Is The Economy in Crisis!

Not my usual Blog entry but important all the same, are we in the UK nearing a recession? Are our pounds buying less and less? I for one as a full time Student and single parent off three,am feeling the crunch,from Oil prices spiralling out of control and on an equal lever food prices all so.Will it get any better and how long will it take? some say one year others believe two years. Winter is here. The little squirrels look to their hoard of nuts to see them through the cold times. But what’s this? The sorry squirrels of North America hunt around…where are the nuts? Uh oh…they forgot to put any away!

Families have been warned that the prices of basic foods will rise steeply again because of acute shortages in commodity markets.Experts said yesterday that prices of rice, wheat and vegetable oil would rise further. They also forecast that high prices and shortages — which have caused riots in developing countries such as Bangladesh and Haiti — were here to stay, and that the days of cheap produce would not return. Food-price inflation has already pushed up a typical family’s weekly shopping bill by 15 per cent in a year. Rises in Oil,Food,Gas,Electricity are here to stay for the foreseeable future at least. How will a typical Family cope will we survive this global yes global crisis.

Vince Cable, the Liberal Democrats’ Treasury spokesman, said: “Rising food bills will hit families already struggling to keep their heads above water following big rises to many utility bills.
“The Government must show more urgency in ensuring the current world talks on agricultural trade no longer drift hopelessly because of a lack of political will.”
The United Nations Food Agency said that rising food prices threatened to plunge 100 million people across the world into hunger.
Josette Sheeran, head of the UN’s World Food Programme, said before yesterday’s meeting: “This is the new face of hunger — the millions of people who were not in the urgent hunger category six months ago but now are.”

Me and my Children

This is to Celebrate my three Children's up and coming Birthdays. (All the pictures were taken by myself and my Children) Barry who will soon be 21, Natasha who will soon be 20 and Sarah who will soon be 14. Happy Birthdays Guys I Love you all. Sorry if the pics embarrass you,no I'm not really Ha. I am so so proud of you all.xxx Love mum xxx

The Mature Student!

Well Guys I've started College at last (Professional Qualifications in Computing) been there about two weeks now, my first day was a bit stressful as it was like starting school all over again and it's been a long time since I've been there i can tell you, I was more than nervous to say the least, The first day I was going to the different lessons but not really taking anything in as my nerves where so bad,the second day was a lot better.

I thought the majority of other students would have been marginally younger,but this wasn't the case the ages ranged from about 20 a couple of people at 30,there are five other students on my course all men which i thought would bother me but far from it,they seem to be a nice bunch of guys,there are some women part timers who attend the Cisco classes on a Wednesday and another that attends the MSDTS on a Friday,so it's not like i am totally the only female.

I find the lessons very interesting and they cover different things Cisco Networking Academy, ECDL which I've done at DTI but can do the higher level now, Microsoft Desktop Support Technician, Certified Internet Webmaster and BTEC HNC in Computing. At the moment my brain is trying to get around HTML and Binary code but am getting there, more so with the Binary.

I am enjoying the College but finding it a challenge keeping the house running and keeping up with College stuff but I'm sure it will turn out fine.Being a mature Student has it's moments like the first day!but all in it to has it's benefits"life skills"being the top one,being around the same age as the Tutors means unlike school your not as afraid off them as you were all those years ago ha.The College life is very relaxed the tutors are very flexible to the students needs, all round very helpful.

Huge 50ft Spider Attacks Liverpool !!!!

While on a visit to Liverpool I spotted a Giant Spider climbing the buildings off the City of Liverpool,but this was no ordinary spider this was a 50ft contraption that only the arts of Liverpool could come up with, is it a head turner? yes more people were looking and taking pictures of this 2008 art than were shopping in St John's Market, including myself. Commuters arriving at Liverpool's Lime Street station were greeted by a 50ft (15m) high mechanical spider clinging to a nearby redundant office block.
The 37-tonne beast heralds the start of a five-day piece of street theatre as part of the Capital of Culture year.
It has been built by French company La Machine, which in 2006 brought the streets of London to a standstill with the Sultan's Elephant. The spider is believed to be "waking up" on Friday.It will descend from its current position on the side of Concourse House on Thursday to be moved to the city's new arena, before coming to life on Friday.
The creature will then begin exploring the city later that evening.
'Looks interesting'
It will form part of a huge piece of street theatre throughout the city at various landmarks, culminating in what organisers are calling a "spectacular finish" on Sunday.
Tens of thousands of visitors are expected to flock to Liverpool to get a glimpse of the mechanical beast.
Although an impressive sight, one man told the BBC that it left him somewhat nervous.
"I don't like spiders. It looks interesting, but I really don't like spiders," he said.

It is an unfolding story that takes place in all the public spaces in the city using the great buildings as its stage
Helen Marriage, Artichoke
Stopping to look at the creature, Jean Evans, of Birkenhead, in Wirral, said: "It's something really different, it's something unique and I think it's going to put Liverpool more on the map."
Another onlooker Dorothy Wilson, 82, said: "I wouldn't like to meet it in the dark.
"They say it's going to walk the streets but I hope I'm not down here when it does."
Billed as one of the highlights of the 2008 Capital of Culture celebrations, La Machine has been commissioned by arts company Artichoke.
Helen Marriage, the producer of the show, said: "It is the kind of show you can dip in and out of. She's here until Sunday.
"It has 50 axes of movement so all of it moves as you would expect an insect to move.
"It is an unfolding story that takes place in all the public spaces in the city using the great buildings as its stage."
The spider is made out of steel and poplar wood and will be operated by 12 people strapped to its frame, Ms Marriage said.
The creature was built in Nantes before being shipped to Merseyside to be assembled in a secret location.
In May 2006, the company's Sultan's Elephant drew an estimated one million people to the streets of London.

Also on my Visit I went to Tate modern,the slavery and maritime museum all in one building, it was great,never quit understood some of the sculptures at the Tate,but then again it was modern art and me being old is probably why.