Musings of a Modified Mummy

I have still been making Bento, although without as much gusto as I started with. So they’re not quite a daily thing at the moment.

This was a lunchtime Bento formyself a few days ago. I’m still trying my health kick and have currently lost a stone

Top Tier: Some grilled chicken with a couple of slices of mozerella cheese, with a grated carrot, radish and spring onion salad on the other side. The diveder was used mostly for decoration.

The bottom tier contained some fresh bought filled pasta (spinach and ricotta, yum), a few blackberries, strawberries and grapes. I had never eaten blackberries before this lunch! They were really tasty, but oh so expensive!

Regarding the ‘diet’ (as I’m reluctant to call it) I’ve foudn the perfect snack food for myself.

Radishes! They’re so lovely and easy to snack on, if you’re like me and snack more out of boredom and busy fingers than anything else. And for about 30p for a bag of them, it’s easy to buy several bags in and have them on hand.

Plus radishes only have 25 calories per 100g (I think). I’m not a calorie counter, and I never will be, but knowing things like that does make me feel good about what I’m eating.

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It took me two years to go from black outline to partially coloured in!

My ivy was never going to be green, I was adament about that, however, my initial idea two years ago of each leaf being a different colour has diminished somewhat.

It was certainly an experience getting the lower half coloured! First off I had asked Gillian of Mikes Tattooz if she’d like to colour it, as she was the one who originally drew the design.

However, she is the piercer!

Yes. she does know how to tattoo, it’s just not been her primary activity. So I was considering myself as a practise piece.

It went well, it was nice to crack on with her for a while, although there were some really intense moments    , and moments that I found funny(more so than Gill methinks!)

Her Father is Mike, the owner, and as Gill was tattooing away, he would walk past and offer ‘advice’ and help. There was one point where they were both sat next to me, and passing my leg between them!

It was really interesting to see another side of it all, and learn some insider terminology.

It was free of charge, and needs a wee bity of touching up, but I’m happy with it so far!

Hopefully it won’t take another two years to get the whole thing done!

It’s mostly because we can’t afford to get it done. We’ve got 10 places to put every pound , and tattoo’s isn’t high on that list

Hmm, if only I had the gaul to ask outright for donations.

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Just a really quick note, callum is turning 4 tomorrow. About 4 days ago he realied he wasn’t having a birthday party and got really upset.

And being the softie I am, I decided to try and throw together a party for him.

In 4 days.

When I have never done this before.

Oh shit.

I’m slightly nervous and panicky about it, becaue I’m a perfectionist and if it doesn’t work I’ll be heartbroken

Hopefully it’ll go fine and I can breathe a sigh of relief… at least untill thursday when we have to take callum, Sam and Callum’ friend to Gullivers world in Warrington for the day.

Eek.

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The back end of modifiedmummy.co.uk was dead.

I only found this out after my computer decided to die on me and we’d spent money we didn’t have trying to fix it.

“What d’ya mean it won’t turn on?! Is it plugged in? Is the moniter switched on? Jiggle that cable a bit… no the other way! Maybe you need to blow in it..

“Blow in it?! How on earth is THAT going to help?”

 ”Just like the old cartridge games… if it wasn’t playin’ you had to blow in the cart.”

“You geek”

“*Cries*”

“Sorry! I thought you were proud of your geekdom…”

“No, I am, it’s just that… all my friends are in the computer…”

“You stole that phrase, I’ve seen it before! One of your random pictures you’ve saved.

“yeah, I never said I had original material…” 

Ahem.

Anyway, things are looking up all around technology wise.

And now that I’ve said that, my DS or Leroy (My MP3 player) is going to be found in the toilet.

We’re all alive and well, Florence (The PC) is alive and kicking and the back end of MM.co.uk is finally up and running (it’s been all new and improved and shiny, I’m gonna go and play with it now )

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Fuck Penrith.

Fuck shitty touristy towns.

Fuck the fact that every single ‘to let’ advert is either for a bedsit or one bedroomed flat.

Fuck that ‘professional couples’ are the only desirable tenants.

Fuck that rent prices are more than we even make in a month.

Fuck that ‘No children/Pets/DSS/smokers’ cuts out the people that actually ARE in need of housing.

Fuck the fact that the average wage in Penrith does not even come close to allowing those people to afford a mortgage, and therefore NEED to rent.

Fuck.

I fucking swear to the Flying Spaghetti Monster that if I were ever lucky enough to be in a position of absolute power that IS landlord-ism, I will only take those on the undesirable list.

Ya got kids? Come on in!

Smoker? Sure, here’s the keys!

Pets? clean up after them and you’ve got a deal.

DSS? (As in housing benifit, which you can use even if you are working and need help paying rent, it doesn’t neccessarily mean you’re a lowlife dosser who refuses to work) No worries

My mum is a landlady. She actually just bought another property a few months ago and is in the middle of renovating it. She doesn’t half get some shit tenants (hell, I was one for a while, but that’s a whole other story, to do with abusive bastard boyfriend and near starvation etc) but even if a room does get trashed, they get evicted (legally) and after clearing up they rent again.

My mum believes in giving people a chance. Unlike me, she believes in the inherant good of people. So why the FUCK can’t other money grabbing landlords in the area have a sense of decency and realise that THEY are as much to blame for the hosuing crisis (in this area and others) as much as the primary factors.

And one last fuck. This FUCK goes out to our current landlords Eden Housing Association. Yes, they’ve done so much for us, and I couldn;t be more grateful… but goddamn answer my emaisl and give me a chance to appeal your decision!

If the rest of the landlords in the area weren’t so shit we’d go elsewhere, but we’re stuck.

Fuck it.

Fuck them.

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The weight loss isn’t happening. In fact, I’ve just been putting weight on, because I just can’t stop snacking.

I’m trying to earn some money by selling cakes and cookies, but it’s not happening yet as I’ve had no  interest.

I desperartly want to keep some pet chickens but my land lord/ housing association won’t let me, so I have to appeal.

Callum had all his long hair cut off yesterday

popple and me have been together 5 years yesterday.

We also had a major bust up the other day, and I found out that Pop has started smoking again, the bastard!

Sammy has started cruising around the sofa.

this is more a list for me to leaborate on, feel free to ignore it.

Things should calm down sometime soon, and I can get back to blogging Right now, I wish I had an internal device like they have in Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, so I could blog without having to get to the PC, lol.

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Two years it has been. Two years since I turned 20 years old and got myself permanently marked on my leg, with a graceful outline of the ivy plant.

Two years, is a damn sight longer than I originally intended to just have an outline on my leg!

Never fear though, for I am going back to mikes tattooz this afternoon, cash in hand, to have the job finished!

(although not finished finished, just coloured in really, as I eventually want to expand it to be part ofa whole leg piece but we’ll not go there shall we.)

Indeed, I, the fair and brave MM, shall be embarking on a journey of pain and pins and needles, to add colour to my ivy.

What colour you ask? Why, Blues and reds of course (and varients inbetween). What would you expect?

Well yeah, so ivy is normally a shade of green. But I don’t actually like green.

I know it seems dumb getting a plant tattoo when I don’t like green okay! I’m getting it purples and blues and reds instead. So ha!

Roll on 4pm

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