Orchids and Dishwashers....AAAGGGHHH!

Hello Everyone,

Welcome to my Saturday journal entry. I`ve been wracking my brain to think of something interesting and entertaining for you but I`m afraid I`ve failed miserably in both cases. I have a cold, at least I have the start of one. It doesn`t seem to be able to make up it`s mind whether to give me the full blown version or just a little sniffle. After seeing Jim with his man-flu and Kerry with the full works I`m inclined to think this is the real thing and am taking appropriate measures ie. taking zinc for the immune system, drinking plenty of fluids, using the saline nasal spray so often I`m afraid I might accidently drown myself with the stuff!

                                           

Yesterday was one of those days when if something could go wrong it DID go wrong...with a vengence. It started very early in the morning when I was attending to my precious orchids. My new miniature one with the pink flowers looked a bit sorry for itself so I picked it up for a closer look and one of the leaves dropped off, then one of the flower buds followed suit. And then, another leaf fell off leaving just the one new leaf clinging to the stem. I put the plant down and that leaf dropped off too. I think this one is going to be beyond saving...sigh. Funnily enough, I had no problems at work. We`re having a spring clean in the shop and I`m rather enjoying the cleaning and tidying because the time flies by and it`s time to go home before I know it. Oh no, work wasn`t the problem yesterday, perhaps I should have stayed there all day...lol!

                                           

After work Jim and I went into town where I bought a nice blouse in the sale, no problem there either. In fact we managed to change our buildings insurance to a far better one for just a couple of £`s more. Also we changed our pet insurance to a better one that is actually cheaper than the last, not bad eh! It all changed when we got home. I`ll cut a long story short and so as not to be disloyal or embarrass him and I will just say that Jim has broken the dishwasher.  I will say no more on the matter....grrrr!

                                 

Yesterday evening I thought I`d try out the new WooHoo site. I`s set up a screenname with AIM and it should have been all systems go. At least that`s what should have happened. What actually happened was AIM refused to let me sign in several times so I checked everying and then changed my password. They sent me a confirmation of the new password and then I tried again... and again.....and again and each time I was refused. Woohoo kept telling me I didn`t have any photos so I had to upload them, which of course I did, four times without success. By this time I was so stressed I started to call the computer some very unladylike names so I decided to turn it off before I did it some irrepairable damage. After doing so I looked at the clock and it said 11pm...I couldn`t believe I`d stayed online for so long without doing anything at all...I think I read about five journals! Today I will make up for it by reading and commenting on them all and I`ll stay away from WooHoo and AIM until I feel stressed where they are concerned.

                 

The collage I made in the last entry was a bit of a surprise to me as I`m not at all sure how I created it, in fact no one was more surprised than me that it actually worked at all. Now all I have to do is work my way back and find out what I did so I can have another go at it. Not just yet though....lol! I hope you`ve all had a good week, we`ve had some horrible weather with heavy rain and gale force winds. Apparently it wasn`t too bad in this part of the country so I can`t imagine just how bad it was elsewhere.

I hope you all have a lovely weekend my friends. Take care and I hope to post again tomorrow....that is if I haven`t thrown the computer out of the window...lol! Cheerio. :o)