Archive for August, 2009

As Fast as I Can

August 27th, 2009

Somehow this version of wordpress got corrupted, so in the past five minutes I’ve had to  export the database, remove the wp installation, install a fresh version,configure it then import the database and go off to find a temporary template. Tada! go me!

Nerf.

I’ve been having a reluctant but serious cleanup of the craft area. I won’t talk about what was dumped..Nasty. Dumping once covetted craft stash is nothing short of pure evil.

But still..

The DH has told me if I want to pre-order the new lot of Pro-Marker colours I can. And honestly I am in two minds whether or not to do it. It is a fair chunk of change to be splashing out on-whether my b-day is around the corner or not. We’ll see is all I can say.

I’ve got paid blogging to do on a few of my other sites, so I’ll keep this short for now. Photos of recent makes have been taken, but I’ll upload them later- there’s money to be made!!

Where was I?

August 24th, 2009

Right. Puking,vomiting and feeling just a weenie bit sorry for myself..Okay that is done with.Gone. Flushed with the rest of it.

This site was mentioned on one of the forums that I frequent, and it has has honestly made me fall in love with ProMarkers all over again. Passion for ProMarkers Great Stuff!

And for the likes of me who are at best creatively challenged it is a life saver.  I got stash ,tons of it- but do I know where to start? Not a clue. I have been playing around with a lot of the ideas.

Oh and remember that missing Ivory ProMarker? It turned up the same day as the replacement arrived -sods law but wouldn’t you know with me? Speaking of which Letraset are releasing another 56 colours..Yeah for being bankrupt in the very near future!

I will have a hunt around for my battery charger. The DH has said he will help me sort this desk/craft area out which was err nice but if it goes the same way as when he decided to ‘help’ me sort out my book collection , I don’t know if that might actually be a good thing or not. The Book Cull of 2009 ,resulted in the loss of nearly 85 beloved reads in both hardback and paperback. I was half tempted to go back to the charity shop and re-purchase them, but I didn’t. I decided that it left me with a whole lot more space to house the many new releases that are coming my way in October/ November.

If he tries the same thing with my craft stash then it will go exactly the same way I’m afraid!

In murky waters

August 20th, 2009

I’m feeling a little better , I am far from being 100% but I do feel a trillion times better than yesterday.

I have been on near constant chuck-ups since about August 16th ? It started out with a mouthful of bile then it just literally exploded! I went into the Doctors today and he thought  looked that I okay considering, but he did ask me when I had my last bowel movement.

Okay, this is probably a bit TMI but because of the sickness the last thing on my mind was sitting upright for five minutes or so, and besides I had more important plans for the toilet ie throwing up in it!

I haven’t been eating all that great because I was feeling a little rough around the edges ,so I attributed my lack of erm poops to that. He reckoned I was constipated. I didn’t. But he sent me away with a script for some Senokot tablets.

I did take two of them at around 1pm after we arrived home and within an hour I was shitting brown bullets. Go figure.

I still feel a bit yuk and I have had four dumps since then (and I can feel another getting ready to blow) but there you go- I was full of it ! and did I need to see a Doctor to tel me that ?

Rhetorical question okay? or then again maybe not.

Chasing Shadows

August 17th, 2009

Sick.Sick.Sick. Vomit.Vomit.Vomit.

Be back soon (hopefully)

Don't you Just Hate it..

August 14th, 2009

When people try to rip you off?

I have several domains floating around the Internet and well I’m a busy gal who’s online/PC time is somewhat limited. I honestly don’t have time to make new layouts each and every time for those most of them. I have nine domains in total ,so I sometimes I do outsource and hire someone to make me a theme.

I normally use the same designer , her work is excellent ( graphic-wise and valid coding etc) I gave her free reign with a design I wanted for my main PPP site. She sent me it this evening. I requested the premium package with a favicon/ avatar and extra content pages that we agreed on for the price of $40. I didn’t get the premium, I got the a package without the favicon/icon or extra pages. It isn’t the the fact that there is about $20 between the two more that fact that she thought I would neglect to notice the fact. She hasn’t been paid and won’t be until I get what I requested to begin with.

I have black pepper in my eye!! The DH bought a new toaster today and asked me to clear a space (ie move the old one and clean the space  ) so he could do the elements thing. I half knocked a bottle of fine black pepper and obviously got some in me eyeball. Say it hurts like F*cking hell anyone?!

There's always one..

August 11th, 2009

Missing Pro-Marker…I’ve lost my Ivory Pro-marker ! I’ve ransacked the craftroom but to no avail- No pro-marker,well not the one I needed anyways.. I found another 76 of them, but not an ivory insight!  I went on a little runaround online and found a little store that wasn’t charging up to £2.50 postage for a £1.80 odds pen! I also bought a Fiskars swivel control knife ,another anti-static bag,some foam tape and some DS tape. Happy little shop!

I have had a little play with my Heidi and Gretel stamps that arrived last week , but true to me form I can’t find my battery charger for the camera. So no picces I’m afraid..

Yesterday the DH bought new darker curtains for the bedroom , and with the piece of cardboard that was used as an insert he made DS1 a ‘laptop’ ,of course chaos ensued as DS2 wanted a laptop as well.. So today went to Argos and bought them a laptop each!  Nice little surprise was that instead of the £19.99 we had expected to pay they were reduced to £15.96! It was saved pocket money -the boys are always given pocket money from the grandparents each week and we save it up then once a fortnight they buy themselves a toy.

Last time it was two Vtech games for DS1 and a set of eight friction trucks for DS2. £22 and £15 respectively, any excess is thrown back into the savings tub for a rollover. They buy all their own small toys from pocket monies, it teaches them about value. They never trash their toys because ‘they bought’ them  and don’t want to spend anymore replacing them.. That’s a bit suspect but still..

Then again..

August 8th, 2009

People can be strange, fickle creatures at the best of times. Who am I to make comment on that though eh?

Had a bit of an issue when I booted up the desktop tonight. For some bizarre reason it wouldn’t connect to the internet. Even though the broadband was working fine and dandy. So I’m on the laptop again and by gawds the keys are so fiddly and the screen is about three inches tall. Not really, but compared to the 21″ of the desktop this 17″ seems super tiny.

Yuki just mailed -the CC Design stamps that I mentioned in the post have been put on her site. I’ve just ordered them :)

I finished LA. Banks -Bad Blood this morning. It was a little slow to start but once it did ,it was a complete page turner. I have the second and third in the series and I was tempted to dive right in and start the next but Lisa Gardners’  The Neighbour has been yelling at me since the beloved bought it for me -two weeks ago ?

I’ve been up with the tiddlers since 5.21 am this morning and they finally went back to bed just about an hour ago. I’m waiting for the MP3 player to charge then I’m turning in meself!

The less routine the more life.

August 7th, 2009

So. Okay it is nowhere near complete but it is here and here we shall be..or something along those lines..

I shouldn’t actually be online, but the boys are over at the gramdparents and me being the type to slack off when given the opportunity-I can’t look a gift horse in the mouth. I may never be left alone for three hours ever again..The recyle bins can wait to be cleaned, the bathroom/kitchen bins can wait to be emptied and the hoover will just have to suck it up…

Okay that was seriously lame but given the mood I’m currently in I am not surprised.

My little CC Design stamps arrived from the US this morning and I am thrilled with them. It was just the CC Gretel and Heidi , but I haven’t been crating of late (real life and all that) so I’m so out of the loop when it comes to rubber stamps. I haven’t ordered the Magnolia Stamp Club since what ? six months ago ? and even the third beloved gorjuss girls set was overlooked.

My bad.

Yuki will have these two in stock on Monday. Yummy Yummy!!

ner ner

August 5th, 2009

So,we’ve started yet again with TC. He has an identity crisis so I best be careful with him. Not much happening to be honest ,but then again what ever changes in my little world.

There are a fair few more tweaks to go before I can let the universe pound him into smithereens , so hang on !