Archive for March, 2008

Things I Don’t Like About the New Flat…

Nothing is perfect, right? So what don’t I like about our new flat? The bathroom floor in the ensuite is blue. So no matter how often I mop/sweep it, it never looks clean to me. One dropped spot of water (and really, how do you get out of the shower and not drip water on [...]

March 31, 2008   Posted in: New Flat, daily  No Comments

Things I’ve Found Amusing Lately…

1.) Our Easter Leg of Lamb said that it would feed 131 people and to cook it for 6 – 10 minutes. Yup, labels backwards. 2.) Simon’s ‘invite a friend’ vouchers for Love Film were addressed to him on the envelope, but to some woman named Kristen in the letter. Can you tell they don’t [...]

March 29, 2008   Posted in: daily  No Comments

Why?

I often ask myself why? Not ‘why is the sky blue’ or ‘why is the ocean salty’ as these have scientific answers. No, I ask myself, why is talking about sex with your children embarrassing? Why is it ‘those’ parts of the body that are ‘private’? Why do some people hate other people just because [...]

March 28, 2008   Posted in: Thoughts, daily  No Comments

Simon Has A Wonderful Sister

who sent him an XBox 360 for his birthday.  The graphics are, indeed, amazing. In other news, my temp receptionist didn’t bother to show up today.  I was not pleased.  Someone else is coming down tomorrow.  I don’t even want to pay the other girl for the one day she did work. I don’t get [...]

March 27, 2008   Posted in: daily  No Comments

So I Have Extra Help in the Office This Week

Our CEO volunteered his partners two teenagers to come in during half term and help me do some filing and clearing up.  It is totally boring work and they are doing an excellent job for me. One of the file drawers we are going through belonged to my old boss and now belongs to my [...]

March 26, 2008   Posted in: daily  No Comments

This Post Will Probably Piss Some People Off

But I am going to write it anyway. On the bus yesterday there was a child, about 6 – 8 years old, who kept saying “Daddy, daddy, look daddy, look at that daddy, what’s that daddy” over and over and over again, as loud as possible. Based on the way he was talking, he was [...]

March 25, 2008   Posted in: Belfast, Mental Illness, Thoughts, daily  No Comments

Happy Birthday Simon!

Today is my husband’s birthday.  He’s 34.  I robbed the cradle. I would tell you what I got him, only we’re in Derry and his gift is in Belfast and he might read this before we get home.  He’ll like it, though! Also, today is Alyson Hannigan’s birthday.  She is also 34.  My husband likes this, [...]

March 24, 2008   Posted in: Simon, daily, me  No Comments

Going to Derry for the Weekend

to visit Simon’s parents for Easter. Derry (official name Londonderry) is an interesting place, a walled city, where all the violence started 40 years ago, give or take. If you ever go, let me know and I’ll hook you up with my father in law, who is an expert in the conflict and will take [...]

March 22, 2008   Posted in: Derry, Thoughts, daily  No Comments

How to Piss Off Your PA

As I’ve mentioned before I am the Personal Assistant to the Senior Management Team of my company.  I am also the Office Manager for the whole office.  And the Official Office Geek.  I have many roles. At the moment our regular accounts manager is on maternity leave and we have a temp in.  He’s an [...]

March 21, 2008   Posted in: Customer Service, Thoughts, daily, me  No Comments

What’s The Point?

Apparently there has been a call for a ‘content boycott’ on Live Journal for tomorrow, to protest the removal of new free accounts.  Forget the fact that it has apparently turned into an Anti-Semitic statement, I want to know what the hell the point is. How, exactly, does not posting content hurt LJ or its [...]

March 20, 2008   Posted in: Customer Service, daily  2 Comments