Today is Kids, Wife, Music and Me's birthday!. This Blog is one year old. That is worrying. Another year has gone by and I am still sat at the same desk in the same organisation- albeit the desk is now in a much nicer part of the office. I decided to write a Blog influenced by some of the links on your left of this post. It has been banal at times but this is real life and real life is quite often banal.
It has been a big year for me. My son is now at Uni in London and loving every minute. I met up with him in Peterborough on Tuesday night as we both watched another sorry performance from our doomed team.
My wife was made redundant from a job she had held for over 10 years in December and is still looking for work. She has her good days and her bad days I am trying to be cheerful all the time, which dear reader is not me! These are two massive life changing experiences. To have them both happen in one year is stressful to say the least.
My daughter is growing up and spreading her wings. She has been out a couple of times clubbing. Luckily she is not that bothered yet about it. That will come I'm sure. The dog is another year older and a bit calmer but still mad like all terriers are
Music wise it has been a quiet year.Only Hope & Social have really grabbed my attention.
So Happy Birthday to me!!! I think I'll keep going.
Here is a cover by my favourite band The Wedding Present of Altered Images' Happy Birthday Not one of their best but it's appropriate on this my Blog's special day
Happy Birthday- The Wedding Present
Friday 29 January 2010
Friday 22 January 2010
Friday's Post
A strange quiet week at work. Very little to do. No complaints, no issues on the estates, not many neighbour disputes, no snow or slippy pavements, no big rush of terminations of tenancies caused by the deaths of OAPS due to the freezing conditions. Just routine, and sometimes routine does bite hard.
Found this on my hard drive the other day whilst I was tidying up my music files. Its the theme song from an old TV programme from 1970 called UFO. This was a Gerry Anderson programme that I loved. It only ran for 1 series but it has stayed with me since. It was a sort of bridge between Thunderbirds/Captain Scarlett 60's Anderson productions and the more sophisticated Space 1999 series. Here is a link to a website about the programme. Below is the theme song.
UFO
It's a bit Austin Powers but it's a good tune. I thought it was only me who remembered this series until The Wedding Present did a cover on a b-side of one of their 7" single a month back in '92. I don't have that on my pc but I will upload that version at a later date.
Found this on my hard drive the other day whilst I was tidying up my music files. Its the theme song from an old TV programme from 1970 called UFO. This was a Gerry Anderson programme that I loved. It only ran for 1 series but it has stayed with me since. It was a sort of bridge between Thunderbirds/Captain Scarlett 60's Anderson productions and the more sophisticated Space 1999 series. Here is a link to a website about the programme. Below is the theme song.
UFO
It's a bit Austin Powers but it's a good tune. I thought it was only me who remembered this series until The Wedding Present did a cover on a b-side of one of their 7" single a month back in '92. I don't have that on my pc but I will upload that version at a later date.
Tuesday 19 January 2010
Tuesday
I seem to post quite frequently on a Tuesday.
Not much to say today. It's January so it's bleak and cold and dark and frankly, miserable. Work is the same as ever, home is getting more emotional by the day as my wife is slipping into a depressive state.(I think). She is still not well and coughing and congested particularly at night.I am encouraging her to go to the GP but she won't.
I fixed the sound on the PC by fiddling with the connections (Hurrah!) but I failed to set up a wireless network for our friends(Boo). Not sure why, everything seemed straightforward enough and I folowed all the instructions but I couldn't get online.Although the modem was on and showing up on the screen but only as a local network.
No snow here now but it is still cold and icy. At least this is a proper winter.
Not much to say today. It's January so it's bleak and cold and dark and frankly, miserable. Work is the same as ever, home is getting more emotional by the day as my wife is slipping into a depressive state.(I think). She is still not well and coughing and congested particularly at night.I am encouraging her to go to the GP but she won't.
I fixed the sound on the PC by fiddling with the connections (Hurrah!) but I failed to set up a wireless network for our friends(Boo). Not sure why, everything seemed straightforward enough and I folowed all the instructions but I couldn't get online.Although the modem was on and showing up on the screen but only as a local network.
No snow here now but it is still cold and icy. At least this is a proper winter.
Wednesday 13 January 2010
No More Snow
At least I hope not. The snow has mostly melted now although some pavements on my route to work are still treacherous. Funny but it seems colder now the snow is no longer covering everything. Must be because there is a biting wind blowing(gently, thank God!)
It's a cliche but I hate January. It's dark, cold, bleak with nothing yet to look forward to. Those long bright days of Summer are still a distant promise too far away to be real.
It was like working a night shift at work today. It was overcast and miserable all day.No brightness at all.
My wife has heard she didn't get two of the jobs she went for. She wont be happy with that and I am beginning to get a bit worried about her. She is down and slipping I fear into depression. She isn't well either which doesn't help. Not a good time to be unemployed (although when is a good time).
It's a cliche but I hate January. It's dark, cold, bleak with nothing yet to look forward to. Those long bright days of Summer are still a distant promise too far away to be real.
It was like working a night shift at work today. It was overcast and miserable all day.No brightness at all.
My wife has heard she didn't get two of the jobs she went for. She wont be happy with that and I am beginning to get a bit worried about her. She is down and slipping I fear into depression. She isn't well either which doesn't help. Not a good time to be unemployed (although when is a good time).
Saturday 9 January 2010
White Out
There has been snow on the ground here since 17th Dec. I can't remember a time when it has been so cold for so long. On Thursday morning when I left for work it was minus 8 degrees centigrade. Today it seems quite warm as it has actually got up to 2 degrees c.
Our road and pavement are a disgrace. It has not been cleared since the first snow fell except by the residents. I don't want to go all " I pay my council tax..." but the Council could have tried once in the last three weeks to clear some of the pavements across the city. I wonder how many slips, trips and falls there have been during this exceptional period. It will be chaos next week when everyone is back at work/school.
My son has gone back to London the house is quieter again. It's not that he is a noisy boy but he bickers with, and winds up, his sister which in turn sets the dog off and madness reigns with much shouting and barking. I miss that but I also am enjoying the quiet.
PC at home is still not fixed so I must get that sorted. I am listening to Beat Surrender on Radio Newcastle. It is one of those strange programmes that you sometimes get on BBC local radio amongst the middle of the road rubbish and endless phone ins. In the last 10 minutes they have palyed The Skids, Dr Feelgood and The Stranglers.
Christmas is now but a memory but this song still seems appropriate with the weather we are having.
Cocteau Twins- Winter Wonderland
I always liked The Cocteau Twins but I was in a minority amongst our friends back in the 80's. I well remember one dinner party when I was begged by all present to get "that whining shite" off the stereo. They wanted Sade on instead.
Our road and pavement are a disgrace. It has not been cleared since the first snow fell except by the residents. I don't want to go all " I pay my council tax..." but the Council could have tried once in the last three weeks to clear some of the pavements across the city. I wonder how many slips, trips and falls there have been during this exceptional period. It will be chaos next week when everyone is back at work/school.
My son has gone back to London the house is quieter again. It's not that he is a noisy boy but he bickers with, and winds up, his sister which in turn sets the dog off and madness reigns with much shouting and barking. I miss that but I also am enjoying the quiet.
PC at home is still not fixed so I must get that sorted. I am listening to Beat Surrender on Radio Newcastle. It is one of those strange programmes that you sometimes get on BBC local radio amongst the middle of the road rubbish and endless phone ins. In the last 10 minutes they have palyed The Skids, Dr Feelgood and The Stranglers.
Christmas is now but a memory but this song still seems appropriate with the weather we are having.
Cocteau Twins- Winter Wonderland
I always liked The Cocteau Twins but I was in a minority amongst our friends back in the 80's. I well remember one dinner party when I was begged by all present to get "that whining shite" off the stereo. They wanted Sade on instead.
Tuesday 5 January 2010
Back In The Saddle
Back at work since yesterday.Can't say I'm thrilled.
Luckily no more visits were made to Walk In centres over the New Year period although my son did go to GP for antibiotic eardrops as his infection did not clear up and I fell over in the snow/ice on Sunday night and bruised my arm but otherwise I was OK.
I am really fed up with all the snow now.It has been here too long and has lost any of the novelty value it had in the lead up to Christmas. The dog is fed up with it all as well. I think it must interfere with his senses because he races around in the snow like he is possessed.
This time of year is the time for Resolutions. I normally make several each year but this year I am not making any. Most of mine never get fulfilled anyway and I thought that maybe I was making the wrong resolutions - like wishing for things that I couldn't control. So after much deliberation I have decided not to make any resolutions at all and see how the year goes.
My wife is now getting upset about not working. I expected this and I have been ultra sympathetic and supportive but that too has its limits.
Music wise I am frustrated as the PC has lost sound again. As I listen to my music in the house mostly when using the PC online this is a big deal for me. I am assuming it's the sound card that is buggered once more. I wll have to bring it in to the local PC repair place near work to get it fixed.
I was listening to this lot again over the weekend. This band are really good and deserve a wider audience. This is another song from their self produced album
Hope and Social- Living A Lie
Luckily no more visits were made to Walk In centres over the New Year period although my son did go to GP for antibiotic eardrops as his infection did not clear up and I fell over in the snow/ice on Sunday night and bruised my arm but otherwise I was OK.
I am really fed up with all the snow now.It has been here too long and has lost any of the novelty value it had in the lead up to Christmas. The dog is fed up with it all as well. I think it must interfere with his senses because he races around in the snow like he is possessed.
This time of year is the time for Resolutions. I normally make several each year but this year I am not making any. Most of mine never get fulfilled anyway and I thought that maybe I was making the wrong resolutions - like wishing for things that I couldn't control. So after much deliberation I have decided not to make any resolutions at all and see how the year goes.
My wife is now getting upset about not working. I expected this and I have been ultra sympathetic and supportive but that too has its limits.
Music wise I am frustrated as the PC has lost sound again. As I listen to my music in the house mostly when using the PC online this is a big deal for me. I am assuming it's the sound card that is buggered once more. I wll have to bring it in to the local PC repair place near work to get it fixed.
I was listening to this lot again over the weekend. This band are really good and deserve a wider audience. This is another song from their self produced album
Hope and Social- Living A Lie
Friday 1 January 2010
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