Lifes Lessons

After all these years of Dr Phil being on TV and around on the Internet, the one thing that i always seem to remember him saying is:
You teach people how to treat you
This is so true and i totally understand how it can work and how it affects the relationships that you have in your life but what i don't seem to be able to grasp is how this applies to strangers that you may only meet once or twice in your life time. How can you teach them how to treat you? This is what i mean...

Scenario One - The company that i am currently working for offered me a permanent position at the salary that i was looking for back in January. So after working here for 7 months prior to this i was glad to finally have a secure job under my belt. Granted it was not the job that i was originally doing and it was not in the office that i was currently working in but i like a challenge and so stepped up to the plate - as they say. The thing is though, everyone in the company got a "Cost of Living" increase in their pay pack this month except me! And why you ask - because the company felt the need to add a clause into my contract which says that i am not entitled to a pay rise for 16 months! How do i deal with this?

Scenario Two - The hair salon at our gym has had an offer on this month for 50% off. So, last week i booked myself an appointment. I spent two hours at the salon, I have my hair high-lighted(half head) and then cut and blow dried. It comes time to pay and he says "£75 please". I just about fell over. I was expect to pay about £40 considering it should have been 50% off. Now something to add to this is that two weeks ago my mom went for a cut and was told that if the price is over £15 then it is considered 50% off so i felt that i was in the right to question this. All that i got is I'm sorry - the things we did to your hair are not included in the 50% off. They had already provided the service so i had no choice but to pay. Now i love the cut and i love the colour but i would never have paid £75 to get it. What do i do?

As my cut cost me an arm and a leg i thought that i had better show it off.

Here is a photo from Saturday - so a before shot....

Then this is a front view of the new cut and colour....
And of course a side view....
So as you can see it truly is lovely - i just feel a little ripped off about the price.

Take care everyone.

A Day full of Surprises

Yesterday was definitely a day full of surprises for me. Its not everyday that i get such blessings given to me so it was very much appreciated.

Let me begin the story by letting you all know that Monday night Stuart went out with his Cousin for a boys night out and ended up winning some or other game and came home with about £140 in his back pocket (well at least is how much he is telling me he won....lol). So Tuesday morning i wake up to find a £10 note rolled up and sitting in my key chain - "Just a little lunch money", he said. Then about 11 o clock i got a phone call to ask if there was anything in town i needed. I promptly replied with a few knitting supplies that i needed for my Summer Tunic. When i got home i found the following in a nice little pile. Some knitting pins, some knitting markers and two books - Stitch & Bitch and an accompanying design journal to go with it. His text message read - " What on earth is that book about - angry knitters or what??". I was laughing my ass off and this book is now fondly known as the Angry Knitters book.

Once i had made dinner and had a cup of tea i went upstairs to do some scrapping and look oh look what i found nicely perched on top of my keyboard.
Am i the luckiest girl or what!! Thank you honey for making me feel oh so special.

In other news, after the hours and hours that i spent knitting my Summer Tunic last week i ended up having to FROG it last night. Yup, i had to pull every stitch out and start again. It was so disappointing but it had to be done. This is my second attempt and hopefully it will go a lot better! My progress so far....
I just want to leave you with this quote - It hit my inbox a few days ago and it has just been on my mind so thought i would share......
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“To educate yourself for the feeling of gratitude means to take nothing for granted, but to always seek out and value the kind that will stand behind the action. Nothing that is done for you is a matter of course. Everything originates in a will for the good,
which is directed at you. Train yourself never to put off the word or action for the expression of gratitude.”-Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965)

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Warwick Castle

This long weekend we decided to go and visit Warwick Castle. What a fantastic day we had. Even though the clouds were threatening to open at any moment they didn't - they actually held out all day and only started raining as we made our way back to the car. Take a look at some of the fantastic photos that we took.
Warwick castle

Jousting


At 3:30pm we were able to go and watch the Jousting at River Island. I think it lasted around 30-45 minutes and even though i was standing the entire time it was so entertaining that i hardly even noticed. The though that went into it, the preparation was amazing.

Winged Warriors

Before we went to watch the Jousting we actually stumbled upon another show that was taking place at 2:30pm. Winged Warriors. Its sounds courageous doesn't it? Once again it was amazing. The birds flew that low that their wings actually brushed the top of one of the ladies heads! What a beautiful sight.

Trebuchet

This one was more for Stuart than for me. They talked us through what happened when an army tried to siege a castle and the different ways that they would try, one of which was using the Trebuchet. Very interesting.

All in all we had a great day. We also went on a Ghost walk, down to the Dungeons and walked along the wall of the castle and up to the top towers.


I'm feeling well rested with a busy week a head - Have a great week everyone.

1+1+1

You know how you get those days where its just a normal everyday sort of day and then wham out of no where you get hit with something that leaves you feeling as if all around you your life is laying in pieces. You know that tonight you will be going to bed a different person. That is how i am feeling today. In pieces and not sure where to go.

While doing my daily web surfing i came across this challenge on Kal's blog and boy oh boy is it challenging me right where I am.
Tonight i might take some time to sit down and work on my letter. I have a lot that i want to say but not sure that it will actually form sensible sentences or make much of any sense to anyone else but me.

Last night i pulled out my yarn that i am using for my Summer Tunic and began to knit a swatch just to make sure that the combination of the yarn and the needles will keep the pattern at the same size. It does and i really like how it has turned out. Really looking forward to starting this Tunic.

That's all from me today. Hope you all have a good day.

Peace.