I ended up in an ambulance on sunday night after i seemed to have looped out for a bit ... i didnt recognise my room or the cat and kept demanding to know the date and year.i said that i'd made my cel fone case months ago, wheni facti made it that day. the paramedcs did a whole load of tests in my bedroom and then i was wheeled into the ambulance. Ewan slept through it all.i ended up in AMU at NNorwich university hospital,they said i woud have a CAT scan and then proceeded to do a battery of tests. Anyhoo to cut a long story short i had very high blood pressure and later they discovered that i ahave a urinary tract infection - both of which can cause confusion. It wasnt necessary for the scan as they said i didnt exhibit any signs of neurological damage. the BP went down a bit and they let me go home at about 6pm.. so I'm just laying about today. Ally is home and has been watching the kids who r now on school holidays.
Sorry for the shoddy typing and grammar ..doing this from my tablet. dont want to go near my laptop 'til tomorrow else i'll be forced to work. thanks for all the messages on whatsapp folks.
Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Sunday, February 15, 2015
Testing Ewan's Wellies
We bought Ewan some new wellies and army pants last week as his old pair of wellies were to small for his gallomping galloopers (feet)! They are nice and high so he can walk through deep puddles and mud.
So on Valentines Day we went for a romantic walk in the woods.
Ewan gave his wellies a good test drive and is very happy with them.
So on Valentines Day we went for a romantic walk in the woods.
Ewan gave his wellies a good test drive and is very happy with them.
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
February 6th?
We have it that Oma's birthday is on February 6th - it's on all our calendars but now I understand that this is wrong - please could one of you give me the correct date?
Anyway, this is a belated happy birthday to an awesome woman, who I believe turned 96 this month!
Other news
Well, this last couple of weeks have seen some massive changes on the job front here at Lime Tree Avenue. Hayzel went for two interviews - one two miles from here in Fritton and the other one just outside Diss. Allyson went for an interview last week at a care home situated right smack bang next-door to the family doctors and Faye's school.
Allyson has spent the last couple of days doing her 'induction' - as she's been given the job at Meadowlands, she does her last induction day today, then tomorrow she is handing in her resignation at Hethersett. This is really great because it means that she can concentrate on saving up now for her own place in Long Stratton - she can walk to work! so no transport costs. The place is a new facility and very 'larny'. I met her manager yesterday afternoon, Ruth, who 'can't wait' for Allyson to start working there permanently.
Hayzel had a couple of days' stressful waiting but was phoned yesterday during her lunchtime and awarded the job in Fritton. This is at an asset management company and they even offered her MORE salary than she asked for! The hours are better, she gets more leave and she can also ride a bike to work, it's that close from us! She is over the moon and very pleased - she had to give her notice in today.
I have secured regular work from a company I approached before Christmas - I had to do a whole battery of tests but they've taken me on and I should be getting the first audios from them on Thursday - I'm excited and nervous at the same time. At least I should be getting more regular income and can still work from home.
Well done to everyone!
Sicky poos and Valentines' disco.
Ewan was not well on Friday last week, so I kept him at home - he didn't really get much better and I took him to the doctor on Monday, a viral thing and not much to do about it just keep him warm and give proprietary medicine. He was a lot better yesterday and is going to school today.
Faye has a Valentine's Disco at her school tonight - from 6pm for a couple of hours. So that should be fun, she bought herself some clothes specially for the occasion and I will take a picture and post it up here later on today.
New phone
I organised myself a Motorola MotoG with 4G through Tescos this past weekend and they delivered it to me yesterday. Lovely phone - my new number is: 0754 357 2364
I am giving my old Samsung to Faye this week, so she will now be able to Whatsapp her Granny properly again!
Anyway, this is a belated happy birthday to an awesome woman, who I believe turned 96 this month!
Other news
Well, this last couple of weeks have seen some massive changes on the job front here at Lime Tree Avenue. Hayzel went for two interviews - one two miles from here in Fritton and the other one just outside Diss. Allyson went for an interview last week at a care home situated right smack bang next-door to the family doctors and Faye's school.
Allyson has spent the last couple of days doing her 'induction' - as she's been given the job at Meadowlands, she does her last induction day today, then tomorrow she is handing in her resignation at Hethersett. This is really great because it means that she can concentrate on saving up now for her own place in Long Stratton - she can walk to work! so no transport costs. The place is a new facility and very 'larny'. I met her manager yesterday afternoon, Ruth, who 'can't wait' for Allyson to start working there permanently.
Hayzel had a couple of days' stressful waiting but was phoned yesterday during her lunchtime and awarded the job in Fritton. This is at an asset management company and they even offered her MORE salary than she asked for! The hours are better, she gets more leave and she can also ride a bike to work, it's that close from us! She is over the moon and very pleased - she had to give her notice in today.
I have secured regular work from a company I approached before Christmas - I had to do a whole battery of tests but they've taken me on and I should be getting the first audios from them on Thursday - I'm excited and nervous at the same time. At least I should be getting more regular income and can still work from home.
Well done to everyone!
Sicky poos and Valentines' disco.
Ewan was not well on Friday last week, so I kept him at home - he didn't really get much better and I took him to the doctor on Monday, a viral thing and not much to do about it just keep him warm and give proprietary medicine. He was a lot better yesterday and is going to school today.
Faye has a Valentine's Disco at her school tonight - from 6pm for a couple of hours. So that should be fun, she bought herself some clothes specially for the occasion and I will take a picture and post it up here later on today.
New phone
I organised myself a Motorola MotoG with 4G through Tescos this past weekend and they delivered it to me yesterday. Lovely phone - my new number is: 0754 357 2364
I am giving my old Samsung to Faye this week, so she will now be able to Whatsapp her Granny properly again!
Sunday, February 1, 2015
On my ownsome today
The famdamily are still in London and I hope having a great time. The weather hasn't been too great here - we've had snow, sleet, hail, rain, wind, snow ... every now and then the sun peeks through but it's not been very warm.
I went into Norwich yesterday with Allyson, she wanted to get herself some Levi jeans but once we found the place (after having a breakfast at Ed's Diner), we soon realised that their jeans are major over-priced. She managed to find herself some jeans eventually - after we walked Norwich flat -and at a reasonable price. And ... tah dah ... I actually bought myself a pair of jeans as well - glory be, it WILL snow now! Even more amazing is that both Ally and myself couldn't be arsed to stand in the queue to try our clothes on - which is not necessarily a good thing historically when it comes to clothes shopping for ME ... but glory be, mine fit perfect (so do Ally's). She was supposed to have this whole weekend off but Hethersett called her in to help out today - so I'm on my lonesome. It's crap without the kiddies here. I'm missing them so much.
Anyway, I'll be off to fetch them from Diss train station a bit later on ...
Cheers
I went into Norwich yesterday with Allyson, she wanted to get herself some Levi jeans but once we found the place (after having a breakfast at Ed's Diner), we soon realised that their jeans are major over-priced. She managed to find herself some jeans eventually - after we walked Norwich flat -and at a reasonable price. And ... tah dah ... I actually bought myself a pair of jeans as well - glory be, it WILL snow now! Even more amazing is that both Ally and myself couldn't be arsed to stand in the queue to try our clothes on - which is not necessarily a good thing historically when it comes to clothes shopping for ME ... but glory be, mine fit perfect (so do Ally's). She was supposed to have this whole weekend off but Hethersett called her in to help out today - so I'm on my lonesome. It's crap without the kiddies here. I'm missing them so much.
Anyway, I'll be off to fetch them from Diss train station a bit later on ...
Cheers
Thursday, January 29, 2015
Happy Birthday Hayzel
Monday, January 19, 2015
A few updates ...
Sorry, I haven't been posting on here very much lately - just haven't had time. One of the big stories from our side this past week was Allyson finished her probationary period at Hethersett Hall and she is now a permanent staff member! Well done Ally, what you've managed to achieve this year is incredible and you must never lose sight of that fact. We are all very proud of you. Now you need to keep focused, get your licence and a small car - it's all do-able and you need to set yourself some goals, so that it's done before the middle of the year. Once you have your own wheels, you won't believe how easy it is to sort your life out.
Hayzel has a big birthday at the end of this month and she's booked for herself, Kevin and the kids to go down to London for an overnight. It promises to be a lovely weekend for them and something really special to celebrate the big 4-0!
We had a bit of snow! It really was just a flurry (last Saturday). Hayzel and I were in Tesco's and missed it ... argh! But it snowed again last night - again just a little dusting but enough to delight the kiddies this morning. There is talk of further snow falls later on this week and it was very cold today, so it will be great if we get a bit of snow that you can do something with :)
I have paid for my own domain and will be putting my transcription services onto a more professional footing soon - I'll post a link to the website once it's all finished and looking pretty. I did a bit of research today - the company that I do ad hoc transcripts for here in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, are on page FIVE of a Google search for 'transcription services'. There are pages and pages of companies who are doing transcripts, so that's really good news for me - competition is an excellent thing. I am going to try and do more freelance work for other companies but I'm also going to push to get my own clients. I did this for a long time when I lived in Benoni and was very successful. When we moved to Edenvale though and I dropped the transcription work, concentrating on immigration, I found it very hard to get back into it as there are very few companies in Jo'burg who do transcripts and the one or two that I found half the time didn't even pay me for the work!
I'm also getting a fair bit of interest with regards my art - I have a lot of followers on Wordpress (where my personal art blog is) and I've just opened up a profile on Saatchi Online.com and have got people tagging me already and following - so there is a bit of interest there and I've only loaded four paintings so far! It's a bit of a fiddle trying to figure out how much paintings weigh and I had to ask their support team but they've sent me the formulas and now it's easy peasy! It would be so grand if I could actually sell a painting online, I'd feel like I've achieved a real milestone.
Anyway, not much else to report at this point. Keep warm everyone in the Northern hemisphere and cool down there in Africa. Hope Daniel is on the mend and feeling better, it's horrible when little ones have fever. Good luck to Dave for his interview tomorrow and fantastic job, Andrew on getting such a great result in your annual performance review. I'm so proud of my kiddies!
Hayzel has a big birthday at the end of this month and she's booked for herself, Kevin and the kids to go down to London for an overnight. It promises to be a lovely weekend for them and something really special to celebrate the big 4-0!
We had a bit of snow! It really was just a flurry (last Saturday). Hayzel and I were in Tesco's and missed it ... argh! But it snowed again last night - again just a little dusting but enough to delight the kiddies this morning. There is talk of further snow falls later on this week and it was very cold today, so it will be great if we get a bit of snow that you can do something with :)
I have paid for my own domain and will be putting my transcription services onto a more professional footing soon - I'll post a link to the website once it's all finished and looking pretty. I did a bit of research today - the company that I do ad hoc transcripts for here in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, are on page FIVE of a Google search for 'transcription services'. There are pages and pages of companies who are doing transcripts, so that's really good news for me - competition is an excellent thing. I am going to try and do more freelance work for other companies but I'm also going to push to get my own clients. I did this for a long time when I lived in Benoni and was very successful. When we moved to Edenvale though and I dropped the transcription work, concentrating on immigration, I found it very hard to get back into it as there are very few companies in Jo'burg who do transcripts and the one or two that I found half the time didn't even pay me for the work!
I'm also getting a fair bit of interest with regards my art - I have a lot of followers on Wordpress (where my personal art blog is) and I've just opened up a profile on Saatchi Online.com and have got people tagging me already and following - so there is a bit of interest there and I've only loaded four paintings so far! It's a bit of a fiddle trying to figure out how much paintings weigh and I had to ask their support team but they've sent me the formulas and now it's easy peasy! It would be so grand if I could actually sell a painting online, I'd feel like I've achieved a real milestone.
Anyway, not much else to report at this point. Keep warm everyone in the Northern hemisphere and cool down there in Africa. Hope Daniel is on the mend and feeling better, it's horrible when little ones have fever. Good luck to Dave for his interview tomorrow and fantastic job, Andrew on getting such a great result in your annual performance review. I'm so proud of my kiddies!
Sunday, January 18, 2015
Happy Birthday
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