Jane who works opposite shifts to me on the fish counter, had to do my early shift at work today.

This is what she wrote on my facebook this evening…..

"yes i did look after u fish.i woz so busy i thought it woz xmas eve..everyone woz asking where u woz and i said she aint doing much,she only gone ski ing thats all,but i aint jeoulous or nothing i would rather come in ere at 7 abloody clock and look at dead fish any day.ave a ski 4 me and mind u bum on that fire.lol.ive seen wot them coals can do.xxxxx"

Feels nice to be missed 🙂

I have been struggling these last few months with my exercise routine.

It all started when the cost of petrol / diesel went sky high and with my sons getting their jobs.

I resented having to go out and drive a round trip of aprox 16 miles just to go to the gym on my own.

As I am away from home at week-ends I think its only fair my sons come first when I am here with them.

I have to collect one son from work twice during the week, and sometimes if he goes out I have to be the taxi driver.

So to be truthful the last thing I want to do is any more driving.

For a while I tried going to the gym in Downham Market straight from work but it just did not suit me.

Then a twitter friend suggested I tried running at night in the dark.

At first I thought she must be mad.. but the idea grew on me.

I live in a village where there is a shortage of street lights but also not much traffic.

The first couple of runs felt strange, I almost ran into a parked car, I never realized how dark it really is.

I now carry a torch with me and know when I need to use it.

This routine is really working for me and I have been out three times this week.

Its amazing what you can do with a little bit of encouragement and a positive attitude.

ANN LANDERS’ PENCIL TEST
To determine whether you need to wear a bra, place a pencil under you breast. If the pencil falls to the floor, you don’t need to wear a bra; if it stays, you need one.

Taken from Rules of Thumb.org  

Now all my lady readers should try this test and post their findings in the comments…

I obviously have one boob bigger than the other 🙂

We went to visit my Mum and Dad at the week-end.

Living out in the countryside they always have a good supply of Pheasant, Partridge  and Trout.

I came home with a lovely Trout that had been caught in a local river.

As you know I sell fish at Tesco, all my fish is nice and fresh everyday, but the farmed trout I sell do not compare to the lovely taste of a River Trout.

Amazingly it also seems that my Dad is getting closer and closer to joining us all on the Internet, I have been trying to talk him into it for years. 🙂

I so wanted to go to the cinema to see Mamma Mia, but could never be bothered to drive into Kings Lynn to actually see it.

There are lots of things I would like to do but its always that drive into Kings Lynn that puts me off.

So today I was lucky enough to pick up a DVD copy from Tesco for £7.99 and that’s even cheaper than at play.com

Now I just have to find the time to watch it… and I don’t think it will be this week 🙁

This time next week we shall be at Geoff’s apartment in the French Alps.

A four day long week-end to look forward too.

It wont be all play time though as the reason for the visit is to get the apartment ready for his winter bookings.

This is the scene there today taken from the web cam… the snow has arrived as you can see.

Geoff will spend the whole of January out in Les Gets snowboarding, me and the boys are lucky enough to be joining him for a week too.

Its a great way to start the new Year.

for further details on renting the apartment visit http://lasoulane.com

Last year my first attempt at making sloe gin went down very well.

The taste has improved with age and I love the syrupy texture of the drink.

For the past few weeks I have been out and about looking for some Sloes.

I was wondering why I could not find any, even in the places where they were in abundance last year.

Then yesterday I heard on the radio that this was a bad year for sloes due to the wet summer.