Me, myself & I

I've been in hospital the last couple of days having a selective op so I am a bit behind on emails and such. If you are waiting on something from me you might not get it until the end of the week. Just letting you know. :)

Only it won't be that big and I'm taking measures to not be fat.

I don't usually talk much about my real world life but this is just too good not to.
Me and Max are finally getting hitched! The date for our Civil Partnership Ceremony will be November 20th 2008. It's a doubly special date because it will be our 15th anniversary. YAY. :D

I will be posting pics after the day if anyone wants to see them.

I hadn't updated in a while so I thought I'd best had. Randomness ahoy.

I haven't given a general Bailey update for a while so I'll start with him. His lymph nodes were swollen for a while and when he failed to respond to antibiotics the vet was concerned that there was something dire up with him. Fortunately his blood tests and biopsy came back normal and the conclusion was that it was probably just a reaction of some sort to do with his castration. So my lovely ginger cat is going to be OK and just to prove how contrary cats are the lumps went down about a week after the vet gave him the all clear but not before I'd forked out close to £200 on vet fees. We've bought him a huge catty climbing frame to celebrate. Tinker and him get to fight over the best spots. Typically for the luck I have with these things I had mostly assembled it when I realised there was a fixing missing ( a tee nut for anyone who is interested in such things.) I couldn't get one at any of the local DIY shops so the alternatives were to dismantle it and send it back or find another way to repair it. ( A few (7) pics this way. )

As you can see I went with the cack handed repair. lol

For a long time now we have been living with the knowledge that there will be 8 new houses built on land the council have reclaimed from garages and the disused gardens behind our house. So as of Tuesday I will be living in the middle of a building site. I am absolutely dreading it. The noise will be appalling, hopefully it won't take the full 41 weeks they have estimated. Does it really take that long to throw up some houses?!

The Reverie style contest is due to end soon and I am absolutely stumped. I thought I would know quite a few people's styles but as it turns out I know bugger all. At least there will be some great vids to rec when the results come out. It's been fun to see what people have come up with and I can't wait for the discussion to start. I am going to be very interested to find out how people have come to their conclusions because like I said I am totally clueless about most of them. So many vids, so many styles so much paralysing vidder's block for me. Damn!!

I am making a start on the Sweet Charity vid. I love the song and think it is potentially a really interesting vid so hopefully that will help me overcome my whatever the opposite is of vid farr. I was also hoping to have a bash at a Vividcon Premieres vid which I was excited about but is currently mocking me from Premiere's editing window. Luckily I got my ClubVivid vids done before my current vidding slump hit. I may have been suffering from the return of the dreaded vid block but fortunately I have rediscovered my Photoshop love and so I have 4 new wallpapers to offer. If you are on Reverie then you have already ( seen these. )

I may as well add to the randomness of this post with some TV stuff. I'm way behind on Supernatural which is a shame because every Friday morning my flist is full of nothing but squee and discussion I can't read for fear of spoilers. I am still very much in love with Heroes in general and Hiro in particular. Why haven't I seen any Hiro vids? Peter and Claire pfft I want more Hiro and Ando. Rather surprisingly I'm liking Martha on Doctor Who. I could do without the hopeless crush aspect though. Captain Jack is due back in the next ep plus John Simm! How cool is that?! Oh Life on Mars - the ending was perfect but that doesn't stop me wanting more. Drive got axed just as everyone predicted which is a shame because I thought it was shaping up nicely. How can 4 eps possibly be enough to tell if a show will work?

Anyway, I think that's about it for now... that was exciting eh? ;)

You know that smoke alarm problem I had? Well, someone came out today and fixed it! Finally! Thank the gods.

I missed the post this morning but a food parcel (including toffees) should be heading your way come Monday. ;)

Buff is seriously sick again. :(

On the plus side I got the gifts I wanted this year. Even my mom managed to buy me a gift I actually like (a bracelet with an angel charm). My internet friends came up trumps with lots of cool stuff from my wishlist.

We put our nice new widescreen TV to good use playing Harry Potter on the playstation and watching Little Britain, Catherine Tate and Doctor Who. I like the new doctor. David Tennant was using his 'Casanova' accent rather than his Scottish one but I'm not fussed I like them both. The Christmas special was a lot of fun and the sneak peak at the new series looked great, cybermen, Anthony Head as what looked like a vampire, K9.

Me and Max didn’t bother this year with the whole surprise gift giving we just pooled all the money and got joint gifts, mostly DVDs, PS games and  the big purchase of the TV. We have spent so much throughout the year on renovating the house so we wanted to keep things a bit more simple.

I was totally wrong my mom loved her hot air balloon ride gift. She hasn't booked it yet so she might back out at the last minute. I still won't believe it until I see the photographic evidence.

On the more negative side the local evil tom cat beat the crap out of my poor Buff. He was in a lot of pain and limping quite badly. I took him to the vet yesterday and she gave him a thorough exam and found puncture wounds on his leg. She gave him a painkiller and he has antibiotics to take. She said we had to make sure he didn't get an infection because of his weakened immune system. It is heartbreaking to see him hobbling around but *fingers-crossed* he should be ok.

So the year is nearly over and for 2006 I have a few resolutions

1. I would like to get my vidding flow back on track and make 10-14 vids by this time next year.
2. to feedback more often.
3. To lose weight (again)
4. Quit smoking (again)
5. Spend more time with my family.

There are other things I would like to do/change but those are my main priorities.

I hope everyone’s holiday season is going well! It’ll probably be 2006 before I post again.

I wish you all a very happy New Year!

p.s. The cats went crazy over the catnip toys and the catnip buttons. Scamp drags himself along whilst rubbing his cheek on it. It is very cute in a kind of freaky way. They all got nicely stoned at Christmas.

ETA: New Supernatural LJ layout. :D

I've sent off a whole load of cards and gifts today so if you get anything please let me know. ;)

And a Happy Thanksgiving goes out to all my American friends. Have a good one!  

ETA: My greeting card offer is still open. If you would like a card from me go here