Limp lap-top

Following a hissy fit last night during which I punched my laptop and very nearly threw it out of the window (I don't know - you just don't get these issues with a Mac......) Today I went to buy a new laptop. Mine - which I've only had a year - is so crammed with shite that it runs slower than a snail's pace. I used it extensively while I was displaced as my beloved I-Mac was in storage. 

In Curry's I was gutted to realise just how expensive they are - at least for a good one. 

So following the advice of a pal - I went to PC repair shop near my house and my little laptop is booked in tomorrow for a 24 hour period during which its hard drive will be wiped completely and Windows etc will all be re-installed. The result will be like a new laptop. (I can't wait). 

All for the princely sum of just £59.

I love a bargain :)

Maslow

Today I was chatting to somebody and explaining to them all about Maslow. Who's he? Well he's not the guy who works down the chip shop - that's for sure. He theorised about the heirarchy of needs. As you can see above - as humans we have many needs - bodily needs, emotional needs and spiritual needs. Very simply the theory goes that when one range of needs are met (starting at the bottom of the triangle) we then become concerned with the next set of needs.

It's very true. If you're hungry and don't have a roof over your head - that issue will become all encompassing - however - once you have a home with food in the larder - something else becomes important. It's a very big subject - and very interesting to learn about. The diagram above is very simplified - but it just shows the stages that we go through in our goals. Before we can move up a level - our needs on the level we are at must be met.

If you'd like to know more - read this (and anything else you can find)

That's all folks x

PS - The credit for me knowing about Maslow goes completely to my dear dear friend Mr Dennis Carr who taught me this stuff some twenty two years ago :)

Dan said the loveliest thing....

Dan's home for a couple of days. We were preparing dinner together this evening and she was talking about her best friend, Emily. Then she said to 'You're my real best friend, Mum'.

I had no idea that she thought of me that way. It brought a huge lump to my throat - I can tell you. What bigger compliment can a girl pay to her Mother?

Stuff

Sorry I haven't been here for a while - but I've been a bit busy. Just doing 'stuff' - you know how it is. Nothing really to report. How boring is that?

Catch up soon -  promise X

Biggles Update

Here I am - all ready to go!!! (Pooing my pants - actually!)

You can see our 'ouse from up 'ere!!!

Me - flying the plane - (look at my handbag clutched on my lap!!!)

Today I've been on the best first date ever. With a Pilot. He took me flying. Doesn't get any cooler than that!! And what's more I quite liked him. 

Will I be seeing him again? Yes - probably :)

X Factor is back :)

Did you watch the 'X Factor" tonight? I just love that programme. Especially the beginning few weeks when the auditions are on. It's the best thing on TV by a mile. It is so damn funny and it makes me laugh out loud and cringe a lot. I love it. 

Once the auditions are over and it becomes all serious - I can take it or leave it - but I just love the great British public with their delusions of talent!!!! (and secretly I am in love with Simon)...(I would also do a turn with Cheryl)...(and what has happened to Louis - has he had a hair weave this year?)

Biggles

Oh My God - tomorrow I'm going out for lunch and then I'm going flying!!!! A very nice American guy (note - when they're American - they're 'Guys' - not 'chaps') called me tonight from the dreaded dating website. He's an private charter airline pilot - and he's got his own 'plane. 

He's picking me up after my morning breakfast with Jacqui and whisking me away ....how exciting is that? Talk about fantastic first dates!!! That one would beat all the other first dates I've ever had right into a cocked hat!!!

The only deciding factor is that it depends on the weather - so everybody keep your fingers crossed for a great weather here tomorrow :)...mind you - he did say that if the weather isn't great he's going to bring his picnic hamper and we'll have champagne and raspberries in a little country park instead.

How ideal does that sound?

I'll keep you posted!

PS - Thinking about it - he'll probably fly me to Morocco where he will have previously arranged to sell me to a slave trader......