I just watched the SATC movie.  Well, if I’m honest, cried my eyes out while it played on my laptop.  I am far far far too emotional to be let loose on “chick flicks”.  I don’t know what has happened to me.  I used to be hard as nails.  I was crying before the opening credits started rolling. That is not an exaggeration.  I cried at just about every scene, starting when they showed Charlottes little bio at the very beginning, not long after Carrie’s voiceover began.

The film itself was wonderful for what it was, the fashion was not nearly as wonderful as I had hoped it would be.  They did not update our poor Samantha as well as they could have, and Carrie would have done so much more with the noughties trends around at the moment.  And while the Vivienne Westwood  wedding dress was beautiful, the Versace dress from the Paris TV episode finale just blew it into insignificance, and that wasn’t even that pretty!

I was SO disappointed in Big for being, well, Big, but it couldn’t have worked any other way.  Equally disappointed in Carrie for taking his shite, but again, wouldn’t have worked any other way…blah blah blah.

The main thing is, I feel all fuzzy inside now, seeing the movie was like meeting a group of old friends again, but now they have all left and I’m all on my lonesome…… I need a new handbag.

…have no hope if this is the standard of the literacy tools available

Spot the error?

No wonder it was only £3.

I promise that I will not get addicted to memes, and I will only allow myself to post one on days where I have posted a proper blog post about something else. I saw this on another random blog I came across, and nicked it.

Let others know a little more about yourself, repost this with your name followed by “ology”.
TECHNOLOGY

Q. What is your wallpaper on your computer?

I can do better than that, here’s a screenshot.


Q. How many televisions do you have in your house?
2

BIOLOGY

Q. Are you right-handed or left-handed?
Right

Q. Have you ever had anything removed from your body?
No

Q. What is the last heavy item you lifted?
My bed, the other day.

Q. Have you ever been knocked out?
Only by medical professionals

BULLSHITOLOGY

Q. If it were possible, would you want to know the day you were going to die?
No

Q. If you could change your name, what would you change it to?
Something funky, like Layla or Stella

Q. What colour do you think looks best on you?
Black, it’s slimming

Q. Have you ever swallowed a non-food item?
When I had my tongue pierced I swallowed quite a few balls from my studs.

DAREOLOGY

Q. Would you kiss a member of the same sex for $100?
Yes.

Q. Would you allow one of your little fingers to be cut off for $200,000?
Yes, I’d learn to type without it.

Q. Would you never blog again for $50,000?
Urgh…. yeah I suppose. I’m cheap.

Q. Would you pose naked in a magazine for $250,000?
Yes, that’s alot of money

Q. Would you drink an entire bottle of hot sauce for $1,000?
No, I struggle with a medium chilli con carne

Q. Would you, without fear of punishment, take a human life for $1,000,000?
Shit. I probably couldn’t do it when it came to it, but that’s alot of mulah to not give it a great deal of thought…

DUMBOLOGY

Q: What is in your left pocket?
Nothing

Q: Is Napoleon Dynamite actually a good film?
It’s quite funny for a while, then gets boring. It has done alot for the coolness of Llamas.

Q: Do you have hardwood or carpet in your house?
Laminate
Q: Do you sit or stand in the shower?
Stand. I sat on a chair once the day after I gave birth. It felt weird.

Q: How many pairs of flip flops do you own?
More than 10. I have a weakness.

LASTOLOGY

Q: Last person who texted you?
Maureen, I had texted her some abuse as she left some cookies and caramel shortbread here this afternoon, and of course I ate them against my will.

Q: Last person who called you?
My mum about 2 hours ago.

Q: Person you hugged?
Callum goodnight. Not that he understands “goodnight” as he is currently singing his heart out in bed.

FAVOURITOLOGY

Q: Number?
5

Q: Season?
Extreme summer or extreme winter. None of this pishy “half rainy, a bit windy, a bit sunny” British crap that we have at the moment.

Q: Colour?
green

CURRENTOLOGY

Q: Missing someone?
Not until you mentioned it, no…

Q: Mood?
quite chipper actually.

Q: Listening to?
Coronation street in the background on the TV

Q: Watching?
As above

Q: Worrying about?
Nothing much at the moment actually. Nothing short term anyway.

Q: Wearing?
Jeans, brownish top thing, natral coloured cropped fine-knit cardi thing, natural/brown necklace, white bra/pants, and some really fetching thick pink fluffy primark special socks that I just put on as my feet are baltic.

RANDOMOLOGY

Q: First place you went this morning?
Into Callum’s room to release the beast from the captivity of his stairgated bedroom.

Q: What can you not wait to do?
Start my new job

Q: Do you smile often?
Not in a scary way, but I smile in the company of people.

Q: Are you a friendly person?
I don’t come across as overly friendly, I don’t think. I don’t initiate conversations, but I’m polite, and when you know me I’m very friendly.

I have just been offered a work from home job as an Internet Researcher.  I saw the advertisement on a recruitment site, and after doing some digging around, it turns out the company are reputable, good payers and everything looks to be above board, so I applied at the beginning of the week.  I received an application form to fill in and also had to sit a test, which thankfully I passed, and I was offered the position this morning.  I know it’s not a high flying career, but it is ideal for me at the moment.  It’s completely flexible, so I can work it around my life, and can do as little or as much as I like.  And lets face it, any extra money I earn will be better than the big fat zero that I’m earning at the moment.  I’m quite proud of myself actually, the test wasn’t easy, and apparently they scrutinize your spelling, grammar and punctuation, and by all accounts are a very difficult company to get into.

I should have my induction within the next 10 days, then it’s off to work I go!  (With no commuting, no face-to-face customers, and I can wear my jammies if I want!)

The Boy was sick last night. Proper vomit-sick, the first of his short life. It was messy, I can tell you, and probably more traumatic for me than him. I was fine with comforting him, cleaning it up, putting the washing machine at silly o’clock so the house didn’t smell of puke forevermore, all of that didn’t phase me, but when he was actually being sick I didn’t know what the hell to do, whether to hold him or not, move him or not, pat his back or not… I ended up kind of sitting on the sofa with him held over the laminate so he didn’t get it on the cushions. When he eventualy stopped I got a bowl and some towels in preparation for the next bout, but we never did get any in that bowl. Anyway, it was something he ate, as he emptied his stomach over a couple of hours, had 2 rancid nappies, had a sleep (in my bed, with me sitting bolt upright with coffee making sure he didn’t die in his sleep) then woke up and asked for fish fingers. I didn’t give him anything to eat for the rest of the night bar some water, and he’s fine this morning, starving but fine.

In other news, my detox/healthy eating plan - I’m loathed to call it a diet - is going ok, I’ve done my walking, although only for half an hour a day, I’ve stopped eating so much crap (apart from the chocolate donut that I accidentally ate this morning after popping to the village baker for a loaf of bread), I’ve not touched a drop of wine since the weekend, and I’ve been in bed by 11.30 the last 2 nights. Granted, it’s only day 3, but so far so good. I’d feel better if I hadn;t had such a disturbed night with the midget, but rather me sleep with one open than have him choke to death on his stomach contents I suppose.

I will stop drinking wine during the week

I will start exercising. A brisk walk every day at the very least.

I will stop eating crap. The fact that Supernoodles are not made of chocolate does not make them a nutritious meal.

I will not eat after 8pm

I will drink more water and less diet coke

I will go to bed before midnight a least 3 nights a week.

honest.

I stole this Meme from 0ddness. I don’t usually post Memes on here, (as nobody ever tags me *sobs*) but as this was a picture one I thought I’d break the tradition.

This Meme is all about the Mosaic Collage that you are about to build by answering the questions in this meme by using pictures!

1. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Google Image Search or same type of search engine for pictures.

2. Using only the first page of results, pick one image. You can’t search forever for a certain image. (I was lazy and just used the first photo that came up)
3. Copy and paste each in any program that you can post the pictures in a mosaic pattern.

The questions:

1. What is your first name? Angela

2. What is your favourite food? Hummus

3. What high school/University did you go to? St Brides

4. What is your favourite colour? Green

5. Who is your celebrity crush? Sawyer from Lost

6. What is your favourite drink? Red Wine

7. What is your dream vacation? New York

8. What is your favourite dessert? Chocolate Cake

9. What do you want to be when you grow up? Contented

10. What do you love most in life? My Child (I googled his full name and got a photo of him 8|)

11. What is one word that describes you? Apathetic

12. What is your blog name? Geek Mama

A few wee snapshots from our holiday. I’ve put the lot of facebook, over 1o0 of them, but selected a few (a small few, got fed up editing them..) to put here.

We arrived home from our holiday on Saturday night, well it was after midnight actually so sunday morning.  The journey was very tiring as we had a 2.5 hour transfer to the airport as we were picking up people from so many different parts of the Algarve.  We got to see just about every resort in the place!  The holiday was great, if a little short.  We really wanted to stay another week, so next time we’ll book for a fortnight I think.  Alvor was just beautiful, it is a relatively small fishing village, so alot quieter than the other popular resorts.  There are only a couple of nightclubs, but over 100 restaurants, all serving the most amazing food.  It’s advertised for couples and families, so no rowdy groups of partyers, and actually, when we were there, not too many squealing kids either, as it was during UK term time.  I really want to go back there, and would recommend it to anyone looking for a relaxed holiday by the sea.

We had our nursery open day yesterday which was a great success as far as The Boy was concerned.  He starts at the end of August and has 5 afternoon sessions per week.  I think he’ll make the transition well, they are staggering the new starters, so there will only be 3 per day.  I was a bit worried about leaving him with someone he doesn’t know, but with this system, I will stay for his first session, and his keyworker will stay with him and the other 2 newstarts so he gets to know her a bit before being left alone.  They also said that parents are welcome to stay if they wish any day, not that I think I’ll need to, but at least if he has any wobbly moments I know there’s no pressure to leave a crying child.  The afternoon sessions have an intake of 20, and they have 4 staff (5 on weds and fris as they have students come in those days) which I’m quite happy about, as he’ll get plenty of one on one time.  Callum prefers adults to children, so I have a feeling he’ll be latching on to one of the poor staff, I pity the poor girl who gets his attention LOL!

Other than that, there isn’t really anything else happening of note.  I think I’ll be starting a strict diet soon as I;ve put on half a stone on holiday.  Bloody wine and beer.  I need to go for a super-strict one as I’m rubbish at diets where I have too much choice what to eat. I’m actually considering slimfast, but I’ll do some more browsing around and see what else is out there.  I need to get myself sorted before I pass the point of no return.