With Suzi’s arrival in two days time (YAY!), I’m trying to get the house clean. Not because she’s fussy or anything but everyone knows that its not nice for a visitor to come to your house and be faced with a messy house. Plus, I’m going to be out a lot over the three days that she’s here and I want to get it all done so I don’t have to spend every evening cleaning. Alex and I planned to spend all day today and tomorrow cleaning but it just hasn’t worked out. I had a lie in this morning (I didn’t sleep, I just read and Alex brought me a cup of tea) and then his mum turned up as her car had broken down not far from our house. She’s only had the car around three weeks and she’s really upset about it. It doesn’t help that it looks like its the engine that’s gone. Anyway, I got up and dressed and made pancakes for breakfast as I promised everyone. Alex and Meghan weren’t dressed until around 11.30AM and then Alex went up to the bakery with Meghan for lunch for us all. By the time he got back and we’d had lunch, it was pretty much time for Meghan’s nap. Alex decided he wanted to go on his drums so he headed off to the practice room. Meghan didn’t sleep so I didn’t get any cleaning done and then my mum picked her up to take her to her house for a couple of hours as usual the weekend. After dragging myself off the internet, I’ve managed to tidy the computer desk - it still needs a wipe down. I also got the kitchen table some what tidy and sorted though all my Avon so the kitchen looks slightly less cluttered. My mum brought Meghan home just after 5PM and I’ve made dinner for us all. Now I have a huge pile of dishes to clean once Meghan’s in bed because I’ve neglected it since breakfast. I’m sure tomorrow will be a little bit more productive. At least Alex’s mum is having Meghan for a while so we can get stuff done without her going round leaving a pile of destruction!

I have some sad news too. One of Alex’s brother’s bearded dragon’s died on Wednesday evening. He has too, Iggy and Izzy and Izzy hasn’t been well for a few weeks. First she stopped eating so they were back and to to the vets with her. Next thing she’s pooing blood so she stayed over at the vets for a few days and ended up coming home as they said she was fine. When they brought her home she started vomiting blood so they took her back again. She was sent home saying she had parasites and they gave her worming tablets or something to get rid of them. Within hours of being at home, she died. Joe is really upset about it and Iggy is upset too (they lived together). Joe only had her a few months and its a bit of a shock really. I think in a way, it was the best thing for her because of how ill she was. I wish I had a photo of her so I could show you. She was lovely.

I totally failed to do 80% of my list today because when Meghan had a nap, I fell asleep. I put her down at 2.30PM and at 2.45 I realised I really could do with a sleep as I was exhausted. I set my alarm for 3.15PM so I’d just get half an hour and so I could get the living room and kitchen clean before she woke up around 4PM. My alarm went off at 3.15PM and I turned it off and promtly fell back to sleep. Next thing I know its 4.20PM, Meghan’s not awake yet and I once again fall asleep until my mum rings me at 4.40PM and wakes me up properly. I had to go and wake Meghan up at 4.50PM because she just wasn’t waking up. So all my plans to clean and do Avon were ruined because we were both struck down with a crazy tiredness! I didn’t put her to bed until 8.20PM with her getting up so late so I may get a lie in if I’m lucky.

I’m not going to be able to do much cleaning tomorrow either. I’m off to the market with my mum just after 9AM then I have Tumble Tots with Meghan at 11.15AM. Then we have lunch and walking Daxter. Back home for Meghan’s nap then out to do Avon before I have to submit my order tomorrow evening. Phew. I really wish I had more time in the day because I seriously need an extra three hours to get stuff done or even just sleep. At least Alex has his week off from Thursday so I can get all my cleaning done over the weekend before Suzi arrives on Monday. Anyone want to clean my bathroom? I really don’t want to clean the bathroom. Its my worst enemy!

I like these to do lists on my blog. Because I keep coming back to check them off, it makes me actually get things done. So here we go for what we have to do today.

• Go to the doctors and put a prescription in for Alex - As much as I need to do this I really don’t want to. Its pouring down right now and its not going to stop all day.
• Pick something up for dinner tonight - I didn’t manage to get to the market yesterday so I have nothing in for the rest of the week.
• Walk Daxter - Another outdoor activity I’m not looking forward to.
• Clean the hall, stairs and landing - Something I’ve been meaning to do for weeks.
• Clean Meghan’s bedroom and maybe have a switch round
• Clean the living room
• Make some sense of the kitchen
• Do Avon - Please make this quick and painless. I so can’t be bothered anymore.
• Make dinner
• Wash the dishes
• Put Meghan to bed
• Do NOTHING! - I’m looking forward to this bit.

I booked my tattoo this afternoon. I was hoping for a slot with my artist next week but like I thought, he was fully booked for a month. I’m booked for Wednesday 22nd October and I’m so flippin’ excited! I’m getting this one completely finished rather than getting the line work done on the underneath. Its going to be so nice to have it all coloured in and finished. I planned to be on my third session by now but money hasn’t been letting me so I’m now hoping to have it finished by my birthday, having the line work on the underneath of my arm done before Christmas.

I only wanted it done for next week as when Suzi is coming down between Monday-Wednesday, she’s getting her first tattoo done. I know I’m not going to be able to sit there and let her get tattooed without wanting one myself! At least I only have around four weeks to wait for mine. I’m really looking forward to Suzi’s visit now. I got really excited last night when I realised it was only a week today when she’s here. I just hope we have enough money to do what we want to do with her. Plus I’m looking forward to going to Nando’s on Tuesday night and I’ll be very disappointed if we don’t end up going!

I’m currently listening to the Kings of Leon’s new album Only By The Night. I am absolutely in love with their new song Sex On Fire so I’m hoping the album is just as good. I like what I’ve heard up to now even though Bekki said it was a travesty! I also have Slipknot’s new album and Metallica’s new album that I haven’t had chance to listen to yet. I really need to start listening to music more again. Its all I used to do at home but since leaving, I rarely do. I think I have this thing about not wanting to make people listen to music that they don’t like. I’m more into my metal music and with the swearing and screaming/shouting, as much as I’d love Meghan to like and listen to that type of music, I feel she’s a little young to be hearing it. Its the language more than the screaming really. Alex listens to Arctic Monkeys and Oasis a lot which have a lot of swearing in but he doesn’t seem to mind. I guess he thinks she doesn’t listen but Meghan knows most of words to his bands songs as he plays them a lot so I guess that tells you right there!

I sorted out my iTunes yesterday so I now have my 1000+ songs on it again. I was having problems with iTunes crashing with the blue screen of death every time I plugged my iPod in. It was a problem with iTunes 8 so I uninstalled it and reinstalled 7.7 but then that wouldn’t open as the iTunes library had been created by an newer version. After looking online I found out it was the problem with the USB sockets and HP printers. I’m sorry but how completely random is that? Your iPod won’t work because you have a HP printer. Right. I thought I would give it a try even though it sounded ridiculous and you’ll never believe it but it actually works! So now, to plug my iPod in, I have to disconnect my printer from the back of the tower. I really can’t believe how random that is. HP printers have nothing to do with iTunes. Hopefully Apple sort that out soon because I can’t keep disconnecting my printer every time I need my iPod charging up.

In other news; yesterday morning, Emelye was in the bath and the next thing, I hear this really loud noise like she’d knocked something over. Alex was on the phone so I shouted up what was she doing and she said the tiles had fell off the bathroom wall onto her head. I ran upstairs and she was right. Four tiles had fell off the wall at the end of the bath into the bath. She was fine, just a bit shocked so I got her out and told her to get dressed while I got Alex. He phoned the landlord’s son straight away (the landlord told us to ring his son if we need anything as he’s in Thailand a lot) and the call got diverted to someone as he’s in Mexico for the next two weeks. The landlord, as guessed, is in Thailand so now we have to put up with not having a shower for the next two weeks if not more. I really can’t do without a shower but Alex had to pull another six tiles off the wall that were loose so that they wouldn’t fall on someone so all the wall underneath the shower is exposed. We were looking at houses to rent online last night after what happened (and everything else that keeps happening) but everything is so expensive. Hopefully I can get a job that pays well so we can afford something that costs a little more. In the meantime, he better get the bathroom sorted soon. I need my showers.

If you came over yesterday, you’ll notice that I changed the theme. I spent about an hour trying to find a way I could have Photoshop CS3 since my trial has ended and the one thing I downloaded had a trojan in it so I didn’t bother after that. Because I took so long sorting that out, I totally forgot about sorting the theme out so I’ve only just got it sorted. It looks a lot more welcoming than the last theme. I’ve always wanted to use one of Reese’s themes anyway. I have a custom one over at Reading Robot but her pre-mades are very pretty. Because I don’t have Photoshop, I can change all the little bits I need to change but hopefully I can get it sorted out soon.

As well as changing the theme, I also upgraded to 2.6.2. I have been meaning to do it for a while now but never got around to it. I had no problems upgrading which is always a big help! I like this version as the word count on the side is really useful. Especially for when I’m doing paid posting over at Faster the Chase. I keep thinking about doing it over here too to make some more money but I’m trying my best to keep this blog sponsored free. I like it how I don’t have to work hard at blogging to try and fit a link in. If I did start paid blogging over here, I would have to be very desperate for cash.

I went out last night with Amy. I was on the phone to her asking her about my tattoo (she’s paying for the next two hour session) and I asked her if she was going out to the club she usually goes. Alex heard me asking her and he said “Why don’t you go?” I’ve wanted to go out with Amy for ages and I jumped at the chance. Its nice to go into a club where they play music I like and being able to dance to music I like rather than stuff I just find okay. I got there around 9.20PM and got home at 2AM. I was quite disappointed as I spent all night feeling really bloated and couldn’t drink much because it was making me feel ill. I didn’t get drunk so I’ve not got the hangover which is probably a good thing. I really had a good time but it will be a while before I go again. It just made me realise how much I don’t like drinking.

I stole this from Caitlin because I wanted to, haha.

1. How old are you?
22

2. Are you single?
No

3. In what age do you think you’ll get married?
At this point, I’ll probably be still un-married at 40.

4. Do you think you’ll be marrying the person you are with now?
Hopefully.

5. If not, who do you want to marry?
If I thought I wanted to marry someone else, I wouldn’t still be with Alex.

6. Do you want a garden/beach or a traditional wedding?
Sort of in between.

7. Your ideal motive?
I have no idea what that means.

8. Where do you plan to go on a honeymoon?
Either somewhere like Hawaii or somewhere I can go skiing. I’ve always wanted to honeymoon somewhere we can sit in front of the fire in the evenings together.

9. How many guests do you think you’ll invite?
Around 80.

10. Do you want an extravagant wedding or a simple wedding?
A bit of both.

11. Do you want the traditional vows or something you’d make up on your own?
I think I’d be too embarrassed to say my own vows.

12. How many layers of cake do you want?
Three?

13. Do you prefer having your reception at a hotel or a simple place?
I plan on having the wedding at a hall and the reception there too.

14. When do you want to get married, morning or evening?
I never really thought about it.

15. You’d rather have your reception outdoors or indoors?
Indoors

16. Do you like a grand entrance for your groom?
No.

18. Name the song/tune you’d like to play at your wedding.
No idea. I want our first dance to be to Bon Jovi “Always” though.

19. Are you a morning person or a night person?
Morning.

20. Do you want a solemn ceremony or a light one?
No idea.

21. What age do you want to get married?
Before I’m 30 will do.

22. Describe your ideal husband/wife.
What I have now.

23. Do you prefer fine dining or just the normal spoon & fork/knife?
Its nice to do the fine dining every now and again.

24. Champagne or red wine?
Champagne but I don’t really like either.

25. Honeymoon right after the wedding or days after the wedding?
Right after.

26. Money or household items?
Money.

27. Who will pay for the bills?
We will.

28. Are you ready for married life?
I pretty much live like I am married right now so yes.

29. Do you think you will still be a virgin until you get married?
I think you better ask Meghan that one.

30. Will you always be true to your wife/husband?
Yes.

31. How many kids would you like to have?
Ohh. What a question. Right now why my hormones are raging, I’d like one more.

32. A new house for a newly wed or an old one?
Old one.

33. Will you celebrate silver wedding, gold wedding or diamond wedding?
Hopefully.

34. What kind of cuisine would you like for your wedding?
I’m not sure.

35. Will you record your honeymoon in a CD or DVD?
Probably not. Photo’s are enough.

Since I last posted we have had two different contracts from DFS and both of them have been wrong. When Alex initially phoned them to apply for the couches, they asked him if he wanted the five year leather guarantee to which we said no. For £145 it wasn’t really worth it. When the contract came, the one I blogged about, I checked it again before Alex signed it and saw that they had added it on. Alex phoned them back and told them about it so they said they will send out a new contract. When he phoned them, he also asked them to add on a footstool as we decided we would really like one of those too. It would be nice to be able to put our feet up! They said fine and we should expect a new contract in a few days. Well it came this morning and it doesn’t have the footstool on it so we’d had to phone up once again and get another contract sent out. Hopefully this time it will actually be right so we can get these damn couches! We won’t know how long it will take to get them until the contract is back at their end so the sooner the better really.

In other news; I have no news. I’ve not really been anywhere since Monday as I’ve just not wanted to. Going out two/three times a day doing Avon, shopping and walking Daxter really wears me out so I’ve just wanted a few days in on my own. It means I’m behind with Avon a bit but as long as I can get the last lot of houses done by next Wednesday then it’ll be fine.

Alex went for his blood test early yesterday. His appointment at the doctors was booked for the 3rd but he was told he just turn up at the hospital and get it done so thats what he did. I don’t know when the results will be back but they said if they find anything, he will have to go back in for a patch test. He also went to see the doctor yesterday and they gave him some new eye drops which have really helped. The last ones he had were for an infection which he didn’t have but these ones are antihistamine drops and they worked pretty much straight away. The only problem now is that his asthma is bad. Its always one thing or another. I just wish he could be 100% for once.