16 or 51

Hello :o)

It's the first of February, so where did January go ?! What a lovely weekend its been, i had Dan for the day yesterday, i had instructions to take him shopping as he wanted to buy his Mummy a birthday present - so we hit Truro and the shops, we had a fabulous time, giggling and laughing, being naughty and laughing even more - isn't it funny how children can reduce you to such sillyness and make you feel so young. I jus love having him, he is a joy. We went to the flicks in the afternoon to see 'The Tale of Despereaux' a lovely film about a little mouse who was not afraid. We sat in the dark, goggle eyed and eating a huge bag of popcorn !

Today is bitter cold, the weatherman has forcast a cold week, my friend in Kent texted me today to say they have snow..... brrrrrr........don't think it will make it this far south.

I haven't heard from my brother Michael since he called me a couple of weeks ago. I have emailed him with no response, Tristan tells me tho that when there is a death they close down all the internet connections, to stop people contacting the press and vice versa, and there have been a couple of deaths of soldiers in Afghanistan recently so maybe thats why i've had no email reply. I am sure he is ok. I must put pen to paper to him tomorrow.

I watched Neil Young in concert on the telly this evening - it was fab, it brought back so many memories of 1973 or thereabouts........... i was in love with John (or so i thought !!) he drove a VW Beatle, he played Neil Young all the time, one of my first introductions to music. We would drive around in his car with Crosby, Still, Nash and Young playing, singing along, drinking cider, smoking the odd spliff, life was fabulous..... well it is when your young and carefree. Many evenings were spent on the beach or at the 'Queens' our local disco - its not there now, it was pulled down a few years or so, retirement flats stand in its place. Its funny how listening to those songs this evening brought back so many memories, nice happy times - how can you be 16 one minute and 51 the next ?

I still feel like that young girl of 16, i am still that young girl. Listening to the music this evening felt like all the years in between never happened........... i'm still easy going and carefree, no worries, still dream with my head in the clouds and still love to laugh. And at 16 i used to dream of being in love and meeting the man of my dreams................. i'm still wondering what it must be like.....no thats not true, i know what it must be like, i just wonder if it will ever happen to me - i certainly have'nt lost my curiosity for romance thats for sure.

I'm smiling - i feel happy, hope you do too.
Nite nite xx

Happy New Year

Hello :o)

I haven't posted for ages - i think i l have lost some of my enthusiasm for blogging since 'the move' and to be honest i have gone back to my trusty old diary and pen ! there is something reassuring and romantic about seeing your thoughts down on paper - old fashioned gal that i am !

I hope you've all had a good Christmas and New Year - and now its back to normal, if life is ever normal that is.

Its a very very frosty morning here in West Cornwall, the car still looks quite frozen and i have used the last of my de-icer, so will have to put my gloves on and use the scraper when i go out shortly - i'm off to the flicks (you know how i enjoy my flicks ! giggles) Inkheart, its a fantasy film (PG) where a chap who loves reading finds the stories come to life and he becomes involved with them - nice family film. So i thought i would do that this lunchtime then afterwards have a little peruse of the local shops, i need to get a few things for some forthcoming birthdays !

Keep warm everyone
Speaky soon X

Yay, hello :o)

Hello :o)
Well the quiz was a scream - out of the 55 teams that took part i think we finished somwhere in the middle, so it wasn't to disgraceful. Isn't it strange how things workout, i honestly thought i would have been good with the music section - i was complete rubbish !! When it came to politics i was fantastic ????? how did that happen ???? (giggles) it was a fun night and lots of money raised for local charities, which was good. Oh, (giggling now at the thought) i won a prize in the raffle, i'll take a photo and show you what it was next time i post ... hmmmm ! ;o)
Tonight i have been out with my friend Amanda, we enjoyed a very nice Chinese meal - £13.50 for as much as you can eat, to start with we had spring rolls, honeyed barbeque spare ribs, seaweed, chicken bang bang then for main course we had chicken and cashews, chicken curry, chicken schwzenuan, and chicken in black bean sauce with vegetables, egg fried rice and soft noodles then to finish we had banana fritters and ice cream - i'm stuffed !!! don't think i can eat for a week now !
Speaky soon
Big Luv, Jaynee X

Chit Chat

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Look at the time (oh you can't your'e in bed!) its half past midnight !!! I rang my friend Sandy (who lives in Kent) at 9 o'clock and i came off the phone at 10 past midnight........ we had so much catching up to do.... chit chat, chit chat, chit chat .....laugh, laugh, giggle, giggle :o) it makes you feel good laughing ........ of course now i am wiiiiiiiiiiiiiide awake and not in the least bit interested in going to bed .... tee hee :o) Of course it will be a different story in the morning when the alarm goes off at 6.30am - i have to be at work for 7.45am. I can see one or two of you working out the calculation of how much time i need to get ready...... hehee...... my mobility is so bad in the mornings that it takes me ages to do the simplest of tasks.

Tomorrow evening i am taking part in a Quiz knock out competition, you remember, i told you a few blogs ago ;o) wish me luck..... specialist subject ..... shopping ..... (giggles), okay so its not really its........ its........... erm............hmmm........ oh yes ..... shopping ....(giggles)......... its music and history really, with specialist knowledge on Cornish history. Wish us luck...

Speaky soon :o)

Posh Pink

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It didn't quite work yesterday did it ? i thought i had posted this lovely pic (i am referring to the pinkness of the scarf ;o) but it jus vanished into the 'ether'...... hehee! So it is obvious i am in need of some instruction - and if possible can someone explain to me if i wanted to insert another pic jus here....... how do i do that without it going up to the top of this posting ?

I booked some holiday today ..... whopeeeeee ......... a thursday and a friday in early December, as i am off to Kent to see my other nephew at his 'passing out parade' he will be a fireman in the RAF - i am so looking forward to that. I shall be travelling with my brother and his wife and staying overnight in a posh hotel - fab......... i jus luv poshness !! My youngest brother and his wife will be coming along too - it will be nice for us all to get together. It means so much to me, especially as our parents are no longer alive - we are scattered all over the place and always have been since we siblings flew the nest, but now i feel we are coming together again, it makes me feel good and i know our parents would be so pleased.

Well this is just a short posting tonight, i need to wash up my dinner plate, decide on tomorrows lunch box and jewellery and then get to bed.

Speaky soon Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz x

Whiz of a week

Hello :o)
Its been another busy week, and i find yet again its late sunday evening when i have time for my blog - its not good enough, must try harder ;o)
So Tuesday i went to the 'flicks' with the girlies, 'Ghost Town' with that Ricky Gervaise (or however he spells his name) it was good. I have to say he is not really my cup of tea, but he did have me laughing and spilling my popcorn everywhere :o)
Wednesday i had some of the girls from work around - we played Trivial Pursuit and ate Pizza ! It was a practice for this forth coming Quiz competition .......... The County Council are holding a quiz evening with all money raised going to Charity....... its gonna be such a laugh, and i think its hilarious that they asked me to be in the 'office' team. Our supervisor was asking us all what our specialist subjects were ....... Mary ?, politics...Ronnie ?, geography...Susan,? Literature..Fiona ?, Sport .....Jaynee - Shopping !!!!! They all laughed and because i insisted it is my specialist subject they all think i am keeping coy about how fab i am ......(giggles), and i might add this wasn't helped when we played TP as i seemed to get really easy questions !!!!
Thursday....... hmmm, what did i do? i can't remember ......(giggles)......... and Friday i popped to see a friend who moved into her new house a year ago and finally i got round to visiting !

The weekend has been fairly quiet - i love quiet weekends ! Yesterday saw an early start with a visit to the hairdressers to get my hair cut, i didn't notice at the time but she did my parting slightly off centre and consequently one side of my hair is slightly longer than the other side.....(giggles).....maybe i will say to anyone who points it out that it is the latest fashion..... i could set a trend .....(not)......heheee!

I took a lot of scarf's into work last week that i knitted last year, and they sold like hot cakes ! I shall attempt to insert a picture of 'moi 'wearing the 'pink fluffy number' ! It was so nice to recieve so many nice comments on my knitting, and i get so excited when people like the colours and textures that i like ....... Yay !! Okay, can't see the pic, so where has that gone .......(giggles)......maybe it will turn up when i publish this to my blog ....Hmmm some hope me thinks :o) So the scarf's went well and tomorrow i am taking in some jewellery, i have various kinds - tomorrow will be 'Bling' :o) I do like a bit of bling - bet you didn't know that eh ?

Speaky soon :o)

Hello :o)

Its been a fab weekend and the weather hasn't been bad either :o) Saturday i got up late (don't know why i say that cos i never get up early ;o) did a few chores and then Lisa and Dan arrived, Lisa texted me in the week to say lets meet up for lunch - she was supposed to be working and i was going to have Dan, but her shift was cancelled. At Dan's request we popped into Redruth and had a mosey around the shops, we then went on to Falmouth......

These pics are of Falmouth, people were sitting outside as you can see, but we opted to eat lunch inside. I took this view of the Maritime Museum too ...i think i need a few tips about inserting photo's as these two have now placed themselves at the top on this entry .....grrrrrr...... i hate it when i don't know what i am doing ...... (giggles)......... don't know why i'm giggling either :o)

The Maritime Museum house's the Small Boat Collection from Greenwich. Its a great place, and even if you are not into boats or sailing i think you would still enjoy a visit. The coffee shop is fab, with lovely views across the harbour and very nice cake too !

Falmouth is full of lovely little shops, its narrow high street twists and bends along the side of the shoreline. We wandered from shop to shop, and i brought a few christmas presents - there i have made a start, it feels good, i jus need to buy some wrapping paper now and wrap as i go along, i don't want to leave it all until the last minute, it jus takes too long and i normally find i am up until the early hours of christmas eve !!

Today i have jus been tidying up and clearing out my china cabinet, i have decided to get rid of it for a more modern one. Mine is 1930's and was left to me by my ex husbands Uncle. It looks out of place in my modern home and i suddenly don't feel the need to hang on to it anymore. I'm surpprised at these feelings as i have looked after it, loved and nurtured it to find myself giving it away to a junk shop in Redruth, and thats only if he decides he wants it when he comes tomorrow for a look.

I popped into Tesco for salad which i like to take for my lunch each day, i was standing at the cash point and felt compelled to take this photo of the trollies !! Something strange is happening to me........ i am being drawn to 'lines' .......(giggles)......and that is all i am going to say on that subject !

Lastly is a photo of a pancake !! yep, your right i am a strange girlie......(giggles).......but how strange is your life i ask myself .....