Edinburgh University

Hi everyone,

 

I can’t believe it, I just typed a lovely entry and it’s disappeared. So here I go again!

 

Edinburgh!!  Well why did I go? I expect you have all been wondering.  Well John’s daughter Emma needed to go for the day to look at the University.  She had had her airline tickets booked for months to go with a friend.  He let her down the day before, can you believe that.  So anyway she phoned John in a panic, bless her.  He said of course he would go with her.  He had to juggle work a bit, but you do for you kids don’t you!  Anyway, he was pleased to be able to go with her.  Anyway, when John rung me to say he was going I was having lunch with my mate Maria.  Maria said to me, when I came off the phone, why don’t you go with them mate?  ‘oh, I can’t, mate’, I said.  ‘yes you can mate, I will have the kids for you’.  Anyway so I phoned John and he made sure it was ok with Emma and as long as I could get on the flight then I was going!!  As soon as I got home I looked on internet and yes I could get on – cost £100 though, but what the hell!!!

 

Anyway, we had a great day.  A very long and tiring daythough, got up at 3am – didn’t get home again til 1:30am.  It is a lovely university, set in a lovely place. I loved the city – really pretty.  We were at the Uni from 9:00am til about 4pm.  They showed us round and we looked at the halls of residence, very nice!  They gave us a lovely lunch and in the afternoon took us parents off while the students had a good look around, without us, and they could talk to tutors.  Emma is interested in meteorology and really Edinburgh is more physics, she likes physics and she did like the university but its so far from home.  She did look round Reading and that is more for meteorology so I think she might choose that one.  After the day at the university we had a coach take us to the city.  We had  walk round the National gallery, we walked up the Royal Mile and we walked up to the castle.  Then we found somewhere nice to eat, it was  a lovely Italian restaurant.  Then we headed back for the airport – all absolutely tired by this time. 

 

Me and Em, Edinburgh Castle can be seen in the background.

 

 

John and Em

 

Edinburgh Castle.

 

 

I took this one with my mobile phone, I loved the way the sunset was silohetting the statue.  This was by the castle.

Me and John!!

 

I did have some more pictures, but I got so fed up with my journal keep disappearing!! Anyway, gives you some idea of our day. 

 

Hope you are all ok, I will look at your journals soon - just been so tired since I got back. 

Love Laine xxxx

 

 

quick entry

Hey folks,

Thought I would just do a quick entry.  Im off to Edinburgh tomorrow!!!! Blimey never knew I would be doing that.  Anyway will tell you all about it on Thursday!!!

Laine xxxxxx

 

Wow Stuart Ive done it again!!!!

  Yay, look what I can do now thanks to Stuart. Stuart is just so helpful!!! Thank you Stuart!!!! xxxxxxxx

This is a picture of my Sam, my Dad and my Joe on my 40th birthday last August. Think its much nicer and better to have the pics within the text like that.

Im all on my own tonight.  John went to see his new boss today - for his new job.  He says that there is a hell of alot to do and that the business is in a very sorry state so it would be a very big risk going there, also very challenging for him.  I said to him well there is only one way to go with it now and thats up.  I think the company has about 8 months to get better before it folds so that gives John some time to sort it out. I'm sure he can do it - I just have the feeling - well infact I know he can do it!!  When he comes back tomorrow night we will talk it all over again.

Right I must go now and play with this photo thing Ive got hee hee!!!

love Laine xxxx

 

Thank you Stuart

 Yay Look Stuart showed me how to get this graphic into my Journal - now I feel all clever!!!! My next lesson is photos. Thanks Stuart.  Also thanks to everyone else who have given me tips too.

Love Lainexxx

feeling very Sunday

Hello everyone,

Help!!! Im still having trouble making this bit all pretty and adding pictures - I know how to put them in on add pictures but how do you put them in with the main body of text!!! Driving me mad and Ive got some lovely tags done by the lovely Dianna. I put her link there on her name incase you would like to visit her - a lovely journal!

Wasn't it lovely to hear about Joan's daughter's wedding! Also link there for you to visit! I've looked at the lovely pics but havent had chance yet to read it all but by the looks of the pics there might have been a hiccup with the caddilac!! Looked a very pretty bride and didnt our Joan look lovely too.

Anyway, I've had a fairly busy weekend with all the kids here, my back has been alot better. So I think that stuff they injected in is starting to work now.  I've still got the pins and needles in my toes but not too bad.

We went for a lovely walk today - I should have taken pictures!! It was aroiund near where I work at Crowhurst Park and it was nice to see it from a distance.  But, my poor doggie got hurt!! I was so worried about him - he ran after a rabbit and must have caught himself on something - his paw and eye was bleeding!! I phoned the vet when we got home and she said not to worry if its not bothering him and that his eye was ok.  He seems ok now and it did stop bleeding - just a tiny scratch on his eyelid but did I panic!!! My baby cant have him hurt!! He licked his paw better himself - bless him. If it doesn't look right tomorrow the vet said bring him in.  Blimey if anything ever happened to that dog - not worth thinking about - but you realise how very much they mean to you!!!!

We think we might get another dog sometime - not yet - got to let John settle in his job first.  We were thinking of a King Charles Cavalier as they are very friendly and have same sort of temperament as a goldie.  Couldnt have another goldie as there would be no room for them both in the car. Anyway its just a thought at the moment.

We went to Camber Sands on Saturday - oh Oscar just loves it there - he ran in and out of the sea chasing pebbles and just by the way he runs along  you know he is loving it - do you know I really think he is smiling when he is running along the sands!!!

My John is away tomorrow night - he is going to see the people about his new job - he is really positive about it now and looking forward to it.  He is out tonight with his daughter, Emma, I would have loved to have gone too but I have my two boys here and its not always easy to get babysitters.  Anyway, I will definately try and see her next time he goes - nice for him to see her on her own anyway I think.  Cant believe she will be 18  next month and only has a few weeks left at school then its university for her!!!

Right Im going to go now and look up King Charles  Cavalier spaniels - hee hee.

Take care everyone.

Love Laine xxxxxx

Hi Everyone,

I've been doing a bit of reading and found this quote.

"The artist is not a person endowed with free will who seeks his own ends, but one who allows art to realize its purposes through him. As a human being he may have moods and a will and personal aims, but as an artist he is "man" in a higher sense - he is "collective man," a vehicle and moulder of the unconscious psychic life of mankind." (from 'Psychology and Literature', 1930)

 

I'm very interested in reading well at the moment I think its because I need to be a bit more intellectual if Im to do this degree course next year.  I suddenly realised that Im not very well read.  So I've asked my tutor to give me a reading list. He gave me some ideas to look up and whilst I was looking up I found the above quote which after a reading it a couple of times reads very well. What do you all think? Sometimes I feel a little nieve and that I should really be able to understand such quotes and writing.  I have been looking at Carl Jung  a Psychologist - very interesting stuff as I learn more I will let you know - heavy reading at the moment!!!! hee hee

 

Also my tutors said I should read about the shaman  - they said I should read about that then walk in the woods and I might have a different view!!! Well thats interesting I will have a go - basically folks Im trying to educate myself a bit LOL - wonder how long that will last.   

 

Bit heavy for a Saturday morning LOL

Love Laine xxxx

Feeling excited

Hello everyone,

Sorry I had to turn my alerts off again - Im really not being a very good journaler at the moment am I!! Well I'm going to make up for it and scan all your journals in a minute! 

I had my tutorial today and it went really really well.  I got two merits with 3 stars on each! Wow!!! Still not a distinction but then I've still got that to aim for.  I had excellent comments from my tutor like exemplary, highest order and excellent were some of the words in the tutors comments!!! Can't be bad - I will try and type out his comments so you can read them.  His writing is hard to read!!  In my tutorial today they agreed with me that I should do some sort of installation - well folks this is a new beginning yet again - still with my trees but I will be brining the outside inside with my imagery!! I will let you know how it goes as it moves along!  I still havent worked out how to serialise my essay on here - I will do eventually!! LOL My tutor said that I am the great messenger from the woods!!

Thanks to Stuart for mentioning to me Franz Kafta, my tutor was impressed! He said, oh he is an old friend of mine, ha ha!!! He also gave me someone else to look up Walt Whitman, Specimen Days - now thats interesting Stuart!!!

So only three months then it will be our major exhibition and it will be the end of three years spent at college!! Hopefully I will be staying for another year if I manage to get on the degree top-up!!!

Well on the epidural front, nothing seems to have changed much - Im still in discomfort and infact had more pain than before!! So its not good at the moment. I hope it gets better soon - I really dont know how long Im supposed to give it before it works.

Anyway, I will be visiting all your journals tonight, so see you there!!

Love Laine xxx