Project A

So yesterday me and Robin finished painting two of the four rooms that we want to complete before we get in the carpet cleaners. The bathroom took 3 coats, and the spare bedroom only 2. Robin did a nice job with the last coat in the bathroom since he used the rollers that we bought from Wickes :)
 As he was doing that, I was doing the second coat in the spareroom, since after we left it to dry on Sunday, we could still see small patches of pink, and we needed to destroy all traces of pink that we're all around the plug sockets and skirting boards.

 I was hoping today we could go and completely paint our bedroom, since it's only magnolia in there and would only need a single coat which should take about an hour, but apparently he doesn't feel like it. And today would have been an ideal day.. we finished work early and we wasn't going to have dinner until 5pm or later, so we would have had plenty of time. Oh well!

 Yesterdays and Todays Horrorscopes:

- January 16 - 

Don't let your love of wealth stop you from pursuing your true passion in life. While a job as an undertaker will never make you rich, the happiness it will bring is sure to be priceless.

Beware of: Men with diamond tattoos

- January 17 - 

In your search for true love, consider which attributes your potential mate would find attractive. While your love of avant-garde fashion would certainly appeal to a mummy, your desire to live by the ocean would be a definite plus to a giant squid. If the correct choice isn't obvious, let your heart decide.

Unlucky Numbers: 10, 12, 122, 444 

Saturday Continued...

So to conclude the act of Karma, the good always comes with the bad. They're a very inconvenient couple, but that's how it goes :)


 As I didn't go to America, I took over my mums job for the Jailhouse. My daily routine has dramatically changed!


 7:00am - First alarm
 7:30am - Second alarm, get up!
 7:45am - Take twixie for a walk, which by the way, her poo literally steams when it's frost outside :O!
 8:00am - Brekky!
 8:30am - Pick Nanny up and go shopping for the restaurant!


 That's in the week atleast. I did my normal Saturday shift, which was weird because my mum wasn't there.. but also because it was the day of my Grandma's funeral. I know I wouldn't have had to work if I went to America, but it would have been nice with a tad more concern, sympathy or anything from people. Or maybe that would have been worse? *shrug* Maybe acting like normal was the best way.


 Anyway, amongst feeling like my Mum by doing her job, getting in the groceries for home like milk, bread, eggs etc, doing the bills and banking for Kim, doing the dogs food and getting up at the break of dawn, I've been on a project! I shall call it: Project A (A for apartment, get it? :D)


 Oh yes! After getting the keys on Friday, me and Robin have been slowly but surely moving some of the little things over that we bought from Ikea, pound-stretcher, B&M and ASDA over to the apartment. And not to let you down, I've made a list!


 - Stuff we've bought so far - 
2x Flexible chopping boards
A Steel cooling rack
Toilet brush
Tea, Coffee and Sugar frosted glass containers
Tooth brush holder
Utensil container
Utensils!
A wooden heat protector mat
2x plate mats
An oven mitt
Steel kitchen-roll holder
A bath mat
Trio glass jars (blue, white and turquoise)
2x glass containers (for pasta or something)
3x Scourers
4x little glass spice jars
6x kitchen towels
Baking measure spoons
A washing-up brush
Salt and Pepper glass containers
16 piece cutlery set
A toilet waste bin
Non-slip bath mat
A cheese grater
3 pack of scissors
And a can opener!


 Alot of stuff huh? Well, when we took it over and put the stuff away (since we don't have curtains or blinds yet, we don't want the stuff on show) it really didn't look like alot. It's a start :)


 We also made a start on painting the bathroom and that god damn horrid pink room. We managed to find some water-resistant type paint that was ideal for bathrooms. The walls in there was a weird brown, and after Robin took the wooden cabinet off the wall (which left horrible holes :( ) and gave it two coats of paint, it's really brightened up the room :) Though it still needs another coat, we're not exactly expert painters, but we're doing a good job :D


 After a rummage in the garage at home, we didn't find any paint rollers, but we did get a hold of a big sheet that's been used to put on the floor whilst painting in the past. So we took a trip to Focus DIY, bought some cheap rollers, masking tape and a lovely cream matt paint for the bedrooms :)


 Rollers are AMAZING! We painted the whole room in just under half an hour. We masking-taped the skirting boards, around the window and around the plug sockets and we painted the entire first wall in about 2 minutes! Awesome! :D


 Though I must say, the guy that previously lived here, desperately needs a fresher-course in painting.. His evidence of the pink room and the bathroom that he clearly painted himself was awful. He didn't properly paint around the heater in the bathroom, there was brown paint dried onto the tiles, and it was uneven and patchy. And the pink room was shit aswell - pink paint on the white ceiling, all over the plugs, ontop of the radiator, across the white skirting boards and drops all over the carpet!
 Basically, we painted everywhere that had pink on it, since I didn't want to see even a spec of pink left in that room! After we've done one more coat and let it dry, i'll just paint over the cream that we got on any white ceiling, skirting board or plug, and just go over it with the white that we have from the bathroom :)


 Before we left the apartment to go get some dinner at my Nans, we looked back at our accomplishment of the day, and the rooms look awesome! The cream and the white in both bathroom and spare bedroom have really brightened them up and even made them look bigger. Amazing what a slap o' paint can do.

- January 15 - 

You enjoy problem-solving, and you're happiest working your way out of a difficult mental labyrinth. A real labyrinth is a different matter. Should you find yourself in one of those, remember that minotaurs, like analytical conundrums, are best conquered by quiet contemplation.

Dark days: Wednesday, Friday.

Me so sorry!

 First of all, I'm sorry blog! I've abandoned you and I apologise! It's been hectic lately..

 Alot has happened since my last entry, it's only been 10 days, but damn!

 Lets recap!

 What's the update on the matter of your apartment, I hear you ask? Well! Turns out I'm now the proud owner of a ground floor, 2 bedroom apartment in Kingswood Gardens! Sounds posh :D But by jove didn't it take some effort to get it!

 To start off, I had my first ever viewing of a property, so I wasn't sure what to do/ask and I had probably the worst viewee' (if you will). She was terrible, everytime I ask something she flashes a look of disgust, and when I don't ask anything she looks at me like i'm so nieve! Anyway, I complete my application, which then took some time for them to get through as they kept nit-picking problems. They then told me I needed a Guarantor - so my mum had to fill out another application (which was another £75!), and apparently there was also a problem with that.

 So eventually we got my cousin, Kelly, to be my Guarantor, since, as they put it, my parents weren't earning enough! Dispite them owning their own home and having life savings in the bank, but you know, that's not good enough for them!

 Aaaanywho, a few looong days later, I get a phone call from Loveitts, telling me they've accepted my application, yay! Now I only need to get my ass down to Coventry (the city of the annoying and oh-so-confusing ring-road layout), and sign for the lease. Oh sure! Why can't there be a Loveitts in Nuneaton? They sell property in Nuneaton, so why isn't there any offices here?!

 And another thing, I needed to bring my Guarantor, which made it slightly frustrating, as Kelly works in the week until 4pm (the convenient time of when Loveitts close in the evening), and I work on weekends. But luckily enough, she could leave work early on Friday, which was when I made my appointment to siiiiiign!! :D

 And now I have my own set of keys! :D

 However, as karma works in her unusual and sometimes questionable ways, there is always a downside to every upside. On the Sunday (mine and my mums first working Sunday of 2012) we got a phone call from my dad saying that my Grandma had just passed away, which caused them to book a flight on Sunday night to fly early Tuesday morning.

 I couldn't go. Simply because I don't want my last and past memories of the people I love to be of them suffering or in a bad way. Basically, I prefer to only recall the good memories, not the bad. Some people may call this selfish, or rude, not to go to the funeral of a loved one, but in my opinion, the ways in which people choose to mourn or to remember those who have passed away is entirely up to them, and people shouldn't be judged or wrongly accused of not caring or whatever..

 More tomorrow when I have more battery juice!

- January 14 - 

Friends know you never loose your head, even when under pressure. It follows, then, that in order to save face, you should avoid guillotines at all costs.

Unlucky Numbers: 4, 800

 After Sunday being such a shit day, and since i've missed a few days on the blog, I wondered what Sundays horrorscope was...

- January 8 (Last Sunday) - 

To get ahead in life, you must learn to control your temper. It will not only create obstacles in your career and social life but might also culminate in the uncomfortable condition known as spontaneous combustion.

To achieve success, keep your cool.

Unlucky Numbers: 492, 619, 758.

Update!

I've missed the last couple of days..


 I've been a tad busy with all the apartment business. I managed to get another viewing of the apartment so I could go through all of the questions that I totally forgot to ask on my first viewing!
 The woman who showed us around was.. well, a bitch to put it bluntly. She was a bitch the first time, and she didn't let us down the next time!
 There was a list of things that I noticed on our first viewing that I wasn't completely happy with, such as; the spare bedroom was painted a horrible pink, really mank. It looked like a doorbell outside that was broken also. Some lights didn't work and she couldn't get the heater in the bathroom to work. So on the second viewing I was looking out for them and hoping they would've been fixed (as I noted all the problems on my application).


 To my surprise, the mank pink room was still glaring at me, the doorbell or whatever it was outside still had wires hanging from it, but the heater however did work.. the dumbass didn't turn on the main switch -.-
 I asked her when they we're going to repaint the pink room, and she turned round and said to me in a bitchy tone that it wasn't going to be repainted, as the colour was bearable.. BEARABLE?! IT'S PINK! Ugh!
 She said 'unbearable' colours we're black or something.. Who the fuck paints their room black anyway?


 Anyway, here's the list that I made :) ([/] means tick!)


-Things to be Checked-


1) Pink wall has been repainted [x]
2) Doorbell or whatever fixed [x]
3) Bathroom fan fixed [/]
4) All the lights work [/]
5) Windows open and close properly [/]
6) Carpets/floors aren't ripped or torn [/]
7) Note the nearest fire extinguisher [/]
8) Ask about the £75 that I had to still apparently pay [/]


 When I called Loveitts yesterday to ask for another viewing, the woman on the phone said I still had to pay my £75, but I already payed one £75, so we asked Paula (the bitchy lady), and she said yes, we still had to pay it and it's for a guarantors form to do a police check on my mum. But my mum already has her official forms that she has paid for before, and she tried to tell Paula that, but the bitch didn't understand, so we gave up trying!


 I also made a list of questions that I made sure to ask this time, since before it was our first time viewing an apartment (and we viewed three) so we wasn't sure what to ask. This time I was prepared!:


 I also wanted to run the taps in the bathroom, kitchen, the bath, shower, and flush the toilet so I know they work properly, but they cut off the water :(




-Questions I asked-


1) Are pets allowed?
2) Where do we put our rubbish?
3) Can we decorate? (repaint, drill holes for pictures etc)
4) Can we fit an electric meter so we can pay it using a card?
5) Does anyone else have a key to the property, if so, who? (such as previous tenants)
6) If we need anything repairing, who do we report to?


 Paula seemed completely oblivious when I started asking questions.. she didn't seem professional at all. When I asked if pets we're allowed she said "What kind of pets?".. Uhm, an elephant? What kind of stupid question is that! So I said a hamster, a cat, that kind of "pet" (I replied whilst mumbling dumbass!). After she stared blankly at me for a few seconds, she finally said not really, but she knows of a guy upstairs who has two dogs, and Marie has a cat.. So, lady, is that a yes or a no?!
 I don't care, i'll get a cat anyway :)


 When I asked where do we throw away our rubbish, she didn't care to actually show us, but simply replied, somewhere outside.. -.- And when I asked if we could decorate, she also seemed unaware what this was too.. So I told her "Like drilling holes for pictures?" She said sure, aslong as you put it back to it's original state if you leave.. Oh so the mank pink bedroom doesn't count for putting shit back to how it was? DUMBASS!


 Anywho! My Mum said that we have some spare paint in the garage, so I can go over the pink and also the horrible brown that's currently painted in the bathroom before we start to move in the furniture. I can also find a guy in the yellow pages to go over the carpets and give them a good clean :)


 Apart from them few things, everything else is fine! And I can't wait for them to say whether I can get the apartment or not! :) Hopefully it's mine :D


 Time for todays Horrorscope! (including Monday's and Tuesday's)

- January 2 -

Finding the time to pursue your dreams can be difficult, especially when a restless spirit continually tries to take possession of you. Just keep your eyes on the prize and a bottle of holy water in your pocket- everything else will take care of itself.

Dark days: Monday, Friday

- January 3 -

With your good looks and easygoing nature you're destined to attract many admirers. Some will have your best interest at heart. Others will attempt to lure you into secluded parks where no one will be able to hear you scream. True wisdom is being able to tell which is which.

Unlucky numbers: 81, 203, 205

- January 4 -

You possess great courage and are unafraid to lead the charge when the battle cry sounds. This resolve will be invaluable to your commanders when you take part in the coming war between vampires and humans.

Beware of: Real stuffed animals.

新年快樂

Happy New Year! But in Chinese :D (relying on google translate of course ^^)


 2012, the year of the London Olympic games and coincidentally the year the world is supposed to come to and END! :O Oh my gush
 But do we really believe that? Are you one of the nieve majority that actually believe it.. Or are you one of the bunch that say they believe it to freak out those who actually believe it for funsies.. or maybe your one of the pompus few who, of course, don't believe a word of it!
 I'd have to put myself in my own category of 'in the middle'. Did the Mayan prophecy just simply run out of room? Or did they purposely do it for a laugh? Or maybe it's just a whole load of Wikipedia bollocks!


 You've heard it everywhere, and now you'll here it more than ever before since we're now in the year of 2012 and the end is apparently nigh! When the day of 21/12/12 comes, and we're all shitting ourselves as all our ancestors point and laugh at us, as it turns out it's just another normal day, and we're all crying over our maxed out credit cards because we've gone and bought a shit-load of pointless crap that caused our now-infinite debt - maybe then we'll stop being so gullible!


 Anywho!


 So what did we accomplish last year? ("Last year" - sounds so long ago, but really, 'last year' was only yesterday ^^). Did anyone do anything to remember for years to come? Did anyone even go through and succeed with their last years' New years resolution? I didn't! Mine was to loose weight, and congratulations, I just ended up gaining the bastard! *facepalm*


 But on the bright side, after I made a list (I had to!) of all the things I accomplished last year, it put a little smile on my face :) Here it is!


1) On the 9th June, I finished college and passed my Health studies course
2) I went on holiday with Robin to Cornwall for the second time on 16th June
3) I got 3 new Tattoos
4) I went to Sweden for my 18th birthday :)
5) I got 3 new piercings (Labret, Helix and Septum)
6) I pierced my Septum myself!
7) I managed to begin and end my gym membership in the same year
8) Betty had her first birthday (My car!) on the 27th April :)
9) Robin came to England to live on the 8th November
10) It's been a year since I passed my driving test (16th December, on my Nans birthday)
11) Robin applied for his National Insurance number :P
12) I shamefully went to the council to see if I could claim any benefits ^^
13) My brother moved to America! Go John! :D
14) I went to London, stood infront of Buckingham palace, walked past Number 10, Looked up at Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament, and nearly went on the London eye (queue was too big!)
15) Me and Robin applied for our first apartment together :)
16) Oh! And I started my first blog!


 So, an eventful year indeed! There has also been some downs, but their not even worth jotting down as they're now officially in the past! Leave your worries and problems behind in the last year, that's what I say! There's no good dragging them into the new year, as you'll have to bare the burden of carrying them through another 365 days.. so what's the point? Exactly, there is none!


 Anything I'm looking forward to in the new year? Yea, there's a few things; Seeing if I get this apartment, and starting a chapter of living without the parents, but really, it will probably just end up feeling the same ^^. There's also a tattoo project that i'll like to work on, advancing in my baking profession, maybe travel somewhere new (me and Robin wanted to go up north and visit Scotland), and definitely loose some god damn weight! I hate you Christmas!


 Aww, no I don't, I love you Christmas :D But why you so mean to me? :( Stop forcing people to buy me chocolates!


 So what will your New Years Resolution be? Will it involve travelling, giving up something, making a new addition to your life? Or maybe it might just be something small, like to promise to do atleast one wordsearch a day :)
 Mine definitely won't be to loose weight, since I've had that for the last few years, and it hasn't worked, so maybe if I don't mention it, I can trick my body into thinking I don't care :D Muahaha!


 My brother has started his new year in America, which is something I never would have thought. Just goes to show that anyone can go from doing nothing, to travelling the world with an entire new career in a matter of months if you put your mind to it.


 Happy New Year Bro! :D


Oh and by the way, Robin got me a cool little book of misfortunes, so everyday i'll be posting the 'Horrorscopes' if you will, up on here :D


Todays Misfortune:

- January -

The Month of Plagues

Plant to avoid: Wolfsbane

Doomsday device: Icicle machine gun

Evil omen: Pentagram-shaped snowflake

January 1

Your indecisiveness will prove to be your biggest shortcoming. When faced with a tough decision, such as whether to confront a horde of hungry zombies or retreat to a dark, windowless basement, remember that your first instinct is generally your best.

Beware of: Clowns with sharpened teeth