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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:
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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!
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    Tattoos

    By philglossop,

    Tattoo's does it get into the blood?

    I have 5 currently. I'll list by location and date

    1- Owl in blue flames. On right hand side by appendix. Hurt like hell but for Sheffield Wednesday my team. Oddly since done in 1999 Wed have gone up in flames and in the s***e. Good luck symbol, not.

    2_ Chinese symbol meaning Tiger. Upper left arm my Chinese birth symbol for year.

    3_ Chinese symbol meaning lucky. Upper left arm above number 2. Done after I came out of hospital in 2000 after I'd been given 10% of living in intensive care following illness.

    4- Southern TV logo. Upper right arm. 2002. Done on a drunkern night out. My Dad Closed Southern Down at the transmitter.

    5- 07-07-07 On right shoulder blade. My Civil Partnership day/wedding day. Done after the event on a cocktail of not nice drugs. Hurt like hell.

    So the question is.-Do I have another? And if so where?

    LOL
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    New job!

    By philglossop,

    I am now a fully fledged Parking Attendant again.

    I love it. Not working until Wed now. A lovely long weekend!!!!

    (PS if you live in Plymouth, please be nice to me- I'm a good guy. Honest)
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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
  6. philglossop

    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.
  7. 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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    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:
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    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)
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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.
  11. philglossop
    OK so day splits into 2

    Normal daytime, got the ceiling decs up (via Jeremy Kyle and Trisha). Helped Darren's mother (my mother in law) sorted a loft of winter clothing out and charity shop stuff out.

    And then had chinese take away. Till 1 hr ago.

    And Kieron came over. Our mate Dave over the road has been burgled. Badly. So a lovely day has ended with a mate in pain. In his words he "feels like he's been raped". That not words. His. Poor Dave has lost TV, DVD, Camera, Pixil Camera, his lounge cushions"?!?!!" and his Jaguar sports bag from school. D+C police been round but not a chance of getting anything.

    And to copp it worse? He's off to Brussels tomorrow morning on hols at 6am. Poor Sod.


    Sorry if I swore I would, but I could spit. 2 hrs out for a drink with us and this happens........
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    Facebook

    By philglossop,

    Facebook.

    Odd beast. Yes you can be become friends with people you know very well and love, but equally out of the blue, someone clicks on your profile and asks to be your friend.

    Nothing unusual, until you realise that this person generally made your life unhappy via bullying some 15 plus years ago. OK they may have changed as we get older, but do you accept them as friends????

    Bit of an odd one that.......
  15. philglossop
    My house is on an ex council estate. Until today it was the only house on the estate without any lights outside. It was decided that this made our house worse than some of the others. So I've invested in some lights from Wilkinsons for £4.99.
    Given the gales forecast for tonight, it may be £4.99 down the drain
    Oh and here's the Christmas Tree circa 2007!!!
  16. 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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    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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    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.
  19. 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.
  20. 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????????
  21. 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.
  23. philglossop
    So here's 2006. We've taken the dec's down, and are in the process of stripping the home from bottom to top, cleaning, bleaching, the usual.
    So 2006 resolutions are
    1- Not to get stressed at work
    2- To stop smoking
    3- To run the Manchester 10k in May and the Glasgow 1/2 Marathon in September.
    The second one starts tomorrow, on my return to work. Then we can start training for the Manchester run.
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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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