Monthly Archives: January 2008

Big an easy….

When we went to get our ski’s I asked for some nice slow one’s 🙂iphone 054

The ones they gave me are called Big an easy so that did make us laugh.

The boys decided they would like to try snowboarding .

So today I treated them (or was it for me ) to an hour and a half snowboarding lesson. They got on well even though Matthew almost took the instructor out.

Theiphone 029 instructor came limping over to me and asked how we would say it in English I replied crippled.. 🙂

They had a fantastic day, even though they scared me half to death, it was fantastic to watch them pick it up so quick.

As for me well I skied better than I ever have done before , even the boys were impressed.

I only fell once….. until I tried to do something more difficult !!

Best if I stick to what I know I can do, that way I really enjoy it.

Intellectual Reading…

I have updated my blog roll to include Emily and Mark, both have taken up blogging since Christmas.

They  are proving to be very intelligent 6th form students, who are not afraid to voice their own opinion.

More importantly they are two of the nicest young people you are ever likely meet.

Which in this day and age says a lot about them !

They are already being noticed too.

Sally Twitter’s for 2008-01-15

  • Great Start to day taxi still not here was booked for 8am now 8.20 🙁 #
  • Will be lucky to catch train thanks to taxi firm now feeling very sick 🙁 #
  • Missed train thanks to taxi firm streamline now on way to ely but no reduced fare #
  • Going to need a Miricle to get to ely on time for train #
  • On train to stanstead now after taxi got us to ely with 2 mins to spare cost £30 no reduction #

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A near miss…..

Now nice and snug in Geoff’s apartment In Les Gets.

Usually we always get the bus into the Train station but I decided we would have a treat and booked a Streamline taxi for us.

This morning it did not feel like a treat when the Streamline Taxi I had booked for 8am did not turn up till 8.35am. Our train left at 8.55am and even if we had flown we would never have got there in time.

There attitude was unbelievable, telling me they could not predict the traffic, my reply to that was that I could, which is why I booked a taxi for an hour before I needed to be at train station. 

My only option was to get him to take me to Ely train station instead… when he radioed in the reply was “Its people like me that make the taxis run late” well I can tell you I almost had a heart attack then.

I asked for a reduced fare to Ely but the taxi driver said he could not do that BUT he would take me to the office if I wanted to argue about it… and of course I had plenty of time to be doing that.

Anyway we arrived at Ely train station with 2 min’s to spare, costing me £30 instead of the £8 it would of cost to Kings Lynn station.

I don’t think I will be using Streamline Taxis again for anything that’s really important. As its seems to me that they cannot be relied upon.

Facing my fears ..again.

Tomorrow I will be flying out to Les Gets with Geoff and my boys, for a week of skiing.DSCF1719

I am not the worlds best skier, here are my thoughts from last year.

I have grown a lot during the past year and have become a far more confidant person. Will be interesting to see if that confidence shows in my skiing.

This will be the first time I have been away with my boys for over 7 years so a very special holiday for us and very kind of Geoff to invite them.

They have been skiing once before about 8 years ago , where they had a week at ski school and took to it like ducks to water, I put it down to them being young and having no FEAR !

As you can imagine my house has an air of excitement about it at the moment.

Happy to help….

Kathryn was looking for information on  massage courses. She googled ‘Norfolk massage course’ and found me !norfolk massage course - Google Search-1

She asked for some information so I thought I would leave it as a post rather than in a comment.

The course I am doing is a certificate in body massage,a part time course and runs for I year.

Its at the college of west Anglia in Kings Lynn,meeting on a Wednesday from 18:00 till 21:00.

” This course covers aspects of massage techniques as well as anatomy and physiology and a health and safety unit.There is a short external test as well as continual assessment.Some aspect of the course require home study.”

This course runs every year but you have to be quick as its very popular and places soon go.

The cost this year was £330 or £88 if you qualify for the discounted fee.

Kathryn if your close enough why don’t you book in for a massage and come and get a taste of what its all about.You could request me to do your massage  🙂