Moonwalking and Bras

Twas many months ago that decided I was ready for a challenge, something a little different.... Fire eating? Pole dancing? Contortion ism? What's different about those? pfft. I needed something much more scary than that. So what crazy thing have I signed up for?

I am MoonWalking! Before you think I have totally flipped, I am not busting my moves like Michael Jackson on the nearest dancefloor. I will be busting my guts on the streets of Edinburgh wearing a bra, for charity. The MoonWalk is a 26.2 mile powerwalk to raise money and awareness for and about Breast Cancer. There are two MoonWalks, I am doing the Edinburgh one, on the 20th of June.

Please click this link to read more MoonWalk 2009 Edinurgh.

I have never done a marathon before or anything remotely marathon like, so this a mega challenge for me. I am terrified, excited, cacking it and exhilarated! I have also opted to do this challenge solo, as its something of a personal challenge that I need to do on my own. I have pestered friends and family to come and cheer me on though.

I knew Olga, smooshing and drawing boobs would come in handy. Twas a sign that I would be pounding the streets in my underwear, sober.......

Also while I have your attention, remember to check your boobs!

Repeat step 3 whilst lying down!

So I need power walking tips! Any pedometer recommendations, training shoes recommendations and tips about training clothes etc! Also anyone that has done the MoonWalk before, please get in touch.

Fund-raising Donations Here

A year in review: May 2008

This is a review of May on this here blog, twas a doodle and photograph mad month, with blow up dolls mentioned again.

Photographs in May

I have just presumed that no one can actually be arsed clicking through and looking at the original photographs, so here they are in collagey goodness.

Doodles in May 
May was doodle mad, as that's when doodle week started. Once I started doodling I couldn't stop. 

Fun times

It was just Heather, Emma and I, for Lllama llama weekend (mentioned in the April review), so for the rest of Emma's pals we had a more traditional  Hen Night in Liverpool.This is a photographic review of the night, with links to further posts below.

Which you can see more of here and read more about here.

Hardest post to write
For a personal blog, I tend not to get too personal a lot of the time. This post was an exception to that, because it was something that I needed/wanted to share at the time.

Me, me, me and me again.

June 2008 will be reviewed before June 2009...

The folks wedding day

Here is the Mum and Dad on their wedding day on 

September 5th 1980

Its a lovely photo, well apart from one unfortunate thing! Can you spot it?

When sisters attack

Lofty surprises

The loft insulation type bloke was only a wee bit late and got the job done rather quickly. Unfortunately he put the insulating stuff over the already insulated floor? So that will have to taken up and shoved somewhere. Shortly after he finished, the cavity wall filler type people turned up and got that job done. This house is now supposedly super insulated, so I am supposedly snug as bug in a rug. As I have had my flu blanket on, I cant really tell yet.

Now that the ghastly loft is empty and insulated, its time to sort through all the crap. Not that any of it is actually mine. Well apart from two boxes of Wallace and Gromit stuff. I was a tad obsessed with the cheesy wonderfulness that was and is Wallace and Gromit. As the emptying of the loft was a rush job due to illness and laziness, I was without a bed and bedroom for four days! This did not help my naturally sunny disposition or phlegm filled body. Anyhoo I have made room now for my weary carcass and the mega sortage has begun.

Its not all been doom and gloom, I have found the family tree that the dad has been looking for, for ages and a day. Also a whole load of awesometriffic family photos. The photographs above are just a few of the million I will be scanning. Also I will update on family tree findings as and when the dad finds interesting tidbits.

Lofts and Spiders

I interrupt my review of 2008 posts, to do an update 2009 stylee. What's been happening with me in the present time? The sodding bloody flu! What a bloody surprise that is, not really, as I am always ill this time of year.

The loft of doom has had to be cleared for tomorrows invasion of loft insulation and cavity wall type people. Boy that loft can hold a veritable feast of crap. None of which is mine, apart from two teeny boxes. Heather the younger sibling is the main culprit, boy that girl has hoarded some shit over the years. I ended up eating a few of those bloody spiders and twatting my head on the low beams too many times. So that put me in a great mood! They better get it finished quick smart tomorrow/today.

Don't forget to check in on Twitter and Twitpic for my micro blogging.
Which basically means what random/boring stuff I am up to at that moment in time. Tomorrow I predict I will be grumbling about builders and appalling weather.

PS: Jemma and Heather you OWE ME!

A year in review: April 2008

April 2008 was certainly a fun filled month for me and the blog, Hamburg to Emma's hen weekend and the Llamas to doodling. Hopefully you can spot all the clues in the above doodle?

Photograph time!

In April last year I definitely went photograph happy and soon my flickr account had surpassed 1000 items, of course now there is a lot more, but some of them are my doodles.

Look at a 1000 flickrs, Sunny spring like, Ominous clouds, another devilish view, spring is sprung, wordless again, thirteen favourites and no words.

Had you seen them all the first time round? Any favourites?

Doodle Time

This time last year 'Doodle Week' was born, I have slacked in that department of late. I still love doodling though, hence the doodle that goes with each of these posts. So to read about how Doodle Week started, then read these posts.

What about a doodle day and Now its Doodle Week. Plus the bonus doodle epic story The story of Scallop Man.

Llama llama time!

So much fun was had on Llama, Llama weekend. If you ever get a chance to hike with Llamas, you must do it! Watch the video and read the post to find out more. Before I left for this trip I left a clue and then when I got I wrote about it here A clue and Llama Llama LLAMA!

Whats the funnest hen weekend or Stag Do  you have been on?

Blow up Rob and friends

There had to some reason why the majority of my google search hits to this blog are 'blow up doll', well there is and the answers are found in these post. Its a love story with a tragic ending and some very very funny pictures. 

Starting with Non rude blow up doll, then UH OH, onto Introducing Blow Up Rob and Friends. A final funny moment found here to keep you amused.

How drunk do you think we were on this weekend?

Hamburg

I finally got to visit my sister and nephews in Hamburg, it was fun, red light districts and the threat of a sex museum. Hopefully I am going again at the end of Februaray so I may get to that sex museum after all!

Here I come, Hamburg Port and The Hamburg Report.

Would you go to the sex musuem or red light district or both?

 Horny Time

Another British Slang post and doodle, which was originally posted elsewhere but I have reclaimed it and now its one fantastically rude post. In fact its probably one of my favourite posts.

All things Horny

Do you enjoy the British Slang posts? Should I write some more?

A year in review: March 2008

Marching along with these 2008 monthly reviews, next is March.

Marching along... See what I did there? Yeah it was stupid. Highlights of  March 2008 include flashbacks to meeting Princess Di (back of her head), Photography, drinking, evilness, smurfs, slang and much more..

Thrill of my life so far (or not)

Lets go back, way way back, no not that far. This is a post about wee me, as in me as a child, I was one once. It has chimpanzee's and a real meeting with the person formerly known as Princess Diana. I know the mere mention of Princess Diana, will have some folks flocking that post and other running away. Its worth a look just to see tiny me.

Thrilltastic!

Mill buildings from hike two

Some really cool photographs of a mill building, which was actually a mine building.  I was intrigued so I did a little bit more research on them.

The Mine and More on the Mine.

Libraries make me sleepy

I love books and I love reading, but when in the library I just get sleepy and giggly. This is not good when you are trying to study.

Libray zzzzzzzzzzzz

I am not nice

I have struggled with the word nice for a long time, I mean who wants to be nice? The real question is what is wrong with being nice?

I am not nice!

I got smurfed

An evil blogger by the name of Ender smurfed me, which means she used a photo of me and turned me into a smurf. It's horrific and I bloody hate the smurfs.

Smurfed

Mad hailstones

Always wanted to glimpse into my bedroom? Well now you can see some freakishly haily hailstones from my bedroom window, exciting! (or not).

View from my bedroom

My hairy Beaver

My Hairy Beaver, need any more info than that?

Hairy Beaver

Coming to America

Twas the first post I made about my USA trip that coming September, I was so excited I interviewed myself.

I am coming to America

Happy St Patricks Day

I shall always love this day in March, as it reminds me of my Granddad Pat who was Irish, really Irish as in from Dublin. I also happen to love Guinness, so happy days.

Drunk

The Truffle Shuffle Incident

In the January review post I revealed that I was an uber dork, the Truffle Shuffle incident is more proof to that affect. This then led to a discussion about what a 'Truffle Shuffle' was, I hope you know? Or at least remebered from the first time I posted it.

Truffle shuffle and the Straw and What is the Truffle Shuffle?

Devils Kitchen

Like the name implies this was a devilish place to hike, the weather was a bit iffy but it was still beautiful. The video and accompanying music really add to the spooky factor in this post. Also Willy got a bit excited by the sight of snow, as its the only snow he has ever seen.

Doodling the Devil, Hiking in the Devil's Kitchen and Willy gets high in Wales.

Favourite photos of this month

These two shots definitely show off the rugged beauty that is North Wales, I hope you like them as much as I do. I so want a better camera, maybe next year! 

Wordless in Wales and Can't be arsed writing.

British Slang

Eh up me china plates, I love British Slang. Partly because I am British and partly because I love confusing the pants off people. So this post was a lead to a guest post I did on Bristish Speak. Go on you slags and wankers have a butchers at it.

British Speak

Finally where I blog from

Ever wanted to see blog central? As in the place I blog from the majority of the time. It may look tidy in that post, but at the moment its a holy show!

Exposed

Time stands still for no man, woman or blogger.

April 2008 Next.

A year in review: February 2008

What follows January? Ah yes February. Tis the shortest month of the year, but I still managed to stuff a load of crap into it.

Counselling stuff

Does eveyone know that I am training to be a counsellor/therapist? Okay, just checking.

It was in February last year that college work really started getting intense, or least it was for me. I must admit that I was (and am), a bit slow on the uptake when it comes to college work. Not in the sense that it baffles or befuddles me, more that I think a subject to death. That month I was stuck on explaining the issues of confidentiality and its role in counselling. In fact, although its a lot clearer in my mind, I still haven't finished the follow up post to my satisfaction. What I can say is that the comments on these two posts are excellent and food for thought indeed. I will get around to writing about counselling and confidentiality again, as its a very interesting subject.

So read about Confidentiality and the Working on it posts.

Willy Time

I shall blame cough medicine and painkillers for the first photos and peer pressure for the hiking ones. When your out hiking nothing is quite as amusing as your hiking buds suggesting that you get your Willy out, or wouldn't that be a good Willy photo. Well me falling over repeatedly when out hiking, is pretty funny, but its no Willy.

Have a gander at Willy Constricted, Willy in Wales and Willy hiking.

Hiking  

Proof that I do get off my arse at some point in time and don't live in a twitter cave. 

Hiking kicked off to a good start last year with two fantastic hikes in this month. Both of the posts have photographs and a wee bit of video. The weather was cracking on both days, which was definitely a good start to the year. Unfortunately it all went down hill from there....

Gawk at Few blisters popped later and Hot, sweaty but not muddy. 

Plus bonus post Favourite Photo.

Nephews

My nephews had been in Hamburg for a couple of months at this time and I was missing them like mad. So luckily they popped over for a visit. I couldn't resist photographing them whilst they slept, which coincides with the only time they are quiet. Connor my youngest nephew is very cute, but doesn't actually talk any sense, which is seen in the video clip.

Gaze at While they sleep and get befuddled watching Message from Connor.

Phew another month done and dusted, hopefully March will be done soon (before this March Hopefully). Thank god I blog, I wouldn't remember a bloody thing if I didn't!

A year in review: January 2008

I have decided to review 2008 month by month, rather than the whole lot in one mammoth beast of a post. This also enables me to just backlink to old posts and be a totally lazy sod, woot (joking). I am cherry picking the posts that I like the most from each month, otherwise this could get rather boring indeed. Also its good for the reflective part of my counselling homework. Which means its also bad, because unfortunately I come off as quite quite mad.

So starting with January (no shit Sherlock).

The very beginning (of the year)

I started 2008 in the Scottish Highlands, after spending Christmas with Junior (younger cyster Heather). I saw Father Christmas, reindeer's and even went on a steam train. New Years Day was brought in amongst the sound of bagpipes and booze being consumed. Then as the sun set on the first day of 2008, bagpipes were played again and fireworks were exploded. 2008 began with a bang, but is that a good omen?

Welcome to 2008

Willy was born (not jeebus)

For those that have been reading this blog for awhile now, have seen my willy quite a few times. But I am not sure they all know of his origins? So if you want to know the origins of willy the non sex toy, there is even a video. If you don't know what I am wittering on about, then forget I even mentioned Willy the non sex toy....

A strange xmas present

I won a golden cock

Not wanting to continue the penis theme, especially as I am a lady, but ah well. Its a source of great pride and joy that I won a Golden Cock from Lord Likely. Its even better that my cock is better than his, well according to google anyways. Just google 'golden cock' and see whose cock is better.

My Golden Cock

The mum nearly lost her tongue, but found it again.

Back in December 2007 the doctors decided that my mum would probably lose her tongue to cancer, this of course led to hilarity and tongue twister jokes.... Who needs a tongue? In the end they decided it was just a nasty ulcer and she could keep it after all.

The return of the tongue.

There was nearly a serious sinuscide incident

My sinuses played merry hell with me all of 2008, but January was particularly horrendous and I let the world know about it. I am pretty sure I coined the term sinuscide, so I may be using that in a future defence case, just in case I happen to murder someone whilst under the influence of sinus juice.

My last marbles

Fancy a game of snakes and ladders?

This was a great counselling therapy/tool we learnt in class and turned out to be more insightful than I thought it would be.Its especially handy for those of you making resolutions that you would like to stick to.

Sankes and Ladders

I am not a geek!

I found out that wasn't a geek, but unfortunately I am an uber dork. It wasn't really that much of a surprise.

Uber Dork.

Looking into future, back into the past, hanging around the present.

This was a great art therapy exercise we did in class, I really enjoyed it. Although it was rather more emotional that I anticipated. Even looking at the pictures now make me feel anything from sad to .....

Past, Present and Future.

A glimpse of 16 year old me

Examples of my childhood doodling days and a few glimpses of a sixteen year old claire.

Old school doodles

I got probed

After all the whingeing I did about sinus trouble I finally got an appointment with an ENT specialist.It was a load of bollocks and a waste of time. So I get to moan about my sinuses all year, hooray for you....

Claire gets probed

To sum January 2008 up, I was grumpy and miserable! bleck.

So what do you think about my January 2008? Learnt anything new about me? Do you have any standout memories from your January 2008?

February to follow soon (ish).

A carrot interlube, I mean interlude...

Whilst writing my epic review of 2008 I thought it was time for another naughtyish doodle caption time.

The Merry Whatever Caption, turned up some funny results, gosh you lot are perverts.

Drinking, sleeping and twitching the new year in.

I shall hop on the bandwagon (well get lifted on) and say "Holy Fuck Shit its 2009" or in other words "Happy New Year and all that stuff".
Yep I am foul mouthed, uncouth slob.

I bet you thought I had drowned myself in that bowl of soup..... Or that I am a lazy sod.

There will be no resolutions for 2009 for me, as I already have enough to do on my 'lists' and you should realise by now, how bloody well I do with them. If you by chance do not know how I do with lists and resolutions, here is a clue 'SHIT'.

New Years Eve was spent with Rob and Emma, the real life versions of Blow Up Rob and Emma.Wine was drunk and merriment was had. I normally dislike New Years Eve mainly because its over rated and in recent years it serves as a reminder that my grandma has shuffled off this mortal coil. As it was her birthday on that day. Don't worry I am not going to burst into a rendition of 'Grandma, we love you' (click that link at your peril). Anyhoo I had a good time, with good friends.

New Years Day was spent sleeping, eating, sleeping and erm eating, not the best start.

New Years Day mark two, Jan 2nd was spent twitching with the dad and having a stroll round the local nature reserve. Its a lovely place, ideally situated next to a.....Landfill Site. The gulls love it anyways.

The obligatory review of 2008 post is coming soon!
(ish)

Happy New Year!