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AUGUST 201031st The last day of August already! Time really does pass more quickly once you are past a certain age. I've been to the Vampires for more blood tests today which is never a thrill but I managed to lose Chaos and had to wait ages for my ride home. I have discovered that whilst I was with my Brother Chaos and Car Mechanic Dust Bunny moved things around and I can't find the items I want to photograph to put onto the shop site. I have found a cart now and need photos. If you live in the Kent area keep an eye on your junk post, there is a booklet of offers for Subway sandwiches doing the rounds and it will really save you money if you are going to eat on the hoof. Oh well, better get back to tinkering with this site ready for the new way of doing the blog tomorrow. White Rabbits!I have been side tracked and delayed tonight because whilst waiting for Heartbeat to come on TV I have become engrossed and entranced by the Alan Titchmarsh programme about walks of fame which tonight features Twiggy. What an interesting programme! If I get the chance and it is repeated I shall video it. We are at the height of the holiday season here in the UK and I really miss the Island. I can't really see any way of settling at the Coast but I am harping on about it again. Maybe there is a way to relocate there but at the moment I have not found it. The sites are going very well so if you have not joined one of them yet you might have some fun as well as making a little cash. If the rest of August passes as pleasantly as today it will be the best month of the year so far. In any case we do have a family celebration in two days' time. My Brother and his Wife celebrate twenty five years of marriage! 2nd Well, very quiet here today which is just as well because I am trying to get replacements sent for half a dozen items which have failed to materialise after the mail debacle. Life never runs out of new ways to waste your time, huh? Otherwise quite a productive day of emailing and clicking which has just been bought to a stop by a bundle of fur trying to sit on the power off button. She is highly trained but totally disobedient, giggle. 3rd Well, today is the day. My brother and his wife have been married twenty five years and there are great celebrations. There was again no post today so the problems are persisting, very irritating since we are still awaiting some SIMS but that's life. However, the postal system can not fudge up online sales and I sold a book with GreenMetropolis so there is a tiny little piece of clutter being recycled tomorrow. It is a great book and I enjoyed reading it, but I have managed to get three copies of the thing (don't ask!) so the little bit of cash from the sale of this copy will be luvverly. If you would like to try GreenMetropolis just click the link to be taken to the site. Recycling feels good and a well fed piggy bank feels even better! 4th What a day! Connection coming and going like a yo yo and a big storm knocked out the computer and the TV for a while. I am not the only one with trouble, the WMs at Zodiac Ads, LadyMadonnasMails and TesasTeaMails also have problems so if you are a member of any of these sites be assured the only thing that has gone down is the computer or plug ins, the site is there and being worked on. We finally got some post late afternoon today and I do not know what is happening to our postal system but it isn't anything good. The storm this afternoon was extremely loud and both Little Lady and Kitten Cat are very subdued, in fact Kitten Cat has been more or less attached to me ever since! 5th Another hectic day and an investigation is underway to find out just where my post is ending up. There could be winning prize cheques but then again there probably are not. I am quite lucky in winning runner up tee shirts, mugs, pens etc but the main prizes elude me. It is still nice to get surprises like those in the post too. Marjorydaw has just returned from holiday and she visited a bird resort whilst she was away. They have to keep their golden mantled rosella in isolation too because he rips the feathers off all the other birds. I am very glad I put my foot down when a partner for Little lady was mooted. I love her to pieces but I don't want half a dozen of the birds and they are apparently fiercely solitary too. I have to be at the hospital tomorrow so that will be a day of reduced on line time. I have to sleep fully clothed because I will never unfreeze my joints in time to get dressed and make the early appointment. Zodiac Ads and LadyMadonnas Mails continue to have computer and server problems. On a happier note, the problems at Tesasteamails seem to have been sorted now. So another mixed day but on balance I am going to sleep happy and hopefully wake up in the same frame of mind. 6th Just a quick note for now. The server seems to have problems and the sites keep becoming unavailable, so I want to get the advertisements out on the sites. If this site goes missing, just try again later, because the difficulty might be sorted out then. 10th Well a few days off line whilst we have been badgering about trying to find and exterminate a very nasty trojan. Files have been on and off this computer like a yo yo and several programmes have still to be reinstated. We have been working round the clock and had to get the anti virus staff in on remote access to sort this giant of a badgering trojan out. The Good news is that whilst I was fighting the good fight the server was upgraded so you should have a faster and smoother surfing experience now, apparently. I shall be unavailable again later this week when I pop back to the hospital for a quick scan which will hopefully prove I can ignore all signs and symptoms for another year. ASDA had a special offer on the Gourmet style cat foods so I got three for a pound for Kitten Cat to try as an occasional treat and wouldn't you know, she lurves the stuff. So much so that the usual Felix gets the nose turned up treatment. I never learn do I? If I am going to give Kitten Cat a change make it a cheap change, giggle. Things have been fine for a couple of hours now so hopefully we are back to normal service and the extra money forked out for more security will pay off! 11th Well I am still on line which is an improvement on the last few days. The whole of the Sky disc was reloaded and there is a little addition now in that the router has to be left on for 10 days continuously so that Sky can monitor changes etc and fine tune it. This is a new departure so maybe this time the problems really will be dealt with. The whole of the corner unit is going to be packed away so that the unit can be dismantled and thrown out. The unit originally came from my Brother and strangely two other units which he still has have also shown fatigue in the last few weeks so twenty five years seems to be about the life of those particular units. My Brother also informed me that he is nailing the loft hatch shut so I can not put anything up there. As if I would . . . 14th Well another three days badgering about with computers and now with great reluctance, penny scraping and aggravation I am using a new computer. We were supposed to get a spectacular show of shooting stars over the past few days and I have spent a couple of hours sitting on a freezing step for two nights running and no shooting stars! I don't know why I bothered really because the one and only shooting star I have ever seen in my life was spotted whilst driving past Birmingham at about two o'clock in the morning and my run of bad luck dates from approximately this time! Yes, I did make a wish and yes, naturally, it did not come true. It was worth a try though. 15th I have been asked why the order of the blog has changed slightly and this is because I was told that it is difficult to read upwards, and if the days follow on it is easier to scroll down, so now the days go down and the entry for today is at the top. So far so good with the new computer and thank heavens for that. I am nippy in Chrome but can't use that for the sites because the cpanels will not let me in for some reason, so I use another browser and hey presto Foxy Lady is on the gallop again. Whilst packing the contents of the self destructing wall unit I found some more books to go on to GreenMetroplis, photographed them and what do you know the wretched cable has walked again. If it turns up in the bedroom I will not be pleased with Kitten Cat. Apart from that minor irritation - whisper this - I am actually becoming very organised. The battle will be to remain organised in the face of the invasion which will inevitably follow this nice, peaceful Sunday afternoon! 16th Well blow me down if the new improved super duper server did not go down again yesterday and I could not access the sites. I sometimes think it is better not to improve things, they work better if you just leave them alone. The kaput computer is still kaput but it has been discovered that many nasties were hiding in an account which used to be used by a friend, but has not been used since they got their own computer. I did not know that when the scan is done it only does the files in my documents, not in everyone else's. I thought if you scanned the whole computer it did just that. Anyway, if you have lots of accounts on the computer it might be a good idea to run anti virus on them all. This computer is not going to have lots of accounts, and that is for sure! I am going to create some tasty ad packages on the sites today so you may like to have a look see later to see if you would like to advertise too. 2017th A manic night here due to Talk Talk. My neighbour switched to them and after three days she still has no telephone so she was using my phone, which has a range far enough to be used in the upstairs flat, and she was back and forwards like a yo yo, and we even tried the phone phone unit but the fault is definitely with the line. After nearly two hours we gave up and she will start over again tomorrow to try to get the line to work. At one point she was totally distraught and she frightened the bejavers out of Kitten Cat who is still in hiding! Not a lot of work will be done here this evening as I have been at the hospital and now have been treated to a Chinese take away meal, which always makes me snooooooooozy. 18thI have had feedback that some people don't like this way of doing the blog either so I have put my thinking cap on and shall be tinkering with the layout again. There is a lot going on at the moment on and off line, quite chaotic in fact all round. My poor neighbour is still getting no joy from TalkTalk but at least she can use my phone if she needs to. The unit which could fall on somebody is remarkably resistant now the decision has been made to dismantle it. My Brother put it up and he does things so that they last but of course I can't manage to move a single screw so I have to wait until Chaos finally gets a round tuit, sigh. Kitten Cat seems to have tapped into the energy of everyone and she is lilke a very heavy grasshopper on speed, quite frightening really, appearing from nowhere, trampolining off my sore hip and bouncing all over the place. She has also decided to use this cute sort of semi growl as she leaps and she sounds not unlike one of those toys where you press their tummy to make them growl. 19th A calm and peaceful day so far interrupted only by the arrival of some more boxes to pack. Therefore not much to report, but isn't it bliss! 20th My neighbour still has no phone. Talk Talk, if you are reading this please get out there and sort out her line. You don't know who she is? You mean you have more than one customer in this situation whereby they have no landline because they have chosen to transfer to your services? Surely not. I have a sort of bitter sweet victory in that it has finally been recognised that I am disabled enough to get a "blue badge" for car parking but I would rather have woken up miraculously cured any day of the week. There is a lot of controversy about the use of the blue badge which enables cars which are carrying disabled passengers to park in preferential spaces and to not pay parking charge. Although the saving in parking fees is welcome it is the reduction is walking distance which is so crucial to me. If I have to walk all around a car park before I even get inside the shop I am finished before I start. There are thousands of people in this situation and that head start by being able to park more closely is a real boon. I am not too well today and am home alone so it was the infamous microwave dinner for one because I have less chance of scalding myself that way. I have a tip for those of you who like the "in the bag" microwave meals where you have to puncture the bag and the contents proceed to gush out all over your fingers when you snip the top to transfer the contents to the plate. I have saved a microwave dinner dish and I take the plastic packaging off the food and place it in the dish then put film over the dish and puncture that. I can still shake the contents all about and all I have to do is peel off the film - no more burned fingers! The People's Friend Love Darg is underway so if you enjoy knitting, sewing or craft work why not make something for this? There are prizes for the best entries but the main point of the Darg is to collect together lovely gifts to distribute to the more needy at Christmas Time. Oh yes, I have had one of those "delightful" cold callers asking me if I want to adopt a cat. This would involve my pledging �2 a month. Hah! I adopted a cat for real so I told them that charity begins at home, giggle. As far as adopting further animals goes, Kitten Cat says that Charity stops at home too! 23rd Well, whenever I am progressing stupendously well someone will always put a spanner in the works, in this case a bloomin great spanner in the form of a password to access the computer. Compounded by someone prancing off on a holiday without switching on their mobile. I suppose you guess that the same someone is lucky to be alive since I have not been able to get online all weekend . . . I am getting some snazzy new banners made for the sites and hopefully Chaos is going to design a header and business cards, so that is very exciting. We are heading towards the last Bank Holiday before Christmas and wouldn't you know it large parts of England have been flooded and hurricane strength winds are also heading our way. Batten down the hatches! 24th Only a few more days now for those of you who absolutely hate this new way of presenting the blog and then the new new way will be in place. Optin Buzz now has Personal ptc pages which can be bought or redeemed for. These took an awful long time and a lot of Anglo Saxoning but they are now ready and just crying out to be bought. PAL moved home over the weekend but nobody told me it was going on because I have not been that well and it would have been too much for me to help. I did manage to get lumbered with all the washing which was lovingly sent back for me though. That at last is him settled and comfortable, praise be! There is a story in the news today which makes me so glad Kitten Cat is a House Cat. An awful woman grabbed a cat and threw it into the garbage bin, closing the lid. The poor owner was looking for the cat for hours. The good thing is that no harm was done and the cat is fine. it is depressing that new ways to torment a pet seem to be found on a weekly basis. So I hold my hands up, I am neurotic and over protective of Kitten Cat, and stories like that make me proud to be so. 25th Whoo have I been busy putting personal pay to click pages onto the sites. I have feedback that they are working perfectly on Optin Buzz (now there's a novelty!) and I am hoping for the same success when they appear on Cash4Emails later today. On the home front I am still home alone, which is probably why I am making so much progress. I have been tackling little corners of the room where clutter has appeared and gradually putting things where they should be - and finding more than �5 in the process, which naturally is MINE, cackle. I shall be putting some more books onto Greenmetropolis today and trying to photograph some costume jewellery for the long awaited shop site, but I think the work on the ptc pages is probably going to take up most of the time. You may notice that the counter is back, it seems to have not liked the change of server so I had to re-do it. Since FoxyLadyNews is now advertised on a number of sites we are getting more visitors, so advertising here is becoming an attractive option! 26th Well it is all go here. All but one Foxy Lady site has the personal ptc pages and the last one will be done today. The unit is being dismantled and Kitten Cat is hiding somewhere in disgust. I am off clothes shopping at the weekend and the Marks and Spencer site has some very promising bargains so I do hope that they are in the store I visit. I shall be living up to my Foxy name, I can tell you! Oh heavens, something else has fallen down, must dash! 27th Here I am esconced in the armchair, tapping away and surveying a flat which looks as if we have had looters. I managed to trip over the base of the computer table and have possibly fractured a bone in my foot so am hobbling around and threatening Kitten Cat with death if she jumps on it. There is also a territorial dispute over the armchair which Kitten Cat regards as hers. Soley hers. Not to be sat on or used in any way by the two leggeds. There is an entire three seater sofa at her disposal but this will not do. It is not the new item. I have to find new homes for the entire contents of the computer desk and the unit which was dismantled, so a lot of stuff is going to end up shredded or stored. As you know, I am a terrible hoarder and have utility bills going back a decade so the shredder is going to be working overtime. I shall not be doing much today though, just tapping away here and fighting Kitten Cat for the chair! Jingle bells, Jingle bells, jingle all the - Oh all right then, but if the stores can do it why can't I? Anyways I officially started my Christmas shopping today, and in the next two weeks I shall be making the Christmas puddings with help from friends because I can't stir like I used to, puddings anways . . . The store had tinned fruit on offer at a very low price so that is the first item in the box, I buy loads of tinned and boxed stuff then in December I can pay for the meat, fruit and vegetables without worrying about the essentials. I shall have to start looking for my Penguin about now, you know, the one that belts out "Let it Snow", because I bet Chaos has buried that good and deep! I am also looking out for bits and pieces for the sites and keep watching this space because the answer to the "WHAT has Foxy Lady done now" fun contest will be revealed next week. Lots of people won free advertising but only one guessed! I do think that I have done my last shop on foot though, I was in a bad way and Chaos nearly called an ambulance. I defied the world though and recovered. I think I shall be scooter riding in the future though. I still looked ill today and had a near collapse in the post office too so scooter here I come! I managed to get a nice dress to wear from Dorothy Perkins, a store I do not often use but I have to say the Sales Lady was superb and very polite. For those of you who would like to see what kind of dress Foxy Lady bought this link takes you there. I shall be getting some beauty sleep soon so that the family do not think I look like an extra for the film Night of the Living Dead! No kidding! I have returned stuffed to the gills with a lovely roast chicken dinner followed by chocolate gateau, mmm-mmm. I surprised everyone with foxyladynews which they did not know was up, giggle, and Nephew is going to take a course which includes marketing so I shall be learning that vital skill soon too. Nothing helps you remember the things you have learned more easily than showing someone else the skill. I also managed to view the New Room and horror of horrors the mantel shelf has gone. Guess who bought an anniversary silver mantel clock for the Silver Wedding anniversary. Yup. Never fail, do I! I do wonder where the Christmas dome is going to go this year. I outlined my plans for the sites and everybody seemed to think they were very sensible, for me, so that augers well too. As you may have noticed, the answer to "what has Foxy Lady done now" question was that I have a new site, Zodiac-Ads, which has been given to me by my wonderful friend Roland. So that is the silver seven! 29th Today is a Bank Holiday and we had an absolutely freezing night but outside today is OK if you stay in the sun. No rain yet, but probably there will be some since this is a feature of the traditional British Bank Holiday. The personal ptc pages are now all finished, so it is just a matter of finding any glitches and hopefully making some sales. I start work on affiliate pages today, which promise to be even more difficult than the personal ptc pages but who said life was supposed to be easy . . . 31st The last day of August already! Time really does pass more quickly once you are past a certain age. I've been to the Vampires for more blood tests today which is never a thrill but I managed to lose Chaos and had to wait ages for my ride home. I have discovered that whilst I was with my Brother Chaos and Car Mechanic Dust Bunny moved things around and I can't find the items I want to photograph to put onto the shop site. I have found a cart now and need photos. If you live in the Kent area keep an eye on your junk post, there is a booklet of offers for Subway sandwiches doing the rounds and it will really save you money if you are going to eat on the hoof. Oh well, better get back to tinkering with this site ready for the new way of doing the blog tomorrow. Links to previous months January , February , March, April , May , June , July ,
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