wow time flies...

WOW the last few weeks have gone so fast, and hubby is now safely back at work for the week....they bring him back from Afghan and chuck him down to Larkhill instead...where, ironically the reception for the internet & phone is worse?! Go figure that one out huh?!

My hair disaster is now rectified *phew*....The mother-in-law came over for a few days and 'nicely' said that the 'blonde' didn't suit me (was never blonde anyway, dark blonde/light brown/ginger is how I would have described it at best)....oh the shame, it is now RED!!! I suppose I should keep it to myself that I actually trained as a hairdresser 13 years ago......I bet you're all thanking the lord I decided I didn't want to be one after qualifying - yes they actually passed me...with distinction *insert shocked face here later*

So whilst I haven't been blogging I have been silently fuming with the family (by this i mean the ones who think they are mafia/royality what ever you like to call spoilt, ungrateful members that think they can help themselves to whatever they please). My dear Nan passed away last week & she was staying with my aunt & uncle. Because they don't really get on with everyone we haven't seen as much of her as we would have all liked, by 'we' I mean me, my sisters, my mother & probably my father! Anyways, she passed after a week or so of being in hospital on life support & a collapsed lung & only 30% of her heart working...I personally think she did very well lasting that long with all that was wrong with her.

And I for one was glad to finally get the news that she wasn't in pain anymore, no longer drugged up on morphine but finally at peace with grandad.... However, whilst all this was going on my conniving cousins & aunt & uncle were praying for her to hang on in there because they had decided to strip her house bare & settle themselves in for the long run- (it is a lovely 3 bed council house in south east london, so highly expensive to live there, and no houses left basically) -and not tell anyone!

Well by anyone I mean me, mother, father, sisters! EVERYONE else knew, and not one had told us. We were of course upset, and then even more so when we found out her savings account had been cleared by said family members also. So who believes in Karma.........me, me, me!

The funeral is in a couple of weeks, and knowing what I know now, I don't really want to go. Only because I don't want to speak to certain family members (as mentioned above) because they do not know that we know their 'secret'....hmmm what to do huh!

And the funny thing is, my nan, bless her was the most rambunctious person I had ever come across...she spoke her mind to everyone & would not take no for an answer. She reminded me of the nan from Catherine Tate's show, to the tee! I remember seeing it for the first time and ringing my sister & mum to tell them to switch over to it, only for them to say to me, omg have you seen the exact replica of nan on T.V! She also swore as much as that nan, and I swear she used to say, 'so&so is taking a F**ing liberty doing that'; the only difference was the accent & the hair ;) a truly memorable character!

I remember speaking to her after her husband, our grandad, died. She specifically stated that she did not want anyone having her house, it was to go back to someone on the council list who needed it. She also said that her life savings were not for one son in particular but to be split between the 4 remaining sons. And it saddens me now to know that her last wishes were trodden upon out of greed, spite & never knowing when enough is enough....

This blog is very doom & gloom, for that I'm sorry, (if anyone reads) but it feels better than telling said family members how I feel & is far cheaper than a therapist ;) so I will be back a little more regularly now hubby is back at work, partly because I am always bored in the evenings & partly to keep me away from the chocolate (am still on diet, booooooooooooo)!!