Depression sucks! January 15, 2009

So I haven’t put a post up lately as I’ve basically been feeling really down the last 2 days. Woke up after having a bad night terror and ever since then I haven’t been able to shake off the feeling of sadness and loneliness. So basically spent the last 2 days feeling sorry for myself. But I am feeling better today and so back to the old grind stone. Saw the doctor and everything is going well.Got the 4D scan tomorrow and looking forward to it. Also getting my wedding dress so very excited Picking the final design of the cake on Saturday and turning the office into a nursery so I am very busy.

Now from what my lovely man has been telling me there is a lot of people looking for an early election. The next election is not due till 2012 but a lot of the ministers looking to get Brian Cowans lot out and try something new. In a way I do agree with them. Brian Cowan made a big mistake especially with the budget. But I don’t know if a complete overhaul of the government at this fragile time is a good idea. But who knows if it will even happen.

Anyway I’m a busy lady so that’s all for today.

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Rant and Rave January 8, 2009

To be honest I don’t know what to rant about today there’s just so much, the weather, our politicians, the Gaza violence, the looming risk of unemployment in the country, doesn’t it just sound depressing. 9 out of 10 people fear for their jobs. I feel lucky cause I know Nigel is the 1 in 10 who’s job is secure. But our Government is really pissing me off. When I heard they were moving the budget up I thought great, they are going to nip this in the bud and get the country on track. Ha was I wrong. They are attacking children and the elderly and raising taxes. Now England had the right idea. They reduced their taxes, made it easier for the people. Why the hell didn’t the Irish government take a leaf out of their book? Now all the Irish are going over the border cause goods are cheaper but in turn we are pumping money into their economy while ours is dwindling. I’m not saying don’t go up over the border, I’m saying tell the idiots in charge that we need some relief.

Another thing that is bugging me lately is thee fact that we are still supporting anyone who decides to come here. Now before anyone jumps to conclusions I am not one of those people who think foreigners shouldn’t be allowed into the country. I welcome them but it’s the ones who come here, start claiming dole and suck the money out of our economy I hate. I’m all for people coming here and starting a new life and contributing to our economy and all that, that’s great let them earn the social benefits like I had to. Also Irish people out there who are on the dole and never worked a day in your life, shame on you. I’m one of those people who like you know you have worked, you have paid taxes, now you are having a hard time, ok here’s a hand to help you get back on your feet.but why should the rest of us pay other peoples way. There is a group of people who live underneath us. Gettting all the benefits they can off the government and they have the biggest tv I have ever seen. It’s scandalous! Now for you people who think I’m a hypocrite as I’m on job seekers. I was working from 16 and earned the credits. So you can’t say I’m a hypocrite.

Well I’m fed up of giving out now and I’m going to eat now. So if you feel the same about this let me know and I shall post the best arguments. Or if you feel I am wrong tell me and I’ll start a debate going.

Thanks for listening to my ramblings.

Damn Electronics January 6, 2009

It’s offical my appliances like Nigel better then me. Today as I was watching Deadliest Catch on Discovery “bang” Chorus broke down. So to save myself an hour of listening to bad music on their crap customer service line I did what I knew they would tell me to do. I plugged out the power wire, turned it upside down, took out the card, put the card back in and connected it back to the power. At this point the lovely Chorus blue page came up and then “bang” another page about network configuration and network numbers and I had absolutly  no idea what to do. So I rang Nigel and he turned me to turn it off again. Took the little wire out and then tryed to connect it again. It was around about now that sparks began to emerge from the Chorus box and I was told not to touch it ever again and wait till he got home. He got home turned it on and off and hey presto it worked. GRRRR!!

Then my Internet has been funny lately so I deleted some program files and did a disk clean up and some defragmentation to help it along. Spent about 2 hours doing all that and went to speedtest.net <—– brilliant sight btw, and discovered that my ping was 957kb/s  and my download speed was about 20kb/s higher then that.AHHH!! we are paying for 7000kb/s and we are getting under a 1000kb/s. So I asked Nigel to restart the router and give it some tlc. And still it torments me!!

THEN, my brawn new blender seems to have trouble blending. I was making fruit smoothies and it took me about 10 minutes to blend some fruit.GRRR!

On the plus side Xmas in finally over. All the decorations are done and put away. Although I still have cards and a present that some lazy people have yet to pick up, but yup it’s over for another year WOOHOO!

Now I am a bit ignorant when it comes to politics and what not so can someone explain what the hell happened in Gaza? What are they fighting about? I think it does have something to do with religion but tbh I’m not sure. But it is very sad. Just as troops in Iraq are told they can go home a whole new war starts. It’s time like this you reconsider dictatorship. Look at China….they are doing great, set to become the next super power and here we all are fighting.

Anyway that’s enough from me now I have cleansed my soul on the Internet(is it just me or does that sound kinda dirty?)

Thanks for listening to my ramblings.

What were they thinking? January 4, 2009

I am not amused!!! First of all what were the casting team of Dr Who thinking when they cast the new Dr. Who?? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7808697.stm <— check out the BBC site who got an interview with 26 year old Matt Smith. He is the youngest actor to play Dr Who which I have no problem with but OMG you have to check out the interview you will see what I mean. He looks like a guy out of rehab. He just creeps me out. I can see there being an uproar about it. Although I have got a theorey. Maybe this is all a clever plan. Make us all angry and get lots of publicity and notice. Then “fire him” due to fan unhappiness and then unveil a much more suitable candiate. Please god let me right. I am normally right so please don’t make this the exception. I was talking to a very dear friend of mine who happens to be a massive Dr Who fan. While discussing our hatrid for the man suggested an unlikely yet suitable candiate. Richard E Grant.

Now I would have never thought of him myself but now I think about it I think he would make a fabulous doctor. He has years of experience and I think he would really make a good edition. So if anyone happens to know Russel Davies or can at least get within slapping distance. Give him one from me and yell Richard E Grant rocks.

Now to another screen related annoyance only it’s the big one I am talking about. Twilight! The most hyped up movie I think since Harry Potter. Now I have never read that particular collection of books but another friend of mine has the entire collection and can practically recite it at this point. So you can imagine her   the movie was announced. I went to see it last night for the first time last night (it was her third). Quite excited to see it to be honest after all the hype. Unfortunately I left thinking what was all the fuss about. Yes it had it’s moments but it didn’t leave a huge effect on me. It had some really good effects at one point. For example when they were ascending up a very large tree with great speed. It was incredible done. But then they had some really sloppy moments too. They had some really bad CGI rain, I mean really bad. Then to add insult to injury the truck driving in the really bad CGI rain “forgot” it’s windscreen wipers. So not overly impress with the editing. As for the actors eh they were ok. Won’t win an oscar. Robert Pattinson was very good in Harry Potter so I was looking forward to seeing him play as a main character. But I wasn’t overly impressed and the make up artists made him look terrible. I have seen bloopers were he looks quite handsome and not half bad looking. But after all the effects they do on him after he looks horrible. He literally looks like skin and bone, on the face anyway. I understand they were going for the whole death look but he does him no favours. I wasn’t particularly keen on Kristan Stewart who plays Bella. She was a bit I don’t know…bland. The whole movie as bland really. In fact there is a quote from the movie I think would work here “it’s like a human eating tofu all their life, sure it keeps you strong. But you are never satisfied.”

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Attack of the family!!! December 31, 2008

OMG this is wrecking my head. According to my mother and grandmother I am suppose to put up my grandad and his wife as well as my mum-in-law, dad-in-law and my 2 new sisters the week of my wedding. WTF!! My apartment is not big in the first place and I will be damned if I am entertaining that many people days before my wedding and when I’m 7 months pregnant. Been talking to my man and he agrees with me thank god cause I was starting to think that I was the unreasonable one. But I have out my foot down and that’s that!

Anyway finally booted out the brother and have an hour or two of some peace and watching Sister Act 2. Love that movie!! Thankfully I have no news……I am firm believer in no news is good news. Well the mother in law is coming home today from the funeral in England. A return trip we paid for I may add. Then my oldest sister in law is coming on Saturday and we are paying for her hair to be done as well. I’m not a scrooge with money but we have a lot to be paying for what with the wedding and a baby on the way and what not. Not to mention getting one huge bill 4 month electricity bill. After all who isn’t skint after xmas so no that ticket is not a present and I am definitely expecting it back. After all they haven’t given anything to us, nothing.Which is fine we don’t need anything but my parents have been so generous. They are paying for the reception, my dress and a surprise honeymoon. Yes I’ll admit my family are better off then his so I don’t expect the same things but god….lets just say I’m not impressed at all and neither is my family.

But onto world news anyway. I mentioned yesterday about the Kilkenny fire that killed a mother and her 2 daughters. Although an investigation is still underway into the circumstances surrounding the fire, a private prayer service is taking place in honour of the family. The family will be buried together tomorrow. This is one of those stories that you can’t help but feel for the family when you read. A family member was describing how she was wrapping presents on Xmas Eve and how it’s difficult to think that the children never lived to open them. My condolences are with the Whelan family and friends of the family at this time.

I also mentioned a woman being held in custody over the stabbing of a man in Kilkenny yesterday. Well the only update on that story is that the 18 year old has been taken to court.

Anyway that’s all for me. Happy New Year!!

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Time Out!! December 30, 2008

Finally I’m alone. Don’t get me wrong I love my  man and I love my bro but after a week of being out numbered it’s nice to finally be alone. Nigel went back to work yesterday. Richard was still here though and then I got a call from a friend who asked if I was about. Now this particular friend works in a shop locally but she lives in the middle of nowhere and depends on a bus. Because she lives in the middle of nowhere therearen’t many buses and she often has hours to kill.So she tends to go to a friends and stay there. Now this doesn’t sound so bad but the fact is she gets her hours a week in advance so she has a week to plan who she will visit and give them notice, you know courtesy. But no 5 mins before she got here she was ringing me from the taxi she was in saying she was heading in my direction. I hate that. She did it over xmas was looking to stay overnight after a late shift and I felt bad because I wasn’t there to put her up as I was at my parents. Although she had a week to ask me I was the one feeling bad. So no more of that crap for me.

Apart from that I had a goo xmas. Got a George Foreman, a blender, some nice perfume, a nail set, a voucher and a few little things. Best day was St Stevens Day. My Gran throws a party every year and everybody comes and it’s just a lot of fun and no matter how big everyone gets it’s something that I hope will never change.

So in Ireland Kilkenny is all over the news today. An 18 year old woman is being held in relation to the stabbing of a 22 year old man who’s body was found at 4 am this morning.Forensic teams and the state patholgist Marie Cassidy has been called.

Another story that broke my heart on Stevens Day was about Kilkenny fire. A mother and her 2 daughters perished in the fire Xmas eve. Although they have yet to determine the cause of the fire Forensic teams are telling the police to keep an open mind as to the cause. My heart goes out to the family and friends who are suffering.

Thats all for now have to go visit my gran.

Thanks for listening to my ramblings.

oh and did anyone get anything weird and wacky for xmas??

Twas Christmas Eve December 24, 2008

So I’ve visited all the family, handed out all the gifts, stuffed the chicken (hate Turkey) and my ham is soaking. We have watched a marathon of scary movies and now my bro who is staying with us is playing Deep Space. Apparently it’s one of the scariest games out there at the mo and from watching him I believe him. I’ll be going to bed soon hoping that Santa will break into my apartment especially if he looks like my pic But am I really feeling all that merry? I’m not sick anymore and I got everything I wanted ie a George Foreman and a blender. Plus some really nice gifts from my friends but all in all I’m not all that bothered. What I am looking forward to is St Stevens Day or Boxing Day to some people. All my family go to my grans house and just be merry. There’s poker and drink and food and just a lot of family fun stuff.

So I wish all my readers a very merry xmas and I hope everyone has remembered the most important thing about tomorrow……..The Dr.Who xmas special at 6pm on BBC1.

Thanks for listening to my ramblings and I hope you keep enjoying them into the new year.

Another damn day. December 21, 2008

So guess who was in a&e last night? Yup you are all psychic it was me. Evening was better then the day started feeling little better well not as bad as the day anyway. Was going to bed at 1 ish in the morning, went to the bathroom which is covered in mirrors and noticed a large odd rash on my arm. At first I thought it was just a pressure mark from where I was lying but it wasn’t fading and it was really odd. It was streaky and blotchey never saw anything like it.  So rang MIDOC talked to a very nice nurse who informed that it was probably a good idea to visit a doctor as soon as possible. Called a taxi went and saw the doctor who said and I quote “I don’t know what that is” so I was of course sent to A&E. Had bp,temp and bloods done (shudder) I hate needles but it wasn’ to bad the nurse was very good. Hung around on a bed for a bit. Talked to a very nice surprisingly perky doctor for 4 in the morning. Said he was doing some spot test thingy but won’t get the results of that till Monday. So basically I have paracetamol to fight a virus so that kinda sucks but oh while I’m a woman I’ll survive.

So Internet still sucks so not going to say much more as this will never get posted otherwise.

Thanks for listening to my ramblings.

Ba humbug! December 20, 2008

Hello world miss me? Sorry I had to disappear off the face of the planet for a few days. So here it is. Wednesday Nigel was sick so I played nurse and managed to nurse the fella back to health. Thursday at about mid-day I got a call saying Nigels Gran died and his mum was distraught and very upset so of course we rushed to Maynooth to be by her side. Did I mention I hate her house full of smoke and dog hair ah I couldn’t sleep at all. Thought things were looking up and was looking forward to my friends panto tonight but of course I woke up and I have never felt so sick in my life.So been on the couch all day feeling sorry for myself and feeling like crap. So had to cancel on my friends and have been nursed upon by Nigel. So yeah not been the best 3 or 4 days. Plus some damn boats broke the internet again.

Some of the submarine wires were cut again and now it is taking forever to download stuff off the internet worse again they say it won’t be fixed till the 30th of December. So merry xmas everyone!!!

Oh and I must apologise for any spelling errors as everytime I try to check my spelling I get an error message. Typical.

Yawn…. December 15, 2008

Wow maybe it’s just me but I am really starting to feel tired. But after all the cleaning I did last night and today I’m not surprised. I am knackered but anyway I remembered why I hate Christmas. I am broke. Between presents and train fares and new clothes for parties we are really scrimping these last 2 weeks. But we just have to get past this week and then Nigel should be getting paid, I am secretly hoping he gets a bonus, I know he isn’t working there that long but he did get a raise so why not a little bonus. But remember the amazing dress I got that I then had to return and then found another amazing dress, well it shall finally be taken out of it’s bag and put on show tomorrow night. Looking forward it especially the free meal part.

Nigel is late home tonight as he hung around with his friend and got a later train. So yeah he is cooking his own dinner tonight. His best friend will be his best man and his girlfriend might be our photographer so everything is looking good on the wedding front. But yeah I am stuffing down Jammy Dodgers instead of making dinner so yeah feeling like a bad mammy right now as I am sure I should eat something substantial but it’s to late now.

So to some more interesting news. The Minister European Affairs Dick Roche was held captive during a hotel raid earlier today in Co.Wicklow. A total of 9 people were held captive while 3 masked gun men robbed the hotel. Thankfully no one was hurt and no shots were fired.

In other news guess what bottled water has been withdrawn. The Food Safety Authority of Ireland has confirmed that batches of bottled water have been withdrawn from some supermarkets. Apparently there were low levels of coliform found in bottled water produced by Shannon Minerals stocked by Superquinn, Aldi and Lidl. Although only low levels were found and posed no harm to consumers they have withdrawn it as a precautionary measure.

So my question to you is- what the hell is going on with food producers?

Thanks for listening to my ramblings.