Roller coasters and olive stones... just another normal day
I think sometimes this whole oh my god am Ireally doing this anxiety hits and I wonder if I can possibly forget to breathe....
As I said to mum... having a baby is nothing big nor is it clever... with this in mind I'm trying to tone down the concept as much as possible but as I said, sometimes it boils up and I feel the same feeling that you have when you are strapped into a roller coaster and you push off and begin the acent to the top of the first hill... you can feel the anxiety mixed with the horror that you know that nothing you can do can get you off the ride... the first big drop kicks your adrenalin in and then your anxiety subsides as your mind quickly gives in as it accepts there is no turning back so best just hang on... I think my life is pretty much along these same tracks right now... the only thing is that the whole strapping ones self into the ride kind of sneaks up behind me and before I know it anxiety is already pushing me up the hill...
on a not so philosophical note I forced my office colleagues into sharing a decadent bar of dark chocolate with me this afternoon. It was fig and caramel filled. Totally divine.
I'm off to repent at the swimming pool as soon as I finish. I think making it there twice in one week kicks the ass of me not having gone once during the last four months... Swimming is so odd now. My belly feels like a big olive with a massive stone in the middle. Centre of gravity is all messed up.
Would someone kindly explain to me how a mobile on the orange network in the uk is not compatible with my orange sim card here in Spain? I think the mobile phone gods are simply out to torment me. I should know better... every September I enter the realm of phone nightmares... back to this again!!!! I have to get the bloody handset that I just bought and had shipped over from the UK unlocked to make it work here... you think that surely in this day in age the same company would make handsets that were compatible across their European network??? clearly not. Hello phone unlocking hell... sarah here!
10.9.07
8.9.07
It's been a while since the last posting...
I know that as even fredu mentioned that I've not blogged in ages and he does not often read it...
To make up for this I sadly don't have any interesting photos... but stories yes. What would my life be like without some interesting... 'this would only ever happen to me' type of thing...
I've not yet spoken much about my new job... but now that it's been a few weeks I think I'm ready to have my 'hello world I work for a porn company' coming out announcement. So yes, it's true. and No I am not acting or participating in any movies or photos. I'm safely on the other side of the screen. I am actually surprise at how may people have asked me for that clarifation... anyway... so with that out of the way.... I'm doing project management for this Danish company. We're working on this big new project which requires a lot of scoping and documentation. As part of this project we've got two designers from out of town working on laying down the templates for the new site. When we got to the page that was to be a category home page it was late. I left them in the office and I went home. When I arrived in the morning the page mock up was done and guess what it featured...
A picture of a busty blond woman as the feature image. Followed by the following tags. Big busted, blond, pregnant, horny.
I am not quite sure how long my mouth remained open in shock... followed quickly by a fit of giggles. I hardly know these guys and they are totally taking the piss out of me!!! I love it!
I have of course told my mother this story. She found it rather humourous as well.
I would post a pic of the comp here but since the site is still under wraps it's not such a good idea.
The beast continues to grow at a rapid pace (the dog not the baby)... house training is a loosing battle at this point... so we will simply continue to watched the dubbed episodes of the dog whisperer and hope that he may one day feature a cheeky chihuahua who suffers from the same disobedience as our little furry princess. Good thing she's so cute. It saves her everytime!
Richard and Sal dropped into bcn for a few hours. They were passing through on their way back from Ibiza on their way to Poland... then back to London and finally back to Sydney. It will be strange not having them in London anymore but change is good. Yes joey... change is good!
More porn adventures to come soon...
I know that as even fredu mentioned that I've not blogged in ages and he does not often read it...
To make up for this I sadly don't have any interesting photos... but stories yes. What would my life be like without some interesting... 'this would only ever happen to me' type of thing...
I've not yet spoken much about my new job... but now that it's been a few weeks I think I'm ready to have my 'hello world I work for a porn company' coming out announcement. So yes, it's true. and No I am not acting or participating in any movies or photos. I'm safely on the other side of the screen. I am actually surprise at how may people have asked me for that clarifation... anyway... so with that out of the way.... I'm doing project management for this Danish company. We're working on this big new project which requires a lot of scoping and documentation. As part of this project we've got two designers from out of town working on laying down the templates for the new site. When we got to the page that was to be a category home page it was late. I left them in the office and I went home. When I arrived in the morning the page mock up was done and guess what it featured...
A picture of a busty blond woman as the feature image. Followed by the following tags. Big busted, blond, pregnant, horny.
I am not quite sure how long my mouth remained open in shock... followed quickly by a fit of giggles. I hardly know these guys and they are totally taking the piss out of me!!! I love it!
I have of course told my mother this story. She found it rather humourous as well.
I would post a pic of the comp here but since the site is still under wraps it's not such a good idea.
The beast continues to grow at a rapid pace (the dog not the baby)... house training is a loosing battle at this point... so we will simply continue to watched the dubbed episodes of the dog whisperer and hope that he may one day feature a cheeky chihuahua who suffers from the same disobedience as our little furry princess. Good thing she's so cute. It saves her everytime!
Richard and Sal dropped into bcn for a few hours. They were passing through on their way back from Ibiza on their way to Poland... then back to London and finally back to Sydney. It will be strange not having them in London anymore but change is good. Yes joey... change is good!
More porn adventures to come soon...
31.8.07
So yea... as I said before
Karma is a bitch. And snicker I did at my sister's ginormous bosom when she was here over the summer. All a by product of the baby thing... but little did I know that now that I am at about the same phase of the pregnancy thing as she is, I too have been afflicted. Dear lord... not like I needed any help. I can know understand just how it's so that even nicole richie has boobage now. With that said you can imagine that volupous does not even do justice to my current state. If I were blonder and fabulously gorgeous I might accidently get taken for Scarlet Joanssen who is in town shooting with woody allen... well not the body part as I'm pregnant and she's not... but defo the boob dpt.
On another not so booby subject. Some of the more hairy members of my rapidly expanding family are doing their best to leave their mark on everything. Even down to the tiny plastic clip at the end of my memory stick. I can't even begin to think when she got her little fangs into that? Fredu has taken to referring to her as "todo los dientes"which translates to " all the teeth". Extracted from the expression "que miente con todos sus dientes!" which means you're lying with all your teeth. Hmm. Somethings just don't translate so well. I guess we do however say in English lie through your teeth.
Karma is a bitch. And snicker I did at my sister's ginormous bosom when she was here over the summer. All a by product of the baby thing... but little did I know that now that I am at about the same phase of the pregnancy thing as she is, I too have been afflicted. Dear lord... not like I needed any help. I can know understand just how it's so that even nicole richie has boobage now. With that said you can imagine that volupous does not even do justice to my current state. If I were blonder and fabulously gorgeous I might accidently get taken for Scarlet Joanssen who is in town shooting with woody allen... well not the body part as I'm pregnant and she's not... but defo the boob dpt.
On another not so booby subject. Some of the more hairy members of my rapidly expanding family are doing their best to leave their mark on everything. Even down to the tiny plastic clip at the end of my memory stick. I can't even begin to think when she got her little fangs into that? Fredu has taken to referring to her as "todo los dientes"which translates to " all the teeth". Extracted from the expression "que miente con todos sus dientes!" which means you're lying with all your teeth. Hmm. Somethings just don't translate so well. I guess we do however say in English lie through your teeth.
28.8.07
Asleep while standing
I sort of feel that way... no no actually I do feel that way. I think it's the combo of travelling and this heat wave we are going through that is making me fight to the death to stay concious at my desk today.
My wee sejour in London was lovely. It was really great to see all the peeps again. Sad really that this is the last time for a long while that we will all be together again, but nice nonetheless. I'm not quite sure if it was because I was not partaking in the imbibing of alcohol or if the sands of time are pilling up... but it was quite a subduded event when compared to our standard gatherings. Guess we'll all be grown ups before you know it. I think I'm guilty of pushing the trend in that direction. Not that it's bad... it's just different!
I'm suffering from extreme puppy withdrawl. She's been with the breeder since last wednesday. He is due to bring her back to me tonight. My heart strings are being tugged. It's all a bit brutal really. I can imagine that she is huge now after hearing all the forbidden food that he's been feeding her. So much for keeping her on human food only!
18 weeks in and the bump seems to be now growing... the skinny jeans still fit which is a surprise... but perhaps by the end of the week this will no longer be the case. I'm just counting the days until the 19th when we have the scan that will reveal the gender. The doctor who listened to the heartbeat the other day was thinking it was a girl as the heart rate was quite quick... but that's just hearsay. We will find out for sure soon enough... everyone channel your energy for a girl. Not that we won't love a boy... it's just that I've got my heart set on a girl.
Only time will tell.
I'm off now to perfect the art of sleeping with my eyes open. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
I sort of feel that way... no no actually I do feel that way. I think it's the combo of travelling and this heat wave we are going through that is making me fight to the death to stay concious at my desk today.
My wee sejour in London was lovely. It was really great to see all the peeps again. Sad really that this is the last time for a long while that we will all be together again, but nice nonetheless. I'm not quite sure if it was because I was not partaking in the imbibing of alcohol or if the sands of time are pilling up... but it was quite a subduded event when compared to our standard gatherings. Guess we'll all be grown ups before you know it. I think I'm guilty of pushing the trend in that direction. Not that it's bad... it's just different!
I'm suffering from extreme puppy withdrawl. She's been with the breeder since last wednesday. He is due to bring her back to me tonight. My heart strings are being tugged. It's all a bit brutal really. I can imagine that she is huge now after hearing all the forbidden food that he's been feeding her. So much for keeping her on human food only!
18 weeks in and the bump seems to be now growing... the skinny jeans still fit which is a surprise... but perhaps by the end of the week this will no longer be the case. I'm just counting the days until the 19th when we have the scan that will reveal the gender. The doctor who listened to the heartbeat the other day was thinking it was a girl as the heart rate was quite quick... but that's just hearsay. We will find out for sure soon enough... everyone channel your energy for a girl. Not that we won't love a boy... it's just that I've got my heart set on a girl.
Only time will tell.
I'm off now to perfect the art of sleeping with my eyes open. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
21.8.07
strange things this way come...
I'm sitting in the office slurping back a tiny container of liquidized apple... it's the goodness of one full apple but in the convience of a drink. It's terribly expensive but look ma i'm eating fruit! While secretly in the back of my mind I'm straining to pull through the beautiful smell of roasted chicken that is wafting through the office. Im still pretty much in full on allergy attack mode so it's quite a challenge! My confession?
Damn the chicken smells good. I had a quick look on the counter where the not yet eaten portions remain... one look was enough to confirm that the sight of it was still enough to keep me safely in the veggitarian relgm... but for one small moment I thought just perhaps I would consider eating it again.... eating no... smelling. YUM.
I think we are the owners of the only dog in the world who really has no interest or enjoyment out of going for a walk. I took miss martini out this morning very early when the streets are empty to try and get some excersise for her in before I left for work... she was very good and did walk but trying to express the terror mixed with total disinterest that was expressed in her tiny little face... would be difficult. Poor thing. She doesn't even sniff about when she's out she's pretty much a little robot filled with terror. Best keep watching the dog whisperer when it's on on Saturday's dubbed in Spainsh. Maybe Cesar will have the tip we need to convince her that walkies are fun... or maybe we should just oblige and keep her as an indoor dog?
I'm sitting in the office slurping back a tiny container of liquidized apple... it's the goodness of one full apple but in the convience of a drink. It's terribly expensive but look ma i'm eating fruit! While secretly in the back of my mind I'm straining to pull through the beautiful smell of roasted chicken that is wafting through the office. Im still pretty much in full on allergy attack mode so it's quite a challenge! My confession?
Damn the chicken smells good. I had a quick look on the counter where the not yet eaten portions remain... one look was enough to confirm that the sight of it was still enough to keep me safely in the veggitarian relgm... but for one small moment I thought just perhaps I would consider eating it again.... eating no... smelling. YUM.
I think we are the owners of the only dog in the world who really has no interest or enjoyment out of going for a walk. I took miss martini out this morning very early when the streets are empty to try and get some excersise for her in before I left for work... she was very good and did walk but trying to express the terror mixed with total disinterest that was expressed in her tiny little face... would be difficult. Poor thing. She doesn't even sniff about when she's out she's pretty much a little robot filled with terror. Best keep watching the dog whisperer when it's on on Saturday's dubbed in Spainsh. Maybe Cesar will have the tip we need to convince her that walkies are fun... or maybe we should just oblige and keep her as an indoor dog?
20.8.07
I'm not sure how I'm still standing
but i was hit today by a massive wave of allergies... from where and from what I'm not sure. I guess perhaps the weather has changed and whatever the spanish version of hay fever is has come early. My sinuses are about to explode. I do not exaggerate when I say I probably sneezed 500 times today.
I had a check up with the Matrona today to make sure all sprog issues are okay. Funny thing is that I've not gained a single ounce yet. All these mad online resources say that you should have at least gained 10lbs by now... guess all this clean living is doing me good and what I'm loosing by being 'healthy' I'm re-gaining as baby weight at the same pace. Just wait tomorrow morning I'll wake up and be a balloon. Ha.
I got to hear the sprog heartbeat today... the Matrona said that she thinks it's a girl as the heartbeat is quite fast which is common in female bubs... but there will be no confirmation until the 20 week scan this time next month. sigh. I haaaaaaaate waiting. Apparently I'm 4 days more pregnant than they initially thought. How the hell do they know? I dont' get it. Doesn't matter really the 25th or the 29th of Jan... whatever the due date is, sprog will arrive once sprog is ready.
Until then I shall continue working like a mad woman... and running my business and puppy training... How I'm going to have any energy while I'm in London, I'm not quite sure. But lets see if I can make it to Thursday morning without having a sinus explosion (or implosion)
snnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnfffffffffffffffffffffffff
someone score me some sinutab? please? I swear the sprog will never notice!
but i was hit today by a massive wave of allergies... from where and from what I'm not sure. I guess perhaps the weather has changed and whatever the spanish version of hay fever is has come early. My sinuses are about to explode. I do not exaggerate when I say I probably sneezed 500 times today.
I had a check up with the Matrona today to make sure all sprog issues are okay. Funny thing is that I've not gained a single ounce yet. All these mad online resources say that you should have at least gained 10lbs by now... guess all this clean living is doing me good and what I'm loosing by being 'healthy' I'm re-gaining as baby weight at the same pace. Just wait tomorrow morning I'll wake up and be a balloon. Ha.
I got to hear the sprog heartbeat today... the Matrona said that she thinks it's a girl as the heartbeat is quite fast which is common in female bubs... but there will be no confirmation until the 20 week scan this time next month. sigh. I haaaaaaaate waiting. Apparently I'm 4 days more pregnant than they initially thought. How the hell do they know? I dont' get it. Doesn't matter really the 25th or the 29th of Jan... whatever the due date is, sprog will arrive once sprog is ready.
Until then I shall continue working like a mad woman... and running my business and puppy training... How I'm going to have any energy while I'm in London, I'm not quite sure. But lets see if I can make it to Thursday morning without having a sinus explosion (or implosion)
snnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnfffffffffffffffffffffffff
someone score me some sinutab? please? I swear the sprog will never notice!
16.8.07
If my dog could talk
it would be saying something like this right about now...
"mummy mummy, i love you I love you, I love you!"
"i'm sorry mummy I can't help it mummy, but I can't fight the urge to bite you on any occasion when your hands are anywhere near my tiny but leathal mouth!"
" mummy mummy i'm full of beans and no amount of sprinting around the house can calm me down!!!!"
however... since the only sounds she makes are squeeking and coughing (minus the 3 barks she emitted the other day when a stranger came in the house which she has never since repeated)... thus consider this dialogue as one transmitted through dog-human telekenesis.
it would be saying something like this right about now...
"mummy mummy, i love you I love you, I love you!"
"i'm sorry mummy I can't help it mummy, but I can't fight the urge to bite you on any occasion when your hands are anywhere near my tiny but leathal mouth!"
" mummy mummy i'm full of beans and no amount of sprinting around the house can calm me down!!!!"
however... since the only sounds she makes are squeeking and coughing (minus the 3 barks she emitted the other day when a stranger came in the house which she has never since repeated)... thus consider this dialogue as one transmitted through dog-human telekenesis.
15.8.07
I am sure glad that
We get 1000 free international minutes with our internet/phone service. As I swear my conversation (or diatribe) to Joey last night sure soaked up a lot of them! I'm not usually one full of gossip these days but I seemed to talk her poor ear off last night.
I've been busy this week cracking the back of this new project that I'm working on. It's quite a whopper of a task and I must say it's been good for the old brain to start working again on something that does not have anything to do with agencies.
Looks like miss sally is returning to the land down and under thus we prepare to send her off. I shall be back in london for the fete and then she'll be here shortly afterwards after her jaunt with Rich and Joey to Ibiza. It's going to be a bit mental!
Anyone want to chihuahua puppysit? Too bad she's not yet able to travel yet!
We get 1000 free international minutes with our internet/phone service. As I swear my conversation (or diatribe) to Joey last night sure soaked up a lot of them! I'm not usually one full of gossip these days but I seemed to talk her poor ear off last night.
I've been busy this week cracking the back of this new project that I'm working on. It's quite a whopper of a task and I must say it's been good for the old brain to start working again on something that does not have anything to do with agencies.
Looks like miss sally is returning to the land down and under thus we prepare to send her off. I shall be back in london for the fete and then she'll be here shortly afterwards after her jaunt with Rich and Joey to Ibiza. It's going to be a bit mental!
Anyone want to chihuahua puppysit? Too bad she's not yet able to travel yet!
9.8.07
some of us are...
mostly enjoying the first ray of sunshine of the day. It's been so cold and stormy here the past few days... she is a smart cookie.
Update!
She is now enjoying full range sunshine in the sitting room.
Dog blog (first couple entries) are done and with the powers that be... I hope they like them. Worst case scenario I'll do a spin off blog from here and post about her there.
Thanks for everyone's well wishes regarding the bump... I don't really have one yet as I previously mentioned but I'm expecting to wake up one morning in the next few weeks to find that I have 'popped'.
The house feels very empty without all the visitors we've had in the past few weeks. Lilli of course fills it with a great presense of random poops but I'm mostly behaving. I did not even leave the flat once yesterday... I could so very easily slip into a world of agoraphobia... As with most things... I doubt I'd be very good at it as the lack of diet coke would quickly force me back out into public.
Things are ramping up quickly with my new job which I've not written about yet... I'll save that little gem under my hat for a while. You're going to love it!
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mostly enjoying the first ray of sunshine of the day. It's been so cold and stormy here the past few days... she is a smart cookie.
Update!
She is now enjoying full range sunshine in the sitting room.
Dog blog (first couple entries) are done and with the powers that be... I hope they like them. Worst case scenario I'll do a spin off blog from here and post about her there.
Thanks for everyone's well wishes regarding the bump... I don't really have one yet as I previously mentioned but I'm expecting to wake up one morning in the next few weeks to find that I have 'popped'.
The house feels very empty without all the visitors we've had in the past few weeks. Lilli of course fills it with a great presense of random poops but I'm mostly behaving. I did not even leave the flat once yesterday... I could so very easily slip into a world of agoraphobia... As with most things... I doubt I'd be very good at it as the lack of diet coke would quickly force me back out into public.
Things are ramping up quickly with my new job which I've not written about yet... I'll save that little gem under my hat for a while. You're going to love it!
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7.8.07
My holidays...
managed to sneak up behind me and tap me on the shoulder... since then the blog wagon has rolled over me several times and I'm still all soiled and don't have any soap powder for my washing machine. No seriously I don't...
The tiny puppy is tiny no more... well she always will be as she is a chihuahua but she's a whopping 850grams now so there is really no telling what could happen. Bulldogs beware!
Uncle Mit and Lilli Martin mostly looking fab!
Is this what they mean when they say "put a cork in it?" nahh don't worry i'm not cruel she can't even bark yet... but she is mostly taking over drinking wine for me since I no longer can...
KJ and Bryan's wedding was a sucess which happened as you know just before the holidays.
My tiny mummy and seestor... with my gramps in the foreground
Seestor's husband checking out the boobage! I love this shot (sorry bryan)
The villa was lovely and a good time was had by all. I think this year we really noticed that we were missing the 2nd week... but good times were had in Barcelona with my mum and my sister and her hubby the week following so that was good. Mum even braved a trip to Ikea with me to buy some stuff and get the spare room in better shape to host the new arrival that I have yet announced... oops well there you go, I just did. The new arrival will do just that around late January therefore there is plenty of time but mum will not be back here before then so she was an angel helping me get things sorted.
The villa gang (minus seestor who was taking the photo)
Seestor Mum and I
Seestor and I on the catamaran. Thank you Orsom for giving us a free spin (or my company a free spin)
Did I mention I was having a baby? Yes indeed. Well anything my sister can do I can always do better right? tee hee... I'm only 14 weeks or was it 15? who knows... I'm not terribly good at this whole new venture, and I've not even really got a bump yet... Fredu is thrilled to say the least. I'm cautiously optimistic as with everything really :)
I'm bucking the trend folks... instead of becomming a mommy blogger I'm going to strive to become a doggy blogger... I'm drafting up sample entries right now for a shot at scoring a slot as a regular content provider for this portal in the UK... nothing confirmed or promised but it would be good fun... time will tell.
Lilli Martini! Not sleeping or biting me to death... but of course relaxing as that's what dogs do!
managed to sneak up behind me and tap me on the shoulder... since then the blog wagon has rolled over me several times and I'm still all soiled and don't have any soap powder for my washing machine. No seriously I don't...
The tiny puppy is tiny no more... well she always will be as she is a chihuahua but she's a whopping 850grams now so there is really no telling what could happen. Bulldogs beware!
Uncle Mit and Lilli Martin mostly looking fab!
Is this what they mean when they say "put a cork in it?" nahh don't worry i'm not cruel she can't even bark yet... but she is mostly taking over drinking wine for me since I no longer can...
KJ and Bryan's wedding was a sucess which happened as you know just before the holidays.
My tiny mummy and seestor... with my gramps in the foreground
Seestor's husband checking out the boobage! I love this shot (sorry bryan)
The villa was lovely and a good time was had by all. I think this year we really noticed that we were missing the 2nd week... but good times were had in Barcelona with my mum and my sister and her hubby the week following so that was good. Mum even braved a trip to Ikea with me to buy some stuff and get the spare room in better shape to host the new arrival that I have yet announced... oops well there you go, I just did. The new arrival will do just that around late January therefore there is plenty of time but mum will not be back here before then so she was an angel helping me get things sorted.
The villa gang (minus seestor who was taking the photo)
Seestor Mum and I
Seestor and I on the catamaran. Thank you Orsom for giving us a free spin (or my company a free spin)
Did I mention I was having a baby? Yes indeed. Well anything my sister can do I can always do better right? tee hee... I'm only 14 weeks or was it 15? who knows... I'm not terribly good at this whole new venture, and I've not even really got a bump yet... Fredu is thrilled to say the least. I'm cautiously optimistic as with everything really :)
I'm bucking the trend folks... instead of becomming a mommy blogger I'm going to strive to become a doggy blogger... I'm drafting up sample entries right now for a shot at scoring a slot as a regular content provider for this portal in the UK... nothing confirmed or promised but it would be good fun... time will tell.
Lilli Martini! Not sleeping or biting me to death... but of course relaxing as that's what dogs do!
18.7.07
Congratulations!!!
To my sister and her now husband.
They were married yesterday. It was very sad not to be there but since I spoke to her before and both the dress and shoes she chose to wear were both from me... I was there in spirit! I can't wait to see the pictures!
Work is beyond busy... but isn't it always like this just before you go on holidays???
The puppy now has a name!!! She is Lilli Martini... it was a hard call... all of my spanish friends were voting for Lola... which is really cute too but I think we're best with Lilli.
Suresh jetted back to London yesterday... I swear he did not miss his flight... well that's the story we're going with anyway. It was lovely to have him here. I'm sure Lilli will wonder where he's gone.
Next guests not far away. Mum arrives friday and seestor and new hubby on Sunday.
To my sister and her now husband.
They were married yesterday. It was very sad not to be there but since I spoke to her before and both the dress and shoes she chose to wear were both from me... I was there in spirit! I can't wait to see the pictures!
Work is beyond busy... but isn't it always like this just before you go on holidays???
The puppy now has a name!!! She is Lilli Martini... it was a hard call... all of my spanish friends were voting for Lola... which is really cute too but I think we're best with Lilli.
Suresh jetted back to London yesterday... I swear he did not miss his flight... well that's the story we're going with anyway. It was lovely to have him here. I'm sure Lilli will wonder where he's gone.
Next guests not far away. Mum arrives friday and seestor and new hubby on Sunday.
10.7.07
You know you and your friends all work in media when....
you have an msn conversation like this....
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karmparker@some-email.com says:
you got a sec?
http://random_devURL/test
what happens when you go there?
sarah says:
a video loads in top left hand corner
sarah says:
then plays
sarah says:
then there is lots of shooting and robot death
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Moments like this are amusing and surreal all at once.
you have an msn conversation like this....
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karmparker@some-email.com says:
you got a sec?
http://random_devURL/test
what happens when you go there?
sarah says:
a video loads in top left hand corner
sarah says:
then plays
sarah says:
then there is lots of shooting and robot death
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Moments like this are amusing and surreal all at once.
8.7.07
much to my surprise
my paintings just became well expenisve!! I agreed to sell a few with this online shop... They take a 35% commission so of course I made sure the price I gave them was reasonable knowing they would take half... how suprised was I when I saw the actual prices they have them listed at! The whole art world is totally un-known to me so it's all learning... but holy moly for all you out there who already own one of my pieces... They have tripled in value! Hang tight... I can fake my own death and try and push the price up even more... that is of course if you make sure to wire me some money to my swiss account once you sell them (to help keep me in the grave aka a nice island in the south pacific). Thanks!
my paintings just became well expenisve!! I agreed to sell a few with this online shop... They take a 35% commission so of course I made sure the price I gave them was reasonable knowing they would take half... how suprised was I when I saw the actual prices they have them listed at! The whole art world is totally un-known to me so it's all learning... but holy moly for all you out there who already own one of my pieces... They have tripled in value! Hang tight... I can fake my own death and try and push the price up even more... that is of course if you make sure to wire me some money to my swiss account once you sell them (to help keep me in the grave aka a nice island in the south pacific). Thanks!
4.7.07
Finally
Someone who sleeps more than I do! She's not got a name as we are not sure we are keeping her. But she was a good little sleepover guest. She's so tiny and cute and is yet again sleeping! I love it! a true Spanish dog!
She's due back to the breeder tonight who has been indeed kind lending her to us. I think we are going to continue looking although it's a tough choice... but we were looking for one with a lighter face... I will meet her brother tonight when the breeder comes back to collect her. He's got a lighter face but I'm not sure we want a boy... nor if we want something bigger... but we're not so sure he's bigger... time will tell...
in the interim more pictures of her doing what she does best!
Look at the cute paws!
super tiny!
We have now adjusted ourselves and have move into sleeping dog pose number 54. Strech!!!!
Someone who sleeps more than I do! She's not got a name as we are not sure we are keeping her. But she was a good little sleepover guest. She's so tiny and cute and is yet again sleeping! I love it! a true Spanish dog!
She's due back to the breeder tonight who has been indeed kind lending her to us. I think we are going to continue looking although it's a tough choice... but we were looking for one with a lighter face... I will meet her brother tonight when the breeder comes back to collect her. He's got a lighter face but I'm not sure we want a boy... nor if we want something bigger... but we're not so sure he's bigger... time will tell...
in the interim more pictures of her doing what she does best!
Look at the cute paws!
super tiny!
We have now adjusted ourselves and have move into sleeping dog pose number 54. Strech!!!!
3.7.07
i'm having the cutest sleepover ever
she's spending the night... on trust alone! The breeder is too sweet! The puppy is trying to walk on the keyboard as I type. I suppose she likes the clicking noises and the fast moving fingers... she also likes napping... she is 3 months... she's about 10inches long... and under 1kilo...she's so tiny she can't even bark yet... she squeeks!
she's spending the night... on trust alone! The breeder is too sweet! The puppy is trying to walk on the keyboard as I type. I suppose she likes the clicking noises and the fast moving fingers... she also likes napping... she is 3 months... she's about 10inches long... and under 1kilo...she's so tiny she can't even bark yet... she squeeks!
The drill cranking monkeys...
obviously had the day off today... either that or they were on a cofee break when I was seeing the dentist. I waited for nearly 30 mins for my 11h20 apt. this morning with my CAP salud dentist. When she finally re-surfased from her coffee break that I saw her leave to take not long after I arrived... she ushered me in. I sat on the chair, she asked me to open my mouth... she looked in using one of those tiny mirror jobbies... however did NOT use that hideous pick thing which they normally prod all your teeth with hoping to find a cavity... no no, no prodding. After then 10 second visual scan of my mouth she pronounced that all was well... in fact muy bien! I apparently did not need a cleaning nor did I seem in need of any further attention.
Under 1 minute after arriving I was back out again and on my way in blissful ignorance to my actualy dental hygine status.
You get what you pay for... and this my friends... was free.
No worries. I like denial. It's what's been keeping my pearly whites just that for the past 5 years. I shall carry on just like I have been said the dentist!
Sticky toffee or jawbreaker anyone?
obviously had the day off today... either that or they were on a cofee break when I was seeing the dentist. I waited for nearly 30 mins for my 11h20 apt. this morning with my CAP salud dentist. When she finally re-surfased from her coffee break that I saw her leave to take not long after I arrived... she ushered me in. I sat on the chair, she asked me to open my mouth... she looked in using one of those tiny mirror jobbies... however did NOT use that hideous pick thing which they normally prod all your teeth with hoping to find a cavity... no no, no prodding. After then 10 second visual scan of my mouth she pronounced that all was well... in fact muy bien! I apparently did not need a cleaning nor did I seem in need of any further attention.
Under 1 minute after arriving I was back out again and on my way in blissful ignorance to my actualy dental hygine status.
You get what you pay for... and this my friends... was free.
No worries. I like denial. It's what's been keeping my pearly whites just that for the past 5 years. I shall carry on just like I have been said the dentist!
Sticky toffee or jawbreaker anyone?
2.7.07
Sometimes some people take secret pictures...
It's just one of those secret things photographers do... I think they can't help it. I found this one... evidence of my slumber... I swear I was dreaming of red devil cupcakes with cream cheese icing...
It's pretty fab considering it was only taken from his camera phone. Kudos to you du du!
It's just one of those secret things photographers do... I think they can't help it. I found this one... evidence of my slumber... I swear I was dreaming of red devil cupcakes with cream cheese icing...
It's pretty fab considering it was only taken from his camera phone. Kudos to you du du!
For the first time in a long time
I've had a really chill and relaxing morning. We had a very early appointment this morning but the person we were seeing was so late. I thought things were then off to a bad start... but it picked up. I had a lovely breakfast after the meeting... I forget sometimes how lovely the terrace is around the corner from my flat. It's nice to sip an iced coffee while nibbling some toast with apricot marmelade and watch all the cute puppies and people go by.
I'm obviously not in the office today as there is no computer there for me... thus my freedom! So here i set listeing to the Smith's John Peel session... Brilliant does not even begin to describe it. I highly reccomend it.
I've got a dentist appt. tomorrow morning. Usually I need a few weeks to psych myself up for such things but I just found out that heath services here include dental therefore I'm going for a checkup. I guess I've not to worry so much about the checkup it's more about if they find I have a million cavities that have developped since my last apt. It was probably close to 5 years ago... back when I had posh dental insurance while working for Chello... sigh. I'm thinking the service will be a bit less high tech for this visit.... well as long as they don't have a monkey turning the crank that powers the drill, perhaps that's a start....
I've had a really chill and relaxing morning. We had a very early appointment this morning but the person we were seeing was so late. I thought things were then off to a bad start... but it picked up. I had a lovely breakfast after the meeting... I forget sometimes how lovely the terrace is around the corner from my flat. It's nice to sip an iced coffee while nibbling some toast with apricot marmelade and watch all the cute puppies and people go by.
I'm obviously not in the office today as there is no computer there for me... thus my freedom! So here i set listeing to the Smith's John Peel session... Brilliant does not even begin to describe it. I highly reccomend it.
I've got a dentist appt. tomorrow morning. Usually I need a few weeks to psych myself up for such things but I just found out that heath services here include dental therefore I'm going for a checkup. I guess I've not to worry so much about the checkup it's more about if they find I have a million cavities that have developped since my last apt. It was probably close to 5 years ago... back when I had posh dental insurance while working for Chello... sigh. I'm thinking the service will be a bit less high tech for this visit.... well as long as they don't have a monkey turning the crank that powers the drill, perhaps that's a start....
1.7.07
Happy Canada Day!
It's hot and humid and mildly rainy here today... pretty much average Canada Day weather. It's just not the same though without the beer tents and bad bands! This year I don't even have a balcony from which to fly my mini Canadian flat... we have a terrace but we're at the back of the building and way way up so no one would see it. I'm there in spirit!
Friday night we were hunting around to find some ever elusive sundresses... they are elusive as everything here is so tiny on the bust that if you've got a broad back and anything more than a b cup you're pretty much out of luck. You can do your best to learn the language, understand traditions... but fitting into clothes in a foreign country isn't quite so easy... it's not like I'm huge but by judging some of the shops here I'm a plus plus plus size. What we did find however was a beautiful wedding dress for my sister. I know she already has one but she said it was quite informal... when we stumbled across this beautiful grecian inspired dress we just had to get it for her. I think she will love it. I hope it fits her! I would of course post a pic but I don't want to ruin the surprise for her hubby to be if she decides to wear it. The dress is jetting it's way to her as we speak in an oh so fancy dhl evelope.
Happy birthday duffy denise!!! Welcome to 31! Disfruta!
No puppy news as I had hoped... buying a puppy here pretty much adds up to the same run around routine foreigners seem to feel about all process here... you need patience and perceverance... as well as the ability to wait for many many mananas until you get something done. But it's all good. Good things come to those who wait my mum says... guess spanish people end up with LOTS of good things because we sure as hell do a lot of waiting!!!!
It's hot and humid and mildly rainy here today... pretty much average Canada Day weather. It's just not the same though without the beer tents and bad bands! This year I don't even have a balcony from which to fly my mini Canadian flat... we have a terrace but we're at the back of the building and way way up so no one would see it. I'm there in spirit!
Friday night we were hunting around to find some ever elusive sundresses... they are elusive as everything here is so tiny on the bust that if you've got a broad back and anything more than a b cup you're pretty much out of luck. You can do your best to learn the language, understand traditions... but fitting into clothes in a foreign country isn't quite so easy... it's not like I'm huge but by judging some of the shops here I'm a plus plus plus size. What we did find however was a beautiful wedding dress for my sister. I know she already has one but she said it was quite informal... when we stumbled across this beautiful grecian inspired dress we just had to get it for her. I think she will love it. I hope it fits her! I would of course post a pic but I don't want to ruin the surprise for her hubby to be if she decides to wear it. The dress is jetting it's way to her as we speak in an oh so fancy dhl evelope.
Happy birthday duffy denise!!! Welcome to 31! Disfruta!
No puppy news as I had hoped... buying a puppy here pretty much adds up to the same run around routine foreigners seem to feel about all process here... you need patience and perceverance... as well as the ability to wait for many many mananas until you get something done. But it's all good. Good things come to those who wait my mum says... guess spanish people end up with LOTS of good things because we sure as hell do a lot of waiting!!!!
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