Monday, 29 August 2011






Dear Friends,

I would just like you to know that we're having fun exploring the Peak District.
Especially with all the heather in full bloom.
It looks like a purple blanket is covering the hills.
And sometimes I wonder why I'd ever want to leave this place.
But then it usually rains so I remember.

Wednesday, 24 August 2011

Dear August, (Yes the entire month.)


Could you please be over already?  You totally suck.  I really have not appreciated what you have thrown at me this month AT ALL... Including but not limited to...

  • Studying for a Life in the UK citizenship test
  • Taking a Life in the UK citizenship test.
  • Dealing with massive amounts of Visa drama.
  • Paying £1,500 pounds to swiftly end visa drama... but then having financial drama as a result.
  • Spending the whole day at the immigration offices (I've never been to the ER but I imagine it was a similiar vibe.)
  • My childhood dog dying
  • Knowing that that means it is time to grow up a little.
  • Getting two job interviews....and not getting either of the jobs.
    • Note:  When can I be grown up enough to consider feedback "constructive criticism" and not negative/you suck at life and are a complete failure criticism?
Sincerely,
Kelly Leigh who is insanely busy

ps.  Yes, I am throwing myself a pity party. You're invited.

pss. I know it is ironic that the busier I get the less I post on Kelly Leigh Gets Busy.   

Thursday, 4 August 2011

You know you've had a bad week at work when....

.... you not only decide to totally blow your diet (I HAD lost 2 pounds this week) and bust open your very last bag of nestle toll house chocolate chips (they don't sell them in England) to make cookies....

But you also decide it might be a good idea to stuff half a dozen of them with Nutella.  


Yeahhhhhhh.... fat girl decisions.

I need a new job before I become morbidly obese.

Also in an interesting twist of hormonal imbalances and a moment of enlightenment I burst into tears last night because I decided my job must be punishment because I was a very bad, horrible, judgmental person.  (most notably between the ages of 12-17).  I have since seen the light and am no longer super duper judgemental, but I have recently decided that my karma is bad from my being so awful previously.  I'm on a mission to restore my karmatic  balance, but I'm not sure where to start.  

Do you believe in karma?  Any tips for setting it right? 

PS.
If I have ever been a snooty bitch to you I'm sorry.
Can I get you a cookie?  I have a lot and I'll share.  

Monday, 1 August 2011

The Class Dunce


We've been training Heidi for awhile, but she is still super giddy around other dogs....
And then she forgets we exist and totally ignores us.

However, lately she seemed to have turned a new leaf.  We went for a 7 mile run yesterday and she heeled fairly well, and when I let her off lead on the trails she would come back to me on the first call without harassing the local fishermen or other dogs at all.  
(This is success for us.)  

So I was hoping today at her first day of school... ahem obedience classes, 
she wouldn't make a total fool out of us.

Key Word : HOPING

Before the class even started she broke NOT just one, but TWO leashes.  
The second being that of the burly looking training instructor who lent it to me as a replacement, 
And who was not at all impressed with the Doodle's shenanigans.  
(which I think is unfair really - 
like why would I be at obedience if my dog was already obedient... amiright?)

Can I also add that she decided to run laps around the field both of these times while barking and being a nuisance and EVERYONE was staring at me while I was shouting...

HEIDI COME!  
COME HERE RIGHT NOW!  
COME!!!!!

I imagine it must be like being a parent feels like when your kid throws themselves on the floor of the supermarket and has a tantrum because you won't let them have a toy or icecream or something.
Like all the other parents are watching and thinking 
"Thank God my kid isn't so awful."

Yeahhhhhhhhhh.....
So here we are... after all our hard work training... the class dunces.


Wish us luck for next Monday.
God knows we'll need it.

ps.  For those of you who are fashion bloggers, or are just nice people in general, my bestie, The Queen City Girl, Garenday has entered the My Career My Way Challenge from Lucky Magazine.  I know it would mean the world to her if you could take a little time out of your busy schedules to vote.   She is super duper fashionable and is also a good person and she is my friend.  So just vote for her!  Dooooooo it!  Doooooooooooo it!    Look how fantastically chic she is..


She deserves it!

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