Hope your all safe.

Hmm having read a few items on "Kathyrne" or whoever the ho-ha you spell it. All I can say is ouch and thank my lucky stars we don't get anything remotely like that here.
I just hope all the bloggers in the area are ok.
Now if only i had about 10,000 Tonnes of premix and a few days Im sure I could fix a few holes in the dykes "protecting" New Orleons.. Hmm I guess it was built by the Dutch to remind them of home, never did understand the netherlands people.

Peace

God say a prayer.

Well it's 8:25pm where I am but where this post is aimed at it's 2:25 in the PM.
My good friend sharon is scheduled for some surgery today erm don't ask what's being done, just that well it's not exactly pleasant. She'll be off her feet for a few days at least, if not a Week (THIS IS NOT A HINT, this is a REQUEST) Nurse Melonie - Can you like erm try to keep the patient off her feet for a week I know it's difficult but try please I'd do it but Im just a tad far away.
Say a prayer for her please, say a prayer for all your friends all over the place I do every day although you never see my lips move or hear it in my voice, somethings do need to be said, the thought is enough :)
Im out of here as well gee gosh darn it I'm gonna have to go in early tomorrow instead of being able to lay in bed till just after 8am I'm up 5:30am.

That was the Week that was.

Well let see nice quiet week, 1st week back but I doubt it will continue thusly.
Not really had that much to do all this week, not that I've actually felt like doing anything either.

This one's for the Kids

This if for kids big and small.
Things mother taught me…

1. My mother taught me about ANTICIPATION...
   "Just wait until your father gets home."


2. My mother taught me about RECEIVING....
   "You are going to get it when we get home!"


3. My mother taught me to MEET A CHALLENGE...
   "What were you thinking? Answer me when I talk to you ... Don't talk back to me!"


4. My mother taught me LOGIC...
   "If you fall out of that swing and break your neck, your not going to the store with me."


5. My mother taught me MEDICAL SCIENCE...
   "If you don't stop crossing your eyes, they are going to freeze that way."


6. My mother taught me to THINK AHEAD...
   "If you don't pass your spelling test, you'll never get a good job."


7. My mother taught me ESP...
   "Put your sweater on; don't you think I know when you're cold?"


8. My mother taught me HUMOR...
   "When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don't come running to me."


9. My mother taught me how to BECOME AN ADULT...
   "If you don't eat your vegetables, you'll never grow up."


10. My mother taught me about THE BIRDS AND THE BEES…
    "How do you think you got here?"


11. My mother taught me about GENETICS...
    "You're just like your father."


12. My mother taught me about my ROOTS...
    "Do you think you were born in a barn?"


13. My mother taught me about WISDOM OF AGE...
    "When you get to be my age, you will understand."


14. My mother taught me about JUSTICE...
    "One day you'll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you... then you'll see what it's like"


15. My mother taught me TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE
    "If you're going to kill each other, do it outside - I just finished cleaning!"


16. My mother taught me about TIME TRAVEL
    "If you don't clean up your act,I'm going to knock you into the middle of next week!"


17. My mother taught me about RELIGION
    "You better pray that will come out of that carpet!"


18. My mother taught me LOGIC AGAIN
    "Because I said so, that's why!"


19. My mother taught me IRONY
    "Keep laughing and I'll give you something to cry about!"


20. My mother taught me about the SCIENCE OF OSMOSIS
    "Shut your mouth and eat your supper!"


21. My mother taught me about CONTORTIONISM
    "Will you look at the dirt on the back of your neck?"


22. My mother taught me about STAMINA
    "You'll sit there until all that spinach is gone!"


23. My mother taught me about WEATHER
    "It looks like a tornado went through your room!"


24. My mother taught me how to solve PHYSICS PROBLEMS
    "If I yelled because I saw a meteor coming toward you, would you listen then?"


25. My mother taught me about HYPOCRISY
    "If I told you once, I've told you a million times-don't exaggerate!"


26. My mother taught me about BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION
    "Stop acting like your father!"

And most of all.....

27. My mother taught me THE CIRCLE OF LIFE
    "I brought you into this world, I can take you out!"

To The Retard Mofo Spamming Gimp

To: davidgibson6435
From: Gopher
Subject: **** OFF!!!!!
----
I don't know who you are but please don't spam this again or I will find you and take what your offering and shove it oh so FUCKING PAINFUL UP YOU FUCKING ARSE!
If I could find a way to report your ass I would but no matter I have other methods at my disposal..

I've survived

Okay I've survived, 1st day back for a while but it's like I've never been away. I mean that at work nothing has changed, the same problems are still there, but we've been busy with other things and it's all waiting on other people to get us numbers or do as we've asked. It was a nice quiet relaxing day. It was a nice pleasent day outside as well with only a little rain, warm but not too warm, just right which is a rarity. I think that's all i need to say about today.

I shall not be moved!

No, you can't make me! I shall not be moved from this computer. I'm not going back to work I'm on holiday.
Sadly that's all totally untrue! It's back to work for this scury dog tomorrow and oh boy is it gonna be a fun week, I don't think so! Need to be up in 8hrs exactly to waken up, get my work stuff read and drive to work for 7am once more, mind you finishing at 4pm (an there is NO way in HELL!!!! I'm working past that unless there is no way I can't avoid it) I know what i just said is a contridictional statement of fact or something like that but it's true.
Posting back to "sporadically sporadic", comment back to "spotty at best" etc, etc.
Mood to (hungerlevel>10:"steer clear"?(caffine>10:"good"?"indifferent"))

Haloscan

Well i've gone and done it, decided to do some haloscan commenting - I've left the other commenting on. Don't ask me how i did it unless you want me to use some rude hand gestures as well something that should be simple wasn't :|
Haloscan commenting and trackback have been added to this blog.

Happy Blog Birthday

Well its hard to believe but only a year ago Adventures of a Domestic Engineer came into the blog world. We saw the first posts and saw promise, I got there a little late but I read all the posts from the first one to where it was at that point. The trials and tribulations have kept us amused & entertained as well as no doubt anger, mad and every emotion you can imagine. Why? well sharon spoke from the heart and we found out that took courage to do, but we've all grown to love her for who she is, we know that we might never find out the whole truth, that we only get a glimse into her life that somethings are kept private and well I for one respect that, mind you that's how i was brought up to respect other people. We've all been virtually in the room when she's been at the meetings, beside her in the hospital praying she pulled through, maybe sheding a few tears at the "firsts" that have happened. To Bing, Chatterbox and Leo, your mom, is 1 in a million and Im sure you know that, her love for you and everyone about her flows from her heart. So from this side of the Pond all the way to West Virginia, heres a big hug going out to you sharon :). As to what's to come in the following year, who knows, we shall have to see. Personally I can't wait. Hmm one of the reasons I moved my Diary from where it was to here was I seen how easy it was to use thanks to a few people. Moogie thanks for the intro, to Nurse Melonie and Laura :) you 2 take care of sharon for me since Im not there :)
I'm gonna sign off now before otherwise my vision is going go blurry..

Farewell O' Fiesty One

Christina
Farewell take care of yourself and your 2 kids and the rest of the family:)
I tried to e-mail you to say I'd host the recipes as I got plenty of space for them as they can happely hang off my dyndns server here at home.
*Salutes while playing "The Last Post"*

A trip to the zoo

Well we went to the world famous Edinburgh Zoo, why is it famous well for sheer size of it's penguin enclosure and of course it's famous once a day penguin perade :). One thing that was missing was the giraffe's but according to "the masterplan" they will be back as soon as new suitable enclosure has been built since one of the died of old age and the other is now in a zoo in denmark. They have everything but don't try and leave kids they've stopped taken them :P One thing we were too early for was the arrival of the koala bears, the enclosure was in it's final stages and next week will see the arrival of them. One highlight of the day was that there were a troop of Norweign soliders there, the reason to give a penguin a long service medal and a promotion. *hears people going eh! and / or fainting* Okay you can adopt an animal practically anyone and they adopted many years ago one of the penguins so with full military tradition it got it's promotion we only heard the cermemony as we were in another part of the zoo at the time but it would have been fun.
See anytime anyone *god forbid they come over to visit me - why visit me!* is in east of scotland, I know and have shown a few places to visit there are more but I'm so used to them I need reminding sometimes.

An a Mazing Day afternoon.

Well the sun might not have been shining much but it was a fun day out with the nephew and my sister once more. We went to Cairnie Fruit Farm & Mega Maze it was fun we got lost for about an hour in the maze, well not so much lost as navigating our way around finding various flags poles with clues along the way, as the maze was laid out like Nelson's Flagship and we had to "sail" around getting the various clues in order to solve the 2 puzzles. The first puzzle was realitivly simple match the flag up the flag pole to it's pair on the list that was there, each picture on the list had a letter, you wrote that letter in the square provide. The second part was a little tricker it was in semaphore but we had a semaphore decoder on the sheet we got handed to write it down on. The first once solved gave the name of the ship we were to avoid and the second gave us the name of the captain of the ship it was fun. Now your thinking it's a maze what makes it special apart from it's shape well if I tell you that the "walls" were made out of corn plated to represent the shape. Oh and the maze changes year on year so next year it will be something different. There is also a play area next to the maze with pedel go-carts and trampolines and other things to keep the kids amused. Now if your really don't want to do any of that it is possible to go there and simply pick all kinds of fresh fruit (you pay for what you pick, but you pick it - pre picked is available but obviously it cost more) you can pick strawberries, raspberries, blackcurrents, redcurrents, gooseberries and something i've never tried but I think it's a cross between a raspberry and a blackcurrent, tayberries. Oh and I can recommend the strawberries *yum*

the day trip out.

Thanks to sharon for reminding me inadvertantly about posting this. Well since I'm on holiday and the younger of my two sisters had some how managed to book the same 2 weeks off work we decided to take my nephew to a local steam railway and train museum. The train you see pictured is the very one they use. It was fun, it was also momentous in that both my sisters and I went together, now I'm 30 and put it this way we ain't went out like this in my lifetime. Anyway the museum itself is over a nice footbridge over the railway line and my oldest sister has a little bit of trouble with bridges so I took my nephew over armed with a camera, I'll try and see if I can't get some pics up online at some point, it was fun they had a set of points all set up with sets of lights that you could change to the various modes and it didn't let you change the points until both were red, was really good. They had trains from yesteryear there it's was a really good afternoon out. We went back over the bridge and we could hear the steam train as we walked back to the ticket office, of course by this time my nephew was hungry so we had something to eat and then boarded the train for the journey upto an abandoned clay mine which we didn't go and visit all my nephew wanted to do was watch the train as it moved back past the coach we were in to the other end of the train for the journey back. You could feel the power of the train as it pulled I mean Really feel it. Of course no trip out was without some shopping getting done which we did before hand of course where we went had to be next to a train station didn't it. My nephew was going to wait for the next train which would have been about 25 minutes as I thought we'd just missed one but as per normal we got lucky and it was running a little late, so we got pictures of it and he still wanted to wait, cheeky little scamp that he is. I managed to persude him otherwise, we would have been left and my 2 sisters would have gone home (hey they would have you know). All in all it was a good day apart from when my older sister insisted we had to be back home for 4 so she'd be in when my brother-in-law would be home. I was in the back of the car beside my nephew so I didn't see the wringing of hand and the glaring between traffic and the watch. Gotta love sisters sometimes eh!

A fiesty Tribute.

Okay since Christina has gone back to reality or so it would seem, I had an idea

No more blog noir......sigh.
Posted by sadie at August 9, 2005 04:25 PM

Now given that Christina was also the one coming up those great titles - like the Blog Western I got in my links. I though why not have a blog noir tribute to christina, I'm stuck for a subject matter but I was thinking of covering all of the previously covered blogger short stories in one seriously big thing over a few more chapters, that lets some people get a few more twists and turns in. I'll even have a go although I doubt my efforts will be close to Moogie, WitNit,Velocigod or even Zonker to name a few, but I will try so tell me what you think, tell you if you wanna write a chapter. It's an idea a lasting tribute to the Fiesty One.

Strength and Honor.

Holy Grail Eh!?!

Saw this over at Sharon's blog and couldn't resist. Darn it

Take the quiz: "Which Holy Grail Character Are You?"



Sir Bedevere

Well, now, uh, Launcelot, Galahad, and I, uh, wait until nightfall, and then leap out of the rabbit, taking the French, uh, by surprise. Not only by surprise, but totally unarmed!

Time to show me where you all are

Okay I've seen this on a few blogs now and thought it was about time I got one of my own :) So feel free to post a pin on my guestmap. It's not the best res but it will do for now :)

Faints!

I'm seeing things please tell me I'm seeing things, The Fiesty One is giving up the blog, leaving the blogsphere.
*Faints!*

A Musical Treat Possibly

Okay after much, much deliberation and thought I decided to post something of mine I recorded on my keyboard, the recording isn't brilliant done as it was on a homemade cable between my keyboard and pc and otherthings. I just pray this works

Prelude in C

It's a biggish file 1.17mb in size, so I quickly made a popup page for it. :)

Blog Confessional

I see this on both Sharon's and Laura's Blogs so I felt compelled to do it I'm sure it's a conspirsy to get me to do things like this put it in front of me often enough lol
( ) smoked a cigarette. Never I have one reason - My sister (she'd kill me stone dead) ( ) crashed a friend's car.
( ) stolen a car.
(X) been in love. Yup and I got the mental scars to prove it
(X) been dumped. See above.

( ) been fired. Not yet and came close to walking out a few times though
(X) been in a fist fight. Kinda well I was the smart kid at school and not exactly the biggest of kids either.
( ) snuck out of your parents' house. Can't say I have really done that.
(X) had feelings for someone who didn't have them back. Yup but hey you never know what's around the next corner
( ) been arrested. Nope besides I'm too honest..

( ) gone on a blind date
(X) lied to a friend. Bent the truth a few times to save someone's ass
(X) skipped school. Hmm Well I had to have my "rebel" period sometime.
( ) seen someone die. Close found Nana dead, my sister actually found her just before me and my mum walked in - long story not that I remember much of it.
( ) gone sledding. Kinda.

( ) been to Canada.
( ) been to Mexico.
( ) been on a plane.
( ) purposely set a part of yourself on fire. Hey I maybe insane but NOT that insane
(X) eaten sushi. yeah once it wasn't that bad.

( ) been skiing.
(X) met someone from the internet. Yup and got hugged to death by them too :) See previous post / comments on other blogs
( ) been at a concert. Nope never been to see a band ever - what a sad life I lead.
(X) taken painkillers? Yup but only when I Absolutly needed too.
(X) love someone or miss someone right now. Yeah a few people they know who they are :)

(X) laid on your back and watched cloud shapes go by. Ah The fun of it
(X) made a snow angel. Yup
( ) had a tea party
(X) flown a kite. Made my own one as well flew okay until it got shreaded by a strong gust one day.
(X) built a sand castle. Yup was fun.

(X) gone puddle jumping. Who hasn't when they are like 5,6 or 7.
(X) played dress up. Yup
(X) jumped into a pile of leaves. Oh the joys.
( ) cheated while playing a game. I'm no good at it.
(X) been lonely. Yup but then again I suppose I could be lonly in a crowded place.

( ) fallen asleep at work/school. Nope
( ) used a fake ID. No but was asked for ID one day when I was like 25. 1st time ever lol.
(X) watched the sun set. Yup watched it set over the hill nearby to the house.
( ) felt an earthquake. We don't get 'em in Scotland or if we do they are very slight ones.
( ) slept beneath the stars. No but came close

(X) been tickled. Yeah and I'm not telling you where it was.
(X) been robbed. Well not robbed conned, won't happen to me ever again.
(X) been misunderstood. Yup often people don't get my brand of humour at all
(X) petted a reindeer/goat/kangaroo. I think once on a weekend away
( ) won a contest.

(X) run a red light/stop sign. Yup not on purpose was just driving late a night getting directions from the backseat as I was dropping someone off, sailed right past a police car further down the road too (was a close one)
( ) been suspended from school. Me never I'm too good.
(X) been in a car crash. Yup had my 1st car written off by a bus during a snow storm a few years back just after I'd pasted my driving test.
(X) had braces. Had what you'd call a retainer I could take it out was meant to strighten my teeth but screw that it hurt.

(X) felt like an outcast/third person. Often!
( ) eaten a whole pint! of ice cream in one night.
(X) had deja vu. A few times way too spooky.
( ) danced in the moonlight. One day maybe
( ) liked the way you looked. Not but people call me "cute".

( ) witnessed a crime.
( ) been obsessed with post-it notes.
(X) gone doorbell ditching. We call it "Chap door run" but yeah been there done that.
( ) believe in ghosts
( ) found a stray animal and kept it.

( ) squished barefoot through the mud
(X) been lost. Well if lost and directionless in life counts.
( ) been on the opposite side of the country
(X) swam in the ocean. Well in a river eastury that is close enough to the sea..
(X) felt like dying. A few times then I remember I got friends.

(X) cried yourself to sleep. Yup see above
( ) played cops and robbers
( ) recently colored with crayons
( ) sung karaoke
( ) paid for a meal with only coins

( ) done something you told yourself you wouldn't.
( ) made prank phone calls.
( ) laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose
( ) caught a snowflake on your tongue.
( ) danced in the rain.

( ) written a letter to Santa Claus.
( ) been kissed under the mistletoe.
( ) watched the sun rise with someone you care about.
(X) blown bubbles. A few eon's ago.
( ) made a bonfire on the beach. Again close was a BBQ on the beach.

( ) crashed a party. I wish I don't do parties.
( ) gone rollerskating.
( ) had a wish come true
( ) jumped off a bridge
( ) ate dog/cat food. 1 word Yurk!!.

( ) told a complete stranger you loved them.
( ) kissed a mirror.
(X) sang in the shower. Yes the aucostics are idea
( ) had a dream that you married someone.
( ) glued your hand to something.

( ) kissed a fish. Ain't saying nothing this Q is just TOO weird!
( ) sat on a roof top.
( ) screamed at the top of your lungs.
( ) done a one-handed cartwheel.
( ) talked on the phone for more than 5 hours.

(X) stayed up all night. Yeah done a few of them.. Party time.
( ) picked and ate an apple right off the tree.
( ) climbed a tree. I'm useless at it.
( ) had a tree house
( ) scared to watch a scary movie alone.

( ) have more than 30 pairs of shoes.
( ) worn a really ugly outfit to school.
( ) pushed into a pool/hot tub with all your clothes on.
( ) gone streaking
( ) gone skinny dipping in a pool/hot tub.

( ) told you're hot by a complete stranger
( ) broken a bone. Well almost got hit by a car and bounce off it never broke nothing hurt like blazes though for about the next month.
(X) been easily amused. Well got to have something to look forward to
( ) caught a fish then ate it.
( ) caught a butterfly. Yes but I was able to let it go again safely

(X) laughed so hard you cried. Normally when I'm reading someone's blog
(X) cried so hard you laughed. Laugh / Cry they are both linked.
( ) cheated on a test. Never.
(X) forgotten someone's name. Sorry who are you again.
( ) french braided someone's hair.

(X) loved someone so much you would gladly die for them. Yeah but then they dumped me (see above).
There over and done with however painful it was for me to that

Re: Holiday

Hmm Laura sounds like a good plan, but for one or two small problems.

1. I don't got a passport


2. I don't got the cash to pay for one


3. Nor the cash for the tickets


4. The visa I'd need to get into the US


5. The cash for hotel etc..

I'm sure there are more I'd love to but hmm I have honestly never been outside the UK ever. Rarely out of scotland and on those occasions it was normally to stay with relatives for a holiday away from home. Have had a few trips to London, most recent was about 2 yrs ago when I visited my best mate down there as well as a friend who'd come over from Indi for a visit. There are pictures of that visit somewhere online. I'll ask my friend where they are. Oh and read back my blog for what happened my last 2 holidays. Last one I was renovating the attic so I could put PC's up here out the way, and the one before that well I'll let you read about that one Here. Hmm not one I wanna remember at all. Entries pre about Dec last year are from my old Dear Diary site and as they were on there if it confuses you Melonie / Laura.

Woo hoo

Only a few more day till I'm on holiday for 2 whole weeks - that's 2 weeks away from work, not going anywhere but I'm pretty sure there is stuff to be done and the like..
Yes I know this is a late post or is that early depends on your point of view lol..
Well darn it blame my mate for getting me hooked on stuff like World of Warcraft.

How Do You Live Your Life?

Spotted this one on Moogie's Blog and was curious as always and well it pretty much sums me up...

How You Life Your Life

You seem to be straight forward, but you keep a lot inside. You're laid back and chill, but sometimes you care too much about what others think. You tend to have one best friend you hang with, as opposed to many aquaintences. You tend to dream big, but you worry that your dreams aren't attainable.

How Do You Live Your Life?