AlexMF

what did you take with you Tim? sean, your spelling will clearly be going downhill from 3 then!

Mrs AlexMF has been head hunted! not too much more work/responsibility, (she is a research policy analyst, at a North West Russell group university), but a sizeable (£10k) pay rise, and a permanent contract! Very pleased for her, the recognition is well deserved and she starts next month. In other news, it's Thursday also known as Pay day!

Gav, super jealous of the land rover... for me, 2 pairs of Reebok RealFlex Transition 4.0Se (1 pair black and orange, 1 pair black and green) being able to wear trainers at work is really the best, £70 each but they're too comfy... went for a cruise round the local furniture specific charity shops on Sunday, looking to replace the povvo-spec Ikea coffee table, first shop we found this, 1950s-60s g-plan astro. £45, about half the going eBay rate. excellent. yesterday, tester pot of paint for the kitchen, which met with managerial approval, and today 2.5l of said paint for said kitchen. having painted it one colour on Saturday, and being told that it was in fact, "awful". at £25 a go 3rd time best not be the charm...

this. still. feeling like this... oh and I'm apparently decorating the flat. up to my eyes in filler dust.

trying to track down an ebay purchase. bought a new bumper for the c2, (bollard, don't ask) seller shipped it, to the right address, nothing has arrived, UPS tracking says it was delivered and shows a signature, (Not my signature!) so I do not know where the bumper is. Luckily my cousin happens to be a manager at UPS...

bit late to this one, sending you my deepest condolences Bill. I know you will have a lot of happy memories to cherish of your father. Alex.

marky's not got a dog, I've seen what he's got on the nature channel, it's a bloody polar bear! thanks trissle, we are looking at rspca/dogs trust people are annoying on that page "rehoming as i'm not allowed dogs" well perhaps they should have checked before getting a dog?!

got the landlord and management companies permission to get a dog! over the moon!

So after a trouble free 2 years with the S2 well, the battery charging socket electrocuted me and the battery exploded, (fixed under warranty) got my galaxy S4 coming to my parents tomorrow, I'll pick it up when i go down for the weekend, get my numbers transferred to the micro sim and off we go! really excited for it! As for costs I'm selling them my s2 back to cancel out the upfront cost, then £33 a month for 24 months getting me 600 minutes, unlimited texts and 500mb of data. Unsure about whether my free upgrade to unlimited everything I got in February will continue though. Just bought a Case-Mate extreme case for it, and a Zagg invisible HD screen protector. I've had the previous versions of both of those on the S2 for the past 2 years and it's in pretty good shape.

clear blue sky and sunshine, and no sky signal despite following their trouble shooting guide. looking forward to ringing up tomorrow morning and being difficult over the phone...

bashers? been on the cider me ode? to be honest i think the scooby is edging it, more economical than the cherokee (prefer the look of the cherokee though in 1998 model). more reliable than the series 3, (as much as i want one).... something FSH and one careful mrs farmer giles owner would do me probably unless there are any other suggestions...?

ok, so, Samsung Galaxy S4 (one off payment of £129 until i sell my galaxy s2 to pay some of it off), dickies non-safety dealer boots (don't bloody fit, going back) and a 5 pack of dickies t-shirts.

only teasing mate... well done for coming clean, or cleaner anyway

series 3, subaru forester, jeep grand cherokee... anything with room for a dog, comfy on the potholes/ speed bumps under 100k on the clock and under £3k to buy, under £300 to tax and under £1000 to insure.... i have just negotiated myself a samsung galaxy s4!! i'm a very pleased kind of guy at the moment!

yes here you are! I believe that qualifies as proof now-a-days another 12 months and i'll be permanent, (pity the employer to be honest...)

Hi all just checking in on here, catching up on the recent developments... apparently we are now the "Fairy Tale Forum"! so to enter into the spirit of things then, I won the euro millions, was elected king of France and lost my left arm fighting a wild badger. I bet you've all missed me...anyone?! Now, down to why I'm actually really pleased, had a decent weekend betting on the football, (Wigan to beat Man city, and a 6 team accumulator, tidy) got another 12month contract at work (hurrah!), finished my NVQ in business, (finally!) and applied for a new job in work. Meanwhile Steph and I are awaiting a management company decision as to whether we can get a dog (cross fingers please), and I'm thinking about replacing the car. fancy something older, second hand, quirky... possibly room for a dog! So as i enjoy spending as much time on autotrader as possible this has pleased me greatly!

just applied to be a supervisor at work. bit of a blag, but if you don't ask...

expensive weekend, bought some clothes ready for my summer holiday to British Columbia, new 175/65/r14 82t michelin energy saver+ to replace the one with a giant hole in, started on getting Mrs alex_mf's birthday presents, then got some more parts for a little project to keep me out of the pub... the video will explain better than I can http://youtu.be/aXW-7DVIyU0

congratulations harry! As for me, yesterday took delivery of the carcass of my inherited Hayward for Vanson 1950s teak sideboard, (the drawers doors shelves and legs were already here). I promised my family food if they would cram into the car with the 2m long sideboard and my friend food if he would help me carry it up the four flights of stairs... you've all seen the friends episode right? PIVOT, PIVOT, PIVOT.... you get the idea. today, I assembled the sideboard, drilled 9 19mm holes for ventilation at the top of the right hand cabinet, then one big 57mm hole for cables at the bottom of the right hand cabinet. got the xbox, skybox, router hidden in there... here it is!

Thanks Bill, totally agree. Thanks Tris, <3

slept 0700-1745 pretty much solidly... should have made up for a couple of recent bad sleeps. I love night shift. Not.

My Uncle passed today after defying the odds and fighting pancreatic cancer for 2 years. I went to see him on Sunday in the Nottingham City Hospital Hospice. I'm glad he is finally at peace.

Me too, I misread it as something entirely more private and painful...

still on the streak, still waiting for my NS&I number, car turned into a cat D write off that had been repaired, (not really bothered about cat D as such) I HPI'd it before it going. But I decided if they weren't going to be honest about that I wasn't going to risk it incase they were being economical with the truth about other aspects of the car.

won on the premium bonds, (lost my NS&I number though, berk alert) seem to be on a bit of a streak on the gambling at the moment, I've finally given in and I'm off to look at a (possible) new car on the weekend, oh and it's sunny!