Monday 31 December 2012

Happy New Years Eve!

Well today is the last day of 2012 - and we have no plans for tonight. A snuggle in front if the TV I think :)

New Years Resolutions:

1. Register at the local Gym
2. Attend the Gym (Regularly)
3. No more take aways!
4. Eat MUCH healthier
5. Stop taking on so much and stressing myself out ^_^

We shall see how long these last.

I am hoping it won't be too much longer until I get Stumpy back - I miss him :(

Rehearsals for Sound of Music start again this week, then Auditions are on 15th January! Exciting!!!!!

I have just tried a chocolate tea bag. I am not very impressed.

Friday 28 December 2012

Only 4 sleeps till 2013!

Well Christmas is over and now it's the countdown to New Year! Where has this year gone?

We plan to visit my family down souf in February, another trip to London to see a show (or two) in March, *fingers crossed* I get a part in The Sound of Music with Darlington Operatic Society (so that will be April gone lol!) Ste and I will have been together 1 year in May, maybe a holiday abroad? (I need to get a Passport first!)

Hopefully the house will be in order by February, then it will feel more like a home and less like a building site. The only room left that needs work is the kitchen, but to be honest it needs ripping out and a new one putting in! Not something we have the money for so maybe the Landlords will realise this needs doing and stump up the money :)

We have been waiting for a new back door since August, so the Landlord gave me the telephone number of the gentleman who was supposed to be fitting said door. I have been texting him every hour with no response! So I shall continue to text him until he replies.

I have found out from my dad that Stumpy is not going to be written off! Woohoo! He is going to be repaired and the garage is just waiting for parts. It has been absolute luxury driving the brand spanking new Vauxhall Corsa hire car they gave me but I am keen to get Stumpy back! It is so tense driving a brand new car that isn't yours - especially if anything happens to it - I am liable. I am hoping that it won't be too much longer now.

Stumpy after the crash:

I hope to have a AFTER repair photo very soon!

Thursday 27 December 2012

What a month!

So work has been challenging and decorating the house has been exhausting on top of making everyone's Christmas Smunkee orders - so all in all by the 12th December I was pretty knackered. Luckily I had booked the day off work so I could go to a Christmas Craft Fair with Kelly in Northallerton to sell SMUNKEES!

The day was a disaster :( I sold nothing! So we set off home around 3:45pm.

DISASTER!

Stumpy got a puncture about half way home. For most people this wouldn't be that much of a problem but for us, it was; Stumpy is a Smart car. He only has two seats and no room for a Spare tyre. So we got on the phone to the AA who dispatched a Patrol vehicle to take us to get a new tyre (luckily I had a credit card on me - as it was December and money was tight).

I put the Hazard Warning lights on (as we were on a single carriage way) and I managed to get a very reluctant Kelly to get out the car and stand on the grass verge in -degree weather. It was very cold. Many other drivers managed to see us and get round us just fine except for one...

At 4:35pm a car piled straight into the back of Stumpy pushing him onto the grass verge where we were stood. Luckily I stepped back out of the way but Kelly stepped sideways and was hit by my car :(

WHAT A DAY?!

Long story short - Stumpy was broken, Kelly has a fractured ankle, I had no car for a week (luckily the 3rd Party accepted liability and provided me a hire car). On the plus side: we are both alive. It could have gone very differently if we hadn't got out the car.


Moving on...

Christmas has been and gone for me with just two days off work :( the house is starting to get there slowly but still feels like we are living in a building site. We finally got the dining room plastered and have got the feature wallpaper up and started painting.

We need a set of ladders before we can do anything with the section of wall above the picture rail. We are both just too short lol! *Fingers crossed* we can borrow some from Ste's Mum soon.

We have decided to leave the Christmas tree up in the living room as we currently have no where to put it and it hasn't felt very Christmassy for me.

I just don't know where this month has gone! It is 27th December and I am at work :(

I need to find a dry cleaner to sort out Ste's Tweed Jacket which is covered in purple sick - god knows what he was drinking at his Christmas party!

The landlords are popping round this evening to take a look at the house. It is currently looking like a bomb has hit it so we shall see what they say!

I need to get some White Gloss paint for all the wood in the house as I managed to pick up a gloss that is exactly the same colour as the walls. Not a good a look.

*Fingers crossed* the start of 2013 will be a little less bumpy and we might get the house looking GREAT!

Thursday 29 November 2012

Only 25 days until Christmas!

Wow! It is scary how fast this year has gone by! I have really done quite a lot this year:

Titanic The Musical
My job has been made redundant: twice!
Met The love of my life - Ste
Moved in with Ste
Made 200+ Smunkees

I hope there will be lots of new adventures in 2013!

Best start thinking of some New Years Resolutions!

Tuesday 23 October 2012

63 days till Christmas!

so lots has happened since 4th October!

I have changed jobs (again) still at same place but just different job title. O-M-G it is MANIC! :( been Woking stupidly long hours and don't really feel like I am getting anywhere!

Ste got a Honda VFR 750 and it is FAB! We did have to go to Halifax for it and driving through Bradford wasn't particularly pleasant! Maniac drivers is an understatement! They are outright crazy :/

I have more Smunkee orders which is great - I am hoping to get some more for Christmas :) someone bought 2 from my website today which is very exciting!

*Fingers crossed* the weather stays ok at the weekend so we can go for a ride around Cumbria ^_^ and get Ice Cream!

Thursday 4 October 2012

81 days until Christmas!

Where did the year go?! Smunkee.Biz has been going for nearly a year, I did Titanic the Musical with DOS, turned 23, found my Ste, changed jobs, we moved in together, another job change due in the next month....

BLIMEY!! Busy busy year!

We are getting Sky installed on Sunday :) I am so excited!

Last (long) weekend was very productive! We got a beautiful Welsh Dresser for the dining room..

A brown leather 3 seater sofa and matching chair from a second hand shop :)

I have another Smunkee Craft Fayre on Saturday which I am really looking forward to. I have made lots of Smunchkins for the occasion as they are the most popular! I will get photos on the day..

Oooh while I remember my Smunkee.Biz banner arrived!

That is all for now.

danidumpling signing off...

Friday 28 September 2012

A day out...

Today Stevie Babes and I went to IKEA and the Metro Centre :) Of course spent a fortune but got some fantastic Shoes from Schuh!

We had lunch in IKEA (Meatballs and Daim bar cake) then went to Frankie & Benny's for dinner. It was delicious. Thoroughly enjoyed myself until I realised I had lost the car keys :(

10 mins of panic later we made it to customer services where someone had handed in my keys (which were found in the car park :/)

We finally got home at 9pm and are currently sat watching Glee <3

Tuesday 25 September 2012

NEXT Showroom

So our bedroom finally looks like the picture from the NEXT catalogue! ^_^

It's beautiful and the bed is Super Comfy! :) I especially didn't want to get out of bed this morning! It's cold and wet...

Thursday 23 August 2012

Getting there...slowly!

Sobthe dining room walls need plastering but we have set up our dining room table set and it looks fab!!!

Fingers crossed we will get it sorted soon so this room can be as beautiful as the rest!!

Painting starts on the living room this weekend!

Wednesday 22 August 2012

We are in!!!!

Well we have had some hurdles to overcome but we are in the house and have some rooms that are acceptable to live in :P

The bedroom is beautiful! Just have some glossing to finish and some coving to put up and it will be perfect!

The kitchen is pretty good (walls might need some plastering work)...

...and the bathroom just needs a lick of paint, apart from that it's glorious!

So we have some work to do over the next few months but *fingers crossed* we will be in our perfect home in time for Christmas! <3

Monday 6 August 2012

18 (15 Days)....

I really need to start packing as its only 15 days till we can start moving in! Now I have a car that should help out a lot!

The weather has been pants! :(

Ste and I decided to go for a picnic yesterday afternoon. However we got stuck in thunderstorms and flooding and had to drive home. So we had our picnic in the lounge...



Isn't the picnic basket fab?! That was our Boyes bargain - half price! And it has proper plates and cutlery - none of this substandard plastic rubbish!

Fingers crossed the weather is a little nicer over the next few weeks so we can "Get Lost" using my new smart car app and have a lovely picnic!

Sunday 5 August 2012

I have a NEW CAR!!

So yesterday we went out looking for a new car for me...

And this is what we came back with..

I reckon it's more like half a car, but it's shiny and so cute! He is called Stumpy.

So today Ste and I are going for a picnic :)

Friday 3 August 2012

Well I was having a good day...

I went for my usual walk at lunchtime, wearing my Titanic hoodie and denim shorts.
Some arse in a white van drove past and shouted "Well your as big as the Titanic"

Then someone at work has complained that my shorts are too short.

Well there's a self esteem hit.

21 (18) Days...

Well they say good things come in three's...

1. New House
2. New Phone
3. Loan approved for NEW CAR!

Woop Woop!

Exciting day for me today!

We had planned to camp this weekend, but due to the weather forecast I think we are gonna give it a miss!

Possibly a cinema trip instead :)

Thursday 2 August 2012

22(19) Days......

Ahhhhhhhhh I'm getting brand new iPhone in less than 3 hours! (Well between 13:31 and 14:31) hehe! I'm so excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have a case for the edge of my iPhone and some funky screen protectors that sound like it will be a mission getting them on correctly!

I actually didn't sleep at all last night....so I suspect the Red Bull will wear off by lunchtime and I will probably be falling asleep by 3pm!!!

*Fingers Crossed* it will be nice and simple to sync my new phone up to iTunes and everything will just work!

I will be too excited to care if it doesn't!

Wooohoooooooo........

Wednesday 1 August 2012

23 Days (now actually 20 days!)

So the current tenant is now moving out on 20th Aug so it's now only 20 days till we can move in (although I suspect a gradual move in over two weeks will probably happen)!

Last night was a very productive evening...

Paid off all of Ste's debt, my old contract and ordered a brand spanking new iPhone!!! Wohooooooo! It will be arriving tomorrow - I an so excited I can't wait!!!!

Everything is going so well!

Tuesday 31 July 2012

24 Days...

So Ste and I went round to our new house last night to get a better idea of size and ask the landlord a few questions.

We also got a KEY! Woop woop! So we can move bits in over the next 3 weeks. The current tenant moves out on 20th Aug so we can technically move in a few days earlier!

EXCITING!!!!!!!!!

Monday 30 July 2012

25 Days...

So yesterday I took part in "It's a Knockout" in the DOS girls team. It involved throwing myself on an off of soggy giant inflatables. It was FANTASTIC! I had a great time and really enjoyed myself. When I got home I was even feeling energetic enough to do Just Dance on the Wii with Maisie...

OMG the PAIN today is unbearable! There is a strong possibility I have bruised my ribs and hip! It hurts to sit, to stand, to walk.. I am pretty buggered no matter what I do :/

I reckon it's gonna be a few days before I feel human again! Just doping myself up on painkillers and anti inflammatory for now!

I think training needs to be done if I (stupidly) decide to take part next year! It's all for charity though :)

Friday 27 July 2012

Men...

URGH! Where do I start?

Not a happy bunny. In a foul mood. Be warned.

28 Days...

I am back in track with my diet and I can feel a weight loss already :)

Maisie (Ste's little sister) did a Come Dine With Me night last night and it was AMAZING!

Starter: Ribs
Main: Burger and Potato Salad
Dessert: Hot Chocolate Fudge Cake with Ice Cream

Oh it was GOOD! I was very impressed how well she did for a 9 year old!

I may have gone over a little food wise last night but I am back on track for the weekend and I have been roped into Darlington OS "It's A Knockout" on Sunday. Bouncy castles, water, pain! I think it will be good for burning off calories but I suspect I will be struggling to walk on Monday!

Hopefully my new landlord will be around this weekend as well so we can pop over to the house and get pictures and measurements :) and maybe get our table and chairs over there :)

I have some Smunkees to get done, monies to pay in, clothes to pack for Dogsitting at Ste's next week - its going to be a LONG and BUSY weekend! I CAN'T WAIT :)

Thursday 26 July 2012

29 Days...

Everything is starting to look up for us! Woop woop!

I am back on track with my diet and I walked from Ste's to town today (25 mins) and I plan to walk back again this evening! I am feeling good for doing it :)

Payday on Tuesday which should help me out a little although it's still going to be a tight couple of months :/

Hopefully we will be debt free and happy in our beautiful new home by Christmas!

Tuesday 24 July 2012

Still a little sad!

It's a month until we move into our new home, and it feels like years away :( we also need to win the euromillions on Friday - just a million would do us just fine :)

That would solve lots of problems!

As they say you gotta be in it to win it! So *Fingers, toes, eyes, arms and legs crossed* we win!

31 Days...

Today I am having a bad day and it's not even lunchtime :(

Feeling down and stressed out at work! However I am back on the diet band wagon today, and downloaded an app on my phone to help keep track :)

I can't believe PayDay is still a week away :( it's been a LONG month and it's depressing how broke I am.

I have also downloaded an app to help keep track of spending and find out where I am just throwing money away!

Fingers crossed it works!

Monday 23 July 2012

32 Days...

Wohooooo! We now have our dining room table which is EVEN better than we expected :) we were also super lucky an managed to get 4 chairs made up to match! I should be able to pick them up on Friday (Sam our new landlord is borrowing a van to help move a few bits at the weekend).

Work is actually going well today :) I am staying at Ste's house for the most of this week so we have an extra 10cm to sleep in (my bed appears to be a super small single :/)

We baked chocolate brownie cake yesterday which was DELICIOUS! I ate far too much :P along with last nights (and today's lunch) chicken kebab... Nom Nom Nom!

I have more Smunkee orders which is fab! I have also made a Ruby Wedding anniversary set for someone at work for £35! I will have to get some good pics to go the Facebook page :)

Friday 20 July 2012

35 days...

We are going to pick up our new dining room table tomorrow and hopefully get some chairs and maybe a bench!

Just discovered I am a Page 10 girl in today's Northern Echo :) I do look a bit silly in fur coat and sunglasses but I DON'T CARE!

I have out one copy on my desk at work and have another copy to maybe frame :P

Anyone want my autograph?!

Thursday 19 July 2012

Still no phone call...

I only have half an hour for lunch and Ste always rings me. I'm sad now. 12 mins late and still no phone call.

36 Days...

Till we move in! I really can't wait! Super excited :)

It's really hard to not buy lots of beautiful things for the house but we have to be good and wait till we are moved in.

The weather is half decent today, ground a little soggy but the sun is out :-)

Just downloaded Spotify for my iPhone (I can't believe I haven't done it before) I now have 300 odd Glee songs :) hehe - I am sad I know.

Just waiting for Stevie Babes to ring me for our daily lunchtime catch up.
He is 7 mins late :(

Wednesday 18 July 2012

Only 37 days....

We are going to pick up a dining room table we purchased off eBay this weekend. We don't however have any chairs to go with it :-/ we hope the place were we got the table might have some chairs we can get :)

Whilst eating dinner (Sausages) last night I got bitten 3 TIMES on my leg. Oh how it itches today :( it is so hard not to scratch!

Only 2 hours left of work then I am going to walk to Stevie Babes house and snuggle up and watch a film :)

I love him so much <3 I hope these 37 days go quickly! :o)

Oh guess what?!

THE SUN IS SHINING!!!!! Wohoooo! *fingers crossed* it stays around for a little while. I feel much happier when the sun is out :o)

Byyeeeeeeee

Tuesday 17 July 2012

Picture of Bedroom Furniture

This is our bedroom furniture!

Guess what...

I solemnly swear I am up to no good...

Exciting!!!

So Stephen and I have been together for 2 and a half months, and I am the happiest I have ever been :)

We have found a house to move into together in late August and I am SO EXCITED! We have already found and started paying for our beautiful bedroom furniture :)

Pictures to follow....

It probably isn't to everyone's taste but we LOVE IT as it's so unique and as it's a one off set nobody will have the same! We just gotta start saving for the be-a-utiful matching bed!

Looking at my current bedroom I have some serious clutter to ditch before we move in to our new home :) just gotta stop impulse buying because we can :P

I am sure you'll agree that it's very difficult as it's just so much fun!

I believe a trip to Binns is in order to get some super fab kitchen utensils :)

Countdown to move in day...

38 days!!!!

Woop woop!

Saturday 7 July 2012

Off to London!

I rolled out of the wrong side of bed at 4am this morning. Ste got ready immediately while I wandered around in a foul mood because the clothes I planned to wear today were still damp on the airer. Urgh.

The taxi arrived at 4:30am (I was still butt naked doing my hair) and so I got all stressed out rushing around. 4:37am - READY!

Arrived at Darlington Train Station and we sat down to wait. Only when the screen informed us that our train had arrived (even though we couldn't see one) did we realise we were sat at the wrong platform! PANIC!

Luckily we didn't miss the train.

So it's 7:04am we are still on the train, with foul coffee. Mood = better.



Thursday 21 June 2012

Bad Times..

Morning! It's not really a good morning for me though :( I miss Ste and won't see him for another 10 hours or so.

I have a really sore throat today :( need to find some throat sweets otherwise I will be a right misery guts all day!

The sun... Has buggered off! How depressing! I definitely feel better when the sun is out :)

Right time to walk to the bus stop and go to work!

Hopefully today won't drag too much :)

Wednesday 20 June 2012

Half way through the week....

Ok so it's Wednesday. I would be much happier of it was Friday afternoon...but got a couple of days to go yet!

Going to the cinema this evening with Mony, we will pick what we want to watch when we get there! Ooh get me not planning ahead! That's a rare occurrence!

I won't see the bf tonight :( that will be the first night apart in weeks! That makes me sad! I will see him tomorrow after work though so will just have to look forward to that! I also get the spend the whole weekend with him - so I will be a happy bunny :)

The weather is lovely (Hayfever hit me like a bus this morning though) I just hope the sun lasts a little longer than a few days.

Right work to do...films to see....Smunkees to make!

Monday 18 June 2012

It's June already!

Ok I have been neglecting my blog - but so much has been going on!

So since April I have been in Titanic the Musical at Darlington Civic Theatre, I have had more Smunkee orders, fell in love, changed jobs, lost over a stone, it's been the Queens Diamond Jubilee and the Olympic Torch came through Darlington yesterday!

I have decided not to perform in Footloose the Musical this year but am considering doing the backstage stuff :)

I fell in love with Stephen Lauder. He is my whole life now. We have been together 6 weeks today but it feels like 6 years (in a good way).

My employers made my job redundant and moved me to another department; Commercial Data. I'm not sure if I am going to enjoy it :/ all I want to do at the moment is spend all my time with Ste <3

We had planned to spend the entire weekend together, however it was sprung on him that he had to work all day Saturday and half day yesterday. I wasn't a happy bunny :(

Ste and I had a lovely time together yesterday though :) we went to Middlesbrough to watch Men In Black 3 in 3D. It was hilarious as I had to wear 3D glasses over my own new (Gok Wan) glasses! We had totally misjudged the movie times and had to leave early as not to miss the last train home. I actually had to RUN from the cinema to the station :O

What else? Oooh I started a new diet 5 weeks ago called The Celebrity Slim Shake Diet. So far I have lost 21lbs in 4 weeks! Next weigh in is on Wednesday (although I did have a night off last night as we went to Pizza Hut. Nom Nom Nom.)

Exciting stuff eh?

Friday 6 April 2012

It's Easter!

I can't believe that it's April already! How fast this year is zooming past. Work is as usual, Smunkee orders are still coming in :) and rehearsals are regular. It is less than 3 weeks until the show. I am super excited now - fingers crossed it goes well!

Having sold my car a couple of months ago getting the bus isn't so bad - I can get around ok and I quite like people watching :) I am looking at getting my Manual licence so I can look for cheaper cars with cheaper insurance.

I am currently debating whether or not to get a Kindle? It would be much lighter to carry around than a book but would it just cost me more to buy e-books? Some investigating is needed I think!

Tuesday 3 April 2012

The countdown has begun!

So it is only 22 days until Titanic's opening night! Eeek! I am very excited and definitely looking forward to it! It will be a tough 3 weeks of rehearsals though! I still have costumes bits to find and brown dye for my 3rd class passenger costume! We are having headshots done tonight for the programme :) so I will have to make sure I look my best :)

On the Smunkee front I am still doing well getting orders in so that's great! I have made 124 Smunkees so far! I have to pop to the bank at lunchtime to pay in some cheques - who pays with cheques these days?! Honestly!

Anyway work to do, daydreams to dream. Have a lovely day everyone!

Friday 30 March 2012

It's the weekend!

So this week the boss has been off on holiday and we had a relatively busy week until today which was slow.

We had our Darlington Operatic Society AGM last night. What I thought would be an hour and half meeting turned into 3 hours! I got in just after 11pm and had a Smunkee to make and Personalise by today.
Before I knew it it was 2:20am and I had to be up for work at 6:15am. Urgh. I got the bus into town and stopped at Costa to get a Large coffee to keep me going!

I soldiered on through today and after work my Roomie and I went to Matalan to find me an outfit for tomorrow night. We are having a girls only night out in Newcastle. I have never been on a night out there so should be an interesting experience. I got a fab outfit and some wegde espidrils! Roll on Saturday night!

So I am currently at my parents having just cooked burger and chips for father and I. No Smunkee making tonight. I need a break.

Toodle pip!

Sunday 25 March 2012

It's Sunday already!

Today I got up, got dressed, baked some cakes, went shopping in town, came home and made Smunkees then watched Part 1 of Titanic the drama series on ITV1.

Some of those first class women were positively dreadful.

And now it is bed time.

Saturday 24 March 2012

Another fun packed day!

Wake up time at 10:00, get dressed (put Titanic hoodie on) and get butt to town ready for leaflet handing out! There was about 10 off us there, we had another photo taken that will be going in Monday's Northern Echo :) then we handed out 250 leaflets (which was easier said than done) then coffee at Starbucks then a stroll in the sun. It was a lovely afternoon.

I got the bus to my parents house, picked up some money from my brother and then got the next bus home, the weather today was fantastic! It almost felt like summer :)

I went to Iceland on the way home, stocked up on frozen food then went to Morrisons to get my fridge food!

Broke now.

Bring on payday!! Lots of excitement is planned for next weekend with a birthday night out in Newcastle with some of the girls from work/operatic society :)

Friday 23 March 2012

Another productive day...

So I got up at 10:30 when my alarm clock rudely woke me. I dragged myself out of bed and made a list of things to do today. I had a go at tidying my room, went into town to see the craft fair only to realise it was last week :( so I wandered around town for an hour or two, got some lunch then went home to make Smunkees! I watched several dance films, a sad film and then a funny film.

Friday over.

Oh by the way...

These are pics from the stall I had at our local Church Fair! I hope to get to a few Craft Fairs in upcoming months.

I am exhausted!

Tired is an understatement! I am officially exhausted! With a full time job plus part time Smunkee making and part time Operatics there just isn't enough hours in the day!

I started to get a sniffle on Sunday which I put down to the council cutting the grass which brought on my hayfever. However by Monday morning it was full on man flu! It just hit me from nowhere! I went through a box of tissues, a whole packet of flu tablets and by 2pm on Monday I just looked like shit. My boss sent me home. I went to bed for a couple of hours before rehearsals which were tiring then went straight to bed about 10pm.

I emerged from my pit just short of 2pm on Tuesday! I decided some anti-histamines were required so managed to drag myself to Boots. About an hour later I was starting to feel some improvement but the worst was still to come. By 7pm my voice was starting to give up on me and I could not sing a note :( I still went to rehearsals and did my best.

I went to work on Wednesday as my boss was off. I didn't feel particularly recovered but I managed until 4:15 when I was let off early. I dragged myself to rehearsals and couldn't wait to climb into bed that night.

I had a decent nights sleep on Wednesday and woke up feeling somewhat better about 10:20 this morning. I definitely had a productive day! I registered at a new doctors surgery, picked up some Smunkee.Biz stuff from town, then got the bus to my parents house to see if the dog was still alive (my parents are away on holiday and they entrusted my 17 year old brother to look after the house and dog).

The house was a sight! The dog was alive, just. I did some Smunkee.Bizzing before getting the bus home, putting my iPod on eBay then going to rehearsals. I am so glad we have all weekend off! We are handing out Titanic leaflets in town for an hour on Saturday but apart from that freedom all weekend! *Fingers Crossed* the weather stays lovely!

Just realised clocks go forward an hour on Saturday night :(

But for now...sleep!

Wednesday 7 March 2012

End of the working week for me!

Woohoo it is Wednesday and the end of the week for me! I have two days holidays booked for Smunkee making as I have a Church Fair stall to fill up ready to sell on Saturday 17th March. It is quite exciting!

I have sold 3 Smunkees this week so far which is great :)

Rehearsals for Titanic were good last night, I did however get a bit soggy walking home in the rain. I have found a perfect 3rd class passenger costume on eBay for £17.50 incl. P+P which is good, and I can get £10.00 back in expenses from the society.

Work has been much slower today than it was Monday and Tuesday but only 2 hours and 45 mins to go!

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Monday 5 March 2012

It's Monday :(

Well after last weeks disaster with the buses *fingers crossed* this week runs a little smoother. I have purchased my 4 weekly ticket on my iPhone saving me £11.60 which is great!

I am lucky to have only 3 days at work this week meaning I can make Smunkees on Thursday and Friday! I need to get a whole batch made up for the Williw Road Community Centre Spring Fair on Saturday 17th March. Hopefully I can sell some Smunkees to all those forgetful people in time for Mother's Day!

I have 4 rehearsals for Titanic this week and I now have my high heeled boots which I need to wear in. I can see me being crippled for the rest of the weekend!

Thursday 1 March 2012

And I thought it couldn't get any worse...

I needed to pop into town at lunchtime to pick up some milk for work, so I hopped on the bus which actually turned up! I got what I needed then went to stand at the correct bus stand for the 12:33 bus. I stood there for 20 mins...

Eventually the no.1 arrived 10 mins late, but he was going to drive straight past until I jumped in front of him. I was fuming! I asked him why he keeps just driving past? He said he doesn't stop at this stand and wasn't going to my work, but Crook. I stormed off the bus and jumped on the no.11 which got me back to work, although a little late.

I got back to work, adamant that I was right and there definitely should be a bus to pick me up and take me to work at 12:33 every day. I rang Arriva and made another complaint. All I got was, we will get back to you within 10 working days. So I asked to speak to the supervisor, and managed to convince them to ask the Darlington depot whether I am right or not?! They rang me back within 10 mins to inform me I was right and they would be investigating why the bus hasn't turned up 2 days on the trot! Well fingers crossed it gets sorted out so I can smoothly get to and from work whenever!

I am looking forward to rehearsals this evening and hope to be in a better mood!

It's going to be one of those days....

I have had enough already and it's only 9.11am. So my housemate woke me up at 4.15am and I just couldn't get back to sleep after that, so I am tired for starters. The she went to work without me and didn't even tell me she was going. Then another bus drove straight past me, even though I was hanging off the kirb with my hand out!

I feel like I need a good cry.

So I have sent another complaint to Arriva; thats 3 in 3 days! My first week of Bus Travel couldn't have gone much worse.

I am also feeling a little sorry for myself and I am all doped up on beechums and strepsils!

A good start to a Thurdsay I would say. Not.

I have Titanic Rehearsals this evening and I am tired, in a foul mood and will have to walk there. :( hopefully I might be feeling better later!

I shall update later. TTFN.

Wednesday 29 February 2012

Arrghh!

I feel rubbish today! Out come the Beechums :( I have had a whole packet of Strepsils and still have a sore throat. Hopefully I might feel a bit better for rehearsals tomorrow night!

I am not having much luck with Arriva buses at the moment! Not only did one not turn up yesterday lunchtime, today the same bus just drove straight past me and about 20 other people! Not a happy bunny today! I rang Arriva and made another complaint! They say they will investigate and get back to me within 10 working days. I won't hold my breathe.

I shall have a quiet, relaxing evening in making Smunkees :)

Tuesday 28 February 2012

It's nearly March!

Ok so I have been neglecting my blog ALL this year! I shall have to get my arse in gear!

So on the Smunkee.Biz front I have just finished Smunkee #100! Which is very exciting. I have a steady supply of orders which is great, so I shall plod along as I am for now. Roll on Smunkee #250, #500 and #1000!

So the Operatic Society is fabulous! I love it and cannot imagine myself not being in it. I auditioned for Titanic and got a part of a Stewardess, in nearly every scene, meaning I need to be at nearly every rehearsal! So I am an extremely busy bee at the moment but I am super happy :)

I have just sold my car and have opted to 'Go Green' and get buses everywhere, up until today it was going quite smoothly (apart from the fact you cannot get a bus from Hummersknott on a Sunday). So I needed to pop into town to pick up a few bits for Smunkees, and the bus timetables allows for this in an hour :) however...I stood at bus stop from 12:06 until 12:30 waiting for the 12:16 bus which never arrived.

I was thoroughly peed off and wrote a snotty email to Arriva to complain. It doesn't look good for them when they advertise for car drivers to 'ditch the car and hop on a bus' especially when the bloody bus doesn't arrive!

Rant over.

I am going to do some work, get 2 buses home (if they arrive) then off to play an hour of Football with the lads. I imagine I will be stood in goal doing bugger all for the majority of the game.

Bye____x