Day 231 of 365: Color or Colour?

However you spell it, the tree outside the front of work is really starting to turn now.

I went out and picked up leaves off the ground today to laminate to have for future use. Hopefully they never turn moldy.

Day 230 of 365: Our House???

Ian and I went to IKEA tonight to start pricing and picking out things for when we get our own place.

Believe it or not, I SOOOOOO have been looking forward to doing this. Not just because we'll finally be getting our own place, but because I've always visioned Ian and I shopping for furniture together. It's what a marriage makes! lol

Thursday night we will be meeting our potential landlady to this giant flat we looked at near Winchester. Hope all goes well!

Day 229 of 365: Spooky....I Love Spook

Back to work for me today. Stomach is still feeling a bit wonky, but gotta press on.

So I want to get work ready for Halloween. Might work, might not. Spent time today looking up easy craft ideas to make with the residents. Found instructions to make this ghost windsock out of paper.

One resident said it looks like a squid.....*giggles*

Gotta love the elderly!

Day 228 of 365: Fire....*dun dun dun dun* Fire Fire

Guess you can't really sing in a blog title, can you? Oh well..I tried.

Anywho! Nothing really exciting today.

Ian and I took the hired car back to the airport (not Edinburgh, but Southampton). Then I drove us to ASDA to pick up a few things. Their Halloween isle was the biggest I have seen anywhere so far, but Ian pulled me away from it. Darn it! Thursday I will have to take a look....*evil laugh*

When we got in, Ian made us lunch and set this off:


Our smoke detector.

Ian always takes the piss out of me and my cooking because I've set it off once...but today payback was quite funny.

Also feeling a lot better today. My stomach is still slightly sore, and I'm a bit tired still, but should be good to go back to work tomorrow after I stop into the surgery first thing to drop something off.

Back to the pub quiz tonight!

Day 227 of 365: Up and At 'Em

Soooo....I'm feeling a little bit better today.

And since I had spent all day yesterday in bed, I thought today I needed to get out of it, but slowly.

Ian and I went into Winchester today to check out real estate agents. We looked in the windows and looked for places we want to look at since we're FINALLY looking for our own place.

Not our place....just a photo taken to 1) show what we did today and 2) help us remember to look up this place online to set up a viewing

Our goal is to be out by the end of the month. Woot! Hopefully it happens.

We have a viewing for one right around the corner from where I work on Monday. We drove to it today, and Ian checked it out from outside, but it looks like it MAY be a bit too small for us. Buuutt.....we're going to look anyways. Woo hoo!

Day 226 of 365: Happy Birthday to Me

Happy 28th Birthday to moi.

And how am I spending it? Laid up in bed because I have a fever and a viral infection.

Thankfully, I was able to phone the surgery this morning and sneak in an appointment. The Dr. felt around my belly a bit, I described symptoms, he said I have a fever, yada yada yada, and the conclusion was a viral infection from the Chinese food I ate Wednesday night in Hull. He also said that it could have been my appendix, so I have to monitor the pain in my stomach (which is right where my appendix is). If I don't get any better, off to A&E I go!

Sooooo.....I will lay in bed and hope that I can eat some soup or toast later on.

*dozes off singing "Happy Birthday" to herself*

Day 225 of 365: You Make Me Sick

Nooooooo photo today, will explain why.

So, today Ian and I were supposed to be heading to Middlewich to spend the next few days with Jamie and Alan.

Well, got a text from Jamie yesterday when we were at Roger's place to phone her.

She is ill. VERY ill.

So, Ian and I were going to stay at Roger's place tonight and tomorrow night, and go into York and Liverpool.

Well, I woke up in the middle of the night with stomach pains. Went to the toilet a lot (will spare the gritty details).

Ian and I went into York thinking I would be fine, but that was stupid of me. I was in SOOOOOOOOOOO much pain. We went to Boots to get some Pepto Bismol, but that didn't help, and I ended up wretching it back up anyway.

So, since I am so ill, and Ian and I had no where to go (because everyone at Roger's house was at work), we decided to end the holiday early. Ian drove us back to Romsey during today while I tossed and turned in the backseat, and upchucked in the front while Ian drove until the sun went down.

Now, I'm laid up in bed feeling absolutely dreadful.....and missing my friends AND Liverpool. Bah!