Well mid week approaching three days left to complete at work till its all over , my work mates and i are all going for a curry friday lunch time at Clarence Dock afterwards i am picking Helen up and heading for Blackpool. We have tickets for Derek Acorah who is appearing at the North pier we are staying over aT friend's mother who as a guest house we have been invited to stay, Helen will be doing some readings later that night for three people the following day i would like to get some panorama photographs of the beach front and the pier and hopefully the tower it will be a tight schedule as we should be heading back Saturday early evening.No matter what OR WHERE i do it Friday will always be remembered for the day i got made redundant REGARDLESS.

Listening to :- JImi Hendrix

SHOULD BE READING DEREK ACORAH'S BIOGRAPHY BUT I,M NOT

Well tomorrow is the final week i will have a full time job , we are doing the house up ready to put it in the hands of an estate agent to sell up and move on to pastures new.
Hopefully we will make enough money to tide us over for at least a couple of years in a place well away from Leeds We have both lived in Leeds all your lives and seem happier when we are away out and about.
If we make 40k we can start anywhere again with enough for rent and food for a good two years whilst we both get new jobs the lower the rent the better.We want to live in the country away from police sirens and helicopters barking doors and loud music away from street gangs and street crimes burglaries and muggings away from a cultural society as far as that is possible.
We need to sort out the bathroom , we need a bath at the moment we shower i four years i think i have had around four baths i shower every night at work , our toilet and bathroom are separate we are going to knock down the dividing wall and have one room we have a new bath already just need wash basin toilet and taps , another thing we need renewing is the guttering its wood and it leeks and over flows every winter it freezes the timber and it gets works which wouldn't make a good selling point other than that its a paint job and re-stain the floors cut the grass and trim the hedges and re paint the security grills and gates.

Listening T :- Meat Loaf Greatest Hits

Watching :- Source Code/London Ink

R.I.P AMY A STAR YOU BURNED OUT TOO SOON.

well received my p45 and final pay slip money goes in next monday night also applied for another job at the west yorkshire fire service as a maintenance worker/caretaker, which is only down the street from me and is on a part time basis.
Enquired about extra day shifts at my other job and hopefully some will be available to cover sickness,holidays and maternity leave.

mid week this time next week should have my redundancy and final paycheck in bank looking at applying for a job as a maintenance joiner 22k a year which if i get will be a godsend dont think for one moment that i will,it would be too good to be true but i will apply for it regardless it would also mean that i could continue my pension which is a big plus not that i am planing on every receiving a penny but just in case i do make it need as much funds in as possible once your in a pension scheme you really got to go for gold.

Writing this at work , and i,am already on my third cup of coffee . Just can't get motivated seeing that I finish next Friday for good thanks to redundancy , be no more walks down the canal into to town cutting through Clarence dock will miss crossing the bridge that I use to meet Helen on so much water has flown under it so much has changed so much continues to change on a daily basis.

My nephew flys to the United States today for a 3 week vacation , he left with 55k for his redundancy payout I get 40k less and be lucky to get a long weekend in Southport life so unfair.

Need to change need to on the ball go for gold get a job change the way I live need to sell the house and decide a new path to walk down , twenty years service what do I buy myself to commemorate this should I buy myself anything , I think I should with in reason need cheering up some how.

Once I am not working until I gain employment will have to follow a routine of getting up and getting out cycling in to the city to look for work and visit the job centre , agencies and other outlets. Will rejoin the library and see what other organisations can help me with looking for work and gain employment .

Will spend less look for bargains eat cheaply clothe my self of eBay or Primark or from ongoing sales everywhere seems to be sale time can get some real bargains.specially now I will have the time to shop no buying on impulse be a case of buy one get one free or what ever is on offer , no more take sways which might not be a bad thing .
No more luxuries , Helen can give up smoking , I won't give up Internet I will pay the bill for at least a year up front . Along with car insurance and the road tax, i will get the beast mot'd and serviced and anything else needed to keep her on the road , might have to tow a caravan if things go pear shaped or sleep in it if things get that bad, it has happened have read people's blogs about people livig in their cars in times of economic gloom.
must buy a couple of bikes and a bike rack a tent some camping beds or air beds and of course sleeping bags .

if I was a writer I write more books if I was a artist do more paintings , photographer more photos , a singer another album a actor another film or play but being just me it's going to be a case if I am lucky of doing or getting any job no matter how bland and boring , it's ok doing these jobs and I am not proud but you need a exciting life away from work to compensate or balance it out which wouldn't be the case , or to do it travelling .

My Bucket list of things i would like to achieve before i kick the bucket in no particular order , hopefully all achievable. Will update ,add to and change this as and when i feel fit , a on going working document hopefully from today will be work in progress.

1.GET A NEW INTERESTING JOB.
2.MOVE OUT OF LEEDS.
3.GO TO JAPAN.
4.WATCH THE SUNRISE ON A FOREIGN SHORE.
5.BUY A RETRO CAMPER VAN.
6.LIVE ON A BARGE FOR A WHILE.
7.BUY A TENT.
8.STAY IN A SHEPHERDS HUT.
9.LEARN WEB DESIGN.
10.BUY A MOUNTAIN BIKE AND CYCLE MORE.
11.GO ON A FERRY TO EUROPE.
12.BUY A APPLE AIR BOOK.
13.SEE MY GROWN UP CHILDREN MORE THAN I DO.
14.BUY A KINDLE AND DOWNLOAD TWENTY BOOKS ON TO IT.
15.GO TO THE CINEMA EVERY WEEK FOR THREE MONTHS.
16.SWIM WITH DOLPHINS.
17 SET FOOT IN EVERY CONTINENT.
18 SWIM IN EVERY OCEAN.
19.VISIT ORLANDO STUDIOS USA.
20.GO UP AND PHOTOGRAPH THE EIFIEL TOWER.
21.MAKE FILMS OF MY EVERY DAY LIFE FOR MY OLD AGE.
22.GET ANOTHER TATTOO.
23.GO ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS.
24 GO SCUBA DIVING IN THE RED SEA.
25.TREK ACROSS A DESERT ON A CAMEL.
26.GO UP IN A HELICOPTER.
27.GO ON THE LONDON EYE.
28.DRIVE UP NORTH TO SCOTLAND AS POSSIBLE THEN BACK DOWN SOUTH AS FAR AS POSSIBLE.
29.GO ON A CRUISE TO THE CARIBBEAN.
30.STAY IN A FIVE STAR HOTEL.
31.EAT IN A CELEBRITY CHEFS RESTAURANT.
32.BUY AN ORIGINAL WORK OF ART.
33.LEARN TO DRAW AND SKETCH.
34.DO A PHOTOGRAPHY COURSE.
35,LEARN TO COOK A SIGNATURE INDIAN DISH.
36.BUY A SET OF QUALITY CHEF KNIVES.
37.PURCHASE A SECOND HAND LECIA CAMERA.
36.BUY A SECONDHAND BMW X6 IN WHITE.
37.GO SEE A WEST END PLAY.
38.GO SEE MY FAVORITE BAND LIVE.
39.GET A SIGNED NOVEL OF MY FAVORITE WRITER.
40.SLEEP ON A BEACH.
41.LIVE THREE MONTHS IN A CARAVAN.
42.GO DEEP SEA FISHING.
43.BE A EXTRA IN A FILM.
44.BE IN TIMES SQUARE FOR A NEW YEAR.
45.SEE MY CHILDREN MARRY.
46.SEE MY GRAND CHILDREN.
47.GO ON HOLIDAY JUST TAKING A DEBIT CARD AND PASSPORT.
48.BE A SPECTATOR AT THE MONACO GRAND PRIX.
49.WRITE MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
50.WIN OR BE LEFT A SMALL SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY.
51.ADOPT A ANIMAL.
52.SMOKE A CUBAN CIGAR IN CUBA.
53. EAT PIZZA IN ITALY.
54.GET A CONSERVATORY OR A ORANGERY.
55.MAKE A 12FOOT WELSH DRESSER.

My Daughter called me at half past five in the morning didn't go to bed until two so it was not a welcome wake up call at least she was ok she had been partying in the city centre and booked in to the Etap hotel.

Did nothing again cooked a Sunday dinner with roast chicken sweet potatoes and roasted parsnips so i we was well feed if nothing else , watched harry potter disc two was falling asleep so went for a afternoon siesta which was fatal woke up at seven o clock at night was not a wise thing to do , another two weeks at work before i leave made redundant.

Listening to :- Deep Purple and Black Sabbath

Watching:- Harry Potter complete box set 1- 7

Reading anything but :- The News Of The World

Today had a lazy day as the weather was wet we decided to go nowhere fast.I went out around half nine did some shopping for eggs bacon and baked beans and bread so we could have a small fry up , also did the lottery and bought some coke and chocolate , ended up watching the first Harry Potter film we are now going to have to watch the rest of the older films then watch the final one at the cinema of course in 3D.

Well two weeks off is finally completed apart from this weekend will be back at work this Monday at least until the end of the month. Its going to be similar to the scenario of dead man walking, and i am not going to like it one little bit. After twenty years employed going to be classed as unemployed even though i am still working four hours a night at my evening job five nights a week hopefully overtime will eventually reappear but cant rely on it on a regular basis if at all. Will consider any type of work will even try to get a full time post at the hospital will even consider night shifts anything to bring in a regular salary.
Today we drove over to Borough Bridge cant remember ever being there before it was a small town centre very quaint and pretty had something to eat in a deli/cafe Chiuso i had a tuna and cheese panini Helen had a ham sandwich with a side salad all very nice , from there we drove back to Knarseborough walked down through town to the river Nidd some gorgeous cottages and house close to the river we then walked back to the top of the cragg and back to the castle car park.

Second week off from work got Helen,s son moving back in with us which is the last thing i wanted to happen . obvious its going to be at a cost to no one else but me he lost his job just after we moved in the house that we are in now in 2009 and has not worked since , and with no chance of getting any proper employment its not going to be short term ,so as you can guess , i am well over the moon i get made redundant in three weeks time and the money i am getting for twenty years service is going to diminish faster than a fiddlers elbow,its already putting a strain on my relationship with helen and i can honestly say i am totally depressed , i don't feel like returning home knowing her son is going to be there we don't talk and we have nothing in common and its affecting me to the point where i am not happy anymore and i feel like what,s the point in doing anything constructive , not only that he told me today that he back handed our cat Harvey for snagging the carpet upstairs , our cat has never known any hate or violence towards him ONLY LOVE , and he AS NEVER BEEN HIT ONCE and that to me is totally unacceptable,i no longer feel comfortable with him being in the house alone when Helen and i are out.

ANOTHER TWO WORK MATES HAVE BEEN TOLD THEY ARE TO LOOSE THEIR JOBS , SORRY LADS JOIN THE CLUB.

Watching - limitless online

listening to U2

Thinking about - good luck is surely due

Went to Chorley to a antiques warehouse called Bygone Times it was ok a load of old junk with some very good bits thrown in also we bought a wooden wall plinth shelve very ornate only paid £5.50 for it will look good in the hall or top landing,from there we went to Southport i have not been here for twenty odd years when i was shop fitting and working away from home, we ended up walking down the pier it was very warm and sunny but a nice sea breeze blowing,afterwards we walked through the town centre it was still sunny and the only photos i took was using my i-phone .

Another week off after this week then only three weeks until i get made redundant,MY nephew was made redundant yesterday and walked away with 55k or round about that mark , if only a similar offer was on the table for me would be a lot happier.

This week has been ok but its been a longer week than what it would have been if i was working, i suppose thats what it will be like after the three weeks have gone by and i leave work until of course i get another job.Already gOt Sky TV put back on seeing it was half price for the first twelve months with no contract its got to be worth it , will get a games console and a few games whilst i play whilst waiting for replies to application forms that i have filled out and doubtfully no one bothers to read or acknowledge specially if completed and done online.

will have to get a few thick novels to read from the second hand shops or from the local charity shops there is at least four on the centre near where i live , along with a Cash Convertors where i might buy my bike from so i can cycle along the canal bank in both directions might even make it to Liverpool or at least Manchester might even be some jobs there i will take a good supply of egg mayonnaise sarnies with me just in case , and of course my mobile phone only of course if its not been cut off .

A new hobby I will have to find or join free classes for the unemployed , maybe web design course or art and painting classes and if life gets totally boring will buy loads of viagra and will get totally fucked off on a hourly basis , who needs to go to work as someone i know said i quote " now i am retired i wouldn't have the time now to work" the fact is that i am just too busy its a wonder i ever had the time to go to work on a daily basis at all , another three years and i can get pension number one,hope it wont affect my benefit payments.

Just had a curried duck and noodles from the local take away and strawberries and ice cream so life might not be a box of chocolates , but not complaining just yet.