Winding Down

Hmm, I know frosty mornings and freezing fogs are not ideal but it is December. I know the nights are longer and tempers are shorter but it is Christmas soon so let us just spread goodwill and happiness to all. Let us remember the reason for the season - so even though shoppers are grumpy and traffic is horrendous have a smile in your heart :-).
I am looking forward to the Christmas break - at work I am trying hard to wind down and the only decision I am hoping to do is choose which Cadbury Roses to eat!!! At home - cards posted and presents wrapped and dropped. Yeheyyyy!!!!

Baby I can drive a Car

It is not easy it is difficult!!!! I had completed my 12th lesson. It is not easy; it is difficult. Sometimes I wish I have 4 arms to coordinate all controls and longer legs to hit that clutch hard.

On Goodbyes and Endings

Gray and gloomy

as they drift.

Shattered dreams

Ripped heart

Empty soul.

Unsaids remain unsaids

Questions unanswered

Tried but not succeeding.

Staying strong

Moving on

Looking ahead.

My Babes

He is my Babes!!! I love him so dearly and like really!!!

A Poem of Lament

Water Watch
Bucket Brigade

That is what we do
Friday to today.

It is not a trickle
It is a flow.

Evening we empty
Dawn we pour
Morning we drain
And do it all over again!!!

Water Watch
Bucket Brigade
That is what we do!!!!

Ramblings again

Questions spinning in the head

how does work really work
is it okay not to have a blog or a myspace or a friendster page
how do we really say NO?

I am sure there are people who could write a very academic paper or even a book about the issues above?

Acquisitions

One very exciting thing that i s happening in the Twort household at the moment is the acquisition of the new boiler - tsadang!!!!
Because we are the Twort of course it follows that we have teething problems (leaks galore and panic phone calls to engineers) but everything is sorted now (I dare say?) . I have to get used to the sounds it makes. The Kablaam for the Hot Water and The softer Kablaam for the Central Heating.

I thought Boilers just appear on the wall without pipes (WRONG!!). Crisscrossing copper pipes are visible - should these exposed pipes be boxed in or make them as a feature??

The Lakes

Dennis and I will never tire of going back to the Lakes. Every visit is a new experience. We stayed in Windermere but our days are spent in Grasmere and Coniston.

Hmm, dinhi mi nag puyo nga bed and breakfast - it is a very charming place. Sue and Martin, the couple who owns the place hasta ka warm and friendly. Maayo kaayo nila pagkadala ila business. Impress kaayo mi sa attention to detail.



We love Grasmere. Lingkod lang sa square and tan aw sa mga tawo nga nang labay.

We are 8 Years today!!!

Yeheyy, we passed the seven year itch with flying colours!!!

Hmm, I think Dennis and I had done well in the last 8 years. It is not nuclear physics to be in a marriage (but it is rocket science?) We both managed to find middle ground in almost everything now from who is in control of the remote and who should be doing the washing and food shopping!!!

Again, I still keep on thanking my God for the gift of Dennis.

Home Sweet Home

We decided that we need to do more for the house. Actually we did a bit in 2006.
We block paved the front yard - I know not very Eco friendly especially that we got rid of a big shrub thing, a type of rose shrub that has plenty of lovely pink flowers during the summer, a big sort of pine tree and two hollies. The front yard is now neat with railings and a little gate. To be honest - it looks boring, definitely no curve appeal at all. Solution!!! get planters during the summer to add colour to the front. So why the block paving then?!?
We decorated the kitchen. The kitchen needs sprucing up. It looks a lot better. We opted for a lighter yellow. It was yellow and it is still yellow ;-)
We just bought carpet for the bathroom and the kitchen (part of the kitchen). Dennis will do the hard labour - poor thing but this had to be done. I hope I picked the right type of carpet for the bathroom this time. The carpet I picked two years ago was horrible!!!! So I have to live with it for 2 years.
Oh and our toilet seat broke!! And buying a new one is not that simple. You need to have the exact measurement. It took us ages to look for the right size...The list goes on and on.
8 November
Well, we thought we will just change the carpet near the sink; we ended up changing the carpet in the whole kitchen!!! Obviously the carpet is bigger than the kitchen. We cut and rolled it in the backroad - ha ha ha!!! I was praying that we will not create a traffic jam (ha ha ha).
December
Auntie Fe is arriving on the 19th, so much to do: food shopping, clean house, put up Christmas decks. To be honest I was stressing. Dennis helped a lot; we were able to divide tasks.
January 2006
When everyone seemed skint and broke; Dennis and I are spending as if money is going out of fashion. We are stretched to the limit - I could already imagine how red our respective bank accounts are. We bought a new mattress. Exciting right?

The 9 to 5

TIMES LIKE THIS....

1.There are times that you just want to go back home the moment you enter the office. 2.There are times that you either want to be an assasin or hire an assasin 3.There are times that you wish you are Superman and can read minds. 4.There are times that you know what it means: they know that you know what they know but you know that they know that you know!!! If that makes sense explain it to me!! 5.There are times that you just have to smile and bite your tongue. 6. There are times that it is definitely a big 'DUH' moment. 6. There are times that you can't do number 5.

Ramblings

We break for Easter today. It is one of those 'I don't want to do anything day'. I am trying to wind down since 9.00 in the morning and it is now 4.14 pm and yes I am still winding down.

We (actually only me from my section) went down to the SCR to finish off left over cakes from last week's birthdays!?!

Then back to the office....

And then it is time for the lunch break!!!

Then back to the office...

Documents filed (check), emails answered (check) and voice mail changed (check).

Right, it is time to go home.

April

Where will I start? It is Sunday today, 1st April 2007. The sun is out ; the wind is chilly but no worries - it is a beautiful day!!! We attended the Palm Sunday service then picked up mommy eve for lunch. Yes, I am not cooking the routine Sunday lunch today. Yeheyy, I have a break.

After a hearty meal and a decadent warm pecan tart with vanilla ice cream I just want to lie down and sleep. Well, I sort of dozed off at the back seat of the car as Dennis drove to the moors. The drive is another tradition that has to be followed after a meal out.