Happy Halloween!

Look out for those Trick or Treaters!

Wow!

Col's recovered from his hangover now! Wow!! He did so well walking around Ikea with me : )

Have tried to sort out the car today, need to fill up oil of some kind for the gearstick. After some research Col found it. Turned out that the van's probably never had it topped up, and the nut has rusted shut! All good fun! Col will have to give it another go tomorrow.

 

Forgot to tell you all, but yesterday was like an early summer's day here, so fantastic! And with the trees changing colour, well, it was just stunning : ) Today is more autumny, cold and grey. Well, it's to be expected!

 

Gonna teach myself some more Microsoft stuff... Just how much have I forgotten in the last 1.5 years?!?!?!

Sez's Halloween Party (which turned out to be a Perry party!)

Just got back from sunny Essex and a really cool Halloween party! Col went as the devil himself, I was gonna go as a vampire, but the teeth I bought didn't fit! I've got a big gob, or they were made for kiddies..!

Had a bit of a stressful morning. Found out that Doze had his 21st birthday party last night, and we missed it... Hm, all we knew was what Chris mentioned the other night: that they were popping up the pub. What a shame! I would have really enjoyed watching him be sick everywhere too! Heard it was really noisy! Got him Slither, hope he'll like it as much as we do :)

Went for a nice walk with Sammy too which was very nice. Walkern is a wee bit pretty!

Got back to Col's Mum's and had to pop out straight away. Keith was coming around and we rather give him, and ourselves, a bit of space. No more arguments thank you very much! Went and stocked up on goodies to bring to the party. When we got back the second time around we stocked up the car with lots of duvets and wooly hats and stuff (we were planning on staying the night in the van). Then we transformed Col into the beast, heheh, lots of red everywhere! Drove to Sez's, didn't even get lost, hm, kind of once maybe, but I got us back on track! At Sarah's we thought we saw Perry outside the house. Turned out to be a gang of their mates dressed up as Perry! Facemasks and boiler suits! Hillarious! There were sooo many Perrys!!!!! Everywhere! Quite freaky!!! The party was a really cool affair, had a BBQ too, so very stuffed indeed. Got very drunk too :) So cool to see Sez too, haven't seen her since the wedding 2 months ago! We've just been a bit trapped! Hopefully we'll get the flat midweek and all will be back to normal!

Drove back home this morning via Ikea :) Lucky us! Especially Col, he just loves that place! Well, the meatballs anyway! Had lunch, looked at some beds and sofas, then drove home. Now it's time to eat some more, oh, and I'm gonna see if I can find out how to get red wine stains out of wooden tables.... Hold on Sez!

Oh, oh!

Oh, Mulberry's Pasadena, pretty!

Thursday

Another day, another week, another month! Can't believe it's the end of October! Clocks go back on Sunday... Halloween on Tuesday and then not long until Bonfire night. It'll be Christmas before long!

 

Col went to the dentist yet again today : ) think he likes it a little too much! Must have spent £1500 nearly now in the last year on treatments! And his teeth look good! I don't get it!!! I've not been to the dentist for a few years now, ugh, could be bad! Only thing is I don't even have a dentist anymore! My Dr Ko (he's Chinese) has gone private, and is out of my budget now! Crazy! Col's dentist seem pretty good, but again, he's private. The dentist dilemmas here eh...!

 

I'm sure there were some actual things I was meant to put down here tonight, but I'm tired and wanna read my Tao of Bruce Lee book.

 

So, nighty night folks!

 

Oh, been watching a program on BBC called Rome or something, very cool indeed. My favourite emperor is Nero cos he's maaad!

Flat maybe??!

Oh! I think we might have bagged ourselves a flat!!! We handed over the deposit today!

It's a one bed, unfurnished in Whetstone, right next door to a church (we got hooked on them in Europe see!)

The lounge is really big, lovely kitchen, bath and shower, nice big cupboards in the bedroom and built in shoe racks!!! AND washing machine and fridge/freezer! We're so pleased! Just need to get a job now...!

Still coughing away....

Nothing's changed with my health. Mornings, evenings and nights are spent coughing away.. Boooo! Boring!

 

Went to view two flats last Friday, both in Whetstone. Were meant to see one in Crouch End too, but we pulled out on that one. It was above shops and no parking so no good. The first place we saw wasn't all that nice. It's in a quiet street, a bit too quiet for my liking. Last house in a cul-de-sac... I just felt like we'll get robbed living there. The flat itself was pretty big, bigger than I've ever had (2 bedrooms!), the kitchen was worn down, but livable. The bathroom was pretty nasty though... The second flat was a bit of a joke. No parking and it was on the 4th floor... The floors in were wooden (nice) but not done properly and loose everywhere! Stupid! I've seen another place which looks pretty good, not sure about parking again though... Always a trauma! Need to move asap though, so might have to go with the first one and just suffer it for 8 months.... Will have to call them again tomorrow, maybe my dreamflat has come in!! I mean "our" of course ; )

 

Spent most of today driving round little villages near Great Ashby. It's so pretty!!! Horses everywhere, green hilly fields! Stunning! Stayed out of the house whilst Col's brother was over. No need for another argument. Best to get out. Brother Keith had a bit of a shouting match yesterday, and it's just not my thing. He's going on about us having his DVDs now (the ones he mentioned I had bought!!), so it's a barrell of laughs. Hold on to them or they'll disappear!

 

Spoke to Karro quickly (will try to remember to call her again) and she seemed in a good mood. Spoke to Dad too, and he seemed just fine. Said Johan has an interview on Wednesday -so- good luck!!!

 

Dinner time now, we've got stew, yummmmmm!!!

 

Oh, we watched Wallace and Gromit, the curse of the Were Rabbit again last night - it's soooo great!!!

Pictures from our "weekend away"

Not sure if you know or not, but we were supposed to go away the other weekend. We loaded up the car like the good old days, filled it with water and all that jazz. Prepared ourselves for the cold (hats and big duvets)....We got as far as to Essex...We visited an old castle (so we though, it was more of a child amusement place al la 1066). The car sounded terrible the whole way, Col had great problems trying to change the gears. Bit of a headache going down those lanes and all... So we decided to turn around and head for home, and stop off at some villages on the way. This is how we ended up just down the road from home! The sun was shining and it was a glorious autumn day! Even hot in the sun! We went for a lovely walk, had lunch in the car (we ended up blocking the whole road with our little Lovebug!!Heheh! Had a few guys in poser cars having to turn around!!), played a bit of Uno and Star Wars and Buffy Top Trumps (I'll have you know I whipped Col's arse!!) (He says no, but hey!!). Got home about 7-8, in time for supper! We know how to have an adventure!

Rant of the day (please forgive me, I have a fever)

OK, nu borjar vi fa nog... Senaste dramat i vart lagenhets hittande... Well, har nu visat sig att Colin's faster (som e chef pa sjukhuset), det var hon som stoppade oss sa vi inte kunde bo pa dar som planerat... Vad har det med henne att gora?? Hon hade sagt till Col's pappa att vi inte jobbar pa sjukhuset langre och kan darmed inte bo dar.. Se'n igar fick Col reda pa att hon oxa sagt att vi gatt bakom ryggen pa henne och pratat med tjejen som har hand om uthyrning av rummen... CHE?? Och detta efter att hon redan sagt nej till mig... Now, this isn't exactly how it happened... Vi var hemma hos fastern och jag namde att vi funderade pa att bo pa sjukhuset... Da sa hon att det nog var fullt, och att de holl pa att flytta over folk fran ett stalle till det stallet vi ville bo pa. Inte ett ord om att vi inte kunde bo dar. Se'n sager hon att vi gatt bakom hennes rygg? What? Det har ju inte ens na't med henne att gora... Gud vad jag alskar Col's familj pa pappans sida... Och sa har vi ju brorsan oxa, helt idiotisk... Forhoppningsvis behover vi inte se honom igen!!! Ever!!! Col har ju fatt sin nya ipod nu, sa det hela spelar inte na'n roll langre! (Tog bara, ja, en sisadar 2 manader och mycket skallandes... Han e en sa't idiot den dar lillebrorn..)

Saaaaaaa...... Vi behover flytta nuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!!!!!!! Fast vi har ju Col's mamma, hon e sa go', det ar val tur det, annars skulle vi nog fa lov att flytta till Australien... We might still have to do that.....

(F'lat om allt ar obegripligt, men jag e sa arg, och sa har jag ju alla de dar knivarna i ryggen att leva med...)

Boooo...

I'm ill.... this is no fun at all.... got a fever, headache, throat and chest are achey.... Here's me wanting to use up my phone card and my voice doesn't work properly... Just typical...

 

Emsen, your NYE party is sounding a bit fab... Really wanna be there....

 

Just watched Little Fish with Cate Blanchett, a bit depressing... Weird to hear Cate with her native ozzie accent too...

 

Too tired to do anymore typing... Head hurts... Wish Col was home too, he's at his Dad's for a movie night... I need cuddles... Might make some phone calls after all... I know someone stuck at workie : )

Japanese Google..

网络日志 which I think means Jess and Col on the Road, oooorrr, "Ikea, ceremony, moving" (em, not making much sense, thing is I've been visited by a Japan and they searched for Ikea and got me, ooohh, I'm so pleased... HEhhe!)

Friday the 13th

Hello hello! We're back on! Internet is back and so are we!

 

Friday 13th today, and I don't normally believe in these things (yeah, right, I'm probably a little bit more superstitious than most), but we're cursed!! We finally managed to arrange some viewings of a couple of flats... We were ready to go, went to the car, started it... and the noise! God! Looked at the back of it, there was oil everywhere... Inside in the engine, well, it was completely covered in oil too... So we've gone from a dodgy clutch to something completely different. Just don't know what yet... So, Col's got his best clothes on, and is ready to get mucky! Hopefully get it sorted and then view the flats on Monday...Arggh!!!! We're cursed!!!!

 

The last few days we're been busy cleaning up sick everyday. Don't know who it is, but one of the cats is a little poorly... No walking in the dark! Might get slippery! Hmm.. Watched a bit of Fraiser as well... Seen a few films... Lots of flat hunting... The days are drifting away... Had a lovely afternoon yesterday, we sat and had lunch in the garden! It was hot!! Lovely!! Since it's been so misty and rainy, it just lifted our moods! Fab!

 

Hopefully shopping for some Halloween stuff this weekend. Col's taking Sam trick or treating (maybe for the last time) and we need some cool bits. Had a good play in Sainsburys the other day, so many cool Halloween toys! Haha! We messed around until we heard "Security to the blue isle", hm, that's where we were!!!

 

Ems, New Year's Eve sounds great...!!! Vet bara inte hur lange vi kan stanna i Sverige. Vad har du for planer???!

Johan, Lisa; ni hittar nog na't hus snart : )

Karro, hur blir det med Chile?? Du maste ju vara hemma over jul, or else!!! Har du sagt till pappa att vi kommer?