Frances

Writer's Block: One Day to Live

2008-02-16T20:33:55Z

I'ld probably sleep through it if I wasn't working
How do you know that each day isn't going to be your last?

bloody cats

2004-02-04T21:36:11Z

OH MY GOD!!!"!

Day off tomorrow. Decided to celebrate with a half bottle of wine.

Pleasantly inebriated.

Go to kitchen and find corpse of guinea pig on kitchen floor.

Not mine I may add, but that's beside the point.

I may get a dog in the fullness of time, but never again a cat.

things that happen

2004-01-29T20:37:03Z

Was in Sauchihall St today and managed to give a strange girl an
orgasm by telling her the time.
(There was a camera and a hypnotist involved somewhere)
Glasgow can be an odd place.

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2004-01-24T10:28:26Z

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new years resolution

2004-01-01T19:25:14Z

Never was any good at this.

Decided to fast one day a week - so I could eat what I liked the rest of the time.

The fast lasted two and a half hours.

Oh well, ther's always next year.

Happy New Year everyone.

shopping

2003-11-17T19:34:32Z

I went to start my Christmas shopping today since I have a weeks holiday.
I must be the worst shopper on the planet. Spent all afternoon trawling through shops, and bought a pack of Christmas cards and a pack of knickers (for myself).
God help me.
Tomorrow I'm going to visit Jerz's kittens.

end of holidays

2003-08-10T21:28:32Z

Good thing:
My living room is now wallpapered.

Bad thing:
I have to go to work in the morning.
Life can be cruel

house wrecker

2003-07-29T23:19:23Z

Day two of holiday has ended.
Living room has no wallpaper and very little picture rail left. On the plus side it has gained many holes in both expected and unexpected places. I supose this happens in order that I don't lose interest. Most of the paint on the skirting boards and doors has removed itself with just a bit of friendly persuasion from a scraper.

holidays

2003-07-26T21:06:24Z

I'm on holiday. I have sung and danced and generally celebrated.
I have cycled to a garden centre and bought myself 3 ferns which are very lovely, and tomorrow I will plant them.

Things I did today

2003-07-24T21:55:37Z

Cycled to Ayr
Bought some skirting board
Bought a book
Cycled home
Drank coffee in the garden
Pulled old skirting off fireplace wall
Re-plastered
Cut new skirting to fit
Ate dinner
Watched telly
Wrote in journal

Back to work tomorrow and Saturday, then I'm on holiday for TWO WEEKS YAAAAAY.

Will be able to see Marysia as much as she likes. YAAAAY.

jerzy graduates

2003-07-16T22:03:21Z

I am a proud Mum.
We had a great day. Ate well. Got pissed. Had fun.
Only thing wrong, - no Marysia.
We missed you honey.

Gardening

2003-07-13T19:57:07Z

I spent the entire morning weeding the garden and managed to have a coffee and read my book while sitting in the tree.
Note to self: Must find a way of making a more comfortable seat up there.

francesk @ 2003-06-19T22:50:00

2003-06-19T21:53:25Z

Jerz got a 2/1. Go Jerz.

francesk @ 2003-06-16T22:47:00

2003-06-16T21:49:51Z

ah yes. the iris. you are the mysterious one of
the bunch. you sometimes have a sad tinge
about you, yet you're still great to be around.
you probably have a deep poetic soul. express
it if you aren't already. you probably like to
be alone, but when you do get out with your
friends you enjoy it. you really are a trend
setter, even if you may not realise it. people
are drawn to your charisma and want to be like
you. try to have a more optimistic outlook--
things are probably better than they seem!

what non-stereotypical flower would you be (with pictures)
brought to you by Quizilla

I'm so glad it's one I actually like.

francesk @ 2003-06-09T00:20:00

2003-06-08T23:24:05Z

It's late and I'm going to bed.
I'm going to be so tired in the morning, but it's not even dark here yet.
It's 20 past mid-night and the sky is still blue.

francesk @ 2003-06-06T22:03:00

2003-06-06T21:30:51Z

Well, I have a lovely new fire, occupying a dismal room in sore need of redecoration. When I'll ever get time to do it I don't know. But at least some ideas are forming of what I'll eventually end up with.

Went to see The Matrix. I may go again. I don't want to wait 'till the DVD comes out before I see it next.

Thought the pump in the pond was broken so I took it apart and it only needed cleaned out, so it's working again - yay.
My sea holly is going to flower for the first time.It may be sad but such things excite me. There are also lots of newts in the ponds so they must be having a good year.

I think I'm getting a Saturday off in a week or two so maybe I'll get a chance to see Ewa.

francesk @ 2003-05-17T08:47:00

2003-05-17T07:56:29Z

Thursday spent in the garden - got a bit of a tan.
Friday spent at work - almost got hypothermia.
Today - just another adventure into the unknown - I wish.

Which x-men character are you

2003-05-04T22:22:37Z

Apparently I am Storm.

debbie

2003-05-01T18:55:01Z

A distant relative of mine has died. Her name was Debbie Barham.
Her grandparents were cousins of my fathers.
She was suffering from anorexia and died suddenly from heart failure. She was only 27 or 28.
She wrote for the B.B.C. and others, and was very well thought of.

I looked her up on the web. She seems to be involved in some interesting sites although I still haven't figured out exactly what she did.

francesk @ 2003-04-26T00:39:00

2003-04-25T23:41:05Z

How did it get to be after mid-night on friday? I seem to have lost half a week.
Started watching West Wing and couldn't stop. I wondered why I never knew what happened after the big shoot out. They never screened it here. They went straight from series one to somewhere else. How can they do these things? I'm going to watch half of series two and then I'll need to wait God knows how long to get the second half.

Lee's wedding presie is a georgeous mouth blown frosted glass vase. It's shaped like an urn, stands about 18" high, and is a golden yellow colour, darker at the base and light at the top. Around the widest part is a free form design that looks sort of like rocks and grasses. I think it's stunning, so if they don't like it I hope they give it back to me and don't just break it.

Nothing much else to say about today.

Work was a bitch.

The garden is happy because it rained.

francesk @ 2003-04-24T23:03:00

2003-04-24T22:13:02Z

Sandy Denny duly recorded from radio. Oh my God, wasn't she good.
Carpet arrived in the morning.
New fire ordered in the afternoon.
Wedding present for Lee bought.
Got myself the first half of the West Wing. Figured I'd spent so much, a little more would go unnoticed.
What a way to spend a day. Retail therapy gone haywire.

Good night all.

d.i.y.

2003-04-22T21:18:58Z

Well, I've ripped all the tiles off my hated chipped hearth. So now I'm going to have to do something with it. A new carpet is being delivered on Thursday and I can't lay it until I've done something with the rest of the room.
Question:
Do I get rid of the fire all together, given that I never use it, or, do I get a pretty one that can give a nice warm glow on a dark night even when it's not switched on for heat?

Yesterday at work someone said "Hello Frances", so I looked up, as you do, and there was Louis and Ursula and Louisa. My flabber was definately gasted. It must be several years since I saw them last. They had all just arrived back from Belfast on the Seacat and were getting some stuff before they went home. Louis was looking really well and then Liz came along pushing a trolley and looking harrassed. I think she felt he had spent quite enough time being pleasant to ex-family, and away they went. It made my day though. I wouldn't have seen them if they hadn't made a point of coming over, so it was really nice.

I'm off to ponder some more on the living room fire. Any thoughts on the subject wuld be welcome.

By the way Marysia, I don't have a copy of your birth cetificate. But if you need one I can get a copy from the town hall if you give a bit of notice.
Hope your first day back wasn't too taxing.

A Holiday

2003-03-26T01:53:56Z

It's the last week of the financial year, and my last holiday for said year.
I can stay up late.
I can go out if I want to.
I can get drunk at lunch time if I want to. (Which I don't).
I have spent time with Jerz. and I'm going to see Ewa this weekend.
I have a room full of boxes which are not mine, but I know this will make Marysia happy.

We may be a strange family, but it makes me smile.

Happy birthday anw

francesk @ 2003-03-19T19:21:00

2003-03-19T19:58:35Z

I had a day off work. I visited my mother, who is not feeling too good just now , and took her shopping. I spent some time in the garden, I did the washing and ironing. I watched the news ..... apparently war is imminant. Days off just don't seem as good as they used to.

I have friends

2003-03-18T01:01:27Z

I have friends who may or may not read my journal. This is obviously a serious matter as it is now more important that I don't post total garbage. Oh the pressure.

Favourite thing today.... cherry pie.

I'm sorry, but it's the best.