Why is nothing ever simple?

It never never is with my life!

Both good and bad news to relate... I shall start with the good

* I have finally passed my masters, they took long enough about getting our results out to us though! This now means I can start my business!
* My cold seems to have finally gone away... two weeks but I seem to have shifted it now
* I am applying for a canine research job, good but also slightly bad as I will acutally have to work *shock horror* and it will involve moving away from York to Newark
* My lazer hair treatment seems to be working, I cannot wait until the day I don't have to shave my legs any more!

And the bad:

* Can't afford a good website for my business, my brothers friends quoted me £1500!! I thought I may get a good discount as I was a family friend... seems now
* Quite worried about the bf as he seems to be suffering from "meh" when he can't be bothered to do anything (apart from play on computer games)
* Turns out there is no chance of the bf and I having a family together naturally so we will have to go down the fertility route which is just bloody fantastic because I havn't spent enough time in hospitals and having horrible things done to me the last few years... I am very unimpressed with nature.

Not really much personal development going on as I have felt rubbish the last couple of weeks. But the lounge is nearly decorated (we havn't had lounge curtains for well over a month) and I went on a guided walk around York which looked at secret places which was really good :)

Sick *coughs and splutters*

I have come down with some version of man flu (which I caught from my friend Ellie... it must be mutating into a female strain!). I knew when she was ill that I would get it as I have a stupidly supressed immune system. Still I am allowed werthers origionals for my poorly throat so it is not all bad. Having to sleep in the spare room though as I wake the bf up and then he wakes me up lol.

Been to Whitby with my mum and got a few xmas/birthday gifts and around the Abby, last time I went in I was in a wheelchair so it was nice to see it properly. Although it was soooo windy and the puppy dog looked totally windsweapt. Today we didn'y really do anything as I have been feeling poorly.

Off to Harrogate tomorrow to drop my mum home and to go second hand book shopping (I really feel like some cheap retail therapy!). After that I plan on spending the rest of the week splodging on the sofa while I get better. No news on my masters score yet...

One visitor down

One visitor down and one to go, so just quickly popping on here before my mum arrives!! Had a wonderful time with my best friend, I went wig shopping with her which was a first. I now know all about how to care for a wig (if I ever need one). I also went to Fairfax house in York although I need to go back again as they had a display all about Bonnie Prince Charlie without actually telling you anything about him and his history so I need to do some reserch (luckily my ticket is valid for a year).

I also found my wedding dress and have paid my deposit and got our rings for about £300 less than we had budgeted so I am a happy bunny. I am getting the seamstress at the shop I got my gown from to design some dresses for my bridesmaids so the images should be heading my way in the next few days.

Goodness only knows what I will achieve in the next few days! (my mother is a very organised person and always motivates me - even when I don't really want it!)

Another busy day

I am certainly making the most of my free time (wondering how I ever had time to work!!). I am spending an hour at the gym in the morning, the member of staff asked me if I was enjoying it today, I kinda didn't know what to say. I don't really like the gym! It is just a means to an end lol.

Today I also wrote up the draft version of my questionnaire for my new business and set up an email account for it. I then emailed my brothers friends who are going to help me with my website design (I think that is a pretty important thing nowerdays especailly when it comes to google search engines and to make it look professional).

I then went through the Making Spot website which is supposed to be closing down at the end of the month and downloaded all the designs that I wanted. I have even started stitching for the christmas ornament exchange that I am part of, I am using evenweave fabric for the first time which is making it a little harder than it should be but hopefully I will have a nicer finish at the end. I may have to wait for poorer weather over winter before I get the sewing machine out to practice on.

Busy few days for me from now on so will be a bit before I blog again. My best friend is up for the weekend, so I will be taking her to see my chosen wedding dress and off to some historic house or other and then as soon as she leaves on Sunday she is being replaced by my mother who is staying for a few days while my dad is in America. So that will be a nice kick start onto the healthy eating side of things too.

There are not enough hours in the day!!!!!!

More decorating

I am still plodding away at the lounge. We never seem to get a full day of decorating done as things keep cropping up. We had the electrician here today to fit new lights in the garage (I don't have to open the fridge at the same time as the freezer to be able to see what I am picking out!) and in the lounge. Then the builder and the architect came to have a look at the extension (luckily it should be very straight forwards and the planning permission is only a formality).

Then we had to do lots of small jobs like buying in bunny food (very important lol) and washing the dog as she was starting to smell a bit. She has been sitting in my seat though and it was all soggy when I sat in it! After that mum and I were trying to plan our London winter trip to get bridesmaid dresses and it only turns out that the blooming shop that sells the design of bridesmaid dresses my cousin likes is closing down. I am so annoyed as so much thought has been put into this trip (brdiesmaid dresses are starting to give me a headache!!!!) and I am determined that I will get to the Winter Wonderland at Hyde Park this year!! I only have a really small window of opportunity before my dad has to go in to hospital for an op and then it is Christmas.

So after all that we only really ended up with a couple of hours of decorating. I am giving up for a few days though as I am fed up of living with everything everywhere and as dad is off on holiday next week to America I doubt that any will get done then (mum and I will have funner things to be doing with our time). Still tomorrow I must carry on with the planning of my business!! I am starting to put it off now and I can't afford that.

Tomorrow is the exam board for the masters... so I can expect my final grades over the next few days (must not die of excitement/nerves in the meantimer!!)

Day one of the new me

I feel in a place to turn a new leaf today :) I have made a start at my new life (it has involved a little more chocolate that I would like it to have but hey I am not perfect!). I have a gym plan in place for the next few weeks, one hour three times a week and then a dog walk each day.

I started reading the Blue Planet book yesterday which has been sat on my shelves for years, the pictures in it are stunning. I have also chosen my design for the christmas exhange on my cross stitch site which I hope to start in the next few days.

Tomorrow I am going to the gym, nipping to town for the new lights for the lounge and then going to kick the butt of the decorating in the lounge! I am really hoping to have most of it finished by the end of the week and then I can get my house put to rights as I am fed up of bags of DVD's hanging around in the dining room.

Oh and most of the save the date cards have been sent out!

Clapping

I forgot to say that I started a round of aplause when I was at the York Chocolate experience, I have always wanted to do that so I felt pretty pleased and the girl who took us around really was good :D This weekend is going to involve me doing stuff... but in order to do that I really need to find my way off the sofa (I feel exhausted today so I will need to locate some energy!)...

And relax

It feels so good not to have the masters hanging over me any more! I have been cleaning and tidying today as I have been neglecting the house for weeks (maybe months but shhhh). Hoping that the house is going to be all sparkly tonight when the bf gets home, although I am going out with a friend tonight so I won't get to see if he is impressed!!

I forgot to mention that I had eaten Octopus the other day. I think it is a first and last to be honest it didn't really taste of anything and was very chewy!

 

 

This was my chocolate t-rex which I had made for me when I went to the York Chocolate Story for my birthday! I havn't eaten him yet and I am actually not 100% sure where he is, I think he may be lurking in the fridge preying on left over cocktail sauages...

Masteres = sorted

Finally the masters is finished!! It is all in :D I did my presentation this morning, made the students laugh which was great and I answered all the questions well too. They didn't ask about my aims (which were slightly wrong) which was fab as I have been panicking about them for days. We all went for drinks afterwards and I will see them all again for graduation in November. I have to wait a couple of weeks for my final marks as the exam board is on the 12th Sept. But yay!!! Tomorrow I plan to lie on the sofa watching DVD's and doing nothing... it is going to be awesome :D I am hoping that this will also be my last day eating chocolate *laughs behind hand*

Decoration of the lounge is progressing slowly, about 2/3 of the walls have lining paper on them, some of which I have managed to put on all by myself. I need to get some paint and then I can get to work with the painting... but not until after tomorrow of course!

Plus it will be back to Game of Thrones again :D I got the DVD boxsets for 1&2 for my birthday! So I can watch and read to my hearts content *happy sighing*