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12:55 Aug 31 2012
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Okay, so Mum wasn't able to travel and she has no mobility at the moment so I was left holding the ticket to Europe. I decided I didn't wish to be alone on a trip I was only going on because of Mum so I cancelled the ticket and seen my insurance brokers. There should be no issue getting a refund under the circumstances.



So, hubby is taking me to Dublin instead. We should be leaving sometime today when he comes back from the restaurants.



Hotel is booked and my bag is packed, and I'm ready to go out the door at four :)

19:45 Aug 30 2012
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I have friends who are enemies of each other. That don't bother me but it doesn't mean I can't show my caring side for both of them. What I don't do is get involved in their affairs, that's strictly between them.

The Daleks are back!!!
07:58 Aug 30 2012
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Happy days! The new series of Dr.Who is on the way! Just seen a trailer where Dr.Who mets his old adversary, "The Daleks" and ends up with Amy in Dalek parliament! Woot woot woot! DALEKS!

23:40 Aug 29 2012
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Emmy *yawns * out of boredom and tiredness. Goodnight to those Angels out there. Thanks for ypur thoughts about my Mum.

20:04 Aug 29 2012
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Gee, Mum booked a holiday for me as her carer on Friday but now she has hurt herself and is unable to go. If anyone is interested in a cheapie cruise ticket leaving Barcelona on Sunday one week, please get in touch with me. It is on the Norwegian Epic, and it is for a single cabin, which I am sure could be upgraded to double if anyone is interested.



I will still be going, as I have no way out of the deal unless someone wants to buy my ticket also!

Source.. the BBC Newsroom!
18:29 Aug 28 2012
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Okay, men ..do you sit, or stand? Lets take a vote on this lol.

Taiwan minister says men should sit down to urinate



Sitting on the toilet promotes a cleaner environment, the minister says.





A Taiwanese minister has caused widespread debate on hygiene by suggesting that men should sit down while urinating instead of standing up. Stephen Shen, Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) minister, said that sitting on the toilet like women do creates a cleaner environment. This has generated a lot of online debate, says the BBC's Cindy Sui.



Officials are to ask local governments this week to put up notices in public places advising men to sit. While many women in social media websites favour the suggestion, a lot of men say it would be hard to stop doing what they are used to, our correspondent in Taipei adds. But EPA officials insist that it can be done."We want to learn from Japan and Sweden," said Yuan Shaw-jing, EPA director general of environmental santitation and toxic substance maintenance."In Japan, we heard 30% of the men sit," he added.Inspectors regularly grade Taiwan's estimated 100,000 public toilets, with most of receiving high marks. But EPA officials say there is room for improvement, as some toilets are still smelly because of urine spatter.While the agency said that it cannot force men to change their habits, it will ask local governments this week to put notices in public toilets with the suggestion.



As for Mr Shen, the EPA confirmed that he himself practices what he suggests - at home and while using public toilets.

13:36 Aug 27 2012
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Hi, spent all morning of the bank holiday in hospital with Mummy. She will be okay, I hope. They (social workers and the doctor) wanted to put her into care today but I refused, and so did my sister. Now my sister and I have to take it in turns to nurse her well. I am meant to be going away for a week or so on Friday with Mum. Holiday has been booked and paid for a while back. I told her today I would get a wheelchair and push her everywhere, so we will see what happens. There is a hospital on the ship.



My mother, the one who gave me life.. will never go into care whilst I can stand on two legs.

Thought this was rather fun when I found it on the internet.
23:20 Aug 26 2012
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The European Union comissioners have announced that Agreement has been reached to adopt English as the preferred language for European communications, rather than German, which was the other possibility. As part of the negotiations, Her Majesty's Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a five-year phased plan for what will be known as EuroEnglish (Euro for short). In the first year, "s" will be used instead of the soft "c". Sertainly sivil servants will resieve this news with joy. Also, the hard "c" will be replased with "k". Not only will this klear up konfusion, but typewriters kan have one less letter. There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year, when the troublesome "ph" will be replased by "f". This will make words like "fotograf" 20 persent shorter. In the third year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible. Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters, which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling. Also, al wil agre that the horible mes of silent "e"s in the languag is disgrasful, and they would go. By the fourth year, peopl wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" by "z" and "w" by "v". During ze fifz year, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou" and similar changs vud of kors be aplid to ozer kombinations of leters. After ze fifz yer, ve vil hav a reli sensibl riten styl. Zer vil be no mor trubls or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu understand ech ozer. Ze drem vil finali kum tru.15389 illiterates could not understand this page.

10:18 Aug 26 2012
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Afterthought on my previous journal entry. What would you do with your cash if you had a massive win on the lottery? I would do quite a few things..



1. Buy my disabled sister a new home and take her on a well deserved holiday.



2. Take all of my family on a world cruise.



3. Build a crèche for the local children in my area.



4. Build an elderly care centre that is fitting and modern to those that live there.



5. Excavate and build an indoor swimming pool at my home.



6. Re-model my bedroom, and the kitchen.



7. Review other needs of my family



8. Donate monies to the local branch of Breathe Easy,( British Lung Foundation) the branch I founded as Chairperson.



9. Then if there is any money left, spend at will! and go visit some folk abroad :)

21:53 Aug 25 2012
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If Virgin's newest aircraft is a success, 'long haul' could take on a whole new meaning. Not only is the SpaceShipTwo possibly the coolest looking thing ever to go into orbit, it's also highly advanced. The 60ft-long spaceship can carry two pilots and six passengers, and is basically an air-launched glider with a rocket motor and a number of extra systems for space flight. In space, it uses small thrusters which allow the pilots to manoeuvre the vehicle and provide a changing view for passengers.



The downside of all that is that tickets cost $200,000 and deposits start from $20,000. You can book the flight via Virgin Galactic website at www.virgingalactic.com



I didn't win this weeks lottery, but maybe you did!

05:06 Aug 25 2012
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I am going to buy a tee that says, cant sleep..wont sleep! What the heck will i do about it! (must stop eating yummy cheese with cranberries last thing at night!)

07:55 Aug 24 2012
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I leave my car in to get the reversing censors fitted today as it seems every car I have had, I do manage to reverse into things! This will put a stop to it. Hubby now drives the big car, and I got a wee Peugot 208 that manages 70 miles to the gallon. It's the smallest car I have driven in years that I can remember, but I resent paying so much for my fuel.



So.. dear Chancellor, isn't it about time you dropped the VAT rate? Sainsbury's has put the diesel up to £1.39 per litre, and I motor so much in my job!

18:06 Aug 22 2012
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I make my contribution to life systems in many ways. I hold down a demanding full time job and assist others in my professional capacities often putting a lot of my own personal time in helping their needs. I look after my ageing mother and me, well I thank God my father has remarried and has a wife able to look after his needs also. Looking after my mother means not only ensuring she eats properly, but that adequate time is spent on her healthcare and also in giving her a quality of life that she deserves as the mother who has given birth to me.



I pay taxes to the government so that it may be used in providing for others less fortunate than me to get assistance with their day-to-day living, and contribute to the chancellor’s purse on a weekly basis for the betterment of the country. I don’t complain but sometimes I get so fed up with always giving, giving, giving that I want to scream. On top of all this, I cook, I clean my home, I do our laundry, and look after my husband in my role as homemaker. I keep everyone happy, the list is endless…



I have people depending on me. Their livelihood depends on my performance and I am working endlessly to please other people which are probably the reasons why I am successful, well thought of my in my local and professional communities, and can hold down all the things I do.



On top of all of that, I try to do it all with a smile on my face despite my illness, and now this twisted pelvis and spine alignment is just aggravating and adding to my medical condition. Life has to go on. Sighs, chiropractor again tomorrow night.

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16:52 Aug 22 2012
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16:27 Aug 22 2012
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So, I flew to England yesterday... it was a 4.30am start and it has left me drained today. I am still in my pj's after a late start to the day and working away in the cloud. (thinking if I had typed that a year ago, people would think I was cuckoo what with working in the cloud lol) It seems an endless task.. I think I prefer the restaurant and property rental side of the family business instead. Blah, you can tell it has been one of those days. I freekin' loathe tenders that sometimes I regret my professional memberships :(

21:39 Aug 20 2012
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For those of you I have on Facebook, I have deactivated my account..nothing personal, it's just I dont use it a lot and it's another distraction I don't really have time for.

19:50 Aug 19 2012
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I love the American wipeout series.. It is so much bigger, dangerous, and wilder than the British one! Anyone else watch it? It's a hoot. Another American programme I like to watch is, "Suits"

18:24 Aug 19 2012
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I am off on Tuesday to England to update my teaching skills with my professional body.. I hate this but it comes around every four years. The admin booked me a seat at the back of the plane.. I hate the back of the plane as its ever so bumpy flying in over the English channel to Belfast and I get the butterfly's. :(

17:40 Aug 19 2012
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Thanks for the comments to those who left them. I hadn't checked them out for a few days until now.. so I am catching up journal wise that is!

15:36 Aug 19 2012
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Blah, I don't know if I like this Windows 8 programme. Give me 3.1 anyday!



Super pleased with my fitness today.. I went beyond my personal markers in my hillclimbs today and faster on the straights. Great improvement and with only three visits to the chiropracter.



Nothing like walking out when you have nice dry weather.. I may go again later tonight as the only thing I am allowed to do right now is WALK!

03:08 Aug 19 2012
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Drat, I hate sleepless nights. We have feral cats in the area and I swear I am going to call the warden if they don't can it! Grr. Anyway just had a nice cuppa and slice of toast, and not a miaow to be heard..so think I will fly back on to the nest :)

22:32 Aug 18 2012
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Off on a completely different tangent now.. I guess this poem of friendship brought a tear or two for more reasons than one, and my sweet friend Linda.



I saved this poem she sent me way back..

I thought of you today and I had to smile.



It doesn't seem so long ago

we barely said hello.

These days, we rarely let a day or two

go by without a quick greeting

or a long chat.



But always, it's something.



I wonder how I ever thought you different..

We're not so dissimilar you and I.

We're more alike than we ever realized.

Funny how the tables turn.



You can make me laugh and cheer me up..

you tell it just like it is.

Of course, you don't expect any less from me..

and I think I deliver at least on the 'just like it is' part..



How amazing that we can be so far apart, yet you feel so very close.



I thought of you today and I smiled.

22:03 Aug 18 2012
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I achieved a lot today, and things are moving well. Yes, I am pleased. Dinner was wonderful last night, but the portion size could or fed six persons! I resent that when there are starving people in the world especially when there is much waste going back to the kitchen.



One of the restaurants was really busy today.. I am so glad we have a good crew up there as the band contest was on and thousands of people were around! Check it out... Pipe Band Championship Northern Ireland. Of course hubby did his thing with the camera. :) so I may have some shots to put up later.

09:02 Aug 18 2012
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Okay, so my last journal entry was not so nice lol... I do like to play around every now and then you know. Today kicks of with an appointment with the chiropractor, or bone cracker as I call him. I detest it...but what with the carpal, the twisted pelvis, the s1, and s2 spine being out of alignment there is nothing else for it. I am a right crock lol, but still I plunder on. Then, for my day off..I get to go to my office to finish a tender submission, and if I am lucky two reports.



However, I have set a reward for all that effort. I have a facial booked at 3.30 and a bottle of Villa Maria chilling in the fridge for later :). Roll on later!

Hah! Fooled you!
19:51 Aug 16 2012
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23:48 Aug 15 2012
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I have saved a considerable amount of messages dated from 2007 and I was just re-reading some of them. Most of them are lovely things friends have said to me, or sent me over the years. Some messages are from 'back then friends' who are friends no longer and I felt a glow inside remembering those times. Special messages, addresses..



Some are also messages of anger and disagreement which on re-read doesnt seem important anymore but at the time were crucial... Makes you wonder , and I can see how others have changed too.

22:27 Aug 15 2012
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It's storming in Ireland at the moment.. Like flipping winter. I hope it will not be like that in the Med Sea in a couple of weeks time as its hard to hold on to Mum as it is! I wish she would bring a walking stick! But she is soooo proudly independent. Now I know where I got it from :)

20:07 Aug 15 2012
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Just watching the most bizarre television programme about Britiains strangest pets, and a woman who keeps a HORSE in her living room! LMAO.. sure is some eccentrics around!

15:24 Aug 15 2012
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Just home after auditing a trainer's skills in a classroom 170 miles from here. I have never, ever needed or gone for an afternoon sleep in my life...but hey, there is a first time for everything! This seems to be it.

23:14 Aug 14 2012
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I do use my honour honourably as I think what's the point of giving negative honour and missing out on those who deserve it. I think I'd rather show respect for those who make my VR enjoyable rather than using what few points I have to give to someone I may dislike, or whose actions I may not agree with. What's your criteria?

15:53 Aug 14 2012
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Someone was counting recently how many lifetime memberships they have purchased from the prospect of supporting VR, so we established they have bought five. As for me, well.. I have purchased six over the eight year membership in support of VR. All except for this one I have given away as competition gifts, or for the charity auction.. But I am wondering, and I am sure there is.. How many members here have exceeded that six?

21:54 Aug 13 2012
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I really enjoyed the closing ceremony last night.. I was so engrossed by it all that I didn't realise the time it finished! Weren't the hats with lightbulbs a bright idea!

18:09 Aug 11 2012
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Oh man, I am busting my corset at a 160 pounds! Freaked out when I hit the scales this morning! Then complications set in...the chiropractor says it is best I don't workout until he gets my joints back into order again! Grrr, Well.. Can't stop me from power walking! I did the woods, TWICE today... Blah, no more 160 pounder for me!!! Eeek!

15:41 Aug 10 2012
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Today is wonderfully sunny and a gorgeous 23C. Just my kind of weather.. just finished work, and now I am off for a walk on the beach :) Might do prawns with a salt/chilli garlic dressing tonight, along with a cold bottle of pinot gringo :)

21:46 Aug 08 2012
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I have tried to message you a few times, but always end up deleting them instead of sending. You see, I remember how rude you have been, how you have forgotten to say thank you for the little things I say or do, and how you hide your friendship from others. It all hurt at one time, but now I see you for what you really are, and it is not so impressive. I know now, why you triumph in only a virtual world.

23:02 Aug 06 2012
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I was surprised to find out tonight, that the cruise Mum booked when I was in Cairo is a week earlier than i thought. oh boy. I dont mind taking care of my Mum but Gads have i got some rescheduling to do!

20:03 Aug 06 2012
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For the one here who wears two faces.







Five months ago the stream did flow,

The lilies bloomed within the sedge,

And we were lingering to and fro,

Where none will track thee in this snow,

Along the stream, beside the hedge.

Ah, Sweet, be free to love and go!

For if I do not hear thy foot,

The frozen river is as mute,

The flowers have dried down to the root:

And why, since these be changed since May,

Shouldst thou change less than they.



And slow, slow as the winter snow

The tears have drifted to mine eyes;

And my poor cheeks, five months ago

Set blushing at thy praises so,

Put paleness on for a disguise.

Ah, Sweet, be free to praise and go!

For if my face is turned too pale,

It was thine oath that first did fail, --

It was thy love proved false and frail, --

And why, since these be changed enow,

Should I change less than thou.



Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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23:40 Aug 05 2012
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When you do, or say something nasty about others...I believe karma comes back to bite you in the ass. Be nice and helpful to others, accept critism, embrace compliments all while being good mannered and life will throw you up roses.

16:18 Aug 05 2012
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What an industrious day today has been. Between watching the ladies Olympic Marthathon, and the tennis which is now playing.. I managed to get two boils, and one coloured wash completed. It's handy having a few screens to watch in different room!



Neighbours kids came up to give me a hand but played VR games all day.. Well, I wasn't going to object on that considering it puts up my time spent.





AND ENGLAND WON THE GOLD IN TENNIS! it couldn't have happened to a better person! YAY

09:44 Aug 05 2012
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21:28 Aug 04 2012
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What a perfect ending to such a beautiful day. We went down to the little pub on the beach..what can I say perfect sighs.. warm, red sunset, wine spiltzers and sand running through my toes. A tingling warmth, and a sense of freedom from a demanding lifestyle while sitting beside the man that I love. :)



After, we called into the chippy and got some real fish n' chips and took them to a friends house so we could share supper and craic together :)



Now it's home to watch the movie, Fracture on telly. Perfect Saturday off :) mmmmm

16:58 Aug 04 2012
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Now that! Was the most relaxing time ever :) I love the scent of dermalogica beauty products. Meera is a Goddess with her fingers, and especially so when she lets them loose on an Indian Head Massage.. A wee extra she threw in for me today :)

13:39 Aug 04 2012
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Decided since I actually have a day off I would take it easy and do none of the below. Since I am kinda chilling, I phoned up my beauticians and by luck they had a cancellation for this afternoon. So, I am off for a facial...deep cleanse, hot stone face and shoulders massage and moisture mask. Yum.. Roll on 3pm!

10:27 Aug 04 2012
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Three choices today..go to see Mum, the vintage car rally, or the kite festival. Dumdedum, or alternatively if the weather keeps a nice walk! I refuse to work today, as life has been all about work since I returned from Cairo.

One for the girls :)
21:40 Aug 03 2012
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Only the power of a female's kiss can delay the dismantling of a nuclear bomb that is set to destroy a city within seconds. What power us woman have! Wow! Finding this hilariously funny it made me laugh out real loud in the cinema much to the bemusement of those sitting around me!



Really loved this film :) Awful sorry about the kids in America though who watched it who were shot. Every time there was gunfire my thoughts turned that direction.

16:40 Aug 03 2012
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So, it is the weekend.. flip YAAAAAAAAY! at least we will get to see the Batperson movie tonight! Big decisions, its either the 18.10 or the 19.40 screening. There may be a lot of wains in the first one.. so, I think it will probably be the later one.



Work, knocked the stuffings out of me today so I am not looking forward to a three hour plus movie, but everyone is saying I shouldn't miss it so maybe it is guaranteed to keep me awake!

06:12 Aug 03 2012
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Mmmm...I love this and its nearly as erotic as Fifty Shades of Grey

Sleep - by Melissa Etheridge



After your laughter like thunder

After your skin like coffee and cream

After it takes our bodies into the night

After we've come to the extreme coffee

I want to lay down on your shoulder

Just inside your arm

I want to listen to your heart beat

And your breathing on and on

I want to lay down on your shoulder

Surrender to your peace

And go to sleep

And when we've gone a million miles

Made true our dreams with sweat and bone

After we've built it up with our bare hands

Made strong a place we can call home

And when the light in my eye is fading

When running water becomes too deep

Finally angels turn my fire to dust

And when my soul's no longer mine to keep

I want to lay down on your shoulder

Just inside your arm

I want to listen to your heartbeat

And your breathing on and on

I want to lay down on your shoulder

Surrender to the peace

And

just go to sleep

21:32 Aug 02 2012
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Without looking it up does anyone the author of this stirring poem?

Arise my body, my small body, we have striven

Enough, and He is merciful; we are forgiven.

Arise small body, puppet-like and pale, and go,

White as the bed-clothes into bed, and cold as snow,

Undress with small, cold fingers and put out the light,

And be alone, hush'd mortal, in the sacred night,

-A meadow whipt flat with the rain, a cup

Emptied and clean, a garment washed and folded up,

Faded in colour, thinned almost to raggedness

By dirt and by the washing of that dirtiness.

Be not too quickly warm again. Lie cold; consent

To weariness' and pardon's watery element.

Drink up the bitter water, breathe the chilly death;

Soon enough comes the riot of our blood and breath.

19:39 Aug 02 2012
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Has anyone seen, "The Dark Knight Rises" yet? We are planning on going but I hear it is very long...

Bad timing!
18:30 Aug 02 2012
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Whoopeee! Sales are on.. But there again, so is the diet Doh..

Hurray for Mummies! (no BL not the Egyptian kind!)
16:25 Aug 01 2012
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I got a pleasant surprise from Mum today. I am going away again for another week it seems... this time to Barcelona and then on board the Norwegian Epic for a week. That master vessel even has an ice-bar! What a surprise that was today! I am forunate it is not until September so I can jiggle my appointments around a bit :)

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05:29 Aug 01 2012
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