Sunday January 16th

What a strange day. I slept fairly well but woke up with a headache. Not the thumping kind, but the kind where you feel a strain on your eyes and ache over the top of one or both as you try to read anything. Consequently I did not move very far today. I got up for my dinner and tea and watched a lot of TV but at some stages I did so with only one eye open! So no walk to the coffee shop or around the City centre today.

Some of the headache revolves around recent activity. You know when you get an idea and you share it and then all of a sudden it spirals into something big but is heading in a direction you didn't anticipate? Well that is how I feel today. I should be happy but there is something inside that is niggling at me and I don't like it. It feels so bad that right now I may have to walk away from it all.

This afternoon I listened to the Spurs v Man Utd match on radio and although it is hard for an Arsenal fan to admit, I found myself cheering Spurs on. In the end it was a 0-0 draw and to be honest even I would have to say that Spurs deserved a win out of it, especially after Manchester United's Rafael got himself sent off for a second bookable offence! 

Saturday January 15th

I had a mixed day today. Walked into the City centre just for my coffee and then on to the match at Home Park where Argyle were at home to Oldham. The match was good and bad in places. To be honest Argyle were on top of things for a good spell and came close a couple of times with one strike hitting the crossbar and then going into the away crowd. Unfortunately when half time came the team left their spirit in the dressing room. Oldham scored twice in the second half and although there were a number of outrageous decisions by the ref and his assistants, (dressed in bright pink tops!) there never looked like a goal would come from anyone from Argyle. The result leaves Argyle in 17th spot in the table and although perilously close to the relegation spots, just a couple of good results would see them rise in to the Play-Off spots so all is not lost just yet. If the club can solve it's money problems and the players more settled then things could dramatically alter for the team and fans!

In the Premier League Arsenal were away to the dishevelled West Ham. This morning there was talk of their manager Avram Grant being replaced by Martin O'Neill and that must have unsettled the already woeful Hammers. With the final score West Ham 0 - 3 Arsenal it must mean worse news for the East London side and for Grant himself although no official news has come yet!

Facebook's problems yesterday seem to have resolved themselves and things look like they are back to normal. Wait back to normal on Facebook usually means trouble at some point. 

The National Lottery this evening brought a Rollover Jackpot of over £6 million and that was not won so that means a Double Rollover on Wednesday so extra lines for me on Wednesday. Unusually I did the Thunderball today and as it happens I won £10 so not bad really! 

Friday January 14th

Oh dear. Age is catching up with me at long last. I decided to have an eye test today after I was walking through Plymouth a few weeks ago and my eyes went blurry. This is the first eye test since I left school and I have prided myself in the fact that my eye sight has been perfect. I am the only member of my family not to wear glasses apart from my children. As it happens I do now need glasses and apparently I have cataracts on both eyes although they do not pose any problems and may have been there since birth. Bit of a shock but to be honest with the writing I do and the time I spend on my laptop it is not that big a shock! Luckily I did not have to spend too much. In actual fact due to the health history of my parents I not only had a free test, but I also got vouchers for my lenses and frames. What should have cost £225 in total actually only cost £70. What was surprising was that my mother also went for new glasses today and although her cost less she ended up having to pay more than I did! She upset me a bit by saying my glasses made me look "OLDER!" The woman who filled out my forms and ordered my lenses actually said they suited me but then again she is paid to say that! 

I thought I would give you advance notice of the BBC Panorama Programme that is due to be aired this coming Monday. So if you are interested in the topic of Britain's Missing Dads this may be worth watching. I know why a few of us are missing and I wonder if the subject of Parental Alienation or Family Law injustice is covered at all in the programme! If not I feel a follow up programme some time! Click on the link below for the BBC Panorama Homepage.

Panorama

Today my enjoyment of Facebook has been short and sporadic thanks to a bug in their system. For long periods of time people have been unable to access their accounts. I guess that no matter how far we have come in technology, Facebook will never be able to operate perfectly! They get enough money so you would think they would be able to employ enough people who could actually keep it working. 

Thursday January 13th

Mixed day today. As far as Untied Parents Society (that was the name I gave to the original group I set up on Facebook last year) goes, things are moving fast and furious and we have a good team already in place raring to go and help fellow parents. Now for the paperwork and the real work that goes with it. The forum is up and running but still in it's infancy. The more people joining the more worthwhile it will become. 

It is my dad's birthday today and he is 86! Mixed with the news that there are deadly floods in Brazil and we have family there we were constantly on the phone most of the day. Not only were my parents talking to my brother and his family but a number of concerned friends were calling the home to find out if they were all OK over there. 

BBC News - Parents face fees for child maintenance rulings

BBC News - Parents face fees for child maintenance rulings

Walk For Justice, Time to Let the World Know the Truth !

Walk For Justice, Time to Let the World Know the Truth !

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