It's now 12.25 and I still haven't left the house today! Some may call it laziness...I call it craziness!!

After the debarcle my company call a restructure, last October, there have been some leavers, and some movers. I was a mover, not out of choice, to new territory, new products. Now, just 8 days into the new job (2 of which I've been off sick for!), I find that my old job has become available again.

Pros and cons weighed up, and although I don't see myslef being here long term, in the short term, returning to my old job would be preferable to trying to get to grips with this new one, and would also mean I wouldn't have to attend a further 2 weeks training already in the diary for Jan & Feb.

So, I'm hanging on for a call from my new boss, to see if she will grant my transfer request. Who knows??!!

Great excitement this morning for other reasons, as some posters arrived. I've had 2 of my studio flower pics and an outdoor flower pic printed 20x30 inches, and they look fantastic. The quality is amazing. All down to my briliance and my wonderful camera purchased last autumn (8 mega pixel Nikon Coolpix for the techies out there!). I also had a scyscraper shot, taken in NewYork, blown up to 24x36 (unfortunate terminology there....apologies to anyone I offended...seems you have to apologise publically for everything these days, so I offer that immediately to save The Sun editorial space!), and printed onto canvas. I have to say that it looks magnificent!! I know, I am bias, but I am also quite critical of my own work, so if I thought the shot was rubbish, I'd say so! The print quality is also great, so I recommend FujiFilm poster printing to anyone with nice shots they'd like printed up.

Craig is quite keen, and I agree, that it would be brilliant to be able to have a web site to sell some of the pics I've taken. I'd also like to take more, especially the studio flower shots, really close up shots of the flower centres. When I get a bunch of flowers now, the first thing I do is pick out the flowers and take their photos....sad really, but it keeps me off the streets!

I'm also sitting here next to my dresser which previously contained lots of nik naks. Craig hated most of them, but with a memory as crap as mine, I needed the trinkets to remind me of my travels and of my friends. Anyway, after new year, I decided it was about time we had a bit of a sort out. Afterall, this is Craigs house now too, and there is obviously lots more of me in it, than there is of him. The balance won't be struck properly until we have a place we've bought together, but I thought we should redress the balance a bit. Therefore, appreciation needs now to be given to a more uncluttered and neater looking dresser.

Guess we'll be doing another boot fare when the better weather comes along!

Well, folks I'm going to try to write more often, but don't hold me to it!
Where do I start though? Last 6 months. Craig moved in, we went to New York. I ran the marathon. That just about covers it!

Wednesday is Craigs football night, so I get a bit of time to myself. Today I'm trying to put all the New York pictures into a folder. I couldn't find a photo album that would hold the pictures and our memorabelia.

I'm also sitting by the phone waiting for a call from my mate who has asked me to be a bridesmaid for her. Going to be a bit of a rush. Engagement on NY eve and wedding on March 19th!!! She's coming up this Saturday to go dress shopping...I'm like a little kid waiting for Christmas. I've not been a bridesmaid since I was 7. Hope the old story of 3 times a bridesmaid never a bride isn't true!!

Luckily we've kept up our running since the marathon, so I should look OK in a dress, and we'll have just got back from a week in Lanzarote by the time of the wedding, so I might even have a few extra freckles to show off!!

We've entered a 10k run in Tamworth in Feb. Craig is very determined to keep fit, which is great, cause he's more motivated than me. I need goals and there isn't much more of a goal than a marathon, so after that I need other little races to keep my interest up!

The rest of the freetime (of which there seems precious little!) we spend at the flat. Last weekend, Craig removed the old sink, put up the brushed steel splachbacks, and then put the new sink in. It isn't plumbed in yet, but the kitchen is almost completed now. I finished stripping the wallpaper in the hallway and prepared the the walls ready for painting. I hope to put the first coat on this weekend if I have time. I like to feel I'm doing my bit!!

On the work front, things are not too good. I've signed up with an agency again. It would be lovely to be settled in a job I liked! Maybe one day!

I wouldn't like to give you all hope that I might actually make an effort to keep a blog this year, but it is only the 4th Jan and here I am. We'll see how it goes. Going out in a minute, so it will be short. Off to the flat again to try and do a bit of work there. Craig has set his heart on finishing it int eh next 3 months or so. We'll see!!!