Sounds like we're all having a bad time. :grouphug:

Our plumber was supposed to put our new bathroom in today but we got a phone call yesterday evening putting back the start until Wednesday 'because he hasn't got the right parts' - WHY NOT, we've had this booked since Chrimbo. :( Then the dog that we are having for a sleepover arrived. She's a walking friend of our two but she's never stayed over before. She's stopping with us because her owners are burying one of their parents today (its okay - he died - its not some weird local ritual). The owners say this dog is a bit funny with other dogs but trusts George and Fred and I don't think she'll be trusting them very much after this visit - Fred keeps trying to play wheelbarrows with her even though they are both neutered! Poor Dusty is so shaken up about being abandoned by her 'Mum and Dad' and the nice wheelbarrow game that she 'had a little accident' and has refused to eat the nice little homemade casserole thingy they had brought along for her tea (heating instructions enclosed). She was even MORE shocked when we put her to bed in with our boys - it wasn't until her owners rang her to say night night (at 11.30!) that we found out she always sleeps on their bed BETWEEN them. Not in this house she doesn't - our boys aren't even allowed upstairs! When she finally stopped howling Kevin started having nightmares about ..... toast! TOAST - how can you have a nightmare about toast??????? :dizzy:

In anticipation of the plumber being here Kevin had taken the day off and had booked the car in to get fixed. So, to kill two birds with one stone, we decided to drop the car in at the garage and walk the dogs back home. When we got to the garage we found that Fred had eaten through two of the three leads we had with us - so I had to stay in the car with three hyperventilating, fighting, wheelbarrowing dogs while Kevin went and bought replacements (£16.99 each). The walk home which seems so quick by car turned out to be nearly 9 miles - and it was obvious after 100 yards that our little guest hasn't been trained to walk on a lead. She pulled so much I think she's dislocated my shoulder. :stress:

Then, when we got home we found that our ancient dishwasher has finally died on us, it can't be repaired because they don't make parts for it any more so it looks as though I'm going to have to get a new one (approx cost £300) - but I bet it doesn't last nearly 30 years like the last one did! To make matters worse, we had just discovered our flooded kitchen when the garage rang to say it is going to cost £800 to fix the car!!!! £800!!!!!!!!!!! :fr: :fr:

Its at times like this I used to turn to cake / cheese / chocolate / wine for comfort... :censored:

Gah! Your day sounds worse than mine. You win! :rofl:

Poor you! :hug: NO CHOCOLATE it's :devil:

YAY!!
My friend Mary has joined the forum. :) Hugs for Marypoos! :D
She's at work at mo, but she'll be online later to say hello I expect!

Oy Sarah. :hug: Everything happens at once eh? :(

I have decided I am going to see FD3, if he doesn't wanna go see it, i'll go alone like I was originally planning. I am not paying out about £14 to see a film I do not want to see!

My car is in for it's MOT tomorrow. I'm brassic, hopefully it won't need much doing!

:wave: Hello all you newbies! Mands too right you should go to see what you want! ESPECIALLY if you're paying. Be strong :D

I just got off the exercise bike - using that to get rid of all my irritations today. I'm :censored: now!

Manda - You could use paying for fixing your car as an excuse for not buying his ticket. I still think its odd that he would even consider letting you buy his ticket on the first time of meeting up. I realise its not a 'date' but even so I would think the polite thing to do would be each to pay for his/her own. Maybe I'm old fashioned!!! :( Perhaps you could meet up for a quick drink or cup of coffee rather than a situation where you have to shell out lots of dosh and risk getting get stuck with someone you possibly won't like for a couple of hours.

OMG - I can't wait for this dog to go home - :rollpin: her and Fred just keep tearing round and round knocking everything flying. We tried putting them out in the garden but they went so mad that we haven't got any grass left now - and she's not used to having her feet wiped when she comes in so my big off white rugs have turned a very fetching shade of grubby grey-brown AND they're scuffing the varnish off the floorboards. :mad:

I've just put together Anthony Worrall Thompson's recipe for Spicy Chicken and it smells very peculiar - I really hope it tastes better than it smells. :barf:

Oh Sarah, what a day!!! When does dappy dog go home???

I had a gerat time at the gym this morning. I stayed for 3 hours :dizzy: I did half an hour of interval walking/running and half an hour on the cross trainer, and did 10 minutes on the bike. Had a swim, a spa, a turn in the steam room, and time just got away from me!!!

Then this afternoon we had a huge walk!!! It was really good, but we ended up somewhere weird and went to a pub to catch our breath, and it was a total dive!

I've had the nicest garlic bread ever today :T I arrived at my sisters birthday lunch first :T so I was well into the cava and nibbles by the time anyone else turned up :D Oh and our dogs were in the local paper today (they were on a protest march :p ) soooooo cute my sister bought 4 copies.

I'm back!!! (bet you didn't notice I'd gone, but I've been having broadband issues since yesterday afternoon. First it was really slow, then it got slower, then it came to a grinding halt and wouldn't connect. Turns out that my ISP "upgraded" some of their systems which meant that people with my billing date didn't get an invoice through but instead got tagged as having an unpaid bill and cut off! Fantastic :( )

I got stressed at work too, a bloke was pestering me to do a pitch for some work for one of his clients. I said I needed to sort out a meeting room at our Sheffield office because I normally work out of Leeds but he wanted to meet in Sheffield, then he'd phone every half hour or so getting really stroppy because I hadn't confirmed yet. Despite the fact I explained that we were OK for the meeting, I just wanted to get the details to confirm. But still, I had the last laugh the time he phoned and had a right go at me and I asked him to check his email for the message I'd sent shortly before he went off on one. Something tells me I don't actually want him as a client!

Considering going into the gym this evening, they're launching a new beauty treatment range and I've heard there might be free samples/taster treatments... But that would involve dragging myself away from my newly restored broadband and all the stuff I've missed out on for the past 24 hours!

My mum said that to me tonight, use the cost of getting car through the MOT as an excuse. Well, I might have to anyways!:^: It should be cool.
I did get off the chat thinking, ok we're seeing his film... i'm paying. How's this work then?
Asked another friend if he wanted to go cinema tonight... but he said no. :mad: :^:

I'll be happy when i'm thinner, maybe then people won't be embarrassed to be seen with me!

Oh Sarah Ann :rofl: i'm sorry but your post reads like a monty python script :lol: (apart from the dishwasher and car :( that sucks :hug: )

Mands..good for you!! Tell him you're brassic :yes: give him a sob story about your car..LET HIM PAY! he-he :devil: to be honest I don't think I know any men that would let me pay! they'd at least go dutch.

Veggie..have you no pic for us of the protesting dogs? :)


Found some Cadburys digestives in the store yesterday :rolleyes: so bought two packs :rollpin: why did I have to see them? :tantrum: :lol:

Well of course I have embarrassing pics of the dogs 'protesting' :p

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7.../demo20065.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7.../demo20027.jpg

The poor things dressed in baby t shirts with slogans.

They look like quite compliant little protesters. What were they protesting about??

Awwww!!!

Yay for Pooch Power :D. What were they getting hot under their dog collars about?

Janey :hug: