Well hubby is back from his weekend away, the weekend that I have been secretly dreading for a few weeks.

Hubby went to his Mums, to try and help with some family issues, and although I am used to him out for all hours at work, the night's I have spent without him over the years have been few.

Like most marriages we have our up's and down's but being without him for a weekend was the first time that I had spent a weekend on my own in nearly twelve years together, I was lonely, I missed his conversation and moaning, cooking food didnt have the same allure to a point that I allowed the children to choose what they wanted to eat, out of interest they chose Spaghetti Bolognese Saturday, and then Pizza Sunday, easy 

We kept busy the whole time with parties and trip's out so it was not too bad on the boredom front and I spent the evening's talking to friends and twittering of course,the kids were well behaved but underneath it all the house didnt have the same buzz, the t.v held no attraction without someone to watch it with, the bed felt empty, the house dare I say it tidier.

I guess the point of this blog is that at bad times (and we all have them) considering life on my own with the children has always seemed do-able however after spending what for most would seem a short time, I have re-evaluated that I cannot function properly without him nor would want to.

I Thank God for what I have, and maybe a few more marriages should have the occasional mini seperation, it makes you think, that's for sure

Still if he could pick his clothes up off the bedroom floor, life would be perfect lol

 

I know slap on the wrists!

Anyway the weight loss news is big...well a big loss really! So far have lost 13.5lbs...only half a lb away from the magical stone! Am chuffed to bits especially as the last few weeks have been stressful and busy...home moves...agm's...work....you name it!

The EA Active on the Wii is brill, can't recommend it highly enough, no matter what the weather is like you've no excuse and 20 mins is nothing five days a week.

Now come on if you want to make a change....just do it as the ad says!

Following on from my last post....

Twitter is also doing my head in, since they decided to fuck around with the @ reply thing and in the process slowed down my "twittersteam" its no fun at all, I cant join conversations that I cant see, cant see people debating issues, and also have no idea what the people I would speak to all the time are talking about because they may be talking to someone I dont know, what a load of toss it has ruined twitter for me in many ways!!!

Nuff said again.

(going to bed before I find something else to moan about, like Television or the state of cabbages these days)

God its doing my head in. I am trying to keep a happy side but fuck me its hard!

Nuff said.

I was saddened and distressed yesterday to see the front cover of OK magazine displayed in the local shop which happens to be right outside my children's school, the said cover depicted a dying Michael Jackson on a stretcher with a breathing mask over his face, eyes closed and if not dead then dying.

My daughter turned to me and said  "Mummy is that Michael Jackson dead? "  to which I replied yes I think so, to which she said "I have never seen a dead person before" 

I am appalled that this picture is A, allowed on a front cover and B, allowed to be published full stop.

I am all for freedom of speech but surely when this becomes the norm we have reached an all time low, death for many reasons should be a private affair, those last moments of a persons life are sacred, and if as a country we accept this and allow OK magazine to sensationalise death in this way, where does it end?

I remember many years ago now a ban on publishing pictures of the dying  Princess of Wales, it seems that if she were to have died in the year 2009 she would not have been allowed the same dignity and privacy.

I know a lot of people did not like Michael Jackson for what he was accused of, (and found innocent of) but that really is beside the point, the time that you show any picture like that in full view of children, then you have overstepped the mark whoever it is.

I was told that by tweeting about how wrong I felt it was I was doing OK magazine a favour and giving it publicity, but I do not agree, we should stand up for things we do not agree with and I am not saying we go back to a secret society where we do not know things, but the bounds of decency have been crossed.

I don't want to have to deal with the look of horror on my children's face, and of course am aware that it is part of life, but has life been reduced to how many magazines you can sell?

Somebody's brother/father/son is all I keep thinking and how would I feel?

Shame on you OK magazine

Heal The World
Make It A Better Place
For You And For Me
And The Entire Human Race
There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me

I believe it is wrong, how about you?

Ive had a lovely week away in Devon. I even managed to get some sun and had a red chest like a robin! I’m (a)pealing now though ;o)

Stayed in a beautiful cottage in a little village, and really enjoyed the peacefulness of it all. Main highlights were visiting the Plymouth Gin Factory and had a little tour and lunch in their restaurant. http://www.devon-online.com/attractions/plymouthgin/Welcome.htm. Did some shopping in the new Drake Shopping Centre and bought my nieces 18th birthday pressie.

It was fascinating to see how they make Plymouth Gin, and had a tasting. I like G&T’s but Plymouth Gin is so smooth that I actually liked it on its own. Wasn’table to drink too much as I was driving. But certainly brought a bottle home with me. PlymouthHoe is also worth a visit, though was a bit blustery on the day I visited. Great views of Drake Island and the little boats coming in and out of the harbour there. There was a guy scuba diving just outside the harbour, not sure what he was looking at but was fascinating to watch him.

Went for a day trip down to Cornwall and visited Polperro and Looe. The sun shone that day, and really enjoyed mooching around the little streets. Also had a day trip down to Dartmouth, such a beautiful place, and yes the sun shone there too. Went on a boat trip along the coast and managed to see some seals warming themselves up on the rocks. Was treated to lunch at http://www.thenewangel.co.uk/. Felt a bit under-dressed though in my summer skirt and top. Food was delicious and the restaurant is right on the sea front, so a lovely view while your eating.

Burgh Island is lovely to visit too. http://www.burghisland.com/ I didnt stay at the hotel, tad pricey for what it is in my view. But walked across the sands to the Island from the main land and had lunch at the pub there, Pilchard Inn.

Went on a few boat trips, I just love the sea. Its so nice to sit back and relax and be on the sea and watch the coast line go by.

I met up with two of my cousins who now live in Devon and who I haven’t seen since their brothers wedding nearly 20 years ago. I think we were all a tad nervous, but we soon got chatting as if no time had passed at all. Was lovely to see them and spend some time with them, caught up on all the family gossip. I am planning to go and visit at the end of August as they are having a family party and their sister and brother will be there too, so more reunions.

So I’m now feeling refreshed and relaxed but not sure how long that will last! lol

x x x

This is a game I would like to play with Perez Hilton's head and my cane. I would love just 5 minutes to whack, whack, whack,whack!

How can someone think they can run around taking pride in insulting others and not think they have a can of whoop ass coming their way? Are you really as ignorant as you act? Did you really think someone wasn't going to punch your lights out someday? Why oh why couldn't they have started with your mouth??? Do you really believe yourself to be an innocent bystander who don't deserve it?

And why in the world did he have to bring him being gay into anything? He is gay. So what? He didn't get his arse whooped because he is gay. He got it whooped because he has a big fat obnoxious insulting mouth. Is he seeking sympathy from the gay community because he can't get it anywhere else? Will they sympathize with him? Can anyone sympathize with him?

I know I can't. He admits to using hurtful words against the other person. Pfft, what else is new? When is he not trying to hurt someone feelings. He of all people has the nerve to call someone else belligerent. Dude! Look in the mirror. What goes around comes around. Your just came back around to smack you in the face....

Twitter to many people means many different things.

To me Twitter means chatting with "friends" and finding out bits of information along the way, but I am constantly having to re-evaluate how I feel about the whole thing.

I have had periods where it has been amazingly good fun but then times when I have not enjoyed it so much, like now, when I have started to take things personally if things are said as a joke and I did not think it was very funny,or offended if I saw someone that I follow and is a friend talking to people and not talking to me.

I guess here the saying comes in "familiarity breeds contempt"

I realise now that Twitter has not to be taken too personally, and in fact the moment you do you are almost doomed.

A lot of people have been commenting on "Twitter Jail" lately where you get booted off for too many tweets, some have made duplicate accounts so that they can get around  this problem,

 I admit I did think about doing the same, however decided against this after realising that Twitter is actually correct to kick us off for too many tweets, as conversations are not really what the Twitter idea was, more a sharing of information.

Secondly I realised that if I was allowed free reign I would like everything else in my life become addicted, and any addiction will ultimately become destructive.

When I first started to use Twitter, it was important to me to have as many followers as possible, however now I am in the situation of having quite a few, I find that it becomes quite difficult to follow what is being said anymore.

I have my favourites "Tweeters" and like to think that I have made some good friends on Twitter but over the next few day's I shall be cutting my follower levels in a hope that those left are people that I enjoy tweeting with and more to the point enjoy tweeting with me.

Which I believe is the whole idea.

Your turn, what does Twitter mean to you?

These haven't come out so well with the copy and pasting but you can get the idea or go to their twitter pages to see the real thing. The first one is a 1-tweet randomer but I liked the avatar so much I followed back. With niallok and dailydreamer, I think they use the space very well. Phreak's one is just very pretty.

week three and bad news, put on 1lb. Now I'm not one for excuses but....! Na seriously my Leader said due to taking antibiotics more often than not the system is upset. Had been good but felt so rubbish I wasn't really eating as food had no taste. Anyway back motivated and a loss next week fingers crossed!