Daisy Turnip writes.....
Yesterday, I was away on a jolly, er, sorry, I mean an intensive 2 day away event, with work.
In the evening, we were treated to a wine tasting session and lesson, at a wine shop close to where we were staying.
I don’t think the team quite got it – when we left, all the spittoons were empty, so too were the numerous bottles of wine, but funnily enough, all the team was in very fine spirit!
It was a pity we didn’t just sample organic wines, as there were several poorly heads this morning!
Friday 23 January 2009
A Star Student
Daisy Turnip writes.....
Daughter wants the world to know that she got an A in her uni report!
This isn't quite the world, but at least it's a start!
Well done babes, you've obviously got your Mother's genes on that score! : )
Daughter wants the world to know that she got an A in her uni report!
This isn't quite the world, but at least it's a start!
Well done babes, you've obviously got your Mother's genes on that score! : )
Wednesday 21 January 2009
He’s a Winker
Daisy Turnip writes.....
Sneezing is a bit of a family thing. My sister is King Sneezer – she can, and frequently does about 8 sneezes on the trot. Daughter is a close 2nd and can easily do a run of 6. My average is 5 sneezes – hubby even knows if a delayed sneeze is about to follow. However, the funniest thing is that our mutt, Bailey, is a big sneezer too – usually when he gets excited.
I always carry a pack of anti-histamines!
I’m now getting a little concerned re how I can put this into words, in order to truly capture the following incident.
A couple of days ago, said mutt, myself and hubby were all in the kitchen (I think we’d just finished tidying up after dinner) and then the dog started to sneeze – obviously thinking that he was about to be both fed and walked.
He sneezed
And sneezed
And sneezed
So much so, that we turned round to look at him.
(here’s the bit I’m worried about)
And there he was, head on its side, with his eye squinting – in a big way – knowing that another sneeze was shortly to follow.
It was so pronounced, and soooo delayed (for what must have been about 15 seconds), in fact I began to panic slightly, thinking that he was going to have some fit.
And then he sneezed again – big time. Shook himself, wagged his tail and looked at us both, as if to say, ‘got a problem?’
If you can’t picture the image, trust me, it was v funny!
Should I start crushing an anti-histamine into his food?
Sneezing is a bit of a family thing. My sister is King Sneezer – she can, and frequently does about 8 sneezes on the trot. Daughter is a close 2nd and can easily do a run of 6. My average is 5 sneezes – hubby even knows if a delayed sneeze is about to follow. However, the funniest thing is that our mutt, Bailey, is a big sneezer too – usually when he gets excited.
I always carry a pack of anti-histamines!
I’m now getting a little concerned re how I can put this into words, in order to truly capture the following incident.
A couple of days ago, said mutt, myself and hubby were all in the kitchen (I think we’d just finished tidying up after dinner) and then the dog started to sneeze – obviously thinking that he was about to be both fed and walked.
He sneezed
And sneezed
And sneezed
So much so, that we turned round to look at him.
(here’s the bit I’m worried about)
And there he was, head on its side, with his eye squinting – in a big way – knowing that another sneeze was shortly to follow.
It was so pronounced, and soooo delayed (for what must have been about 15 seconds), in fact I began to panic slightly, thinking that he was going to have some fit.
And then he sneezed again – big time. Shook himself, wagged his tail and looked at us both, as if to say, ‘got a problem?’
If you can’t picture the image, trust me, it was v funny!
Should I start crushing an anti-histamine into his food?
Public transport and shared desks
Daisy Turnip writes.....
I work for an organisation that seriously tries to promote and encourage the use of public transport to all of the staff. Although we understand and really want to embrace this attitude, some of us are just totally glued to our car seats and would prefer the comfort, warmth and control of our own destiny when it comes to travelling – not to mention the sheer pleasure of not having some nutter sitting next to you whilst you are on a journey.
I share a desk with Pete. Given the fact that he's male, he's not that untidy to be honest, but ultimately, he's a man - I therefore share a desk with a tidy (male definition of the word tidy) 'ish man.
I hate commuting into Birmingham each day.
I got into the office at 7.20 this morning – feeling really grumpy, as I hadn’t filled my travel mug with tea before leaving the house, and therefore hadn’t had sufficient amounts of caffeine, in order for me to face a day in the office. Even leaving home that early in the morning, it still takes me an hour to get into work - it's just far too early not to have copious amounts of caffeine in your system at that hour of the day!
However, as I sat down at the shared desk (feeling pretty damn grumpy and tired) a chuckle did occur. Stapled to the desk divider was a return train ticket, from Birmingham to Stourbridge, and written on it were the words, ‘I travelled by train and survived it!’
I chuckled pretty loud to be honest!
I then chuckled even louder, knowing that Pete and Dominic had left the office late yesterday afternoon, in order to undertake something like a 12 hour journey which consisted of a variety of car, trains, planes and taxis to get them to some European destination for a full day meeting today (which they both desperately didn’t want to go to) and then do the same journey back tonight – they are both in the office tomorrow!
Serves him right – he should leave the shared desk tidy each night before he goes home! : )
I work for an organisation that seriously tries to promote and encourage the use of public transport to all of the staff. Although we understand and really want to embrace this attitude, some of us are just totally glued to our car seats and would prefer the comfort, warmth and control of our own destiny when it comes to travelling – not to mention the sheer pleasure of not having some nutter sitting next to you whilst you are on a journey.
I share a desk with Pete. Given the fact that he's male, he's not that untidy to be honest, but ultimately, he's a man - I therefore share a desk with a tidy (male definition of the word tidy) 'ish man.
I hate commuting into Birmingham each day.
I got into the office at 7.20 this morning – feeling really grumpy, as I hadn’t filled my travel mug with tea before leaving the house, and therefore hadn’t had sufficient amounts of caffeine, in order for me to face a day in the office. Even leaving home that early in the morning, it still takes me an hour to get into work - it's just far too early not to have copious amounts of caffeine in your system at that hour of the day!
However, as I sat down at the shared desk (feeling pretty damn grumpy and tired) a chuckle did occur. Stapled to the desk divider was a return train ticket, from Birmingham to Stourbridge, and written on it were the words, ‘I travelled by train and survived it!’
I chuckled pretty loud to be honest!
I then chuckled even louder, knowing that Pete and Dominic had left the office late yesterday afternoon, in order to undertake something like a 12 hour journey which consisted of a variety of car, trains, planes and taxis to get them to some European destination for a full day meeting today (which they both desperately didn’t want to go to) and then do the same journey back tonight – they are both in the office tomorrow!
Serves him right – he should leave the shared desk tidy each night before he goes home! : )
Tuesday 13 January 2009
Passwords Bloody Passwords
Daisy Turnip writes.....
I work in IT and network security. My main role is as an ICT Manager. Until March of this year I’m contracted out 2 days per week, working on a project for a different organisation. I therefore have a variety of passwords that I need to remember for numerous laptops and email systems – I’m really not very good at it!
Tonight, for my main job, I had to reset my email password. I changed it and then took the dog for a walk. I came back home and tried to log on to email and, for the 5 month in a row, I’ve forgotten my new password! I am the ICT Manager for this organisation!
For my other role, last week I locked myself out of my laptop and in the same week, also managed to bugger up the password on my Blackberry!
I’m now officially incommunicado!
Tomorrow, I need to do some grovelling, apologising, log a few support calls and then work out a new password regime - which I WILL remember.
Oh dear! This is becoming very embarrassing!
I work in IT and network security. My main role is as an ICT Manager. Until March of this year I’m contracted out 2 days per week, working on a project for a different organisation. I therefore have a variety of passwords that I need to remember for numerous laptops and email systems – I’m really not very good at it!
Tonight, for my main job, I had to reset my email password. I changed it and then took the dog for a walk. I came back home and tried to log on to email and, for the 5 month in a row, I’ve forgotten my new password! I am the ICT Manager for this organisation!
For my other role, last week I locked myself out of my laptop and in the same week, also managed to bugger up the password on my Blackberry!
I’m now officially incommunicado!
Tomorrow, I need to do some grovelling, apologising, log a few support calls and then work out a new password regime - which I WILL remember.
Oh dear! This is becoming very embarrassing!
Monday 5 January 2009
Teenage Kids and Cars
Daisy Turnip says......... Daughter turned 18 last February and finally got her full driving license in March 2008.
Grandad had a couple of grand banked for the occasion. Daddy Dave also had a couple of grand banked to top up for unsuspecting costs for a car that posh daughter was prepared to drive.
Daughter now drives a very posh car for a fashion degree student!
Mommy pays an unbelievably expensive car insurance premium for her daughter to drive her ‘chav’ car.
Mommy and Daddy Dave threatened daughter that if she had the need to claim on her insurance policy, she would have to pay the difference in the insurance cost between year 1 and year 2!
Back in October daughter ‘dinged’ a 4 day old GT Bentley Continental ie £120k – because the stupid wife of the owner was late to pick up her son, and was driving like a total idiot at speeds far too great for the actual road – but we’re not bitter, and we’re trying to move on. HOWEVER, insurance premium moves on up. In fact, only this weekend, we received the renewal quote – it’s doubled to £1,200! Kids and cars – license to print money for insurance companies.
The pain hurt for the duration of the weekend. But we dealt with it and HAD moved on!
I left home for work this morning at 7am, leaving behind a lovely picturesque village, with snow and ice lined roads. And then, an hour later, some swine ploughed into daughter’s car! Moved it from the road on to the pavement in the process! And then s/he drove off, without a note or a knock at the door. How lovely! NOT.
Daughter is now distraught. I am gutted! And I am also brassic – parent of a chav driving car, who promised her child expense free driving whilst she was a student!
Surprise – the ‘swine’ turned up tonight and ‘fessed up – now waiting for insurance details – promised for tomorrow, before 9am. Will let you know how it goes.
Grandad had a couple of grand banked for the occasion. Daddy Dave also had a couple of grand banked to top up for unsuspecting costs for a car that posh daughter was prepared to drive.
Daughter now drives a very posh car for a fashion degree student!
Mommy pays an unbelievably expensive car insurance premium for her daughter to drive her ‘chav’ car.
Mommy and Daddy Dave threatened daughter that if she had the need to claim on her insurance policy, she would have to pay the difference in the insurance cost between year 1 and year 2!
Back in October daughter ‘dinged’ a 4 day old GT Bentley Continental ie £120k – because the stupid wife of the owner was late to pick up her son, and was driving like a total idiot at speeds far too great for the actual road – but we’re not bitter, and we’re trying to move on. HOWEVER, insurance premium moves on up. In fact, only this weekend, we received the renewal quote – it’s doubled to £1,200! Kids and cars – license to print money for insurance companies.
The pain hurt for the duration of the weekend. But we dealt with it and HAD moved on!
I left home for work this morning at 7am, leaving behind a lovely picturesque village, with snow and ice lined roads. And then, an hour later, some swine ploughed into daughter’s car! Moved it from the road on to the pavement in the process! And then s/he drove off, without a note or a knock at the door. How lovely! NOT.
Daughter is now distraught. I am gutted! And I am also brassic – parent of a chav driving car, who promised her child expense free driving whilst she was a student!
Surprise – the ‘swine’ turned up tonight and ‘fessed up – now waiting for insurance details – promised for tomorrow, before 9am. Will let you know how it goes.
New Year’s Resolution
Daisy Turnip writes.....
A very small handful of friends and family have asked that my new year’s resolution be that I restart ‘the blog’ – ok DT is going to try and be good and do the blog thing again. No promises – but I’ll try
A very small handful of friends and family have asked that my new year’s resolution be that I restart ‘the blog’ – ok DT is going to try and be good and do the blog thing again. No promises – but I’ll try
Holidays and Illness
Daisy Turnip writes.....
I love holidays – every time I take one, I get sick!
I broke up from work on Monday 22 December and have spent the entire holiday with this awful bug. Back at work today, and I’ve still got it! Don’t you just love holidays!!!
I love holidays – every time I take one, I get sick!
I broke up from work on Monday 22 December and have spent the entire holiday with this awful bug. Back at work today, and I’ve still got it! Don’t you just love holidays!!!
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