Very Quick Update

I have a boyfriend. Yes, I know... I've been down this road before... This one is different. Next week Friday (12^th of February) is our 5 month anniversary, or rather "monthiversary". He is, honestly, the best thing that has ever happened to me and I couldn't be happier. I've also dived into the world of mosaic and have made 8 coasters in total.

 

That's my update. What? I said it was going to be very quick. I'm snowed under at work at the moment, but I had to sneak a post in.

 

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I have come to the realisation that the lack of posting is a direct result of a busy life. Ya, seriously!

Ok, so a quick “me” update. I’ve lost 35 kilos! Yes! You heard right. I still have about another 12 to go before I’m totally stoked with my weight, but at least it’s not 35! And if it comes off slowly, then so be it. So the diet of doom worked, and worked well.

The beadwork thing isn’t really happening just yet. This is mostly due to time (or lack thereof) and lack of materials. You actually need a good few things before you can tackle beading effectively, and so at the moment I’m collecting the necessary bits and bobs in order to be able to put together the pieces that I want.

So what else is new? Nothing really, other than I have a wedding to shoot this weekend. Life is still life, work is still work, and (oh for crying in a bucket) I’m getting a sore throat. I’ve just come off of a bad dose of flu; I really don’t want to be going back there. Not just yet anyways.

Oh! Wait! I have a new hair-do. Pic below… Don’t laugh…

Gaming has taken a serious backseat in my life. I don’t really know why, but I guess it’s because I just haven’t been feeling hundreds, and gaming is something that I love to do when I’m feeling good, because it just lifts my mood even higher. That said, I really just haven’t been in the mood to play games of late.

Speaking of games Sims 3 is OUT! *insert wild girly fangirl scream here* I want to buy it… I MUST have it! But I think my PC is going to laugh at me if I bring it home… Quite frankly my pc is in dire need of an upgrade, so I think I’d be wasting my time if I bought Sims 3 now.

Otherwise I'm just carrying on with life... Anyways, that's it from me for now.
Enjoy
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Goodness me, it has been forever since I posted anything! I really have become a shockingly bad blogger, but in my defence, I have been sick and as a result incredibly busy.

I came down with the flu about 3 or so weeks ago and it’s taken me a long time, and a fair dose of antibiotics to come right. I’m still not feeling hundreds, but at least I’m mostly there.

So what has been happening in the life of Ash? Well, I can tell you that I feel like I’m going through “the change of life.” Obviously I’m not, I’m far too young for that, however this year I have been feeling like I’ve borrowed someone’s body, and now I’m trying to get used to it. I think all it boils down to is the fact that I’m getting older, and my skin and body is starting to feel that. I’m actually beginning to sympathize with the women who do go through “the change of life” because it’s a scary thing when you’re not sure why the body that you know is suddenly doing strange things.

On the “lifestyle” front I’ve decided to take up two new hobbies. The first is beadwork… or beaded jewellery to be more specific. I will also do other projects like keyrings and ornaments, etc… but the majority of the beadwork that I do will be some form of accessory that I can wear. The second is mosaic. I have yet to start, or even try for that matter, this hobby, but I intend to. My mom and I went to a Craft Workshop this weekend, and it made me realize that I am actually losing my creative side. I find myself rushing through life these days, and actually, I don’t have any hobbies anymore other than gaming. Wait… no… gaming is not a hobby, it’s a lifestyle. You could also say that photography is a hobby, but I’m getting paid to do it, so it’s more of a second job than a hobby. Anyways, the point of all of this is that I’m going to start getting creative again.

On the “personal” front I am still single. Yes, I am going to end up being one of those lonely old cat women, but I’m now tired of trying to get the relationship thing right. I can at least say that I tried it… I did fail dismally at it, but at least I tried it.

Also on the “personal” front I’m missing my friend, Fluff. It’s been just over a month now since they left for New Zealand and well… I feel like I’ve lost a limb. A part of me is missing and I can’t function properly without it. I’m not sure if I’ll ever be able to function properly again. She really was a rock for me, and looking back, I feel that I took our relationship for granted. I guess you never really know what you have until it’s gone. I don’t have regrets, but I would have liked to have spent more time with the person who really was and is and probably always will be closer to me than most of my own family members.

Anyways…

I’ve decided that next year I am going to R.A.G.E. I’ve been wanting to go for as long as I can remember, so next year is it!

Well, that’s about as much as I have for you at the moment.
Keep well everyone
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I have decided to take up beading...

... and this is my very first vintage style necklace!

Oh my goodness!

How long has it been since I updated this thing? I promise, I haven’t forgotten about it… I’ve just kind of lost the will to post in it. Well, that and Facebook has taken over the spare time that I used to dedicate to it.

Facebook is a wonderful thing, isn’t it? Oh, ok… yes it can be a tad evil at times, but… always in a good way :P My newest friend (we’re going to call him “Honung” because he is so "söt" ;P) lives in Sweden and, like me, is a big kid who dreams of adventure in other countries. In other words, he’s a nice, interesting guy who I’m enjoying getting to know.

Other than my newest friend, my other friend, Fluff and her hubby have now moved to New Zealand. I’m sad… and I don’t really know what else to say about that, other than I’m sad.

Jeepers, so much has happened in the past few months that I don’t really know where to start, and well… I don’t think tonight is the night. I’ll do a long catch up one of these days. Promise ;)

x

Struggling...

I'm seriously struggling to concentrate today. Everything is a distraction...

My family are totally pathetic...

By all accounts my family are ok. They're not nearly as dysfunctional as some. Sure, my uncle has a drinking problem, their eldest child is an over achiever and their youngest is an under achiever, but overall there are families out there that are actually a lot worse. They've decided this year that travelling the 20 minutes to Toti, to spend Christmas day with their family (us), is too much effort. My uncle would rather sit in his lounge and drink himself into a coma instead of spending the afternoon in our flat, with us. Now bear in mind that I offered to cook a 3 course meal, for which they don't have to contribute a single thing. I am SO pissed off. Let them sit in their house and drink themselves into oblivion. UGH!

 

Weekend catch up

I've been incredibly lax when it comes to my blog of late, however, I had a fairly good weekend, so I thought I'd do a quick weekend round up.

Saturday:

I was up at 6:30 on Saturday because we were heading into the Midlands to go hunt down the Tsonga shoe factory, which my mom had seen on her way to Howick. We never found her factory, but we did find another Tsonga shoe store in the Midlands. The prices weren't any cheaper, so we're going to look at Seadoone Mall again because theirs were on special.

Anyways, the trip into the Midlands would have been wonderful but for my mother's idiot boyfriend. I swear that man needs a fat klap up the ear. The entire trip up he was in a foul mood, which meant that anything we said to him was taken as being argumentative or sarcastic. He made the trip miserable which ended, as it always does, in an argument between him and me. So whilst my mother and I had a look around the Nottingham Road Junction, he sat in the car and sulked. I am at the point where I'm going to tell him to grow up. Whatever issue he has he needs to get over it now, find some effing sunshine in his life, and put a smile on his face and grow-the-fuck-up, because I am totally over his pathetic, childish and snotty attitude.

The rest of Saturday was very pleasant. When we got home I had a look at my room and realised that there was no way in hell that G (who was coming to visit that evening) would be allowed to view it in its current state. Don't get me wrong, nothing was dirty, just incredibly untidy. I had books all over the place that I had been using as reference, and shoes all over the floor and papers that I'd not filed yet. The place looked like a warzone. So I did a major clean up, and I mean major. The problem is that I really do have too much stuff for the space that I have. Anyways, after the cleanup of doom I jumped in the shower, sorted out hair and make-up and even had time to sit down and get some PS2 gaming time in.

Hanging out with G is always fun. He has the silliest / funniest sense of humour, and he made me laugh like I haven't laughed in years. He is full of weird general knowledge like where does the word fuck come from? Apparently in the 1600's you had to have permission from the king to have sex, so F.U.C.K. was a document you received – Fornication Under Consent of the King. I kid you not. How he knows stuff like this is beyond me, but he does. He's also more ticklish than I am... I have yet to meet a person who is more ticklish than I am, but he really is. Anyways, he had a good look at my pc, which apparently needs more RAM, a service and a graphics card upgrade. Great... except that I don't have any money at the moment, so it's going to have to wait. He also did a few things to it to make it run smoother. Of course I have no idea what... but my pc is running better than it has in months. So it was a good evening.

Sunday:

Oh my hat, I had a seriously lazy day. My mom made some of my skirts smaller so that I can wear them without them falling off my arse. I'm 19 kilos down by the way. I played some PS2 Magna Carta for a while; we had the most awesome lunch of various goats' milk cheeses, Provitas and fruit; and then I went back to gaming.

And that was my weekend... I hope the G thing will eventually sort itself out. I really like him and enjoy spending time with him. But we'll see where it goes, if anywhere at all.

 

Dead again...

My car has died again.

On the way home yesterday I had just made it to Twini hill, when it felt like my tyres suddenly deflated and I was driving on my wheel rims. Surprisingly, my tyres were fine (ok, well mostly fine, they are worn) but something else has happened to my car. That something else is where the details are a little sketchy. It has something to do with my wheel bearings, a CV joint and the breaks. Yes, all of that together. How hectic hey? Altogether it's going to cost around R3000. That's right, R3000 that I just don't have. My mom's bf is going to pay for the repairs, and I'm going to pay him back when I get my bonus. I'm sad and stressed about this, but there is f-all I can do about it. I need a car, so I'm going to just have to cough up the money.

Very quick weekend catch up...

Overall my birthday weekend was pretty great, with only the odd hiccough.

So, the birthday weekend started on Saturday, however, Saturday was also the day that my friend's dad died. So it was a bit of a sad day. I got an sms asking me to please put my make up on by her house, as she needed to see me. So I jumped in the shower and then made my way over to F's house. After some tears and a chat we got ready and went out. She still wanted to go out to get her mind off her dad.

The show we went to see, Sleeping Beauty and the Little Prick, was... well... it was good, and hilariously funny, but also a complete shocker. It was very risqué to say the least, and the sexual connotations weren't hinted at... they were in your face, literally, in the form of a sewn on set of "accessories" on Nobby the house elf (yes, they did get that from Harry Potter). So it was a good evening, even though there was an underlying sadness there. We also had dinner there. The tickets were R200 each, which included a starter and a main course. The food was very good, although way too much.

After the show we went to Bean Bag and had a cocktail, then went home.

On Monday mom and I went to SARS (I kid you not), to sort out her tax. We were there for 2 hours... But it was ok, it needed to get done, so we just went and did it. After that went to John Dory's for lunch and ate waaaay too much food. My diet actually went out the window this weekend because we really did eat everything that we shouldn't have been eating, including cake. But it was a good day. We ended up doing some shopping, missioned around Gateway and eventually got home around 5:30ish.

In the line of pressies I got some lovely cream and shower wash stuff, a new watch, two Wii games (Super Mario Galaxy and Ratatouille), and a R1700 office chair. This chair is gorgeous. It's a high-back leather chair. It's incredibly comfortable, so my bum and my back are now happy when I'm working at home. Oh, and I also got a hair straightener. It works fantastically.

So ya, that was my weekend...

Thank you to everyone who called and sms'd me :)

It’s FRIDAY!

I'm so over this week. I am, would you believe, sick again. However, I'm not going to let that spoil my weekend.
I'm going to dose myself heavily on meds, and hopefully get an early night, so that I'm ready for my hectic Saturday.

Feeling a bit bleh...

I don't quite know how it happened, but I seem to have caught a bit of a cold again. I think the cold was brought on by my sinus. Le stuffy head and sore throat is not a good thing to have two days before your birthday evening.

So this is the weekend round up as it stands, thus far:

Saturday:
Drop off album for printing in the morning
Veg in the afternoon until it's time to get ready
Head to Fluff and then Supper Theatre from about 6:00pm
Cocktails at BBB afterwards

Sunday:
Meet my client at the Pav to discuss her wedding, which is taking place the following weekend
Maybe waffle around Pav for a bit and see if there are any "stocking fillers" I can buy for my mom

Monday: (Yup, I've taken Monday off)
Wake up - open presents
Head to the shops after breakfast with mom
Mission around for a while
Head home, play with new stuff

And that's it... that's the weekend!

Hope ya'll have a good weekend too!
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7 Days...

Until my birthday

Ok... I give up...

Ok, so I've totally given up with the whole G thing. I'm over trying to be friends. The outcome of the sms I sent was an sms back that said he'd phone me and we'd make a plan to fix my pc. Cool, that's a step forward, right? Wrong... I have yet to hear from him. I did make a single attempt to contact him via Skype, which he ignored... so I've officially given up. I don't care anymore, I'm over it all... My level of irritation out-weighs my wanting to be his friend.

It’s confirmed...

...the big package wedding is booked! EEK!
I'm totally excited and totally terrified all at the same time.

The implications of this are huge though. If I can keep these packages coming in for 2 years I should have enough income to be able to do this full time.

No Freaking Way!

I am getting a 13^th cheque this year.

Now, to some this is a norm, however, I have NEVER received one. NEVER!
Wow... I'm elated and shocked all at the same time. Wow...

I have new hair!!!

Check it out... I had my hair cut and coloured :P
Ok, yeah, the webcam pics don't exactly do it justice, but it looks great. It's essentially red with blonde, and black streaks, and the bottom tips are black :D

Sorted out mah tax!

What a mission. Next year I am delving into the realms of e-filing. I got to SARS in Mt. Edgecombe at about 9 this morning. I only got back to my office at 11:30. That is just INSANE! If you haven't sorted your tax out yet and need to go to the SARS office, do yourself a favour, get there at 6:30am and wait until they open at 7!

3 x booked...

I've got 3 weddings booked for next year. Well, 2 confirmed and one on the brink of confirming. It's not as good as last year, but it's still good none-the-less.

Getting there...

 

 

Game-a-holic

I think that next year one of my weddings is going to pay for an Xbox 360. By then all the bugs will be sorted, and the price of them will have dropped a fair bit.