Knackered got home last night and cooked a fry up , well half done in the frying pan and the other half in the oven thats the other half of the food not Helen who's my other half , she take too long to cook anyway , and is best eaten raw , spent half an hour on laptop before going to bed.

Got up at half eight eight we to Garforth for Helen to get her eyebrows done in hd i presume that means high definition they are first waxed then a cotton string is used to pull out the eye brows they are then coloured in it coast twenty five pounds i could have done it using my bic and tweezers and permanent marker pen for half that plus would have thrown in the bikini line , mars bar all for free.

Went to the White Rose shopping mall saw some shoes in Next didnt have my size bought a new watch and a new leather wallet ,We then drove in to town to go to the Next shop to get the shoes which they had then called in to the Superdry store and bought four t-shirts in size X-large well them little japanese guys are too skinny compared to Yorkshire men.




Got home cooked bacon and black pudding had it in a bread cake was hank marvin yet again.

Watching - "Leaving Las Vegas" and "Matchstick Men"

Listening to - Will i am.

Got paid yippee, been to the petrol pumps to fill the car up well half fill it perhaps, I put thirty five quid in the tank and it’s just over half full. Paid for six months road tax online £148 the joys of motoring and the M.O.T is due next month more joy, the ironic thing is I catch the bus to work because I can’t get a parking permit and don't fancy paying parking fines every day or the cost of legal parking is around £24 a day unless i park out of town be pointless, so it’s a weekly green rider for £13.

paid my mobile bill to 02 £31.00 and the virgin media bill for our internet connection ,tv and phone line was over £54. and paid the mortgage £440 ouch going down fast , could do with what i get paid a month as a weekly salary i wish,

I Bought some white Sony over ear headphones from a seller of ebay to use with the i-phone and bought also a packet of rechargeable batteries for my camera.





We went to Burger King last night would have preferred a Chinese but seeing Helen was paying I succumbed ,and the fact that we had not eaten all day help persuade me so off we went at half nine after she had finished her tarot card reading , we got side order of onion rings so artificial and some cheese balls deep fried heart attack with every bite , and a regular coke , no not diet the full calorie stuff lol , Helen got the Chicken Royale and i mentioned the film Pulp fiction and then the Michael Douglas film Falling down he,he , I know how irritating but never the less.

update on my tablet pc i am wanting to buy the new Google tablet Nexus 7 is due for release , it as a quad core four processer and is using jelly bean the latest o/s ,its price on release is to be £159 and I think I want one. The only thing putting me of is its 7 inch screen size, obvious bigger than my I phone and will be easier to carry about in my bag on the bus in my pocket etc, so it shouldn’t really put me of from getting when its released in July can see if there is going to be a 10 inch screen made available and there is no way to up the storage capacity as it has no card slot.

Helen finishes at half twelve on a Friday lucky girl i wish i did make the weekend that bit longer , Waiting for the Virgin super hub its being delivered this morning , then i will go to work for either midday or two o clock depending.

Got a call from our broadband provider we can gat a wireless super hub modem at double our internet speed than what we are running now , plus we will get more tv channels all for a extra £3.70 a month would have been rude not to.

I got a facebook request from a twat i used to work with many years ago he was a wanker then , and guess what he's still a wanker now believe me he is , so why would i want a complete tosser as a facebook friend , getting paid to work with someone and be civil to someone you grin and bear it knowing home time is getting nearer with every passing minute , you do this because of bills and to earn yourself a wage so try and understand this , i was never really your friend , you was bombastic bastard and , the only reason i would piss on you if you was on fire , is if i had the ability to piss petrol , so fcuk off and crawl back under your stone , of course i told him this via facebook messenger , and i get out of hospital next week pmsl so much i fell over and busted a rib as if .

I worked through last night and it dragged i was so tired out i was yawning tears , i nearly suffered lock jaw i was yawning with such gusto , any way a few coffees some early morning fresh air and my i- phone helped me get through the night now its Thursday and i am of until tomorrow at twelve and i might even go in at two in the afternoon i will see. , and its fcuking payday to boot , rich for a day .

Helen is doing readings all this week , and i know she is working very hard and getting tired out bless her i do appreciate the things you do , so i think i will take her out and treat her to a nice meal and a few beverages this weekend , of course i be doing it for her as i do really not want to and pig out on nice food and and get drunk on pear cider , well merry i really do not get drunk anymore , for me merry is better.

Going up the apple and pears soon cause i am cream crackered , and hank marvin but food can wait ,and will be brown bread on my feet if i dont get some bed . night all .

Dropped Helen at work today i will also be able to pick her up when she finishes at four this afternoon .On my way back home i called in at our local supermarket to get the things on Helen's shopping list i added some squirty cream for my coffees fcuk it , and a packet of digestive biscuits double fcuk it.

I don’t go in to my job until half seven tonight, I don’t mind working nights but doing just the one night loses me money if I don’t take a day’s holiday to cover my shift i would normally do that day, if i do then it turns the night shift in to over time which is paid at a higher rate which makes a big difference to the pay I receive. And as we all work for money and time off then my philosophy is the more the merrier.

This weekend i would like to go in to town visit a few bars just for a couple of bottles of Rekorderlig or Kopparberg pear cider over ice then go for a late afternoon or early evening lunch at our favourite Italian restaurant Piccolinnos or to a Indian restaurant on the docks called Mumtaz , only issue i have with Mumtaz is that they don't have a drinks license which is a bit of a bind , seeing that a pint and a curry if you have one you have the other .

deleted my favourites folder of safaris book mark bar now all my favourite sites are gone three quarters i didn’t really visit on a regular basis so i have put back all the ones i have visited recently back in to a new folder the others gone for good, what pissed me of was there was nothing asking if you wanted to delete no pop up window it just vanishes in a puff of smoke never to be seen again if you know what I mean.

its boring day its déjà vu every day apart from weekends but today slightly different work is a lot later and once i finish at six Thursday morning i have rest of tomorrow off. But as I don’t get paid until midnight tomorrow it’s a bit late to go and do any shopping,
When you get paid monthly and it’s a five week month is a long fcuking time till money drops in the old bank account too long in fact its crap.


Playing Song Pop - on Facebook with my daughter who's in New Zealand

At half six it was by the words of Bob Marley a "misty morning don't see no sun" hopefully this will burn off as the day progresses and become a scorcher , it be so nice to jump in the car with a fully loaded picnic hamper , Helen and Pip not forgetting the camera and a disposable barbecue and head for the beach and say fcuk work.

Be nice to live at the beach full stop to fish for dinner and supper and be a long haired tanned beachcomber or a sand artist or even a surfer with a camper van not that i can surf or even own a surf board or wet suit , no matter how warm the days are to surf in England even on a hot day i reckon a wet suit is a must , would make blogging that more interesting instead if this mundane existence of paying bills and running to stay in the same spot.

Helen wants to sell up and go live in the country in the hills and valleys mountains and reservoirs of the peak district i reckon we need at least fifty thousand pounds profit from the sale of this house to do it , i like to be able take and sell photographs and Helen would do her psychic readings and reiki work she has readings book for every day of this week she did extremely well last week .

Think Helen had a shit day at work yesterday hopefully today will be better think Mondays on a whole are shit days work is ok most of the time until you have days off and then go back its twice as bad , but guess that's the way for a lot of people including myself , i know Helen does not want to be there and be happy doing readings every day as its her true calling , she as done more in a month than she did in all the years living with her ex husband which was a total of 19 years that's one of the reasons why four years ago he became a ex roughly the same time as my wife also became a ex , oh well life goes on.

And to cap it all i have just put my toe through a hole in my favorite pairs of jeans so i definitely need new jeans when i get paid , i know Super dry are having a sale at the moment so i might have a look in when i get some cash this Friday the leather jackets they are currently selling look good too and at a reasonable price ,about double the price of the jeans , might just scourer the washing lines and pinch a pair i know someone who use to do that for his designer shirts and t-shirts jeans etc many moons ago i couldn't do it , knowing my luck i get some thin persons washing and caught in the process.

finish work at ten tonight then no work again till seven thirty Wednesday night off on Thursday before i know it be the weekend Italian restaurant movies and pear cider

Things i need to buy .

Jeans.
t-shirts
head phones.
messenger bag.
new razor.
after shave.
shaving gel .
i-phone case.
tablet pc , leather case and key board (may be next month )
pear cider
squirty cream
vanilla syrup for my coffee


Watching - "Carnage"

Listening to - Cheryl Cole " A Million Lights"

Well another Monday as come round yet again and we woke up to glorious sunshine but its still cold guess it might hot up more as the days goes bye.
i am working my normal shifts for the first two days of this week , i am working two till ten then on wednesday seven thirty pm until six am thursday morning then i am off rest of thursday , then i start again friday twelve till ten pm then its the weekend .

The olympic torch is in Leeds don't see what the fuss is 50,000 people turned up at Temple Newsam to see the torch last night , i suppose there was more point in that.Then watching England try to score penalties.

Went in to Leeds city centre yesterday dinner time and looked round a few shops its nice Helen working we have extra money she bought me a top from Primarni's and its great its that good i might go back and get another couple when i get paid .

After we went to a little girls first birthday party the baby's Grandfather was present and he was 78 years old , he will in is life time seen with out a doubt great changes take place in the last fifty years a lot as happened ,makes me wonder what the one year old baby will see during the course of her lifetime , it be amazing to see , need to be Highlander , one of the first films i watched with Helen actually bought it on dvd for her , it was from a budget dvd shop in town which is closed now not that i tend to buy dvd's anymore , i was approached by sellers in town the other day for Netflix asking if i wanted to pay to down load films how quaint i said , as if .



i am bored Helen is at work , i dropped her of just before seven this morning and i go to work at two this afternoon , as i am skint so i cant go shopping , just had some toast with strawberry jam and washed the dining things from last nights tea , i am trying to find something half interesting on the web to read but i am not having much look any one any ideas let me know what other blogs you read or web sites you cant do with out catching up on ,on a regular basis .

Watching "Weekender" and "White Elephant"

Listening to - "Flo Rida album "Wild Ones"

Things i cant live without or without doing

the national lottery - its a chance to have it all for the cost of a pound , would be instant life changing event .

Taking photos- its a way of recording now one moment in time never to be recaptured again.

My i-phone - its a camera ,my mp3 player , messenger , book reader and is my constant companion it stays with me all day and recharges on my bedside table .

Drinking coffee - if its one beverage i cant live without is my caffeine fix i must be hitting a fix every couple of hours , i would even consider working at Starbucks if i could.

Glossy magazines - the Stuff . T3 and National Geographic love the feel and smell of a brand new mag.

My Pc - would rather be on pc than watching tv also now its the best and cheapest way of speaking to my Daughter who is thousands of miles away on the other side of the world.

Indian food - my favorite food love the taste colour and smell of a curry that's cooking in the pot love the starters and deserts and i once had a curry from a different restaurant every night for three weeks whilst i was working away from home , overkill , least i was regular in more ways than one.

Helen - my Partner in crime , she is my angel and my soul mate also my saint and rock , i have never had anyone give it all up and leave everything that she had to be with and live with me ,yes we argue sometimes but we love a lot too.

Pip - my dog to replace my Jack Russell Bandit she is one of the most placid good natured dogs and never moans she can be very funny and loving and is as good as the dog i left behind .

English country side :- The Moors and Lakes we are lucky we have some great places the only draw back is the winter and rain , but we have photographed some glorious snow scenes some in the fog and rainy but best viewed on a bright hot day.

Shopping - i like to visit new shops ,and spending a day in a shopping mall is relaxing for me and there is always Starbucks and food outlets and it does not matter what the weather is and the parking is free.

Music - i love finding and discovering albums with every track is a good one usually Coldplay , Keane and James .

Autobiography - finding out how other people live what they buy where they go and with you is fascinating and compelling , Steve jobs was the last one i read currently reading American sniper he achieved the highest number of kills in the American forces he was in a Seal special forces unit.

Films - the ultimate way to switch of and relax last decent film i watched Safe House .
Payday - like the feeling of earning money and cant do without that you got have money to survive and battle on even living on the streets you need money or they be no beggars , its a constant war , but we are getting there.

My Car - its freedom it gets us out of here and in to there and beyond , all you need is a full tank of fuel and a credit card with no limit and i be away .


Buying on Ebay - love getting a bargain and free postage and love getting parcels through the mail.

Chocolate - apart from hot chocolate drinks and including milkshakes and ice cream which i hate , cant live without chocolate white and milk no plain , specially after a curry i crave chocolate.

Ice cold pear cider - over ice and for a extra kick just add vodka.

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We are of to Manchester its raining in Leeds its got to be raining in Manchester England's wettest city or is that just a myth. , as we are setting of the sun is breaking through but its still windy and not convinced its going to be shining that long.





On the way we stopped of at Compo's cafe for fish and chips it was about half past one and was nearly three o clock when we got to the Trafford Centre Manchester .





Helen bought some sunglasses that had been reduced i wonder why i asked my self Helen forever being the optimist well as i am the pessimist .well i did by a barbecue more fool me q few weeks ago , She also got a top from the All Saints shop and some green tea perfume the shops shut at eight and it was after ten when we got home we left the rain behind in Manchester .

Above pictures are the main entrance to the Trafford centre Manchester , the main dome and the dolphin fountain , one of many fountains throughout the mall the water from the centre of this shoots up about sixty feet.

Went to the Sainsburys supermarket in the city , chicken reggae reggae pasties reduced to £1.28p then further reduced to 68p so i bought two it would have been rude not to , then i went to the local pound shop and bought two bottles of Pepsi for a pound the best thing about our shitty windowless minuscule office with the tatty carpet and out dated pc , is the fridge as it gets a bottle of coke or water well chilled and ice cold in just over a hour to two hours .

Went to WHSmiths to look at new releases in the paper back book section so i then can down load a sample on i-tunes to see if i want the book , a lady was buying three of the same books E.L.James "Shades of Grey" very strange obviously someone wanted her to get them a copy , a new James Patterson novel or two out for summer no surprise there plus a couple of books writing by him and other co author's , James Patterson must write every second of every day , i bet he cant get to sleep with all the ideas he as for crimes , murders and serial killers , i reckon there must be more than one James Patterson and its a brand not a person with fifty writers churning out books for future release.

I want to see a tablet operating windows 8 when it finally gets released also want to see the new i-phone we are two versions behind with the phone we have the 4 had just come out when we was due a upgrade but the cost on contract was a bit too much so we got the 3g version , so this time round it be nice to get the new i-phone 5 rather than the 4s depending on price.



More than that i want a decent weekend would like to do something different its ages since we have been to the movies to see a decent film on a full size mega screen with surround sound , i fancy seeing another one in 3d trouble is i do fall asleep cant help it its how i am .

Fancy a carbonarra tagliatelle with extra white wine and cream with fresh baked baguette's over the weekend for a tea or supper it would be nice to eat out in the garden on the patio if it wasn't for this crappy weather .

Kris, Helen's other son and his girlfriend are calling round to night for a sleep over be nice to have had a barbecue and chill out in the garden fat chance think this rain is going to last a few more days yet.

Not been listen to my i-pod for a while i have had a i-pod in some shape or form for a few years now , i started of with a electric blue nano then bought the newest nano i black after that then i got a i-phone so i gave my newest nano to my son when his packed in , and the second generation one ids permanently docked in the kitchen , we are due a up grade phone in September so i will get a i-phone 4 or 4s in white ,but this time i want a 32gb it will be the biggest disc space i have had ,i have had four and doubled up to eight so thirty two should be massive plus i want a decent dock for it , case and head phones .
And i think we should both safe our money up for Christmas and exchange i-pads or air books would be good .

think i will do my Christmas list now will get Helen to do hers if we list twenty things between fifty and one hundred pounds and compare lists , not to buy all twenty items but to buy one to three items depending on cost .

Helen's reading last night went really well the woman was in tears she couldn't believe what Helen was telling her she told her names of people that have passed , pets that have passed things in her life Helen had no way of knowing she had the woman's uncle with her in spirit who was passing this information on to Helen and it was 100% accurate , the woman so over come Helen had to get the tissues out.
The woman was on the phone to her mother once they had finished whom she insists sits down with Helen for her own reading , even Helen said when she opened up before hand knew it was going to be a good reading because the spirits where there head of the woman with her Mayan guide , the woman said once she saw Helen's business card advertising her services that she was compelled to see her , or more or less forced to see her and all she understood is that she had to see Helen for a Reading asp , needless to say Helen as a new biggest fan.

Helen got her first weekly pay cheque for working her first full week she was happy and i was happy for her , i do love her and i do want her to be happy . i know she works hard and has not had it easy over the years hopefully things are improving and keep on improving .

Had kebab meat onions and chips for tea/supper went out to drop some cd's off all readings get burned to disc , so it was well after eleven when we got back home after i finished work at ten makes for a long day.

still wet grey and cold fcuking crappy English weather roll on a Indian summer.

Helen had four Tarot readings to do last night it was only suppose to be two , but they phoned to ask if it was alright for two friends to join them , Helen said yes hence the four , double the money but double the work it was nearly midnight when i finished oven cooking the beef burgers and fries with grated cheese on top for tea , which was last night or this morning whatever time it was , i know we was looking at five hours sleep max , Helen has one more reading tonight .

Need to buy some new jeans my favorite ones have a hole appearing in the knee it wont be long before i stick my toe in to it and rip it even further , and some combats in brown i think sick of green or black , and some cheapo Primani t-shirts ,i also would like another coat for work plus comfy shoes that are light are a big must seeing that i can walk for miles during the course of a shift specially if i am on nights.

we are both looking forward to the weekend just to chill out and not be at work might look at going to the moors if the weather is good enough it was sunny and hot yesterday but its suppose to be raining for the next three to four days .

might invest in one of the following tablets ,gone of the Arnova these are both selling at my local computer warehouse at Tong Village i had my desk top custom built there a few years ago , http://www.cclonline.com/ i will get either the scroll tablet pictured above or a Coby Kyros tablet prefer the first one i listed but its fifty quid more still for what i want its good buy and a lot cheaper than a i-pad but nowhere near as good , settling for second best sometimes is a viable option .

Reading a fascinating blog about a guy Gary Hause or walking man who is walking his way around the world on five dollars a day so far he as walked nearly 25,000 miles since starting out on his journey he travelled to Australia , United Kingdom and Europe , South America * , Greece and Turkey , New Zealand and the UK ,Central America and Mexico http://www.walkingman.org/ you can also find him on facebook i have just started to read his blog so how he is funding air tickets not quite sure he is not permanently walking and ho doubt he has another life to constantly being out on walk about that i have yet to discover.



Its people like Gary that make this world more interest for the mundane people out there who are tied to a mortgage and a job to pay the bills and survive ,Gary i am running every day to stay where i am , suppose when you look it like that i run marathons whilst Gary strolls through life , if i didn't see it like that would seriously question the reason why .



Listening to :- Keane "Strange land "

Reading camera Blog :- http://www.stuckincustoms.com/

Watching :- "Thin Ice"

Above Pips favorite treat pigs ears .

Well Helen worked last night, on a Tuesday evening she teaches psychic classes its only to one person at the moment but with one step and every acorn etc etc , and she has now been coming for a couple of months , and pay for each session , Helen has two readings booked in for tonight and another one penned in for Saturday evening , and she is still working at her full time job making shoes so she is busy most days , getting up at five am is a killer but we are doing it.

I am liking my job but its hard some nights as every shift is different with different problems and some things are out of my control and there is nothing to do to alter this just got to go with the flow got to admit some days i purely go there for the money but guess i am not alone on that train of thought.

Went to all the local pet shops to buy Pip our Jack Russell some pigs ears , but none had any there's always a shortage and sell out pretty quick , so as a n alternative i got her some pork rhind roll not the same but its better than nothing it keeps her quite when Helen has readings she loves a pig ear to chew on which lasts her around a hour.

Might go get the first items we need for our camping expo when Helen gets paid will have to see , even if its only a blow up bed or a set of pans or a cool box , it will be a start to living in the woods on a weekend and our new adventures specially if we plan on going further a field .

its quite sunny today i have a tin of curry for my dinner will cook it with rice and fries also got a bottle of peach and apricot sparkling water to drink .

Cant wait yet again for payday , its next Friday even though i have bills to pay i am going to get a few things i want ,i am not working anymore just to pay the fcuking bills Helen is paying the mortgage so that's a nice saving each month , and if i run out of cash she is earning a weekly pay packet , so we should never be stuck for some cash. British Gas is wanting a direct debit setting up for £211 each month and the car tax and M.O.T is due , so we still battling on.

Wish i had a more interesting life seem to be set in a rut and are just plodding on day to day , i never considered my self to be a plodder but everything seems preordained seem to be like a record needle stuck in one groove , and its had to knock yourself on to a new track , or to change the album all together.

keep think one day game over and that will be it no second chance no rewind no another throw of the dice , no rematch , no once more round the board its the end the finish line , no get out of jail free card game over .

I envy all the people who love their jobs who get up rearing to go , i get up rearing to go back to bed although i never do , it all seems a bit pointless , even though Helen is working and still doing readings we need to make changes , i guess a city is only as interesting as you make it , Leeds is getting us down its got everything yet theres nothing really going on , and most weekends its uneventful i don't mean bars ,clubs, restaurants, cafes and shops etc , of course there is loads of them throughout the centre of Leeds.

I mean there is nothing going on , nothing where people meet and chill there is not even a decent car boot to go to any more , no street artists or performers no street vendors or sellers where have all the interesting people gone.

The dark arches used to be a fascinating place with artist selling the craft wears you could see them make it in front of you , there vendors selling great exotic food freshly made , it was a place where you could get unusual gifts ,and the Council for what ever reason fcuked it up TOTALLY and it shut down i think they wanted to charge more rents so the people left , and now no one is there its deserted and nothing as replaced it a waste.
Clarence dock was good there was new shops opening all the time it was all new built next to the canals and water ways near to the Royal Armouries museum , then Starbuck's pulled out after only a year which was a bad sign , now out of all the ones opened , only a few remain , same thing happened at the Corn Exchanges the council have fcuked that up too its half a good as it used to be.

When i tell my daughter to stay on the road , stay in another country or keep moving and keep traveling and meeting up with interesting people along the way with different views on life from different cultures ,to explore all the world and its animals and people , its oceans and forests , and its mountains and beaches , to see the fish and animals up close ,and even just go to all the different Starbucks , Maccy d's , and Kfc's all over this planet , on the broad walks and precincts the arcades and malls than do it , and photograph it , blog it , face book it and keep a diary about it , I tell her and i mean it, don't rush home because the truth is , i wish it was me.

GUESS I NEED A HOLIDAY.

Above my favorite Buddha with a wishbone from yesterdays Sunday dinners chicken that we cooked late in the afternoon we are always making wished one day our wishes will come true .

we was in bed for half eleven last night , we intended to go earlier but it never happened. Helen's alarm went off at five why i am not sure as mine goes of at half five only then does she get up and starts her routine , i get up at half six and drive her to work , we stopped on the way for cigs and chewing gum , after i dropped her of i went to the supermarket and bought some milk.

Once home i cooked breakfast and booted up the laptop and checked on facebook and to see what blogs have been updated usually my daughters is first but seeing she updated it yesterday i didn't expect it to updated again this early it wasn't .

started following this blog or travel journal its got me hooked its updated regular entertaining and as photographs alone the way http://www.arestlesstransplant.com/ , i have wanted to do something similar but its paying the mortgage packing work in money etc etc this is the next best thing , this person draws some income from his book he is selling http://theburninghouse.com/ and that's the ticket do something or earn cash from something that brings you in enough money to travel buy food and petrol to fund a road trip if we could rent our house out for a thousand a month it would give us income of £500 a month guess we would need that a week the price of diesel food and cigs it has got me thinking though.

we would also need to buy the following

camper van
Tent.
sleeping bags and inflatable mattresses.
stove , kettle and pans a small traveling barbecue.
cooler box.
lanterns.
fold up chairs.
fold up table.
hammock.
wind breaker.
2 person inflatable dinghy.
binoculars.

it would be fun if we bought the gear and just did it on weekend , it would all go in the back of my Freelander just about , we was looking at a two person tent at our local camping super store the other week for around £45 , sleeping bags were £30 each and a blow up mattress £29.

But for now i have just ironed a black shirt and some grey check trousers for work , not really wanting to go but will do , its been quite sunny this morning but it looks like its going to change as its getting dull , will be dark at ten o clock when i get home tonight and see Helen , She will be a hour away from going to bed and i will be right behind her , think we should book a cheap holiday for the new year anywhere what has a Beach , sea and tavernas , i wish.

Had a late night was nearly half past two in the morning when we went to bed with all the early starts and working late feel like i am drugged up feel like i have a hangover but not had a drink guess need more sleep , than what i am getting got a night shift to work a week next Wednesday for one night only.

Spoke to my daughter on skype for a fathers day chat , she looked well she has had a full head of hair extensions put in and her hair is again long ,when she was young she grew her hair down to her waist until one day she got fed up and had it all cut off.

Its been raining again and its windy the great British summer time is not happening in a few weeks again it be Wimbledon soon its bound to rain it will be July before we know it then its all down hill to Christmas and another new year and we will all be wondering what happened to summer Fcuking typical it never left the station.

Helen cooked a Sunday lunch Pip got stung by a Bee she never leaves them alone she chases them and eats them and toys with them , well today she paid the price with a sting in the paw she's not a happy dog.

Went to Farnley cemetery the photo above is of the house that is in the grounds we was looking for a particular grave but never found it we are going to a church cemetery in Holmfirth soon to look for a grave there which we know we will find it should have a pair of wellington boots by the head stone.

Helen's done her pack up for tomorrow soft cheese and boiled ham she cuts them up in to little quarters bless her think i will get her a Hello Kitty lunch box.

Finished work last night the England football game was being shown live there was a few thousand fans there could hear them cheering when England equalised scored again and finally won the match 3-2.

we was leaving Tesco at half one in the morning after doing some shopping , so this week i have been to Tesco at seven a few of the mornings but , half one early morning shop is early early it was after two when we got home and went to bed ,We both went to Louise's hair salon and had our hair cut it wa slate in the afternoon when we left drove over to White Rose shopping mall Helen bought some more Tom shoes this time in a mulberry red colour , i think she is going to get another pair in black i also might get a pair in black but i have seen a nice pair of K-Swiss training shoes well two pairs will see what i feel like when i get paid .

There is a new Arnova 10B G3 Tablet pc on the market its better than the previous model but is very plastic and cheap looking so not sure if its something i now want style and looks are important cheap looking don't do it for me , might have to do some more research.

I got a Fathers day card from my Daughter in New Zealand i was very touched it was from Moon Pig and its thoughtful unique , and its a one ofF just like my daughter.

Helen is doing great at work i am really pleased for her and she received her first paycheck for the few hours that she worked last week and got over £82:00 , its the first pay slip she has add in over two years , i think she was secretly chuffed with herself she as not worked full time since before she was a mother so we are going back a few years here.



the knife blade holder above is similar to one i had years ago that held the old fashioned men's razor blades this one holds craft type blades and is made by Gerber I was thinking a few days ago about checking out online if there was something like this and only found the craft knives or box cutters of old , this a lot better and will always be sharp and if its not just add a new blade ideal and will last forever.

well the weather is back to wet and grey after the sun tried to make a show yesterday afternoon for a couple of hours on a brighter note Pip is making a effort and getting out of her cage this morning bless her she really misses Helen.

I am starting work at twelve today go in early on a Friday for team meeting so its a couple of hours at time and a half it all helps extra 12 to 15 hours a month finishing at ten does make it a long day least its Friday.

Not sure what we are doing at the weekend no doubt one day we will venture out no matter what the weather is doing .

Will take some shots with my camera i bought last year it cost me less than £150 and it does me good , i know its nowhere as good as a Canon or Sony , but as i am not a professional photographer it suffices my needs ,saying that i would like to use a decent camera to see how better the photos i take are , it would be good to get one photo from each camera and get the image blown up and printed out to compare them , both in black and white and colour erm.

Want to buy this Vw camper van model of eBay until i can afford the real thing and go travelling in it , this will help me to focus on my goals and dreams , even if its only for us use at the weekends and we go no further than around England Scotland and Wales and on the ferry to Ireland .


was back home just after seven after dropping Helen off , i thought about going back to bed but didn't once i got home i thought about a coffee than got my laptop out two hours later i am still here online.

David Bowie ^The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust" is forty years old i remember seeing it the records shops when i was at school unbelievable seems like only yesterday , we use to seek out at dinner time , go get fish and chips from the side of the market in Leeds city centre and go to Kennedy's record shop to browser the charts and new releases .

spoke with my daughter again on skype the sun is making appearance its the first bit of sun we have had in days , the dog Pip is still in her house fed up because Helen is not her she didn't even come out when i cooked some bacon she will like the rest of us look forward to the weekend we are getting out no matter what the weather is doing and hopefully we are doing it early .




Want to buy this robot above of EBay simple because i had a few wind up robots as a kid and i like it and can live on my bedside drawers i think .


Listening to :- David Bowie "Rise and fall of Ziigy Stardust"

Surfing :- http://www.arestlesstransplant.com/

Up again at half past six i use to get up earlier when i started work at seven but its different now i could get back home after dropping Helen of but never do , went to the supermarket bought the usual cat and dog food bread and bacon , there was not one shopper in apart from me.

its dull grey and light rain , and its June and the weather is not improving , summer just don't seem to be summer anymore it lasts a week , so far that's all we have had up to press just a few days of sun and clear skies , no wonder its so depressing everything is better when its blue skies its hot even settle for warm , all the more for emigrating and sodding off , if only.

Some of my favorite sites listed below some recently discovered , al are worth a visit , now i have time to kill specially since the weather is so crap , and day time tv even crapper , i much rather be surfing the net for interesting articles , photos and people in general living life day to day , like people watching but in virtual reality .

bought another tin of low fat squirty cream for my coffee there just so nice i rather have no food and have a decent coffee to drink .

Been chatting to my Daughter in New Zealand using face book messenger for well over an hour this morning , she has bought a prepaid dongle for her net book .

Missing Helen around the house its boring no arse to smack on my way pass , no one to poke in the ribs or to hug or kiss , pips still fcuking sulking cause Helen is not here , ground hog day every day roll on weekend get out and about .

http://theburninghouse.com/

http://dearphotograph.com/

http://uncrate.com/

http://www.werd.com/

http://gearpatrol.com/blog/

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Watching :- "the butterfly effect" 1,2 &3

Reading :- "sniper"

Playing "doodle sprint " on i-phone

Listening to :- "capital radio"

Took Helen to work she was up at half past five again and trampling round the bedroom like a baby elephant open drawers talking to herself and me whilst going to the bathroom and getting dressed .

I get up at half past six to drive the five minutes it takes to her place of work , this morning we took Pip with us .After i had dropped Helen of , Pip and i went to the nature reserve at Rodley for a walk alone the canal bank ,not the hottest of mornings but it was ok for walking there where quite a few barges both full and half size moored up along the banks numerous ducks and geese and horses in fields along the way. On a early morning stroll you can always smell bacon cooking and strong smell of coffee in the pot which always makes me want to turn round and go home.

I like the idea of living on water on either on a boat or barge but not sure if i could do it in indefinitely i think i would go a little stir crazy living on something so narrow , you can more or less touch opposite walls , it be nice being moored up in the country side near to a village pub which did home cooked food and plenty of pear cider and at night with a full moon sat out under the stars but if your not sailing life would be a bit confined and boring , most have bikes lashed to the decks and a lot of dogs so i guess having a barge would if nothing else get you very fit and very relaxed and chilled out.

I never know what to do i came home and cooked some bacon rashers for a sandwich than more or less wait till its time for me to set off to work at one o clock i leave the house and go catch the bus into Leeds city centre so i can start work at two o clock , i have vacuumed up downstairs as the budgies we have always get feathers every where and seed husks . i also washed the dining items up , and now i am online once again .

The battery i ordered for my Finepix F20 compact camera that i bought of Ebay came all the way from Japan i only paid £2.95 with free postage it may have took a couple of weeks to get here but it made it and its fine.

Be glad when its friday and i am on the bus home and work is finished for the week , hopefully its going to be brighter and warmer than it has been , and we can get out for the day and catch some sun.

Was up at six am took Helen to work for seven called in at the supermarket on way home for dog food , fruit loaf , a bacon and cheese quiche for dinner and toilet rolls.It's pretty easy shopping at this time in the morning there is more staff walking about than shoppers , its monday its dull and grey and cold wheres summer the weather is crap need sun and i have a feeling its not about to happen in the next few days , England is shit.

I am on bus or the council limousine at one to go to work ,as i am back on days hope its for a few weeks before i am back on nights so i can adjust and get in to a new routine , i wont see Helen now till ten tonight , she will be more or less ready for going back to bed its a crazy life , wonder how often are going to see each other or be wake or in the house at the same time Helen starts at seven am i finish at ten pm that's FIFTEEN HOURS OUT OF TWENTY FOUR Then there is the hours we are asleep , guess it will be a case of more texting and face book updates to communicate or post it notes on the fridge or scribblings on the blackboard. I guess it's the same for thousands of couples all over the world .

Need to iron a shirt for work also i need to fill my coffee and sugar jar up and need to fill my milk canister up need plenty of caffeine , need also to change my i-phone play list and add a couple of films to watch as well for watching strictly on breaks of course still reading Sniper .

Missing Helen already after a few hours its boring Monday morning , and even Pip is feed up and in the dog house well cage , she has not ventured of her bed she is laying down looking totally pissed of ,

thought it was Saturday morning but its Sunday working nights and coming home the following day messes with your head , i should be in bed its nearly half one in the morning but i am still up reading and surfing and downloading things i should be buying.

Helen is reading up on numerology if you write out the number 8 on a piece of paper and put in in your wallet or purse and forget about , it in time its suppose to bring you wealth and more money , i will give it a go see what happens.

My Daughter is at Lady Gaga concert at Vector Arena Auckland New Zealand i get the impression form her facebook updates she enjoyed it .

We did the gardens front and back , mowed the lawn weeded and trimmed the over grown bushes , we filled the brown waste wheelie bin to the top with cuttings, grass and weed , if the bin was full of weed be either high all the time or a drug dealer but the weed in our garden bin is only fit for the compost heap.

Helen's first week at a her new job she is already on about going to bed at nine o clock , Christ be wide awake at half two thank the fcuk for computers , downloaded a free game for the i-phone doodle sprint got to make the matchstick person jump the gaps its ok , and it was free .

Things i need to buy

Jeans decent every day wear jeans.

Toms black or grey or both.

Kokorico aftershave the new Jean Paul Gaultier.

Arnova tablet pc.

Keyboard and case for the above plus memory card

Laptop bag or rucksack.

Extra comfy work shoes slip ons.

Compact camera.

cheap camcorder.

Well i guess now its a coffee a bath and bed , and no Helen i don't want your bath water , thanks for asking where not having a drought just yet .

Watching :- "Training day" and "Deja vu".

Listening to :- "snow patrol"

Reading :- National geographic (Helen has

never heard of this magazine unbelievable but true )

i got home just after six Helen was fast asleep in bed when i got home , we stayed in bed until half past midday .I moved our bedroom furniture and finished off the bedroom floor had enough black paint to do the last of the floor its all shiny black.

Helen had a reading to do at seven this evening , after she had finished and i had burned it to disc , we buttered some slices of bread i prefer this to bread cakes and we got in the car drove over to a fish and chip shop the other side of town called Skyliner ,we got them with scraps plenty of salt vinegar and a can of coca cola and we ate them in the car.

Watching;- "Safe house".

Reading :- Stuff magazine T3 Magazine GQ Magazine.

Listening to "Coldplay"

Its four am and I have another two hours to work be at least another three and a half hours before I go to sleep I have to be up at midday to pick Helen up from her job it's half day on a Friday .wish I could say the same but i will be back at seven thirty until six am Saturday morning then free until Monday at 14.00pm .

Today i slept until half twelve midday and i didn't her the phone call from Helen i was hard on in the land of nod ,we have not been in bed together for the last three days/nights WE ARE LIKE SHIPS IN THE NIGHT . She was half way home when i picked her up and it was just starting to rain.

Her mother called at three and they caught a bus in to town , her mother was buying her some scissors for her work they where all metal and cost £25 will last forever and the shop will sharpen them free of charge for life when needed ,

Helen started her job today , yesterday we went shopping and bought her some tuppa ware boxes for her eats so she can take cereal or salad box depending what she decides to take.It was like your kids first day at a new school we didn't go far as to get her a new backpack but it would have been nice , i know she is nervous but hopefully after the week she be part of the crew .

I finished work at six am and drove her to the factory gates its a small industrial unit , a mile if that from our house ,she starts at seven and i know she didn't have a great nights sleep but hopefully she wont stitch her fingers together , and most of all that she looks forward to going again tomorrow .
Best thing is when she is fully trained up she will be on a lot more salary than me and with the readings she does should be earning some serious money , which i have no problem with.

We both need new clothes and foot ware some Toms canvas wear , trainers and new accessories and there is always this and that to buy , plus to do things we don't get to do a lot of on a regular basis like eating out go to our favorite restaurant its been a while and even go to the pictures to see the latest 3D movies , its sad but money does make life a lot less tedious and boring and easier.

Spoke With my son Guy earlier this evening he is doing good he has a steady girlfriend and his motor bike not sure which he enjoys riding the most hopefully its not the motor bike , although a bike sometimes can be a lot less hassle but both can be high maintenance and theres always a newer model or a trade up , better the ride you know , well sometimes maybe.

Today at ten Helen went for her test at the sewing factory where she had a interview last week making orthopedic shoes , she was good and got the job offered to her she starts tomorrow at seven in the morning , as i am returning at half past six a.m i can take her to and fetch her from work her first two days , and take her on a morning when i start at 14.00pm , so well done hopefully she will love it .



Me in a tent the only time i spent under canvas was for a few days in the lakes twenty odd years ago i cant remember if i loved it or loathed it i do remember it raining but than again it is England.I want to get a tent as i have said previous and go camping i reckon it will be fun chilling in the forest near a lake or river .



Work is stressful at the moment everyone has issues its unbelievable what shit happens its quite amazing its never dull. Been doing extra crap on the lottery and Euro lottery if there was a prize for getting no numbers we'd be winners.I suppose if it was not raining it be hot , suppose that's life , anyway we only need to get it won one time .
Like Viv Nicholson i would spend , spend,spend and theres plenty i would want to spend my cash on , not just on myself on others as well


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Back on nights for the next three night shifts have bought some bottled water peach and apricot and summer fruits flavors best served ice cold also bought pitta bread soft garlic and herb cheese and some pastrami slices to make sandwiches.





Bought the knife above online it was a fiver and i just wanted a blade made from single piece of metal it also has a sheath , i carry it in my rucksack i use for work .
The photos are me on a yamaha 500cc and a hoda 250cc taken when i was about 22 years old well over thirty years ago scary where the time goes ,we was on the way to the lake district , the bike belonged to a girlfriend i lived with for a few years , i always had a car.I found a few old photos i scanned in to the computer

Well nearly been a year since I have been doing the one job have survived although it's been hard at times
We are going to put the house on the market and hopefully make enough money to move on depending on profit will determine where we go and what we do .
Helen as a good chance of a job this week she hopefully start a full time job which will mean easier times , i am working three nights again this week i seem to be doing more nights than days at the moment , and its not that much more money , other staff get time and a half supervisors is less like our time is less valuable.
All the floors are half done upstairs the weather as not been that great hopefully it will improve for the weekend , not had anything to do for the Queens jubilee as far as i am concerned what as she ever really done for the people of England ,she must drive past the homeless in London on a regular basis and do nothing to help them its very one sided , thats why they only but her face on one sided of the coins and notes.

well usually at this time i have been five hours through a 10 hour shift going to bed soon but i am not that tired i have been on the laptop for the last four hours , got up and started doing the rest of the staining went out and bought another two tins should have enough to complete all the ground floor rooms some will get two coats where its high traffic , its back aching work , but its totally transformed all the rooms it amazing what you can do with a few quid, painted the landing black got to re coat all the floors upstairs , apart from the bathroom which we have slate floor. Things you do for a blow job.
Thats been the weekend at least the weather has been crap raining in parts yesterday and raining all today i would have been sicked off if it had been red hot.

was in bed at half six was up just at twelve Helen had cooked me breakfast in bed ,hash browns , bacon , eggs, toast and tomatoes plus a cup of coffee.
received a call from my daughter from New Zealand she will phone us back later .

Stained the floor in the kitchen and dining room , i had to replace some of the floor boards just a couple of short pieces which had cracked or had pipes coming through them. When the original wall was up that separated the kitchen from the dining room we had it took down and a RSJ put in to carry the weight of the floor above , guess what yes , no not i had not worked myself in to a corner , i ran out of stain at least the stain we got is good so will get another tin tomorrow.To do the hall way and living room before i paint the floor boards black i had a red door and i want to paint it black comes in to mind , but saying that our front door is black glossed we painted it a few years ago , well helen did .

THOUGHT FOR TODAY :- NO WORK TILL MONDAY

Just under five hours thinking about a sausage mc muffin from McDonald's thee is One two minutes from where we live it's the only real thing I like of the menu apart from the milkshake which they have stopped selling .

its grey and raining again not bothered working tonight till Saturday morning then i wont start again until Monday afternoon at two o clock , wanted to try another flavour frappucinno but its not sunny enough , went in to town yesterday and it was not even warm never mind hot.

My Daughter is doing good in kiwi land and as paid all the money she owes back to her friend , i know she misses home and most of all her close gang from Swirly , but as always she has meet loads of new people and has already got loads of Friends ,but she would where ever she live , works or travels she is kewl .

still not got my tablet pc that i want will just have to wait a bit longer hopefully next month maybe.

want a two man tent or a two person tent to be pc i mentioned to Helen we could go go stealth camping her reply was " that's good can we get a red one" yes dear with a flashing light on top. Just in case nobody can see the bright red against a forest of green very camp.

I am addicted at the moment to coffee with squirty cream on top with powder chocolate just too nice and tasty, and ordinary coffee afterwards is just a cup of coffee.

Last night on nights tomorrow we do the floors through out the house . at least staining is a lot less hassle than painting and a lot quicker .