C'est La Vie!

Hello Hello and back once again for another update, the weeks keep flying by now but nevertheless.......on with the blog!

So last Monday, the week started off quite busy and hectic as on Monday we had our annual Audit. We have a QA System (Quality Assurance) in place at PD Architects and basically all it is is to let Clients and companies know that basically we aren't cowboys and we know what we are doing!

We normally have the same guy come in to audit us but he has retired and we have a new boy on the block! And he wasn't very nice! He was a bit arrogant and extremely pedantic! Throughout the day though Paul (QA Manager), Peter (QA Executive) and me (QA Assistant), tried to make the day flow smoothly as possible.

In the evening i sat and watched tv and Kieron was on World of Warcraft, but he joined me when Big Brother came on.

Tuesday was an ok day at work, the day seemed to drag and we also found out our result from the Audit. We passed however there is a long list of things that this new auditor thinks that we should change so we have a lot of work to do before April/May '09 when he comes back!

In the evening i watched bits of tv whilst playing on my laptop and Kieron was on (you've guessed it) World of Warcraft.

Wednesday work was ok, until my printer broke down and it wouldn't do anything! So Harley from AB came over to fix it. The day went by fairly quickly and i was home before i knew it!

Thursday work was busy but in a good way. I managed to get alot done which made me feel better as i had alot of old projects waiting to be archived which normally takes me a whole day to sort out and organise, so i had it all waiting for me for Friday.

In the evening me and Kieron watched FH Hafnarfjordur (their Icelandic) vs Aston Villa in our 2nd round of qualifying for UEFA. Amazingly and to mine and Kieron's delight the match was shown on Channel 5, and what a delgith it was. We won 4-1 and we played some very good nifty football.

Friday was a a quiet day which was good as it meant i could get on with my archiving. It took me all day but i didn't mind because the day flew past.

In the evening Stuart came round to see Kieron, so whilst they were on the Xbox i took my laptop into the bedroom to watch some tv. Stuart only stayed till 9pm so i went and watched Big Brother Live Eviction.

Saturday was a busy day in the morning me and Kieron did some tidying up before i went round to my nan and grandad's for some lunch. It was grandad's birthday the day before and we went round for a little celebration. Nan had done a small buffett and we all tucked in.

I had brought grandad a Waterstones gift voucher, mum brought him a M&S voucher and Gaz had brought him a bottle of Whiskey.

We had a nice chat and plenty to drink (thanks to Gaz driving) and had a nice afternoon helping nan and grandad finish their newspaper crossword.

It was soon 5.30pm and we had to dash off as me and Gaz were going out. When i used to work at Jofson i worked with a lady in the Sales Office callled Lisa and we became really good friends. Well it was her 40th birthday party at the Great Barr Hotel.

I quickly dashed home to pick up my things, said hello and goodbye to Kieron, although he had Jim round to keep him company and went back to mums to get ready.

After sorting Gaz out with a few mishaps we were ready and dad picked us up at 7.15pm. We arrived at the Hotel for just gone 8pm and soon found Lisa and Neil. There were a small number of people who were already there, so we got a drink and found a seat at a table before the room was packed. Lisa had invited about 100 people and was expecting about 70-80 of them. We sat at a table with a couple who have known Lisa for a long time Carl and i think her name was Emma but i cant quite remember!

They were a lovely couple and we were soon chatting to them. Neil came over and joined us and we were soon having a lovely time.

The buffett was opened at about 9pm but unfortunately there still wasn't many people. There was approximately about 30 of us with all this food stacking up. Me and Gaz felt really really bad and sorry for Lisa who had obviously gone through a lot of trouble to make the evening memerable and she was very upset that her guests had bothered to show up!

But still the night carried on and we had a good old dance and a great time. But sadly the night came to an end around midnight by which time, there was only Lisa, Neil, me, Gaz and dad left. We stood around talking for quite a long time and then we sudenly realised that Lisa hadn't cut the cake!

So we got the knife and Lisa cut three huge chunks of cake for us to take home! We said our goodbyes and made our way home. I got back to the flat for about 2am and went straight to bed when i got in.

Sunday morning me and Kieron got up, i had a shower and we set off to Morrisons to do our shopping. We got back home and Kieron did some lunch whilst i put the shopping away.

At 1pm we set off for Kings Norton train station as we were going to Villa Park to watch the first match of the new football season and we were at home against Manchester City.

We got the 1.21pm train and the train goes right through to Aston. We got their for about 2pm and made our way to the stadium. The place was packed and ready for action. We went through and found our seats, we were sitting in Holte End (Lower) Row F, which was out on the right from the back of the goal.

It was a 3pm kick-off and it was a brillaint and exciting match and we ended up winning 4-2. When we scored it was brillaint to watch as Villa were shooting our end and we got to see all the action.

The match was finally over but getting out of teh stadium was manic but thanks to Kieron we made our way towards and train station and back home.

In the evening i called down to see my nan for some tea as usual.


Right, well i think that just baout does me for now so cheerio!

I Screamed Like A Girl, But That's Because I Am One!

Hello everyone and welcome to my weekly update.

Now firstly i must apologise because some of you might be wondering where last weeks blog was, well since logging i nto write this blog i noticed that i had forgotten to publish the last one, instead of pressing the 'Publish Post' button i pressed 'Save Now' so sorry about that, but if you scroll down to the end of this blog, it will be there!

Anyway, moving on, last Monday work was dreadful and i mean dreadful! I wont go into detail because i dont want to go on and on about it, but basically i am really fed up with work. I just want to be able to do something i can really enjoy and be creative with and i feel that i am sometimes wasted at being a Secretary. But the day went by quite quickly and before i knew i was at home.

My lovely, claret, blue and bits of gold Villa tickets had arrived, which cheered me up. I sat and watched tv and my usual dose of Eastenders and other weekly tv programmes, whilst Kieron played on Warcraft.

Tuesday the day at work didnt get much better, i just did what i needed to do and clock watch all day!

In the evening i was very kindly invited round to my brother's as Carl, Adam and John were going round to play on Rock Band for the Xbox. Now since i was little i've always wanted to have a go at playing the Drums and my brother thought i could have a go on the Drums for Rock Band.

I got round to Gaz's for about 8.30pm and John was already setting it all up. It wasn't long before Carl and Adam arrived and they were soon showing me how it was done.

Carl was on Bass Guitar, Gareth was on Lead Guitar, Adam was on Drums and John was the Singer. I must admit the Mothers of Destruction (their band name) were very good. After a couple of turn watching i bravely picked up the drum sticks, you get 4 drum pads and the bass pedal. It was a bit weird at first but once you get in to it and you overcome the "how stupid do i look?" feeling its really great fun. In fact ever since i had a go ive wanted my brother to go and buy Rock Band so i can have more go's! I had a few turns of the Drums adn then had a small go at the singing (which i wasn't very good at!).

After having my fill i left my brothers at 10.30pm and got back home to watch the last bit of Big Brother before going to bed.

Wednesday the day was ok, it seemed to go by quickly. Ive been keeping my head and jsut getting on with things so that my weekend would hurry up!

In the evening i started reading Richard Hammond's autobiography which i borrowed of Gaz, its mainly focused on his crash he had back in 2006 (i couldn't believe it was that long ago either!) and how he suffered and recovering from brain damage.

Thursday was alright, it was Tony's birthday so at lunch time he took us all for a drink in the pub next door.

In the evening i went for more pubbing, as i met up with Rosey and Dan since i haven't seen them in a while and also they were there to try and cheer me up due to work etc.

We met at the Reservoir and sat having a quiet chat and a drink. They did cheer me up (thank you Rosey and Dan) and we decided to call in a night at 10pm. When i got home me and Kieron watched Big Brother before going to bed.

Friday was an ok day, the day (thankfully) whizzed by and i was home before i knew it. I sat and watched the Big Brother Eviction and then carried on reading my book before going to bed.

Saturday was a nice day i got up in the morning and recieved a parcel from the Postman. Kieron had ordered a game off Play.com for the PS3. Its a card game that then interacts with the Playstation and its called The Eye of Judgement.

After opening all the boxes, me and Kieron set it up. In the afternoon mum, Gareth, nan and grandad came round the flat for a change, mainly so that Gareth could have a go at Kieron's new game. We were all having a nice drink and chat and Steve decided to pop round because he was bored.

In the evening Steve stayed with Kieron and i poped round to see Natalie. We were having a nice chat when we heard a rather loud noise. Basically next to Natalie's house there is a drive way, which leads to the back of the houses to some garages. Some lads had driven up there with their chaved-up Metro and were prating about in the car adn making a lot of noise!

During the course of the evening they were hanging about right next to Natalie's front door and we had to go and tell them to shut up because they kept waking Natalie's children up.

I decided to call the Police to get them to move the group on but they wouldn't come out unless they lads had caused damage! Thanks very much stupid Coppers!

I decided i wouldn't leave Natalie on her own until Steve got back. By which point it was 11.30pm and they were still outside so i called Kieron and told him to get Steve to come home. It was not 11.45pm and all of a sudden there was a loud bang, to which me and Natalie s**t oursleves! I shouted out "Hello" but there was nothing, no answer, no sound. Me and Natalie (bravely) moved towards the living room door, and i shouted "Hello" again, still no answer. So we decided that we would both run and switch some lights, i would run to the Kitchen and Natalie would turn the Bathroom light on. We ran full pelt towards the light switches when all we heard was another bang.

We screamed and ran back in to the living room and we sat huddled on the sofa, when Steve walked in to the living room. Me and Nat felt a bit silly but we didnt care. I think we had hyped oursleves up with "what if" situations. So i said my goodbyes and, practically ran to the car to get home.

Sunday was a relaxing day, me and Kieron went and did the shopping and sat chilling. In the evening i went down to nans for usual for tea.

Well i think that's about it this week so cheerio!

Welcome to Sextilis!

Hello everyone

Sorry its been a bit later in the week than usual for my blog but ive had so much to do at work i forgot about it. But nevertheless im back now and so i start with last Monday.

Work was busy as we all have slowly started preparing for our Audit which is on the 11th, filling had to be done and things needed sorting. Paul who's our QA manger was on holiday so we had to try and do things without him, which we failed at miserably!

In the evening i watched my usual stuff on tv whilst Kieron played on Warcraft.

Tuesday work was even busier i couldn't move away from my desk due to the high amount of phone calls we had coming in, so i wa glad of home time (when it eventually arrived).

Again in the eveing i watched tv and Kieron palyed on Warcraft.

Wednesday work wasnt so hectic so i had change to do the things i was meant to do from the previous two days.

In the evening i decided to watch a film, i watched I Am Legend on Blu-ray but i watched the normal cinema version. Kieron tried to play Warcraft but was paying more attention on the film.

Thursday thankfully work calmed down to a more reasonable pace. Harley came over in the afternoon to check up on the computers and to sort some problems we were having. The day flew by and i was home before i knew it.

Kieron had gone out a bought a Router so that he could go on the internet and xbox at the same time. You be asking yourself why would he want to be on the PC AND Xbox at the same time, well at the moment Kieron and his friend Mirajor (who is also on Warcraft) could only speak to each other by typing in to each other in the Warcraft World and Kieron found that when they were doing quests etc together he found it hard to type, fight and direct Mirajor, so by getting a router to hook up his Xbox at the same time, they could talk to each other over Xbox live whilst playing on Warcraft!!

So now that we have a router my Laptop could also go wireless as i already have a speacial card in it to pick up a wireless network. With the help from Kieron, we got my laptop working again as it had a virues on it and it was running incredibly slow.

After we had messed and fiddled it was almost 9pm and we hadnt really eaten so we had some cheese on toast.

Friday was the 1st of August! Work was ok, a bit slow but not too bad. Although it was exciting for me in a way because the Villa Vs Man City match tickets (first match of the season) were on general sale - yippee! For Villa fans who are interested, me and Kieron are sitting in the Holte End about half way up and slightly to the left hand side.

The day was soon over and i was at home, watching tv and generally chilling out, whilst Kieron was on World of Warcraft.

Saturday was a good day, i got up and did some general tidying up. Mum wasn't here this week as she was seeing some friends she knows from the chat room so i decided to pop round and see nan and grandad for a bit.

When i got there they had arranged to go over and see Gill and Alf, so i said i would go with them. We had a nice, a piece of cake and little drink of bucksfizz to see us through the afternoon, and i even got to see my Uncle Alf's pigeons returning back from a race. He has kept racing pigeons for years and after all this time i have never really seen them so im glad i did.

In the evening Kieron wanted a night in but i was really bored and decided to pop round to see Natalie. We had a nice girlie chat and i even got to feel the baby kicking.

I came back home for about 11pm and went straight to bed.

Sunday was a chilled out day. We did the shopping, had some lunch and then in the evening went down to nans as usual for tea.

Well i think that just about sums it up so cheerio!