Thursday Thirteen # 14

Thirteen fittest UK TV celebs... 1. Myleene Klass 2. Rufus Sewell 3. Charlotte Church 4. Richard Armitage 5. Emilia Fox 6. James McAvoy 7. Denise Van Outen 8. Tom Chambers 9. Holly Willoughby 10. John Simm 11. Billie Piper 12. Rob James Collier 13. Patsy Kensit So I go for dark hair...... and since this was a joint effort this week it seems my boyfriend goes for boobs....? !

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Thursday Thirteen

Every single week it gets to Thursday morning and I then realise it's a Thursday... which means Thursday Thirteen.

I like this meme, but on a Thurs morning when I'm already 9 mins late (therefore have missed the bus) I like it a little less.

This week I'm hoping to get some snaps up as I like to look at pics on other blogs..... so yet again I'm gonna have to postpone this for the evening (after panic practise - underprepared for gigs coming up & not enough days left!).

Anyway - should be spending this 9 minutes walking in the cold Scottish morning air, so I'll be off now.

The Aftermath

Well I'm tired. Hope you all had a great Easter - I did!

My sis arrived on Saturday afternoon. We chatted over some wine, then went out for dinner, then on to a bar before heading home.

Sunday - I had a gig at 9am in Edinburgh so had quite an early start (up at 6!). After I got home it was already quite late, so we stayed in and made a roast for Easter Sunday dinner.

Monday we went to the Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum - very cultured, eh!? Then my little sister drove home. She hit traffic jams twice, but managed to get home in about 5 hours so it wasn't as bad as it could have been!

Anyway - was lots of fun. Hope she comes again soon!

A Royal Visit

Today is another BEAUTIFULLY sunny day here. I'll be off out to plant a clematis (last thing I can do before my seedlings are ready) shortly.

I then have to tidy the house as my wee sister arrives for a visit today! HOORAY!

I like her.

She normally refuses to visit if I have gigs... which happens quite a lot... but it seems that my playing at 9am on a Sunday morning will not have much impact on her trip so she's happy to come. She's started working in the music industry so perhaps that has helped her to become a bit more understanding of the 'gotta take the work when I get it' aspects.

Since Thursday I've not done much really. Went to work at the garden centre for my boyfriend yesterday morning. Then came home and tried to do some tidying and practise but didn't get much constructive done as I was so tired.

Anway... cleaning to do!

Thursday Thirteen #14

To keep to a green-fingered theme:


Thirteen of our (me and the fella... as a botanist he's invited to participate) favourite plants...


1 laburnum


2 eucalyptus


3 daffodil


4 bluebell


5 forsythia


6 camellia


7 hellebores


8 aquilegia (columbine)


9 primrose


10 ajuga (bugle)


11 clematis


12 fritillaria


13 convolvulus




Pls see wikepedia for more info on all the above

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industrious

OK so I've been on the internet a few times but we have also today:


Mown and strimmed the back lawn. Border is still a work in progress but I have spotted lots of raspberry canes and flowers starting to poke through the soil.


Started to paint the shed..... but ran out of paint after 1 side. Not unhappy really as I don't like the green anyway. Wondering whether I could get away with making the shed two-tone...? It'll all go the patchy green colour when it's dried, so I could just paint over it. At least one side's weatherproof again.


Dug over the veg plot and planted potatoes & a new rosemary bush (old one died mysteriously overnight - turned brown really suddenly).

Cornett

This is it.... A McCann boxwood cornett - with mouthpieces that I prob won't be able to use as they look a bit frightening.

Tracks if you want to know what one sounds like. This is done on a resin one - hopefully the wooden cornett will sound a wee bit softer.

Simon the King

Sauny the Scot

Impatient

couldn't wait so paid the extra $50 to get it now... Woo Hoo!

nail-bitingly nervous

This is ridiculous!! I have been after an instrument for a while. Having contacted the makers I was informed that there would be at least a 6 month delay before I could get one.....

Then I spotted one on e-bay. Not gonna tell you any more in case anyone beats me to it.... But I've e-mailed the seller for a bit more info.

And I'm SO excited! Really excited that I might be able to get one soon - and hopefully before the gig I have booked after Easter.

I'm gonna have to badger the seller.. or perhaps put a bid in anyway but he said to check if it was an overseas purchase before bidding.

AAAAAAAGH want to know right now.

Tomorrow's gonna be a busy day for us here - I want to plant my potatoes (which I've been chitting for a while) so we need to dig over the garden. Could also do with mowing. Then I want to get a cat. But we also planned to go to the cinema. And of course I need to practise!

The Perils Of Alcohol

I went into the office today - doing some overtime in school holidays. Some people might just take some time off. No idea why I can't do this but last week I had three days off in a row. When I say three days off I really mean three days without the office, teaching or gigs, but obviously practise must happen in these days, and the huge assortment of admin (such as account keeping) that I rarely have time to do must still take place. I hated it. I worked, and did all the things I had to do, but felt lazy all the same... no logic.

I was a bit apprehensive, as Friday night had been a work night out, and I had drunk enough to forget exactly what happened after I got home. I was worried that I may have made a fool of myself.

Relief came quickly, as I soon discovered that everyone else who was still there when I left at 11pm(ish) was also drunk. And they don't seem to know just how bad I was.

Phew!

The moral of the story of course must be not to go out on an empty stomach for 6 hours mixing beer with wine with cocktails.

I'm sure there are several folk who disapprove... in fact some may even actively oppose such idiocy. Please see the following blog for more information about drinking and the perils thereof.

http://www.hangoverremedyblog.com/

BRASS FLOURISH

THANK YOU TO BOND !!!!!!!

It's decided... Brass Flourish (trumpet ensemble)... decided by me without any consultation with either of the other players. Nice.

Gig was great - we are fab though so it's not a surprise. Not been paid yet though.

Update: 11:36am... turns out I was paid last night. Only I was drunk and forgot all about it until I just spotted cash on the sideboard. Oops.

Thursday Thirteen # 13

My boyfriend will crack up if I do this formatting now:

So I'll just post the list.

Thirteen Suggested/Previous Names for my Trumpet Trio

1 Wonderbrass
2 Brass Necks
3 Celtic Brass (also a group in Cornwall)
4 Scotia Brass (exists in nova scotia)
5 Brass Tacks
6 Brass Hats
7 Brass Monkeys (cheers boyf...?!)
8 Cerelann Brass
9 Fanbrastic (mum again)
10 Scotch Brass
11 Brass Scotica (nah)
12 West End Brass
13 Alba Brass (can't use this)

So as you can see - many thanks for your suggestions - it's quite a big list. But mostly of names I can't use or that are funny!

I'm still mulling... gig tonight!!


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Trumpet Trios

Like the pic? It's a view from Gleniffer Braes - in Paisley where I have been teaching lately

I've been playing in a trumpet trio on and off for a few years and we have always picked a name on the day of the gig... and it's usually been a silly one (Brass Knockers, Wonderbrass -all girls, Brass Necks etc).

Now we have decided to get a bit serious and need a serious name to reflect our new direction.

I'm thinking maybe something like 'Scotia Brass' or 'the West End Ensemble', but need inspiration. I know that bloggers are generally pretty good at this sort of thing and would really appreciate any suggestions you may have.

If they're rude suggestions though they'll have to go into the list to use on shop opening gigs only again...

oops!

In my excited blogging frenzy yesterday I missed an important event..... THE CLOCKS WENT FORWARD.

I had arranged to meet a pal for lunch at 1pm. When I looked at the taxi clock (was already running late hence taxi) it said 13:55. I asked the taxi driver if his clock was right.... He said it was.

Oops.

I phoned my friend to see if she had been waiting for long. She said that she'd realised about 1/2 hr earlier that I'm daft enough not to have noticed the time had changed & that it was fine coz her boyfriend was there too.

2 thoughts:
Why did she not phone me? I'd have been there a LOT earlier - didn't even leave my house til 1.45 new time.
Can she really not go for lunch with me on her own any more? Not that I don't like him - just hadn't realised it was a threesome rather than duet engagement.

Realise that both these questions could easily be answered by her - but I can't really be bothered to have the conversation that question two might trigger.

Update: 3.30pm I realised I had just COMPLETELY missed 2 pupils lessons.... because it was actually 4.30 and I STILL HAVEN'T FIXED THE DAMNED CLOCK! It's very embarassing having to admit to a parent that you've not turned up today for no better reason than you're an IDIOT!

Brownies

Ok - it's been about 2 hours ish since I got the internet working. I am so happy I can't tell you. I was so mad last night trying to get Orange to give me a straight answer I gave myself a headache. I was also pretty rude to the phone operators several times which made me feel guilty.

So - sorry to the people I probably offended!!

During my internet-less month I have been typically busy - gigging and teaching. This has resulted in my missing the last two weeks of Brownies - firstly for my junior wind band final concert, secondly for a gig which I couldn't get out of without losing a lot of cash.

The first week the other leader (Brown Owl) didn't get in touch so I assumed nothing went wrong. I'd provided the activities anyway to make it easy and contacted the division commisioner to arrange cover so thought no more of it.

Yesterday I had a call from the leader saying that a group of girls have been mucking about 2 weeks in a row (hiding in the toilet as little girls seem to like to do!). After being told off the second week the craft I'd bought was bat and ball sets that you could decorate for Easter... slightly random but looked pretty good to me. It seems that the ringleader (also our longest-serving Brownie) didn't like this, so rather than decorate her bat with everyone else she wrote 'Die Brown Owl die. And when you do I'll be happy@. on the bat.

The leader is obviously angry. It's rude. We are going on a Bowling trip - had it been my evening I'd have had her mum in and demanded an apology. Brown Owl hadn't done this - so as far as I'm concerned she's got away with it and is being rewarded with an outing. This in turn makes me angry.

So - not much I can do - I wasn't there so it's up to her to deal with it how she sees fit.

p.s. Could someone ask Mimi for me if there is a reason that her links don't work for me? It's really strange but I can't even comment on her blog and I want to ask about her latest peace globe thing.

back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello - I'm back finally up and running after much shouting... ok polite complaining... to Orange and much shouting.... really shouting.... to my fella!

I'll post later on but want to go and catch up with you all just now, so I'll be off browsing for a few hours this morning.

See you soon x

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Hello!

Hello, I'm at my wee sister's house in Leeds and she is letting me borrow her internet to check important work e-mails (snigger)....

Feels like loads has happened over the past few weeks but as I come to tell you about it I can't think of anything. Still busy with work but I'm not teaching much any more as I have gigs booked through til August which means I don't have to take any extra work.

Don't get excited about the gigs - they're not particularly exciting... not particularly bad either though so it's all ok.

This weekend I'm visiting my sis and my folks have come up for the weekend so I get to see them too. Today we're going house viewing as my sis is looking to buy somewhere. This will take up most of the day until we go to see Orfeo in the evening performed by Opera North (for whom she works). Should be a fine day all told.

Monday I'm back in Glasgow and will be launching into a show which will take up this week. The next week I have kept clear as it's my Brownie pack's big bowling trip (competition with all Glasgow west brownie units).

Hopefully I should have the new broadband at the end of next week, which means I'll be back to my usually regular posting....

Until then: I hope that you are all doing well and will pop round as many people as possible before my wee sis cottons on to what I'm up to. See you soon x

Still offline.... boo hoo

Hello -I'm still offline. It will now aparantly be a further 10-15 working days before Orange can send out my internet box etc. So I've found a pub with free broadband access and will be heading there of an evening next week to while away a few hours catching up with my friends.

Keep thinking I'll find it easier as time goes on, but there are so many thousands of things I used to use the internet for that make life more convenient that I am hating every single second without my connection. The major ones have been: I was an hour late for a rehearsal last week because I couldn't do an aa routefinder search and have no sense of direction.... I couldn't book train tickets to see my wee sister... although currently this is a good point as Ma and Pa booked them for me and I am therefore £50 richer (temporarily).

Missing you all!!!! Promise to visit you soon x

TAKIN' A BREAK

Hi - This will be my last post for about 10 days... if I can get on the computer later I'll try to make it a good one.

If not: I'll be back once my broadband is switched over. Tiscali say they need 10 days after you leave them to remove the 'marker' from your line. I think it's a big scam to try to make you stay. Not working.

So - have a nice time without me... max 10 days I hope!

Lovable Playful 'Cuddle' Fish

I am thinking of getting fish (since my cat died)..... I'm not sure whether I like this touchy fish thing though or find it too odd....

What do you think?

Broonies

At the moment we have 20 brownies and 2 leaders. We also have a unit helper who is 17. She is great - loves craft so that's that bit sorted!

Last year our unit was old and even our new starts were over 7. This meant that most of our Brownies moved up to Guides at the beginning of this year. Actually to be more accurate TWO of my Brownies started Guides, the others all just left with a variety of excuses eg. dance classes etc. This has taught me that I maybe need to do more work at bigging up Guides to the kids.

This year I have quite a young unit. This is mainly due to the Rainbows that started last year - we had a few move up and they've also brought new friends from school. We have two kids from last year, and the rest are new. Of the new girls, there are three 9 year olds.

Considerations for sorting out a programme for the terms:

The older kids have probably done most of the activities and badges already. The younger kids need quite a lot of help with anything complicated and I don't have any helpers. The older but new Brownies need to be challenged more.

Part of the Brownie programme is that the girls make suggestions and have input into what we do each term. I find this very useful, particularly as it helps me to see which of the activities/crafts we have done before have made an impression and that they would like to do again and which haven't.

One suggestion to make this easier to do has been to speak to all the parents and see who would help out. I have actually put a section on our enrollment details form for parents to tick to say whether they would be willing to help out. Sadly it is now February and I have yet to go through all the forms to sort out who is willing and who isn't, so I can contact them again and see if we could maybe work out a rota of some sort.

Apologies to anyone who is bored reading this - I found the TT this week really useful in helping me to sort out what needs to be done. It was great to have it down on paper(/screen) and to start working. Also Annelisa is a star and immediately offered her assistance - THANK YOU!

Overall at the moment I need to find an extra day a week. That would solve just about all my stress problems I think. One more day. Maybe two days - one to get organised, and do all the work I'm avoiding and one as a day off.

Thursday Thirteen # 12

Thirteen things I have to do for my Brownie pack (not that I'm using this to plan my programme... or using my programme which I have to plan anyway to get out of thinking about my TT...)

1 Sort out making repeating pattern art from 3 colours - Artist badge. Cut paper into squares so we can make it a big collage/quilt effect on the wall.
2 Check up on Cooks badge (need to check all requirements... biscuits made)
3 Collect in replies re: Bowling next week - regional competition to win a trophy end March
4 Book 'Go Potty' - end of year outing at the pottery place. The kids get to paint up a bowl/cup/animal and it is fired for them. Looks great at the end and they enjoy it.
5 Send off for accounting CD (from pack I was given in January...)
6 Sort out Easter egg craft (one of the Brownies suggested this one at our ideas night)
7 E-mail or write to Brownie leaders from down South home (see no. 12)
8 Look up Agility badge for Summer term.
9 Songs - need to learn some more Brownie songs as we've made the song books now.
10 Buy card and decorations for Easter cards
11 Hand in Accounts
12 May Day/St George's Day Exchange? Perhaps with an English Brownie pack - just letters etc. Thought it might be nice for my lot to learn some English traditions but can't just do that as I'm in Scotland and Scots hate the English (generally) - so this is one way to do it that they might go for! Also thought it might be nice for some Brownies down South to learn a bit about St Andrews Day/Burns Night etc and Scotland.
13 - you all being nice to me today? Or not reading properly.... I only just noticed I'd stopped at 12!!

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Tit-less

I thought that you might want to know that my wee brother has let me down.

He did not make any boobs today as he was on a field trip and had forgotten..... He did try to make the cake at the weekend but was sidetracked by an episode of Magnum PI which meant that it burnt to a crisp.

Men.

Otherwise: That's the first two days of teaching over. Woo hoo!

At Brownies tonight we made cardboard pancakes which we planned to play games with, only they ended up far too beautiful and creative (wish I'd taken pictures) so they just took them home. By the time we could start games the Guides had brought some spare pancakes for our kids so they had pancakes with white choc spread and bananas to eat instead of pancake games to play.

We did still play ('fishes' but with pancake toppings instead of fish names and Tag) but I have one older Brownie who is getting bored. It's probably time that she went to Guides but she's not keen.... I'll have to try to persuade her I think as the commissioner (boss brownie) has told me we have 6 girls waiting to come up to Brownies from Rainbows and I'm already oversubscribed in our pack. There's only so much 'help the other girls' that this Brownie can do I imagine, before she quits the organisation!

So if anyone has any ideas for fun activities to suit 7 year olds that you can extend to challenge 9 year olds too - please let me know!

Five Things Meme (oven cleaning.... yuck).

Ok... Five things about me: (Cheers to Sanni for the tag x)

1. I hate cleaning - which is why I'm quite chuffed that the instructions on the oven cleaner say 'leave for 2 hours'.. Shame I have to put off the dirty bit, eh?

2. I have not cleaned the oven before. I have lived in this house for three years....

3. I hate people being late. It drives me nuts and I sit there waiting for them muttering grumpily about it.

4. I am often late myself (and am now coming out as a hypocrite!). Usually I'm late because I have the worst sense of direction in a car that you can imagine (except for my mother's - which is so awful you could almost listen to her and do the exact opposite, and probably end up in the right place).

5. I don't believe in God. But I'm going to church this morning. Hypocrite again? Not really - I have to take my Brownies as the church give us the hall for free - it seems only fair that I make the effort every now and again when/if they ask us to come along on a Sunday.

How's that?

I tag: (will finish this later)

Sueanne
Frolicsome Kid
Trav

boobs

I'm not labelling this post!

My wee bro phoned me today to ask me how to make a cake to look like a pair of tits!! He then said "don't ask why"!

AS IF I CAN LAST MUCH LONGER WITHOUT ASKING THAT I thought. Sure enough I made it about 2 minutes.

I will tell you all about it on Tuesday (as it's a surprise).

I suggested making a simple sponge in a pyrex bowl (to create dome shape) then repeat, he suggested colouring the sponge pink which is a nice touch! The cake is then to be smothered in pink butter icing and a cherry will be placed on each 'mound'.

I am imaging this will be a wonderous creation... If it should be that he manages to get a photo I will post it.... (He better take me a pic!).

Men.

Thursday Thirteen #13

My top Thirteen nights out in Glagsow 1. Brel. This is a pub on Ashton Lane. It's a famous spot to visit on your trip to Glasgow, as it's a cobbled street lined with small shops and bars. There is also a little cinema and a couple of curry shops. Brel is a Belgian bar which serves great food (muscles being my favourite) but also sells interesting beers and has live music fairly often. There is an outside area (a hill slope) that you can sit on in summer... providing you are willing to scan carefully for broken glass and fag ends. This is my favourite pub in the city. 2. Auctioneers. Another pub - this time in the city centre. It's a bit of an old man style dive of a pub but they sell bottles of wine for a fiver.... so I'm happy! 3. Cinema - UGC (now Cineworld) at the top of Hope Street. This is really tall and has glass lifts so you can see all across the city if you go up to the top. I have a pass so can see films for free (or more accurately for a monthly fee!). 4.Bluu - Late night bar in the Merchant City. This place opens late but isn't really clubby... I love it. Have to be feeling flush though for a night here. 5. Rugby - Hughenden, Glasgow West End. I can walk here from home. I LOVE watching the rugby here as you are right up close to the action and can almost touch the players (I wish!). 6. King Tut's Wah Wah Hut - City Centre. This is a pub and venue for up and coming bands. It's great. I haven't been for a while but will certainly be there again soon! 7. West Brewing Company - a microbrewery with a great beer garden set on Glasgow Green. Perfect for winding down on a Saturday afternoon in the summer. 8. The Wee Curry Shop - This is a TINY (seriously about 5 tables) shop in the city centre. It serves amazing curry in the most cramped of environments. It's brilliant value for money. 9. The Sisters - Restaurant near us out West. It's a small friendly restaurant but serves really posh nosh. It's best saved for a special occasion. 10. Bon Accord - pub again. City centre. Does lots of ales - more a top night of my boyfriend's really but I like it too. 11. Carling Academy - gig venue. Shockingly it mainly promotes and sells Carling lager. 12. Lock 27. This is a little pub by the canal up the road from our house. It's lovely in summer. 13. While I've been writing this I've come up with hundreds of pubs or cafes that I've had a great night out in but that aren't actually that nice really.... So I've come to the conclusion that I'm lucky to have good friends who can make a night out great, no matter where we go.

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5. Mary (mert) 6. Sanni 7. Penny 8. turnbaby

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Perils of Love: Happy Valentines (Short)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EURF2PlIqtE

Nice vid - taken it off embedded as it was annoying me that it takes my computer a year and a half to load up this page now.

Happy Valentines!!

Happy Valentines Day x x

How Now!

Well - we're just back from staying in a very authentic Scottish pine wigwam! It was great.

We had nothing to do but walk and relax and sleep. We arrived late on Sunday evening and left this morning - which really meant we were there for a whole day on which we could actually do anything. We stayed in Strathfillan, which is in Stirlingshire.

This was the view from our window (see above window picture.... below actual view from window)

Yesterday was our only whole day. We walked to Tyndrum, had a pint, looked around a bit, walked home, built a big fire, burnt sausages and marshmallows, had a few drinks and a cup of tea, went to bed.

These pics are from the walk.




Not exactly action-packed but we were both suffering a bit from winter blues and non-stop work, so really wanted a quiet break. We got exactly what we wanted!

Today we've just taken a scenic route home - stopping off at a couple of lochs on the way. Look at the pretty rainbow! These are all pictures of Loch Lubnaig.




We forgot the camera so I've had to use my photo phone to get a few pictures of the area & our walk. It's absolutely beautiful! If you're ever up here - Stirling & the Trosachs is definitely an area worth a visit!

It seems a fair few people have been and left me comments while I've been away - thank you!

Saturday photo Scavenger Hunt

Sanni's theme this week is 'Broken'.

To prevent anyone else from suffering the same experience we had: DO NOT PUT DANDELION & BURDOCK IN THE FREEZER! EVER!

If you forget about it and leave it too long it explodes. With enough force to open the freezer, blow the front off the shelf and smash all of the contents (plastic boxes etc) to smithereens.

We've cleaned it up before taking photos but I'll post what we're left with!

This is Dandelion & Burdock. I've also linked up the Wikepedia page.

It tastes really disgusting but my weird boyfriend who also enjoys jam and crisp sandwiches as well as macdonalds chips dipped in a vanilla milkshake is a fan.


P.S. Go and see Sanni if you want to find who else is playing.

Killing Time

I'm killing some time until I have to go to work. And today is BIG MATCH DAY in the 6 Nations Rugby tournament. SCOTLAND/WALES. I'm on Wales' side and am annoyed that I will be working during the match because a friend asked me to and I said yes before realising what time it would be at.

AND he only needed me to cover because he is GOING to the match (and supporting Scotland).

So I REALLY need Wales to win today. I'll keep all my fingers and toes crossed for them!

Thursday Thirteen #12

Posting this early as I don't want to get up tomorrow - First day off since January 8th.

Thirteen Places I've lost my phone keys coat or instruments. 1. I left my purse in a public toilets in Wisconsin. It was handed in to the bookshop next door by somebody nice! 2. Purse - Outside the nearest corner shop. I got home to find it missing, drove back, looked for it when a lady came up to ask it I'd lost my purse. She returned it. I opened it and found that I had actually dropped it getting into the car, then reversed over it. All of my credit cards were left with coin impressions.... They don't work with dents in. 3. Purse - Trader Joes pub in Glasgow. I asked my boyfriend to go back for it while I waited in a chip shop with a friend. He got back to find the pub closed (which wasn't surprising as we had left when they chucked us out)... so walked off. On his way back a drunk girl asked him for a cigarette. He doesn't smoke so said 'no'. She slapped him in the face. He then said 'Do you wanna slap me again?!'. Obviously she did - as she accepted the invitation. I was RAGING and all set to storm after her but her friends were already dragging her back to apologise. 4. Last February we went to New York. I lost(/had stolen) my phone in a pub there whilst watching Wales beat Scotland in the Six Nations on a Sunday morning. This time I was not lucky and they ran up £60 in call charges before I could stop it. 5. Coat - When I got back to Scotland straight after the trip I left my coat in Dundee.... 6. So now my phone is in New York and my coat is in Dundee. I had a gig in Aberdeen.... where I left my keys. Phone in New York, coat in Dundee, keys in Aberdeen, TC in Glasgow. Ideal. 7. Some months back I took a walk along Broughty Ferry beach. It's absolutely stunning and I had a great time drawing pictures in the sand. On the drive home my boyfriend's phone went. It was my mum who had received a call from a lady who had picked my phone up on the beach. She posted it to Glasgow and didn't leave any return address or phone number for me to be able to thank her properly! 8. Trumpet! - I left my trumpet in Argos in Manchester before my audition for the music college there. 9. After a cornetto gig I stopped for a Chinese. The next day I found I was missing an intrument.... Sure enough it was in the Chinese restaurant. 10. At the moment (freezing cold weather) I have no coat.... It's currently in Carlisle where I left it at a friend's parents house. 11. On a previous occasion I left my phone in a pub where I knew the barman. He took the phone and put it behind the bar. At midnight a man went up to the barmaid and asked if anyone had handed in a phone, describing my phone. She handed it straight over. Blatant stealing by the man. Coppers didn't want to know. 12. A few months ago a lady came and knocked on my door with an old purse in her hand. I hadn't seen this purse for months so was most surprised to see her with it! It turned out she had moved into a house nearby and had found this purse chucked over the wall of her garden when she cleared it out. Needless to say there was no money in it... but I don't think there ever had been. I think the purse probably dropped out of the car one night and I didn't notice - so someone must have come across it in the street, nicked the cards and coins and discarded the rest. 13. HA HA HA! - I can't think of a thirteenth for me but I have a funny one from Christmas this year that I can borrow from my brother: He left his credit card in Game (computer game shop) in Milton Keynes. He phoned and found that they had put it in the safe overnight but that he could collect it whenever. He asked Mum for a lift back to the shop. She made him take the shop staff chocolates to say thank you! He said that the bloke he handed them to looked at him like he was nuts. I LAUGHED A LOT!!!!!

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OK - I'll tell you more

Not sure if Maryam meant my boyfriend. I assume she probably did:

My boyfriend I have known since we were at school. He's a Welshman - which is important. He likes plants from a scientific side, but isn't so good at growing them or looking after our own garden. He works in a garden centre as manager of the plant area (as opposed to the gifts or restaurant). He refused to blog with me when it all started as he says he doesn't like people seeing what he thinks. He has the remnants of brown hair so keeps it short, and brown eyes with a fairly big nose and bushy eyebrows. Am I painting a pretty picture?? I like him.

We accidentally got together one visit he made to Glasgow whilst I was at uni. We drank 5 pints in Edinburgh after which my memory is a bit hazy. Suffice to say when you're pals and you do that then you have two choices: run with it and see how it goes or establish it's a big mistake and go through the awkwardness until you're friends again. We went for the first option. 7 nearly 8 years ago I think.

We don't have many houseplants. We have five - a cactus, the remains of a bay tree(above), a croton, a spider plant and a impatiens. All of which hang on to life by their plant fingertips. I entirely blame him as he should take responsibility for them when I'm only in the house a couple of nights a week and for sleeping......

Oooh - and if you're wondering why he's still my boyfriend after so long - I really hate the idea of getting married and he's fine with this. Thankfully! I think. This is a bit of a weird one: I don't hate weddings for other people (I actually like them) but I don't want one. I respect people who are married but I never want to join them. And I don't really have solid reasons for this - no strong moralistic non-religiousness or anything concrete.

As to blogging and opinions: I'm quite happy for you to see what I think. If it upsets anyone then they shouldn't be reading blogs..... Don't think there's been anything downright rude on here yet. I actually found it a bit weird that he was so against voicing his opinion blogwide. Perhaps that's the key to our getting along for so long? I'm a loudmouthed brass playing lagerlout and he's a quiet shy and retiring real ale drinker.....

Bowie is my idol!

Hope this works - Did anyone know I love David Bowie?

I'm sat here sniggering at Bowie (who I love by the way). This was SO funny! It was shown a good while back now but I'm excited to find it's on you tube. And the annoying thing about Extras' spoof sitcom is I have actually said the catchphrase since ('are you having a laugh') before hearing myself and being really cross!

A friend of mine told me that he thinks my blog is boring at the moment. I think what he meant was that I'm not posting much so when he comes there's nothing new to read.
I told him that I hadn't got anything to blog about as working 7 days a week there's not much time to blog and I haven't had time to do anything very exciting which I want to diarise.

Anyway- I have stuff to tell you - been to a gig etc and want to let everyone know about it but I have to meet a friend soon and don't have time. Will be back later x

I really do love Bowie. _____________________________________________________

Well it's later - I went out at half 2. It's now 1am. That's a long time in the pub. I think everything was ok - all friends again (to a point).

Otherwise - On Thursday night I went to see a friend of mine James Ross play a big concert in City Halls, Glasgow - he is brilliant and I have known him for ages and still think he's the bees knees after nearly 10 years. We used to egg each other on to see who could be the laziest student when we shared student halls. I'm not sure who won!

FOUND SOME CLIPS OF JAMES:

http://www.celtic-music-direct.com/productdetails.asp?ProductID=CDTRAX284

http://www.ayepod.net/Albums/cdfsr1728.htm

Unfortunately after he'd played I had to shoot off to Paisley as I made a marginal error with my pay timesheet.... I thought I could fax it but it seems I can't. They needed the original by Friday. I work ALL THE TIME so can't really get to Paisley on a Weds, Thurs or Friday day so thought I'd post it on Thursday night.

My boyfriend drove me to Paisley. We found the offices and parked up. There was no letterbox or janitor etc.

My boyfriend rescued me again by nipping over during his lunch on Friday to hand it in during office hours. I would still owe him a huge favour but he sold it for two cans of Budweiser last night! (fool).

Thursday Thirteen #11

Thirteen excuses I've heard this month..... (I'm teaching brass a lot at the moment) 1. I've forgotten my instrument 2. My teacher wouldn't let me out for my lesson 3. I've forgotten my instrument 4. I forgot I had a lesson 5. I've forgotten my instrument 6. I've been to the orthodontist 7. I've forgotten my instrument 8. My mum lost her job today (and this means you can't have a lesson??) 9. I've forgotten my instrument 10. I forgot my music (this one doesn't work as I have plenty of spare music) 11. I've forgotten my instrument 12. I didn't think we had lessons this week (randomly mid term!) 13. I've forgotten my instrument Have you spotted the most frequently used...?!

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