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.

well this week i have the gas boiler being serviced along with a faulty light in the kitchen dining room getting fixed that will be on thursday ,and on friday e are getting virgin hd box installed at a a cost of £6,50 a month for a twelve month contract with 61 tv channels, sorted the lock on the side gate myself although i could have got someone to call out and fix that too if i so wished its all part of the home service plan i am in with British gas.

off for two weeks yesterday went to Filey it was sunny and hot and the A64 was jam packed ,walked on the beach it was very hot had fish and chips then went over to Runswick Bay , would have been nice to have been in a caravan and spend a few nights there , would have gone over to Robin Hoods Bay as well.Helen said i had been to Filey with her perviously ,which i cant recall as far i was aware last time i was in Filey was with my Mum and Dad many years ago, there was nothing i recognized we have been to Runswick bay before i remembered going to Staithes has well

Woke up this morning and had a large bowl of Jordan's strawberry country crunch with strawberry pouring yogurt it would have been more enjoyable sat on a patio of a villa in Italy or Greece with a view of a blue sea and a white beach, oh to be on foreign shores with a sun tan and a camera and of course a i-pod loaded with favorite tunes.I watched U2 on BBC2 last night i would love a rock and roll lifestyle well the traveling and hotel room bit i would not complain about living out of a suitcase if i had the money i be gone today well with one other person of course.

Break up tomorrow for a fortnight off , i am still working on a evening but will have the days free. Which means late nights with a good chance of a sleep in.
After these two weeks i work for another three weeks then i am officially redundant.
i will be looking for another full time job be lucky to get one on the salary i am currently on although its was going to drop in November by around £4500 a year.
Not sure what i am doing on my two week break i had to take the time of or loose it they would not pay me my holidays if they had would have worked straight through and got another £800 in my final wage.
I have not had a decent holiday in years so once i do get made redundant its a possibility to go off abroad for a few weeks,the way i see it i have worked twenty years at one company for the last eleven years of that twenty i have worked two jobs i reckon i deserve some sun sea and the other .

LISTENING TO :- Pitbull "Planet Pit"

WATCHING :- Scott & Bailey with Leslie Sharp

THINKING ABOUT :- Tents and sleeping bags and mountain bikes

went looking at caravans today some proper bargains really high spec a mobile home is out of the question looking at three times as much and getting the same interior obvious the extra cost is to cover the van aspect engine towing is by far a better option ( will update this post later)

Saturday
woke up to sunshine decided to go to York using the park and ride ,arrived just after one love the layout of york its a roman walled city and really wanted to walk along the wall and take loads of photos today we didn't really have enough time,would also like to photograph as many gargoyles as i could again not enough time , as always took photos of york Minster , a lot of japanese tourists doing the same wish i had a penny for every photo every took every body with a camera must take at least six photos.
Went to Drakes fish restaurant which was very good value although helen thought the chips could have been fried for longer.



There was a lot of buskers out on the streets and a artist doing caricatures of people there was a man playing a piano and another artist painting and selling his scenes of around york .
There was new shops that we had'nt seen before one selling Apple products and we still would like to do a ghost walk and go to the dungeons and Jovik centre we really need to do a long weekend.

Well mt redundancy comes in to force on the 31st of July , hopefully it wont be all doom and gloom and i will eventually get another job. There is chance i have got extra shifts cleaning on a weekend when the theaters we clean on a night and at last audit got 100% pass mark i can and go clean them when they have a operating list on certain Saturdays forthwith.hopefully there will be cover during the week as well so not on the bread line just yet.
contemplating buying a caravan only two berth for around £2500 already got a tow-bar and electrics fitted on the Freelander and if the worse comes we can be gypsy's no that would make this blog a lot more interesting

listening to Ed Sheeran the A-team a brilliant single watch it on you tube.

reading the Secret and Steve Holbrook

watching the season of the witch

eating hot pork sandwich and strawberries and ice cream

thinking about the seaside

Sunday
went to Meadow Hall my daughter took her i-phone 4 back because of speaker problems it was exchanged for a new i-phone 4, my partner Helen took her i-phone 3 back because of reception issues and was given a new phone as well in both cases no arguing , no asking for receipts , no hassles , no interrogation just a straight new for old swap , a result in both cases.

There was other there taking apple stuff back from air books to screens as far as i see every one was being treated as good if i need to buy anything apple its nice knowing if there is a issue it will be dealt with fixed or replaced free of charge , no one was getting stressed out we did have to make an appointment but it was well worth it.

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Finished work last night collected my daughter from her house she is staying over we are going to my aunts Ivy's funeral today, we cooked some gammon steaks and chicken breasts for tea with new potatoes.messed around on the pc just relaxed , hopefully the weather is looking good for tomorrow

Yesterday went back to the moors stopped at the Ford Inn just before twelve for dinner i had sausages with bubble and squeak helen had slow cooked lamb both dishes where excellent.This time it didn't rain and it was warm walking,did another three hours walking and taking lots more panoramic photos , On the night i went over to my nephews house with my external hard drives one is corrupted due to it not being ejected properly and the other is a new 1T/B western digital external to back up all the data from the corrupted drive ,Helen had some readings to do,and its my last night off from my evening job , really do need to win the lottery .

Saturday
bought a new drill from Wickes was a bit dubious hope its value for money, Tried it out at Louise she needed a key cupboard fixing to the wall which it did no problem but they where only block walls.

Sunday Went to the moors took a load of panoramic photos which turned out better than i thought it was cold wet and raining the mist came down and within twenty minutes Dovestone was completely shrouded in mist , a hour later the sun is out and its hot.





Monday bank holiday - Went to meadow hall to the Apple store to get both Helens i-phone and my daughters i-phone checked out Louise also came with us , picked my daughter up from her house then it was straight on the m1 to sheffield it was packed what with it being a bank holiday and lousy weather it was a night mare parking , we have to go back sunday we had to make an appointment to see one of the technicians.
Went back via the moors stopped off at the Ford inn for a drink

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I have the next ten days off and the next five nights off from work today its just a chill out day doing nothing in particulate , Went to White Rose shopping centre to PC World and bought a 1T/B Western Digital external hard drive , had fish and chips then went to Primania and bought a pair of jeans so much better than river island whose also go under the crotch after about a year and are four times the price.

SATURDAY
my aunt ivy died bless her she was 97 years old and hopefully winging her way to meet her son Paul who died way too soon before her her husband jack and my mother and father Ethel and Ted another one of the clan now gone R.I.P.

Received a letter from college offering another added two years on to my redundancy package which equates to around another £1000 more the better got to look at a thousand quid means food for another three months electric and gas paid all helps.

I will also insure my car and tax it for a year outright plus a service and any other work that is appropriate either in case i need to sell it or just because its unlikely i will get another one so have to look after the one i have.

drove to Mattock Bath where they have the cable car taking you across the gorge up to Abraham heights cost of two adults was £25 once at the top there is a mine and cave to explore didn't go up this time might go back and do the cable cable car to get some ariel shots of the town below , from there we went to Bakewell which was only 9 miles away a great little place to stop off with some shops and cafes to visit.



Sunday
went to garden center at Uppermill called in to the Ford inn for lunch the weather was not has good as yesterday and it was cold and grey

Saturday we spent most of the day driving around the villages near to the Peak district going from place to place just taking photos every so often stopping for a coffee , it was raining very overcast very windy and dark with lots of rolling clouds cloudy.At Holmfirth we called in to the local baker and bought a pork pie and a apple pie to go with the flask of coffee we made.We called in at the local Antique shop
Ended up going in to the Ashley Jackson gallery/Studio which was just over the road the artist himself was in residance he took us upstairs to his private gallery to show his most expensive art work all done in water colours ranging from a few thousand going up to £60,000 ,why i have no idea we where dressed in our walking gear , he was down to earth and very chatty telling us about the meetings he had with L.S.Lowry the artist famous for his matchstick men paintings.He also should a print he had done for the world trade towers attack which Hangs at Nato head quarters in America , it had me wishing i had studied art need money do another painting, he was very interesting and i am glad he took time to show us his work and to chat to us, we was with him for twenty minutes , and it did make me feel to go out and by a sketch brushes a easel and some water colours.


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From Holmfirth went to Castle hill to the Queen Victoria tower which we have seen many times on the horizon but never checked it out made it to the top the view was endless could see for miles including Saddleworth Moor and the transmitters at Emily Moor.

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The tower was opened in 1899 and twenty thousand people turned up to witness the opening of the tower by the Earl of scarborough , it was original called the jubilee tower but was changed to victoria after the queen herself gave permission for her name to be used




Today Helen did part one of her reiki masters course which will take her a few months of self healing and other courses to attend and pass .

other stuff this week as just been work and sleep obviously work is still ending on the 31st July hopefully i will find a full time job as quick as possible , Pity i cant paint 40k to 60k a painting would be nice even if the tax is around 45% , was told by the man himself every piece of his art who ever owns it and is selling it on through the auction houses Ashley gets 1.5% of the overall sale price , which he also pays tax on , he is currently 70 years young might be a idea to use some of my redundancy to by a piece of art 3k will buy me a original and £400 a limited edition print , hopefully he be painting out and about for years to come.

Last night off we went up the m62 to Oldham heading for the the Bower Hotel to see the medium spiritualist clairvoyant Stephen Holbrook. He was very good in fact he was excellent the amount of incidents details along with time and dates he was telling different people was truly amazing , He has been doing readings for nearly thirty years and getting messages from his spirit guide Archie May who was a sergeant in the first world war, either killed in action or seriously maimed.Archie has guided Stephen whilst he has been doing meetings for the last twenty nine year.
With the help of James Christie three books "The light in the Darkness" "out of this world" and "survival" which all chart his life and are also on going autobiography and highlight his work.




Helen as been to see him six times now and has been impressed each time me only the once next time he is in Leeds i will go again.Comparing Steven Holbrook along side Sally Morgan i was more impressed with Stephen's prediction and performance i came out of his show wanting to know more about him as a person not so with Sally Morgan.

last day off from full time job working tonight going to clean the car it needs the black bumpers and door trims doing could also need a good t-cut and waxing got to start looking after it better than i do going to be a while if ever before i get another set of wheels.The body work is sound no rust as far as i can see and no dents or major scratches inside needs a good clean and some new car mats would,nt go a miss also a new cd/mp3 player would be nice nothing mega bucks just something bottom end of the market maybe if possible with a i-pod connection as well.



This one above does all required and at 10p under sixty quid is quite affordable at the moment its got the original land rover cassette player fitted which is a bit in the dark ages and seeing as i got rid of all my cassette tapes a eon ago very pointless , i wont bother getting any speakers loudness is sufficient with what i have in the car already years ago on my mark 111 escort i had a cheap graphic equalizer fitted which made a ton of difference with extra speakers on the rear shelf , but not bothered the volume half way up is loud enough these days. i could do with a leather steering wheel cover as well and a decent air freshener.

Then again when i loose my job and of course do less driving is it all a bit pointless should i be saving every penny i get to help with bills and buy food and clothes is tough don't know July is going to be here before i know it hopefully i will get another job but i get the feeling from people i have meet that are out of work have all said something similar twenty years in work and being made redundant with a very meager payout which equates to three quarters of a years salary as they say life goes on, when the disaster hit in Japan and all the people and country was torn apart it made me think why should i moan about anything perhaps i just get on with it and adjust when needed until then sod it i have another three months salary and the means of paying another years or 18 months mortgage repayments alot can happen in year and a half.any people out there got was of coping with less money please pass on your advice it would be appreciated.

Listening to :- The Stranglers Greatest Hits 1977-1990

Yesterday bought a black and colour cartridge for the Kodak printer , a ream of a4 paper and some black plastic folders and some plastic wallet inserts all for Helen's psychic work , after dropping her off at her Friends house in crossgates i went over to visit my daughter at her house in Woddlesford only a few miles away , ended up watching the James Bond film with Roger Moore "Live And Let Die " it was ironic it was one of the few films i went to the pictures to see with my father the other two being "Papillon" and "The Sting"





i suppose they was all classic films back in the days i remember going to see the James bond film it was at the odean in Leeds city centre and i should have been at school i to a note in and got out of the afternoon lesson so we could watch the film to this day still love the James bond films , Papillon was the first book i read from cover to cover whilst on holiday with my family at Scarborough.The Sting i guess it was one my Dad wanted to watch which i loved for its story line and of course the good guys won in the end.

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just remembered there was another classic film i watched with my father " Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid" that we watched together at the Clock Cinema Roundhay road which now is a electrical retailers was a great little cinema as was the Lyric on Tong Road which i went to years later.



last film i went to see with my Daughter was the Resident Evil film "Afterlife" after watching Jame Bond i stayed with my daughter and had a Chinese take away for tea with her it was nice to spend a couple of hours with her alone as i don't see her as often as i like , when you do reminisce and look back life is gone in a flash time is too short and unlike your favorite film we cant rewind play again our press pause , Just might buy all the four films shown abov ,and e Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid just might be the first.