A Book A Month

I'm thinking about doing just that. The year 2013 will be the first year for reading at least one book a month. I'm saying 'at least' because depending on the book, I might read a few in a week.. But then again, I literally decided to do this yesterday - that gave me 4 days to read one book. No worries, I can totally read a book in that space of time - if it wasn't 1000 pages long.

I could have picked any book but I had already started reading this one on Sunday. I think I already mentioned how familiar it all sounded, like I had read the first chapter before.. Well now I've come to realize that I've actually read the first 11 chapters before. I can remember everything I've read so far but it's coming up to a point I'm not familiar with. I'm hoping I haven't read this whole book before but I doubt I have. There are no marks anywhere in the book - meaning I've only read to about 200 pages in one go and then left it.

I think I might have to read the end of this book next month but that's fine coz I still have weeks to read another book and I'm a very fast reader. I'll blog about the books I read. For now I'm thinking I'll just read the books I've bought and never read - the ones gathering dust on my bookshelf so it's a variety of different types of books I'll be reading :)

Talking about reading books.. S said she didn't have time to read the Fifty Shades of Grey books but when she finally picked one of them up and started reading - she was immediately hooked, just like the rest of us. I'm sure she is nearly finished with them now and will be anxiously waiting for the movie, just like me. The wait ia agonizing..

Have a good day!

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Early Morning Part 4

The car finally past the MOT and it's good for another year. I think we should totally buy a new one after the summer, when we don't need this one anymore. The amount of money that has been put into this car, would have bought us a new one three times over. At least. But it's done now - except for that minor problem that still needs fixing. Hopefully it wont become as huge a problem as this frickin' seatbelt shit.

I am having breakfast in town. Next to my workplace. Didn't see the point in going home when I start work in 30 minutes. I'll just sit here reading a book or something. Probably the book I've started reading like 3 times and never read past the first chapter. I know this because last night when I started reading it again, I remembered everything that happens in those pages. Hmm nice. But I am determined to finish it this time around.

We went shopping with S and J on Friday. I hate shopping but I didn't find it that bad on friday and I found shit loads of stuff! I went shopping for new tops to wear at work - you know pretty tops, so I can blend in with all the pretty stuff - and I found quite a few of those types of tops. I also found other stuff - equally useful :)

Now it's time to eat some toast. Breakfast toast at Arnolds - could this day start any better?

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Working is great!

I'm working a lot at the moment. It feels like that's all I do nowadays and I'm loving it! There's a lot of good in working all the time; more time around people - less lazy time on the couch, more to put away in savings and let's face it - more money. There is a downside however.. Not a lot of time to spend with your loved ones, especially those closest to you who are used to getting the attention. It's bad. But I feel like we spend many hours a day together when I get off work, so what's the problem?

B hasn't been working a lot lately, and he's been spending more time at home - maybe cabbin fever has set in? I have some experience about little work and a lot time spent at home, and I can tell you this - it gets really boring, really quickly.

I just feel like we don't have that much to talk about at the moment. Or that we don't really click on any level and that is obviously making it even harder to make the most of these hours we spend together.. I don't see it getting any better since I'm working nearly every day except Sundays next month. It might get a bit tricky coz B isn't the most flexible or understanding. Hopefully it'll all be good and we wont fight as much as we did this month. Here's to hoping!

Ps. Maybe this Dropless January is ruing my relationship?!

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Early Morning Part 3

I'd like to say that getting up gets easier with the amount of mornings you do it, but it really doesn't. Or maybe it does but there would have to be less waiting around and more to do. I've got one more thing this morning and then it's back home to play with J :)

I went to the dentist yesterday. I didn't know what they were going to do and I was expecting what ever they did to hurt like hell but it didn't hurt at all. Not until the numbness went away and I thought my head was going to explode. I don't know why - maybe coz they cut a piece of my gum out or because I haven't had that much done to my mouth - but I felt really weird and sick to my stomach. I had to give in and leave work early.

So yesterday was a complete bust. I did nothing but lazy out on the couch eating painkillers, while B cleaned the house. Today will be a little different. I won't push myself but I'll do more today. I at least have to go to the tax office and into town to take my tax card into work. I was going to MOT the car again but there is still something wrong with it. The indicators still stopped working.

I listen to music through my ipod in the car, and that stopped working. Then I went to turn and the indicator didn't work. Well then I stopped at the shop and phoned J and he said to go over and take their car so he can have a look at mine and because I turned the player off completely during the phonecall, and didn't turn it back on - the indicators started working again. I have no idea what's wrong with the car. It's very frustrating. Hopefully we can fix it before I MOT it tomorrow. Shit.

Well it's time for my appointment now. Have a nice day :)

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Early Morning Part 2

Here I am again. Having coffee (Battery) with all the other early birdies. I think they've actually been to work and I'm just killing time but it's all the same. It's early. Too early to function without coffee (Battery) :) That sounds quite bad considering I've already drove around this morning, but it was an automatic so don't really need to do anything. It is true - you wake up easier and stay awake driving a manual coz you actually have to do some driving :)

I've got a dentist appointment this morning. I don't feel that nervous about it at the moment but I'm sure that I will - as soon as I walk into that office that has that smell. I could recognize it anywhere and feel that pinch in my stomach. But this is something I have to do if I want this thing to heal. Also, I should really book an appointment to pull the other two wisdom teeth that I have left. They say the upper ones hurt more to pull but don't hurt that much afterwards so it's all good.

I watched the most stupid cartoon EVER this morning before leaving the house. It was between the cartoon and the shopping channel. I couldn't handle the happy chatter about a fruit mixer so I decided on the cartoon. What a huge mistake. It had some animals and a girl. Some old guy and a tent. They spoke chinese every now and then and suddenly started singing for a few seconds. It reminded me of that SNL japanese talk show or what ever, it was just as confusing but not funny like SNL.

Now it's time to move on. Get in the car a drive towards pain and suffering. How lucky am I?

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Early Morning

The good thing about working 10- 18 is that you don't have to get up too early in the morning, and the bad thing is that when you one day do need to get up earlier than usual, you're not used to it and feel very tired. I am used to getting up at 8 - I like to sit around for an hour before I do anything and then slowly do my make up while watching programs. So today when the alarm went off at 6.30am, I felt a little pinch in my brain. But it's all good.

We had a meeting in work this morning and that is partly the reason I got up so early - the other reason was my desire to do that one good deed per day. I didn't want my friend to have to walk so far in the freezing winter morning, so I drove her to work and her job starts a little earlier than mine :) It was all good - I went for coffee and did my blog.

Now you might be wondering about that early morning blogging.. I did write quite a long post while having coffee (actually Battery - don't really care for coffee) but this piece of shit blogger app never published it. I've come to the conclusion that these free apps are great to use but not very trustworthy. That is quite mean - it normally always publishes, but then again it would be nice if it always published without a doubt..

I have decided not to dye my hair red. There's a few people who would really like me to dye my hair red again because apparantly it really suits me but it's just too much hard work. Also, if I ever get pregnant, I can't dye my hair for the duration of my pregnancy and it would look awful. Sorry guys ( especially E ).

Now it's back to work and hoping you have a wonderful day :)

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Healthy Living (probably) Part 37

As you all know, we've tried this healthy living - thing many times before and always failed. We've always given up and gone to Maccies or something. Well not this time. I know it's a bit early to say that - we've only been at it for a week but this time it feels right. We've done this so many times before that we now know what works for us and what doesn't. Actually, B has never taken part in this before and now he has, maybe that is why I feel like we'll succeed.

I've worked 6 days a week before, I've even done like 14 days in a row - but for some reason this 6 day working week felt like it sucked the life out of me. I didn't feel tired at all while working, but saturday night happened and I woke up at 2.30pm on Sunday. Maybe I felt like that because we're not drinking. I mean, I know it sounds weird because drinking makes you tired and hangover but not drinking makes you tired - apparantly.

So now I really need to get some more sleep because I'm working tomorrow. B is off for the next 3 days and I truly hope he'll eat healthy lunches because that's what I'm doing and even though it's not food I'm having for lunch, I feel just as full but not tired and cold like I would after a big meal. It's awesome and I want that for him too :)

Have an amazing new week everyone! :)

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Blogger Hates Facebook

I was going to post this picture with that last post but apparantly even blogger hates Facebook - the app wouldn't let me add this picture.

Fuck Facebook.

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FF

No, this does not mean FollowFriday - it refers to our beloved FB. This billion dollar social media business is fucking with a lot of people and pissing them off, and now I am one of them. When they first introduced the concept of Timeline, I wasn't interested. Then they said everyone would be stuck with it eventually and I thought I'd beat them to the punch and just start using it. I have never had a problem with it - until now.

For some unknown reason, Facebook has decided not to show what I've posted for this year. Ok it's not a lot since the year only started but why did it work normal in December and not work at all in January? What happened? And it's weird because like my sister can see everything I post but not E or B. What the hell? FF= Fucktard Facebook.

Enough bullshit.

It felt good to be back in my original job today. I hadn't been there for a week while getting used to the new job. We cleaned up most of the day. I should have known it was gonna be cleaning day - when the only woman at the workplace leaves for a week, the men live in their own filth. But it was really nice to see the boys again :)

We're getting new stuff in on Friday. I'm excited to see what we're getting but also a little worried about the fact that I have to put the stuff on show and it has to look good. But I guess it's just common sense and also, if i get stuck, I can just look around and get inspired by all the other stuff. Just as long as it looks as good as the other shelves and tables, it'll be a homerun :)

Just think - only 15 dropless days left! We're half way there!

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Closet.

I had every intention of cleaning the big closet yesterday. Then I got home from work, had food and watched some of my programs and went to my mums to get a top fixed.. I got back home for about 10ish and really didn't feel like sorting out the pile of clothes seen in the above picture.

But to have been able to take that picture, I had to get into the closet and drag all of those items of clothing onto our bed. So we did clean out the closet. Finally. It's been a long time coming and something that desperately needed doing.

First we took out Bs clothes - seriously a tiny tiny amount compared to mine - and folded those nicely and put them back in the closet. It took like 3 trips to carry Bs clothes and something like 7 to carry mine. Holy shit. Anyway, the pile was taunting but it had to get sorted out and it did. We got all of my clothes back in the closet in record time - only coz B helped me fold. Thanks Boo.

All in all, we managed to fill a huge bag with trash and now we can actually step into the closet and not have to bend over backwards just to reach the shelves. Doing the closet took us about an hour and 15 minutes - not even close to how long B thought it would take. And there you have it - I am truly learning to keep the promises I make myself - because what is the point in keeping promises made to other people and not the ones made to yourself?

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Mystery Man Revealed

I popped down to the shop with her boo and I finally have a face to go with the name I'm hearing so much. He didn't look at all like I imagined and exactly the way he should look to fit his personality. He was funny and didn't look like he was awkward around me - very hard to do since apparently I'm very straightforward and might come on too strong. Hmm. I wonder if that is true? Hell I wonder. I know it's true, but he took it like a man and was fine with it. He will fit in great :)

Next time he is in town, they should come over to our house for some food and drink and make a nice night out of it. Also, there is that little test with B to see if they get along and how mystery mans english skills are. But as always - get a few drinks in you and the english will come.

I am so happy I finally met him and hopefully they'll find what they are looking for - in every way.

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Mrs Lonely

I am so lonely. There is no one out today. I mean yeah there's a few people here and there, but mostly it's quiet and I'm dying for some human interaction.

My friend I said, she would stop by to introduce her boo but she's not been in yet and it's getting late. Hopefully she'll actually come, otherwise I don't think I'll ever meet this mystery man. I'll give her another 30min and then I'll phone her in panic, asking her where she is. She walks into town in about 15min so either he is really slow or she's been murdered. Meet my best friend at the moment - my imagination.

I so wish we had a hoover. I mean - it's fine to sweep the floor but it would be even better to hoover it. Also, there is quite a lot of dust everywhere.. hmm. Been sneezing all day long. So annoying. Lonely and annoyed.

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Winning Feels Good.

I completely forgot about this competition we had in work between 3 shops, and now I've learnt that I won! So subconsciously I must not have forgotten, why else would I have made such a huge improvement that secured me the prize? I am as happy as I could be :) How wonderful - winning really feels good!

I don't know yet what I'm getting for being so good but it'll be something good, I can just feel it.

I'm surrounded by beautiful things once again. All day today and all day tomorrow I get to gaze upon all the pretty things. I wish I had a new built house that had nothing in it and I got to fill it with stuff on an unlimited budget. Holy shit that would be nice :) Just something to fantasize over while doing a bit of cleaning.

I think we're getting the car sorted as well. It's getting fixed just in time for the MOT and when it passes, we can drive it for another year. Wonderful! I am in a happy mood today and I shall take that mood with me home and clean out that goddamn closet.

Also, I wish we had a hoover in work.

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Weekend Worries

We were totally going to clean up house this weekend. That big closet needs sorting out. We've done it once already but we're messy and it's in a right state again. We were supposed to clean it today but we didn't. We'll have to do it tomorrow. I need to sort out my clothes out. It's been fine coz I've not needed to wear normal clothes in work before, but now I do and so I need to be able to find clothes in the morning.. hmm.

B cleaned out the kitchen today. I mean really cleaned it out. There was something like 8 bags for the bin. Holy shit. I cleaned out the coffee table. That's it. How lazy of me.. I'll be cleaning the closet tomorrow.

We've also started our healthier life. Veg with chicken and salad with pork. Salad for a light evening meal and soup for lunch. So at least 4 meals have been healthy. We also decided to have candy only one day of the week instead of whenever we felt like having it. I'm also only having a light lunch everyday I'm working. Bananas, apples and diet drinks. Exercise has also been a part of our plan, but we haven't made that a reality yet.. But we will.

I'm thinking this might actually work this time. Why wait? I'll be 24 in February. I should be getting my life on track for the success I'm hoping for, and all that is just wishful thinking if I don't focus and reach my goals. This will work and it will be great. I can feel it!

Have a successful start for the new week!

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Oh Dear..

After more than many years of practice, I am sure in saying - I can't wrap to save my life. I could be here practising day in and day out and I would never get any better. OK, I can agree that's not true, coz it's totally possible to learn but getting everything to look good, keeping it looking good while wrapping and having it look good when you're done wrapping - that is a challenge.

Other than that - it's going great. I've not had many problems.. Usually the problem is the price of something. I'll be easier with new stuff coz you have to price it all and that makes it easier to associate a certain price with a certain item.

I don't want E to think I can't do the job so I'd better get practising since 'practice makes perfect' right?

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Up and Running

I was so happy about my new super phone, doing the blog and photos etc. Then I found out this blog app I was using didn't work anymore. I didn't really think of taking my tab everywhere with me, you know just in case I felt like blogging since the app still worked on it but today I figured out that the app on the tab had changed it's name! So like a good girl I went on Google Play and downloaded the app again. Holy shit it's working! Halle-fucking-lujah.

So apparently 'how long is too long?' was way too long. It's been over a month again. Holy shit. Well I've got a lot new stuff to take photos of, since I now work at the most amazing shop ever! The stuff in here is so beautiful, I'm constantly worried I'll knock something over. Bull in a China Shop anyone? :) Yesterday was my first day and thankfully E was here with me, since ME = NERVOUS WRECK. But it was amazing and I was nervous for no reason what so ever. Because E was with me. All day. Today I'm all alone. No E. All day long. Holy shit.

I've been here 15 minutes and I'm totally freaking out. But I think I should really do some cleaning because that is really relaxing - not because I enjoy cleaning, but I'll have more to do and less time for freaking out.

But I couldn't be happier! And I think S might be a bit happier from now on - now that I can update the blog on my scifi phone :)

BTW! I giftwrapped the stuff in the picture. With Es help but still. I. Giftwrapped. Something. And. It. Looked. GOOD! Never thought that was possible.

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