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  1. philglossop
    I can't believe it's September and i haven't entered a new entry. So here's quick update.
    We're moving again. But in a good way, we're going home to Plymouth I've somehow manged to get a serious promotion into management with Plymouth City Council. It's going to be hard to leave all my friends at Rotherham Council, but if somebody offers you a £7000 pay rise and no travelling what would you do?
    So it's been a mad month, packing, looking for a new house and a job for Daz. We have managed to sell this house with a nice profit, and we have bought a nice house in a reasonable area (Plymouth is much more expensive).
    So it's my last week of travelling over the Woodhead Pass and using the M1, and spending £60 per week on fuel.
    We move on Sunday, and on Tuesday we go to Crete on holiday for a week. Talk about timing!!!! i start work on the 2nd of October. Hopefully! :unsure: :unsure:
  2. philglossop
    Today is our last full day in Glossop.
    Left work yesterday, and had a serious panic atack in the middle of my presentation- so much so, my boss thought i was having a heart attack. :o
    It was a combination of no food,stress and too much beer the night before, but boy has it scared me. Think I'll see a doctor as soon as a get home to Plymouth.
    Wish us luck, as we move some 300 miles south, back home. :lol: :lol:
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    Confessions

    By philglossop,

    I have been married for 3 months. I will probably be filing for divorce after today.
    My "husband"- and I currently use that word lightly- didn't manage to come home last night. When I found him in the pub at lunchtime he was 4 parts to the wind and told me he'd had a lovely night in the local Holiday Inn with a another guy.
    Then to make matters when better- he tells me this the sixth time this has happened in the 6 years we've been together.
    So after 4 hours of finding out this information - I even had to put the cheating sod to bed he was so drunk, I feel totally empty, hurt and well like crying. :wub: :o I've tried to eat but it hurts like hell. The one thing I will not do is get drunk.
    Just as my depression was lifting as well. I'm going to talk to friends now.
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    34 tomorrow

    By philglossop,

    Tomorrow is my birthday.
    I will be 34.
    I asked Darren "How did I get to be 34?"
    He replied "You should have been drowned at birth!" :unsure:
    With some of the things I did in 20's maybe he's got a point.
    At least I'm off work tomorrow. Good ole Flexi
  5. philglossop
    1st day of not smoking for us as well.
    So far, so ...........well ordinary. Done the ironing, watched Something for the Weekend, eaten a tin of mackeral, just going to have a cup of Bovril.
    Oh and an overwheling desire to kill other half. Mind u, he's in the corner gently rocking from shock (he was a much heavier smoker compared to me). Actually feel sorry for him.
    Going for a walk to take my mind off it later on today.
    520pm -a lovely long walk with the dogs on the River Plym throwing sticks into the water has done the trick so far. Not looking forward to work tomorrow. Will take and drink lots of water!!
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    Blimey 3 weeks!

    By philglossop,

    Day 21
    Still no smoking. Yet ironically feeling ruddy awful- certainly Thursday and yesterday. Developing a nasty cough- a good sign that the chest is clearing slowly.
    Having a quiet weekend at home- spring cleaning now. Smelt the bedroom curtains this morning- yuk they are coming down for a wash today.
    Now all I have to do is get Darren to paint the whole house. But he can do that next weekend!!
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    A door closes

    By philglossop,

    Last night during a fab party at our pub, both Darren and myself made a big decision. We decided to close the pub down. It was a wedding present from our partnership in the summer.
    We have broken even- but the rent and cost of stock have hit hard. The smoking ban has hit harder. Since 1st July the 3 pubs in the area around us have closed, as they didn't have the courtyard like us. But with 2 weeks to Christmas,even the amount of customers have dropped below the "normal" level. Hence at 11pm talking to my oldest mate Rachel of 14 years I looked at her and said "don't lie to me, it isn't working is it?". She responded with a kiss and hug and said "No". Yes we could have borrowed to survive, but it that worth it? Debt and stress when it's quiet in January and February?
    So with pride hurt we walk away. As I played on the juke box last night the Walker Brothers song- No Regrets.
    Theres no regrets
    No tears goodbye
    I don't want you back
    We'd only cry.
    But as a door closes a new one will open- of that I'm certain.
  9. philglossop
    No smoking day 2.
    Fine so far- actually really good.
    Monday in the Parking Unit is not a good day- phone goes none stop. The only blip I had was at 2.15 this afternoon with a "idiot" - I use the word for little eyes (get my meaning ) who wanted a permit for parking after getting a penalty charge notice. He had a go at me. BIGGGGG mistake. Mood turned blacker than the sky from a supercell from France. This was the conversation.
    "You want a beat message" -Me
    "Yeah- I can't get to your office. It's your fault mate" -him
    "Well I posted your permit- have you checked your neighbours (he lives in flat in a block)" -me
    "Nah can't be bothered" - me
    "Your car registration plate SIR" me
    Gives me car reg
    "Got a pen sir?" - me
    "Can't be bothered to get one" - him
    "Well I CAN'T BE BOTHERED TO GIVE YOU DISPENSATION..... S I R". -me (my team hiding at this point laughing! )
    " Your name mate" -him
    "Phil Durrant" - me
    "I'll report you and come and sort you out"- him
    "Thank you for calling" - me- drags out puffer and nicroette cartridge. I inhale deeply and think nice thoughts.
    And yes he came in to see us but my cashier calmed him down. Last week that would have been 2 fags and a cup of coffee. Today was a puffer, a bag of Dorittos(cold flavour) and some fizzy water!
    I feel a non smoker. Just! :lol:
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    New Year

    By philglossop,

    Well this is it, my last blog of 2007. Its been an awful year in parts and even with the civil partnership in July, 2007 is not a year I'll look back on with fondness.
    But it's New years eve, a nice bottle of Merlot (8.99 a bottle- gulp I'm more a bottle of house red at 2.99) and a bottle of shampoo for midnight. Yup, we can't even face a night out. So home, Graham Norton, Harry Hill, Nick Knowles ( ) and my husband ( )
    2008 - it's going to be great. I get that feeling!!!!
    HAPPY NEW YEAR NET WEATHER BLOGGERS!
  11. philglossop
    Sadly a great friend of ours lost his Aunt last week, and we went to her funeral this afternoon. Kath was 91.
    It was all fairly somber, and both Darren and myself cried during the early part of the service. Then came the last hymn after the committal at the crem. The song was "All things bright and beautiful". Now I know all the words to this classic hymn, having had to sing it every morning at primary school, and as the hymn started, it looked like Darren did too. So I put the hymn book down.
    By the time it came to the 3rd verse, I could see from Darren's face he was clearly looking at the book for the words (so much for him knowing the words). So I did the first thing I could think of.
    I closed the hymn book. :lol:
    Suddenly from singing all the words, he started going la la la la Then started giggling. Loudly. Which set me off.
    I honestly thought we'd got away with giggling at a funeral, until Mike came up to us at the wake and asked why we'd been giggling at his Aunt's funeral. When we told him the story, he burst out laughing saying- "that's help make my day- Kath loved a laugh." He proceeded to tell all at the wake the story, and they all agreed that was a funny thing to do.
    Kathleen Muriel Harvey 1916-2008. Rest in Peace.
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    First Entry About Me

    By philglossop,

    Right here goes.
    I've been reading Net Weather for some time now, and only came across the Blogs last week, what a great idea, I thought, I'll start one.
    So who am I, and where, what etc. Well my screen name says it all, I'm Phil and I live in Glossop in North Derbyshire. Actually I live in Dinting which is 2 miles from Glossop, but who's spliting hairs! I live with my partner Daz, who's I've been with for some 4 years now, and we have two dogs, Will and Tasmin. Oh and 3 cats.
    I'm orginally from Plymouth in Devon, and we moved north because of work. I work in Rotherham, in South Yorkshire, as the manager of the parking attendants there. OK, this could make me the most hated person on here, but I do seriously enjoy my job, not least as I have the BEST drive to work over the A628 Woodhead Pass every day. On a clear day you can see as far as Hull, Leeds, Huddersfield and Manchester. On a bad day, you're lucky to see your bonnet! Daz works in Manchester as a lawyer, so if it's raining or the weathers bad there (ie snowing), he emails me at work and I set off home.
    My house is just on the Peak District National Park, nice and high up with lots of lovely walks for the dogs. Took the dogs out this morning on the old Woodhead railway line and we had our first real frost of the winter last night. I have strong feelings this winter is going to be a rough one, not least as the weather was just too settled in the autumn.
    Anyway must get on- kitchen to clean, shirts to be ironed for next week, oh and Eastenders to watch as well. It's all fun you know!
  13. philglossop

    The Apprentice

    By philglossop,

    Dum da dum da dum da Dum da dum da dum daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
    Dum da dum da dum da Dum da dum da dum daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
    It's The Apprentice Opening night series 4.
    :lol:
    (yes it's a reality show, but it's the master one in my eyes)
  14. philglossop
    Just come back off a little break in our new caravan. Been staying in Okehampton- lovely little site.
    Back to work tomorrow. Not looking forward to it - we had Job Evaluation results last Friday. I was lucky, my team not (they lost £4000 each). God knows what I'm going back to.
    Good news - still not smoking.
    New job perhaps????????
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    Day 8

    By philglossop,

    I have been to the Doc's. No, still not smoking, but went for a training run yesterday for a 10k I've signed up for. And tore my hamstring behind by left knee .
    Doc thinks I'll be fine, just hope that it heals before 4th May.
  16. philglossop
    The world of Parking is changing. Currently Plymouth City Council works under the Road Traffic Act 1991- with Parking Attendants and Penalty Charge Notices.
    However from 31 March, it all changes with the Traffic Management Act 2004 coming in and all the legal wording changes. By the way, we have no option but to do this- its under orders of central government that we must do this.
    So everything has to be changed- all paperwork, rules, regulations have to be relearnt and rewritten. Parking Attendants will become Civil Enforcement Officers ( no we won't be reporting dog poopies). And we've only had 3 months to prepare for this.
    Actually we're doing really well, new PCN done, paperwork nearly ready to order, training organised (given we have 100 staff thats not easy to organise). Speaking to other councils, they haven't even started to think about this- and given that IF they don't do this, they cannot enforce come the 31 March parking could be in the news even more! For example, there is a council in the Midlands (same size as Plymouth) who rang me on Friday and asked what they had to do for the 31 March. When I told them what we've been doing for the last 3 months, you could hear the panic down the telephone. Espically when I warned them, that all the stationary had to approved by 6pm that same day (this was at 3pm!)
    Oh and feeling a tad shaky on the ciggies front today- but patch on and only doing the ironing and going for a jog later on.
  18. philglossop
    Started work at 640am- finished at 315pm. Lovely.

    Home to avoid all the works christmas parties. We cancelled our at work. No interest. Boring lot.
    I'm going out next weekend. On my own. No nasty work colleagues to deal with!!
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    Painting

    By philglossop,

    Today I am painting the lounge. I've had enough of creams and magnolia (boring!!!) and have plumped for a colour called Woodland Glade from Focus. Its a lovely classic green and will look lovely with the green sofa. Plus because Focus is closing in Plymouth I got the paint at a lovely cheap price, although I did feel a tad guilty about the people losing their jobs right on Christmas.
    And then when I've finished- the Christmas Decs can go up.
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    Depression

    By philglossop,

    I have been dianogised with Depression and Anxiety- and finally I've recognised that I need help. It all came to a head on Saturday night, when I did somethings which I deeply regretted. I won't go into details, only my close friends have never been so worried about me and told me straight on Sunday/Monday to go off sick.
    My Doctor has been fantastic and has told me that I will in this for the long haul and he has given me a tablet called Citalopram. The ironic thing which I couldn't get is that I should be so happy at the moment having only been married for less than 2 months- but again my Doc has told me that depression can hit at any time.
    If the weather stays nice, I will be doing some things which I have forgotten to do. Like sit in the garden and read and do crosswords.
    More importantly, I want to be me again.
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    4 Days to Go

    By philglossop,

    Well my last true day of work before the do. Usual stuff, clearing stuff up- writing letter to customers that I should have done months ago (Sorry Relate group in Plymouth)- sorting out Boats and Moorings stuff - (hey if you park a car you must park at boat as well- hence my new additional job title to Senior Parking Officer - Assistant Harbourmaster! ) and then....
    at 445 just I was getting ready to go, the whole unit came into my section with an enormous bag of presents. I couldn't believe it- after all I've only been there 9 months and hey I don't need any more knifes (enough in my back).
    When I blubbed thanks to everybody- my boss looked at me and said "Phil you're a really nice guy and we all love you".
    :wub:
    So looking forward to Saturday, they all said they're coming to the party after the wedding.
    Thanks guys! :wub:
  22. philglossop
    Darren and I get "Civil Partnershiped" 4 weeks today.
    Frankly we need a wedding planner. Or a Civil Partnership planner. You name it, it's gone wrong lately.
    The wedding party was to be held at our best mates pub. He took it over last September. Then 5 weeks ago this happened..... See below.
    Yup the glass washer set the whole pub up in flames. We've spent hours trying to sort things out- washing cleaning, but the insurance company have finally decided to rebuild. Luckily the fire crew got Dave the landlord out and his partner.
    So we have to redo all the invites tomorrow. Thankly the pub down the road is having us free of charge.
    I will never complain about council tax again. I don't mind paying for the fire service at all now.
    So we're off to see what the new pub can offer for our big day. Wish us luck
    Wyndham Arms, Stonehouse, Plymouth. 1826- 12th May 2007. Reopening in December (after light dusting!!!! )
  23. philglossop

    My birthday

    By philglossop,

    Today I am 33. This leads on to several points
    I can no longer say I am in my early 30's.
    I can no longer drink like I did 10 yrs ago (as my headache proves today)
    I have new lava lamp from boyfriend
    I have new Deal or No Deal DVD from boyfriend
    I cannot beat Noel Edmonds at said game
    My boyfriend left all the price tags on both presents and birthday card
    I wish I had not drunk so much beer and whiskey last night.
    I wish I was 21 again.
  24. philglossop
    I have signed up to do the Plymouth half marathon.
    I currently have problems running for a bus- let alone running 13 1/4 miles. Including hills.
    I have 18 weeks to prepare. I need my head looking at.
    A friend asked me last night- how long to you think it will take you. My honest answer is hopefully under 6 days.
    and smoking will have to go..... Therefore this blog will become my training blog from tomorrow.
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    A trip to A&E

    By philglossop,

    I spent 2 hours in A&E this morning. I woke up and had real problems breathing, plus I had a pain in left arm.
    As a result, the other ex decided that he'd had enough and took me to Derriford Hospital. I felt a bit of a fraud- but I had an ECG (all fine) but the chest infection has got worse overnight. The docs have now doubled my antibiotics and given me some strong painkillers, and thankfully they seem to be working, but it's early doors.
    Work have been good- told me to come back when I'm ready, so it's another 2 days off at least.
    But I have to say- A&E were excellent- nothing too much trouble and very calm when I needed it. Sometimes, I am proud of the NHS and all its staff. :blush:
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