tag:cyns-world.blog.co.uk,2009-11-21:/Stories, musings, opinions, explorations, experiences, memories, questions...MokoFeed2009-11-21T00:38:28+01:00tag:cyns-world.blog.co.uk,2009-05-18:/2009/05/18/sabre-s-tale-6137641/copdam2009-05-18T20:50:08+02:002009-05-18T20:50:08+02:00 <p>Something I wrote for the Dobermann Welfare Association;</p> <p>'Hello there! My name is Sabre! Earlier this year, I found a new home through the Doberman Welfare Association, so I thought I’d share my story.</p> <p>I had a very good life with my owner, but sadly, due to circumstances, I had to move. First I went to a Foster home with two lovely people who looked after me very well. One Saturday, we had some visitors at the foster home; two very nice people came by for a cup of tea. I thought they were very friendly, as they played with me and took me for a walk. I didn’t know it then, but these two people were going to be my new mum and dad.</p> <p>A week later they came back to the foster home, and this time they took me with them. We had to drive a very long time, and I didn’t really know what was going on, so I was a little bit nervous. Luckily, we had plenty of stops along the way, and eventually we got to my new house. Straight away, I had a good look around all the rooms. I particularly like the garden which is really good for playing football and rugby! (I’m quite a sporty star, you know!)<br> It had been about 4 weeks of quite a lot of change in my life, so it took me a little while to figure out what was going on. Especially the first weekend I was a bit nervous. But that didn’t take long at all! My new house had lots of space especially for me, with comfy chairs and sofas with my name on it and I settled in as if I’d always lived there.</p> <p>I’ve been in my new home for 4 months now, and I am one happy dobie! I take my mum and dad on lots of walks every day. Most days we play with my ball on a big field. There are lots of other dogs there as well. I like having a little play with them, as long as they don’t go near my ball! </p> <p>We go on long walks in the forest as well, I’ve discovered every little path there is. I love running straight into the mud, I always get covered in it! But I won’t go in the water in the stream to wash off; swimming is just not my thing. Mum says I’m a prim and proper princess (when she ignores the mud on me) and Dad thinks I’m a bit of a wimp. They’re both a bit right really; I can be a bit of a princess, and also a big wimp. The smallest little things can scare me sometimes, even the odd fly!</p> <p>Mum and dad say I’m very well behaved. We still like to train together, but really, I already know it all. The only thing they always say is that I will eat anything and everything! If anything is lying around in the street, or in the forest, and I see it before they do, I will eat it! Yum!! </p> <p>I want to say a big Thank You to Sue from the Doberman Welfare association for matching me with my new mum and dad. We’re very happy together and after the upheaval during the first 4 weeks of this year, everything has worked out really well!'<br> <a href="http://www.blog.co.uk/media/photo/sabre/3518310" title="Sabre"><img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/310/3518310_ae0caf2c06_m.jpg" alt="Sabre" vspace="5" hspace="5"></a> </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://cyns-world.blog.co.uk/2009/05/18/sabre-s-tale-6137641/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:cyns-world.blog.co.uk,2009-04-10:/2009/04/10/happy-forever-5924296/copdam2009-04-10T22:11:43+02:002009-04-10T22:11:43+02:00 <p>This couple I know; they're friends of IRP. They're splitting up. They were together for 24 years. I think it's very sad. </p> <p>It's not something I know about in relationships, or something I understand. My parents are still together, after a total of about 40 years. I believe they meant it when they got married. Unlike nowadays, where it seems people get married knowing divorce is a realistic option.</p> <p>Anyway, one of this couple said it was because they grew apart a lot in a short space of time. This was due to the other one starting a career once the kids were old enough. Work apparently took over, and the family started coming second more and more. Of course I don't know all the details.</p> <p>I don't think the problem was that she was now working. The problem (one of many probably) was that she let it take over. It must have been possible to fit a career in alongside the family. I think many of us are in that situation; it's the work-life balance.</p> <p>But the whole thing got me thinking. Like I said, I don't understand. After so many years, how can there suddenly be something that can't be worked through anymore. Is it really a case of reaching the end of your tether? Is it giving up, no longer making the effort, and throwing all those years together away?</p> <p>Marriage is supposed to be for life. Call me old-fashioned, but I like that principle. It may be easy for me to say, as it never really has featured on my 'to-do list' for life. And it still doesn't, as I view it as such a big commitment, I'd want to be sure it was right.</p> <p>I do want to be with someone for ever, if you know what I mean. It may even be IRP, you never know. I was thinking, people tend to be in a relationship for quite some time before they get married. You pretty much know the imperfections in your partner. Perhaps there are then two questions to ask yourself before marriage, beside the obvious 'do you love the other?'.</p> <p>Can I accept the little flaws and little things that annoy me in my partner?<br> How good are his good qualities and subtleties? Are they things you might easily find elsewhere in a way that appeals to you as much as they do when it's your partner? </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://cyns-world.blog.co.uk/2009/04/10/happy-forever-5924296/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:cyns-world.blog.co.uk,2009-03-25:/2009/03/25/only-35-minutes-to-go-5831346/copdam2009-03-25T21:26:02+01:002009-03-25T21:26:02+01:00 <p>The Apprentice is back tonight!!!!!!!!!!</p> <p>WOOOOOOHOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! </p> <p>I'm VERY Excited! </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://cyns-world.blog.co.uk/2009/03/25/only-35-minutes-to-go-5831346/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:cyns-world.blog.co.uk,2009-03-12:/2009/03/12/things-i-ve-done-5743142/copdam2009-03-12T15:25:47+01:002009-03-12T15:25:47+01:00 <p>nicked off lots of others...</p> <p><strong><span><span>1. Bought everyone in the bar a drink</span></span></strong><span><br><strong><span><span>2. Swam with wild dolphins</span></span></strong><span><br><strong><span><span>3. Climbed a mountain</span></span></strong></span><br><span>4. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive<br><strong><span>5. Been inside the Great Pyramid</span></strong> <br>6. Held a tarantula <br><strong><span>7. Taken a candlelit bath with someone</span></strong></span><span><br><strong><span><span>8. Said "I love you" and meant it</span></span></strong></span><span> <br>9. Hugged a tree <br><strong><span>10. Bungee jumped</span></strong><br>11. Visited Paris <br><strong><span>12. Watched a lightning storm at sea</span></strong> Just <br><strong><span>13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise</span></strong></span><span><br><span><strong><span>14. Seen the Northern Lights</span></strong><br><strong><span>15. Gone to a huge sports game</span></strong></span></span><br><span>16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa<br><strong><span>17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables</span></strong></span><span><br><span><strong><span>18. Touched an iceberg</span></strong><br><strong><span>19. Slept under the stars</span></strong><br><strong><span>20. Changed a baby&rsquo;s diaper</span></strong></span></span><br><span>21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon <br>22. Watched a meteor shower<br><strong><span>23. Gotten drunk on champagne</span></strong><br>24. Given more than you can afford to charity <br><strong>25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope</strong><br><strong><span>26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment</span></strong></span><span><br><span><strong><span>27. Had a food fight</span></strong><br><strong><span>28. Bet on a winning horse</span></strong><br><strong><span>29. Asked out a stranger</span></strong><br><strong><span>30. Had a snowball fight</span></strong><br><strong><span>31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can</span></strong><br><strong><span>32. Held a lamb</span></strong></span></span><span> <br><strong><span>33. Seen a total eclipse</span></strong><br><strong><span>34. Ridden a roller coaster</span></strong><br>35. Hit a home run <br><strong><span>36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking </span></strong></span><span><br><span><strong><span>37. Adopted an accent for an entire day</span></strong><br><strong><span>38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment</span></strong><br><strong><span>39. Had two hard drives for your computer</span></strong></span></span><br><span>40. Visited all 50 American states <br><strong><span>41. Taken care of someone who was shit faced</span></strong></span><span><br><span><strong><span>42. Had amazing friends</span></strong><br><strong><span>43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country</span></strong><br><strong><span>44. Watched wild whales</span></strong><br><strong><span>45. Stolen a sign</span></strong></span></span><br><span><strong>46. Backpacked in Europe</strong><br><strong>47. Taken a road-trip</strong><br><strong><span>48. Gone rock climbing</span></strong></span><span><br><strong><span><span>49. Midnight walk on the beach</span></span></strong></span><br><span>50. Gone sky diving <br><strong>51. Visited Ireland</strong> <br><strong><span>52. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love</span></strong><br>53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger&rsquo;s table and had a meal with them<br><strong>54. Visited Japan</strong><br><strong>55. Milked a cow</strong> think it may have been a fake one tho, at the petting zoo when I was little&hellip;<br><strong><span>56. Alphabetized your CDs</span></strong><br></span><strong><span>57. Pretended to be a superhero<br><strong><span>58. Sung karaoke</span></strong></span></strong><span><br><strong><span><span>59. Lounged around in bed all day</span></span></strong></span><span> &ndash; bed sofa bed sofa bed etc<br><strong>60. Posed nude in front of strangers </strong>not so much for a picture but naked nonetheless<br><strong><span>61. Gone scuba diving &ndash; nope just snorkeling and it scared me&hellip;</span></strong></span><span><br><span><strong><span>62. Kissed in the rain</span></strong><br><strong><span>63. Played in the mud</span></strong><br><strong><span>64. Played in the rain</span></strong></span></span><br><span>65. Gone to a drive-in theater<br>66. Visited the Great Wall of China<br><strong><span>67. Started a business</span></strong><br><strong>68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken</strong> so far so good<br><strong><span>69. Toured ancient sites</span></strong></span><span><br><strong><span><span>70. Taken a martial arts class</span></span></strong></span><br><span>71. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight <strong>what is this?</strong><br><strong><span>72. Gotten married</span></strong><br>73. Been in a movie<br><strong><span>74. Crashed a party</span></strong></span><span><br><span><strong><span>75. Gotten divorced</span></strong><br><strong><span>76. Gone without food for 5 days</span></strong></span></span><br><span>77. Made cookies from scratch<br>78. Won first prize in a costume contest<br>79. Ridden a gondola in Venice<br><strong><span>80. Gotten a tattoo</span></strong><br>81. Rafted the Snake River<br>82. Been on television news programs as an expert<br><strong><span>83. Got flowers for no reason</span></strong></span><span><span> unless he did something naughty that I don&rsquo;t know about<br><strong><span>84. Performed on stage</span></strong></span><br>85. Been to Las Vegas<br>86. Recorded music<br><strong><span>87. Eaten shark</span></strong><br>88. Eaten fugu <strong>what??</strong><br><strong><span>89. Had a one-night stand</span></strong><br>90. Gone to Thailand<br><strong><span>91. Bought a house</span></strong> property anyway<br><strong><span>92. Been in a combat zone</span></strong><br>93. Buried one/both of your parents<br><strong><span>94. Been on a cruise ship </span></strong></span><span><br><strong><span><span>95. Spoken more than one language fluently</span></span></strong></span><br><span>96. Performed in Rocky Horror Picture Show<br><strong><span>97. Raised children</span></strong><br>98. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour<br>99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country<br><strong><span>100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over</span></strong><br>101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge<br><strong><span>102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn&rsquo;t stop when you knew someone was looking</span></strong><br>103. Had plastic surgery<br><strong><span>104. Survived an accident that you shouldn&rsquo;t have survived</span></strong><br><strong><span>105. Written articles for a major publication</span></strong><br>106. Lost over 100 pounds <strong>luckily I don&rsquo;t have 100 pounds to loose (weight wise anyway)</strong><br><strong><span>107. Held someone while they were having a flashback</span></strong>PTSD<br>108. Piloted an airplane<br>109. Petted a stingray<br><strong><span>110. Broken someone&rsquo;s heart</span></strong></span><span><br><strong><span><span>111. Ridden a bike</span></span></strong></span><br><span>112. Won money on a TV game show<br><strong><span>113. Broken a bone</span></strong><br>114. Gone on an African safari <br><strong><span>115. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced</span></strong></span><span><br><strong><span><span>116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol </span></span></strong></span><br><span>117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild<br><strong>118. Ridden a horse</strong><br>119. Had major surgery<br>120. Had a snake as a pet<br>121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon<br>122. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours<br>123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states<br><strong><span>124. Visited all 7 continents</span></strong><br>125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days<br><strong><span>126. Eaten kangaroo meat</span></strong></span><span><br><span><strong><span>127. Eaten sushi</span></strong><br><strong><span>128. Had your picture in the newspaper</span></strong><br><strong><span>129. Changed someone&rsquo;s mind about something you care deeply about</span></strong></span></span><br><span>130. Gone back to university<br>131. Parasailed<br>132. Petted a cockroach<br>133. Eaten fried green tomatoes<br>134. Read The Iliad and The Odyssey<br>135. Selected one important author who you missed in school, and read<br><strong><span>136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating</span></strong></span><span><br><span><strong><span>137. Skipped all your school reunions</span></strong> they&rsquo;re too far away<br><strong><span>138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language</span></strong></span></span><br><span>139. Been elected to public office<br>140. Written your own computer language<br><strong><span>141. Thought to yourself that you&rsquo;re living your dream</span></strong><br>142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care<br>143. Built your own PC from parts<br>144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn&rsquo;t know you <br><strong>145. Had a booth at a street fair</strong><br>146. Dyed your hair <br>147. Been a DJ &ndash; <strong>does the Jukebox count&hellip; no I didn&rsquo;t think so</strong><br><strong><span>148. Shaved your head &ndash; </span></strong><strong><span>no way! Tried to cut my own hair tho, not a success</span></strong><br>149. Caused a car accident<br>150. Saved someone&rsquo;s life </span></span></p> <p> <small> <a href="http://cyns-world.blog.co.uk/2009/03/12/things-i-ve-done-5743142/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:cyns-world.blog.co.uk,2009-03-08:/2009/03/08/books-5719359/copdam2009-03-08T22:51:04+01:002009-03-08T22:51:04+01:00 <p>I thought I'd see how many I've read from this list... Quite dissapointing really, considering I read a lot. I always have a book on the go. Actually read 10, but saw the films or tv adaptations of loads. That doesn't really count though, does it...</p> <p><strong><em><span>1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen</span></em></strong><span> &ndash; seen film<br><strong>2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien</strong><br><strong><em><span>3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte</span></em></strong> &ndash; seen film<br>4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling<br><strong><span>5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee</span></strong><span><br><strong><span>6 The Bible &ndash; mostly the children&rsquo;s version when I was little</span></strong></span></span></p> <p><strong><span>7 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte</span></strong><span><br><strong><span>8 Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell</span></strong></span><span><br>9 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman<br><strong>10 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens</strong><br><strong><span>11 Little Women - Louisa M Alcott</span></strong><span><br><strong><span>12 Tess of the D&rsquo;Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy</span></strong><br><strong><span>13 Catch 22 - Joseph Heller</span></strong></span><br><em><span>14 Complete Works of Shakespeare </span></em>- I own them and have read quite a bit but not all<br><strong><span>15 Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier</span></strong><br>16 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien<br>17 Birdsong - Sebastian Faulk<br><strong><span>18 Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger</span></strong><span><br><strong><span>19 The Time Traveller&rsquo;s Wife - Audrey Niffenegger</span></strong><br><strong><span>20 Middlemarch - George Eliot</span></strong><br><strong><em><span>21 Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell </span></em></strong><strong><span>&ndash; seen film</span></strong><br><strong><span>22 The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald</span></strong></span><br><em>23 Bleak House - Charles Dickens</em> - seen on tv<br><em>24 War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy</em> &ndash; seen film<br><strong><span>25 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams</span></strong><span><br><strong><span>26 Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh</span></strong></span><br>27 Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky<br><strong><span>28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck</span></strong><br><em>29 Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll</em> &ndash; seen film<br>30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame<br><em>31 Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy</em> &ndash; seen on tv<br>32 David Copperfield - Charles Dickens<br><strong><span>33 Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis</span></strong><span><br><strong><span>34 Emma - Jane Austen</span></strong><br><strong><span>35 Persuasion - Jane Austen</span></strong></span><br><strong><span>36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis</span></strong> <br>37 The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini<br>38 Captain Corelli&rsquo;s Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres<br><strong>39 Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden</strong><br>40 Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne<br><strong><em><span>41 Animal Farm - George Orwell</span></em></strong><span> &ndash; seen film<br><strong><span>42 The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown</span></strong></span><br>43 One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez<br>44 A Prayer for Owen Meaney - John Irving<br><strong><span>45 The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins</span></strong><span><br><strong><span>46 Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery</span></strong><br><strong><span>47 Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy</span></strong><br><strong><span>48 The Handmaid&rsquo;s Tale - Margaret Atwood</span></strong><br><strong><span>49 Lord of the Flies - William Golding</span></strong></span><br><strong><span>50 Atonement - Ian McEwan</span></strong><br><strong>51 Life of Pi - Yann Martel</strong><br>52 Dune - Frank Herbert<br>53 Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons<br><strong><em><span>54 Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen</span></em></strong><span> &ndash; seen film<br><strong><span>55 A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth</span></strong><br><strong><span>56 The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon</span></strong><br><strong><span>57 A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens</span></strong><br><strong><span>58 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley</span></strong></span><br>59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon<br><strong><span>60 Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez</span></strong> <br>61 Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck<br><strong><em><span>62 Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov</span></em></strong><span> - seen film<br><strong><span>63 The Secret History - Donna Tartt</span></strong><br><strong><span>64 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold</span></strong></span><br>65 Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas<br><strong><span>66 On The Road - Jack Kerouac</span></strong><span><br><strong><span>67 Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy</span></strong><br><strong><span>68 Bridget Jones&rsquo;s Diary - Helen Fielding</span></strong></span><br>69 Midnight&rsquo;s Children - Salman Rushdie<br>70 Moby Dick - Herman Melville<br><em>71 Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens</em> &ndash; seen film<br><strong><em><span>72 Dracula - Bram Stoker </span></em></strong><strong><span>&ndash; seen film</span></strong><br>73 The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett<br><strong><span>74 Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson</span></strong><br>75 Ulysses - James Joyce<br>76 The Inferno - Dante<br><strong><span>77 Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome</span></strong><br>78 Germinal - Emile Zola<br><strong><span>79 Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray</span></strong><span><br><strong><span>80 Possession - AS Byatt</span></strong><br><strong><em><span>81 A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens</span></em></strong> &ndash; seen film<br><strong><span>82 Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell</span></strong><br><strong><span>83 The Color Purple - Alice Walker</span></strong><br><strong><span>84 The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro</span></strong><br><strong><em><span>85 Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert</span></em></strong></span> &ndash; seen film<br>86 A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry<br><strong><span>87 Charlotte&rsquo;s Web - EB White</span></strong><br><strong>88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom</strong><br>89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle<br><strong><span>90 The Faraway Tree Collection - Enid Blyton</span></strong><br><em><span>91 Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad</span></em><br>92 The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery<br><strong><span>93 The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks</span></strong><span><br><strong><span>94 Watership Down - Richard Adams</span></strong></span><br>95 A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole<br>96 A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute<br><em>97 The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas</em> &ndash; seen film<em><br><strong><span>98 Hamlet - William Shakespeare</span></strong></em><strong><span> &ndash; seen film</span></strong><span><br><strong><span>99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl</span></strong></span><br>100 Les Miserables - Victor Hugo</span></p> <p> </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://cyns-world.blog.co.uk/2009/03/08/books-5719359/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:cyns-world.blog.co.uk,2009-02-15:/2009/02/15/the-princess-shall-go-to-the-ball-5578473/copdam2009-02-15T14:51:12+01:002009-02-15T14:51:12+01:00 <p>I spent most of yesterday getting ready for the ball last night. Lots of pampering first, did my hair, got all my bits together. I was really looking forward to it, and decided to start getting ready early.</p> <p>So I put on my dress, and looked in the mirror, something looked wrong... It was the zip, it had broken... Suddenly I was stuck in the dress, couldn't get it off, desperately trying to get the zip back to normal without breaking it. But it wouldn't budge, so in the end I had to rip it off... It was awful! Of course I didn't have a back up dress, what to do??? By now it was nearly 5 pm, and we were leaving just before 6...</p> <p>So I phoned a friend, and she was kind enough to lend me her dress! Great! Except, she was in a pub about 20 minutes away, her house was another 10 minutes away, and then I'd have to drop her off again, and get back to get dressed and ready on time... Panic!</p> <p>But it had to be done. I was back just about 10 to 6, got dressed, got my make-up done, and was ready by 10 past 6. Not bad methinks.</p> <p>The ball was really nice! I had a lovely time. IRP had a good time too I think. The food was good. We were there with some other friends, which was nice. It was all a bit painful this morning, but not too bad so it was worth it.</p> <p> <small> <a href="http://cyns-world.blog.co.uk/2009/02/15/the-princess-shall-go-to-the-ball-5578473/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:cyns-world.blog.co.uk,2009-02-14:/2009/02/14/flowers-and-the-dog-in-pictures-5572646/copdam2009-02-14T14:56:44+01:002009-02-14T14:56:44+01:00 <p><a href="http://www.blog.co.uk/media/photo/flowers/3232995" title="Flowers"><img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/995/3232995_52fbbc1b9c_m.jpg" alt="Flowers" vspace="5" hspace="5"></a><a href="http://www.blog.co.uk/media/photo/sabredog/3232996" title="Sabredog"><img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/996/3232996_bbb175eef7_m.jpg" alt="Sabredog" vspace="5" hspace="5"></a> </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://cyns-world.blog.co.uk/2009/02/14/flowers-and-the-dog-in-pictures-5572646/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:cyns-world.blog.co.uk,2009-02-14:/2009/02/14/valentine-gush-5572458/copdam2009-02-14T14:04:23+01:002009-02-14T14:04:23+01:00 <p>The day of love is here! And for once, I'm not on my own! Great stuff!!!!! </p> <p>To be honest, I wasn't expecting much, as IRP is hardly mr Romantic. But I was wrong, he knows how to keep the lady happy. I got the biggest bouquet of flowers, it is absolutely beautiful!</p> <p>I suppose I half-expected flowers, as these are his preferred gift. I think it's an easy way out for him, not much hassle and not difficult to pick. But then he had a card as well! It was just the most perfect card, it simply said:</p> <p>'To my girlfriend, My Valentine, just to say; I love you (with all my heart)'</p> <p>How lovely is that!!! I just loved it!! He added some words himself as well. I was very impressed!</p> <p>Of course I never got him a card, because I didn't think he'd be bothered, so I just ran out to get one... I did get some nice undies for later tonight, so it's not like I'd made no effort at all.</p> <p>We're off out to the Valentine's Ball. I've got my dress ready, my hair done, so all sorted. Got some awful bridget jones undies to go with the dress first, so I'll make sure IRP doesn't catch sight of that... I will look fab tonight tho! </p> <p>Happy Valentine's day everybody! Big hug, share the love around today! </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://cyns-world.blog.co.uk/2009/02/14/valentine-gush-5572458/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:cyns-world.blog.co.uk,2009-02-12:/2009/02/12/twitter-5562575/copdam2009-02-12T21:30:00+01:002009-02-12T21:30:00+01:00 <p>Well, I've joined twitter. I have made connections with Barack Obama, Jonathan Ross, Jeremy Clarkson and Cheryl Cole...</p> <p>I'm not convinced it's a useful tool so far... </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://cyns-world.blog.co.uk/2009/02/12/twitter-5562575/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:cyns-world.blog.co.uk,2009-02-12:/2009/02/12/twitter-5561933/copdam2009-02-12T20:12:04+01:002009-02-12T20:12:04+01:00 <p>Is twitter just a lazy way of blogging, or is it a slimmed down version of facebook, i.e. status updates only? Hmm...</p> <p>Feel free to discuss while I go to investigate... </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://cyns-world.blog.co.uk/2009/02/12/twitter-5561933/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:cyns-world.blog.co.uk,2009-02-12:/2009/02/12/desktopping-5560811/copdam2009-02-12T16:55:57+01:002009-02-12T16:55:57+01:00 <p>I would show my desktop, but it's not even set to anything... How boring! I'll have to do something about that quick, before the bandwagon passes me by. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://cyns-world.blog.co.uk/2009/02/12/desktopping-5560811/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:cyns-world.blog.co.uk,2009-02-11:/2009/02/11/conversation-at-work-5551326/copdam2009-02-11T11:51:37+01:002009-02-11T11:51:37+01:00 <p>Me: Good Morning! <img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0"> (yes I did smile, and I sounded happy!)</p> <p>colleague: Good morning</p> <p>Me: How are you?</p> <p>colleague: it's wednesday...</p> <p>end of conversation... Useless! </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://cyns-world.blog.co.uk/2009/02/11/conversation-at-work-5551326/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:cyns-world.blog.co.uk,2009-02-09:/2009/02/09/the-dog-in-pictures-5540340/copdam2009-02-09T21:53:47+01:002009-02-09T21:53:47+01:00 <p>Well, here she is... Our beautiful dog. Turns out IRP is not the only one crazy about her. I spend quite a bit of time looking after her, but today was IRP's turn and I realised I missed the dog. </p> <p>Anyway, here's a picture of her.<br> <a href="http://www.blog.co.uk/media/photo/sabre/3219448" title="Sabre"><img src="http://data5.blog.de/media/448/3219448_4f478e2ef7_m.jpg" alt="Sabre" vspace="5" hspace="5"></a> </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://cyns-world.blog.co.uk/2009/02/09/the-dog-in-pictures-5540340/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:cyns-world.blog.co.uk,2009-02-08:/2009/02/08/sunday-musings-5529881/copdam2009-02-08T13:33:00+01:002009-02-08T13:33:00+01:00 <p>I popped by this sunny sunday morning, thought I'd say hello. We don't have any snow here, and it's actually really nice outside, especially in the sun.</p> <p>The first week with the dog didn't go badly at all. We started leaving her on her own on Wednesday, and she was good as gold. IRP has completely fallen in love with her, but is still not ready to admit it.<br> We only had our first incident today, where she tore up a lovely fluffy, fury cushion that was on a the sofa. IRP was not impressed. She knew she'd done wrong, so we pointed her in the direction of her toys and hopefully that will be that.</p> <p>I'm turning into a dog-obsessed person with nothing else to talk about, it's horrible, must be fixed soon! It's funny as I've never really been one for pets and things... </p> <p>In other news, things between IRP and me are a bit strained at the moment. That's not great. I'm not sure why but I suspect he's got some worries on his mind about his construction business in these difficult times, as I've noticed he's started to talk about money and the cost of little things. He never used to talk about this at all, other than to say money was no problem... hmmm... And there is always an element of big man talk to filter out of course (no offense men, but it's often true).</p> <p>Anyway, it's been tricky and it's new ground to me. I would always leave at any hurdle, so I'm trying not to at the moment. But in my mind, I've packed my things and left about three times this weekend. I guess this is where the commitment thing kicks in for normal people. Well, I'm trying. I don't know yet if there is a need to draw any lines, and if so, where it should be drawn...</p> <p>The dog needs looking after as well, that take the two of us for sure, so that's keeping me around for now as well. She's so cute! We washed her in the bath last night. She didn't like the shampoo much, but she loved the rinsing with warm water after. And then we lit the fire for her to sleep and dry out. Cute cute doggy! <img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0"><br> Will post pictures soon!</p> <p>Finally, for some odd reason, more people visit my blog when I'm not here writing regularly... And when I post something, people stop coming by. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://cyns-world.blog.co.uk/2009/02/08/sunday-musings-5529881/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:cyns-world.blog.co.uk,2009-02-02:/2009/02/02/sabre-5491402/copdam2009-02-02T12:08:09+01:002009-02-02T12:08:09+01:00 <p>Sabre's here! We had an early start on saturday, left home at 7 am to drive to a little place north of Chelmsford. It took three hours to get there with traffic.</p> <p>It was a quick pick up so the dog wouldn't know what was going on. She wasn't feeling too well, she was nervous of course. It was then a very long drive home with the dog in the van. We stopped plenty of times for a walk.</p> <p>When we finally got her back home, she was ok. We got her bed out, and her toys. We let her loose to run around the house and the garden to explore. She seems perfectly happy. We played football with her and took her for walks around her new area.</p> <p>She's very well behaved and well trained. She didn't go after the other dogs and walked well on the lead.</p> <p>On Sunday, we took her to the seafront for a walk. She didn't want to get in the car tho... in the end we managed. I then wanted to stop off at mine to change my shoes quickly, but that upset her. It seems she's scared to be left at the moment, and is clinging to us as we're all she's got now. She didn't like the sea, she was scared of it. But she loved walking and running on the common. </p> <p>Today, she thought it was best if we woke up at 4 am... So we sent her back to bed, that was ok. Then IRP had to go to work around 6, and the fun started again. She was very unsettled then. I got up and took her for a walk, but she seemed scared of everything. It's sad to see. I hope she settles in soon. It's not even been 48 hours yet...<br> And she doesn't like the snow, so I guess that's not helping...</p> <p>I'm working from home to stay with her. And probably tomorrow as well, as the snow means I won't drive to work anyway. </p> <p>If anyone has any tips on how to help a dog settle in her new home, anything is much appreciated.</p> <p>Pictures will follow soon! </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://cyns-world.blog.co.uk/2009/02/02/sabre-5491402/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:cyns-world.blog.co.uk,2009-01-29:/2009/01/29/question-5472069/copdam2009-01-29T22:38:15+01:002009-01-29T22:38:15+01:00 <p>So I know I've been away for a little while, but what is this new thing in my Stats page, called Top 30 Keywords? </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://cyns-world.blog.co.uk/2009/01/29/question-5472069/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:cyns-world.blog.co.uk,2009-01-29:/2009/01/29/sabre-5471962/copdam2009-01-29T22:22:43+01:002009-01-29T22:22:43+01:00 <p>Hello, hello! I'm popping by tonight, to say hi, how are you? And to tell you my latest news.</p> <p>I think about this blog often, and I feel bad for not writing much. But the reason for this is mostly that I don't have much to say at the moment. </p> <p>Still plenty of opinions on everything in the world of course, but not currently anything strong enought to write about perhaps...</p> <p>Anyway, I couldn't possibly forget you all, and this little blog of mine, so here's my latest news that I wanted to share.</p> <p>I think I may have told you before, that IRP and I were trying to rehome a dog out of rescue. We were struggling because we both work, but we've now been selected for a dog!<br> We went to see her last week, and we're going back on saturday to pick her up. The dog is a girl Dobermann, 4.5 or 5 years old, and really sweet and well behaved. She lives just north of Chelmsford at the moment, so it's a bit of a trek, but we're getting her this weekend and it's really exciting! Her name is Sabre, and I'm sure I'll be telling you more about her soon. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://cyns-world.blog.co.uk/2009/01/29/sabre-5471962/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:cyns-world.blog.co.uk,2008-11-25:/2008/11/25/greetings-5107430/copdam2008-11-25T21:55:35+01:002008-11-25T21:55:35+01:00 <p>Can't believe how long it's been. Thought I'd pop by and say hello to you all!<br> Hope you're keeping well! And looking forward to the festive season! Only a month away now!</p> <p>I've been really busy lately. Work has gone mad. I've started on a new programme, and setting it all up from scratch has been really good, but busy and at times stressfull. I've also been away on travel for a few weeks, in the Washington DC area for work, which was good. Did lots of work, and got to see the sights.<br> After Washington, it was straight to Holland with IRP to meet the family. Scary! But that was really good too! We spent a few days in Amsterdam before heading to my hometown. It was my niece's first birthday, and it was all really nice.</p> <p>Just been back for almost a week now, and trying to get back to a normal routine. It's good to be back! I'll try to visit here more often and write more, and read more.</p> <p> <small> <a href="http://cyns-world.blog.co.uk/2008/11/25/greetings-5107430/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:cyns-world.blog.co.uk,2008-09-30:/2008/09/30/credit-crunchy-4803145/copdam2008-09-30T21:00:58+02:002008-09-30T21:00:58+02:00 <p>It's all you hear about... the credit crunch! Ouch! I guess recession seems unavoidable now.</p> <p>And governments the world over are trying to make things better by throwing money at the problem. Well, actually, not at the real problem, just at the consequences of the real problem. </p> <p>Money down the drain then... I think so. 700 Billion for the US financial markets? Short term solutions to long term problems? I'm worried that governments spending all this money will only make things worse in the long run. What will happen in a few years time, when the money is needed for some useful rebuilding? There won't be any money left as it was wasted in this big bail out.</p> <p>Why do they not let some more of these banks go bust? Is this really only about save-guarding peoples savings? Would a cost-benefit analysis not show that this is a costly inefficient thing to do based on the level of debt out there?</p> <p>And I love all the new terms like 'toxic debt' and some other little gems. The media is having a field day! And there's not a lot of objective reporting going on! Just a lot of panic stories!</p> <p>I've streamlined my already rather streamlined budgets in anticipation. This could potentially be a catastrophe, created by a culture of living on credit, and it should be handled carefully with an eye to the future, rather than any rash cowboy plans created with elections in mind... </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://cyns-world.blog.co.uk/2008/09/30/credit-crunchy-4803145/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:cyns-world.blog.co.uk,2008-09-22:/2008/09/22/rugby-4764661/copdam2008-09-22T21:12:05+02:002008-09-22T21:12:05+02:00 <p>With IRP, it was always likely I'd be seeing a lot more of the sport, but as it turned out, suddenly I've been to twickenham twice in almost as many weeks!</p> <p>We went to the Double header a little while back. 2 matches to kick off the season. That was a really good day out!<br> Then last saturday, some of IRP's friends had a spare ticket for the Help for Heroes match. So I got to go! That was really good too!<br> Had so much fun. IRP couldn't go, so I went with some of his friends. I didn't know them very well, so was a bit worried about a day out with people who are almost strangers. But it was a really good laugh! </p> <p>Still haven't seen IRP play though... Think I'd be worried watching other people bashing into him and stuff on the pitch... Oh dear... (he is always a bit battered and bruised on saturday evening...)</p> <p>Anyway, think the blog is all up to date now. I'll try not to leave it so long again. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://cyns-world.blog.co.uk/2008/09/22/rugby-4764661/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:cyns-world.blog.co.uk,2008-09-22:/2008/09/22/time-flies-4764027/copdam2008-09-22T19:25:48+02:002008-09-22T19:25:48+02:00 <p>I can't believe how long it's been since I've written... But everything's been so busy, I've hardly had a chance to stop. </p> <p>IRP and I went on holiday to Ireland. We had a lovely time, and I met his family, which was nice. He's coming to holland soon, for a weekend in Amsterdam, and we'll have dinner with my folks. Who'd've thought... </p> <p>Work is manic as well, but it's going well right now, and I quite enjoy it. I do seem to be working all hours, but at least it keeps me interested.</p> <p>Going for a little rest now, have a nice evening.</p> <p> <small> <a href="http://cyns-world.blog.co.uk/2008/09/22/time-flies-4764027/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:cyns-world.blog.co.uk,2008-08-28:/2008/08/28/ooohhh-exciting-stuff-4648658/copdam2008-08-28T13:48:10+02:002008-08-28T13:48:10+02:00 <p>There's so much going on at the moment! Lots of fun stuff to do!<br> Getting close to some time off work! And I'm going to see Lee Evans tonight!<br> IRP thinks he's so funny! So when I saw that he was coming to town I got some tickets straight away. Scored some brownie points there <img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0"></p> <p>Anyway, so that should be good!<br> Will write more later about everything! </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://cyns-world.blog.co.uk/2008/08/28/ooohhh-exciting-stuff-4648658/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:cyns-world.blog.co.uk,2008-08-23:/2008/08/23/queues-sunshine-and-the-long-weekend-4626541/copdam2008-08-23T12:56:14+02:002008-08-23T12:56:14+02:00 <p>I was in my very first traffic jam yesterday. I didn't enjoy it much, and it turned out to be an extra special long one as well! The usual 25 minute trip from work took nearly 90 minutes and was pretty much a crawl the whole way!<br> I was bored as well, because my stereo wasn't working. Or at least I thought it wasn't, which is why I'd made an appointment to get it fixed. </p> <p>So I finally got to the stereo mechanic man yesterday. He took one look at it, pushed exactly one button, and the thing sprang back to life... How embarrasing!Very funny!</p> <p>Last night, IRP took me out for a meal and it was exactly 6 months since our first date. We had some nice food. The travelling fair is on the common this weekend for the bank holiday, so we went there after dinner, and IRP won me a teddy. I got to pick one, and found one with the same name as IRP so now I've got a mini cuddly version of IRP. </p> <p>Today, the weather is just the best, so I'm off to the beach in a mo, after a spot of lunch. I love that's it's a long weekend!!! </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://cyns-world.blog.co.uk/2008/08/23/queues-sunshine-and-the-long-weekend-4626541/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:cyns-world.blog.co.uk,2008-08-09:/2008/08/09/bunny-4563868/copdam2008-08-09T16:02:02+02:002008-08-09T16:02:02+02:00 <p>Finally, I own my own car! It's brilliant!!!!</p> <p>We picked her up this morning. IRP drove her back, but we stopped along the way for me to have a little play with it. This afternoon, I've been zippin' round town to get used to the car. And I drove it around to show it off to some friends!</p> <p>It's a lovely little car, drives well, and it looks sooooo cute! Pic to follow shortly.</p> <p>Driving's been great. Taking it out again in a minute!</p> <p>I've named it Bunny, after Bunnybunbunbun of course, but also after the easter bunny because it's easter-yellow.</p> <p>Have a good weekend! </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://cyns-world.blog.co.uk/2008/08/09/bunny-4563868/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:cyns-world.blog.co.uk,2008-08-08:/2008/08/08/you-can-call-me-lewis-4560213/copdam2008-08-08T15:58:52+02:002008-08-08T15:58:52+02:00 <p>Picking up my new car tomorrow! Woohoo!!!!!<br> Settled on the yellow(!) Alto in the end. I can't wait! Did lots of driving last night, and it went swimmingly(?), so I will not be a menace on the roads! <img src="/img/smilies/icon_wink.gif" alt=";)" class="middle" border="0"></p> <p> <small> <a href="http://cyns-world.blog.co.uk/2008/08/08/you-can-call-me-lewis-4560213/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:cyns-world.blog.co.uk,2008-08-05:/2008/08/05/cars-4547355/copdam2008-08-05T19:10:45+02:002008-08-05T19:10:45+02:00 <p>Rushed off my feet at the moment! Doing near enough three jobs all at once. Work's gone manic. The new job which I officially start on the 25th has started already with meetings nearly every day this week. This is now affecting my old job, which is busy as well as loads of people are on holiday... </p> <p>On top of all this work I'm trying to maintain a social life and spend time with IRP. It's becoming quite a challenge!<br> Also seriously looking to buy a car as I'll need one for the new job. Looked at a saxo last night, but didn't like it much. Saw a peugeot 106 today, which was ok... Tony is looking at a Suzuki Alto (new model) tomorrow. It's cheap and cheerful, and economic to run. It's got mixed reviews, but all I really need a a little car (parking comes at a HUGE premium where I live) which doesn't cost much and gets me to and from work (15 minutes of town driving and 10 minutes on the motorway). It's a 53 Reg and it's done only 19000 miles. </p> <p>What do you think?</p> <p>Anyway, gotta dial into another meeting tonight so best get on... Won't finish much before 10 tonight... feeling suitably sorry for myself <img src="/img/smilies/icon_wink.gif" alt=";)" class="middle" border="0"> </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://cyns-world.blog.co.uk/2008/08/05/cars-4547355/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:cyns-world.blog.co.uk,2008-07-31:/2008/07/31/out-of-control-4524241/copdam2008-07-31T12:06:44+02:002008-07-31T12:06:44+02:00 <p>Recently, I've been feeling like my life is out of my control. Sounds a bit over-dramatic perhaps, and I guess it probably is. I think I need to gain some perspective so I thought I'd write a few words to try to lift the fog...</p> <p>It's really only to do with work I suppose, but as that's a rather large chunk of my time, it does affect other areas of my life. Not in the least because it funds my life.</p> <p>I was offered a new job within my company recently. It wasn't really something I would get excited about but it was offered to me at VERY favourable terms... so I accepted the job. About a week later, those VERY favourable terms were withdrawn (I think because the company I work for is @#~*&^). So I withdrew my acceptance. That caused a bit of an issue it seems. </p> <p>Several people from management came to see me, to 'talk off the record, the decision was entirely up to me'. I stuck to my guns, especially as no one was trying to anything to negotiate the terms at all. Eventually, the Director of a large part of my business unit came to see. Reckoned he came to talk to me as a friend. I hardly know the guy so that was a rather large stretch really. So it was clear the pressure was on. It was my decision as long as I decided to take the job...<br> So I did, I really didn't have much of a choice, there would've been repercussions. I suppose I could've left the company, but like I said, the job funds my life... What do you do?</p> <p>Yesterday, it was announced that we've won the contract that I will now be working on. Good news I guess, but it brings a lot of change with it. I have to move to a different office, but they haven't finalised a new office for this work yet.<br> I have to handover my current job, but there isn't a replacement yet.<br> There isn't currently enough information to know anything for sure. There are way too many lines of communication, all saying slightly different things, and plenty of rumours about. It's difficult to figure it all out.<br> People are asking me questions, and asking me to make decisions but I don't have all the information to do so. And I just feel like they're pressuring me into things that I don't like or want to do etc.<br> I feel all this work stuff is out of my control. And that's not very nice.</p> <p>So I guess I'll have to take back that control somehow... I don't like that they can exercise so much pressure over me, all for the sake of a career, as if there's nothing more important. Rubbish!</p> <p>Right, rant over... for now at least. Gonna make a phone call and stand up for myself. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://cyns-world.blog.co.uk/2008/07/31/out-of-control-4524241/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:cyns-world.blog.co.uk,2008-07-11:/2008/07/11/dogs-in-rescue-4434417/copdam2008-07-11T13:39:34+02:002008-07-11T13:39:34+02:00 <p>Battersea dogs home will not let IRP have any dogs... It's because we both work full time, so the dog would be home alone for several hours during the day. We said we'd get a dog walker to take the dog out every day, so it would only be on it's own for a little while, and I would try to work from home twice a week, but even that wasn't good enough.</p> <p>I think it's ridiculous. IRP has got experience with this breed, he's had two before. And he would definitely give it a good home. We've been working to make the dog's day room ready, where it would have free access to the garden, the garage, and two nice warm rooms inside the house with a big comfy chair and everything. Beats a little doghouse outside anytime! </p> <p>I know any dog would have a great home at IRP's as he's so caring, and these dogs need new homes... I understand they have to do thorough checks to ensure the welfare of the dog, but I feel they dismissed us a bit too soon. They didn't even come for a house visit in the end. </p> <p>We'll try another dog rescue centre and hope for the best. In the mean time, if anyone knows of a dobermann that needs a new home... </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://cyns-world.blog.co.uk/2008/07/11/dogs-in-rescue-4434417/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:cyns-world.blog.co.uk,2008-07-11:/2008/07/11/all-kung-fu-d-out-4434390/copdam2008-07-11T13:33:04+02:002008-07-11T13:33:04+02:00 <p>Well, I've seen Kung Fu Panda, and it was as I expected. All the funny bits were in the trailer and there wasn't much more to it. But it was entertaining, and it was fun looking forward to it, practising my kung fu moves and making lame kung fu jokes. </p> <p>I understand it's the turn of the Kung Fu Chickens next...</p> <p>At least the weekend is upon us again! So far today, it's stayed dry which is a definite bonus! Going for a few drinks tonight (hopefully it doesn't end up like last week), then maybe a walk tomorrow and a little picnic on the seafront on sunday. Fingers crossed for good weather. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://cyns-world.blog.co.uk/2008/07/11/all-kung-fu-d-out-4434390/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:cyns-world.blog.co.uk,2008-07-08:/2008/07/08/really-4418756/copdam2008-07-08T09:30:05+02:002008-07-08T09:30:05+02:00 <p>Found the following statistic in an article on the Sky news website...</p> <p><em>The average British woman has three holidays a year in which she will have sex at least three times a day.</em></p> <p>Really?!?!?!?! </p> <p>Nevermind the 'three times a day', what about the 'three holidays a year'?! </p> <p>Who are these women and how do they do it? I really want to know! </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://cyns-world.blog.co.uk/2008/07/08/really-4418756/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>