Recently I've been having quite a time with my lenses and the thought has occurred that I may in 20 years time STILL be wearing them...what a thought! It has been several years since I started wearing them and the only benefit I can seem to find from them is that I don't have to wear glasses!
Firstly who sat down and thought lets put little bits of clear plastic like material on our eyes and everything will be hunky dory?! To be fair I've had them several years and they have saved me the hassle of trying to coordinate a pair of glasses with every outfit and prevented me from being blind whilst trying to play a sport or go for a run. Even prevented me from injury (probably) as I probably would have smashed my glasses and had glass in my eye!
However the mundane task of poking myself in the eye every day is starting to really get on my nerves. I don't even really seem to benefit much these days. For example yesterday I was driving in the dark in the rain and as we'll as the wipers making my window blurry my lenses doubled the effect causing me to drive like a crazy old lady. This effect I can only assume was due to makeup on my lens as they were new lenses but I refuse to stop wearing makeup. Then I made a salad for lunch today and after chopping an onion thought it would be clever to put my lenses in...baaaad times!! In addition there's the inconvenience of not carrying solution at all times, the random head aches that come at inappropriate times or ripping them and its only the beginning of the month! I'm not sure those with daily contacts will have the same issues but having monthlys definitely a chore!
Luckily I've never had too bad an experience with them (touch wood) but does it not just seem such a horrible thought to have the daily task for the rest of your life! Maybe have to invest in some laser eye surgery, might even save a penny or 2 in the long run!
Lisaloo x
Wednesday, 31 October 2012
Tuesday, 30 October 2012
Washing!
So I havn't ranted for a while...not because i've not had anything to rant about (theres always something!) i've just not had as much time!
One thing that is driving me craxzy right now is my washing pile!! It never seems to get any smaller! Since I moved home I have yet to buy a proper washing basket so use a corner in my room as a substitute. Every day I look at it I find some excuse not too put one on i.e. it looks like its going to rain, theres not enough wind it will never dry, the machine wont be finished before I leave so I wont have time to hang it out. However the real reason is that doing the washing is such a long winded chore (probably me just being a drama queen!).
Firstly I'll note I do not separate my load into colour, black and whites, my method consists of picking up a random assortment from the top of the pile and throwing it in the machine (unless I have a new item I havnt washed yet then I would separate) first step of laziness. On the way to the machine I drop half of it so have to go and pick bits up. Then I take about 10 mins to set the machine as every time I forget how to put it on! And somtimes still I forget to put in the wee capsule so have to attack the machine to get it to stop so I can pop it in! Then comes the worst part, hanging it out!
When I was at uni it was a pain as we didnt have an outdoor space to hang it up so instead it floated around my room or somewhere in the flat on a screen where I would constantly fall over it and my clothes never dried properly. Luckily now I can hang it outside however it always feels like a mission. Anyone else?? 9/10 I drop the peg basket which is a pain then takes me like 15-20 mins to hang it out. It just seems like a pointless task! What really annoys me is, thanks to the Scottish weather gods, 50% of the time just as i've hung it out the rain comes on resulting in taking the washing back in and rehanging it therefore doubling the task! sigh! By this point I usually abandon my mission and my dad kindly brings in my washing where it lies in the basket for days until I wear it again because I simply cant be bothered to put it away again.
Firstly I'd like to point out I am aware that I may be slightly dramatic and secondly does anyone else think that your mum does it soo much better? Mines definetly makes it look much more easier than I'm sure I make it. If only I had money to buy new clothes everyday and I wouldnt have to wash anything...
Lisaloo x
One thing that is driving me craxzy right now is my washing pile!! It never seems to get any smaller! Since I moved home I have yet to buy a proper washing basket so use a corner in my room as a substitute. Every day I look at it I find some excuse not too put one on i.e. it looks like its going to rain, theres not enough wind it will never dry, the machine wont be finished before I leave so I wont have time to hang it out. However the real reason is that doing the washing is such a long winded chore (probably me just being a drama queen!).
Firstly I'll note I do not separate my load into colour, black and whites, my method consists of picking up a random assortment from the top of the pile and throwing it in the machine (unless I have a new item I havnt washed yet then I would separate) first step of laziness. On the way to the machine I drop half of it so have to go and pick bits up. Then I take about 10 mins to set the machine as every time I forget how to put it on! And somtimes still I forget to put in the wee capsule so have to attack the machine to get it to stop so I can pop it in! Then comes the worst part, hanging it out!
When I was at uni it was a pain as we didnt have an outdoor space to hang it up so instead it floated around my room or somewhere in the flat on a screen where I would constantly fall over it and my clothes never dried properly. Luckily now I can hang it outside however it always feels like a mission. Anyone else?? 9/10 I drop the peg basket which is a pain then takes me like 15-20 mins to hang it out. It just seems like a pointless task! What really annoys me is, thanks to the Scottish weather gods, 50% of the time just as i've hung it out the rain comes on resulting in taking the washing back in and rehanging it therefore doubling the task! sigh! By this point I usually abandon my mission and my dad kindly brings in my washing where it lies in the basket for days until I wear it again because I simply cant be bothered to put it away again.
Firstly I'd like to point out I am aware that I may be slightly dramatic and secondly does anyone else think that your mum does it soo much better? Mines definetly makes it look much more easier than I'm sure I make it. If only I had money to buy new clothes everyday and I wouldnt have to wash anything...
Lisaloo x
Thursday, 11 October 2012
I hate cooking!
Exactly as the title says...i hate cooking! This is a post which less people may relate to but apart from the fact that I can't cook I just absolutly despise it!
Firstly I don't understand why back in the olden days one of the main priorities of the day was to cook the dinner which did seem to take the whole day...whats the point? Unless your me (as I seem to take an age to eat anything) its gone in 5-10mins!
When I'm hungry, I want to eat there and then. I wait until I really really need to eat before I do so I dont want to stand and cook for the next half an hour!! This usually leads to my dietry intake being not the healthiest. However even if I did decide to cook, its a huge stress! Apart from the fact I am utterly useless in the kitchen I find it boring and unnecessary.
My biggest hate about cooking, is cooking programmes (apart from Gino D'Acampo, could watch him all day :P). They all say quick meals that are simple and easy to make yet every two minutes there talking about vegetables youve never heard off, throwing spices around left right and centre and require utensils that noone owns! As from my recent post 'making porridge' you can see that I'm not the most natural cook however even when I do try it may be edible but its not the best thing youve ever tasted.
For example, tonight I attempted to made a stir fry. Not rocket science I know. Fry the chicken, add the stirfry the noodles and the sauce. Yet somehow Im not sure it was 100% cooked properly as I got bored of waiting and by the time I'd finished the kitchen looked like the stirfry had exploded everywhere (probably because the pan wasnt big enough). It wasnt fun, tasted just OK and then I had to do the dishes whereas I could have made a toastie in 2 seconds, no hassel or mess!
Ive already been targeted at work for cookery lessons and I know I should probably give in and learn to cook as theres many years to come of cooking but if I had the choice I really wouldnt like too. For people who enjoy cooking I envy you...please share your spirit!
Lisaloo x
Firstly I don't understand why back in the olden days one of the main priorities of the day was to cook the dinner which did seem to take the whole day...whats the point? Unless your me (as I seem to take an age to eat anything) its gone in 5-10mins!
When I'm hungry, I want to eat there and then. I wait until I really really need to eat before I do so I dont want to stand and cook for the next half an hour!! This usually leads to my dietry intake being not the healthiest. However even if I did decide to cook, its a huge stress! Apart from the fact I am utterly useless in the kitchen I find it boring and unnecessary.
My biggest hate about cooking, is cooking programmes (apart from Gino D'Acampo, could watch him all day :P). They all say quick meals that are simple and easy to make yet every two minutes there talking about vegetables youve never heard off, throwing spices around left right and centre and require utensils that noone owns! As from my recent post 'making porridge' you can see that I'm not the most natural cook however even when I do try it may be edible but its not the best thing youve ever tasted.
For example, tonight I attempted to made a stir fry. Not rocket science I know. Fry the chicken, add the stirfry the noodles and the sauce. Yet somehow Im not sure it was 100% cooked properly as I got bored of waiting and by the time I'd finished the kitchen looked like the stirfry had exploded everywhere (probably because the pan wasnt big enough). It wasnt fun, tasted just OK and then I had to do the dishes whereas I could have made a toastie in 2 seconds, no hassel or mess!
Ive already been targeted at work for cookery lessons and I know I should probably give in and learn to cook as theres many years to come of cooking but if I had the choice I really wouldnt like too. For people who enjoy cooking I envy you...please share your spirit!
Lisaloo x
Tuesday, 9 October 2012
Making porridge!
I have recently attempted to make porridge and after epically failing and asking a few people about where I went wrong I had the mickey taken out of me big time. I however don't think this is fair!
Everyone keeps telling me porridge is good and sooo easy to make so I decided to make some myself. I got the wee 2 min sachets and with only short instructions I thought how hard can it be! First it told me to add milk to the sachet but it didn't say how much so after reading the box like 10 times I decided to just take out the sachet where I ended up seeing a pour line! But as I poured the milk in the sachet got wider and I didn't know if I was supposed to maintain the shape by squeezing it or let it get fat! After deliberating, I just decided to cook it.
However when I tried to put the sachet in the microwave I was faced with the difficulty of trying to make the sachet sit upright which didn't work but as I tried to lay it down the milk was pouring out! Eventually I decided to put it in a bowl but after being cooked it was ridiculously watery. I thought it was because you are supposed to cook the porridge in the sachet as the wee sachet thing was made of weird material like it was supposed to go in the microwave (if you know what I mean).
So after a failed attempt I queried with some friends about where I went wrong and got the piss out of me! However, nowhere on the instructions does it say 1. The amount of milk to put in the sachet or 2. Pour it into a bowl! In future I feel the cooking instructions on quickmade meals need to be made more clear asjust because its quick doesn't mean we will guess how to cook it. In addition I'm sure I'm not the only one who's had this problem...
Lisaloo x
Everyone keeps telling me porridge is good and sooo easy to make so I decided to make some myself. I got the wee 2 min sachets and with only short instructions I thought how hard can it be! First it told me to add milk to the sachet but it didn't say how much so after reading the box like 10 times I decided to just take out the sachet where I ended up seeing a pour line! But as I poured the milk in the sachet got wider and I didn't know if I was supposed to maintain the shape by squeezing it or let it get fat! After deliberating, I just decided to cook it.
However when I tried to put the sachet in the microwave I was faced with the difficulty of trying to make the sachet sit upright which didn't work but as I tried to lay it down the milk was pouring out! Eventually I decided to put it in a bowl but after being cooked it was ridiculously watery. I thought it was because you are supposed to cook the porridge in the sachet as the wee sachet thing was made of weird material like it was supposed to go in the microwave (if you know what I mean).
So after a failed attempt I queried with some friends about where I went wrong and got the piss out of me! However, nowhere on the instructions does it say 1. The amount of milk to put in the sachet or 2. Pour it into a bowl! In future I feel the cooking instructions on quickmade meals need to be made more clear asjust because its quick doesn't mean we will guess how to cook it. In addition I'm sure I'm not the only one who's had this problem...
Lisaloo x
Thursday, 4 October 2012
Needing everything new all at once!
An issue for me, that only becomes an issue once every now and then but when it does its a BIG issue is when I need a bunch of everything all at once.
The thing I think most people will relate too (girls probs more) is when you somehow run out of makeup or hairspray etc all at once. Its always an issue spending money on makeup but when youve got it it tends to last a while. However there will be a day your sitting thinking I need new foundation its going to run out soon, this goes on for a week and all of a sudden you run out and you wish youd bought it sooner. Its fine with mascara though because you never throw them away, makeup bag full of empty tubes! Anywyas you get to Superdrug or wherever to get a new foundation and realise you need new eyeliner and then a new mascara and before you know it you realise you need facewipes, faketan, hairspray, deoderant, facewash, shampoo... £60 later! Every time!
The issue this time though is buying new clothes. I may be a girlie girl but I despise shopping! I'd rather repeatedly jag myself with a pin or shit in my hand and clap (as charlotte g-shore would say!) than go shopping, asides from the fact its extremely dull I always realise I'm somehow gaining weight! However the time comes when you know your going on a night out and not only do you need a new dress, you need a bag, shoes, jacket... why cant we just buy things gradually! For me I end up spending a fortune as when I finally drag myself to the shops I just try on what I like without looking at tags and without fail its always the most expensive thing that looks nice...but I buy it so I can go home!
I know the maority of people may not share this mindset especially with shopping but why do I not own enough money where someone can bring me clothes and all I have to do is wear them? Or even be that little bit more organised where I buy things as I run out so i dont have to buy half the shop everytime I'm there?!
Lisaloo x
The thing I think most people will relate too (girls probs more) is when you somehow run out of makeup or hairspray etc all at once. Its always an issue spending money on makeup but when youve got it it tends to last a while. However there will be a day your sitting thinking I need new foundation its going to run out soon, this goes on for a week and all of a sudden you run out and you wish youd bought it sooner. Its fine with mascara though because you never throw them away, makeup bag full of empty tubes! Anywyas you get to Superdrug or wherever to get a new foundation and realise you need new eyeliner and then a new mascara and before you know it you realise you need facewipes, faketan, hairspray, deoderant, facewash, shampoo... £60 later! Every time!
The issue this time though is buying new clothes. I may be a girlie girl but I despise shopping! I'd rather repeatedly jag myself with a pin or shit in my hand and clap (as charlotte g-shore would say!) than go shopping, asides from the fact its extremely dull I always realise I'm somehow gaining weight! However the time comes when you know your going on a night out and not only do you need a new dress, you need a bag, shoes, jacket... why cant we just buy things gradually! For me I end up spending a fortune as when I finally drag myself to the shops I just try on what I like without looking at tags and without fail its always the most expensive thing that looks nice...but I buy it so I can go home!
I know the maority of people may not share this mindset especially with shopping but why do I not own enough money where someone can bring me clothes and all I have to do is wear them? Or even be that little bit more organised where I buy things as I run out so i dont have to buy half the shop everytime I'm there?!
Lisaloo x
Monday, 1 October 2012
Repeats on t.v.
OMG! So last night I had an early night and used sky+ to record 3 programmes I was planning on watching. So this morning when I got up I sat down with my breakfast to watch them but they were all episodes I had seen before!!
I have great appreciation for sky and all the channels thy have on it but honestly how annoying is it when they play the same thing over and over again!!! Often I've heard people ranting about the movie channels saying they just repeat the same ones for like a month but not having these channels I never really thought about it. However, it turns out pretty much every channel is doing the same thing. Before sky+ it was handy to have something repeated so if you missed it you could catch up but we are able to record it now...why show it again?!
A huge annoyance for me for a while was when I used to get into bed to watch Family Guy and American Dad every weekday night and not only did they repeat episodes, often they would play the same ones from the night before! Or after an episode of Geordie Shore, they play the exact same episode not just once but every night at the same time until the next episode.Why?!
Its got that ridiculous that they actually have to put 'new episode' infront of the programme title so you know its not a repeat. And even at that you cant wait until the episode is finnished because they play the advert for it at every single interval for the whole week (you dont even actually need to watch the episode as the adverts have played so much).
This rant may have you mentally screaming 'Lisa get a life, stop watching so much t.v!'. The thing is...I dont even watch that much t.v and yet it still annoys me that much!! I'm sure I'm not the only one.
Lisaloo x
I have great appreciation for sky and all the channels thy have on it but honestly how annoying is it when they play the same thing over and over again!!! Often I've heard people ranting about the movie channels saying they just repeat the same ones for like a month but not having these channels I never really thought about it. However, it turns out pretty much every channel is doing the same thing. Before sky+ it was handy to have something repeated so if you missed it you could catch up but we are able to record it now...why show it again?!
A huge annoyance for me for a while was when I used to get into bed to watch Family Guy and American Dad every weekday night and not only did they repeat episodes, often they would play the same ones from the night before! Or after an episode of Geordie Shore, they play the exact same episode not just once but every night at the same time until the next episode.Why?!
Its got that ridiculous that they actually have to put 'new episode' infront of the programme title so you know its not a repeat. And even at that you cant wait until the episode is finnished because they play the advert for it at every single interval for the whole week (you dont even actually need to watch the episode as the adverts have played so much).
This rant may have you mentally screaming 'Lisa get a life, stop watching so much t.v!'. The thing is...I dont even watch that much t.v and yet it still annoys me that much!! I'm sure I'm not the only one.
Lisaloo x
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