The cat's meow

Still here

Yes, i am still alive if anyone was wondering!

Work has been a little busy lately (understatement!), i've been trying to get on with my professional qualification studies, as well as the 3 lever arch folders worth of proof that i can do my job for my employers (which took priority because i get a very nice payrise for doing so!). I am worringly close to my next deadline for my qualification course, and not at all ready to hand in the next assignment. Then this thursday i have a test to back up my folders to prove i can do my job! I am terrified of it! Its just my boss and another manager, but even still, i will instantly forget everything i know!!But it will be the end of it, and i won't have to do anything more for it which will be a relief!

Last night was a long day at work...about 14 hours! My usual working day, then during the evening and night i was working with the police on some surveillance...can't say much more than that for obvious reasons. But,it was a successful night on some levels, however i was disappointed that i didn't get a better result, even though i think with other operations that have been taking place, high visability policing and the fact that we were eventually rumbled - which we knew we would be...meant that things calmed down a lot. However, i have the evidence i need now...so feel another busy week ahead coming!!

the first day of spring

Yesterday was supposed to be the first day of spring...i say supposed because its been snowing on and off for several days now and the temperature has suddenly plumeted. I seem to have constantly been out of the office in the freezing cold..and i have to say...i'm not loving it!

Yesterday was pay day though. I took my miserableness out shopping. Because these days i seem to be perpertually broke, i promised myself a cheap present. Its sad, i know. But i have to say that its now become a fun challenge to buy myself something i want, for as little money as possible...like a gadget for the kitchen or something i wouldn't ordinarily buy.

So what did i end up with yesterday i hear you ask? Well the picture is a big clue. For a modest price i ended up with a blueberry plant...um...actually and a redcurrant plant...um and a gooseberry plant. They were bargains, i couldn't believe my luck! I have a raspberry bush already in my garden from last year (which was a present from my mummy), and lots of strawberry plants and so i am hoping for lots of free fruit this year! I'm planning on Blueberry muffins and maybe gooseberry crumble or pie...the possibilities are endless! They are the pefect present for me...plants and food! Lets just hope i don't kill them in the first month, or have a disappointing crop!

Any day now i am going to sow my tomato seeds...there is nothing like freshly grown tomatoes! I also may give a few other veggies a go.. but It just shows what you can do in a small city garden!