tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43766550767408329492023-11-15T16:47:53.670+00:00Never Enough Time (Or Shoes!)Because Sometimes Everyday Life Interferes With What You Want To DoNever Enough Shoeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08156229138795455704noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4376655076740832949.post-1745009432207711862014-03-04T16:00:00.000+00:002014-03-04T16:00:08.722+00:00The One Where The Grass Isn't Always Greener But You Should Still Try New ThingsApparently there's advantages to having children when you're young (and by young I mean having at least one before you're 30). People bleat on about energy and "pinging back into shape" and other such nauseating banalities. What is never mentioned though is that you do miss out on things that aren't important in the grand scheme of things but that are Just Fun. And while of course you would never be without your offspring once they're there, sometimes you can't help but feel a little cheated.<br />
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During my twenties, while my care free friends were in a seemingly non stop whirl of parties, going to clubs, hangovers, disastrous dates, flushes of first lust/love/whatever, lazy weekend brunches and last minute holidays, I was changing nappies and reading When Hippos Go Berserk on a loop [actually, everyone should read Hippos... because it's just a jolly good book] and fretting about school admissions and mortgages and Other Grown Up Stuff. I wasn't supposed to be doing those things but I did and to be honest, The Daughter and The Hairy Baby are the very best things that I've ever done so I didn't really notice that I sometimes minded that I was spending "the best years of my life" doing these things.</div>
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Apart from the times when I did and then such ridiculous self pitying occurred that could only be solved by a cry in the bath, some gin and then telling myself to get over it. It's so easy to romanticise what you don't have that it didn't occur to me that my friends were having the same thoughts about me. I had children and a mortgage on a decent sized house and a stable relationship - things that can seem mythically unattainable, especially when you're bombarded by magazines and newspapers warning that mortgages are impossible to get now and women are leaving it too late to have children and all sorts of other nonsense. It wasn't until one of my so called carefree friends confided that she was scared she'd never have the things I had that I realised we all suffer from bouts of Green Grass Syndrome. Of course we do. If you boil it all down, life is a competition and if someone else seems to be having a better time at it then you want what they have.</div>
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But here's the thing. Parenthood doesn't stop you doing the Fun Stuff. It's all too easy to be sucked into a rut - or routine as all the parenting books will coo at you - and to lose sight of yourself as an actual person. Not Mummy. Not someone's wife/girlfriend/partner. You. The person that exists alongside all of these other personas. The person that these personas wouldn't be without it existing. I acknowledge that I am incredibly lucky to have family nearby who are quite willing to take the girls if needed and incredibly lucky to have The Hairy Drummer who recognises that I'm entitled to time out to go and do the things I want to do same as he has the time out to go and do the things he wants to do [except when he has gigs in the borough of Westminster Council and their laughable decibel limit that he would break on his own].</div>
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Which is why I joined a choir. <a href="http://www.leicestershirerainbowvoices.co.uk/" target="_blank">Leicestershire Rainbow Voices</a> were nothing but welcoming and Tuesday practices have become a highlight of my week, never mind the fact that we did a performance in London which was frightening and exhilarating. I'd never sung in a choir before and the only singing I did in public was in the safety of karaoke with friends and fuelled by cocktails. But I said yes to being invited along instead of trying to find excuses why I couldn't or shouldn't go. And yesterday I went along to a swing dancing class that a friend suggested. My style of dancing can accurately be described as Indie Girl Indifference - in fact The Daughter's father has long joked I only have one move and just adapt it to the beat. He's not wrong. I'd done dancing lessons before but not for years and the fear of tripping over my own feet or standing on peoples toes was real. But I said yes and I went and it was brilliant fun. So much so that I stayed on for the more advanced class even though I was completely hopeless. The best thing was that everyone was nice and encouraging. </div>
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There's a fear that people will laugh at you for thinking that you can do these things, that you're an over the hill mother going through some sort of crisis and really, shouldn't you be at home with the children because you had your time for fun. And there's also the fear for the socially awkward like me that you won't have anything of interest to say and everyone will think you're dull and not worth being friends with. But people are generally quite nice if you want to give something a go. And everyone finds it a little difficult to make friends. It's not like at school when a mutual liking of Fraggle Rock and pink wafer biscuits was all it took.<br />
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Never Enough Shoeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08156229138795455704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4376655076740832949.post-42267765911536117052013-06-12T16:30:00.000+01:002013-06-12T16:30:01.203+01:00The One Where Something Did Go Wrong...So remember how everything was going swimmingly but I was waiting for something to go wrong? Well, it turns out my crazy paranoid mind was correct because I was told that my (admittedly rather loose) contract at work wouldn't be renewed after June.<br />
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I can't say it was hugely unexpected. I'm currently working in retail and times are tough. Particularly when you're trying to sell things people don't need at a price they don't want to pay. I had been quietly looking for a new job anyway but to be suddenly thrust into NEEDING to find a new job is quite the thing.<br />
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Part of the problem is that everyone wants a new job and so recruiters have the luxury of picking and choosing on a whim and they also have the technology to do the sifting for them. Why go through hundreds of applications when you can get a piece of software to pick out the keywords for you? It doesn't matter if you overlook someone who could probably do the job better but doesn't have the exact word you're looking for on their CV because your software has found someone who does have the word.<br />
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That doesn't bother me. What does bother me is the silence. The huge gaping void into which you shout "HEY! I'M AWESOME! HIRE ME!" and get nothing back except the sound of your hopes being dashed. Would it be too much to expect even a small email saying "Thanks but no thanks"? Apparently so. So where recruiters have found software to do their job for them, they haven't figured out how to BCC a mass email to a list that can be compiled in minutes. This lack of simple, basic politeness is at once depressing and disrespectful. It says that their time is more important than yours; that because you don't quite meet their expectations, you are unworthy of their attention; that no response at all is far more demoralising than a flat rejection. We're grown ups - we can handle rejection but nobody likes to be ignored.<br />
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Having said that, I plough on. Onwards, upwards, heck, out to the sides if needs be. Because HEY! I AM AWESOME! HIRE ME!<br />
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Someone will hear eventually.Never Enough Shoeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08156229138795455704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4376655076740832949.post-50030195510946920282013-03-11T19:00:00.000+00:002013-03-11T19:00:06.625+00:00The One Where I'm Waiting For Something To Go Wrong...*blows dust off*<br />
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Oh hi there. Yes, it has been a while hasn't it? Well, I've been busy. I had a baby and got a new job and well, life kept happening. Except it's been happening rather well and it's now that I start worrying.<br />
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The irrational behaviour of my brain has been something I've battled with for a while. When things are going rather badly, I always find some sort of positive to get me through it. It's quite strong in that way. But that means when things are actually rather peachy, I'm worrying that something is going to go wrong.<br />
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What is it that makes me unable to cope with life being ok? At this moment in time I have a job, The Hairy Drummer has a job, we have two healthy and happy children, we have a nice warm house to live in and food in the cupboards. The general health and happiness of our nearest and dearest is in fine fettle too.<br />
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But there's a niggle.<br />
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Let's call him Nigel. Nigglesome Nigel has settled himself into my head and is whispering that something is bound to go wrong. It can't be this good for long. It never is for you, he whispers, almost cackling with glee at the thought of this glimmer of perfection crashing down around me. And I listen to him even though I know he's wrong. But what if he's right? There's always something isn't there? Like my house burning down and losing my job. Sure, that could've been all my bad luck for a while but what if it's not?<br />
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It's at this stage that self-sabotaging becomes a very real prospect. I just want to hide under my duvet and not come out, preferring to lose myself in an endless supply of books and box sets. I did this once and ended up flunking university and therefore life at that time. It ruined friendships and what I'd thought my future would be. Nigel niggled and said I deserved it, that I wasn't as great as I thought I was, that I was just another failure. It took a while to shut him up but when I finally did, everything was ok.<br />
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And so it is now. Luckily I'm able to call upon some excellent people who understand what I'm thinking and why I think it. It's learning to do this, to not internalise and listen to Nigel, that helps you through. It doesn't make Nigel go away completely but at least I can tune him out today.Never Enough Shoeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08156229138795455704noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4376655076740832949.post-55250441000220060642010-04-14T21:03:00.003+01:002010-04-14T21:44:24.641+01:00The One Where We Catch Up<div style="text-align: justify;">Oh dear. I'm sorry. It really is a case of it wasn't you, it was me. I've neglected you again and I'm sorry. Truly. But this is what's been happening....<br /><br />I had to go back to work. Full time. Which is time consuming in a boring way when you don't have internet access during the day.<br /><br />My dad decided that his visit would coincide with Christmas and last for seven weeks instead of the five he'd planned.<br /><br />My house still wasn't finished.<br /><br />The Daughter reached her fifth birthday unscathed.<br /><br />My house still wasn't finished.<br /><br />And now? My house still isn't finished. That's right, dear reader, I have technically been homeless since July 2009. Considering I won't move back in until May 2010, that's nearly a year. I could have done a petty crime and been housed at Her Majesty's Pleasure and been released in that time. Or grown a baby.<br /><br />You know how I said I thought I'd got a builder who understood what a schedule was? Yeah, that didn't happen. Instead The Loss Adjuster and The Surveyor decided to go with the cheapest quote. One of the first things you learn when you deal with builders is that you never, ever go with the cheapest quotes.<br /><br />Ever.<br /><br />Because stuff like this happens. It's too dull to recount but at the moment, the builders are an impressive 12 weeks behind schedule. The fact that another company could have done all the work in 12 weeks is neither here nor there. The fact that the lease on the temporary house ran out 4 weeks ago is also, apparently, neither here nor there.<br /><br />Meanwhile, The Daughter and I are ensconced at my mother's, Teh Kitteh is annoying The Archaeologist and The Hairy Drummer is annoying his parents. It is far from ideal and I'm tired from trying to get things moving along at a more acceptable pace.<br /><br />And to top it all off, Arsenal are currently losing to Spurs.<br /><br />Bah.<br /><br /></div>Never Enough Shoeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08156229138795455704noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4376655076740832949.post-41495207451234584042009-10-02T09:30:00.000+01:002009-10-02T09:30:00.572+01:00The One Where I Don't Get Other Parents<div style="text-align: justify;">So The Daughter started school three weeks ago and I had to mingle with Other Parents. When Sartre said hell is other people, he obviously had not met Other Parents otherwise he wouldn't have been so generic.<br /><br />I'm not entirely sure what to do with them and what I consider to be their bizarre parenting actions. Allow me to explain.<br /><br />On the first day, The Archaeologist and I did the dutiful parent thing and took The Daughter to school and went with her to her classroom. Once she'd found her peg and name to put on the wall, she waved us off cheerily and away we went, pushing through the throngs of wailing children and weeping parents.<br /><br />On the second day, The Daughter politely informed me that I didn't need to go in with her as she knew where she was going and besides, she was a Big Girl now. Quite right too so again, cheery waving and away I went, pushing past wailing children and weeping parents.<br /><br />On the third day, there were barely any wailing children yet still the Other Parents were taking their little darlings into the classroom, taking their coats off for them and generally fussing.<br /><br />Three weeks later and they're STILL doing it. I'm at a loss to understand why. Do they have so little faith in their children's ability to perform simple tasks like taking off a coat??<br /><br />But then you hear how they talk to The Little Darlings. It's all very nice and polite. All asking and no telling.<br /><br />"Can you please not push that child over [insert horribly trendy middle class name like Alfie here]? It's not very nice is it?"<br /><br />"Oh he's full of high spirits today!" as said high spirited child is running around screaming and generally being irritating.<br /><br />There's no telling off, no discipline, blindness to the fact that their cosseted darling is behaving badly. But then here's the amazing thing - I'm asked how I get The Daughter to behave and do things for herself and eat all her food without fussing, like it's some kind of nuclear secret.<br /><br />The thing is, there isn't a secret. I simply tell her what to do and she does it. If she doesn't then she knows she'll be in trouble. She eats all her food because she knows if she doesn't there's nothing else until the next meal. I know parents who've made up to six different meals in order to get their child to eat what amounts to a full one. Surely this is lunacy? Why teach them that they can have whatever whim they decide on? Why teach them that they're the ones who can call the shots?<br /><br />I don't know whether it's because the Other Parents are older (or seem it at least) than me. I don't know whether it's because they've read every 'parenting manual' (dear Jeebus, don't get me started on those...) ever published and their heads are filled with so much conflicting information that they have lost all capability of thinking for themselves.<br /><br />What I do know though is that for all intents and purposes, how they parent is none of my business and they've probably had the same thoughts about me. I just hope they don't ask me for any more advice!<br /><br /></div>Never Enough Shoeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08156229138795455704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4376655076740832949.post-82406968704818547422009-09-20T13:30:00.000+01:002009-09-20T13:30:00.611+01:00The One Where Overhearing Made Me Laugh<div style="text-align: justify;">Oh dear girls of the world. If you all think how these two unfortunates do in the following conversation I overheard between two girls working in H&M the other day, then I weep for you and the future of mankind.<br /><br />No, really. People this stupid or, more kindly I suppose, naive will bring about the apocalypse.<br /><br />Girl #1: So really, when he's not talking to you or like texting you or y'know, he's not ignoring you. He's really just like really thinking about what he wants to say to you.<br /><br />Girl #2: Really?<br /><br />Girl #1: Yeah. It's like he doesn't want to say the wrong thing so he's like really taking the time to think about it before. Men do that.<br /><br />I couldn't hear any more of this fascinating exposé on the inner workings of men's minds for laughing too hard and then being glared at by these poor creatures.<br /><br />They'll learn. We all do at some point hopefully.<br /></div>Never Enough Shoeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08156229138795455704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4376655076740832949.post-71128172981554119402009-09-10T11:31:00.001+01:002009-09-14T20:02:58.740+01:00The One Where Everything Seems To Be Coming TogetherI'm bringing this missive to you, dear reader, from the comfort of a bed on a gloriously sunny, if crisply chilled, September day. I am positively revelling in my unemployed status so long as my bank account affords my this luxury.<br /><br />Also, I've found a builder who understands that simple jobs don't take that long to do and that I may be back in my own house before Christmas.<br /><br />And The Daughter has started school with no problems whatsoever.<br /><br />And two of my lovely friends got married.<br /><br />And I got my shiny new laptop.<br /><br />And some new shoes.<br /><br />Life, at the moment, is pretty alright actually.Never Enough Shoeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08156229138795455704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4376655076740832949.post-10332058924334946472009-08-12T10:00:00.000+01:002009-08-12T10:00:00.281+01:00The One Where It's My Birthday And I'll Cry If I Want To But I Don't Think I Will, Thanks All The Same<div align="justify">Dear reader, today you find me one year older and having to remember to say 28 when people ask me my age.</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">You wouldn't think that being asked my age happens a lot but somehow to me, it does. Maybe it's because I don't feel 28. I certainly don't act 28 a lot of the time and (though I do say so myself) I don't particularly look 28.</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">You also find me ruminating on my life's work - my accomplishments and my failures. I think it's important, especially when things don't seem to be going all that well, to have a good think about all the good things you've achieved and to work out where you went wrong on the things that didn't turn out quite so well. My life at 28 is certainly a lot different to how I imagined it would be when I was 18 but that doesn't make it worse or better than what I thought it'd be. At the same time though, it's important to keep hold of dreams and aspirations and understand that over time they will change and you will fulfill some and dash others.</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">And so, with all that naval-gazing out the way, I'm off for a posh meal in the country with The Hairy Drummer, who has got me a surprise present. I haven't told him I tend to be disappointed with surprise presents but I'm sure it will be made of win and awesome.</div>Never Enough Shoeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08156229138795455704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4376655076740832949.post-37813791423341581082009-08-11T16:40:00.000+01:002009-08-11T16:40:52.079+01:00The One Where July Was Actually The Worst Month Ever.<div align="justify">July officially sucked monkey ass. There is no sugar coating of this. It is an undeniable fact.</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">Not content with my house burning down and my grandad being in hospital with inoperable cancer, the very last day of July threw another round of fun and games into the mix by me being made redundant. Oh and possibly losing another job due to the idiocy of the local council believing an arts university needs a swimming pool.<br /></div><div align="justify">Yep. July really sucked.</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">So what happened then? Well, as we know, I had the inconvenience of the house fire which in itself spawned a whole other world of meh. I'd had my work laptop at home and that melted and my amazing IT department took 3 weeks to send me a new one. Except they'd configured it incorrectly. So it took another week for the only IT guy who knows what he's doing to have a free slot to come and fix it.</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">So this also meant I was a month without proper (by proper, I mean speedy and preferably non IE) access to the internet which was, quite frankly, like having a limb lopped off. So <a href="http://never-enough-shoes.blogspot.com/">Never Enough Shoes</a> went on forced hiatus and I let down the <a href="http://www.domesticsluttery.com/">Domestic Sluts</a> by failing to contribute anything as everytime I tried, the ancient dsktop I was working from seized up and refused to exert itself any further.</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">Never mind, I thought, The Daughter starts school in September so I can look forward to reduced hours in the office and more time with her.</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">No, no. The luxury of being able to take her and pick her up is not for me. Here you go, NES, here's a letter telling you that you're pretty much redundant! Oh and by the way, your boss doesn't know yet!</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">Le sigh.</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">But, every cloud does have a silver lining and sometimes a rainbow. I've calculated that I should get a fairly decent pay off which will afford me a bit of time off which will be most needed. And it finally means that I can look at getting a proper (by which I mean something useful that I'll enjoy) job without the safety net to hold me back.</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">As Chandler from Friends said, soemtimes you need The Fear. I have it but I'm not scared.</div>Never Enough Shoeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08156229138795455704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4376655076740832949.post-77144255106575685242009-07-10T07:22:00.000+01:002009-07-10T07:47:00.311+01:00The One With The House Fire....<div align="justify">Ha! You have to love the timing. I started this blog to document the trivial minutiae of life that gets in the way of the good stuff and then I only went and had a Dramatic Event!</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">As you have gathered from the title (because you have the smarts), my house caught fire. Well I say house, my lounge got the brunt of it and the fantasticness of the fire brigade meant the rest is fairly ok apart from being a lot blacker and smellier than before.</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">The day started off as any other - being rudely awakened by the cats and birds fighting in the big tree at the bottom of the garden. And so began another day of getting up, getting washed and dressed, bundling The Daughter off to nursery and heading off to work.</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">Except while The Daughter was busy watching CBeebies while I was in the shower, the random socket that I didn't use decided to spark and start a fire. </div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">Holy Crap.</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">The Daughter quite sensibly ran to the bathroom but didn't tell me what was happening, oonly crying the cry she does when she knows she's done something naughty. So I blithely finished my shower and got out to go and start her breakfast. </div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">Except the kitchen was full of smoke. As was the dining room. As was the lounge but with the added extra of Actual Big Flames.</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">Crank up to OH MY GOD! HOLY FREAKING SHIT! level.</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">What happened next was a bit of a blur but I managed to wake The Hairy Drummer and get us all out the back door. By this time, I'm pretty sure I was screaming as the neighbours two doors down had run out to their garden and phoned the fire brigade. </div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">It was then The Hairy Drummer realised I was actual nekkid. Oh dear. Thankfully my modesty was preserved by a random blanket that's been in the garden for ages and isn't the nicest thing ever but you take what you can get at times like these.</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">So, in a blur of fire engines and the windows blowing out from the heat (and possibly the explosions of my hairsprays...), my house suddenly became uninhabitable. Whatever had been in the lounge was gone and everything else coated in the pungent stench of smoke and soot.</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">It's times like these that you get all zen and understand that everything can be replaced. That the most important thing is that we all got out safe. That firemen will look at you strangely when you're finally allowed back in and run to find your favourite pair of shoes and cry when you discover they're safe. That vintage snare drums are apparently indestructible. That cats will come back to find you after they've got the hell out first. That your neighbours are kinder than you could ever think. That skanky local reporters will try to sensationalise nothing until they realise they're dealing with a fellow trained journalist. That you can be the most organised you've ever been simply because you have to. </div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">So there we have it. A hella lot of drama for one day which will provide a bit of an inconvenience for the next few months but will also settle into the banal normality that is everyday life.</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">Blogging about nothing doesn't get any more dramatic than this!</div>Never Enough Shoeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08156229138795455704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4376655076740832949.post-57673876403356742092009-07-08T16:44:00.000+01:002009-08-11T16:03:58.860+01:00The One Where I Tell You Who Everyone Is<div align="justify">So there's some fairly important people that I have in my life. And then just people. If you believed Facebook to be representative, then there is 215 people. Obviously, this is a mistruth. The following are the ones who will be most involved over the coming days, weeks, months, infinity.<br /><br />The Daughter<br />Unsurprisingly, she is the most important one. The Daughter is 4 years old and is about to start school in September. She likes pirates and ninjas but pirates most of all at the moment and is not averse to dressing like a pirate princess. She is very funny, very clumsy and possibly too cute.<br /><br />The Hairy Drummer<br />He is hairy and a drummer and also has the pleasure of being my boyfriend. I hate that word - boyfriend - but that is him. He's sarcastic and grumpy and all kinds of wonderful.</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">The Archeologist</div><div align="justify">This is The Daughter's father. He's a super fantastic father. He likes old things and vinyl. We are just polar opposites in terms of being together which is why we're not. </div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">Ma Mere</div><div align="justify">Ah, my mother. She's generally a small ball of activity and will NEVER let me read Style before she has. I do grow more like her everyday which is possibly worrying for all involved.<br /></div><div align="justify">The Tanquery Grump</div><div align="justify">The Tanquery Grump runs the pub where I work a few evenings a week. He hates customers but loves gin. And The Cult. Dear god, does he love The Cult....</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">The Twitteratti</div><div align="justify">That's a ridiculous term isn't it but it fits. If I ever have to mention someone off of that there Twitter then I will do so by their Twitter nom de plume. Chances are you know most of them anyway or you are one.</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">The Ninja And The Bass Viking</div><div align="justify">The other componants to The Hairy Drummer's <a href="http://www.myspace.com/skamhashuk">band</a>. They're actually not all that bad despite their ridiculous name.</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">There'll be others no doubt but they'll be introduced as and when.<br /></div>Never Enough Shoeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08156229138795455704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4376655076740832949.post-37831001482953012002009-07-08T16:28:00.001+01:002009-07-08T16:36:19.603+01:00What? She's Doing ANOTHER Blog?!?<div style="text-align: justify;">As you may (or may not!) know, I'm known for hanging around the internets over at Never Enough Shoes. And you may (or may not!) know that lately I've been a bit MIA. No, not making paper planes but simply being bogged down in the detritus of Actual Real Life.<br /><br />Le sigh.<br /><br />So, because I obviously have too much to do, I've decided to give myself yet another blog. Only this one is a bit more personal - slightly less shoes but more about the general insanity that comes from being stuck in the weirdness that is Getting On With Day To Day Living.<br /><br />There's going to be regular people I'll be talking about who I'll introduce in another post. They range from the most important people in my life to the ones who annoy me to the ones who make me laugh.<br /><br />I'm also potentially embarking on some exciting quests this year which writing about will make all the more fun and exciting.<br /><br />Stick with me if you can be bothered. If you do, I might bake you some cakes!<br /><br />NES xxx<br /></div>Never Enough Shoeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08156229138795455704noreply@blogger.com0