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Friday, 24 August 2012

A letter to my 16 year old self........

I first heard this being done on Absolute Radio, and found it awesome, its taken some time but here goes.  Apologies for crap pics but most are at my mothers!

For the record I turned 16 on the 18th January 1983!


Dear Anne – yes are still Anne at the moment but soon Captain McVaign will re-christen you Annie, in a few years time when working for Cunard – there’s a joke there but I won’t labour it!

 You did great in school, despite all the teacher’s expectations (mainly based on the fact that you smoke)!  9 O’Levels, and you got your City & Guilds in Engineering.   I’m afraid the latter won’t work out directly for you, but it will stand you in good stead for the future.   Unless you start practicing lifting bus tyres for future interviews, but I shouldn’t bother!  Do as your mum says and go back to school for a year!

Oh and by the way, you always wanted to beat Gary’s tally of 6 O’Levels, well in about 20 years time he’ll confess that he only ever got 3 – once a git, but you know that – and actually hold that thought, he currently owns a pub J

You are very close to Gary Yearwood at the moment, through Cardinal Newmans’s and in fact he helped you a lot at Acton Tech too!  I suggest you give him a hug at every given opportunity.  He really needs it, though he won’t tell anyone, and I hate to say he won’t be around for long.........


Also, and I hate to shatter your illusions, but Gary O’Donnell is not the one.   I think you should have taken the hint when he called you fat with greasy hair, but you’re a thick skinned trier I’ll give you that!   And ignore Michelle, you will get many of those types in the coming years and you already know how to deal with them!

Drinking in the Vic most weekends probably not the best idea – but you know what, you’re having a ball so actually, go for it – it won’t hurt anyone, just maybe steer clear of the bunny park afterwards, you know what I mean ;)

If I told you you’d end up married with 2 kids you’d probably die laughing, well it’s true and you don’t do half a bad job of it.   The first marriage won’t work out, but hey what doesn’t kill ya makes you stronger – and you will look “thin” in your wedding dress in Vegas!

On that point, where to start, stop starving yourself and get your mum to hide the scales, you need to address this as soon as!  Coffins come in all shapes and sizes, seriously!!!!  No-one else cares too much what you look like!  (I may have to come back to you on this point, privately)!

Oh, and possibly my best advice (?) keep your ear to the ground regarding a new social networking site called Twitter!  Through that you’re gonna make some of the bestest friends for life, embrace it and enjoy!

Regarding football, it’s gonna get a whole lot worse but it will get a whole lot better – I’d say stick with it but then you have no choice!

Take it easy out there, forgive your father and remember negativity and anger rots you from the inside, it aint worth it!

All my love (God I’m actually crying)
Annie xxx

p.s.  When you go skiing, don’t wear any clothing that says No Fear, when you fall of the chair lift and cry like a girl, you’re going to look like a muppet!

Monday, 20 August 2012

About


I  was officially Christened/baptised (always forget which one) Elizabeth Anne, but my parents only every called me Anne, and when I worked for the lovely Captain McVain at Cunard, he called me Annie.  So basically I stuck an i in my name - fraud like, but hey!

I am old and whithered, but sometimes forget that bit!  I'm self-employed and love the freedom it gives me having my own business.  I have 2 wonderful children, Jasper and Scarlett, and like most parents am scared by the rate of knots that life seems to be whizzing by!

I've done stuff, had a gazillion different career changes, danced a bit in films and on TV and am currently a pushy mother with childen at StageSchool, it beats chimneys I reckon!

No idea what else to say, so I may have to come back to this, or go look at a few other blogs and nick some ideas :)

If you know me, feel free to add a comment :)

Tuesday, 26 July 2011

Stupid play with kids toys!

Neighbour just gave me toys for Scarlett, so had to have a go myself!  Pretty rubbish youtube but hey!
Video link here!
Annie x

Thursday, 30 June 2011

The Filming Pics

Most of you know that I did a spot of dancing on TV and Film, my pics are on facebook but as I am useless at facebooking, thought I'd put some on here, for prosperity and all that :)


Me and Keifer Chicago Joe and the Showgirl

Me and my friends CJATS

Michael Elphick (Boon) in Buddys Song

Paradise Club :)

This was my car at the time, you may spot a theme!

Dennis Quaid, Great Balls of Fire

Me and some friends at the Palais, GBOF!

Lesley Grantham, Paradise Club

Emily Lloyd CJATS

Martin Clunes, Paradise Club

Roger Daltrey Buddys Song, what a guy!

Roger on his birthday and Chesney Hawkes Buddys
Jasper with Danny Husbands from Dream Team

Polish Joe from Paradise Club!



Annie x

Friday, 24 June 2011

Changing the name of my blog :)

Hello, and look at me all new and sparkly.  I am still a childminding mummy, but felt that my blog did not match the title, as I wanted to write about a whole lot more.  So here I am now as JustAnnieQpr, I did want Just Annie, but it wasn't available, but AnnieQPR does sound familiar!


Thank you for following, my blogs will be less restricted, so be warned ;)  Oh and if you're not following, would appreciate it if you did - remunerations can be organised!

Annie x

Thursday, 16 June 2011

My Journey Out on a School Night :)

Well I was out on Wednesday night for a cheeky school night drink with the girlies.   For some reason I decided to film my journey, be warned this is serious abuse of an iphone!




Sorry for wasting those precious seconds of your life haha!
Annie x

Sunday, 10 April 2011

What do my apps say about me?

I was tagged in @mediocre_mum blog - http://su.pr/1dWoG5 asking me to do a meme about my iphone apps, and what it says about me.   After asking what exactly a meme was, here goes.




Firstly I'd observe about myself that I probably don't make enough use of the phone.  I still have everything in alphabetical order - which I only noticed after examining, and also that I guess it does reflect me in that it is a mixture of sports, kiddies stuff, and restaurant sites.

There are also apps on there that I have never used so maybe a little clean up required!

Would love to know your thoughts after looking at your own apps, particularly :

@matwhiteqpr

@dirtybob

@scottjonesy

@julesey10

@nickie72

As @mediocre_mum says, "its also a way of finding more good apps :)
Annie x

Saturday, 8 January 2011

from engineer to childminder.............

Well I thought I’d try my hand at this blogging malarkey, which I never knew existed until I joined twitter by the way :) Thought I’d start by googling what it meant, and its name is derived from “web log”, who knew? (Well probably everyone else in the world)!

Anyway, you know I’m a childminder, but been a long road getting here, so thought I’d fill in the gaps.

My Dad had his own building firm and was an electrician by trade. As kids my brother and I would spend hours swinging off scaffolding, or threading wiring under floorboards - was better than any playground I’d been to, though his labourers hated us being around cos they weren’t allowed to swear – yeah right! Anyway, fast forward and at the age of 14 I was offered the opportunity to go to Acton Tech to study City & Guilds in Electro-Mechanical engineering. My brother did it 2 years before me and got an apprenticeship with the BBC, so I jumped at the chance. I became somewhat of a local celebrity cos a “girl” wanted to do it, but apart from my love of all things mechanical, there was Tuesday mornings and Thursday afternoons “released” from school, and erm 18 year old BT Apprentices ;) So slightly distracted, and despite making pretty rings out of resisters, I qualified with a Credit, and can still tell you each resisters value and quote Ohms law along with the best of them.

At 16 I went for a job at London Transport, I passed the mechanical aptitude test 100%, funnily enough, but they asked me to lift a bus tyre in the following interview #fail!

Mum made me go back to school *kicking and screaming* to learn typing and shorthand. So I left school at 17 with 9 O’Levels and a C&G in Engineering.

I started working 2 days after I left, as PA to the Sales Director of Victoria Carpets. My salary was £4500, and boy I thought I was minted. I loved it though, and our offices were in Kensington, next door to “Rods” so was all very exciting.

A few PA jobs later I ended up working for Renault Financial Services, and was about to embark on an 11 year roller coaster. Including meeting marrying and divorcing a psychopath – but that’s for another time. I became Customer Services Manager, Contract Hire Manager, Business Development Manager and National Accounts Manager, only to be head-hunted by Renault UK, to be their Contract Hire specialist. I worked in a team of 19 guys, and being in hotels for weeks at a time for Fleet Shows, Car Shows, car launches etc., it was an absolute blast, and hence me being in every strip club between here and Manchester. In the meantime I had bought an original Classic Capri, pre Mark II Consul, which I bought later, and I had stripped and rebuilt it. I was the only one in that team that knew what went on under the bonnet, and I wasn’t averse to letting them know!

3 redundancies saw me working for Lex Transfleet, GRP - a refrigerated vehicle specialist, and then Biro Bic! I fell back on my PA skills to temp there but they offered me a job in National Sales.
I Met Chris there, married and Jasper came along a few years later. I didn’t intend to go back to work, and at some point during the previous years I had studied to be a masseuse. So I went back to college again and trained to be a Baby Massage Instructor.

On one of the sessions I met a lady who was training to be a childminder, and the little lightbulb went on in my head 
4 years on and I haven’t looked back. I was awarded with an Outstanding inspection late last year, and I am currently studying my Early Years Degree. Who knows where that will take me, but if you follow me on twitter you’ll probably find out.

And, I managed to follow my team QPR throughout of course, but that’s for another time! If you haven’t nodded off or blocked me in the meantime, thanks for listening 

Annie x