Amethyst Lady

Just logged into my mail on here to find that I am one of the administrators 'victims' on here and lost tags. They send you an email that you can't reply to and tell you that 'we hope you understand'. No I bloody well don't understand. If I wanted the tags removed I would of done it myself now wouldn't I? Waste of time complaining as they won't listen or take any notice. Thats the trouble with this big wide netland, too many websites trounce over you not giving a damn about their users or what they want. Take Yahoo for example, they have lost 1000s of users who have defected to Google and I was one of them. Do these sites forget that without their users, they wouldnt exist? Or don't they give a shit about that? Thank gawd I back my blog up elsewhere, which by the way has the same tags that were deleted here.........................watch out as your blog will be next!

Btw, they did say on their admin blog that they were doing this to everyones blogs if tags/titles are over 5 words long, just to clarify. Guess we have lost our freedom of expression then huh?

Woke up to torrential rain and I didnt' want to get out of bed. It is so overcast and dark out. Still not cold though which is a good thing.

I went shopping at Tescos yesteray and ended up buying something I couldn't resist..........all three books of Enid Blytons Magic Faraway Tree collection. I loved these books as a child and constantly reread them. I am hoping my twins will love them too and of course, I will be reading them again too!

Taken from http://thefridayfive.blog.co.uk/

1. Are you superstitious? ----Yes. Still won't walk under a ladder lol

2. Are you attending or hosting a halloween party this year?----No

3. What's your favourite scary movie?----The orignal The Fog movie.

4. Trick or Treat?----Definitely treat!

5. The best Halloween costume is...? Zombie costume.

I got some good news this week regarding my Water Bill and Southern Water ( see this post http://amethystlady.blog.co.uk/2009/10/12/water-bill-7152421/). We had someone come out and check the water meter and our thoughts were confirmed, the meter number assigned to our house wasn't our meter! Good news indeed after facing a £76 water bill for just one month. Even the guy couldn't understand how the mixup has happened. Our meter isnt on our property it is up the road and round the corner..........what a weird setup lol. At least it's all sorted now.

Him Indoors went back to work this week after having three weeks off with a bad back...............so it's nice and peaceful now lol.

I got a lovely dining table and chairs secondhand for £56. It was an absolute bargain and the table is real wood too and been looked after ever so well. The chairs are a bit scruffy but nothing a gentle sanding can't fix.

The twins now have glasses for reading. Funny thing is they like wearing them where as most kids wouldnt at their age lol.

I hope everyone is having a lovely weekend and Happy Halloween to one and all!

CAN YOU IMAGINE?
(For the Child in All of Us)

Can you imagine a world without witches,
A world with all people the same?
Where the only known dragons are hiding in books,
And children are terribly tame?

A world without magic would be sad indeed.
I cannot imagine the pain
Of having a world where there's no Santa Claus,
Where wizards are searched for in vain.

Can you imagine a world without spells,
That science and businesses run?
And think of the sadness a unicorn feels
When he no longer plays in the sun.

Can you imagine a world without witches,
No elves, and no magical pools?
And can you imagine how dull it would be
If all that we had were the schools?

I cannot imagine a world without witches,
A world with no magical wand.
A world without beauty, or even a dream,
Or a wood sprite of whom to be fond.

They say I should grow up and be more mature,
Like a normal adult ought to do.
But I'd rather, at night, go to dance with a witch,
And I'll bet that you feel that way, too.

by Robert F. Potts

Woke up to sunshine and no rain today!

Had a really bad nights sleep last night.

We went to bed early and watched a DVD for a change. It was Battle Star Galactica, series one, episodes 1-4 of the newer one. Never seen it before and a friend has lent us the complete box set including the mini series. I was a huge fan of the old series when it was first shown and I am a bit divided as to whether I like this one or not. It takes a bit of getting used to not seeing Lorne Greene and that also, Starbuck is now played by a woman. But, I am not going to judge it too much until I'v watched all three series and the mini series.

When it finished it was 3.45am, so I read for 20 minutes and then just couldnt get to sleep. It was 6.45 till my eyes finally sucumbed so hopefully I will sleep very well tonight!

I have nothing planed for today other than cooking the Sunday dinner and making a nice apple crumble lol.

Hope everyone else is having a nice weekend!

Woke up to lots of rain again and a very heavy fog which is still here.

I had a very nice surprise this morning. I won £15 worth of shopping prizes on Pogo's daily drawing! I rarely ever win on anything. The email says it takes up to 60 days to receive them. Wonder what shops I will be able to use them in?

Yesterday I finally ordered the much needed drive belt for our hoover from Amazon. The belt went the day we moved in our new house and we have been using a broom and dustpan and brush ever since. Not good when you got pets lol. They dispatched them within an hour of me ordering them. Well impressed.

Woke up to rain,rain and more rain. It's dull and dreary out and I havent bothered getting dressed yet as its more snug to stay in my cosy dressing gown lol.
Last night I was so cold that I caved in and put the central heating on for a bit. The weather has definitely got a lot colder these last few days. Trouble is I woke with a sinus headache where I had the heating on last night

This afternoon I went and saw my grandkids. I don't get to see Destiny much where her mum and dad are not together. She walks now and looks so much like her dad when he was a baby!

Chris and Destiny

My daughter Rebecca who was there too.

Destiny and I.

When we got home, I made a nice sweet and Sour chicken curtesy of a jar of Uncle Bens cook in sauce lol. Tasted quite nice actually.

This evening Im just vegging and catching up on blogs and emails. Hope everyone has had a nice day!

The Black Bra

I had lunch with 2 of my unmarried friends.
One is engaged, one is a mistress, and I have been married for 20+ years.

We were chatting about our relationships and decided to amaze our men by greeting them at the door wearing a black bra, stiletto heels and a mask over our eyes. We agreed to meet in a few days to exchange notes. Here's how it all went.

My engaged friend:

The other night when my boyfriend came over he found me with a black leather bodice, tall stilettos and a mask. He saw me and said, 'You are the woman of my dreams. I love you.' Then we made passionate love all night long.

The mistress:

Me too! The other night I met my lover at his office and I was wearing a raincoat, under it only the black bra, heels and mask over my eyes. When I opened the raincoat he didn't say a word, but he started to tremble and we had wild sex all night.

Then I had to share my story:

When my husband came home I was wearing the black bra, black stockings, stilettos and a mask over my eyes. When he came in the door and saw me he said, 'What's for dinner, Batman?