Monthly Musings: September 2017

An overview of opinions and observations for the month.

01/09/2017 @12:43
Well, that concludes the main quest-line(s). Casual 102hrs finishing off with 87% trophy completion thus far. Just the last 6 trophies on mop up now in endgame for the Platinum 😝
[playing Fallout 4]

02/09/2017 @17:38
Casual afternoon, been swimming with little fish 🏊‍♀️ then after an hour & half some kid vommed & we all got kicked out 🙈 so we got a voucher to go back for free next time 😂 so we popped across park for an hour before coming home ✌️❤️

02/09/2017 @21:10
I'll never tire of hearing Ilysha tell me she loves me, or giving me cuddles when I tuck her in for bed ❤️ I love this little girl more than life itself xo
[feeling loved]

03/09/2017 @15:27
Every time I see a status on here about bullying not being okay, it makes me wonder who they're aimed at? Like are their any actual people on here who think otherwise? "Oi Steve, I just read on Facebook that bullying isn't okay?? Crazy world, I always thought it was perfectly fine!?"

05/09/2017 @01:23
Tomorrow I will have another Platinum 😊

06/09/2017 @00:02
New Achievement Earned

06/09/2017 @22:15
Thanks to all of you lovely people for the birthday wishes in person, on here, SMS, Snapchat, Instagram, Whatsapp, Line, Twitter, LinkedIn, and whatever other method! 😝 Woke up to a lovely message from my little Ilysha ♥ had a lovely present and card from Sammie & Jacob ♥ - went to work and had a very thoughtful bag of gifts from Georgina, Josh & Jennifer, and a card from all the work staff ♥ Then I've been to visit my Charchar & Mum (Sheila) & Dawn and got some more appreciated prezzies ♥ It's been a good day & now it's time to chill out & accept the fact I'm officially thirty goddamn years old! 🙈
[feeling thankful]

07/09/2017 @22:39
Had a beautiful unexpected delivery today to work - look at how gorgeous those colours are! Thank you to my thoughtful sweetheart the other side of the planet! Really made me smile! ❤️ xo
[with Tay Phillips]

09/09/2017 @08:30
Ilysha making her own breakfast being little miss independent these days. I goes to help her with the milk: "No Dad I can do it myself, don't help me!" She pours it very slowly and carefully without spilling a drop. Big smug grin on her mush, "see Dad I told you - you never believe me do you!" Uhm, yeah soz Lysh cause a few week back you told me you could do it yourself and proceeded to pour about a litre of milk all over the sideboard, floor and yourself!

09/09/2017 @19:10
Swerving through Hanley on the way my mates, gripped a crate from the offy en route. Walks past some homeless geezer begging, so I tells him I ain't got no change but he can have a tinny if he wants. Swear he looked like I'd offered him herpes as he helped himself to a can! Like seriousss! Give me it back if you don't appreciate it you ungrateful fuck!

09/09/2017 @23:22
My mate just tried say "kurwa mac" into translate which is Polish for "fuck sake" and is pronounced "koova mash", and his phone guessed he said "Google Maps" 😂😂
[feeling amused]

10/09/2017 @03:11
As someone who doesn't play FIFA much, I'm quite impressed with my performance tonight.
Won as Juve 2-1 against Dortmund (Rob)
Won as Juve 4-3 against Dortmund (Phil)
Won as Juve 3-0 against Spurs (Rob)
Won as Juve 2-1 against Barca (Phil)
Lost as Juve 3-4 against Barca (Rob) 😁
[with Rob Cooper and Phila Scfc Minilla]

10/09/2017 @13:01
Cheers for having me last night Rob & Lorna, had a lovely night & it was awesome seeing Kian again, he's a little menace 😂 nice to see Mark, Phila & Matthew too 👌

10/09/2017 @21:56
Drinks with the family to commemorate Sammie & Emma moving away for Uni, and to celebrate my 30th 💖 you can't pick your family, but if you could I'd still pick these bunch! (Well, most of them) 😂 xo
[with Terry Scott, Stace Lewis, Matthew Morris, Sammie Scott, Jay Scott, Emma Scott, Chris Scott, Angie Scott, Keanu Mannion and Laura Toni]

11/09/2017 @03:08
Had an absolutely awesome weekend with my kiddos, friends & family ❤️ now it's time to crawl into my pit for some quality kip! 🙌

12/09/2017 @19:34
"Tell you something that you prolly should know.../
This that Slumdog Millionaire Bollywood flow an' uhhhh!"
[watching Ballers]

12/09/2017 @23:23
Lovely catch up with Samantha, always leaves a smile on my face 😘 even if it involved speaking about death & organ donation! 😂🙈 xo
[with Samantha Edmonson]

13/09/2017 @08:53
God I love this little girl so much! 😂😍 xo

15/09/2017 @08:54
😂😂

16/09/2017 @18:49
Doing phonetics homework with Ilysha, and some of these are daft hard! What 4 year old recognises a generic thumbnail of a bird as a Vulture, or even what a Yak is by appearance?? And the Net picture is overly busy for something that supposed to hint at the letter! Also, Insect for "i" just looks like a bug which most kids likely default too when they see it! Still, massively impressed with little madam learning her letters & sounds! X

16/09/2017 @20:28
"Getting settled for bed"
...allegedly 🙄😂 xo

17/09/2017 @15:24
Walking back home from swimming and talking to Ilysha about insects etc whilst we walk through the fields, when suddenly it dawns on me that I haven't seen a dragonfly in years? Used to see them loads as a kid. Same as tiger caterpillars.

17/09/2017 @18:29
All day little madam has been the perfect child, all ticks on her behaviour chart, only little hiccup was shouting at me because I was walking too fast for her to drink her slushie. Just dropped her off, and within 5 minutes of being there, she is arguing with her Mum who was being bewilderingly provocative as if she wanted to upset Ilysha who had beaming ear to ear when she knocked on, so proud of having all ticks! Ended up with her crying that she wants to come back mine with me, and her Mum dragging her inside by her arm and slamming the door. Ugh 😢😓

17/09/2017 @08:53
"Shotgun opera, lock and load.../
Cock it back and then watch it go!"

18/09/2017 @23:35
Platinum No.12 get fucked! Haha eat a bag of baby dicks! Holy fuck cuntballs! I've been adamant I'd go back for this Platinum for years, finally decided fuck it & a few hours of grinding later here we are! #PS3 #GoWII

19/09/2017 @09:04
It looks like vaping has finally taken off in Stoke; can't see fuck all beyond abar 10 metres in front of ya! Looks like some fuckers have hotboxed the entire city! 😂

20/09/2017 @01:10
Suffice to say, this will be the next Platinum. Downloaded it tonight after work, already 31% complete, and popped 9 trophies haha.
[playing Infamous Second Son]

22/09/2017 @18:47
I'm wearing a Fred Perry top, and Ilysha has just said "I like your crab shirt Dad" 😂🙈🦀

22/09/2017 @17:58
Curled up under a blanket with little beauty & some snacks 😍👌 xo
[watching Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]

23/09/2017 @07:17
Should have known better, heh. I went to bed at like 12:45, despite having Lysh sleeping over... at 05:20 she wakes me up, and she hasn't let me go back sleep since. I am like a zombie. *Yawn*
[feeling like its gonna be a long ass day]

23/09/2017 @22:05
Pub crawl like a motherfucker, venue #5.
[at Duke William]

24/09/2017 @01:55
Had an epic 7 venue pub crawl with my best mate Dan Heath, God I miss you brother, love you xo
[with Dan Heath]

25/09/2017 @08:26
"I can't see y'all from where I'm at.../
I like the smell of napalm in the morning while I'm eating my Applejacks.../
My battle axe, acts as a last resort death kill.../
Quarantine your city it's about to be a lead spill."
[listening to Army of the Pharaohs]

26/09/2017 @01:00
The best part of going to school was sitting round the TV watching this!

26/09/2017 @22:28
Bit overdue, but just want to say how proud I am of Sammie Scott who has moved to London to study for her Business degree at London School of Business... Emma Scott who has moved to Wales to study for her Chemistry degree at Bangor University... and Jacob Grugel who has moved to Preston to study for his Asia Pacific Studies degree at University of Central Lancashire! Hope this next chapter of your lives is exciting, fulfilling and the start of fantastic futures for you all! ♥

26/09/2017 @23:55
If you never knew I write & record, why not give me a listen? You may just like it? And if not, you can always give me abuse in the comments... it's a win-win really ;)
[https://anothab.bandcamp.com/track/feels-like-home]

27/09/2017 @01:11
"Aevan screamed, a volley of needles raining death upon bandits that suddenly scattered in confusion. To the war-drum of hooves, the Strangers Blade reared up, its razor edge biting deep lacerations into fleeing enemies that shrieked in response. The Throneguard were methodical; moving like a single unit and decimating all who stood before them. Teindric danced majestically, unnaturally for his towering stature, his double edged sword cleaving limbs from torsos. The grange was a battlefield, enveloped in flame and blood, entrails and appendages’ littering it’s scarred ground. The charred and split wood of the front door fell away as Nyrök approached alone, what little was left of its once rich green paint weeping at its feet. The panicked screams from the upper floor were piercing, increasing his heart rate with each hurried step. He dashed through the smoke choked lower floor, the ember stairs breaking away under his weight as he climbed. Before him lay the broken body of the farmhand rider, the very same who’d ferried him back to Valyskr. One glance told all there was to know about his fate; his neck was a ravine of blood that pooled around his carved open torso, his unblinking eyes fixated on the rafters of the ceiling. The screaming continued from behind a nearby door, the fearful tones of a terrified girl. He grasped the Strangers Blade tightly and with a powerful kick, brought the door crashing down from its frame to unveil a bandit clad in black leather holding a dagger to the throat of a young girl."

27/09/2017 @08:55
Ugh, take me back! ❤️

27/09/2017 @09:12
Some guy on bus had a quid on the seat next to him, so trying me a good Samaritan I taps him on his shoulder. He takes his headphone out and peers up at me looking annoyed. I says "is that your quid there bud?" He looks confused down at the seat beside him, picks up the quid and looks at it, looks back at me and says "nah it's not mine". Puts the quid back on the seat & puts his headphones back in. It's quid mate, not a tampon. Just say yeah & put it in your pocket fuck sake.

27/09/2017 @22:46
"Drink nuf beers before the game...
what you call that? Georgie Best MC."
- the gunfingers kick in at 27 seconds haha

28/09/2017 @00:58
"Reports claim that the difficult situation escalated after North Korea refused to obey UN resolutions banning it from developing ballistic missile technology." So basically China, France, Russia, the UK and the USA (and whoever the other current 10 temporary members of the UN Security Council are) have decided DPRK are not allowed to make "ballistic missiles" (read; nukes). 🤨
Question; does the UN not sound like a bunch of hypocritical bullies, dictating to smaller countries what they can and cannot do? Especially considering the irony that the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons considers 5 sovereign states as being "Nuclear Weapon States"; those 5 are the permanent members of the UN Security Council - China, France, Russia, the UK and the USA. 🙄 USA withdrew from the ABM (Anti Ballistic Missile Treaty) in 2001 under Bush allowing them to return to increased production of defensive (read; offensive) nuclear weapons; in response, Russia also returned to increased production of nuclear weaponry. Then the DPRK withdrew from the NPT in 2003 to allow itself to return to nuclear weapon production too. 😤 Is it just me, or did Bush not trigger the current hostile climate and threat of WW3 with both Russia and DPRK by withdrawing from the ABM? 🤔 It seems that way if you ask me.
(see: https://www.facebook.com/anothab13/posts/10211261604755837)
[feeling thoughtful]

29/09/2017 @00:28
Been a crazy productive night; finished work, went shopping with Jen, ended up not getting home until almost 19:30, then I've washed dishes, done a load of washing & drying, cleaned the bathroom, made tea, watched the first episode of The Blacklist S5, The Goldberg's S5 and Empire S4 which all started back up today, earned 4 trophies on Pinball Arcade on PS3 & 5 trophies on Thomas Was Alone on PS3, wrote a few more pages of my book Lightfade, had a bath, and now I'm finishing off reading the last few chapters of The Infernal City before bed! Bossed it 👊
[feeling productive]

29/09/2017 @22:51
"The Commander scoffed, “nonsense Nyrök, what do you suspect he’d have done with her had you not attended her cries? There was valour in your actions… regrettable as the outcome was. The masses may define us by our victories, but we define ourselves in our failures.” Nyrök conceded once more that Teindric spoke with reason. “We’re almost at Seppakin now any-how, a bellyful of ale and a good rest will do you the world of good Vexbane. I promise you this much, Crivin’s days are numbered. I swear it on the Midlight Throne.” With the promise still wet on his lips, Teindric cantered ahead back to lead his soldiers, back where the alpha of the pack should be, returning Nyrök to quiet contemplation and the mercy of his musings."

29/09/2017 @23:09
There will never be a better, happier feeling in my life than hearing my daughter tell me she loves me as she falls asleep in my arms ❤️

30/09/2017 @11:19
The time of year when all my shows come back again! 🙈😂

30/09/2017 @11:41
Chalking today's smiles up to spending quality time together ❤️😄

30/09/2017 @18:14
Standard afternoon spent swimming with my beautiful little fishy 🐠🏊💞

30/09/2017 @18:24
Lysh just asked me about where your new teeth come from after your teeth fall out, so I explain about how adult teeth are behind the children teeth and that when your milk teeth fall out, then your adult teeth can come out the gaps. I shows her this picture to help explain, to which she replies: "why has he got marshmallows instead of teeth then Dad?" 😂😂 cracks me up this kid does fuck sake 😂 xo

30/09/2017 @21:37
Anyone I don't already have feel free to add me on PS3/PS4 @anothab

30/09/2017 @22:41
May as well get aboard the bandwagon before it crashes like all the rest do.
[https://anothab.sarahah.com/]