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I managed to hop around work today with my bad back, I think that my team must think that I am ready to be put out to pasture as there is always something wrong with me. I am ready to rename this blog “Confessions of a Sicknote Writer” , although I never take time off work, maybe I should.
The city was hellish today, as I had to walk around at a snails pace you really notice how rude some people can be. When I got off of the train on my way home, I made sure that I was one of the last people to go up the stairs out of the station so that I wouldn’t slow everybody down. As I climbed my own little Gidea Park mountain, some stupid man started huffing and puffing behind me. At this point, i was due for another pain killer and was pretty grumpy from it being monday, so I turned around and growed at him “I am so sorry that the damaged nerves in my back are inconvient to you, shall I just lie down and die so you can trample over me”? He didn’t really know where to put his face at this point, and he was lucky that he didn’t dare to answer back as I think I would have exploded! Although afterwards I did have a little smirk on my face from my fantastic american sitcom style comeback, lucky only me and the said moron heard it. 
Oh well, I will put it in the script.
Although I am home now, safe and sound. I am really looking forward to having a nice hot bath and getting into bed with a trashy Philipa Gregory. I bought myself a little bath bomb from Lush, considering that I work for the most high end cosmetics company in the UK, I still get excited by the little things that you can buy for the bath. I am the only woman I know who can be surrounded by beautiful organic “made from the tears of happy children” bath oils all day, but still gets excited over a bottle of matey or anything with a disney princess on
The husband is out swimming and when he comes back I am going to shove a fantastically british comfort food dinner of Pie ‘N’ Mash, with “Spotted Dick” and custard for desert! I should really get back on this diet, but tonight I need a bit of cheering up.
Hopefully I will be in a much better mood by my next post!
Bloody hell, what a weekend.
So on friday night I was getting myself all ready to go on my sister in laws spa weekend hen do. I had bought myself a lovely 50′s style swimsuit, I had booked a nice long regenerating facial and I was really excited. I went to bed nice and early.
Then..3am, I wake up in agony and I can not move. My back is spasming and it hurts so much I feel sick. I wake up Paul with my sniffling, I feel myself with pain killers and try to get some sleep. I wake up again at seven after pretty much waking up every 30 minutes in pain. I stand up and it feels like my entire right hand side has sloped. I realise at this point that I was going to have to go to the hospital and that there was no way I was going on the spa weekend.
So off to the hospital I go and the Doctor tells me that I am suffering with Sciatica. This is when the nerves in your lower back become irritated, which causes extreme pain that travels from your back and down the side of your leg. The doc gave me some ultra strong pain killers and told me that I needed to rest up.
So in short I have spent this weekend in real pain, hobbling about like an old lady and grumbling like one too as everybody is off having a good time at the spa. I have not been very lucky health wise this year, especially with my arm and everything. I really do think that they need to name a ward after me at my local hospital.
The most annoying part is that I have been exercising really regularly. I am currently doing the “Aspire Channel Swim”, which is a charity event where I am swimming 22 miles in 12 weeks. Now I have been struck down by this, I am going to be behind on my swimming as well.
Well on the plus side today I feel better, I am still walking like an old lady, but I am getting there. Plus I have got to go to work tomorrow, even if my legs were hanging off as my assistant manager is on her holidays and I need to run the ship. I think I am most disappointed that I missed out on the weekend, i felt terrible about letting the bride down. Plus this afternoon all the pictures were uploaded on face book, and it really looked like i missed out. Plus being £250 in the red for nothing hurts as much as my back!
It’s not been a good weekend 
Sorry for the moaning, i feel a bit better now I have got that out.
I know, I know…I promised that I wouldn’t forget about this blog again! I’m so sorry, and I really must try harder!
This isn’t a proper post, I am testing out wordpress for iPhone, which I must admit is pretty fab! But also gives me no excuse not to write.
So forgive me blogworld, but I promise I’m back for good x x
Yesterday was lovely, Ellie my best buddy came and checked me out of my self imposed quarantine. It was like taking your old nan out of the home for the day. Thankfully Ellie with her beautiful daughter Florence took me to Wagamamas for noodles. It was so nice getting out of the house as I have been stuck in doors for nearly a week now. My arm is getting better, but the stitches are itching so badly, I really can’t wait to get them out.
It was so nice to actually see civilization, if you could quite call the general public of Essex that 
I could still tell that I had not got over my operation though as I was so tired when I got back. I wish I had taken some photos, although I look so hideous at the moment as I can’t wash my own hair, put any make up on and the cherry on the cake is the giant mosquito bite on my head, I was hardly ready for my close up. I love Wagamamas, and the noodles tasted so much better than usual (the taste of freedom). Little Flo has only just turned one, but it is almost as if she has turned into a little girl over night! She was so funny with her little marmite sandwiches, although I think it won’t be too long till she has Amai Udon with me It was really great to see them both, Ellie has taken being a Mum like a duck to water and I am so proud of her!
So the weekend is nearly upon us, and It is my Little Cousins Lily’s 10th birthday. She is like my mini me at that age, and hit the tween title with gusto! We are having a bit of a family gathering on Sunday, so I will remember to take my camera then. I am making some birthday cupcakes for her. Paul has bought me the new Hummingbird bakery cookbook, so I am thinking of making some red velvets Although my right arm is still sore, so I am going to need some assistance with the heavy work (ie the washing up).
For those of you who have read the previous incarnations of this blog, you will know about my on going battles with my weight. With our honeymoon fast approaching, it is now time to do something about it. I really want to lose four stone by the time that I get on that plane in February. That would take me back to what I weighed when I was 16, still overweight, but looking so much better and on the cusp of being a healthy BMI.
To help motivate myself, I wanted to write down the reasons why it is so important for me to lose.
So I am loaded up with watching those weight loss programs as inspiration, once I am healed I am going to get down that gym and move my big fat bum! It has taken me ten whole years of awful living to get myself in this mess, it could take me less than a year to reach my goal! I realise now that if I don’t do it now, I really never will. This is my last chance and I need to take it.
After all these failed attempts at getting to my goal weight, I have never once written down the reasons why I wanted to lose weight and this has been really cathartic.
I am off to a new weight watchers meeting tonight, It’s time for a new start.
Shutterbean is a beautiful site that I have had the pleasure of reading for a while.
The photography is amazing and I stumbled across the site while going on a random trek through my flickr collections.
Tracey is this fantastic lady who makes beautiful recipes, takes beautiful pictures and is one of my domestic goddess web heros!
This site is worth more than just a passing visit, although I do feel shame when I do as I need to be more domesticated and Nigella like!
So I have had some arm surgery and currently my right arm is out of order. I am typing like my dad does (which mainly involves looking over the top of my glasses and using one finger), so this post may take me about three hours.
I had to have the surgery because I discovered this strange lump on the back of my arm, and it was really starting to smart. Went to see the doc, he then told me that it needed to come out as it was resting on a nerve and could cause me difficulty with moving my hand. This would be a huge problem as I’m right handed, plus I am a make up artist, therefore my hand is my trade. So I went in on friday and they took it away. I am now healing with my seven stitches in my top upper arm, it bloody hurts and I am all weak from the surgery. Plus side is no work for two weeks, down side is not even being able to wash my own hair (gross), not being able to hold a pen properly let alone a make up brush. I am also as weak as a kitten, my poor husband is running around after me constantly.
So this means that I am catching up with my crappy daytime tv, playing stupid quizzes on facebook and watching people fall over on you tube. I also have time for my latest obsession, planning our Disney world honeymoon. Paul and Me are off to Orlando for two weeks to celebrate our honeymoon a year late, well were actually going for our first anniversary. I am beyond excited, to the point where I now frequent these WDW forum & gossip sites. My site du jour is WDWmagic and I seriously check this site more than I check my own facebook page. I am in owe of the guys on this site, they are total Disney world nerds and I mean that with the uttermost respect (I love my nerds), they know everything that is going on in that park, god I don’t even think Mickey Mouse could fart without them knowing about it! These guys are my heroes, and I am sure that we are going to enjoy our holiday so much more with all their advice and tips! I am turning into a complete disneyworldphile!
Also my Florida obsession means that I check the Orlando Sentinel every single day, I know more about what is going on in Kissimee than I do my own hometown.
I also plan to catch up with some DVD viewing, I still have some in there cellophane from last Christmas. I watched Persepolis yesterday and I was completely blown away. I know everybody else saw this about a year ago, but I have just haven’t got around to viewing it. I found it so gentle in portraying such a strong message, the animation was just beautiful and the use of monochrome colouring was fantastic. I am thinking of getting the actual graphic novel from amazon delivered. I am thinking of watching Ghost Town tomorrow, keeping with the comic book theme.
This is also my first blog post with my new baby….my brand new MacBook Pro, my poor power book finally breathed its last when Paul knocked it off the table and manged to snap the power cable in the power port. It was a sad day, it had been with me for seven years. As it bounced off the table in slow motion, there was a black and white montage of all our happy moments playing in my head, I must admit I cried a little tear. Paul felt awful, he knew it was the most important thing in my life second only to him, but he rushed out and bought me this serious piece of kit. Don’t worry, I haven’t completely forgotten my old mac, it was my first and will therefore always have a place in my heart. I am going to have him fixed, and I will keep him for posterity.
So this post has taken me about an hour. Hopefully by the next my arm will be a little bit closer to being healed.
Merci x
Angelbunni online 5.o is go! I am back again and ready to get my blog on.
This diary has so many incarnations, its been a foodie blog (and somewhat an oxymoron), then a slimming blog, to just being a personal diary of everyday life. So I have decided to get rid of themes and just write a diary for me and just me.
But if you like strange day trips, random collections on flickr, pre menstrual rants and the odd bit of celeb gossip commentary thrown in with cute overload? You might just like what you read.
Welcome back to randomness.
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