bed.
Took a ginger sweet to break the feeling of sickness - then threw up. Nothing worse than throwing up ginger.
The diagnosis of the folks on the chatbox, mostly Slide, was that I have cholera.
Went home from work at 4.30. Had two baked potatoes for tea. Spoke briefly on the phone to Mum and then went to bed.
Monday, 23 July 2007
Monday again
Booked my annual leave from work. Let my folks know when and they booked the flights and e-mailed me to confirm. Ah sweet technology!
Weather grey and cloudy still. It rained on the way home from work and I got very wet.
Had rice pasta, tomato paste and tuna fish for tea. Big plate. Very Goood!
Weather grey and cloudy still. It rained on the way home from work and I got very wet.
Had rice pasta, tomato paste and tuna fish for tea. Big plate. Very Goood!
Sunday, 22 July 2007
It is Sunday
Got up at 7.15 am. Was wide awake by then. Had two evil free apple pies for breakfast with a cup of tea.
Found the 2001 anime "Metropolis" on Amazon for £4. A freind had recommended it and I thought at that price it was ok. so I ordered it.
Sunny outside early in the morning but serious heavy black clouds in the corner of the sky.
Spent some of the day sitting by the fire, with a hot cup of tea and a blanket reading about spring in Japan. It is almost August.
Found the 2001 anime "Metropolis" on Amazon for £4. A freind had recommended it and I thought at that price it was ok. so I ordered it.
Sunny outside early in the morning but serious heavy black clouds in the corner of the sky.
Spent some of the day sitting by the fire, with a hot cup of tea and a blanket reading about spring in Japan. It is almost August.
Saturday, 21 July 2007
Ah Saturday
Went for what I thought would be an hour long nap at 8pm last night and woke up at midnight (to the sound of my neighbours having a loud "discussion").
Nodded off again. Woken up sometime in the early hours by the "discussion" getting slightly louder.
Finally got up at 7.45am. Put a load of washing on and had a cup of tea. Chatted in the chatbox on and off.
News reports more widespread flooding :(
Had fried potatoes for breakfast.
My wildflower seeds arrived in the post. Going to wildly throw them around the garden in hope of some colour this year or even next.
Big thunderstorm at lunchtime again. Chatted on MSN to a freind and his freind in Malaysia. Slept from 3 until 6. Got up. had a cup of tea. MSN'ed some more.
Nodded off again. Woken up sometime in the early hours by the "discussion" getting slightly louder.
Finally got up at 7.45am. Put a load of washing on and had a cup of tea. Chatted in the chatbox on and off.
News reports more widespread flooding :(
Had fried potatoes for breakfast.
My wildflower seeds arrived in the post. Going to wildly throw them around the garden in hope of some colour this year or even next.
Big thunderstorm at lunchtime again. Chatted on MSN to a freind and his freind in Malaysia. Slept from 3 until 6. Got up. had a cup of tea. MSN'ed some more.
Friday, 20 July 2007
Sweet Friday
This morning it was dark like a morning in winter. By lunchtime the sky was black and a torrential thunderstorm resulted.
Then brilliant blue sunshine all afternoon.
Crazy weather!!
My cheap leopard jasper chip necklace from Pugster.com arrived. Ordered it about 3 weeks ago. Some things from the US take ages to arrive and others are here really quick - even if they are dispatched just as quickly.
Had a tin of smoked tuna and an avocado for tea.
Then brilliant blue sunshine all afternoon.
Crazy weather!!
My cheap leopard jasper chip necklace from Pugster.com arrived. Ordered it about 3 weeks ago. Some things from the US take ages to arrive and others are here really quick - even if they are dispatched just as quickly.
Had a tin of smoked tuna and an avocado for tea.
Thursday, 19 July 2007
Thursday
Today was actually a nice day until mid lunchtime. Warm, sky was full of clouds but fluffy white things mostly not endless suffocating grey.
They are installing a new phone system at work so have to switch off the old one. No phone for an hour so they said! Sweet bliss!
An hour turned into two and then into the rest of the afternoon!
It began to rain as I was coming home.
I decided to make a chicken curry for tea. As I was opening the cupboard a load of toasted almonds fell out and went bloody everywhere. Then when I tried to use a bamboo skewer to get out the ones that fell at the side of the fridge I stabbed my hand on it.
They are installing a new phone system at work so have to switch off the old one. No phone for an hour so they said! Sweet bliss!
An hour turned into two and then into the rest of the afternoon!
It began to rain as I was coming home.
I decided to make a chicken curry for tea. As I was opening the cupboard a load of toasted almonds fell out and went bloody everywhere. Then when I tried to use a bamboo skewer to get out the ones that fell at the side of the fridge I stabbed my hand on it.
Wednesday, 18 July 2007
We shall fight them on the peaches
My toes are still bruised. Slapped a load of arnica gel on them last night and some more this morning.
Was woken up between the hours of 3 and 4 am by helicopters outside. Someone probably shot someone else again.
I looked outside at the sky at lunchtime and thought "that sky is a really funny colour". Then I realised it was blue. That is how used to endless grey cloud I have got.
Got home in the evening. Had chicken, avocado and corn chips for tea.
Was woken up between the hours of 3 and 4 am by helicopters outside. Someone probably shot someone else again.
I looked outside at the sky at lunchtime and thought "that sky is a really funny colour". Then I realised it was blue. That is how used to endless grey cloud I have got.
Got home in the evening. Had chicken, avocado and corn chips for tea.
Tuesday, 17 July 2007
Peaches are the deadliest of fruits
This morning my toes were bruised. I blame Del Monte.
They hurt. Good job it is at least warm because no way could I have worn my boots today. I say it is warm. I mean cloudy and warm with only the occasional peek of sunshine. More heavy rain forecast for later today.
I ordered some wildflower seeds at lunchtime - doubt anything will grow but given the crazy weather we are having the plants might be fooled into thinking it is spring. I am suffering from a severe lack of summer colour and an overdose of overwhelming greyness. Not just the endlessly grey sky but none of the normally colourful summer plants seem to have come out anywhere. Summer just has not happened.
My cheap necklaces from silverspeck.com (pearl, carnelian, onyx and aventurine) arrived as did my 4 gig keydrive.
Had a chicken stir fry for tea. Not bad!
They hurt. Good job it is at least warm because no way could I have worn my boots today. I say it is warm. I mean cloudy and warm with only the occasional peek of sunshine. More heavy rain forecast for later today.
I ordered some wildflower seeds at lunchtime - doubt anything will grow but given the crazy weather we are having the plants might be fooled into thinking it is spring. I am suffering from a severe lack of summer colour and an overdose of overwhelming greyness. Not just the endlessly grey sky but none of the normally colourful summer plants seem to have come out anywhere. Summer just has not happened.
My cheap necklaces from silverspeck.com (pearl, carnelian, onyx and aventurine) arrived as did my 4 gig keydrive.
Had a chicken stir fry for tea. Not bad!
Monday, 16 July 2007
Monday Morning :(
Got up at 5.45am as always on workdays. Mercifully my eyes did not put up too much of a struggle against my contact lenses today. Every time I am spared war between eyeballs and fingernails it is a blessing.
Saw something curious on the way to work. A seemingly full plastic bottle of milk that was lying in the road by the little Tescos shop on the corner. It was gushing milk from a hole in the side of the bottle almost like blood from a wound. The milk was running in streams all down the road. It would have made a good photo were it not for the fact that had I approached nearer I am sure a car would have run it over and I would have ended up covered in milk. "No use crying over spilt milk" I thought and carried on to the station.
Warm but oppressively cloudy again this morning.
For lunch I had a bag of maize crisps, that have no evil milk or wheat in them, and a little pot of peach jelly with bits of fruit in.
Got home about 6pm. My parcel from lakeland.co.uk arrived so I now have some more electric candles and a good, non metal, pan flipper thing I can use in my woks without scratching them.
For tea had two baked potatoes with salt, pepper and vege marg.
Expecting Sainsbury's with some shopping between 8 and 10 tonight. They arrved about 8. Earlier the better then I don't have to stay up late.
Had an accident while putting the rice in the cupboard. A tin of peaches fell from the highest shelf and landed on the three smallest toes of my right foot. It hurts!!!
Saw something curious on the way to work. A seemingly full plastic bottle of milk that was lying in the road by the little Tescos shop on the corner. It was gushing milk from a hole in the side of the bottle almost like blood from a wound. The milk was running in streams all down the road. It would have made a good photo were it not for the fact that had I approached nearer I am sure a car would have run it over and I would have ended up covered in milk. "No use crying over spilt milk" I thought and carried on to the station.
Warm but oppressively cloudy again this morning.
For lunch I had a bag of maize crisps, that have no evil milk or wheat in them, and a little pot of peach jelly with bits of fruit in.
Got home about 6pm. My parcel from lakeland.co.uk arrived so I now have some more electric candles and a good, non metal, pan flipper thing I can use in my woks without scratching them.
For tea had two baked potatoes with salt, pepper and vege marg.
Expecting Sainsbury's with some shopping between 8 and 10 tonight. They arrved about 8. Earlier the better then I don't have to stay up late.
Had an accident while putting the rice in the cupboard. A tin of peaches fell from the highest shelf and landed on the three smallest toes of my right foot. It hurts!!!
Sunday, 15 July 2007
Sunday in Mid July
At least it has not been cold today. Almost sunny until about lunchtime when heavy cloud began to cover the skies.
Got up about 8am and had a cup of tea. About 30 minutes later I had some rice cereal with soy milk.
Spent some time on the chatbox where Tater was in fine form (in the Taterest sense of the phrase) and deeply upset about some proposed legislation that would lead to the banning of certain breeds of dogs in the US.
Read some more of East Wind Melts The Ice. Watched another episode of The Dream of the Red Chamber. For lunch I had more rice pasta with garlic and tomato sauce then I had a bowl of mixed tinned fruit to follow.
Went into the garden for a few minutes. Sprayed the peach coloured rose which has been in poor health this year. The yellow rose though which is right next to it has never been doing better. Put some plant food on the poorly rose and on my cherry tree and on my Japanese maple.
Went for a sleep about 1.30 but was woken at 3pm by a massive thunderstorm. Lay there listening to it for a bit and then got up and made a cup of tea (rooiboos, 3 sugar cubes, soy milk). Thunderstorm was huge but only lasted about 20 minutes.
Got up about 8am and had a cup of tea. About 30 minutes later I had some rice cereal with soy milk.
Spent some time on the chatbox where Tater was in fine form (in the Taterest sense of the phrase) and deeply upset about some proposed legislation that would lead to the banning of certain breeds of dogs in the US.
Read some more of East Wind Melts The Ice. Watched another episode of The Dream of the Red Chamber. For lunch I had more rice pasta with garlic and tomato sauce then I had a bowl of mixed tinned fruit to follow.
Went into the garden for a few minutes. Sprayed the peach coloured rose which has been in poor health this year. The yellow rose though which is right next to it has never been doing better. Put some plant food on the poorly rose and on my cherry tree and on my Japanese maple.
Went for a sleep about 1.30 but was woken at 3pm by a massive thunderstorm. Lay there listening to it for a bit and then got up and made a cup of tea (rooiboos, 3 sugar cubes, soy milk). Thunderstorm was huge but only lasted about 20 minutes.
Saturday, 14 July 2007
Sweet Lazyee Saturday
Got up about 8am this morning which is really late for me. I am normally up at 5.45am on a weekday.
Then I cleared out the bottom shelf of the food cupboard and chucked out everything that had been open a long time or was out of date. Mostly things like dried chick peas which in the real world I do not have time to soak overnight and boil for an hour. If I need em again I am getting them in a tin.
At about 9 am I had a glorious, post payday breakfast of two gluten free apple pies.
I watched 3 episodes of the Dream of the Red Chamber and worked on a literary dilemma with a friend on the chatbox in the morning.
Had a tin of smoked tuna fish for lunch out of the tin. Pure weekend decadence!
Then read East Wind Melts the Ice for about 30 minutes before I felt terribly sleepy. So I napped until 5pm.
Got up and resumed my chatboxing.
Listened to the sound track to the Dream of the Red Chamber and some other Chinese music in the evening. Lit my lanterns and put some other candles on. All twinkly!
Had rice pasta with tomato and garlic sauce in the evening.
Chatted on the chatbox and MSN a bit.
Then I cleared out the bottom shelf of the food cupboard and chucked out everything that had been open a long time or was out of date. Mostly things like dried chick peas which in the real world I do not have time to soak overnight and boil for an hour. If I need em again I am getting them in a tin.
At about 9 am I had a glorious, post payday breakfast of two gluten free apple pies.
I watched 3 episodes of the Dream of the Red Chamber and worked on a literary dilemma with a friend on the chatbox in the morning.
Had a tin of smoked tuna fish for lunch out of the tin. Pure weekend decadence!
Then read East Wind Melts the Ice for about 30 minutes before I felt terribly sleepy. So I napped until 5pm.
Got up and resumed my chatboxing.
Listened to the sound track to the Dream of the Red Chamber and some other Chinese music in the evening. Lit my lanterns and put some other candles on. All twinkly!
Had rice pasta with tomato and garlic sauce in the evening.
Chatted on the chatbox and MSN a bit.
Friday, 13 July 2007
It's Friday Evening!!!
Well finally work is over for the week.
It was payday today. I was bad. I spent £30 on books - got "The Abode of Love" by Kate Barlow, "Catch Me Before I Fall" by Rosie Childs and "East Wind Melts the Ice" by Liza Dalby. All non fiction - the first two autobiography.
I also ordered some more of those electric candles from lakeland.co.uk.
Then I saw a silver and jade fan shaped pendant on exoticandoriental.co.uk and I fell in love. I could not help myself. That was another £27.
So in return I have given up smoothies for the month to save money.
Just waiting now for Tescos to deliver my food shopping. I have a baked potato in the oven.
It was payday today. I was bad. I spent £30 on books - got "The Abode of Love" by Kate Barlow, "Catch Me Before I Fall" by Rosie Childs and "East Wind Melts the Ice" by Liza Dalby. All non fiction - the first two autobiography.
I also ordered some more of those electric candles from lakeland.co.uk.
Then I saw a silver and jade fan shaped pendant on exoticandoriental.co.uk and I fell in love. I could not help myself. That was another £27.
So in return I have given up smoothies for the month to save money.
Just waiting now for Tescos to deliver my food shopping. I have a baked potato in the oven.
Kendal Mint Cake
Ever wondered why Kendal Mint Cake is described as a cake when it fact it is an unbaked slab of pure sugar?
The world is a curious place ........
The world is a curious place ........
Thursday, 12 July 2007
So tired!
Work was hard, hard, hard today. Final push to get the exam results ready.
Last night I was so tired I fell asleep 3 times on the sofa. I really need the weekend.
Tonight I had this baked potato with tuna and mayonaisse for tea.
Spent some time on the chatbox and on MSN. So glad it is payday tommorow. I ordered my shiny things for the month today - coming from Silver Speck in the US so they may take a while to arrive.
Last night I was so tired I fell asleep 3 times on the sofa. I really need the weekend.
Tonight I had this baked potato with tuna and mayonaisse for tea.
Spent some time on the chatbox and on MSN. So glad it is payday tommorow. I ordered my shiny things for the month today - coming from Silver Speck in the US so they may take a while to arrive.
Wednesday, 11 July 2007
And so it is Wednesday
Another hard fast working day. Got through it as best I could. It was cloudy until late in the afternoon when the sun peeked out just a bit.
Came home and had rice pasta, tuna fish, tomato paste and mushrooms for tea.
Picture of the day is the Buddah on my shelf at work. He has lots of papers flowers arranged behind him which my colleague Vicky made some time ago.
Came home and had rice pasta, tuna fish, tomato paste and mushrooms for tea.
Picture of the day is the Buddah on my shelf at work. He has lots of papers flowers arranged behind him which my colleague Vicky made some time ago.
Tuesday, 10 July 2007
Day 1 - July 10 2007
Well welcome to my blog.
Reason for starting - if I dissapear, die, lose the ability to type them folks that knows me will know to come here to find out what the diddly poop is going on.
Saw a big black crow bird on the way home from work. He had got a piece of something that looked like nougat off the pavement. Think he was going to stick his beak together.
Work was horribly busy. I am so tired and it is only Tuesday. I decided on payday (Friday) I would order some more cheap necklaces from the US - the carnelian chip one will be good in Autumn and at Xmas. The onyx one will be nifty at halloween and for funerals. At only £4 they are fab and a bargain. Normally have to have pendants as I am tiny and necklaces are too long for me.
I am also going to buy more of those electric tealight candles from lakeland.co.uk. A couple more packets. So pretty at Xmas!
Dreaming of payday keeps me sane.
For tea tonight I think I will have some garlic grilled mushrooms and just for once I want not to eat tuna fish tonight. I have eaten it almost every day for a week. Cheap, easily storeable, versatile protein - but I would like one day a week without it!
Reason for starting - if I dissapear, die, lose the ability to type them folks that knows me will know to come here to find out what the diddly poop is going on.
Saw a big black crow bird on the way home from work. He had got a piece of something that looked like nougat off the pavement. Think he was going to stick his beak together.
Work was horribly busy. I am so tired and it is only Tuesday. I decided on payday (Friday) I would order some more cheap necklaces from the US - the carnelian chip one will be good in Autumn and at Xmas. The onyx one will be nifty at halloween and for funerals. At only £4 they are fab and a bargain. Normally have to have pendants as I am tiny and necklaces are too long for me.
I am also going to buy more of those electric tealight candles from lakeland.co.uk. A couple more packets. So pretty at Xmas!
Dreaming of payday keeps me sane.
For tea tonight I think I will have some garlic grilled mushrooms and just for once I want not to eat tuna fish tonight. I have eaten it almost every day for a week. Cheap, easily storeable, versatile protein - but I would like one day a week without it!
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