May 12, 2012
Good morning world…..
Well I have been awake since before 5 am, G was like like you know its only 5 o'clock???
Well I did know….and since I have been downstairs I have finished a craft, started a craft and looking to start another…..and I have CLEANED the tops of all the door frames….no idea why I suddenly thought….Ohhhh the tops of the door frames need a wipe…..I mean REALLY.
Starbucks…..Well the time has arrived that we have to pay to park there….I mean REALLY?
There actually are meters in front of Starbucks…..but NOBODY has pained for years….
So here is my suggestion….as we need to use less electric in Japan…TURN OFF the meters.
REALLY….I only need the parking space for a very long 1/2 hour…REALLY that is all.
…This week while in Starbucks, I decided that there should be sign…."PLEASE DON"T BEND OVER IF YOUR SKIRT IS SHORTER THAN A CURTAIN PELMET, OR IF YOU THINK YOUR SWEATER IS A DRESS AND IT IS NOT!!!!…And I will tell you why. A young women was at the counter being served….She could not decide what she wanted to eat and she must have thought that whatever was on the bottom shelf looked nice and decided to take a closer look….Well I got the pleasure of seeing tomorrows washing!!!! If she had been in an English speaking country I would have said to her…..sweetie while he might like to see your stocking and your knickers…it's not something I want to see over my mango frappe!….I mean ANY NEED?
The pool was supposed to open today…BUT it's not, it will open next week. While the pool was filling this week, I was at the club and thought hummmm wonder if thats cold….so I went in and sat in the shallow end…It was not that cold!
……..Yesterday while I was at the club, the team J had played against in soccer walked past us and 2 of our team were standing there….The away team where awesome…the first kid past shook hands and said thank you to two of our team players that were with us….how awesome is that.
While I am typing this there is another advert/info commercial on….They are trying to sell a chair…that clicks into the position you want….and you can even lay down with it…I am thinking hummmm that does not look very long…(it also has no legs so it is basically a cushion with hard bits inside and joints) so the lady on TV makes the chair flat and then….sits on it and pulls something from the end up….making it looking like a bar on a theme park ride and she starts doing exercises….REALLY…it come in bright pink, navy or black…..oh my!
I wish I could understand what they are saying in some of these adverts…..
Right think it is late enough to start banging around the house….
Everyone has to get up as sometime right and if I am up so should they be!
May 9, 2012
Oh my it's been awhile….and you know what I just can't remember what I have been up to…REALLY I can't. Well I can remember some bits but not lots…and no not because I was drunk and blacked out…..
….But I have found karaoke…I don't think the people at the bar were too impressed that I had found karaoke. The way the one guy had his head in his hand and shaking his head gave me my first clue. ….And….the club is getting it's own karaoke system, where I have informed them I will require my own microphone. Not because of germs, but because I WANT MY OWN ONE!!!! I am not good at sharing!!!!
I WANT TO SING… well not what I do is actually singing….even I know that…but I don't care!!!
It is amazing what alcohol can do…REALLY it is…I even manage to get on trains without have a panic attack…REALLY gotta love vodka!
Also I have found that i like some champagne..REALLY I do…it does not all taste like corned beef! only some of it.
Bubbles…I thank you…not so sure G will…but oh well!
So there is a load of kids outside in the park everyday except weekends with their mums….there is a man there who seems to run this group….I used to see him with what i would gather were his 3 children and he would be wearing a hat that was a cross between JR's stetson and a park rangers hat….well he would be carrying a big rucksack/backpack and so would his children who did not older than may be 8. They always looked as if they were on a trekking holiday…not sure where the vacation spot is here in Yokohama…may be in the park across the road????
…Well away way this guy like I said seems to be running the group….The mum's park their car along the road…(which is illegal by the way!…just thought i would throw that in!!!) You can hear him running the group…I think he is trying to teach them English along the way….I have heard the birthday song once or twice… It is lovely to hear the kids laughing and their squeals of delight…REALLY it is……BUT…yes there is a but….There seems to be one kid that is a pain….So mostly I hear this kids name being called….REALLY….I mean come on people sort this kid out….or start calling him by a different name….it's doing my head in!
It is a Bit like the kid playing the same notes on their instrument for months!!!!! Every afternoon…..have not heard it for a while…may be they have stopped playing, or have gone to a different house to annoy the neighbors…but I am thinking it's more likely because it has been so cold and all windows have closed that I have kept my sanity…but I am sure now it has warmed up I will be hearing something soon…..I am surprised the kids parents have not stopped the noise themselves…because I am telling you this I would have sacked the teacher by now!!! REALLY I would have!
Been looking around at what to do while on our holiday. G found that the theme park close to where we are staying is opening the biggest ride in Canada…so guess were we will be heading…oh well I will have my kindle with me!!!
Started to pretty much have come together. The holiday…not the ride…I am hoping the ride is totally put together.
We had the school family fun day….the problem was there was a used book stall….
Well I had made a promise to myself and to G, that I would not bring anymore books home….Well I broke that promise….and I don't think G was impressed that I stayed awake until 4.30am reading…oh well…I stayed awake the following day, no nap needed, maybe because I never got up until 11~ish.
Last weekend myself and a few other fantastic ladies cooked a dinner which was a silent auction prize and the money went to Tohoku
The winners were asked what they don't eat ( no not so we would serve them that…REALLY)….They had no idea of what was on the menu.
We went to one of the winners home and cooked them their surprise dinner. Which went down REALLY well!…cleaned plates…Fantastic.
Then when i was talking to one of the winners this week, she told me that while she had said her husband did not eat a specific food she had forgotten to say he did not eat salmon. …but he cleared his plate.
So a triumph there I think!
Oh my that guy is blowing his whistle now….They are stood around you for goodness sake….You shout constantly…Carry on you might lose your voice….We can but hope!
Not sure If I mentioned that I had planted some seeds and some seedlings. Well all except the parsnips everything is growing fantastic …REALLY
Well I think I might have ONE parsnip in a couple of months…I did planet a lot of parsnips seeds but until last week NOTHING…now there are two little green leaves both very different looking. I am assuming the one that looks like the carrot leaves is my ONE and ONLY parsnip….well a parsnip is only a white carrot…right…or is that a carrot is only an orange parsnip???
The beets seem to have had a growth spurt this week, I have only managed to produce ONE strawberry. J was NOT impressed by it either!!!! …..but when I looked this morning, I noticed my first snow peas….REALLY….YAYYYYY
My broccolini seems to have decided that it has given up on me picking it and now looks like a weed sprouting yellow flowers…..Which may be how it meant to be…I am doubting it…but well…
The coriander/cilantro finally has decided to perked up…about time…properly won't get a meal out of it...
While I have been typing this I found a movie in English that has not been dubbed…(seems they want to dub all movies here now on TV…REALLY, there is NO NEED!!!!)
Well it was an old move…'OK Corral' Well if they wild west was like that I am mover there….serious I always thought it was meant to be hard work and stink!!!! Seems not…I was sensing a New York loft feel….lovely china dinner set…Bet they hand bubble wrap in those days…they must have cause there is no way those bumpy roads would not have broken all that china…..While I know it was use a movie….they are meant to get it sort of correct right?????
Oh my that guy has the kids singing now….hummmm I know I come from the land of male voice choirs…and I except to hear group music pretty much in tune….but come on mate…take them all in doors to sing! REALLY you need to…I wonder if the rain will stop them singing???? We can only hope!
April 9, 2012
I planned on going to the gym this morning.....I managed to get to Starbucks!
I planned on doing chores.....Well I managed to shop online...does that count?
I have the windows wide open....no idea why...because I am freezing!
when I get up and lose the windows and doors...does that count as exercise??? Ok, ok ...just thought I would ask!
So....I was thinking...yes it happens sometimes!
I am 40 next year....so I think I will celebrate it this year.....Well if I don't all the people I like will be gone next year....Cause I don't like everyone!!! REALLY I don't.
Thinking a girls trip to Hawaii....Well it's close and we will arrive there we wont have even left Japan...if you get my meaning.....With the time difference.
...AND if we do go, we might see Dog the Bounty Hunter...I am mean how cool would that be?
Ok I hold my hands up...I love that show....
I planned on doing chores.....Well I managed to shop online...does that count?
I have the windows wide open....no idea why...because I am freezing!
when I get up and lose the windows and doors...does that count as exercise??? Ok, ok ...just thought I would ask!
So....I was thinking...yes it happens sometimes!
I am 40 next year....so I think I will celebrate it this year.....Well if I don't all the people I like will be gone next year....Cause I don't like everyone!!! REALLY I don't.
Thinking a girls trip to Hawaii....Well it's close and we will arrive there we wont have even left Japan...if you get my meaning.....With the time difference.
...AND if we do go, we might see Dog the Bounty Hunter...I am mean how cool would that be?
Ok I hold my hands up...I love that show....
April 8, 2012
Ok….So I am ready to start blogging after our trip away….to be honest I have had no time while we have been away to even really think of blogging…REALLY!
With the 3 flights that it will take for us to get home I decided I will type while I fly……..
………Actually I never actually finished typing while I was flying….this was actually finished on Sunday morning…FINALLY!!!!!
The day before we are due to fly I take J's to the local hairdresser/salon (great guy, worked in the UK and understands what we actually want without playing charades)
Haircut, ready to leave, I take out my credit card as I have had no time to go to the bank (I needed to catch up on my soap operas and think about packing) I am informed that they don't take credit cards….HUMMM REALLY!!!!… he tells me it is ok and I can pay later…..I ask what time they close (because I have another TV show to watch and G will be home soon and I have to make it look like I am almost ready to leave)
The place closes at 7pm….ok, I can fit this in, right?…WRONG!!!! ……….it is 8.45pm and I am kind of ready to go when I remember I have have not been back to the hair dressers to pay for the haircut…..So I panic…then I called +3 who bless her was in bed, watching a movie and had not been very well….I explained my situation and +3 said she would sorted it for me. ………but when +3 tried to sort it…the place was closed next day and then +3 and family where going on holiday/vacation. So +3 called and got it all sorted…..Absolute Angel +3!!!!
G has all suitcases by the front door, everything ready….panic mode had already set in, but not as much as normal because my angel of neighbor was going in to check everything…(You see, I have a little problem…I need to check everything 20 times plus…I am always worried that something will happen…like I might not have turned the iron off and then there will be a fire…..which is a joke because I can't tell you the last time I used my iron. So even though I have not touched the iron personally and I know it has not been used that day or even the day before….I still check it is off….or I go check the windows in the rooms we DON'T use I check the taps, the shower, even the oven ….REALLY I do)
I make out I am already to go…(yeah ok!!!) then I help throw the cases outside….I pull the car off the drive and G then drives his car on the drive so it is in one of spaces next to the house. (japanese homes and parking…don't get me started!!!)
I asked G if he has my passport, yes he replied
I asked G if he has packed my headphones, yes he replied
I asked G if he had checked the oven, yes he replied,
I I asked G if he had checked the showers where off, yes he replied….so your getting my drift….
"locking the front door" G shouted….oh man….REALLY…. I am sure something will be still on…but…I get in the car…he drives my car (what is it with men driving)
…..We drive to the airport, park and head into the terminal.we checked in, went through and into the lounge..(I love G has access to lounges) I get on my phone and go straight to Facebook and check in at Haneda airport…you know like you do!
The closer we are to getting on the plane the more I start to worry…..I always worry about what ifs'…what if the plane crashes…etc.
Now I worry I will snore and keep the rest of the plane awake. I never slept the whole way to the US, but I nodded on and off….if I snored my way through the trip I have no idea…I am sure though it would not have been a problem…
I will tell you why!!!!…the man behind me must have had something in his throat for the whole flight. it seemed to start from a sniff and explode somewhere inside him (well sounded like he was with noise he was making every 2 minutes!!!!)
We arrive at LAX and spend some time just mooching about waiting for our next flight.
While mooching around we find a little place to eat…not to many people in there (that should have been a sign!) I decided I would have a kind of hotdog like G and J. So mine arrives in a YELLOW square bun…which was soggy!!!!
I look at the sausage and the gaging reflexes have already begun!!! REALLY they had….. So I think come on Wend sort yourself out!!!!…It was meant to be a sort of Italian sauce with extra flavors (can't remember what flavors)
So I take a bit off this nasty looking tray of food in front of me which…which might I add was advertised as one of their extra specials…..extra special my backside!!!! So I take a bite and it tastes vile…..the soggy YELLOW bread was may be the only edible thing on the tray….The sausage I am gathering was actually part reggae….the reason I say that is because there were red, yellow and green dots inside the sausage….I mean I have heard of preservatives ….but this was taking that a little far….
…Eventually off we go and board our next flight to Miami….We are all sat there waiting to take off….which we did EVENTUALLY!!! But the women in charge comes onto the PA system mentions it is not a full flight…she then goes on to say that if you see somebody you would like to know better then you can move…or if you don't want to be sat next to the person you are currently by you may also move….REALLY!!!!
I am thinking as she was in LA and maybe she thought that she was a comedian and that a big producer would be on the plane and sign her up…..even if there was a big producer on the plane, she had no chance…she was NOT funny!!!!
…So we arrive in Miami…we are at the Hotel by 7am…we check in and go straight to our room….(which was changed…and not because I whined and moaned…nor did G…but because of G's status with the hotel point system they gave us a bigger room) Off we went and did a little exploring…I took public transport….it was easy, close to the Hotel and it was free, but I won't be rushing to do it again!!!! We went passed the American Airlines center or whatever it is called, seen where 2 of the events would be taking place. (the basketball game and the WWE hall of fame induction)
…I REALLY enjoyed the basketball game…not even the nose bleed seats put me off. The Miami heat won…
….The Hall of Fame WWE induction….holy moly…that is 4 HOURS OF MY LIFE I WILL NEVER GET BACK!!!!…I could not understand what most of them were saying…REALLY. The was one group called the 4 horse men…which I am sure if you know WWE you will know who they are…I did not as I have no idea about WWE…expect little snippets I pick up along the way…Any way, the 4 horse men appear on stage…(there was actually 5 of them …Huh???)
One was Rick Flair~The Ultimate Warrior….Again Holy Moly….All of the 5, 4 horse men talked…and went on and on and on!!! I never had an aisle so I was already in a awful mood…REALLY I was.
Mike Tyson was also inducted for some reason…like I say i have no idea about WWE…Well he come onto the stage and he mentions he has been clean and sober for 3 years….REALLY…well either he has had one to many knocks to his head or I want he had had that day….
…We also went to the WWE access event….basically a big hall with with lots of WWE stuff and picture opportunities, with a few wrestlers as well.
Well…one wrestler is Welsh and I has actually contacted him under his real name, and while we were in Miami he actually replied…REALLY!!!
We get to the event and there is the Welsh Wrestler….J went and had his picture taken with him…and said my mum contacted you…He knew who I was….REALLY!!! I then had my picture done with him…he smelt lovely..again REALLY!!! So I am now a fan when Mason Ryan is wrestling otherwise I am not interested….Only the big WWE event to go and i did not go to that…thank goodness.
The weather was fantastic…not to hot, but nice and warm…not humid, well not that I had noticed…
We went to two of our fav places to eat in the US…The Cheese cake Factory and PF Chang's….
So we see where the cheesecake factory was…..we drive around trying to find a space….nothing, but there is valet parking service…so G say's come on lets just valet….He was like won't cost that much….it was $6 ….REALLY. that was all…I mean we live in Japan, it seems like it is $6 a minute to park at times living here…(Yes I know not quite…but you know what I mean)…we go into the mall and start looking around as we walk to the restaurant.J starts walking into a place and we are like where you going… There is a kind of a host just outside and he ushers us in…G states how they have used EVERY space available. The menus arrive…and G looks and me and says…'we are in the wrong place' so with a lot of Hmmm sorry, wrong place…we left VERY quickly, heads kind of down….I am sure lots of people have made the same mistake….because The Cheesecake factory is right next door…the place J has started to enter before we stopped him.
We go into the correct place and we get seated straight away, order and J and myself get on the free wifi straight away….Poor G.
One of my problems is I don't actually like trying new foods…..but instead of the Asian salad I normally order (like every time we go there!) I ordered Chicken marsla….it was awesome!….So guess what we are having for dinner on Monday night…..I liked it that much I have been looking up recipes and I have found one that just might be a hit.
On the Sunday we went to PF Chang's….we love Chinese food. We always have the lettuce wraps there…(ALWAYS a hit in what EVER state we are in) …. I don't order the Mongolian beef…because I honestly think mine tastes better…REALLY I do.
So J ordered his, I order a noodle dish as did G…..J was happy….Mine was awful…the noodles were sooo sticky…not only did they stick together but the stuck to my teeth….YUCK!
G's food came out….it was a thick noodle dish…with slop on the top and bean sprouts and cucumber sticks…..I could see by his face that this might nit have been a good choice…..When he took his first fork full I KNEW it was definitely not a wise choice….While J is sat there saying I really like my food…glad we came here….Well I am glad somebody enjoyed their food!
One of the reasons we picked the hotel was location and it had a car rental place….we decided because of location we did to need a car the whole trip. except The day they went to the wrestling and if we decided to go off somewhere on the free days….
So we decided we will hire a car for an extra day….we had a day with no events and thought lets go further out….So G make reservation for the friday. We go downstairs to pick up the car like it had stated and the Valet said you need to go to the car rental desk…..so we go in and the car rental desk is a machine that looks like an ATM machine….with a Skype system….REALLY!!!! So they cant find the reservation…Eventually we get it sorted and the machine spits out VERY SLOWLY 4 pieces of paper. we take it to valet and sign a clip board and he hands over the keys….We look a round the car and notice some dents…we tell the valet…nothing to do we me he replied…hummmm ok….then off we drive….actually easy pease when the system was rolling….
Sunday we go and do the same thing…G goes and takes to the machine….The ATM machine close to the the car rental machine was getting no action because people we queing behind us because they thought that we were at the ATM…. REALLY they did.The tank was not full….but sorted that out and off we went…..came back for less than 1 hour and they wanted to charge us a fortune to park…we sorted that out….G and J went off to their event and I went and bought a few things in the local supermarket…….All great, car returned….J happy as his favorite wrestler won…(TOTAL FIX!!!!)
The last morning we have a late breakfast as it is going to be a long trip home…..When the phone beeps….the car rental has taken money from account…more than the actual rental….So we call them (actually G did) they keep putting G through to the front desk of the hotel…who cant help etc…..So off G goes to the talking machine in the hotel lobby…they explain that the cars are collected every other day so it looked like that car had not been returned….G was not amused, he pointed out he had signed over the car….and the next amount was actually more than the hire…but ALL sorted….
We rush out of the hotel….take a taxi to the airport…where G was ungraded and he very nicely gave G his seat….REALLY he did…. ( J was sat next to the man who had designed the shoes J was was wearing….horrible green things)
Eventually we took off and the one stewardess was the American express rep…she talked about getting a American Express card and what it could gain you….REALLY when did they start advertizing on planes.
We then get on our next plane…. 2 flights down one one more flight to go….Don't think of that 11 hour flight wend….it has to be done…
……It did not help that the plane was MINGING!!!! the toilets were disgusting and I told the stewardess…who came and let me know she had cleaned them as much as possible….we get off the plane at Los Angles and G looks up and said this plane is the one going back to Japan….and it was….well we did have a few hours so I was hoping they would CLEAN it!
We go to the lounge….(at times like that when we can use lounges I don't mind that G has travelled…cause I do like a comfy chair) We go to the quiet area…J goes straight to sleep I go buy magazines…and and wander around
I suddenly realize I have not packed my makeup….So I call the hotel…(who's policy is to keep everything for 60 day's) I was put through to lost and found…I am sorry I am told it has not been handed in….Ok I replied I also left a suitcase in the room, maybe the person put my makeup in there….off he goes…comes back and he said nope…no suitcase….To this I am lost for words…(Yes I know it does not happen often!!!) a 28inch suitcase has not been handed in…he said we cant go into the room as it is occupied…so I state if I walked into a room with somebody else's makeup and a 28inch suitcase I would not be happy….
He kind of agreed…said may be it was all in the system…we chatted for so long he told me his wife's name was wendy….Well the outcome was he was going to send an email with his email because I had nothing to write on and I would contact hime when I got back to Japan….simple enough….YEAH RIGHT!!!! typed sarcastically
So just as we were getting ready to leave the lounge G's name is called….now we had already been told the flight was overbooked…..I am thinking they have upgraded him and I did put a smile on my face when he came back….I thought night flight just get on with it Wend…..So he never said anything but said come on…I woke J up and we headed downstairs….G goes to the desk to collect his new upgraded ticket…ARRGGGHHHH be nice wend…when he say's oh look all three of us have new tickets…..I think I managed to stop the happy tears from pouring….Never said anything to J, just handed him his ticket and when he was shown to his seat…his face sort of lit up through the blurry sleep eyes….He sat down..got out the quilt/blanket and was asleep before we took off…..Now I was dressed for comfort….The stewardess…came up to to me and said Champagne….Hummmm No…Nothing thanks…which seemed to surprise her…Not interested thank you it taste like corned beef…
Great flight, watched a few movies….slept a little…happy Wendy…REALLY I was. We get off the plane at 5am and was in the car after clearing immigration, customs and collecting the bags by 5.20am
We get home, suitcases unpacked, and put away and laundry on by 6.30am….G then notices that the hotel has taken $30 from us that actual day….So I am thinking great maybe they have sent my makeup even if $30 is a bit much…
So i call the hotel…they said they have not taken any money…my bank is wrong!!! REALLY she did. I then get put through to the lost and found department…..I explain AGAIN….(I had been told this was going straight into the system) Still had not turned up….I was like well has a suitcase been handed in…( I said we have left it on purpose, but maybe the makeup was inside the case) Still NOTHING…I was like REALLY…he said yes it's strange…so a report was filed
I then got a email from the company…I tried calling them but with different timezones….I will have to get up extra early or stay up extra late…but as those of you who know me the latter will never happen!
I called the hotel again and say look this is a joke….AGAIN I explained..I then get to speak with a supervisor and AGAIN I had to explain….even me who likes to talk had had enough of talking…..
He said well cant say what actually happened may be somebody took it…hummmm REALLY…who…YOUR STAFF???? he said he had spoken to the claims department who have tried to contact you but were unable to reach you….NO you didn't I said…firstly G's contact details are on his account…secondly the guy told me you cant take my number as I live overseas….oh no he said that is not correct…REALLY you surprise me!!!!
So I am now waiting to be contacted…as I have tried using their system…which is rubbish…let me tell you!!!!
….oh yeah and that $30 was for parking the car that had ALREADY been returned….So I stated that the hotel had taken my money fraudulently…no he said…I said you have…we had checked out and paid our bill on Tuesday and then on thursday you take money….hummmm no we had signed off….G will deal with that!!!!
Thursday I slept a little during the day….went to the club and seen Chai…who looked great in her 'colors' and we had Indian for dinner
Friday I managed to do a little shopping and do some planting of veggies..REALLY I did ….more strawberries, celery (no idea why) broccoli, broccolini, 3 types of tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers mint (that taste like mint should not that funky stuff!!!) all to go with the other stuff i had planet before I went away. Then had Indian for dinner
Saturday, I managed to stay awake all day…seen Bubbles and Mr. Bubbles with his extra shinny ring….and had Indian for dinner….
It's now sunday morning…been up since 4 am and we WON"T be having indian for dinner
With the 3 flights that it will take for us to get home I decided I will type while I fly……..
………Actually I never actually finished typing while I was flying….this was actually finished on Sunday morning…FINALLY!!!!!
The day before we are due to fly I take J's to the local hairdresser/salon (great guy, worked in the UK and understands what we actually want without playing charades)
Haircut, ready to leave, I take out my credit card as I have had no time to go to the bank (I needed to catch up on my soap operas and think about packing) I am informed that they don't take credit cards….HUMMM REALLY!!!!… he tells me it is ok and I can pay later…..I ask what time they close (because I have another TV show to watch and G will be home soon and I have to make it look like I am almost ready to leave)
The place closes at 7pm….ok, I can fit this in, right?…WRONG!!!! ……….it is 8.45pm and I am kind of ready to go when I remember I have have not been back to the hair dressers to pay for the haircut…..So I panic…then I called +3 who bless her was in bed, watching a movie and had not been very well….I explained my situation and +3 said she would sorted it for me. ………but when +3 tried to sort it…the place was closed next day and then +3 and family where going on holiday/vacation. So +3 called and got it all sorted…..Absolute Angel +3!!!!
G has all suitcases by the front door, everything ready….panic mode had already set in, but not as much as normal because my angel of neighbor was going in to check everything…(You see, I have a little problem…I need to check everything 20 times plus…I am always worried that something will happen…like I might not have turned the iron off and then there will be a fire…..which is a joke because I can't tell you the last time I used my iron. So even though I have not touched the iron personally and I know it has not been used that day or even the day before….I still check it is off….or I go check the windows in the rooms we DON'T use I check the taps, the shower, even the oven ….REALLY I do)
I make out I am already to go…(yeah ok!!!) then I help throw the cases outside….I pull the car off the drive and G then drives his car on the drive so it is in one of spaces next to the house. (japanese homes and parking…don't get me started!!!)
I asked G if he has my passport, yes he replied
I asked G if he has packed my headphones, yes he replied
I asked G if he had checked the oven, yes he replied,
I I asked G if he had checked the showers where off, yes he replied….so your getting my drift….
"locking the front door" G shouted….oh man….REALLY…. I am sure something will be still on…but…I get in the car…he drives my car (what is it with men driving)
…..We drive to the airport, park and head into the terminal.we checked in, went through and into the lounge..(I love G has access to lounges) I get on my phone and go straight to Facebook and check in at Haneda airport…you know like you do!
The closer we are to getting on the plane the more I start to worry…..I always worry about what ifs'…what if the plane crashes…etc.
Now I worry I will snore and keep the rest of the plane awake. I never slept the whole way to the US, but I nodded on and off….if I snored my way through the trip I have no idea…I am sure though it would not have been a problem…
I will tell you why!!!!…the man behind me must have had something in his throat for the whole flight. it seemed to start from a sniff and explode somewhere inside him (well sounded like he was with noise he was making every 2 minutes!!!!)
We arrive at LAX and spend some time just mooching about waiting for our next flight.
While mooching around we find a little place to eat…not to many people in there (that should have been a sign!) I decided I would have a kind of hotdog like G and J. So mine arrives in a YELLOW square bun…which was soggy!!!!
I look at the sausage and the gaging reflexes have already begun!!! REALLY they had….. So I think come on Wend sort yourself out!!!!…It was meant to be a sort of Italian sauce with extra flavors (can't remember what flavors)
So I take a bit off this nasty looking tray of food in front of me which…which might I add was advertised as one of their extra specials…..extra special my backside!!!! So I take a bite and it tastes vile…..the soggy YELLOW bread was may be the only edible thing on the tray….The sausage I am gathering was actually part reggae….the reason I say that is because there were red, yellow and green dots inside the sausage….I mean I have heard of preservatives ….but this was taking that a little far….
…Eventually off we go and board our next flight to Miami….We are all sat there waiting to take off….which we did EVENTUALLY!!! But the women in charge comes onto the PA system mentions it is not a full flight…she then goes on to say that if you see somebody you would like to know better then you can move…or if you don't want to be sat next to the person you are currently by you may also move….REALLY!!!!
I am thinking as she was in LA and maybe she thought that she was a comedian and that a big producer would be on the plane and sign her up…..even if there was a big producer on the plane, she had no chance…she was NOT funny!!!!
…So we arrive in Miami…we are at the Hotel by 7am…we check in and go straight to our room….(which was changed…and not because I whined and moaned…nor did G…but because of G's status with the hotel point system they gave us a bigger room) Off we went and did a little exploring…I took public transport….it was easy, close to the Hotel and it was free, but I won't be rushing to do it again!!!! We went passed the American Airlines center or whatever it is called, seen where 2 of the events would be taking place. (the basketball game and the WWE hall of fame induction)
…I REALLY enjoyed the basketball game…not even the nose bleed seats put me off. The Miami heat won…
….The Hall of Fame WWE induction….holy moly…that is 4 HOURS OF MY LIFE I WILL NEVER GET BACK!!!!…I could not understand what most of them were saying…REALLY. The was one group called the 4 horse men…which I am sure if you know WWE you will know who they are…I did not as I have no idea about WWE…expect little snippets I pick up along the way…Any way, the 4 horse men appear on stage…(there was actually 5 of them …Huh???)
One was Rick Flair~The Ultimate Warrior….Again Holy Moly….All of the 5, 4 horse men talked…and went on and on and on!!! I never had an aisle so I was already in a awful mood…REALLY I was.
Mike Tyson was also inducted for some reason…like I say i have no idea about WWE…Well he come onto the stage and he mentions he has been clean and sober for 3 years….REALLY…well either he has had one to many knocks to his head or I want he had had that day….
…We also went to the WWE access event….basically a big hall with with lots of WWE stuff and picture opportunities, with a few wrestlers as well.
Well…one wrestler is Welsh and I has actually contacted him under his real name, and while we were in Miami he actually replied…REALLY!!!
We get to the event and there is the Welsh Wrestler….J went and had his picture taken with him…and said my mum contacted you…He knew who I was….REALLY!!! I then had my picture done with him…he smelt lovely..again REALLY!!! So I am now a fan when Mason Ryan is wrestling otherwise I am not interested….Only the big WWE event to go and i did not go to that…thank goodness.
The weather was fantastic…not to hot, but nice and warm…not humid, well not that I had noticed…
We went to two of our fav places to eat in the US…The Cheese cake Factory and PF Chang's….
So we see where the cheesecake factory was…..we drive around trying to find a space….nothing, but there is valet parking service…so G say's come on lets just valet….He was like won't cost that much….it was $6 ….REALLY. that was all…I mean we live in Japan, it seems like it is $6 a minute to park at times living here…(Yes I know not quite…but you know what I mean)…we go into the mall and start looking around as we walk to the restaurant.J starts walking into a place and we are like where you going… There is a kind of a host just outside and he ushers us in…G states how they have used EVERY space available. The menus arrive…and G looks and me and says…'we are in the wrong place' so with a lot of Hmmm sorry, wrong place…we left VERY quickly, heads kind of down….I am sure lots of people have made the same mistake….because The Cheesecake factory is right next door…the place J has started to enter before we stopped him.
We go into the correct place and we get seated straight away, order and J and myself get on the free wifi straight away….Poor G.
One of my problems is I don't actually like trying new foods…..but instead of the Asian salad I normally order (like every time we go there!) I ordered Chicken marsla….it was awesome!….So guess what we are having for dinner on Monday night…..I liked it that much I have been looking up recipes and I have found one that just might be a hit.
On the Sunday we went to PF Chang's….we love Chinese food. We always have the lettuce wraps there…(ALWAYS a hit in what EVER state we are in) …. I don't order the Mongolian beef…because I honestly think mine tastes better…REALLY I do.
So J ordered his, I order a noodle dish as did G…..J was happy….Mine was awful…the noodles were sooo sticky…not only did they stick together but the stuck to my teeth….YUCK!
G's food came out….it was a thick noodle dish…with slop on the top and bean sprouts and cucumber sticks…..I could see by his face that this might nit have been a good choice…..When he took his first fork full I KNEW it was definitely not a wise choice….While J is sat there saying I really like my food…glad we came here….Well I am glad somebody enjoyed their food!
One of the reasons we picked the hotel was location and it had a car rental place….we decided because of location we did to need a car the whole trip. except The day they went to the wrestling and if we decided to go off somewhere on the free days….
So we decided we will hire a car for an extra day….we had a day with no events and thought lets go further out….So G make reservation for the friday. We go downstairs to pick up the car like it had stated and the Valet said you need to go to the car rental desk…..so we go in and the car rental desk is a machine that looks like an ATM machine….with a Skype system….REALLY!!!! So they cant find the reservation…Eventually we get it sorted and the machine spits out VERY SLOWLY 4 pieces of paper. we take it to valet and sign a clip board and he hands over the keys….We look a round the car and notice some dents…we tell the valet…nothing to do we me he replied…hummmm ok….then off we drive….actually easy pease when the system was rolling….
Sunday we go and do the same thing…G goes and takes to the machine….The ATM machine close to the the car rental machine was getting no action because people we queing behind us because they thought that we were at the ATM…. REALLY they did.The tank was not full….but sorted that out and off we went…..came back for less than 1 hour and they wanted to charge us a fortune to park…we sorted that out….G and J went off to their event and I went and bought a few things in the local supermarket…….All great, car returned….J happy as his favorite wrestler won…(TOTAL FIX!!!!)
The last morning we have a late breakfast as it is going to be a long trip home…..When the phone beeps….the car rental has taken money from account…more than the actual rental….So we call them (actually G did) they keep putting G through to the front desk of the hotel…who cant help etc…..So off G goes to the talking machine in the hotel lobby…they explain that the cars are collected every other day so it looked like that car had not been returned….G was not amused, he pointed out he had signed over the car….and the next amount was actually more than the hire…but ALL sorted….
We rush out of the hotel….take a taxi to the airport…where G was ungraded and he very nicely gave G his seat….REALLY he did…. ( J was sat next to the man who had designed the shoes J was was wearing….horrible green things)
Eventually we took off and the one stewardess was the American express rep…she talked about getting a American Express card and what it could gain you….REALLY when did they start advertizing on planes.
We then get on our next plane…. 2 flights down one one more flight to go….Don't think of that 11 hour flight wend….it has to be done…
……It did not help that the plane was MINGING!!!! the toilets were disgusting and I told the stewardess…who came and let me know she had cleaned them as much as possible….we get off the plane at Los Angles and G looks up and said this plane is the one going back to Japan….and it was….well we did have a few hours so I was hoping they would CLEAN it!
We go to the lounge….(at times like that when we can use lounges I don't mind that G has travelled…cause I do like a comfy chair) We go to the quiet area…J goes straight to sleep I go buy magazines…and and wander around
I suddenly realize I have not packed my makeup….So I call the hotel…(who's policy is to keep everything for 60 day's) I was put through to lost and found…I am sorry I am told it has not been handed in….Ok I replied I also left a suitcase in the room, maybe the person put my makeup in there….off he goes…comes back and he said nope…no suitcase….To this I am lost for words…(Yes I know it does not happen often!!!) a 28inch suitcase has not been handed in…he said we cant go into the room as it is occupied…so I state if I walked into a room with somebody else's makeup and a 28inch suitcase I would not be happy….
He kind of agreed…said may be it was all in the system…we chatted for so long he told me his wife's name was wendy….Well the outcome was he was going to send an email with his email because I had nothing to write on and I would contact hime when I got back to Japan….simple enough….YEAH RIGHT!!!! typed sarcastically
So just as we were getting ready to leave the lounge G's name is called….now we had already been told the flight was overbooked…..I am thinking they have upgraded him and I did put a smile on my face when he came back….I thought night flight just get on with it Wend…..So he never said anything but said come on…I woke J up and we headed downstairs….G goes to the desk to collect his new upgraded ticket…ARRGGGHHHH be nice wend…when he say's oh look all three of us have new tickets…..I think I managed to stop the happy tears from pouring….Never said anything to J, just handed him his ticket and when he was shown to his seat…his face sort of lit up through the blurry sleep eyes….He sat down..got out the quilt/blanket and was asleep before we took off…..Now I was dressed for comfort….The stewardess…came up to to me and said Champagne….Hummmm No…Nothing thanks…which seemed to surprise her…Not interested thank you it taste like corned beef…
Great flight, watched a few movies….slept a little…happy Wendy…REALLY I was. We get off the plane at 5am and was in the car after clearing immigration, customs and collecting the bags by 5.20am
We get home, suitcases unpacked, and put away and laundry on by 6.30am….G then notices that the hotel has taken $30 from us that actual day….So I am thinking great maybe they have sent my makeup even if $30 is a bit much…
So i call the hotel…they said they have not taken any money…my bank is wrong!!! REALLY she did. I then get put through to the lost and found department…..I explain AGAIN….(I had been told this was going straight into the system) Still had not turned up….I was like well has a suitcase been handed in…( I said we have left it on purpose, but maybe the makeup was inside the case) Still NOTHING…I was like REALLY…he said yes it's strange…so a report was filed
I then got a email from the company…I tried calling them but with different timezones….I will have to get up extra early or stay up extra late…but as those of you who know me the latter will never happen!
I called the hotel again and say look this is a joke….AGAIN I explained..I then get to speak with a supervisor and AGAIN I had to explain….even me who likes to talk had had enough of talking…..
He said well cant say what actually happened may be somebody took it…hummmm REALLY…who…YOUR STAFF???? he said he had spoken to the claims department who have tried to contact you but were unable to reach you….NO you didn't I said…firstly G's contact details are on his account…secondly the guy told me you cant take my number as I live overseas….oh no he said that is not correct…REALLY you surprise me!!!!
So I am now waiting to be contacted…as I have tried using their system…which is rubbish…let me tell you!!!!
….oh yeah and that $30 was for parking the car that had ALREADY been returned….So I stated that the hotel had taken my money fraudulently…no he said…I said you have…we had checked out and paid our bill on Tuesday and then on thursday you take money….hummmm no we had signed off….G will deal with that!!!!
Thursday I slept a little during the day….went to the club and seen Chai…who looked great in her 'colors' and we had Indian for dinner
Friday I managed to do a little shopping and do some planting of veggies..REALLY I did ….more strawberries, celery (no idea why) broccoli, broccolini, 3 types of tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers mint (that taste like mint should not that funky stuff!!!) all to go with the other stuff i had planet before I went away. Then had Indian for dinner
Saturday, I managed to stay awake all day…seen Bubbles and Mr. Bubbles with his extra shinny ring….and had Indian for dinner….
It's now sunday morning…been up since 4 am and we WON"T be having indian for dinner
March 25, 2012
Spring break has begun….is this a good….Ohhhh the joys!!!!
Friday i was driving back from somewhere and I happened to drive passed the bottle store/office license/ liquor store whatever you call you…
Well….. There was this man struggling with his trolly/cart. it was around lunchtime…(yes I am sure it was happy hour somewhere in the world) … So I watched and seen it was not the trolleys fault, it was the guy….he had started his happy hour a lot sooner than most….It was like watching a comedy sketch…maybe you had to be there to see it….but he was looking surprised every time he took his hand of the cart and it rolled backwards….it was just too funny…maybe like I said you needed to be there…but I could have sat , watched and laughed at him for ages…simple things ~ simple minds…
Maybe cause I was stressing about my night out
I got to speak with Yeti Moo yesterday…We talked quickly about maybe meeting up somewhere.
She mention Singapore….maybe I can convince her somewhere else. …May be I can convince G…to part with some points….
My New addiction….'Draw something'…. I love it!!! some people are not right in the head…you have to see what they draw… They need to explain to a DR what they are drawing!!!
Friday I went into Tokyo with the girls to 'the lockup'…..
So we go to the train station…(the nervousness had already started about getting on a train earlier that day)
So i take my train card out and suddenly realize that I might not have any money on it. So Hedgepig takes me to show me how to check…
We go through into the train station and start walking…..down into the bowls of the earth!!! REALLY!
I am sure we were quite close to the earths core by the time we actually got to the train.
We all get onto the train and I think EVERYONE else in Yokohama did the same thing thing.
One man who was stood by where I was sat, decided he had an itch….I think he needed to get off the train and go see somebody.ASAP!!!! Somebody in the medical profession I am thinking!!!!
We get off the train…walk to the wrong pace, but soon go to the correct place.
AGAIN towards the bowls of the earth, but not quite there.
We were asked who was the naughty/bad person in the group, …well we all pointed to the only one we could…she was then handcuffed and lead to our cell
I am sure you could kick your way out of the place through the wall if need be,…I am sure)
We all sat on the floor around a table and then the cell door was closed. The waiter came in sat on the floor at the door. and took the orders for the rest of the drinks. one of the things he bought back kind of looked like beef….I looked at it again, then I looked again and realized it was something nasty like liver or heart…YUCK, YUCK, YUCK and more YUCK!!! So i put it back in the dish…(I did not try it ) TBL said don't do that!!!…..well it was not staying in that cell….so when the man came back with other food, i handed the dish back and kept shaking my head until he took it away …
Then came the test tubes with what we believe was coloured and flavored alcohol. A science flask of milk and a beaker of ice. It did taste better than my vodka with the dry ice….
Then after 45 minutes to an hours…the place went pitch black and sirens where going….then people with masks where climbing on top of the cell….sticking their heads in the openings….I will say that there were a few screams
Lots and lots of laughter….I have not laughed so much since the weekend before before!
We then came home on the train….there was a train already in, but it was PACKED again. So we waited for the next one, but walked to the very end of the station and stood where there was no cover (raining cats and dogs) ….so nobody else was there….Well we RUSHED onto that train and we got seats….I was sat with Hedgepig trying to upload pictures, when the system would allow it…..
When I felt something on my leg….I was not sure if the man stood in front of me had wee'd on my leg…yes I did type WEE'D. I looked at hedgepig and said he has just peed on my leg…She looked quickly, she said no it is his umbrella…I looked and sure enough there was a small umbrella, all ATTACHED..yes ATTACHED to his coat…I mean…REALLY…I remember putting J's gloves through his coat so he would not lose them….but ATTACHING your brolly…come on love…ANY NEED????
I think he got the message I was not amused…he moved slightly…not enough for my liking but some.
yesterday was a nice lazy day, went out for a Bollywood night in the evening….but I wanted to check what was being served…so I went into the club kitchens and asked for a sample….I really liked the salad they made…never had a salad like it before…I want to say it was either chopped chick peas or lentils…whatever it was, it was pretty good.
We leave for Miami tomorrow…you know I will be writing about that! Something will not be right, or make will just make me stand and stare, until G will say STOP STARING!!!! and properly start drag me away because I been staring to long or made a comment a bit to loud. (sometimes I say things in mind…but they come out of my mouth…REALLY they do…These words just pop out!) … So I have already had a scare, thought I had lost J's alien card….So I causally mentioned to G…about alien cards, and how much might we actually need them to leave or come back into the country…He knew straight away I had lost one of them either mine or J's….But i pointed out I had misplaced it….I actually thought the naughty fairy might have moved it, because I ALWAYS keep it with his passport….We have credit card size alien cards…the kids here have double that size and they are made of paper….and the only times it is needed i gather until he is older is in and out the country….
Well i did find it…it was in the folder I took to Guam with all the other papers for that trip….I KNOW I DID NOT PUT IT THERE!!!!! REALLY I did not…
I think I am going to have to get me some english appliances that talk to me!!!
My Mike~Row~Wave kind of talks to me…and sings at me when it is finished doing what i have asked it to do….Problem is…it is Japanese…still ONLY THINKING about taking Japanese lessons…so Mike~Row~wave is only a standby friend….I need a full on ENGLISH SPEAKING appliances….
Friday i was driving back from somewhere and I happened to drive passed the bottle store/office license/ liquor store whatever you call you…
Well….. There was this man struggling with his trolly/cart. it was around lunchtime…(yes I am sure it was happy hour somewhere in the world) … So I watched and seen it was not the trolleys fault, it was the guy….he had started his happy hour a lot sooner than most….It was like watching a comedy sketch…maybe you had to be there to see it….but he was looking surprised every time he took his hand of the cart and it rolled backwards….it was just too funny…maybe like I said you needed to be there…but I could have sat , watched and laughed at him for ages…simple things ~ simple minds…
Maybe cause I was stressing about my night out
I got to speak with Yeti Moo yesterday…We talked quickly about maybe meeting up somewhere.
She mention Singapore….maybe I can convince her somewhere else. …May be I can convince G…to part with some points….
My New addiction….'Draw something'…. I love it!!! some people are not right in the head…you have to see what they draw… They need to explain to a DR what they are drawing!!!
Friday I went into Tokyo with the girls to 'the lockup'…..
So we go to the train station…(the nervousness had already started about getting on a train earlier that day)
So i take my train card out and suddenly realize that I might not have any money on it. So Hedgepig takes me to show me how to check…
We go through into the train station and start walking…..down into the bowls of the earth!!! REALLY!
I am sure we were quite close to the earths core by the time we actually got to the train.
We all get onto the train and I think EVERYONE else in Yokohama did the same thing thing.
One man who was stood by where I was sat, decided he had an itch….I think he needed to get off the train and go see somebody.ASAP!!!! Somebody in the medical profession I am thinking!!!!
We get off the train…walk to the wrong pace, but soon go to the correct place.
AGAIN towards the bowls of the earth, but not quite there.
We were asked who was the naughty/bad person in the group, …well we all pointed to the only one we could…she was then handcuffed and lead to our cell
I am sure you could kick your way out of the place through the wall if need be,…I am sure)
We all sat on the floor around a table and then the cell door was closed. The waiter came in sat on the floor at the door. and took the orders for the rest of the drinks. one of the things he bought back kind of looked like beef….I looked at it again, then I looked again and realized it was something nasty like liver or heart…YUCK, YUCK, YUCK and more YUCK!!! So i put it back in the dish…(I did not try it ) TBL said don't do that!!!…..well it was not staying in that cell….so when the man came back with other food, i handed the dish back and kept shaking my head until he took it away …
Then came the test tubes with what we believe was coloured and flavored alcohol. A science flask of milk and a beaker of ice. It did taste better than my vodka with the dry ice….
Then after 45 minutes to an hours…the place went pitch black and sirens where going….then people with masks where climbing on top of the cell….sticking their heads in the openings….I will say that there were a few screams
Lots and lots of laughter….I have not laughed so much since the weekend before before!
We then came home on the train….there was a train already in, but it was PACKED again. So we waited for the next one, but walked to the very end of the station and stood where there was no cover (raining cats and dogs) ….so nobody else was there….Well we RUSHED onto that train and we got seats….I was sat with Hedgepig trying to upload pictures, when the system would allow it…..
When I felt something on my leg….I was not sure if the man stood in front of me had wee'd on my leg…yes I did type WEE'D. I looked at hedgepig and said he has just peed on my leg…She looked quickly, she said no it is his umbrella…I looked and sure enough there was a small umbrella, all ATTACHED..yes ATTACHED to his coat…I mean…REALLY…I remember putting J's gloves through his coat so he would not lose them….but ATTACHING your brolly…come on love…ANY NEED????
I think he got the message I was not amused…he moved slightly…not enough for my liking but some.
yesterday was a nice lazy day, went out for a Bollywood night in the evening….but I wanted to check what was being served…so I went into the club kitchens and asked for a sample….I really liked the salad they made…never had a salad like it before…I want to say it was either chopped chick peas or lentils…whatever it was, it was pretty good.
We leave for Miami tomorrow…you know I will be writing about that! Something will not be right, or make will just make me stand and stare, until G will say STOP STARING!!!! and properly start drag me away because I been staring to long or made a comment a bit to loud. (sometimes I say things in mind…but they come out of my mouth…REALLY they do…These words just pop out!) … So I have already had a scare, thought I had lost J's alien card….So I causally mentioned to G…about alien cards, and how much might we actually need them to leave or come back into the country…He knew straight away I had lost one of them either mine or J's….But i pointed out I had misplaced it….I actually thought the naughty fairy might have moved it, because I ALWAYS keep it with his passport….We have credit card size alien cards…the kids here have double that size and they are made of paper….and the only times it is needed i gather until he is older is in and out the country….
Well i did find it…it was in the folder I took to Guam with all the other papers for that trip….I KNOW I DID NOT PUT IT THERE!!!!! REALLY I did not…
I think I am going to have to get me some english appliances that talk to me!!!
My Mike~Row~Wave kind of talks to me…and sings at me when it is finished doing what i have asked it to do….Problem is…it is Japanese…still ONLY THINKING about taking Japanese lessons…so Mike~Row~wave is only a standby friend….I need a full on ENGLISH SPEAKING appliances….
March 22, 2012
It s a beautiful day today…blue skies, sun is shining…but I am freezing….ANY NEED?!?!
….Sorry I take that back..just went out to see my veggie plants…and its warmer outside than inside my house that is insulated with single ply toilet roll, that's why I am freezing…Silly me
One of my friends posted on FB this morning that all kids with names beginning with A-Z where being recalled by the hospitals to be fitted a volume control and mute button…this made me smile…until I could see the benefits of this!!!! REALLY I could see this working….not when they are babies of course…just as they get older may be…..
So after watching Masterchef, and knowing I could not get 92% of the ingredients I decided I would make do with what I had or could get.
I knew I had parsnips which had cost more than a weekend away!!!!
I decided to make roast pork with parsnips, potatoes, peas…..and a jus…..WELL…..firstly, it never looked like on the plate, what I had planned for it to look like in my mind….. So I peeled and boiled the parsnips…to make a puree ( Puree whats wrong with the word mash?!?!) I don't do lumpy parsnips so puree/mash…whats the difference? I started peeling the potatoes and thought…nope lets do this properly… well properly and me don't alway go together…. So I sliced through the tatters and got what sort of resemble kind of a square/rectangle…gave up on getting them all perfect…. So six spuds…6 squares..(also helped with the fact I was DONE with peeling!!!) don't know what the word for cooking spuds on the outside is called expect ~ COOKED! ….I mean you brown meat…so do you golden spuds before placing in one's oven???? I pureed the parsnips and was about to puree the peas and thought…hummmm maybe G and J would like their peas to look like peas and not a mushy consistency
I went to place some parsnip puree on the plate and with the back of the spoon drag it through the puree to make it look like Masterchef. Spuds and pork were cooked…everything already to plate up….Then I thought hummmm you know what….if I spread that puree across the plate….it will look like the plate at the end of the meal, you know the bits you scrape in the bin……So I SLAPPED the MASHED parsnips on the plate (I am sure mashed tasted better than pureed) I Was going to put the pork on onto the puree parsnips and then the pureed peas onto on the pork (but I never pureed the peas) …But then I thought…What has gotten into you Wend…Get a grip girl!!! So i did get a grip...only just, but I did manage it… and we had roast dinner with squared spuds and no carrots so not REALLY a roast dinner. …. SO……Masterchef, keep ALL your ideas to yourself in future please!!!
We went to the movies yesterday. We went and watched 'Iron Lady' I enjoyed it….I was surprised how much of what happened in Britain I could actually remember as I was still in school during this time.
……So I go and collect Island girl (also to be know as IG in this blog when I am rushing, which will be more often than not!) We head towards the movies… I Kind of know where I am heading….Thought I missed a turning…used a few choice words….until IG noticed I was actually heading in the right direction….Normally taking a wrong turn would not be a problem…well not if you could read the street signs….and you where not LATE, yet AGAIN…REALLY I was late AGAIN…
Hedgepig texted should she buy tickets…Thank goodness she was on the ball…or even already in the cinema!
IG finds where we are, meant to go…I see Hedgepig and TBL buying tickets on a self service machine.
…….I push to the front see where they were about to press to take the seats…oh no can't sit there I said, So very nicely they changed the seats…(I would have been…hummm you turn up late and then tell us…hummm think not….but these ladies are nice, thank goodness)
We go and buy some food for inside the movie. I ordered mine and IG ordered her's
"can I have sweet and salted popcorn mixed please" she asked …oh boy you would have thought she had asked for something they did not have ..like a squid ball or something.. REALLY…the women puts her two arms forward in a cross to let us know this is not possible….I mean it must be soooo difficult getting a scoop of sweet popcorn and then a scoop of salty popcorn…..come on REALLY….
So there I am waiting for my drink and popcorn thinking where did that women go….I was already late it's like come on darling get a move on!!!
IG explains I need to go to the end to get my stuff….It was served in these red bowl type things….a holder for my cup and a holder for my popcorn…pretty cool…If I had had a bag big enough mine would have come home with me!
I rush off to the bathroom..(too much info, but for a reason) there was a older lady leaving the bathroom after washing her hands, as I was going in….I left the bathrooms…and the lady was just in front of me…she had hardly left the bathroom….come on darling I am late!!!….I run (yes I ran) around this HUGE table and we all start walking in….in a voice which might have been too loud I mentioned how many people where there…(well movie had not started, but it was pretty quiet and packed.)
We go to our seats which were taken…(well 3 of them where) They soon moved!
….So we are all settled…movie has started (I want to say we were half way through, but I would be exaggerating) …then I look across and the old lady from the bathroom is just coming in…. she walks towards us…then starts going up the steps…I hope she got to her seat before the movie ended.
Oh yeah…..managed to get my blog settings back!
I now have 7 email followers…..I love it!!!!!
I have asked everyone who is going away for swing break to sign onto here so I might get an extra flag or two…
….Sorry I take that back..just went out to see my veggie plants…and its warmer outside than inside my house that is insulated with single ply toilet roll, that's why I am freezing…Silly me
One of my friends posted on FB this morning that all kids with names beginning with A-Z where being recalled by the hospitals to be fitted a volume control and mute button…this made me smile…until I could see the benefits of this!!!! REALLY I could see this working….not when they are babies of course…just as they get older may be…..
So after watching Masterchef, and knowing I could not get 92% of the ingredients I decided I would make do with what I had or could get.
I knew I had parsnips which had cost more than a weekend away!!!!
I decided to make roast pork with parsnips, potatoes, peas…..and a jus…..WELL…..firstly, it never looked like on the plate, what I had planned for it to look like in my mind….. So I peeled and boiled the parsnips…to make a puree ( Puree whats wrong with the word mash?!?!) I don't do lumpy parsnips so puree/mash…whats the difference? I started peeling the potatoes and thought…nope lets do this properly… well properly and me don't alway go together…. So I sliced through the tatters and got what sort of resemble kind of a square/rectangle…gave up on getting them all perfect…. So six spuds…6 squares..(also helped with the fact I was DONE with peeling!!!) don't know what the word for cooking spuds on the outside is called expect ~ COOKED! ….I mean you brown meat…so do you golden spuds before placing in one's oven???? I pureed the parsnips and was about to puree the peas and thought…hummmm maybe G and J would like their peas to look like peas and not a mushy consistency
I went to place some parsnip puree on the plate and with the back of the spoon drag it through the puree to make it look like Masterchef. Spuds and pork were cooked…everything already to plate up….Then I thought hummmm you know what….if I spread that puree across the plate….it will look like the plate at the end of the meal, you know the bits you scrape in the bin……So I SLAPPED the MASHED parsnips on the plate (I am sure mashed tasted better than pureed) I Was going to put the pork on onto the puree parsnips and then the pureed peas onto on the pork (but I never pureed the peas) …But then I thought…What has gotten into you Wend…Get a grip girl!!! So i did get a grip...only just, but I did manage it… and we had roast dinner with squared spuds and no carrots so not REALLY a roast dinner. …. SO……Masterchef, keep ALL your ideas to yourself in future please!!!
We went to the movies yesterday. We went and watched 'Iron Lady' I enjoyed it….I was surprised how much of what happened in Britain I could actually remember as I was still in school during this time.
……So I go and collect Island girl (also to be know as IG in this blog when I am rushing, which will be more often than not!) We head towards the movies… I Kind of know where I am heading….Thought I missed a turning…used a few choice words….until IG noticed I was actually heading in the right direction….Normally taking a wrong turn would not be a problem…well not if you could read the street signs….and you where not LATE, yet AGAIN…REALLY I was late AGAIN…
Hedgepig texted should she buy tickets…Thank goodness she was on the ball…or even already in the cinema!
IG finds where we are, meant to go…I see Hedgepig and TBL buying tickets on a self service machine.
…….I push to the front see where they were about to press to take the seats…oh no can't sit there I said, So very nicely they changed the seats…(I would have been…hummm you turn up late and then tell us…hummm think not….but these ladies are nice, thank goodness)
We go and buy some food for inside the movie. I ordered mine and IG ordered her's
"can I have sweet and salted popcorn mixed please" she asked …oh boy you would have thought she had asked for something they did not have ..like a squid ball or something.. REALLY…the women puts her two arms forward in a cross to let us know this is not possible….I mean it must be soooo difficult getting a scoop of sweet popcorn and then a scoop of salty popcorn…..come on REALLY….
So there I am waiting for my drink and popcorn thinking where did that women go….I was already late it's like come on darling get a move on!!!
IG explains I need to go to the end to get my stuff….It was served in these red bowl type things….a holder for my cup and a holder for my popcorn…pretty cool…If I had had a bag big enough mine would have come home with me!
I rush off to the bathroom..(too much info, but for a reason) there was a older lady leaving the bathroom after washing her hands, as I was going in….I left the bathrooms…and the lady was just in front of me…she had hardly left the bathroom….come on darling I am late!!!….I run (yes I ran) around this HUGE table and we all start walking in….in a voice which might have been too loud I mentioned how many people where there…(well movie had not started, but it was pretty quiet and packed.)
We go to our seats which were taken…(well 3 of them where) They soon moved!
….So we are all settled…movie has started (I want to say we were half way through, but I would be exaggerating) …then I look across and the old lady from the bathroom is just coming in…. she walks towards us…then starts going up the steps…I hope she got to her seat before the movie ended.
Oh yeah…..managed to get my blog settings back!
I now have 7 email followers…..I love it!!!!!
I have asked everyone who is going away for swing break to sign onto here so I might get an extra flag or two…
March 20, 2012
My heart currently belongs to the National Welsh rugby team.....I am SOOOOO proud of my team...Well done boys....You rock!!!!
Why oh why do people have to mess with things???? REALLY,Is there ANY NEED!!! So ….Here I was all happy with the layout of my blog…well kind of happy…I wish I knew more about computers…(….hummmm no I don't cause that would me thinking!) BUT…..I get on my blog after the weekend and it has gone all funny…and not as in funny haha!!! So now I don't really know how to get around my blog…not that i really knew before, but i was getting there!!!!….It was not broke…so I did not want it fixed!!!!!… ……But I have 2 new followers….Thank you Kristen E and Ho778…Loving it…I would check if I have anymore email followers but as the blog has decided to mess it's self up…so i can't use it I have no idea…SO AGAIN…I wished they had left it alone….REALLY I DO ……ANY NEED???? Today i made sausage rolls…I decided I only like then when come out of the oven, that may be why there are still some left… they are not even the same when warmed up in the microwave…REALLY their not.
Today while I was chatting away on the phone….I was talking about people talking UTTER crap/rubbish!!! Until Bubble's pointed out there there is crap~crap and funny crap!!!! Just thought I would put that out there! …Sure mine is not the latter…
I watched MasterChef the TV show over the last few days…I loved some of the ideas, I wanted to use some of the ideas, I found some tips…In fact I was so impressed I wanted to call everyone up and say come on over for dinner….Then I realized I was in Japan and I would not be able to get 50% of the ingredients….Sorry I take that back…I mean would not be able to get 92% of the ingredients…..ARGGGGHHHHH!
Saturday we went to two Sayonara. The first one we went to there was a cheese and biscuit tray….It was STUNNING…in fact I think it should have been in a Gourmet cooking magazine!!! It was stunning..I wish I had a picture of it to show you….Very rare I am impressed with something like that, but this was awesome. I was so impressed I dragged Bubbles around until I found it…just to show her. We found it in the clubs biggest refrigerator. The party later on was just so funny…the theme was children's games. EVERYONE took part, EVERYONE had a fab time… I did think the ceiling was going to go collapse onto the other party when they played a game with a ballon attached to your leg and everyone had to try and keep their ballon intact….So everyone was trying to stamp on everyone else's balloons. Along with the dressing up game….I think the highlight for me was when 'The 4 Chick's' performed, their one and only song. I think "The 4 Chick's' might have become an over night sensation…and will be booked for ALL future Sayonara parties….REALLY!…They were sensational!!! Not sure who presents the top twenty these days….but thinking he/she will be mentioning these ladies soon!!!
One day I was sat next to somebody and her calendar was full on her phone…a dot for EVERYDAY…I was like holy Moly…..So I sat down and looked at mine and thought I need more dots…hummm. So I rectified it…I have put in all book club dates, all brownie sessions, all gym days (even if I know I might not be going…but it helps the amount of dots!) I added every school day off, every start and finish of school holidays/vacations, Made sure everyones birthday was there….I even wrote christmas day, because it was not marked on the calendar…..
This time next week…I will ACTUALLY be in Miami after ALL that travel….12 hours to Miami…4 hour lay over in Los Angeles and then ANOTHER 5 hours to Miami…I am telling you, it had better be worth it!!!! I just know I will need some sort of meds to make me a nice person during the travel time…. if there is such a medicine I think I had better start taking it daily…..
Why oh why do people have to mess with things???? REALLY,Is there ANY NEED!!! So ….Here I was all happy with the layout of my blog…well kind of happy…I wish I knew more about computers…(….hummmm no I don't cause that would me thinking!) BUT…..I get on my blog after the weekend and it has gone all funny…and not as in funny haha!!! So now I don't really know how to get around my blog…not that i really knew before, but i was getting there!!!!….It was not broke…so I did not want it fixed!!!!!… ……But I have 2 new followers….Thank you Kristen E and Ho778…Loving it…I would check if I have anymore email followers but as the blog has decided to mess it's self up…so i can't use it I have no idea…SO AGAIN…I wished they had left it alone….REALLY I DO ……ANY NEED???? Today i made sausage rolls…I decided I only like then when come out of the oven, that may be why there are still some left… they are not even the same when warmed up in the microwave…REALLY their not.
Today while I was chatting away on the phone….I was talking about people talking UTTER crap/rubbish!!! Until Bubble's pointed out there there is crap~crap and funny crap!!!! Just thought I would put that out there! …Sure mine is not the latter…
I watched MasterChef the TV show over the last few days…I loved some of the ideas, I wanted to use some of the ideas, I found some tips…In fact I was so impressed I wanted to call everyone up and say come on over for dinner….Then I realized I was in Japan and I would not be able to get 50% of the ingredients….Sorry I take that back…I mean would not be able to get 92% of the ingredients…..ARGGGGHHHHH!
Saturday we went to two Sayonara. The first one we went to there was a cheese and biscuit tray….It was STUNNING…in fact I think it should have been in a Gourmet cooking magazine!!! It was stunning..I wish I had a picture of it to show you….Very rare I am impressed with something like that, but this was awesome. I was so impressed I dragged Bubbles around until I found it…just to show her. We found it in the clubs biggest refrigerator. The party later on was just so funny…the theme was children's games. EVERYONE took part, EVERYONE had a fab time… I did think the ceiling was going to go collapse onto the other party when they played a game with a ballon attached to your leg and everyone had to try and keep their ballon intact….So everyone was trying to stamp on everyone else's balloons. Along with the dressing up game….I think the highlight for me was when 'The 4 Chick's' performed, their one and only song. I think "The 4 Chick's' might have become an over night sensation…and will be booked for ALL future Sayonara parties….REALLY!…They were sensational!!! Not sure who presents the top twenty these days….but thinking he/she will be mentioning these ladies soon!!!
One day I was sat next to somebody and her calendar was full on her phone…a dot for EVERYDAY…I was like holy Moly…..So I sat down and looked at mine and thought I need more dots…hummm. So I rectified it…I have put in all book club dates, all brownie sessions, all gym days (even if I know I might not be going…but it helps the amount of dots!) I added every school day off, every start and finish of school holidays/vacations, Made sure everyones birthday was there….I even wrote christmas day, because it was not marked on the calendar…..
This time next week…I will ACTUALLY be in Miami after ALL that travel….12 hours to Miami…4 hour lay over in Los Angeles and then ANOTHER 5 hours to Miami…I am telling you, it had better be worth it!!!! I just know I will need some sort of meds to make me a nice person during the travel time…. if there is such a medicine I think I had better start taking it daily…..
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