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1 July, 2009

Arnie - the Update

Agentbooth @ 5:00 pm

Well Arnie has lost two balls but gained a chip hehe!

All that worry and of course, he was fine. Mind you, we’d fattened him up some - he now looks like a real homely kitty and has definitely come to appreciate the open door policy, hugs and Applaws.

In other news, my tomatoes have got trusses on them, the peppers are coming up and all is well in the garden. I’m even getting lots of berries this year - woohoo! Strawberries are most excellent and oddly enough the snails are not touching them. I do keep finding a fair few dead snails - some virus perhaps? It can’t be the strawberries as I’ve eaten quite a few and I’m still here ;)

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29 June, 2009

Weekend

Agentbooth @ 7:38 am

Saturday saw us chilling - I really needed a rest to be honest.

Sunday - went to mum’s as she is now back from Lake Como. I got kind of upset - still miss dad. We went for a meal and did some shopping, stayed with mum until quite late.

Dream - I had a horrible dream last night about dad - in it he had committed suicide - was quite distressing, but hey! The subconscious mind works in mysterious ways :)

Think mum would like us to go on hols with her again next year. Will have to try and save up and see where we can go on what we have.

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26 June, 2009

Wow, What to Say

Agentbooth @ 1:09 pm

Michael Jackson - blimey!

Came as a surprise to say the least. Never realised he was so out of condition - never realised he had any health problems, except for the mental issue surrounding his childhood and father.

It is sad - on the eve of a new life, he gets cut down. It seems to have been the luck of the man - something good always accompanied by something tragic.

His contribution to pop culture and music/dancing and entertainment as a whole will never be forgotten. There is no denying he was great. He often contributed money to charity but never bragged about it like some - perhaps a strange thing considering in reality he didn’t really have any money to give!

As for his personal life, well I’m not a believer in the crap. I think he wanted the childhood he never truly had, his one major flaw and one he paid dearly for. But one thing I will say, if I had kids and was living in the gutter and some rich star came along and abused any of them, well, sod the money settlement, I’d want to see the fella behind bars or hey, why not castrated!

Well, Jacko, I hope death grants you more happiness and companionship than you had in life.

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25 June, 2009

Weight Ticker

Agentbooth @ 7:00 am


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22 June, 2009

Sometimes time doesn’t heal things

Agentbooth @ 1:39 pm

Over 10 years ago I had one of those experiences that changes your opinion on many things - throws you right into something you didn’t really believe existed. Well, upset though I was at the time I just moved on.

Then today, something cropped up that threw me right back and wow, the emotional and physical reaction was quite surprising, especially given my normally rational viewpoint and that “professionalism detachment” I pride myself on.

So I guess that sometimes time does not heal all things, but keeps things hidden and makes it all come back to you worse than it originally was!

Weird huh!

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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Arnie and Other Things

Agentbooth @ 10:08 am

We went to see Transformers 2 on Saturday morning. Maybe I was tired but it all seemed a blurr to me. The film was a good “romp” - lots of non-stopping action, some good humour amongst some downright boring repetitive jokes, a reasonable plot, and no characterisation at all. Sounds like I didn’t like it much? Well, nah, I loved it!

It’s robots (lots of them) and Josh Ducamel (lots of Josh Ducamel :p) - what more is required :)

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Arnie - he was not well on Friday morning :( I went into a right panic and thought the worse what with him being a little stray. But, phew, went vets and turned out to be an infection so one antibiotic jab later and he’s now back to his normal self.

BBQ - we had a BBQ yesterday with Jamicat. Was very nice, albeit weather didn’t deliver. I needed a break from work I had been doing. Thing is, I forgot to go to father’s grave :( Will see if we can go today. I promised mother and feel rather guilty :(

Sweet potatoes - I’m gonna grow them. In big grow sacks. Have ordered them and hope they arrive pretty soon :) They were not that pricy either. Just got to buy compost and sorted :)

Right, gonna go make a coffee - woke up feeling like hell this morning. Perhaps a coffee will sort me out!

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16 June, 2009

Been a While

Agentbooth @ 9:53 am

Every time I came to post I either got interrupted or decided I just didn’t feel like it.

So what have I been up to:-

Garden

We had a sort out and had hoped someone would come get the Anderson shelter that is serving as a rather rundown shed, but alas, it was not to be. Still, garden not looking too bad. Everything is growing nicely and should have some good crops this year, fingers crossed - yay! I’m even thinking of doing flowers next year :O

Saturday

We did the garden. Decided not to go to the Deloitte BBQ and had our own instead. Just didn’t feel like going. But we got to use our new BBQ and it turned out very nice indeed.

Sunday

Rushed round to Jamicat in the morning so she could alter mother’s trousers. Then went to mum’s and we ended up at Booths having lunch and doing some shopping.

Late afternoon saw us rushing around the Gardens of Mobberley “exhibition” - saw some nice gardens, got some great ideas. The Hillside Bird Oasis was the best by far - Japanese and truly inspired. Not only got some amazing ducks, chickens and flamingoes but an amazing display of bonsai. Alas, it is closed to the public now due to a dispute re traffic with the neighbours but next year I am sure it will open for the Mobberley Gardens.

The people who own the Hillside Bird Oasis run a place called Blackbrook Zoological Park - got a leaflet and it sounds like a good day out - yay again!

Plans

Work, work, sleep, sleep. TRANSFORMERS

Not long until Transformers on Friday - I don’t care how shattered I may be I shall be there. Even the massive hail stones we had yesterday won’t keep me away.

Otherwise, mother is off to Lake Como on Saturday so plan to do some work, hopefully get in the garden and put the border up around the Monkey Puzzle Tree, and have another BBQ. Sunday is Father’s Day so we shall be going to dad’s grave and putting some flowers on it for him. Then going to see Marga-Rhett, Bobby and their lovely furball, Jasmine.

Trying to keep busy to take my mind off dad ;)

Ear Ear

After my two days of agony last week, it is now completely clear - no pain, not even a twinge. The outside hurts a bit when pushed but otherwise the inner ear has suddenly started behaving itself. Maybe the pain meant something was moving, or who knows! But I can put my headphones on, typing and music, without worrying about the twinges. Woohoo!

Right think that is all I have to say at the mo, phew!

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9 June, 2009

Arnie, Fathers Day and Fed Up

Agentbooth @ 4:27 pm

Arnie - took the little fella to the vet on Sunday. He’s a one year old boy with all his tackle, except one ball is tucked away, poor guy! Had his first set of jabs and due to be neutered and have his second set of jabs on 30 June. He’s got ear mites and is not fond of the drops one bit.

Fathers Day - since getting emails re this event I’ve been down in the dumps and stuffing my face. I’m so blue right now. I still miss my dad a lot, it hurts. I dream about him too and that’s really tough, sigh! :(

Fed up - probably re above paragraph. But my ear is killing me again, I have a bad headache that painkillers are not shifting and, yep, I’m fed up.

I need to pull myself up and out of this mood. Never been one for depression but since dad died it has become a real big issue :(

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5 June, 2009

A Political Post

Agentbooth @ 6:08 pm

Will we, the public, have to go down to 10 Downing Street and drag Gordon Brown out of his house in his pyjamas! Damn, we have voted out every Labour council in today’s limited elections - isn’t that enough?

He thinks he is the right man for the job. No, no, no! He’s not because he’s about as engaging as a brick wall - he’s as flat as a pancake. You get the idea right! He’s so in his own little world with his own little bunch of buddies that he might as well reside in one of the archaic towers of Oxford amongst the most obscure of academics. Damn, he’s almost so beyond us ordinary people he’s practically living up Everest! After all, he’s not smart enough for Oxford! No light bulbs on in his head!

He thinks he has the right team. To be honest, he has the same team as before with a few new names in obscure roles.

He talks of improving schools and the health service, bring us out of recession, etc. etc.

Well what can I say, classes in schools are bigger than ever, GCSE questions are so dumbed down a five year old can answer them and kids are carrying knives cos they think it’s cool (and they are using them!).

Health service - oh don’t get me started. Hospitals are filthy and it isn’t because of bad staff so much as not enough staff or the reliance on contracts - there’s no denying that Labour has done to the NHS what the Conservatives would have no doubt secretly loved to have done, i.e. privatised it! Trusts are full of managers and consultants carrying out this consultation and that consultation - bugger that, spend the money on cleaning, treating and operating thank you very much - we don’t need it all analysing just bloody doing.

Economy - it’s a global recession. True, but who followed Bush into the Devil’s mouth? Who was Chancellor? Who was pushing the boom and bust to the point that Maggie Thatcher looked tame? Aha, Gordon Brown. He won’t say sorry and he won’t discuss the consequence of having had to borrow so much that if this country was a business concern, the bank would have pulled the plug long ago. He’s advised us is go out and spend - sod that! Nothing has changed - the mentality is the same - if it’s failing, throw money at it, and if that don’t work, thow a committee, a quango and a load of spin doctors into the mix! We, the public, are not stupid!

I shall stop now but well, it is easy to rip New Labour to shreds especially when they seem to still think they are a leftish wing, semi-socialist party - er, nope! Imho, New Labour are proudly Thatcherite but alas not very good at it! They just haven’t cottoned on to it yet ;) ID cards, child databases, DNA databases - this is not a party for the people, caring for the people - this is a party that would have us all electronically tagged if it proved self-serving to them.

Am I angry? Am I so wrong in my ire? Perhaps, but imho, there is no such thing as Labour anymore and those working class who vote for Labour because they always have done should take a long hard look at their “people’s party” because they will probably find that the Liberal Democrats is more to their liking!

The point of this post, if anyone reads it - well, don’t vote for so and so because you have always voted for so and so. Parties change. Think before you place that cross.

The End

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3 June, 2009

Angelica - the herb/Panic over the new kittie

Agentbooth @ 9:54 am

Apparently in some countries they eat it raw like celery so I thought I would give it a go - blah! And dare I say more blah! It tastes like soap! Okay next time I will go to the trouble of making candied angelica and seeing if that is better.

Arnie came in last night and he had a wet neck, i.e. where you put the Frontline. I panicked - what if someone had dosed him up as well :O It didn’t smell like Frontline though but still… double dosing flea treatments is not a good idea. Guess the stray beggar has another owner, who may be the true owner, but who knows. So, I’ve ordered a collar for him so people know he has a “home”. Was going to put our contact details on it but decided not to. For one, he may just be an owned cat that isn’t being looked after well and I don’t want an angry person on my doorstep. Plus, considering how bad he was initially I don’t want anyone reporting us to the RSPCA thinking we owned him before.

Have to admit, apart from the bald patches that are growing back slowly, he’s looking much better :D

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