My home

So after spending 13 hours at work in one room for a good part of the day I was so happy when the last hour of my shift started, got my bag ready, all the night jobs done, trainers on and ready for home! But ......... I got out of my prison of the last 13 hours and I didn't want to go. 2 hours later and im just leaving work to make my 25 mile trip home and I could have stayed at work forever. Why is this? It wasn't about earning any extra money as I was clocked off but still was happy. Its not that im sad at home just ........................................ (humm not sure, you can fill in the blank, answers on a post card and the funniest wins two cinema tickets)

Keep posted, life goes on!

Life goes on

"You can never let any thing new in to your life you never let things out of you life"

"You only stop and look at your life when you get of the tread mill"

"happiness"

Could you afford an extra £200 per month?

So after slowly getting somewhere with the back and trying to get rid of the outstanding payments to make it easier of the X to keep up with the payments i now find my self having to pay the dam bill my self, so instead of paying 50% of the bills for the house i am now going to be paying 75% of the bills, Dose this mean i get 75% of what ever I make on the house? Don’t think so!
It almost feels like a trade, i pay 75% and the other half to this break up stats to help, granted its still early days yet and there has only been 2 major things done from a very long list buy 'The Other Side' but i hope with all of my being that it continues.

So after ringing the bank to explain the present situation I stared to get the feeling that the lady at the end of the phone was not that bothered about speaking to me, i say this as when I said if all else fails and im still living in my house months and months down the line I would kill my self to which she replied that’s nice! THATS NICE! what the F**K!

Ok got to go, do some work and all that. But before I go!


Car update :

So, just texted my friend who could get some one to work on my car and nothing! after 2 days zip. The saga continues.

My gay cat Indi

Thought i would give you an insite to indi's life in the garden.

P.s all shot on my phone.

How much!

So trying to get through the next couple of months (only a couple please god) could be better if I didn’t get a final demand for £35000 (yes that’s British pounds) for my bank, due to the lack of payments there not to happy so another thing to add to my list of things to do. after a pleasant conversation i was about to get a stay of execution and with my ISA cashed in should keep me treading water for the time being but why im I dong all the work. Two people own this house but again and again it seams to be only me wanting to get on with our life’s, I hope this will change.

One thing that has helped me with all the work is my Mum, What a slave driver! Every spar minute she has she is round at my house helping with the work needed to make a quick sale as i could put it on the market now and spend the next year trying to sell or I could make it a more better looking sale buy making my house look good, I though this would be simple to understand for anyone selling a house but not sure if the 'other side' of this brake up understands this or if they do cant be bothered to help a member of there own family.

So things done in the last 2 days :

1. All the paint work in bathroom and kitchen cleaned and painted twice, although it could do with a few tough ups.
2. The ceiling in bathroom and kitchen painted once but needs another coat.
3. The second major clean out leaving a pile of stuff to go to the tip, hoping i can get the X to do that as she got a estate car, you can much more in that thing than my sleek corsa (yes sleek).
4. Sanded all the grouting in the bathroom to be re grouted.
5. Kitchen floor scrubbed, took bloody ages but looks good.

Its not the biggest list but still a good few days work, Don’t forget I have to get on with everyday life and fit this carp in around it all.

What a week

Well to start this week was a staff party, and well what a party. I tend to Jude nights out on how much money I spend and if I have a good time, it’s not much to ask but it works for me. And as for the staff party I had a fantastic time and didn’t spend much. It also nice to see people you work with out and about, especially people who you may not go out with as much as you would like. I did end up with a 2 day hang over! One of the draw backs of getting older (not to old). And to top the night off I stayed at a good friends so I didn't have to sleep on the street. I have one more comment about the party and that’s GIRLS, the work uniforms don’t do any of you any justice and to be honest it doesn’t do any of the blokes and favors.

I don’t know about you but I don’t like to put people out, but recently I have leant that that’s what friends do and you know what it’s a good feeling when someone is prepared to help you out when you need it.

So after a 2 day hangover and a busy week the opportunity to go out again on Friday night for a friends birthday could not be turned down, so out and about again and another a fantastic night. Catch up with old friends and talk more to new friends and get drunk was the plan and it worked, just to be out and about was a good feeling. And back to the 'putting people out' and back to my friends house to get some sleep (if 2 hrs can be some) and I hope you are starting to see how much this helps me when I live some distance from Manchester. Back in to work for another hung over day but it was all worth it again, So when I tell you I then went out for ANOTHER drink after work im starting to see a pattern! Dose this mean I have to sit in a room with a bunch of strangers discussing how booze is bad for me? Hummm don’t think im quite there yet! But how could I turn down a drink after such a good run of night out and possibly other reasons :-) so out I was again but you will be glad to hear just the 1 and then back home, did make me feel less hung over for the train home which was unexpected though welcome.

Now to set the house work to max over the next few days, it difficult having to trust someone who you on longer feel like you can trust but with this gives motivation which is welcome. Nothing will happen over night and im ready for the down times as i have such good time over the last week but you never know this may be slowly becoming part of my past and not my future. Don’t forget there is always a silver lining in most shits situations its just being able to see it. I now starting to see change in my house which help when putting so much work in.

Will i have been up for 22 hrs and now im starting to feel it so i will leave with this message.

To all my friends and family, you know who you all are. Thankyou! I cant thank you enough for the support and love I have got through this time of my life, you give me the strength to get on with things and make the changes in my life that I want to make. I wish I could describe the way this makes me feel.

So on that rather soppy note, Good Night.

Ups and downs!

I seam to be seeing this 'ups and down' a lot in my week at the moment, go out and have a good night but feel crap few hours later or the next day, IM not talking about the drink related 'feeling crap' but the feeling I have about me, life, love, money and all the rest. I think it must be good as when IM on a up I feel fantastic, more than fantastic!

So busy week planned, mostly drinking, working and decorating. You know the rule keep busy!

House & Cats!

So today sat watching TV I notice indi (may cat, the one on the wall) and what I think is his girl friend(as he is a boy). I say this as normally when cats get to gether they fight! And look like giant fur balls, both of my cats fight and they live together. But girl cats tend to be smaller than boys cats and looking at them they were both the same size ish, Dose this mean my cat has a boy friend? I don't have a problem with this but I would like to have found out another way, he could have told me.



Started work in full force on my house today,

1. bathroom sanded and wood work around bath re done, pipes boxed in.
2. kitchen striped and sanded, all wood work sanded.

Not easy things to do, everything has to be moved(like fridges and washers) , screw and nails taken out of wall, filling. god dam (going to hell) its was hard work!
Im hoping now the ball is rolling I hope it keeps going, still got loads to go.

Rough!

So .... I don't 'usualy' drink spirits but there tend to be exception's to every rule and last night was a prime example. I was out with a few friends and then we head back to a flat for a few more drinks but all that was available to drink was Vodka! WooHoo. And you know what it was good!


Working in cinemas for the last 10 years and having a hidden interest in architecture and old buildings it nice to see old cinemas, I used to work at one of very few listed cinema building in the UK.

The cinema was built as a corn exchange and was converted to a cinema years ago and after many referbs this was what it look like before it closed.

Old photo of Blackburn corn
exchange

One of the pubs I visited last night was
the 'Moon under Water' in Manchester
which (guess what) used to be a cinema,
its nice walking into a building and being
able to see where the Booth was and screen
used to be. I do think we don't build cinemas
as grand as they used to be, Its all about cost
cutting, cheap.

Beta car cam holder v2

After making and trying out the beta v1 holder I thought I would be a good idea to build a new phone holder (see previous post) and after driving in to Manchester with it attached to just under my number plate I thought it looked good, there was some traffic which slows the speed of the drive but I think there are some good bits.

had to split it in to 3, sorry.

Part 1



Part 2



Part 3

Beta car cam holder

Well after trying to new phone holder thought I would post the video, I shot it on the way home one night. It dost start from work as I spent 5mins trying to record in mms mode (only 30sec clips). I have had to split the video as its a bit to long. 20 mins or so.

Part 1



Part 2

Trip Home

Well after seeing This Bloggers Post I was inspired to try the same, I thought it looked fantastic and I would like to try editing and visual and audio.

So at work with no help I built a prototype of a phone holder (yes I know I can buy one but this is cheaper). The design is florless, built from high grade card board and expertly put to getter with gaffa tape. There is a hole for viewing while you drive.


As you can see the windows are designed so the camera and window are visible. The expertly placed stickers were placed there but the blogger who started this, Dam that Man










I tryed out it on my home that night, the thing worked but would like it to be higher so I think I will just buy a cheap phone holder and try again, But this then got me thinking and I came up with a new idea. I have a spare K750i (as I don't want to use my new expensive w810i) which I have built the following for.

























So as you can tell I have designed it to fit to the front of my car, with a low vantage point it should give a good view. I have covered it in gaffa tape and there is a plastic cover for the lens, the padding is so I can fix it firmly to my bumper.

I do think it looks like the viewing platform of a apache gunship.

Stay tuned!

Gay shopping!

I decided after a small bonus from work I would buy some new cloths, I asked one of the fellas from work if he would like to come out with me to get my new cloths, as we were shopping he pointed out we could be 'Gay Shopping'. Now in not a homophobe nether is my friend and its not meant to be an insult but just two blokes shopping like they were a couple. (no kissing rule though) And what fun it was, once you start to 'Gay shop' you start to notice other gay shoppers as your 'gay-dar' kicks in. Well after all that i did end up with a new shirt and jeans for £60 ish, how can girls go out and get a new outfit for £20??? I don’t understand ???? equal right hay!!!!


i would like to take this opportunity to thank GreenDay, this may sound odd but stick with me. I am starting to spend a lot of time walking to and from the train station and spending a lot of time on the train meaning I have started to lessen to music more and more, having this time to think can be a very bad thing epically with the frame of mind im in at the moment but thanks to greenday i can get from A-to-B and on to-C and have fun and be happy and not worry thanks to one band, yep greenday.

Car update is not worth doing as there is no change, its still there and its still broken