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Just me , myself and I shouting at the top of our voices to anyone who will listen.
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Saturday, August 23
I have moved, crossed over to the other side, defected. I feel a bit guilty because Blogger has been good to me, but I'm having loads of fun here.
posted by mandy at 9:40 AM
Tuesday, August 12
Just had a really nice barbeque with the in-laws. They're so nice, yes I may be a little drunk but generally we get on really well which is helpful as they live right next door. James' Dad and I are great naturists. Is that the right word! I mean that we're both into nature not nudity!! Anyway, after dinner we usually go on a bit of a safari to look for stuff. Tonight we caught some crayfish in the lake, vicious little buggers, and examined the new pond which had some very cute toads in it. I haven't quite mastered photographing the toads yet as it involves using flash and I haven't got the hang of that yet. I did catch some earlier in the year though when they were mating.
Ahh, toady love!
I'm totally into Harry Potter now. I know I'm a bit behind. Usually I like to watch the movie first otherwise I'm disappointed with the movie as it's never as good as I imagined in my head. But I can't wait any longer so I'm trying it the other way around. I don't think it's too different anyway. In this case the movie and the books are very close and I've already got the characters and voices in my head from the first 2 films. (That sounds like I take it way too seriously, OK maybe I do.) That reminds me I must get a copy of the 2 Towers and read that now. I know I should have read that years ago as well. It's funny because I read quite a lot and yet I haven't read much that's good. I guess I just read trash mostly. Must make an effort to choose my reading material more carefully.
posted by mandy at 9:19 PM
Monday, August 11
Well I've been busy as usual. There's been a lot going on in my little brain some of which I can tell you about!
We had a good barbeque at the weekend with my Welsh relations which was a bit like hard work in that heat but fun nonetheless.
Animal wise things have been quiet. The dog keeps getting sunburnt mainly because she is too stupid to lie in the shade and also because apparently sun screen tastes quite nice and she keeps licking it all off. The horse is also suffering in the heat especially with all the flies so he comes in during the day and goes out at night when it's cooler. We haven't done much jumping as it just seems like really hard work in this weather.
Myself, I love it as long as I can lounge about. I've been topping up my tan and acclimatising myself for our trip to Africa next month. I'm getting really excited about that now, only 3 more weeks of work to go! I'll fill you in on more details of that soon. I finally got around to finding my passport today as well which was a bit of a relief. Now I just need to get all my camera gear sorted and I'm ready to go. We've got some great hols lined up for the next year so hopefully there'll be some great photo opportunities too. We're planning to visit Spain, Cuba and the Bahamas although Africa is still the really big one.
Here at home I've been warming up the camera shooting butterflies. This Brimstone was one of my favourite subjects.
I think they're really pretty little critters!
posted by mandy at 9:03 PM
Tuesday, July 29
Yay, BlogOut is back!
Well, it's been a crappy weekend. My back has been hurting the whole time and because of it (well that's what I'm blaming anyway) I didn't ride very well. I had 8 faults in the Discovery on Saturday, in the pouring rain which was lovely and then in the regional final on Sunday I fell off. I'd already had 2 down anyway but I just couldn't stay with him and everything just felt all wrong. The actual fall was just stupid and pretty embarassing really! Anyway, that's my last chance to qualify for the nationals gone. I was really disappointed at first but then when I look back we've done quite well this year and I was really pretty excited to qualify for the regionals let alone the nationals. Time now to rest and regroup and then start trying to qualify for next year.
Earlier in the year at a show where things went better.
posted by mandy at 1:13 PM
Friday, July 25
Well so much for sodding gardening! Bloody Alan Titchmarsh has got a lot to answer for. I've hurt my back and it's killing. It started this morning when I bent down to feed the dog but I'm pretty sure it was all the gardening I did yesterday. It's a nightmare, I've got a really busy weekend ahead with a really important show and I've got loads of cleaning up to do after we've had our utility room refitted. Ow, ow, ow and bugger, bugger, bugger!
posted by mandy at 2:32 PM
Thursday, July 24
This is my new garden pond.
What do you think? I know it looks a bit bare but it's only 2 days old.
Today I went to the garden centre and spent a long time choosing pond plants and planters and stuff. It was fun. I could actually really get into gardening. I can see myself spending many a happy hour strolling around garden centres in the not too distant future. It also gives me something to talk to all my elderly patients about. I then planted all the stuff in the rain which was still quite nice, it was very quiet, except that the dog kept going mad and digging holes all over the newly seeded lawn.
My dog is actually a bit of a pain in the arse but she does make me laugh. Here, maybe she can make you laugh too.
posted by mandy at 7:39 PM
BlogOut seems to have gone completely awol. I will therefore presume that you would all like to leave loads of comments but are unable.
I probably shouldn't say this when I'm still using Blogger, it feels very unappreciative but Typepad sounds really cool! Looking forward to having a play with that.
posted by mandy at 7:40 AM
Tuesday, July 22
I borrowed a scanner the other day and had a great time scanning lots of old photos that I took before I got my new digital SLR. I've actually got some quite good pictures floating about. This one is of Alex the Golden Eagle taken on an Andy Rouse course last year. Andy is a really good laugh and definately my favourite wildlife photograqpher. I'd recommend his courses to anyone interested in wildlife or photography. He has a pretty amazing life travelling all over the world to shoot all kinds animals, mainly large dangerous ones. I'm not saying I have even half his talent but that would be a great job.
I'm going to enrol on a photography A level course in the autumn. I can do this at evening class at the local college. If I enjoy that I may even go on to do the photography HND course which is full time. I'm not really enjoying my job that much at the moment anyway and a career break/change might be just what I need. I'm actually really excited about it. I envy those people who are passionate about their work. I always feel as though I fell into physiotherapy because of a lack of options and the need for a stable career that was going to earn me a steady income. I think so many people end up like me when they have to decide on their career path in their teens. Anyway maybe I have the chance now to do something different and so I'm gonna go for it!
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