Those ‘Buxom Vixens’?

I have to be amused about the number of ‘hits’ my blog has been receiving where the search line includes those fateful words, buxom and vixen!  Now I can only guess at what the hapless searchers are looking for when they enter those two magic words.  Sadly I am still only able to guess at their frustration when they only find my observations of the local fox population (Vulpes vulpes) – Link

Sorry boys from wherever you are!

I am still mystified about who my visitor is from Plano, Texas who visits quite a lot but consistently ignored my small appeal to know more about him/her and Plano. Come on, let me know?

On the subject of buxomness I have to tell my readers, even if they are not interested.  I have been on a diet, in fact I continue to be on a diet and have lost several pounds!  From my 164 ponds in February this year ( I had been heavier prior to then) I am now a mere shadow of myself at ….. drum roll….. a svelte and almost slim-line 151 pounds and still falling!!

How did I do it? No, no fancy diets, not diet drinks and no, not even starving myself.  I have counted calories and reduced my intake of most things.  Yes, even alcohol.  There is a downside though, I have had to have all my trousers altered to suit my new physique but I will not get so thin as to end up looking like Iggy Pop!!  This is to say, NOT not what he is today although in his hay days, that would be OK.

‘IP’ Then                   ‘IP’ Now      Me, Left-Right ?

My birthday is soon so I will be relaxing my diet for at least a day to accommodate my intake of food and booze!

Finally, my pet hate. Poor ‘speeelin’ …..

Will the illiterates who can’t spell or even understand the difference between THERE ( as in over there) and THEIR (as in it’s theirs ) get it right AND remember if they are not too addled that it is spelt THEIR and NOT THIER … heavens it even looks wrong!

They know who they are but they hate me so much they don’t even read my blog. So those who know who they are, please, give them a kick for me!

Spotted: My latest laughable ‘speelin’ (One of so many I’m sad to say) is:-

AMBALANCE

No words necessary.

 

It's that time of year again.....New Year!

Yes, New Year has passed and now it is the time for resolutions, diets and bargain hunting in the sales that seem to have been going since about last October. Big high street names falling by the recession laden wayside the likes of which we never thought would go down quite so rapidly.
Woolworth's disappearing like it has seems incredible and sad. I remember way back when Rolls Royce went bust just how shocked everyone was yet now all we see are hoards of shoppers
tearing at the remains of a dying animal. I have to say that trawling the sales I have not seen one real bargain, but then I suppose I am not seriously looking.

So, we have survived Christmas and also the contents of the large tin of Quality Street that has added several inches to my svelte and lithesome figure, the washboard stomach has gone the same
way as much of my remaining hair. But all in all, I could do worse! Alcohol levels are considerably reduced so I am NOT as "fat” as I could be.

So my resolution will be that I pledge to be back to my fighting weight by the end of February (and living in our own house too I hope).

Just before Christmas the last of our boxes and furniture arrived from Ibiza and thus the mystery of the missing tax papers and tool boxes was solved. Seems that our foolproof numbering and labelling system was "compromised" by our shipper! The old devil tried to fleece me on the Euro exchange rate by asking for payment at the rate on the day of delivery rather than on the date he actually said he would deliver! There was a 5 second stand off before he grudgingly took the bundle of notes from me and passed me a scribbled receipt in return.

The result is that I now have a room full of boxes and the remaining times of furniture making the spare bedroom looking a bit like Steptoe’s Yard.
I am not going to bore you with our obsession with "Financial Markets" as it has bored me no end too. But if interest rates keep falling and houses for sale seem even more scares, rare even, we will have to consider buying Iceland ( the country that is) so that we can be certain of where to live!

I was looking back at the many irritating things about 2008 (apart from the financial crises and Gordon Brown saving the world!)
and I found there were many so here are just a few!
• In the X-Factor there was Louis Walsh for being Louis Walsh, Dannii Minogue for her frozen face and having too many i's in her name, the little Irish Lad who cried a lot, Alexandra Burke for being hysterical and the voters who voted out the Spanish beauty Ruth Lorenzo.
• In Strictly Come Dancing's - John Sergeant, the "Dancing Pig", Craig Revel Horwood for being such a slimy creep, Jodie Kidd for being so tall, Jessie Wallace for just being a real nasty piece of work. I have to stop because I will run out of space here just on who I cringed at.
• George Bush, Gordon Brown and so many other Parliamentarians that made me grind my teeth.
So what have been the good things about 2008?
• The town’s people of Wootenn Bassett who have turned out onto the streets for each and every serviceman and woman killed in action and repatriated.
Sadly I can think of little else apart from the impending arrival of my daughter’s baby in 2009!! I suppose he started out in 2008 and at least he will grow up when thing are much improved as the world economy improves.

OK enough of this now, it's back to the obituaries to see who has left this green and pleasant world during 2008 and to see if there are names I recognise. It's also time to reflect on those friends and family who have passed over the last years also but it is also time to look forward to a happy and healthy 2009 to my reader!

Happy New Year everyone!