Last Thursday at work...

...Waaeaeaeawaeaeaeaea!!

Woo Wah Wee Wah.

And the sun is shining. And my husband is AMAZING he worked until 2am last night covering the local Government elections and hosted a live show for around 4 hours that went out live on the website. And then this morning he went along to the GSPCA and got to play with the lion cubs again! Apparently they know both weigh around 13 stone and one of them pinned him to the ground! It's going out on tomorrow nights programme, and tonight he is hosting the news at 6pm as it's an election results special. Go to www.channelonline.tv to watch it afterwards, they put the news programme on line a couple of hours after it airs, usually.

Ah well I am feeling rather spritely I must admit. I must go now and not do any work for two and a half hours.

Last Tuesday At Work...

La La La....



That is all.

Did I Mention? ...

Did I mention that it is my LAST SATURDAY EVER working at my job?????????

Since I first started this blog I have had the same job, and it is the job really that has allowed me the time to keep up this blog. Specifically, when I have to work on Saturdays the office is usually really really quiet and I am here on my own so I have plenty of time to while away the hours by blogging. So things are going to change a bit as I shall no longer be here, being naughty, wasting Company time. Most of my good blogging is done on Saturdays. I am normally hungover, and today is no exception.

Last night we went to the Cock & Bull pub with Sue, Laurie, James, Toki, Tinny & Sarah. We played Pool - I potted two!! Of the right colour!! I play much better when I've had a few glasses of wine. Luckily I got a lift home from James in the rain at about 12:00 and I left Nick to go to "Folies D'Amour", our truly spectacularly awful meat market of a nightclub.

He wandered in later, I was asleep. When I got up to go to work this morning there was a little bit of sick on the bathroom floor and a real mess of coco pops in the kitchen. I'm sorry Nick but it's true!! I had to clean up puke and dried stuck coco pops in my hungover state. If that wasn't bad enough, on my walk into work this morning I walked past a split open rubbish bag that contained the very brown contents of a babies nappy that was strewn across the street! After several minutes of retching I managed to contain myself and continue to walk, but my morning so far has been unbelieveably traumatic.

I don't even know when I will next have a job, who will want to employ me, or where I will be living. In equal amounts that is both scary and liberating. I am going to leave now and ponder on that thought. I will leave you to ponder on this one:

"A good surgeon must have an eagle's eye, a lion's heart, and a lady's hand."

Seonaid & Lex's Wedding 5th April 2008

Clandon Park, Guilford.

Sue & Laurie

Then things started to get a bit messy with balloons...

SJ and Mike

The lovely Seonaid and Isla, her bridesmaid

Ski Trip - Les Arcs, March 2008

I realised that I hadn't put any photos up of our ski trip last month, so here we are! It was a truly beautiful resort, and you can see how incredibly picturesque our chalet was...

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I'm sitting at my desk with a very burnt tongue. I am having to keep my mouth slightly open and take in big cool breaths of air to cool it down. I went for lunch with Rachel to Piece of Cake again, maybe for the last time, who knows. And I had the steak/mushroom homemade pie with peas and grazy and the peas I tell you they were hotter than the sun. The pie was as good as ever though, worth the residual pain.

So that is my day so far. That and farting around in the office all morning doing some paperworky type stuff. Getting up every five minutes to help out the newbies, which I don't mind, it makes me feel all wise like an owl.

So we are still living in a friend's apartment, for another week before we go round to my Dad's for the final weekend. I say the final weekend but we will probably be back again soon with the camper to kit it out. We're flying to Hamburg on Monday 28th to pick up the van, probably will be there a couple of days then we're driving back to Guernsey via France. Happy days! I only have one week or work left, tomorrow I can start saying the "last evers.." . . as in "OMG this is the last ever Saturday I will work here!" I will be irritating everyone by making up 'last ever's about everything. "OMG last time I will use the photocopier!!" "Woo last time I will ever shred any paper here!" I know, I like things to be epic. Also I like to annoy people.

Things are generally OK. I can't say that I'm the happiest that I've ever been because I am really finding it hard about Molly and I do miss our old home ever so much. I think in a weeks time I will feel better because then it will really be happening and we will really be going travelling. At the moment it is hard to imagine it's real because every day there seems to be another hurdle to jump or problem to solve with the logistics of the entire thing. It's almost as if I'm scared to get too excited because if I do then a really big problem will arise that will mean that we can't go and I will be terribly disappointed. Weird I suppose but that is my brain.

Anyway I'm off to pour myself a glass of water for that old tongue, I will leave you with the following wise thoughts...

He that will steal an egg will steal an ox.

(I think finishing up posts with one of the proverbs from below is my new thing!)

Proverbs Rock

I must be bored, but this was on Wikipedia and it is an interesting read:

A
A bad workman always blames his tools.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
A cat may look at the king.
A creeking gate hangs long.
Actions speak louder than words.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
A fox smells its own lair first.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
After dinner sit a while, after supper walk a mile.
A good beginning makes a good ending.
A good surgeon must have an eagle's eye, a lion's heart, and a lady's hand.
A jack of all trades is master of none.
A lie has no legs.
A little learning is a dangerous thing.
All flowers are not in one garland.
All good things come to an end.
All roads lead to Rome.
All's fair in love and war.
All's well that ends well.
All that glitters is not gold.
All things come to him who waits.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
A merry heart makes a long life.
A miss is as good as a mile.
Among the blind a one-eyed man is a king.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
A penny saved is a penny earned.
A person is known by the company he keeps.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
Ask and you shall receive.
Ask me no questions, I'll tell you no lies.
Ask no questions and hear no lies.
A sound mind in a sound body.
A stitch in time saves nine.
As you make your bed, so you must lie in it.
As you sow, so shall you reap.
A woman's work is never done.
A word is enough to the wise.
A word spoken is past recalling.
A word to the wise is sufficient.
B
Barking dogs seldom bite.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Beauty is only skin deep.
Beggars can't be choosers.
Better late than never.
Better safe than sorry.
Better the devil you know than the devil that you don't know.
Birds of a feather flock together.
Bitter pills may have blessed effects.
Blood is thicker than water.
Blood will out.
Boys will be boys.
Brain is better than brawn.
Bread is the staff of life.
Butter is gold in the morning, silver at noon, lead at night.
C
Cider on beer, never fear; beer upun cider, makes a bad rider.
Clothes do not make the man.
Cowards die many times before their deaths.
Cross the stream where it is the shallowest.
Curiosity killed the cat.
Cut your coat according to your cloth.
D
Desperate diseases must have desperate cures.
Desperate diseases must have desperate remedies.
Different sores must have different salves.
Diseases come on horseback, but go away on foot.
Do as you would be done by.
Doctors make the very worst patients.
Don't burn your bridges before they are crossed.
Don't burn your bridges behind you.
Don't change horses in midstream.
Don't count your chickens before they're hatched.
Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.
Don't cross the bridge till you come to it.
Don't cry over spilt milk.
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
Don't have too many irons in the fire.
Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
Don't put the cart before the horse.
Don't shut the barn door after the horse is gone.
Don't shut the gate after the horse has bolted.
Don't spit into the wind.
Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
Do unto others as you would have done unto you.
E
Early bird catches the worm.
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
Eat to live and not live to eat.
Eat when you're hungry, and drink when you're dry.
East or West home is best.
Empty barrels make the most sound.
Even a worm will turn.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
Every dog has its day.
Every man has a price.
Every rule has its exception.
Everything comes to him who waits.
Every why has a wherefore.
F
Every disease will have its course.
Faith will move mountains.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
Fine feathers make fine birds.
Fine words butter no parsnips.
First come, first served.
Fools rush in where angels fear to thread.
Forbidden fruit is the sweetest.
Forewarned is forearmed.
Fresh pork and new wine kill a man before his time.
Fretting cares make grey hairs.
Friend to all is a friend to none.
G
Give a dog a bad name and hang him.
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
God cures and the physician takes the fee.
Good eating deserves good drinking.
Good fences make good neighbors.
H
Half a loaf is better than none.
Haste makes waste.
Health is better than wealth.
Help a lame dog over a stile.
He that lives too fast, goes to his grave too soon.
He that will steal an egg will steal an ox.
He who hesitates is lost.
He who laughs last laughs best.
He who laughs last laughs longest.
He who lives by the sword shall die by the sword.
He who sleeps forgets his hunger.
Hindsight is 20/20.
History repeats itself.
Home is where the heart is.
Home is where you hang your hat.
Honesty is the best policy.
Hunger is the best spice.
I
If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again.
If a thing is worth doing it is worth doing well.
If mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy.
If the cap fits, wear it.
If the shoe fits, wear it.
If you buy cheaply, you pay dearly.
If you can't beat them, join them.
If you can't be good, be careful.
If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen.
If you keep your mouth shut, you won't put your foot in it.
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
It is a good horse that never stumbles.
It never rains, it pours.
It's a long lane that has no turning.
It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good.
It's an ill wind that blows no good.
It's better to give than to receive.
It's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.
It's easy to be wise after the event.
It's never too late to mend.
It's not over till it's over.
It's no use crying over spilt milk.
It's the early bird that gets the worm.
It's the empty can that makes the most noise.
It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.
It takes all sorts to make a world.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
It takes two to tango.
L
Laughter is the best medicine.
Learn to walk before you run.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
Lie down with dogs, wake up with fleas.
Like cures like.
Little enemies and little wounds must not be despised.
Long absent, soon forgotten.
Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves.
Look before you leap.
Love is blind.
M
Make hay while the sun shines.
Many hands make light work.
Money talks.
More haste, less speed.
N
Nature abhors a vacuum.
Nature, time, and patience are three great physicians.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Never put off till (until) tomorrow what you can do today.
New brooms sweep clear.
New broom sweeps clean.
No cows, no cares.
No gain without pain.
No man can serve two masters.
No news is good news.
No pain, no gain.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
O
Once bitten, twice shy.
One doctor makes work for another.
One good turn deserves another.
One hour's sleep before midnight is worth two hours after.
One man's meat is another man's poison.
One swallow doesn't make a summer.
Opposites attract.
Out of sight, out of mind.
P
Paddle your own canoe.
Penny wise, pound foolish.
People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Practise makes perfect.
Prevention is better than cure.
Pride goeth before a fall.
R
Rome wasn't built in a day.
Rules are made to be broken.
S
Seek and ye shall find.
Still waters are the deepest.
Still waters run deep.
Strike while the iron is hot.
T
Talk is cheap.
Talk of the devil - and the devil appears.
The best things in life are free.
The coat makes the man.
The cure is worse than the disease.
The early bird gets the worm.
The end justifies the means.
The first step to health is to know that we are sick.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
The head and feet keep warm, the rest will take no harm.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
The pen is mightier than sword.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
There are too many chiefs and not enough Indians.
There's always a calm before a storm.
There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip.
There's no accounting for taste.
There's no time like the present.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.
The squeaky wheel gets the grease.
The wish is father to the thought.
Think before you speak.
Those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
Time is money.
To err is human; to forgive, divine.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
Two heads are better than one.
Two's company, three's a crowd.
Two things do prolong your life: A quiet heart and a loving wife.
W
Waste not, want not.
We all make mistakes.
We must take the bad with the good.
What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
When in Rome do as the Romans do.
When the cat's away the mice will play.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
Where one door shuts another opens.
Where there's a will there's a way.
While the cat is away, the mice will play.
While there's life, there's hope.
Who keeps company with the wolves, will learn to howl.
Wide ears and short tongue are the best.
Without sleep, no health.
Y
You can lead (take) a horse to water but you can't make it drink.
You can't have it both ways.
You can't have your cake and eat it too.
You can't make an omlette without breaking eggs.
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
You can't run with the hare and hunt with the hounds.
You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
You can't tell a book by its cover.
You have to crawl before you can walk.
You never know what you've got till it's gone.
You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.

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Hello what what. I am feeling much better, I know I haven't blogged for a week or so, so here goes...

I have been to the UK again, Southampton, Winchester and Guildford to be precise, for a lovely lovely wedding in Clandon Park, Guildford. Seonaid married Lex in a fantastic country house setting and practically my whole class from 6th form were there. So it was a brilliant brilliant day and then the next morning we woke up to a Winter Wonderland!! Snow had covered the countryside and as we drove back to Southampton from Guildford we couldn't get over how pretty and Chrismassy everything looked. We had given a lift to Sid & Alice and we ended up stopping in Winchester for a cup of coffee at the Wyckham Arms, a pub I think I may have mentioned before as being just awesome. The Cathedral was open and free as it was a Sunday so we also had a little look around and looked at the grave of Jane Austen.

We arrived back in Guernsey on Sunday and immediately moved our belongings from our mates house at Perelle to the flat in town that we are now living in for the next 3 weeks. It belongs to a good friend who is travelling in Oz this month and she has kindly let us have her home for that time. Anyway the flat is super amazing, incrediably high-tech and there are a bunch of stuff that we could break. Touch wood, so far we haven't broken anything so far. It's all underfloor heating, high ceilings and Bose sound systems, it's really really gorgeous and has a big balcony. So we haven't done too badly for our last few weeks on the rock!

I have been training up a new girl who will take over from me when I finally leave in a couple of weeks time. So it's been a very very busy week that has flown by. We've done three take-ons, including on her very first morning a coastal property for 1.45 million! Nice.

On Wed night we went to Christies for a meal then drinks afterwards with Sue, Laurie, Fran, Rachel, James, Toki, Claire Sims, Ant & Gareth. It's hardly ever that us girls all get the chance to get together and it was a really great night. Lots of tomfoolery. I think I'm just going to stay in tonight and catch up on Skins (I missed the last few!) as I have to work tomorrow, boooo. Actually, it could be my last ever Saturday here so not booooo, but woooooo!!

Thanks dudes

... For all your lovely messages. I have been feeling very pooey the last few days and on top of it have had a pretty busy flipping week. I had a lovely dream about Molly last night where she came back from beyond the grave and we were back in our old house which made me smile when I woke up. Almost like she came to see me from kitty heaven...

Anyway, enough. I have to fly across to Southampton tonight and I am going to have a serious few drinks with Nick's parents, who had to deal with Molly, as we'd taken her over there the week before. Poor Den, what a thing to have to deal with, and she's got enough on her plate at the moment with other stuff going on. It never rains but it pours eh. Thankfully we have a fantastic wedding to look forward to this weekend in Guildford, an old pal from school and no doubt it will be very messy and drunken, considering who's going.

Nick's parents found a really lovely vet's practise in Winchester where they cremate your pet and sprinkle the ashes over Farley's Mount, a pretty hillside. I know Mols had never been there but we can't exactly take her back to our house as it sold last week so it will have to be alright. She will always be in our thoughts, and that is what counts. She was my special little girl, despite the meat breath and the faint smell of marmite (which was always a mystery as she didn't even like marmite), I will miss her fluffy tummy and funny little chirpy noises so much.

The Saddest of Sad News

My little Molly died in her sleep on Sunday night.