| What You've Said About WORKING 9 TO 5 (What a Way to Earn a Living!) |
| Much as I hate "blowing my own trumpet", I've been overwhelmed with the feedback I've received about my website since it went 'live' in October 2003 (ALL of it positive!). A huge thanks to everyone who has been in touch, I really do appreciate your comments. Please do take the time to email me to let me know what you think (good or bad!), its great incentive for me to carry on. |
| Just spent a good half hour on this great little site, and have put it my favourites to go back to again, the site looks great and is easy to follow, the few stories I read were very amusing and well written, I think you've done an excellent job and will definitely be back regularly. That’s a very entertaining site, with an emphasis on humour rather than personal pain (unlike a lot of blogs lol). Its also quite interesting, and some good photos. I recognised the 'floozy in the jacuzi' as its most commonly called in Brum, from some past visits to Brum. That brings back some fond (and drunken) memories lol. I will be bookmarking this site for future viewing. as they say in Brum; Its bostin'! alrooooooiggghht! After having read your Great Divorce Fiasco I really feel for you, I think that if that were me I would be in a mental institution somewhere gibbering after having murdered solicitors and the ex, I have just told my wife of 29 years that under no circumstances will we ever get divorced. murder/suicide, possibly, but definitely not divorce. how you still have a sense of humour is amazing and I take my hat off to you. Just a few words to express my opinion. THAT IS THE BEST WEBSITE I HAVE EVER BEEN ON. Well done. Love the site, brought a smile to my face. It's a great example of what an interesting personal web presence should be, intelligent content rather than bells, whistles and flickering distractions. To quote the Governor of California, 'I'll be back'. I love this site, it's definitely in my favourites! I love the temporary job assignments, it made me smile and laugh. Very well written.. Love it! I'm impressed. Interesting, informative, entertaining and very well presented, and that's only from my first ½ hour visit (I couldn't get away - it's too good). It's in my favourites and I'll be making regular visits from now on. Keep up the good work, and I hope the divorce doesn't get you down too much. I like what I've seen of your style of writing. It's a great site. Just found my way to your site and found it great reading. It was also nostalgic for me as I spent most of my fairly long life in good old Brumagem. I was born in Selly Oak which also happened to be the last place in Brum that I lived in. The pictures were great, especially of the new Bull Ring. Keep up the good work and I'll keep on checking in to see the latest update. We have never met, but full of curiosity I went to your website and I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed reading about your life! I loved the Noisy neighbour section and the Temping Section. You could write a book I am sure. Congratulations on a great and unusual site. Nice to see a site like yours that's full of interesting stuff and kept up-to-date. Just spent an absorbing hour in your web-site. Congrats. on your brilliant and amusing writing. I laughed aloud at your very funny 'back to work' piece, but felt just the opposite emotion reading the divorce saga. What a rotten time you had, but lady bikers are a tough breed and you've come through it, if slightly bruised. I wish you the best of luck ...and once again...well done!! Will have to find time to read rest of your site soon as i found the divorce part very interesting. You should be proud of yourself. You have talent, (pity others (who mattered) didn't know it). I, (my self ) and others, would like to see your site grow, keep it going. Your website is definitely one of the best I have ever seen on the net! There's the making of a best selling novel there if ever I've seen one - how about it? Just lost a "good" few hours to it on Sunday night (including the entire divorce story). I actually sat laughing out loud at some of the kids bad habits, I was beginning to think it was only my kids who practice some of those habits and that maybe my parenting skills fell short somewhere , LOL. Many congrats ! on one of the most interesting & humorous personal sites I've ever visited. Your website is definitely one of the best I've seen, and I like your style of writing. Your site is great! Absolutely Bloody Brilliant. Thanks sooooo much for this blog! I've spent the last 2 days (off & on) reading it. I have enjoyed it very much, you have such a dry sense of humour, still laughing about some of the things you've put. Thanks again and all the best for the future. Webuser Magazine (January 2004): "Working nine to five is something [Me!] went back to having brought up three children and come to the end of her marriage. The site she's designed, full of her thoughts and writings, charts her journey back into the world of work. [Me!] obviously has a bit of talent for spinning yarns, as her site is entertaining and humourous." Thanks for a very amusing hour ... You are indeed a funny lady .. I like the bits about your sons the best as I have two older 'kids' female 21 and male 19 who drive me to the edge and back on a daliy basis .. its good to know I am not alone lol. Keep up the great work on the web site. Thought you would like to know that I think you are an amazing writer, and provide great imagery for your stories. I have read this site all the way through there is not one thing I have missed (well except for perhaps the erotic stories-don’t think my work would like that much!) you are so entertaining and I just wanted to say thanks for the inside to your mind!! Well, who ever you are, whatevr u do..... you are the best.... never in my life did i laugh so much...... keep it up...... (India!) Came across your site by accident whilst looking for something in Birmingham it was an absolute joy to read. Apart from all the travel I can relate to just about everything you have wrote about, those bloody teenagers, yep you are right on target there they must be the same world wide, bring back national service I say I have been divorced twice so my heart goes out to you but believe me it DOES end. You are a very funny writer keep up the good work I will definatly be back to take a look. Just found a nice little blog type page about working as a secretary in Birmingham. There is other stuff as well. I found it a nice little read and interesting to see someone else's point of view. (http://wmjobs.blogspot.com/) |
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| FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS 1. What's your name? Ah, now that would be telling, wouldn't it! Because of the nature of my site (its about real experiences and real people), I'm more comfortable writing anonymously - that way I can write what I like without fear of retribution or recognition. Also, I'm shy. 2. Why are there no names mentioned on your site (especially the solicitors you had in The Great Divorce Fiasco)? Because I don't want to be sued! Or have bricks thrown through my windows by ex-bosses or irate work colleagues. Because I want to protect the identity of the innocent and the guilty. Its just easier not to mention any names at all, not even my own. 3. Has anyone ever recognised themselves on your website? Fortunately, so far, no. Although I have to admit to feeling a bit nervous when I bump into old work colleagues. 4. Why did you start this website? During one particularly boring temping assignment I was surfing the web and came across the site of a secretary in New York. I found it so interesting I thought it would be fun to try something similar. I started making notes about the different temping assignments I'd been on, and it just ballooned from there! 5. When did you start your website? I started writing it in April 2003 and, basically, couldn't stop. In May 2003 I began to put the site together. I used FrontPage at first but found it too complicated (a sure sign of getting old when you can't figure out software any more). Then I found Geocities and that was much easier, although it still took me three extremely frustrating days to figure out how to do the first page. Despite several 'submissions', the site didn't appear on any search engine until 6 months later. 6. You have such a great sense of humour and your site is so funny, how do you manage it despite everything that's happened/happening? Funny things do happen in real life and all I do is highlight them. When my ex-husband and I separated and I felt really down, I used to tell myself there was at least one smile in every day, I just had to notice it - its become a habit now. And lets face it, when you can't cook, can't smell, have teenagers and an ex-husband, you just have to cackle insanely and make a joke of it or else go completely round the bend. 7. Do you really have no sense of smell? None at all. Can't smell a thing. My cooking bears testimony to this. As does the singed hue of my kitchen around the cooker area. Its never bothered me (much) - what you've never had you never miss. But what nobody realises is you have to have a lot of trust when you can't smell:- * he says the dark cloud he's just given birth to doesn't smell, despite the fact that the dog's just left the room in disgust (not that it bothers you anyway, but you miss the dog). * he says the explosion he's just deposited under the bed covers is a 'good one' ... you can't dispute it (but you give it marks out of ten for sound quality).. * your 15 year old son says he hasn't been drinking/smoking, how can you prove otherwise? * your 15 year old son says the teeshirt he appears to have been wearing constantly for the last 12 days has definitely been washed at some point. * your sister gives you perfume as a gift and says its smells lovely - do you trust her, or have you argued lately and its actually Eau de Poo. 8. Why is there a 'donate' button at the end of the divorce thing? Well, there's no harm in trying, is there. I know its a bit cheeky, but legal fees are expensive, as is taking out a huge loan to pay off the ex-husband, and I am but a lowly secretary struggling to afford the teenagers (cue emotional music here). I figure if someone (rich?) enjoys reading about the whole divorce fiasco, they might take pity. I live in hope. 9. Travelling all that time every day, you must get through a few books. Indeed! At least one a week. It can work out expensive, but I buy a lot of books from charity shops and only go mad and buy new when there's a particular book I simply have to have immediately (Mil Millington, Michael Crichton, King or Wendy Holden). If anyone's interested, I can review a few? (email and let me know). The big problem is storing them; I have a huge bookcase but they're still spreading all over the house. I was once asked why I didn't throw or give them away - throw away books, what sacrilege! - and I only ever give away the ones I don't like. Some bloke called Erasmus once said, "When I have a little money I buy books, and if any is left I buy food." Know just what he meant (except in my case I'd probably just forget the food and buy whisky, cigarettes and a couple of cheap videos instead).. |
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