Well it has been a week and a half since my last blog so I better just do a quick catch up I guess.
I have had computer problems for the last few weeks. I have finally managed to get it up and running after a lot of effort and playing around.
I don't want to bore anyone with the details but basically I changed the hard drive and the mother board.
The damn thing would not then boot up.
This meant the only way to start it was to reload windows and delete everything on my hard drive.
Obviously that would have been a real pain.
So I then bought another new hard drive and loaded windows onto that.
I have now added the old one as a slave drive.
At least I have now kept all the information.
If nothing else it has been a learning experience!
Thanks to Chrissie and some other friends for there help and advise.
I have managed to spend a bit of time practicing the guitar which I have enjoyed.
I am off tomorrow to get my haircut. Hopefully it is about long enough to have a "BOB" style cut. I just have to be careful that I can style it in a masculine way (URGH I am going to vomit!) in the day.
I also ordered some natural hair dye which arrived today. Unfortunately I seem to have major reactions to most hair dyes.
I have done a test patch several hours ago and will wait until tomorrow to see if I have a reaction.
My grey hairs are now starting to show a bit and I really want to get rid of them. Fingers crossed.
I have kept up the jogging and managed to have a 3 mile run every couple of days. It has helped me loose 2 lbs of the lbs. I put on. Still 4 more to go.
I am on a reasonably even keel at the moment. I think its the thought of Christmas and a break that's helping.
I went shopping with my wife last Saturday and we managed to get most of the presents.
I bought my wife some charms that she wanted for her bracelet. It is so lovely and she knows I really want a bracelet like that.
Its the type where you buy the silver chain and then add the charms over time. You can personalize them and there are hundreds of options for the charms.
So when she asked me what I wanted I smiled and she knew what to get me. So we went and chose the bracelet and some charms to go on it.
Now I cant wait until Christmas morning. :-)
I love shopping with my wife. We have a good browse around and always make time for a pub lunch. Either my parents or hers babysit so it is a relaxed day.
We normally go 2 or 3 times a year.
My Mum called me the other night and she has been asking me what I wanted for Christmas. I have been racking my brains and really wanted some perfume.
She said " come on tell me what you want. You need to make up your mind time is running out. How about a CD or some after shave"
After shave !!! I laughed when she said it.
I said "no mum, Definitely not, but there is a nice perfume I am after if you wouldn't mind."
There was a short pause and then a "on that's fine and which one would you like"
So I told her and the conversation moved on.
I am trying to introduce things slowly with my parents and it does seem to be working. They are great. Although they never instigate any conversation on my Gender, they are ok if I bring it up.
We have a way to go yet but basically so far so good.
Oh dear, I have just looked at my arm and I need to epilate. That's tomorrow morning sorted!
xx