Come 'n' have a go!!!!

day in the office!

2008-02-04T15:40:00.001Z

i've been locked in the office today!!!!! i'm loosing the plot.....fast! gonna start digging a tunnel through the wall with a spoon very soon!come and save me!!!! lol.

bed of sickness!

2008-01-16T11:33:00.000Z

As i've been laying in my bed of sickness of the last two days digital owen has been updating his blog. Not only has he written a new post, the first of 2008, but he's also given it a new look for the new year!!!! I love the change...not that i'm not a pirate lover but all hail the green!!!! This has inspired me to take part in a make over of the own blog!!!! Watch this space!!!!!

2008!

2008-01-11T11:47:00.000Z

happy new year all!!!! welcome to 2008! with the holidays over and no more chocolate to eat i'm looking forward to what 2008 has in store. last year had its highs and lows and proved to be a great success for the DCN!! ...and this year promises to be filled with lots of the same action! the project has some amazing volunteers that work hard to provide a brill service in our pc surgeries! thanks guys and girls...we couldnt have done it without you!!

what has happened?

2007-12-06T19:22:00.000Z

a lack of blogging??? what has been happening? i thought that i should put things right with a new post!!!!!!! i'm hoping that everybody has put their chrimbo decs up!! there seems at be a lack of them at the arc at the moment but i'm thinking of smuggling some in tomorrow!!! just 2 weeks to go! how exciting!!!!! we have our very dedicated volunteers do coming up soon.... bring on the quiz!

tec fairs glore!!!

2007-10-26T09:41:00.000+01:00

While Owen has sadly had to go to the USA on hols to see Micky and friends, i am left with the joy of planning some of the details of our tec fairs!! and they are coming on a treat! we've managed to get youth workers, businesses, volunteers, trainees and more to come along to support the events! i cant wait now, i think that they are going to be a great start at trying some new things out! so if you're in the area on the following days come and check out some of the lastest forms of digital technology!!!!

Glynneath Training Centre
Monday 19th November 4-7pm

Seven Sisters Community Centre
Wednesday 21st November 4.30 - 8pm

Action Resource Centre
Thursday 22nd November 4-6pm

insane in the brain!

2007-10-24T16:23:00.000+01:00

i've been sat at my computer all day and my head really hurts!!! look whats happened to me! pretty i now!!! lol. Dont forget every 20mins take a break otherwise you could end up looking like this too!

2007-10-17T13:12:00.001+01:00

this is my first post from my brand new macbook! lushav!!

Fun in Banwen!

2007-09-27T12:28:00.001+01:00

The pc surgery boys were on form here this morning! 4 customers sorted in a blink of an eye, they did an awesome job! They also had their eyes on our DCN hoodies... Sorry but not gonna share!! While Owen helped one of our seven sisters residence navigate the confusing world of Mr google I made myself useful by doing some research on what courses are on offer! The world is truely at your figure tips!
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New uniform!

2007-09-20T09:06:00.001+01:00

Yes, our new uniforms have finally arrived! Tshirts, hoodies and rain costs with big DCN lettering! We were like children on Christmas day when the van turned up!my excitment was short lived however when I got home and tried them all on... I look like a 30stone bloke wearing padding!and men just don't have girly curves!! My shoulders are huge and my hips squashed! I am so gonna pull wearing these!! Lol.
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lots of talking!!

2007-09-13T13:18:00.000+01:00

this week has seen lots and lots of talking about some of our plans over the next few months! From wikis to blogging and beyond theres still so much for us to do....we're also planning on becoming the next world power!

Brain pain!

2007-09-06T13:43:00.000+01:00

After having spent the last 4 days discussion all the possible developments for the world of the Digital Communtiy Network, my brain now really hurts....alot!!! We have used a trees worth of paper, drunk a small cities worth of tea and used a lots of the same words over and over again!!!! oh the fun!!! Bring on 2008!!

bad hair day!!!!

2007-08-29T15:04:00.000+01:00

I'm finally back in work after my week off camping (in the rain and lots and lots of mud!!) and it's got to be said......its so nice to be back!!!! Camping really isnt my thing! Where is a girl meant to plug in her hair drying and straighteners!?? i'm a girl of luxuary am i ..... clean water.....dry feet........warm bed.....and flipflops!!!!! I'm not so keen on all this mud thing!!! wellies may look cool but after 5days of wearing they really arent that comfortable!!!!! i did have a fab week away though!!!! as well as lots of mud there was also lots of giggling and laughing....i know...you cant believe it...me giggling!!?!?!!!!!!! lol.

heeeheheheheheee!!!

2007-08-15T20:43:00.000+01:00

what a very, very, very funny day!!!!! very random but very funny!!!
today was the day that the whole of BYM have been looking forward to for weeks!! The Lord Mayor was coming to town! and the day started with Owen turning up for work looking like this....

...how i laughed!!!!!! He thought that he would make a special effort for our star guest!!!!!lol. AWESOME!!!!!Anthony thought so too...im sure!!!???!?!?!!!! lol.

a new career of mr P?

2007-08-13T21:35:00.001+01:00

i've just spent the last 1.5hours bluetoothing photos from my mobile phone and found this gem of Owen's portait of me!!!!!!! keep up the good work Mr p!!! Tony Heart would jealous! lol.

mmmmm - I'M NOT SURE!!!

2007-08-13T21:29:00.000+01:00

i thought that i would share this with you.......i went to a pub in llandarrog on saturday night and they had a turkey in a glass box in the corner of the room????!!!!!!?!?! i'm i the only one that finds this strange?? welsh people get more and more odd when you pass llanelli!!!!!!

Everybody is on holiday!

2007-08-09T11:59:00.001+01:00

Summer period doesn't slow down for everybody, while most people are making the most of the holiday period Owen and I have been really busy! This week we have been blogtastic again! look out for the soon to be new additional to the blog links from here! They will diff make you laugh!
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RSS feeds!

2007-08-06T22:07:00.000+01:00

check out the new addition to my blog. how clever!

Just call me digidoll...NOT

2007-08-06T21:52:00.000+01:00

Yes the sun was yet again out today!!!!! An Unusual thing these days! what joy! Myself and Owen spent most of the day in Glynneath today with the local youth who are re-painting the centres mural.....and yes...me and Owen worked our blogger magic yet again! we really should be getting paid by google for all this free advertising! We'll keep you up to date with all the mural action and create a link here soon!!!!! the excitement!

Meanwhile I'm currently sitting in living being abused by my house mate for being geeky with my head stuck in my laptop reading all my RSS feeds from my google reader. She keeps calling me Digidoll...i'm hopeing the nickname doesnt stick...NOT COOL!

2 days off!!!!

2007-08-02T14:57:00.000+01:00

yes!!!!!! i'm loving it...2 whole days off!!! i'm currently sitting in my living room at 3pm drinking tea and not doing much else!!!awesome!!!! yet, poor owen is left in the office doing all the hard work!!!! i'm sure that he'll get his own back soon!!! and .........the sun (that red thing in the sky that simetimes appears in the countries) has finally showed its face!!!!! time for a spot of gardening soon!!!

Time to play!

2007-07-26T03:29:00.000+01:00

As a result of the lack of technology (apart from our amazing blackberry phones of course!)Owen has decided to take himself outside to play!! Boys will be boys!heehe!
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Bored!

2007-07-26T03:24:00.000+01:00

Technolgy is the most wonderful thing in the world....when it works!the internet has been down all afternoon and as a result has left me not able to do much work! I know what you're thinking...?shame!I agree! Michael and roger have been trying to fix it for hours now! I'm so pleased that its not part of my job! Heehee!! There's deffinately no bebo action at the Arc today!!
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Take two!

2007-07-20T16:49:00.000+01:00

...and what a funny week its been in the world digital technology! As the 'summer' fast approaches myself and owen have been busy planning activities to carry us through the hot and sunny weeks of the holidays!! i live in faith!!! No doubt the summer will be full of fun come rain or shine and i will be playing the part of camera woman while owen plays director. Lights, camera, action will be the theme of the season with the DCN film company!lol.

fun at Glynneath!

2007-07-11T12:17:00.000+01:00

Myself and Owen have had to split ranks today. While Owen entertains to troops at the ARC making digital stories and powerpoints with some of our regulars I'm in the lovely Glynneath Training Centre for their annual open day! While people are popping in and out to find out all the news and gos with the PC Surgeries and our beloved pop-in sessions i find them self being drawn to the kitchen at regular intervals for fresh tea and on going free cakes and biscuits!!!
later i will find myself driving back down the valley to sunny Swansea for Camera Club and a spot of child protection training tonight! oh the fun!

2007-07-10T19:01:00.001+01:00

This week is just passing me by! Meetings, meetings, meetings! We did have a productive meeting with the children's uni today re: camera club! The end of term is near and the children have been mounting up those hours of learning! Bring on the awesome certificates!! And cakes!!!!!

How xcitin!

2007-07-05T16:04:00.001+01:00

I'm sending this from my new work phone, how xcitin! Its fab, I,m holding out for it to make me cuppa later!

HELLO WORLD!!!

2007-07-03T11:14:00.000+01:00

I know that some of you may have been worried that I'd been kidnapped by a good looking man or abducted by Owen...but yes i am alive and well! i have to give my heart felt apologies though for abandoning my blogging duties of late! i have been taken over by the phenomena which is 'facebook'.

here's a short recap for those for you that care about of some of my daily goings on...........

Our PC surgery volunteers are now well and truly getting into standing in front of a camera and i think that that we may have found some new entries for Mr world 2007. We had a screening of the completed Portmead school concert, the kids (and teachers) were loving it and were getting well into it. we had spontaneous combustion's of singing and some very funky dance moves being displayed!Ive spent time sitting under plastic sheeting in a field with a camcoder in pouring rain(one step beyond duty in my book), bought some wonderful items from Tairgwaiths stalls................................and yes today we're back in Glynneath for our pop-in sessions!
can may live get anymore interesting??????

from this moment on i promise to try to keep more up to date with the phenomena that is my life and see you all tomoz! chow!

2007-06-13T10:11:00.000+01:00

One of our 'Authors Too' was on top form yesterday, at our Glynneath pop-in session i had my brain filled with a spot of politics for the day, way over my head though i'm afraid! If i run the country i would............? (not sure what i would do but our authors too have great plans, maybe i could just steal some of thier ideas!!!)...watch out world!

Thank Goodness for Shreddies!!!!

2007-06-12T10:42:00.000+01:00

What a start to the week! I'm really pleased that i had my shreddies this morning!The week started off at Sunny Banwen for our pop-in session and we started with a bang!! we had the pleasure of having the American exchange Community Development Workers join us to start working on a digital story......can't wait for the finally product it will be really interesting to find out what the think of lovely little Wales!I can imagine that things here are very different from home!?! So while i prodded our USA friends for as much information as possible Mr P (Owen) had his hands full with some new blogging converts!!!!!! Blogger should be paying us a packet!!!!
The afternoon had us chasing down the mountains with Jeanette in toll back to the ARC for a chin-wag with Anthony and a spot of lunch! Then as quick as a blink of an eye we were off again.......Ammanford this time to help the lovely Communities First team there with some computer skills and more video editing with one of the youth!!! FAB JOB!!....and yes...then i was due back in Dove for some more blogging with the flower pots, no one could every say that they lack enthusiasm!!!!!!AWESOME!!!!

Hooray!!!!!!

2007-06-08T18:22:00.000+01:00

Portmead is no longer!!!!!!! we have finally finished editing the schools concert!!!!It took so much longer than i thought....lots of lessons to learn from that one!but the finished article is amazing (not that it was that hard...the kids were amazing) but copies can now be purchased from the school and you can watch your little cherubs doing the whole thing time and time again in the pleasure of your own home!!!!!!!!!!

Back at Glynneath!

2007-06-05T11:47:00.000+01:00

yes....another new day, another new week!!! This morning i'm to be found in the company of the two 'young' authors of 'old new' (catchy title) at our Glynneath pop-in session. I've already entered into questions of the deep and meaning fulls of life with the Hoticultural Society that popped -in for help with thier powerpoint skills....and now the boys ( our authors) have sent me to the kitchen to make them a cuppa!! the cheek!!!lol.

Friday again!!

2007-06-01T19:18:00.000+01:00

It's Friday again...how did that happen??!!
This week has completely flown by.
Yesterday was a day a remember for all digital outreach workers involved...check out these pics!!!Owen and myself spent the morning in sunny Seven Sister filming a 30 strong male voice choir, it made the hairs on my arms stand on end (my dad would have been proud!!) They were followed by a youth brass band and a spot of keyboard playing!!!!! Here's Owen getting stick in and loving every minute of it, capturing every moment on film!!!!! Luck him!
oppps!! did i forget to mention the escaped goat we passed??????

and today.....we had the pleasure of spending most of the day in DOVE in a staff/team building meeting which was followed by an amazing lunch provided by the cafe!!!!AWESOME!!! Thanks guys, a great day! The afternoon then brought us back to the ARC and the pleasure of our weekly team meeting with Debz! Bring on next week!!!!

I love Bank Holidays!

2007-05-30T14:18:00.000+01:00

Can't believe that its wednesday already!!! I think that it should be bank holiday every monday and the world would be a better place! : - ) Tuesday brought us striaght in the middle of the action at Glynneath with Suzie and her Guinea Pigs! Check out the pig action here from her lastest blog updates!!!

This morning Owen and Myself have been at the ARC delivering our weekly pop-in session with some familiar and new faces! ..............and yes ...i've spent the rest of my day so far downloading the rest of Portmeads school concert. Copies of this lovely concert will be avilable for the public soon from the school so you....as have i...can enjoy it over and over again!!!

AWOL!!

2007-05-25T23:59:00.000+01:00

YEAH!!!!!! you'll all be very happy to know that I'm back in my blog!!!! I have no idea what was happening with me earlier today but i seriously couldn't remember how to get into my blog!!!!! All brain functions had ceased! and even though i have done this a hundred times before and have taught others how to there was still no helping me! After trying all possible combinations of my user name and password i had to admit defeat and text Owen for alittle reminder! and if that wasn't embarrassing enough Mr. digital Owen himself decided to post on my blog for me. So let there be hope to you all.......Digital Outreach Worker's brain absent without leave!!!heeheeee!!!

Ha Ha, you've been hacked!

2007-05-25T18:26:00.000+01:00

Ha Ha Ha! Its me, Owen and I've stolen Claire's blog because she can't remember her log in details and I guessed them! Now, do I change her password before she works it out?

Word perfect!

2007-05-24T20:04:00.000+01:00

Yet another successful day of digital stories for the DCN. We were in Tairgwaith today and had about 25 people come to watch our digital stories (also helped by the amazing cakes that had been made by our kitchen staff there!!) This week I've consumed more cakes and sugar than i would normally nibble through in a year!!! My weekend is now going to consist of eating nothing but rabbit food and green things as a result!! However, if anybody would like me to perform a 'live' digital story that would now be no problem because i know not only every word but tone of emotion and pause that makes up my story Debz and Nickys!!!! They are all brilliant stories but man alive...after the 50th viewing there are no surprises left! We now just have Ammanford left to woooooow with close up images of my beautiful face and underlying gas noises (if you have no idea what I'm referring to then just click on this link to see for yourself) heeehee!!! it'll bring a tear to your eye! happy viewing, see you tomorrow!

3 down 2 to go!

2007-05-23T18:11:00.000+01:00

The idea of having lots of free cakes on offer during our adult learners week Extravaganza has gone down a treat (and thats just with me and Owen!) As well as getting the chance to show case our digital stories we've also been chatting to loads of local people about the other goings on of the DCN. If this is one of the first times that you've logged on to my blog then click here to find out more about the project, watch some digital stories online and see some fab photos of us in action!! The site is regularly updated sooooo keep watching for some new installments!!
Monday was spent in Banwen, yesterday Glynneath, today to ARC.......bring on Tairgwaith and Ammanford for the rest of the week!
You can rest assured that mine and Owens blood suger level will turn to normal overnight and we'll be in tip top condition to view Debz 2 ice-creams, Nicky's friends man boobs and yes... my smiling face on dvd for yet another day!

Chocolate cake in Bawen!

2007-05-21T20:32:00.000+01:00

The day started with our weekly diary meeting at the ARC, everybody was on top form this morning, the tea was flowing there were smiles all round! We were joint by Jennette this morning too (our new trainee community development worker from scvs) the lucky Jennette gets the spend 2days of every week chasing me and Owen around up and down the hills and mountains of our beautiful welsh valleys and boy did she do some miles today! While Owen and Jennette heading up the mountain to Banwen I had to stop off at Tescos to buy some yummy cakes for the beginning of our celebrations for adult learners weeks!! I was a little embarrassed when i filled 3 bags full of chocolate cakes and had to hand £35 over to the cashier! I don't think that she believed that they weren't all mine, though i did look dead excited at the sight of them!!!! heeehee!!! In Banwen there were cakes and digital stories all round, even the bikers enjoyed a cake or 4!!! and yes...back at the ARC the staff were very pleased to see that there were left overs too...

...but there's always one that goes that step too far!!!!! I'm not sure about Julie's new look?

After our finally visit to the ARC for the day we all raced down to Ammanford to do some editing and blogging with some teen girls, i think that they were almost more excited than Owen! Our Owen loves a good blog! Here he is snapping away, blogtasic is that boy!lol.

At 4:30pm Jennette and I popped back over to DOVE for spot of blogging with Bill and Ben and all 7 flower pot men!!! check out their news here!!!

The weekend!!!!!!

2007-05-18T20:13:00.000+01:00

I've waited all week for this very moment! Chinese on a Friday night! Mmmmmm..... cant wait til tomorrow when i get to spend all day in my pj's...the excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posh Nosh

2007-05-18T11:27:00.000+01:00

What an exciting week!! Myself and Owen are currently sitting in Ammanfords pop-in session playing on the computer and eating chocolate (giant choc buttons) to keep our energy levels up. When i heard my alarm clock go off this morning i thought for a moment that i had either gone blind or that i was in a coma, my eyes wouldn't work and i couldn't move my legs!!! A sign of a successful hard working week of work!!! lol.

We've been working hard on recording Portmead Primary Schools AWESOME 50th year celebration performance this week. Its included days of watching 200 kids jumping around with excitement and singing beautiful songs in both English and Welsh...oh the talent we've seen, all this while dancing in a variety of forms, entertainment at its best!!! Last night was the grand finale...and the highlight was knowing that now we have to sit and listen to the whole thing over and over and over again while editing the hundreds of hours of dancing and singing to make it into home entertainment for the whole family!!!!!!!

....and then of course there was our posh nosh!!!! Dinning with the Lord Mayor, and what a funny night it was!! The evening started at Debz house with many cans of lager..classy chicks, i know!! I wonder if the Lord Mayor knew what she was getting her self into?? The Evening continued at the Mansion House with lush wine (of which Bobby tipped on the carpet...red wine!!lol.) and even nicer food! What a treat! the Lord Mayor was very welcoming and very relaxed, we had a great night celebrating the achievements of the Action Resource Centres long life learning in BPP. The evening finished with a tai chi demonstration - (it's really hard holding your giggles from 10mins in a silent room!) keep your eyes piles for my digi story telling you more tales from the evening!!! heeeeheee (you can also check out more photos of the nights events here!)

Never work with children or animals!!!

2007-05-16T14:52:00.000+01:00

Portmead Primary School rock!!!!! They've been practicing their school play for the last 2months and they are amazing!!! There's something for everyone, music, dancing, drama and plenty of comedy moments, (and that's just some of the teachers)!! Owen will be attending tonight performance and recording all the action while i dine with the Lord Mayor. I'll be sure to let you know tomorrow what we eat for our posh nosh and how many times myself and the other do something embarrassing....should be funny!!!

Monday, Monday!

2007-05-14T19:04:00.000+01:00

Yes..... its Monday again, where does the weekend go??? I started my weekend with a delightful trip to the dentists on Friday afternoon. Left the office late because i got a little too involved in clearing my office and moving all my stuff to Bobby's room. Yes Bobby gets the joy of sharing an office with me for 10weeks....luck him, though i will have to learn to talk quieter, could be an experience...well for bobby anyway!!! lol. The dentist started OK though with quite a handsome young blond dentist staring into my eyes (my mouth is close) until he pocked me in the lip with his needle...blood that i didn't expect and an experience that cost me £12!

I then spend most of the remaining of my rainy weekend in the not so sunny rhondda valley visiting the family! A trip never returns without a story!!!!

and today.......today has been manic!! the morning starts with a diary meeting at the ARC to fill the gang in on Owen's and My exciting plans for the week and then a lovely trip up the valleys to Banwen for our pop-in session which today was filled with a tutorials on video editing and downloading images from a mobile phone to a CD. ohhhh the fun we have! Then this afternoon was filled with tales in the life of two teenage girls in Ammanford. It makes me feel so old talking to teenagers sometimes! But during the miles covered on our journeys Myself and Owen did manage to put the world to rights!!! so you can all rest well tonight, Oh the wisdom of youth. heeehee!!!

Poor Betty!!!

2007-05-10T15:10:00.000+01:00

I can’t believe it!!!! Yet again Betty didn’t won’t to go anywhere this morning soooo…. I’m currently sitting at my table at home doing some work while I wait for Owen to come to the rescue again! However while I play the role of damsel in distress Owen loves playing the hero (all he needs now is a black cloak) and he’s learnt some valuable skills in how to jump start cars, he’s getting pretty good now too! I was meant to be in DOVE Workshop in Banwen this morning helping some of the PC Surgery volunteers to set up a blog so they can tell us some tales from the mountains but Sorry guys Betty had other plans, me and Betty (hopefully) will be with you next week instead!!

The last two days have been pretty busy for myself and Owen, one of our local primary schools have been working on a play (200 kids, all mad heads dancing, acting and singing) that show next week and we have been helping the kidz to make a dvd of the practices and the finally event! Step back Steven Spielsburg!!!! So we’ve been working on editing some of the hundreds of hour’s of footage that has been taken, with the same song going round and round and round and round in my head. I even came home from work singing it yesterday, “living in a coal mine, coal mine, coal mine, living in a coal mine” catchy I know!!! I even sung it to the head master for a special treat! I’m sure that the night will go off with a bang and that all the kidz will do an amazing job but still… Good luck guys!!!!! Break a leg!Looking forward to see you in action!!!!

p.s - thought you'd like to see Owen playing in the rain!!! heeeeheeehe!

What a weekend!!!!

2007-05-08T11:30:00.000+01:00

Man alive it's been a busy bank holiday weekend!!! The weekend started with me heading down into the welsh valleys of Tairgwaith to complete the first part of their digital story. Del boy and co did really well, almost finished now! I then returned back home to start work on my new adventure!!! Yes, the gardening's gone one step further...... I've now got a veggie patch!!! Amazing!!! Can't believe how excited i am! My 'little' veggies have been doing so well that they are now growing out of the pots that I've put them in and are starting to take over the whole garden so i decided that it was time to give them a proper home...bring on the veggie patch! It wasn't quite as easier as i thought i would be though. The first thing i learnt was not a go to the tip to collect compost with bin bags and a spade while wearing flip flops!!!! I could tell that all the other men there collecting compost didn't quite take me seriously!! But we live and learn! It took me a whole 4 hours of Manuel labour, removed a two foot wall (underneath my garden) and filled 5 bin bags full of grass, weeded the 'grave', then 'fed' it all before any veg can go anywhere near it!!! My excited started to dwindle.......but then .........amazing ...yes the first fruits of my labour...........food...eatable food!!!!!Awesome! Then today came!!!!!! I was up comparatively early for a Tuesday morning after bank holiday only to discover that blinking Betty wasn't having such a good morning!!! So this morning i've had to abandon her and i'm in Glynneath without her! Poor Betty! she's not doing well of late but it was of cause a pleasure to be driven around by Mr Owen! Saved the day again!

Del Boy!!!

2007-05-08T11:26:00.000+01:00

Awesome....look what i managed to take a photo of in Tairgwaith on Saturday!!!Our very own little Del Boy!lol.

Pretend it's Friday again!

2007-05-08T10:56:00.000+01:00

Its Friday morning again! Back in sunny Ammanford on market day….how exciting! I’ve just past the stall with the tiger towel that Owen had lust in his eyes for last week, so tempted to buy it for him!!! Lol. But look what a found!!!! heeehehee! We've had a few interesting characters in today looking at doing digital stories, can’t wait to see what they come up with! It’s like being ‘big brother’ having an insight into people’s private lives. If you haven’t already taken a look at some of the digital stories that we have already created click here at view our website! There are some really funny photos in Nicky’s story which will make you laugh.
I’m back in this neck of the woods completing our first digital story in Tairgwaith with the circle of youth tomorrow. No doubt I’ll run into a few chickens, stray dogs and a wanna be ‘Del Boy’! I’ll try and capture it on film for you! And then…….YES….bank holiday weekend!!! I’m planning a spot of gardening (one must look after ones baby veg and give them lots of tlc) and getting Betty (my car) fixed still! She doesn’t like mornings very much just like her owner! Have fun sunbathing in the garden, nor star!

Old ladies with attitude!

2007-05-01T11:44:00.000+01:00

As you may all be aware (i know that certain people read my blog everyday) that i haven't updated it since Thursday! Although I can understand that you don't want to miss out on the action of my exciting life!! I could write a book...... a day in the life of an ex-valley girl, got a certain ring to it i think! Take a look at this photo.....went to Bristol on the weekend for some retail theory on the same weekend as the Italian car festival, there were loads of amazing cars with some very 'cool' men in their motors but what i didn't expect to see were two old ladies with headscarves and sun glasses strutting their stuff!!! amazing!!! you go girls!! They were loving it and even mangaged a smile for the camera!!! class!! I also had some other car activity during the weekend, poor little Betty (my car) wont start after i'd abanned her in a car park for 2 nights!!! So ...yes...we had to push her, with the help of our AA man down 2 levels onto the main street for her to have a little mini operation to make her better again! She did get us home again but she's currently undergoing heart surgery at a local car doctors!!!!! Get better soon Betty!!!! Mean while i'm driving Terry the Tank!!!! The fun!!!!

The excitement!!

2007-04-26T15:41:00.000+01:00

Hello world and all my fans!! Busy, busy busy....there's been soo much going on in the last two days. I've met some really funny characters in work - we've had an English man telling rude jokes...mmmmm, a welsh man talking about Hitler, a Scottish man asking me on a date, a few sheep, all i need now is a Irish man!!! And Doc Nick has been seduced by a dancing lady! Oh the fun! I've also had time for a spot of dancing, here a picture from last week, i think you'll agree i have a raw talent and I've managed some time to nurture my little baby veggies!!! Could may life get anymore exciting i ask myself??!!!!!! Unfortunately I'm not in work tomorrow so i get to miss out on our journey through Ammanford street market, an experience that made last week for me. just look at the excitement on Owen's face when he saw the array of clothing on offer!!!

NEVER PLAY WITH A PLAYER!!!! LOL

2007-04-25T12:00:00.000+01:00

I'm feeling hard done by today and I'm after some serious pay back! To explain my usually mood let me take you back to yesterday........ You may recall that i was in our 'pop in' session at Glynneath yesterday morning where we had a visit from a lady who runs the Glynneath Guinea Pig rescue service. A very worth well and worthy cause!! After posting a blog later that afternoon telling my huge world wide following of my daily goings on i received a text message from a friend how works in a dental unit. It read as follows : "do you know what i found out today off one of my patients that glynneath has a guinea pig rescue service how random". Just so that you realise how amazed i was at this point you need to know that none of my friend know my blog address, so how would they know this information???? Do i have stokers?? Who's been following me and watching my goings on??? It's not very often that i hear so much about Guinea Pigs in just one day and for myself and a friend to find out about the same rescue centre in a matter of hours, strange!!!! After reading this text i was astonished, what a small world i thought!! That evening a was around some other friends houses where one of them claimed that her children have been asking about having some pet Guinea Pigs and that she's heard that there's a place in Glynneath she can contact!!!!???? Again....amazement on my part!!!! How could so many things link to this one centre all in a day?? I continued to share my amazement with my 'friends' when only to be told, trying to decode the words through the laughter, that they had completely stitched me up!!!!!! My amazement very quickly turned to embarrassment!! My trusting nature had completely been taken advantage of. One of my had found out my blog address, text it to aload of my other friends who decided to completely wined me up about the whole thing!! BUM DEAL!!!! so this is pay back!!!!

Fun at Glynneath

2007-04-24T11:28:00.000+01:00

We had our second 'Pop in' session at Glynneath today. What fun!! We had our resident authors of 'Old News' pop in to update their blog, here's a lovely picture of one of them posing for the camera while taking a break from his one finger typing. I'm loving the glasses!!! If you haven't checked out their blog yet then click here, I'm sure that you will find their thoughts and opinions interesting...Maybe not bedtime reading though!? These guys are great, we starting working with them on thier computer skills a few month ago now and thier doing brill. Keep up the good work guys!!!

We also had a visit from a lady that runs the Glynneaths Guinea Pig Resue service. As of today they now have a blog to 'show case' all of thier amazing pigs. There are some seriously cute photos on this blog so for all you animal lovers (i'm not soooo keen) check out the little balls of fluff chooping away to lunch here.

As for Owen and myself, we are about to pop down into Swansea to start editing the hundreds of hours of film that we have collected over the last few weeks. We're in for a fun afternoon, I may need some serious chocolate later!!!!!! It's such a shame that Ammanford Market isn't on today!

2007-04-23T16:25:00.000+01:00

I went to the our regular DCN meeting this morning, it was strange being there without Debz. You can always rely on her to say something that will amuse you. Returning to the office this afternoon it was unusually quiet again with no Debz in sight, so i decided to give her a ring at home at talk to her from her bed of sickness (well toe sickness anyway). Debz chatted for a good 10/15 minutes and all that was required from me was the occasional "never", "really", "that must of hurt", she does love a good chinwag does our Debz and that's why we all so love her. So Debz if your soo bored at home that you have decided to read the updates on everyones blogs, get better soon!!!!! and now that i have had my daily dose of Debz i'm getting ready to knock-off for the day and if you fancy knowing the full details of the blood and trauma that Singleton hospital experienced on Friday visit Debz blog, however if you have a weak belly stay well clear!!!!!!

Look at those Guns!

2007-04-23T15:36:00.000+01:00

Over the last week i've taken some amazing photos on my mobile phone to add to my blogs while out and about on my travels around the deep valleys of Wales but cant get them off my phone. Every time i try to do anything other than text with the thing the batteries completely disappear! Modern technology?? Bum deal...now i may never get the chance to share the fab sites of Ammanford and beyond with you!!!!! Instead however, for those of you that have met Owen then i thought that you would like to see this picture that reminded me of him ............look at those guns!!!! heeeheeheee!! Personal i cant tell the difference!

awake at dawn!

2007-04-20T09:01:00.000+01:00

I got waken up this morning with a phone call from Debbie at the ARC with my wake up call to take her to the hospital for her gross toe op. It took a while to register as debz sounded more like an old welsh man this morning with her grufffly morning voice then her lovely self.lol. Leaving home at 6.30am this morning, not a time that i normally see or particularly like seeing...my day began!!!I arrived at the office at 7.30am to the sound of our caretaker hoovering. A lovely man but I'm not a great conversationalist first thing in the morning, normal takes me 3/4 cups of tea and til at least 11am to fully come round to the days business! Sitting down to my desk i was horrified at the sight of a note that I'd written to myself yesterday afternoon asking me to bring my passport to work, not that i was planning on leaving the country but needed some of its details for yet another CRB check!! The government seems to like to be up to date on my daily criminal activities!!! lol. however the funny thing is that picking up my passport at 6.30 this morning was not top of my list, getting dressed was a struggle and driving was interesting! so yes that meant a 30minutes round trip in car back home to pick up my passport only to return by being told that i needed my birth certificate not passport!bum deal!!! The day continues with me currently being killed off by the not so sweet smell of fruits of the forest or thing of that description coming from a can and being sprayed with great enthusiasm!!help!!

I love my job!

2007-04-18T18:06:00.000+01:00

What a random day! I love the fact that every day of my job is completely different from the next. Today myself and Owen had our first official 'pop-in' session at the ARC . We had a lovely lady pop-in (see what i did there) for help with her digital camera and talked to a few others about blogs and digital stories. During which time i got alittle distracted with boys walking around showing off their summer legs in their shorts. So for all you ladies out there i thought that you would appreciate the view that i was seeing while looking up from my computer screen! My job is sooo hard but someones got to do it!! LOL. Our pop-in session was closely followed by a lush veggie curry on a crispy jacket at Cafe Arc and the PC Surgery (or sugarry, as i like to call it). This was shortly followed by the hopeful and excited voices of 2 local ladies, one with a computer monitor in one hand and the other with the computer tower in both hands, each computer part still attached to the other with a led that they could'nt take off (how i laughed....silently) But good old Paddy came to the rescue, a knight in shining blaena armour!!! Go on Paddy! THEN............yes....its that time of a Wednesday again......this could only mean one thing..........CAMERA CLUB!!!!!
Full of sugar and spice and all thing nice after the Easter holidays the local children of Portmead Primary were full of beans.....mind you so was Owen who loves to do cart-wheels in the main hall at Cornerstone. This week Owen decided that it would be a great idea to teach the children how to say "beer can" in such a way that it makes you sound like a Jamaican saying "bacon"?? Following this all 10 children decided that they would repeat it continuously for the remainder of the club!!!!!!! Oh the fun!!!!!! Thanks Owen!!!!

Green Fingers

2007-04-18T10:09:00.000+01:00

Well after finishing work yesterday i went home to find that....................YES!!!.....................my tomatoes are starting are grow in my green house!!!!! I know that this may sound sad to those of you who are not interested in gardening and possible think that its a 'middle aged' thing to do but let me put your minds at rest.......IT's FAB!!! I'VE HAVEN'T BEEN SO EXCITED FOR AGES!!!! (making myself sound sadder, i know) and yes i know that it just veg but how exciting, I'm making things grow!!!! I blame Chris from Glynneath allotments! We've been going there on Thursday afternoons to help his volunteers make a documentary video of the patches developments over the next few months as we watch the garden grow. What i didn't know was that this was to be the beginning of things to come!! I'm turning all green fingered and stuff! The funny things is that a few months ago a bought a beautiful plant from Ikea and killed it in less then 24 hours! oops! But now I've got the added motivation of being able to eat the results of my labour!! can't wait!!

Making it personal!

2007-04-17T15:01:00.000+01:00

How funny!! I've just got back to the office after our first pop-in session in Glynneath Training Centre where Owen enthusiastically encouraged me to check out the latest up dates on his and Lisa's blogs. I've been sat at my computer for the last 10 minutes now laughing. I'm sure that Maggie thinks that I've completely lost my mind! heeehee. If you are feeling alittle bored sitting at your desk and could do with something to make you laugh you just have to check out their blogs. You'll find exaggerated stories for killer chickens (with photographic evidence) and tales from our lovely Blaena office staff and some daily goings on.
Unfortunately, after reading both Owen's and Lisa's funny tales and classic photos I've realised just how boring my blog is!!! Soooooo watch this space!!! I may have just pointed you to away from my blog yet again (this time on purpose) but you'll be wanting to keep a very close eye on this one!!!! funny photos coming soon! lol. (for those of you not so down with text talk, that's laugh out loud!)

Be a blogger!

2007-04-11T13:08:00.000+01:00

Blogs are a great way for you to give information to others about almost everything. If you have a point of view to tell, family to keep in touch with, part of a community group, community newsletter If you would like to know how to blog and would like some help contact me at the Action Resource Centre on 01792 578632!!

2007-04-10T14:30:00.000+01:00

look how many amazing visits i've had to my site!!!! how popular am i!

2007-04-05T13:03:00.000+01:00

Do as i say NOT as i do!!!hheheheheeeehe