Work on the chain gang, being single and sex and the city



Well I have shifted exactly one ton of hardcore today and have laid the foundation for the new gravel path. Tomorrow I will pound it within an inch of its life and then edge it! Humm having second thoughts on the gravel though as Maddie still finds weeing on small stones very exciting.

The extension for the chicken run is being delivered on Friday and then Robina and Sarah will be moved to the bottom left hand corner of the new back garden!

Watched a rerun of Sex and the City last night and It was interesting as the subject of the episode was the need for people to be part of a couple! whether it be in a gay or straight relationships! The programme mirrored a conversation I had with Nigel , in almost every sense, and I had to laugh when Sarah Jessica Parker met a gay friend of hers in the street. He was arm in arm with his "life partner", and the first thing they asked the generally single and tired of it Parker, was could she donate an egg to them!! The character Carrie Bradshaw just stood in the New York street and cried "Now I am single, invisible and just seen as an egg donor!" It is more common to be single now-a-days, but certainly society still seems to frown on the singleton , gay or straight.

Nigel hates what he says in the heterosexualization of gay relationships, and I wonder if I have fallen into that trap a little? okok we do have three dogs (instead of children) and I would like to get married ( me and Nuala have decieded we do indeed have bride envy) but I don't think we are cloying in showing everyone our wonderfull, just as good as a straight relationship, as was portrayed by the characters in Sex and the City! God I hope not !!!

Snakes,Copper mines and a British dinner party


After a busy couple of night shifts on Wednesday and Thursday got up on Friday and cleaned and tidied the house before Nigel came to visit. Went to the pictures and sat through two hours of bad (but entertaining) cinema, ie, Snakes on a plane! The film gave what it said on the front of the tin, we had lots of poisonous snakes on a 747! Nuff said! We had an excellent laugh, especially when Samuel L Jackson said (tongue firmly in his cheek) "Lets get these Motherfucking snakes off this mother fucking plane" Nice to see former ER actress Julianna Margulies , looking her age, but looking mighty fine playing the chief stewardess!


Saturday we went to Llandudno prehistoric coppermines, and the amazing history and feeling of the place was truly impressive. The mine was only "found" in 1987 and is said to be the largest in Europe! Strange given the fact that the Great Orme ( the peninsula that Llandudno nestles around) was in fact in prehistoric times an island.



After the mines, we went to Conway for a plate of welsh rabit, then back for a short snooze before going to Ann and Tims for a meal, with Janet and Ned which was lovely. we sat outside talking after the meal with lots of blankets and umbrellas, and feeling like a trio of fat bastards got back home for midnight.

As always it was great to catch up with Nige. Even though he actually photographed the state of the inside of our car to show on his blog site......oh the shame!!!

Am on night shift Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, and then I go part time in readiness for University..............b l i s s !

Hypericum and the best laid plans of mice and men


My plans got rained out today! It has pissed down!...managed to get out to Jacksons and have bought several cottagey/old fashioned plants for the new garden. Bought honeysuckle, loosestrife, lavender, formosa,buddleia, and another rambling rose for the arch!. Pleased to get a hypericum (left) as it one of my favourite garden shrubs! its smell reminds me of vintage gardens in surburbian Prestatyn when I was a child.

Managed to put in some of the structural plants in between the showers, but couldn't dig the path out! However I did get to the builders' merchant and ordered the hardcore.

Last night we watched the romantic comedy One Fine Day, with George Clooney and Michelle Pfeiffer. It is an excellent 1940 ish style old fashioned New York movie, and I must admit George Clooney is a talented comedian! and actor, and rather better than Cary Grant who dominated similar roles in the 1940's and 1950's.

Just lit the cottage fire tonight, so autumn is here ! and a lacklustre summer is over

Chris and his first horsey award!


Bank Holiday Monday and missed Chris on his big "Fun ride" over jumps at a local Country Park at Trefnant, as I have been on nights last night.

Very proud of himself he is sporting a large impressive rosette!!! The first of many I have no doubt! We are heading towards the Flint and Denbigh hunt on Boxing day, which is an impressive and historic local event.

The rosette is now on show above the fireplace.

Things are a bit fragmented this week as am on nights wednesday and Thursday and Sunday, and the weather has been too bad to get stuck in with the path, which needs completing as I am getting stressed with muddy paws and boots. Nigel visits from Sheffield on Friday so I am looking forward to that-- we are going be play teenagers and go and see Snakes on a Plane!






Sheffield


Made a flying visit to Sheffield last night to take Mike out for his 40th Birthday . It was lovely to see Maisie, who now looks like a proper little girl! and great to see Bev so happy. Mike and I went to All Bar One, and had a good old gossip, laugh and too many drinks. The hangover was worth it! Didn't have much time to see anyone else, but did manage to get to Cole Brothers (aka John Lewis) for a fix of window shopping. If I had to work in a department store then Coles would be the one I would choose. very classy!

Got home mid afternoon and after a particularly wet walk, I bathed all three dogs and flopped down on the couch in front of an old film (and I intend to stay here all the remainder of today!!)

Tesco....and the embarrassing incident of the moisturizing cream


At lunchtime during my time at Abergele Hospital, I popped down to Tesco for a bit of lunchtime shopping. The Tesco brand stuff is very cheap and as I am soon to be a poor student I decided to to stock up on a few items. Now, I m plagued with dry skin on my face at times, and treat myself to body shop Vitamin E moisturizing cream! (7 pounds!!!!), so seeing some baby moisturizer at 1.99 £ I bought it quick sticks!!!

In the car park I liberally scooped the cream out and plastered it all over my face, and started to rub it all in!!! Nothing happened!!! it just stuck to my face like white concrete!!!! I HAD BOUGHT NAPPY CREAM!!!!!!!! Now people started to stare and panic stricken I searched for something to wipe it all off with.The steering wheel, window handle and seat all by this time got covered in big globs of the cream!!!
Luckily I keep an emergency set of pants in my manbag(!?).don't ask why, they are just always in there..anyhow I grabbed them and spitting desperately to wet them a little I managed to scrape some of the mess off my face, just as two women pulled up in the next car parking space!! Looking as though I was swimming the channel I sped off ....................

We all need a good cry

was having a look at youtube.com this evening! an excellent site for videos (wonderfull time watching and listening to The Colour Purple,(the bit where Whoopie Goldbergs meets her sister after 40 years), Audrey Hepburn singing Moon River, and Lea Selonga auditioning for Miss Saigon. ! all my favourite sad tearjerkers

But the one that finished me off was a little home made video dedicated to a beloved pet- a Scottish Terrier called Gloria! Set to a power ballad ( I dont know who was singing ?) it pulled every heart string !
I blubbed buckets!!

I dare anyone not to!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdI952MYLrE