So far in 2012 …

Family

Still trying to move things on with getting Jermaine moved back to Northampton but simply don’t trust the people behind it so it’s probably never going to happen. Our feeling is that this is cost driven and all they can think about is how much they can save money so this ‘has’ to happen and they’ll configure any package to be in Jermaine’s best interest whether it is or not!

Done a visit down to Kent already which was an epic event visiting several people in the one weekend staying all over the place in Kent and Essex.

Kids and Grandchildren all doing OK

Tech Stuff

Did a PC rebuild as it was just plain horrible. Pleased to say that after replacing some memory modules and totally reloading the OS, everything seems to be working OK.

Health

Been having Reiki sessions which are lovely, not been having massage which is a bummer as I really need it.

My eye cyst is getting worse to the point where my vision is seriously affected, am not even sure I should be driving to be honest. Hopefully I will get an appointment at the hospital to sort that out soon. Already made an appointment to get my hearing sorted, these hearing aids are horrible, am sick of not hearing people, it’s knocking my confidence so has to be sorted. On new medication for allergies which makes me feel tired and even more dizzy (yes, that’s apparently possible!) Ha a flu jab too so hardly a shock that right now I feel like crap!

Photography

I already did a blog about this. Loving it and can’t get enough. Not only do I enjoy the taking of pictures but also finishing them off in the edit phase or, ‘touching my subjects up’ as one sitter described it!

Plans

Still in the planning stage of two New York visits but do have the Spain trip all sorted now so that’s exciting

Comments

Budget Day

So, we have the ‘Let’s buy a whole host of gullible voters day’ with George Osborne. No doubt we’ll be told how employment is rising, how the deficit is falling, how we’re all so much better off now than we were (compared to what?). We’ll be told that there are still tough times ahead but that only a Conservative government can steer us through them. It will be pointed out how inflation remains low, how not raising duty on fuel has helped everyone as is seen by the current lower prices at the pumps (it’s going up again George). In short, I should listen to this budget later and decide to vote Conservative in May but, I won’t. Labour certainly did nothing to avoid the mess the country got in but they didn’t cause it. They made the mistake of trying to be too conservative, allowing high finance the freedom to cause a catastrophic cock up for which they took zero responsibility. They made the mistake of allowing Gordon Brown to take the job of Prime Minister, one for which he is totally...

Not a good day

Today is a very emotional one for me. I have no idea why that would be the case but apparently it is. For a day that had nothing pre-arranged this one has turned out quite busy. First, I agreed to take Matt for breakfast though I wasn't really hungry. He was being quite argumentative in the morning about some thing or other, I don't recall what exactly but some matter of politics where he was going to argue the toss whilst knowing little or nothing about it. But, even so, I was quite upbeat as Jermaine had gone to school on time ... no, scrub that, i was upbeat until I yet again had to tell Zoey to get her arse out of her room, downstairs, do her chores and get to school, that is when this day started to go downward. I spent way too much money on a new doorbell, true, we needed one but not one that cost nearly £50! This too has not helped. I went to see a garage that can fit parking sensors to my car, all well and good but they needed me to supply paint to match the circles up ...

Understanding the British

As a nation we are a funny lot. We get through the worries of life with humour. Not always good taste humour and the words 'too soon' are often mentioned! Now, this is not unique to us, many other countries adopt humour to get them through. I am going to show some ideas of humour here, don't shoot me, we're just musing this topic. Moment of silence for the people who agreed to live with shitty roommates because they "wouldn't be spending much time at home anyway" There is going to be a lot of pressure over the next few days to talk to friends and family. Fight it. Stay positive Anyway, you get the picture. Actually, most of those came from the USA. It's terribly British for one person to cough and a whole host of others stare and one person shouts, 'we're all dead now, he's got the virus'. Obviously it's not a joking matter but, without keeping our sense of the ridiculous we would go quite potty. Estimates c...

Steve from England

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