So how was your day?

[ElvenEyes]

May I come over and play dress up? Please???? Those bangles are amazing! I love them! Is that an Arwen necklace?? Oooh, I think I have seen you wearing that in some of your photos! Love the little silver thing that looks like a pocket book, maybe? And look at all those necklaces! Okay, my nose has been in books way too long. I got to get me some more girlie things! Thank you for sharing this, Lou. I really love all the glittering happiness! Ooh, just saw the butterfly necklace. Drool! I really need a nice jewelry box like that. I just made my husband look at this. He just doesn't get that I have a very, very small collection of jewelry. Nothing like putting the guilt trip on him....especially when our anniversary is Monday and through selling decks I paid for that purse on my own! You and I have the same taste in colours and style, too, I think. Blues, purples, pinks, pearls, anything that glitters and two-toned goodies!!

 

[LMD84]

May I come over and play dress up? Please???? Those bangles are amazing! I love them! Is that an Arwen necklace?? Oooh, I think I have seen you wearing that in some of your photos! Love the little silver thing that looks like a pocket book, maybe? And look at all those necklaces! Okay, my nose has been in books way too long. I got to get me some more girlie things! Thank you for sharing this, Lou. I really love all the glittering happiness! Ooh, just saw the butterfly necklace. Drool! I really need a nice jewelry box like that. I just made my husband look at this. He just doesn't get that I have a very, very small collection of jewelry. Nothing like putting the guilt trip on him....especially when our anniversary is Monday and through selling decks I paid for that purse on my own! You and I have the same taste in colours and style, too, I think. Blues, purples, pinks, pearls, anything that glitters and two-toned goodies!!

of course you can come and play! hee hee! i know the bangles are awesome! i still can't believe i got them for £1.50! i think in the states forever21 have some very similar for a cheap price too. and yeah it's the Arwen necklace! my mum bought it me for christmas many years ago from a jewelery store called h samuel. she had no clue it was lord of the rings related! oh and the pocket book - it's actually a little purse with crystals on the front - pretty cute and random! and i don;t feel like my jeweley collection is that big but there is certainly enough to get me by! hee hee! and yes that butterfly necklace is very pretty - very fragile though so i don't wear it often.

and i hope you are all set to have a wonderful aniversery! i hope that he got the hint from my pictures! and yes it does seem like we have the same taste! we like the same bags, make up - everything pretty and feminine

 

[ElvenEyes]

Oh good! I will pack now! Hee hee hee! What a major bargain on the bangles! I've got to find some! Those are so gorgeous! The Arwen necklace is awesome and I want one! The little purse is so adorable, but I love things like that. The cute and whimsical things that people don't often see. I think that is why I have taken to collecting key chains from Coach. I love their whimsy! And I get a lot of compliments over them when I whip out my keys at a register to get ready to leave and go to my car. But most importantly, besides the joy of glitter, is that it is so much fun to wear these goodies!!

 

[LMD84]

well today i have my parents visiting. i don't have the best relationship and we only see each other once a year. so i am feeling a little nervous today and just generally on edge. it is my dad that does it to me but it will be nice to see them non the less. i am also wearing my cute tiger top that makes me happy!

 

[ElvenEyes]

(((Lou)) I so understand what you are saying. I had a hard upbringing. My parents were super strict. My mother was depressed and pessimistic. She never learned to drive, never worked, had no hobbies, hated cooking, hated baking, and basically did not want to be married or have kids. And she never failed to let us know that. My father was extremely strict and I am guessing probably unhappy as well. He had his fun moments that I will treasure and I have some nice memories. Sadly I have some bad ones of his temper or the fact that he expected complete perfection from me and I was never allowed to be sick or miss a family outing. If I gave up an entire day to clean out the garage for him as a surprise and wash his car he would come home and look at it and say "why didn't you do the trailer, too?" Nice, huh? Never a thank you! My sister is uber-Catholic. It is almost like she belongs in a sect. I threw her off my FB page about a month ago when she started spouting doctrine to all my friends, telling us we were bad because we had not fasted, etc. Good grief. Now they are so old and fading away that I hardly recognize my mother and my father is far more mellow. I keep my time with them minimal. I stand behind you and hope you are making it through the day. Just keep reminding yourself that it is almost over and you are free to be Lou for the rest of the year! And as you get older, it will get easier, I promise!

I might actually do some gardening today! But it is still windy and I wish it would go away!

Happy May Day to everyone!!!! xo

 

[LMD84]

(((Lou)) I so understand what you are saying. I had a hard upbringing. My parents were super strict. My mother was depressed and pessimistic. She never learned to drive, never worked, had no hobbies, hated cooking, hated baking, and basically did not want to be married or have kids. And she never failed to let us know that. My father was extremely strict and I am guessing probably unhappy as well. He had his fun moments that I will treasure and I have some nice memories. Sadly I have some bad ones of his temper or the fact that he expected complete perfection from me and I was never allowed to be sick or miss a family outing. If I gave up an entire day to clean out the garage for him as a surprise and wash his car he would come home and look at it and say "why didn't you do the trailer, too?" Nice, huh? Never a thank you! My sister is uber-Catholic. It is almost like she belongs in a sect. I threw her off my FB page about a month ago when she started spouting doctrine to all my friends, telling us we were bad because we had not fasted, etc. Good grief. Now they are so old and fading away that I hardly recognize my mother and my father is far more mellow. I keep my time with them minimal. I stand behind you and hope you are making it through the day. Just keep reminding yourself that it is almost over and you are free to be Lou for the rest of the year! And as you get older, it will get easier, I promise!

I might actually do some gardening today! But it is still windy and I wish it would go away!

Happy May Day to everyone!!!! xo

Oh Debi i remember what you have said about your parents before. you definitely had a tough childhood. and all the drama with your sister was insane! My parents didn't stay too long and the visit was actually quite pleasent. It is always nice to see my mum, i am just not so keen on my dad being there. however he was actually ok this time. i think because he is getting old now he has mellowed out quite a lot. he is still quite an odd character, but you get used to that. we ended up showing them all the photos from our holiday last year which they seemed to enjoy looking at. I even showed them specktra and my blog posts and videos and they both seemed interested which was nice. usually people switch off when i try telling them about this place and what i do here!

I am hoping that it is quiet when i go back to work tomorrow so that i am able to film the video i have been wanting to with my guys it is going to be so much fun and i can't wait for you all to see it!

 

[LMD84]

well my day has started very badly. i have cystitus and it was meant to be my day off but i swapped a couple of days ago because my assistant manager said he had to help his parents with something today. of course i swapped. so when i called his home this morning to get him to come in (i am in so much pain and generally very uncomfortable) his mother tells me he has gone away so no he cant come in! wth?! he either lied to me the other day (which is suspected at the time) or his mother lied. so i had to wait ages for a late bus almost wetting myself to get to work. now i am here i called my dr to see if they can send down a perscription - they said perhaps they just have to check. i hope they can because shop bought stuff never works for me - i get it that bad

sorry to vent guys. i'm just a little upset and uncomfortable right now

 

[ElvenEyes]

well my day has started very badly. i have cystitus and it was meant to be my day off but i swapped a couple of days ago because my assistant manager said he had to help his parents with something today. of course i swapped. so when i called his home this morning to get him to come in (i am in so much pain and generally very uncomfortable) his mother tells me he has gone away so no he cant come in! wth?! he either lied to me the other day (which is suspected at the time) or his mother lied. so i had to wait ages for a late bus almost wetting myself to get to work. now i am here i called my dr to see if they can send down a perscription - they said perhaps they just have to check. i hope they can because shop bought stuff never works for me - i get it that bad

sorry to vent guys. i'm just a little upset and uncomfortable right now

(((Lou)))) Sweetie. Does this mean you have a cyst on your ovary or a bunch of cysts inside your ovary? I made cysts a lot, so know the feeling and the pain. I had three that for some reason were stuck in my right ovary and didn't come out. They never got large so we didn't do anything, except kept getting ultrasounds regularly to keep an eye out on them. Finally they went away on their own, after years of being there. Then had other cysts that would come and go, but they pinched and I felt like I had a huge water balloon inside of me, which was basically what I did have. Let the guys do everything today. You need to relax and not let your cysts get twisted or burst. Poor Lou....you sound like me. I take Motrin and Tylenol and use the heating pad. Everything else makes me feel sick. Endometriosis, peri-menopause and cysts are a bad mix. I am sorry you are having such a hard time. It sounds like you need to talk to your boss, or do what needs to be done about your assistant manager. They sound very unreliable and obviously something is up. If only his "Mommy" can answer the phone (maybe both are lying) then lay it on the line that he gets into work or he loses his job and hire/give the position to someone else. Always remind them they are replaceable and someone who actually will appreciate the job can easily be found. Hardly the kind of crap you need to deal with today. xoxo

 

[LMD84]

(((Lou)))) Sweetie. Does this mean you have a cyst on your ovary or a bunch of cysts inside your ovary? I made cysts a lot, so know the feeling and the pain. I had three that for some reason were stuck in my right ovary and didn't come out. They never got large so we didn't do anything, except kept getting ultrasounds regularly to keep an eye out on them. Finally they went away on their own, after years of being there. Then had other cysts that would come and go, but they pinched and I felt like I had a huge water balloon inside of me, which was basically what I did have. Let the guys do everything today. You need to relax and not let your cysts get twisted or burst. Poor Lou....you sound like me. I take Motrin and Tylenol and use the heating pad. Everything else makes me feel sick. Endometriosis, peri-menopause and cysts are a bad mix. I am sorry you are having such a hard time. It sounds like you need to talk to your boss, or do what needs to be done about your assistant manager. They sound very unreliable and obviously something is up. If only his "Mommy" can answer the phone (maybe both are lying) then lay it on the line that he gets into work or he loses his job and hire/give the position to someone else. Always remind them they are replaceable and someone who actually will appreciate the job can easily be found. Hardly the kind of crap you need to deal with today. xoxo

oh sweetie! luckily cystitus isn't what it sounds like. basically it is an infection in your uriney tract which then makes you feel like you are peeing acid. oh and the worst is that i get a fever, pee blood and generally can't go to the loo easily but constantly feel like you are about to wet yourself. i am very lucky because my dr sorted me out with meds and then my local chemist collected the perscription from my doctors. then one of the guys at work got the pills for me. i am feeling a bit better but still very uncomfortable oh and yeah it did occur to me that his mum might be lying too - they are all very weird. head office are involved now anyway - they called me about his poor performance in generall and when i told them what happened today they were not impressed.

and i am so sorry about all the issues you have had with your cysts and such - all sounds so painful and upsetting

 

[ElvenEyes]

oh sweetie! luckily cystitus isn't what it sounds like. basically it is an infection in your uriney tract which then makes you feel like you are peeing acid. oh and the worst is that i get a fever, pee blood and generally can't go to the loo easily but constantly feel like you are about to wet yourself. i am very lucky because my dr sorted me out with meds and then my local chemist collected the perscription from my doctors. then one of the guys at work got the pills for me. i am feeling a bit better but still very uncomfortable oh and yeah it did occur to me that his mum might be lying too - they are all very weird. head office are involved now anyway - they called me about his poor performance in generall and when i told them what happened today they were not impressed.

and i am so sorry about all the issues you have had with your cysts and such - all sounds so painful and upsetting

Oooh, yucky! I have had that a few times. We call them Bladder Infections or UTI's. (Urinary Tract Infections). And we have to go on Antibiotics, drink a lot of water and cranberry juice, pee and burn. Yeah...like every 5 minutes. Yuck! Feel better soon! xo

 

[LMD84]

yup that is the one! not pleasant at all! however i feel so much better at the moment. i also drank 4 litres of water today - i feel like a baloon!!!

 

[ElvenEyes]

Wow! How did you get better so quickly? It usually takes at least 24 hours for any of us to feel improvement. Last time I ran a fever and had to go to the ER to be sure I was not getting a kidney infection. We have no idea where the fever came from, but it was high and lasted 2 days. Nothing like 12 hours of observation in the ER..... Ugh...

 

[katred]

Ugh... migraine from HELL today. I barely managed to get out of bed. I've been nauseous the whole day, brutal headache on the right side, the works. I have to get rested tonight, because I unfortunately have a super-busy day that I can't avoid tomorrow.

Well, drinking water is the best thing for you at this point. I'm glad that you're feeling better, at least. I find that whenever I've had one, I'm literally scared to go to the bathroom for a couple of days... Like I think it's going to come back.

 

[Mabelle]

I have had a weird day...

First of all, our Country voted yesterday, and it came off rather less well than i had hoped. Our Prime Minister was found in contempt of parliment (not to mention all the things he did taht was totally not allowed during the election) and was re-elected with a MAJORITY governement. We only had a 66.4% voter turnout which absolutely boils my blood. I believe that is you don't want to use your vote, you should go live in a country where you cannot vote, since it means nothing to you. Anyway, Harper was re-elected. I am angry and scared. He represents everything i dislike in a government (minus the seperatism).

Got to work for a 10-7 shift, and from the first customer on they were all awful horrible rude people. yesterday was the exact same. It got a bit better after my lunch, but for a good 3 hours i got no smiles. No pleases or thank yous. I got ignored and unfairly given attitude, even yelled at in some cases.
Anyway. I came home, made some dinner with the boy and sat down to watch a movie. "Up", the pixar film. I cried the entire way through it, and for a while after. I found this to be one of the saddest films i have ever seen. My biggest fear is loosing those i love, especially my boyfriend of 7 years, Ray (who I supposed is the Ellie to my Carl). The entire time i kept thinking of how truly horrible it must feel to loose the one person you that truly makes you the best possible you, and how can you go on after that.

anyway, im rambling. Ray tried to cheer me up for a while after that, and get whats wrong out of me... I didn't tell him. But i think he knows.

I then bleached my eyebrows (i dyed my hair a light copper/strawberry blond colour, so i need brows to match), and now...
I'm bumming around trying to get myself into a better mood.

Other than that, I'm waiting to see if/when/where i'm going to be sent for my Training for work. Right now NY is an option (for 5 days), but usually they don't send anyone to NY because it's too Expensive.
I'm hoping they decide to make an exception. San Fran was another option, but i feel like i would prefer NY because things are easier to access, and i can go see some shows at night. So please, keep your fingers crossed for me.

I think thats it for today.

 

[LMD84]

I have had a weird day...

First of all, our Country voted yesterday, and it came off rather less well than i had hoped. Our Prime Minister was found in contempt of parliment (not to mention all the things he did taht was totally not allowed during the election) and was re-elected with a MAJORITY governement. We only had a 66.4% voter turnout which absolutely boils my blood. I believe that is you don't want to use your vote, you should go live in a country where you cannot vote, since it means nothing to you. Anyway, Harper was re-elected. I am angry and scared. He represents everything i dislike in a government (minus the seperatism).

Got to work for a 10-7 shift, and from the first customer on they were all awful horrible rude people. yesterday was the exact same. It got a bit better after my lunch, but for a good 3 hours i got no smiles. No pleases or thank yous. I got ignored and unfairly given attitude, even yelled at in some cases.
Anyway. I came home, made some dinner with the boy and sat down to watch a movie. "Up", the pixar film. I cried the entire way through it, and for a while after. I found this to be one of the saddest films i have ever seen. My biggest fear is loosing those i love, especially my boyfriend of 7 years, Ray (who I supposed is the Ellie to my Carl). The entire time i kept thinking of how truly horrible it must feel to loose the one person you that truly makes you the best possible you, and how can you go on after that.

anyway, im rambling. Ray tried to cheer me up for a while after that, and get whats wrong out of me... I didn't tell him. But i think he knows.

I then bleached my eyebrows (i dyed my hair a light copper/strawberry blond colour, so i need brows to match), and now...
I'm bumming around trying to get myself into a better mood.

Other than that, I'm waiting to see if/when/where i'm going to be sent for my Training for work. Right now NY is an option (for 5 days), but usually they don't send anyone to NY because it's too Expensive.
I'm hoping they decide to make an exception. San Fran was another option, but i feel like i would prefer NY because things are easier to access, and i can go see some shows at night. So please, keep your fingers crossed for me.

I think thats it for today.

I am sorry that so few people voted where you live. I agree that if given the chance to vote, people should bloody vote!

and i agree that UP is super sad! i cry throughout it too! it is sooo sweet though and i do love it - but not one to watch without tissues! and i am sorry about your day at work - people can be so freaking rude sometimes oh and i will keep my fingers crossed you get sent to NY for the training! that would be very awesome!

 

[heart]

awww, what a nice and sweet thread. very thoughtful. i wish my day/life was more interesting but unfortunately all i've been up to was grocery shopping... nothing interesting. i am waiting for some blog haul goodies though! =)

 

[LMD84]

awww, what a nice and sweet thread. very thoughtful. i wish my day/life was more interesting but unfortunately all i've been up to was grocery shopping... nothing interesting. i am waiting for some blog haul goodies though! =)

lol! oh my life isn't interesting! believe me! lol! today i am off work but have just spent the past 1.5 hours doing some paperwork that i took home with me. i was watching some tv shows in the background then this afternoon i am getting my hair done

 

[sayah]

Hello migraine! We've just changed windows and workers are doing the final touches today. It'll be great when it's done but for now, I just want to kill someone!

 

[LMD84]

Hello migraine! We've just changed windows and workers are doing the final touches today. It'll be great when it's done but for now, I just want to kill someone!

i hope you are feeling better by now and that your windows are all in!

 

[WhatWouldJoanDo]

Hi Mabelle,

I love UP - even with tears. The upside is to think of how lucky Carl was/is and thus you with your Ray and vice versa.

False majority sucks. Technically 24% of Canadians voted for Conservative: that's it. More than 60% of those who voted picked someone else. I don't think our PM wants to go down in history as leading the erosion of all things uniquely Canadian. So now with majority he will have to answer for all things he leads so I think he will do a better job. NY would be great - good luck to you!!

I have had a weird day...

First of all, our Country voted yesterday, and it came off rather less well than i had hoped. Our Prime Minister was found in contempt of parliment (not to mention all the things he did taht was totally not allowed during the election) and was re-elected with a MAJORITY governement. We only had a 66.4% voter turnout which absolutely boils my blood. I believe that is you don't want to use your vote, you should go live in a country where you cannot vote, since it means nothing to you. Anyway, Harper was re-elected. I am angry and scared. He represents everything i dislike in a government (minus the seperatism).

Got to work for a 10-7 shift, and from the first customer on they were all awful horrible rude people. yesterday was the exact same. It got a bit better after my lunch, but for a good 3 hours i got no smiles. No pleases or thank yous. I got ignored and unfairly given attitude, even yelled at in some cases.
Anyway. I came home, made some dinner with the boy and sat down to watch a movie. "Up", the pixar film. I cried the entire way through it, and for a while after. I found this to be one of the saddest films i have ever seen. My biggest fear is loosing those i love, especially my boyfriend of 7 years, Ray (who I supposed is the Ellie to my Carl). The entire time i kept thinking of how truly horrible it must feel to loose the one person you that truly makes you the best possible you, and how can you go on after that.

anyway, im rambling. Ray tried to cheer me up for a while after that, and get whats wrong out of me... I didn't tell him. But i think he knows.

I then bleached my eyebrows (i dyed my hair a light copper/strawberry blond colour, so i need brows to match), and now...
I'm bumming around trying to get myself into a better mood.

Other than that, I'm waiting to see if/when/where i'm going to be sent for my Training for work. Right now NY is an option (for 5 days), but usually they don't send anyone to NY because it's too Expensive.
I'm hoping they decide to make an exception. San Fran was another option, but i feel like i would prefer NY because things are easier to access, and i can go see some shows at night. So please, keep your fingers crossed for me.

I think thats it for today.