Goodbye 2007

Well, I cant say I am sad to see the back of it.

Although it has been the first full year of Dave and I living together it has been a hard year for my family. I have lost my Nan and two great Aunts, I have been diagnosed with possible fibromyalgia, I have started to have physio on my knees. All this along with the general money worried that some along with being a third year under grad student trying to support a home and a family.

I am pleased to say that I have worked hard and earned enough money to get us through christmas and I have now handed my notice in at work. I have enjoyed working but I dont feel like I have stopped since october!!

At lease with the extra time I can concentrate on uni and hopefully fit a bit more scrapping in. I really miss it and now I have my Robo I am itching to go! Now I am not working sundays I am even be able to go to the crops again, hadnt thought of that, really cheered up now!

Off to a family do tonight so planning on being very tipsy by midnight!

Happy new year!!

Nearly new year

Hi everyone!
Weel that was a hectic christmas.
Had the in laws here for a week and it was really enjoyable!
Everything went to plan with meals and we had a good time!

Havnet had chance to play with my new craft robo yet and cant seem to get the tutorial disc to work so may have to read the whole manual!!

Christmas is coming.........

and the goose is getting fat!!

Its nearly here, dont seem to have that christmassy feeling yet.
Was writing my christmas cards yesterday when my Mom rang to say my great Auntie had passed away. She had been poorly for a little while and it was expected. I got all upset writing the cards, I only have one great uncle left now, my grandparents generation is almost gone. Starting to feel very old.

Its Faith and Sophies birthdays on the 19th (yes, both on the same day!)Doing a party for Faith, bit worried not many will come because its so close to christmas, got about 15 so far.

Apart from that still feeling very stretched and hectic. I am up to date with coursework but wanted to get a few more out the way to concentrate on dissertaion stuff. Will keep plodding on.

No time for scrapping though, managing to keep up with CJ but mine has gone missing!Well, when I say its missing, we know where it is but for some reason the team member hasnt posted them on and isnt responding to emails and texts. Typical its mine! Two others are with it. We are all going to redo the pages and post them on to the owners (when we can fit them in!)

Help!!!

Have that slow sinking feeling when you just know you are trying to cope with too much!

My house needs so much doing, the ironing pile is taking on a life of its own and the garden needs three weeks of ground force treatment!

I am tring to keep up with uni work, have started collecting data for the pilot of my research, but have so many other bits of coursework to get started on. Its like that horrible conversation you have after an exam....
"what did you put for question 5?".....
"really? thats not what I put".....

Only now its a case off....
"what question are ypu answering for forensic psychology coursework?"
"oh, you havent started it yet? I am half way though"

NNNOOOOOOO!!
How can I be so far behind in the first month??

On the other hand, the part time job is ok. sometimes it can be mind numbingly boring and all I can think about is what else I could be doing with the time but I suppose I will think differnetly when the first wage slip comes in.

On the plus side, Nan's funeral went ok. I found it a lot harder than I though (hence leaving it till last to talk about). But, there were no family fights and my Mom was amazing. She arranged everything and read out a beautiful poem she had written for Nan's 80th birthday. I was really proud of her.

Is it nearly Christmas?

Wow, doesnt the time fly!

Been so busy at Uni, did make the ethics deadline and my idea has been approved. Now I just have to start the pilot of my questionarre.

Had some bad news though, my Nan passed away on friday. She had been quite poorly and it was a bit of a relief to know she wasnt in any more pain and at peace at last. She is now reunited with my Grandad. They have been married for over 60 years and it wasnt right that they were apart. The funeral is on Friday and may be trying due to familt tensions. Why do people wait for funerals or weddings to air their views?

Raining!

It really looks like its turned to Autumn now!
The rain has started and the leaves are falling.

Will be time to start getting christmas presents soon!

Uni is busy, lots of work to do, dont think I will make the first ethics dealine next week because my questionare isnt ready yet!!

Not have chance to do much scrapping over the weekend, just the one LO from the cyber crop and probably not much chance next weekend. Dad's 60th Birthday celebrations!!

Back to Uni....

.....with a bump!

First day back I was there till six in lectures, which is a bit harsh for a monday. Its been such a busy week, I dont know if I'm coming or going! Coursework is being handed out already, so we can manage our time with our dissertations, and its cyber crop weekend!

I have had a second interview for a part time job, it sound fine but I am so limited on the hours I can do I am not sure if they will be able to offer me anything. Which will not be a bad thing. I dont really want to have to work, I am worried my uni stuff will suffer, but money is so tight I feel to have a nice christmas, a few extra pounds will be essential. I suppose its out of my hands, if they offer me the job at the hours I am free I will take it and see how I go.

Its that time of year I have to start asking Dave to pull his wait with the house work. Which is never a pleasant sight. He goes from one extreme to the other. Either sitting doing nothing, letting me get on with it, to having a massive surge of enthusiam and cleaning everything in sight , making me feel I do a pretty crap job! I suppose he cant win really!!