Yay!! I've done stuff!!

I've booked my driving theory test!! I'm doing it on Wednesday 22nd Feb at 9.30am!!! Not a great time but the other dates around that time were at 8.30am!! I bought the AA book of official theory test questions and answers, although I probably should have got a book of theory test questions for Northern Ireland in hindsight, seeing as our highway code is slightly different. As far as I'm aware though, the only difference is that on the mainland they have a few more roadsigns than we have. There must be more differences I suppose though.

Anyway, I'm starting driving lessons again on wednesday and the idea this time is to do one everyday for about 2 weeks and then apply for my practical test, well after I've done the theory one because I can't apply for it before then.

I spent almost 4 hours doing a job application form!!! Those things take ages and are very stressful!! It was an online only application as well. It looks a very good job. That ECDL was a desirable criteria so just as well I've done that. An essential criteria was a full driving licence and access to personal transport. I put on the form that I had my own car and was awaiting a date for my driving test, just a slight porky there. Mum told me to put that though. I have everything else they asked for apart from the driving which I'm sure will lower my chances. Oh well, the closing date is 10th Feb so I won't hear anything until at least a week after then.

I'm very upset that I've missed Life on Mars because I was doing that application form! I'd been looking forward to it all week as well and somehow forgot all about it!! I have a terrible feeling it's not going to be repeated as well :(

I think this would make a great album cover!

This is very very worrying!!!!!

Let's Make a Baby

I am back by the way

Just not got round to doing a proper post yet. Coming soon though.

Up, up and away!!!

Right that's me off to Glasgow in about an hour. Have fun while I'm away people. I'll hopefully manage to find some internet cafe type place to post a brief update while I'm gone.

3 days until I go to Glasgow!!!!

I'm looking forward to my wee holiday staying with my mate. I've not seen her for a while and she has a new place now which sounds nice.

I made a few little changes to my blog which probably no-one has noticed. If you look over in the sidebar, you'll notice I've added a few more blogs to my "blogs I have approved" list so you can check them out if you are feeling adventurous.

I've also added a couple more things to the "things I like" section and I've done away with Beethoven and Waterhouse and replaced it with Balderdash and Piffle. I don't know why I'm saying all this because you can see for yourself.

Anyway, nothing exciting to report except that I appear to have a car now. It's sat in the driveway, I've not had a look at it yet. It belonged to my great uncle who just died recently and if I want it, I can have it for next to nothing. I'll need to have a wee drive in it first before I decide if I'm going to take it. It's 11 years old but in good condition. It's a bottle green Clio. It was dark when I got home from work so I couldn't see the colour but it sounds nice.

Good News

Just read this........

TAYTO BUYS GOLDEN WONDER FACTORY

Hurrah!!!

CAPTION COMPETITION!!!

Hurrah no more ECDL!!!!

Just completed the last two modules for the EDCL course. Was convinced I was going to fail Microsoft Access because I only used it for the first time in class last week and I don't have it at home so couldn't do any practice tests.....also I hadn't read the manual!! I tried to read it but I didn't understand it and it made my brain hurt.
Anyway I got 91% in the Microsoft Access module!!!!!! Lots of lucky guesswork for quite a few questions I think!
While I was on a roll, decided to the the Basic Concepts of IT multiple choice module straight after and I got 97% in that!!! There were a few questions that were absolutely ridiculous though and the correct answer was obvious. There were a couple like the early questions in "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?". I actually laughed out loud at one of them, it was so stupid. There were some quite hard ones though. Quite a few questions were about input and output devices and peripherals. Ohhh I've just remembered one of the questions :

Q: Which of these is NOT an operating system?

A: Windows XP
B. Windows XL
C. Windows ME
D. Windows 2000


hehe, I wish I could remember the one that made me laugh. Oh well. Glad I passed anyway. We had 45 mins to answer the 36 multiple choice questions. I handed the printout of my result to the tutor after 12 mins and she was rather surprised I'd finished already hehe. Tomorrow night I have my Audio Transcription exam which should be ok. I hope!!! Exams are so stressful!!!

Probably the best crisps in the world........

Ah, all this talk about Golden Wonder collapsing and the discussions about crisps. I felt compelled to post to let everyone know that these are the most delicious crisps in the world:

TAYTO CRISPS

..........and I encourage people to order a box off the website, you won't be disappointed. If you are, I'll give you your money back......well, no I won't really. But if you don't like them, you could send them to me.

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I've just had a look round the Tayto website and there are games!!! There is Pacman!! Well Snackman hehe fantastic!!

Unfortunately they have stuck a massive £4 on delivery in the UK. Delivery used to be free to UK, bah!!! On the plus side, they now deliver to seemingly every country in the world!! Ohhh and you can get Tayto t-shirts and things!!

I forgot to say that all my stuff arrived from Amazon. It took me all day to set up a wireless network but I managed it eventually.....hurrah!!! Felt very pleased with myself. So now my laptop is wirelessly connected to the internet and I can be online anywhere in the house hehe.......of course I always use my laptop in my bedroom but at least I can take it downstairs if I want and hopefully sit in the garden with it in the summer.

Did have a bit of a problem with interference though. My parents have a wireless receiver in their bedroom to pick up SKY from downstairs and my wireless router is in the room next to theirs which means that the two signals have to cross and this was causing interference on their TV. It is intermittent though so they are putting up with it luckily!!

Am loving my wireless mouse. It's taking me a bit of time to get used to having it though. I still forget at times and use the touchpad on my laptop.

My next little project is to get my phone hooked up to the phoneline. Lots of fiddling with phone cables and extension leads and lifting up carpets shall ensue!!

Just wondering....

You know when you push down the scrollwheel on the mouse and the circle appears with the arrows in it?

Just exactly what is that useful for?