My impeding 30th birthday!!!!

I can hide from it no more, it is now stomping towards me at a rapid pace. Yep, next week I shall turn 30!!!!! THIRTY!!!!! How? Where did the time go?? I know many people probably think this (and I know many who say it) but I honestly still think of myself as about 18. I'm also now having 'those' moments when I think 'what have I actually done with my life?'. I hate that and I hate the kind of people that come out with comments like that but I now find myself wondering the same :o( For some reason, I built up turning thirty in to a huge deal.

Anyway, I decided that it was futile to dread it and decided to embrace it. Three weeks ago I had my 30th birthday party which was planned and executed wonderfully by my sister Jo. I had a fabulous night and it made the actual event of turning 30 much easier to accept (although it hasn't actually happened yet). My brothers band played (with an impromptu performance from me!!), my family and friends were there and I had a huge chocolate cake :o) It was a fantastic party and i owe a huge thank you to Jo and my parents - thank you!!!

Here are some photo's from the night. Bring on 30!!! (Yeah, I'll let you know how I really feel about it after the actual day.)

Me rocking out with my brothers band

Jo and I roped up on stage to sing backing!

Me with my fetching flashing 30 tiara (courtesy of Jo)

The gorgeous cake

My brother and his band

Some of the guests

My bugbears

I'm going to sound really silly now but I'm prepared for that and don't care! Last week I had a hissy fit at work - that really is the best way to describe it.

There I was, sitting at my desk minding my own business, when something caused me to turn around. Well, I was not impressed with what I found! There, on the top of my jacket, was a big thick stripe of brown dust. This is becoming a daily occurrence now. I work in a factory (well, I'm office based but there is a factory attached) and everyday people come in, covered in dust, and apparently have to lean on the back of my chair whilst talking to me and others in the office. It's been irritating me for some time now but last week it miffed me right off that I had a hissy fit right there in the office! Do the people responsible not notice that they are covered in dust and that this might actually transfer on to my BLACK corduroy jacket, or BLACK blazer whilst they're leaning all over it???!!! It just really winds me up. Is it not common sense? Anyway, I went about brushing all the dust off my jacket (not ever so successfully) but for the rest of the day and into the evening I was wound up. I also made sure everyone that was around at the time knew that I really don't appreciate this.

Ok, now I've got that off my chest here is bugbear no. 2. Again this is work related and really irritates me. My desk is a dumping ground for everyone else's crap. If a salesperson drops off some literature - goes on Laura's desk. If a sales rep. drops of some new products - goes on Laura's desk. Brochures - Laura's desk, promo stuff - Laura's desk, I think you get where I'm going with this one! Literally everything that comes into the office that isn't for a specific person just gets dumped on my desk. I have voiced my annoyance about this but again I went in to work today, having been off for the last two days, only to find a pile of booklets, brochures and two folders full of tile samples sitting on my desk. I can't even be bothered to mention it anymore, no-one pays any attention!

Well, I feel a little better for just getting that off my chest. Sorry for the moan, my next post will be more interesting and fun - maybe!

Snow

It's been a while since my last blog (5 months) but I really haven't had anything to blog about. I know, how boring am I????!!!! Anyway, I decided I would give blogging another try so decided my subject would be something I (& the rest of England) can't escape at the moment. SNOW!

England is currently facing it's coldest winter in 30 years & I for one am actually quite enjoying it. I love to watch the snow falling and having to wrap up because it's cold outside. We have experienced quite mild winters in England the last few years and I suppose in some ways I feel cheated. Odd I know but when you have mild, rather warm winters and dull, rather cold summers you basically get one season throughout the year. Obviously I don't enjoy the un-gritted roads, the ice and the havoc the snow causes, I'm simply enjoying something a bit different (I imagine I'm probably in the minority here). This could however change fairly soon as we are warned to expect this weather for a number of weeks. My next blog will probably be me

complaining about all the snow and cold weather.

Snow is not just covering our streets and countryside, it's also all over our TV screens. Our news channels are talking of very little else at the moment. Yesterday we were shown this rather cute picture of some Baboons in a Safari Park being fed hot baked potatoes to keep them warm in the snow.

Lastly, I thought I would post what I thought to be a rather fascinating picture. It's a satellite shot of England taken today.