Good Vibrations

^ u clever woman !!!

meeshy thats amazing!

Glad to hear you're feeling better, Theodora!

Poh, that's great news!

Congrats Livvv!

Meeshy, that dress is insanely gorgeous!

My happy for today is a small one, but I'll take it.  My hair is looking pretty awesome even though I've done nothing with it, it's ended up with just the right amount of volume and since I've only washed it once since topping up the red, it's still quite bright.

Ta guys!! Was a pain to start off with! Enjoying it now tho. I'll put a pic up when it's finished 🙂

im so happy for everyone & immensly proud of all my talented and clever ladies on here <3 you're all so inspiring *forum high 5*

my happies are my brother got married yesterda and it was 98% perfect(had a travel issue & dad was a poo head, but still) has really inspired ryan and i to pull our fingers out regarding our wedding. so much in fact that ryan was the one who said we should start sorting stuff, which was a welcome suprise as it's just been me pestering him so far.

i weighed myself yesterday thinking i was 10 & 1/2 which is usually my winter weight and the heaviest that i feel comfortable at. but i was actually 9stone! which is my usual summer weight =) i havent really bbeen exercising, but i am more active now than i was 2months ago, im also eating better & alot less chocolate(which has been VERY hard for me, chocolate is my heroin. sounds silly i know, but i cant live without it, so cutting back is big thing for me) so being rewarded with weight loss makes me smile =)

work is good atm. im feeling really positive. even if the promotion goes to the other guy, i dont mind, cos he's ace & deserves it as he has a fmaily. obvs id rather have it, but he is super clever with all he tech stuff, where as im paper work queen =D also the girl i dont get along with is on holiday as of thurs =D yaysies!

basically im full of love and happiness for one and for all x

also im back on the forum after a accidental hiatus <3

Livvv - congrats on the promotion!

Meeshy - that dress looks fabulous!

Pippa - glad to see you back!

Well, it's been back and forth for a few months now, and following some negativity from immigration lawyers (more on that later!), my husband and I decided that we were going to stay in the UK, and give up on our dream of emigrating to Canada.  It's been niggling at me for a few weeks now, wondering whether or not we made the right decision, and whether we just got scared and overwhelmed with the enormity of actually doing it.  It's something we'd been dreaming about and talking about for about 6 or 7 years, and all of a sudden, it got very real and we suddenly had to face up to exactly how much effort it would take.  Also, we had this romantic ideal that because my husband is a welder (which is one of the jobs on their priority occupations list), the country would just welcome us with open arms and our application would just sail through.  When we actually looked into it in detail, we discovered that being on the priority jobs list just means that your application will be considered (they don't even consider applications from people whose jobs aren't on that list), it's not a guarantee of acceptance, and certainly doesn't mean that your application gets prioritized or fast tracked!  So it all seemed very daunting and overwhelming, and I began to wonder if we gave up too easily because it all got too real too quickly.  So we've discussed it again, and we've decided for good this time, no going back again, that we're going to do it.  Even though it's going to be hard work for the next 2 to 2 1/2 years, and it'll involve alot of stress and bureaucracy & filling in of forms and jumping through hoops to satisfy some pencil pusher in an office, we're still going to do it.  Part of the reason we got put off in the first place was because the immigration lawyers we contacted all told us that they wouldn't take us on as clients unless Lester had a job offer in Canada, because we wouldn't pass the points criteria without it, but looking back, I didn't actually give them enough information to make that call, as I didn't give any details of our ages, our education, our work experience, etc, all I gave them was 'Hello, my name is Lester Kellaway (I sent the emails in my husband's name as he'd be the main applicant), I'm a qualified welder, and I'm thinking of emigrating to Canada, how much would you charge to process the application?'.  So I think that the response we got was basically just a blanket response they give to everyone, as they advertise 95% success rates, so they probably only want to take on people with job offers so they don't jeopardize their success rate!

I've tidied my room at my parent's house for the last time!
Now all I need to do is start packing, which my mum's gunna help me with tomorrow night 😀

So glad for everyone's great news 😀

My happies today:  One week from today I have holiday for my birthday (yay!).  I'm considering going to a safari park during our time off--it's something I've always thought would be fun (zoo without cages?  Yes please) and there's one about an hour away from where we live.  Also, I discovered today that they're stocking Naked smoothies in the cafe in addition to Innocent.  Dont get me wrong, I love Innocent smoothies, but because the base for pretty much all of them is orange juice, I can generally only stomach the strawberry banana one--all the others give me bad stomach.  But Naked has a blueberry one with an apple juice base that sounds amazing, so I'm gonna try it for my morning snack today :D.  They do a mango one with no orange juice, as well, but that's not being stocked in my cafe ... yet.

Yes, finding a smoothie that I can actually drink that isn't strawberry and banana has sent me over the moon ... lol it doesn't take much.

my last exam was today. it was alright i suppose. but.. the reason i'm happy is that i never, EVER have to sit in that school ever again, no more useless education, no more little a$$-wipes in the lower years or old mornjy teachers.

i'm free. man i finished the exam, and i've just been making weird noises since i'm too happy. my friends don't seem that happy, but man i don't know how they can help it! i'm freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeheeeeeeeeeeee

i could write a whole bloomin' forum-full of crap about how happy i am, but i'll leave it at this.

My happy is that my friend (bf's best mate) Was in a car accident last night that was quite bad, bt hes woken up this morning and apart from a little amnesia hes ok!

woah, glad your friend is ok MissPiggy! Scary stuff!

My happy today is that for the first time in weeks, our daughter slept from 8pm through to 7.30am 😀 Yay! Also, this past hour she's been having a nap, so it means I managed to finally do some work (as dylan is at preschool too)

OH is at work late tonight so I'm gonna watch sherlock holmes on dvd tonight & maybe make a little dread in my extensions 🙂

Interview went well. Apart from when they asked me what tv/movie/book/video game character i would be and why.

I always get compared to jordan from scrubs or Ellie from cougar town cause i'm a bitch who drinks lots if wine :p. Obvs didnt want to say that in an interview so said Susan from the discworld books cause shes scary with a soft side, gets things done and is cool >_<  Not really the best thing i could have said.

But for my first proper interview i'm happy that i've done well 🙂

ah Susan fro diskworld is the best character ever!

Had my hair cut today ata Avalon really close to my house and the lady did such a good job!!! I'll deffo be going back 🙂

I hope your friend makes a speedy recovery Miss Piggy! But I'm glad he's alright 😀

And yay for good haircuts! There's nothing worse than spending money for a bad one!

So eer... The Art Editor of The Sunday Times wants to talk to me.... ?!?!