Bits Of My Weekend - Volume Twelve

Welcome to another BOMW edition.

On Saturday we went to Costco, always a fun day out. We saw these, but we didn't buy them. Neither beer nor nuts are good for cats.

We DID buy bagels. But I ate them before I thought to take a photo of them.

On the way we visited the Castle. We have a kitchen! Woot! Surely it can't be long now until they let us move in?

Sunday we celebrated Emily's birthday. Out for a nommy meal and then home for this!

Happy 15th Birthday Emily!

(Sorry about the candles...)

Check out Six in the City to see what others around the world did this weekend.

What did YOU do?

Bits Of My Weekend - Volume Eleven

I had a really shitty week. (See post below). I wouldn't call this weekend outstanding, but it was certainly much better than the week!

Here is Nutter being cute. She's very good at it. I'm also impressed with this photo because I took it and somehow managed to get just her face in focus. I love it!
Saturday night we went out for dinner for Chyken's Mum's birthday. I went to order our meals and they asked for our table number. I said it was the big one with the highchairs. They said, 'Oh, with the guy with the tomato shirt?'. My husband, instant celebrity!

mmmmm... cake!

Sunday I went to work. This adorns the wall there.

We also moved house this weekend. No, not into the Castle, it isn't finished yet. We had internal doors delivered though, so it's inching ever closer! We moved from my Mum's house into my sister's house. Luckily (?) we didn't have a whole house to move, just our bed and clothes really. It still sucked like all house moving does.


Check out Michelle's blog for Bits Of My Weekend from around the world. (If her post isn't up yet, check back later, she's in the USA and is probably out at a 4th of July parade and/or eating something amazing!)

What did you get up to this weekend?

Deleting the Pigs

Recently I have been made to feel guilty for something that is not my fault. Although I am trying really hard not to let this get to me, inevitably it is. I'm not going to go into details here, but trust me on this, almost everyone wrongly blames me for the entire situation. This is largly due to the fact that they blindly believe what others have told them without bothering to ask me (or others that were there) what really happened.

I overheard a police officer on the TV last night saying 'There are two sides to every story, and the truth is usually somewhere in the middle.' How very true that is. I think what is most upsetting to me is that no one is even prepared to entertain the possibility that it is the other person's fault. I admit that I 'started' it, but I did not use violence, which the other person did. To me, this is very wrong.

There is no situation where violence is acceptable. Ever. I learned this the hard way. I was a victim of domestic violence in a previous relationship. It is only after thousands of dollars worth of therapy that I can admit that without bursting into tears. It was NOT my fault he did that to me. How can people that watched me recover from that not see the huge amounts of wrong-ness in this current situation?

I'm hurt, I'm angry and I'm really disappointed. Although having said that, there is a part of me that is not surprised. I've been blamed for things almost my whole life, why should that pattern change now?

So, I'm taking control. They can blame me all they like, and while it is not a pleasant situation to be in, it's the one I'm stuck in. I've tried and I can't make them see my point of view. I admit defeat. I'm giving up. They can think and say and do what they like. I know the truth. Those that matter to me know the truth. The rest of them can fuck off and find someone else to blame. As of this moment, these people have ceased to exist in my world. They will never see my beautiful new house, for I will not invite them in. They shall not have anything to do with any children I may have, for I do not trust someone with such violent tendancies. I have a feeling this is not going to go down well, but I've spent a long time trying to please other people, and that hasn't worked, so I'm going to do what is right for me from now on.


What have I got to lose?

Bits Of My Weekend - Volume Ten

Welcome to another edition of Bits Of My Weekend. This is a concept stolen from Michelle. You should head over there and see what the rest of the world did on the weekend. If her post isn't up yet, be patient, she is in the USA and is probably still HAVING her weekend.

Saturday we went to the Castle and found... Walls!

My favourite niece called Emily made some holes in the walls. The holes will one day be powerpoints.

This wall will soon have a kitchen installed on it.

Then we went to the pub for lunch. There was a Celtic Festival on in town. These are my very favourite kind of pipers, ones that are walking away from me.

Saturday night was the final night of 'The Producers'. I'm sad that the show is over, but I'm looking forward to having a bit more spare time in my life again.

Sunday morning Chyken made me breakfast in bed. It's a bacon face!

Sunday we went for a drive, and found Mister Pig along the way. I elected not to tell him about the bacon I had for breakfast.

What did you do this weekend?

Hey Hey it's Mister Chicken!

I'm not very good at this blog business, but this weekend we put on the last two performances of The Producers, and I'm hoping that after that I will have more inclination to write about what's going on because I won't be so bloody tired.

On Wednesday Chyken and I were in the audience for Hey Hey it's Saturday. Aside from my arse barely fitting in the studio seats, we had a great time! I miss variety TV, I'm not convinced that Hey Hey is the answer to the lack of it, but it was certainly fun. It will be interesting to see how long it hangs around for this time.

Castle Update: They have put the plaster on the internal walls, it is really feeling like a house now! Finally!!!

WW Update: I didn't weigh in this week, due to the Hey Hey taping, so I'm not really sure how I'm going. Will find out next Wednesday! Last night I did aqua aerobics for the first time in over a week, and I am paying for it today!

I've applied for a promotion at work, I'm not sure if I will get it, it will come down to if they want to take the time to train someone from scratch, or go with someone who knows some of the stuff needed for the position already. I have no idea who else has applied, so I really don't know what my chances are. Watch this space!

I'll leave you with a picture of Mister Chicken. He was a present from Chyken, and has been quite a hit at work.