I’ve finally finished my layout! It’s taken me forever to do but I’m pretty pleased at the outcome. The craters could have been a bit better and I now realise how hard it is to draw girls curves on Photoshop, and hair. In fact pretty much all of it. I used Catherine’s tutorial for the people. The layout is based on a song Saving Grace – The Maine and this is my interpretation of that line of the song.

I’ve also opened my writing portfolio http://rainbowcrush.org which I also did the layout for. I only created a simple layout for that so it wouldn’t detract from the rest of the site. I also took the photograph, which is a place called Collioure that I visited last year.

Now i’ve got the layout up I’m going to be changing a few things around on the site. I’m sure I say this so many times but I forget haha! Yeah I’m getting rid of most of my resources and concentrating on a select few instead.

I finish work next week full time which I’m glad about because it was getting on my nerves. However I’ve got a permanent part time position there for 12 hours a week so I’m really happy about that because I need the money, especially as I want to buy myself a car. I’ve been hunting around for one but I haven’t seen one I like at the moment.

Thursday was the A level results day, not that that matters to me I got my results last year. Mine weren’t the best but I passed and got into my first choice university.

Anyway I wrote 5 articles about living in halls for the first time, so if you’re going to university this year, or perhaps next year give them a read.

“When living away from home, there are quite a lot of things you will need, even with just the basics, so it’s important to make a list of everything you will need.

Different accommodations will provide you with different essentials so it is important you check with them so that you don’t duplicate what they have already provided.”

In other news I got quite a shock, I’ve been a bit reckless this month with my spending on clothes and i’ve clocked up £376 on my credit card D:
I can pay it off but it’ll take all my money which I’m sorta bummed about, but there’s £69 worth of stuff going back (due to me not liking the style) so I’ll have £69 credit next month and if I’m really good this month (which i’ll have to be else I wont be able to afford my car) then the credit will pay my bill.

I lost another 2 lbs this week. I bought a dress from miss selfridge and I really wanted to buy the size smaller but it didn’t look nice even though it fit so I decided I was really going to get serious with my diet in order to shed the pounds before I go back to university and get the dress took in. It’s proof that weight watchers does work as long as you’re honest about how much you’re eating and your points allowance. I’ve got another 6lbs to lose before I move out in 3 weeks. I’ve taken up hula hooping as well. My waist is incredibly wide for my size (29 inches argh!) so I’m hula hooping to get my waist down.

I’ve not really had a lot of spare time, however I finish work full time on 3rd September which means I can update I’m still trying to tidy our house it’s an epic mess and trying to downsize is a nightmare! Hopefully though I’ll get a lot of it sorted before I move out

In other news I’m still working on the layout, I’m hoping to do a coded layout this weekend and get the story up, I haven’t written it yet but the idea’s there.

UPDATE: 1 new article: Choosing the right foundation here

Hey guys,

I’ve no new updates at the moment I’ve not had a lot of time over the weekend plus there was the server upgrade at Bubble but I will be working on some this week.
In terms of the new layout I made significant progress over the weekend and I’ve got a tiny bit more to do on the layout and then code it and then it’s going to be put up so hopefully by the weekend!

I’m also going to be posting an excerpt from a story I’m writing. It’s nothing fancy and I’m not sure where it’s going yet but I like writing for fun.

The reason for the title? I’m excited because firstly my boss informed me there’s evening and weekend work for me if I want it. Having a job = having lots of cash which I need at the moment because I have to pay my parents £250 for my macbook which I owe them.

Also when I’m at university and I pay my rent it doesn’t leave a lot of money for me to live off and spend on myself so having money for that will be nice. But the biggest perk of having a job? My mum will finally let me have a car

I’ve wanted a car ever since I started driving (incidentally it’s been 2 years since I passed my test so I am no longer a probationary driver) and I’m finally getting one in October

And the final thing, I’m planning on a trip to New York for my 21st Birthday so having a job means I can fund that as well because I’m planning to stay in a nice hotel on Times Square (think Hilton) so I’m really excited for that. FYI i’m not 21 for another 18 months so it means I have plenty time to save.

While browsing the web I’ve found many articles like this worth reading as it gave me ideas for plugins I’d not heard of but might be useful to use on my own site.

Read the rest of this article here

So far on the site, I’ve been working on a new layout, I really like how it’s coming along, I hopefully will finish it before the end of August.

I’ve been working really hard this week and we’ve been short staffed this week, there’s normally 4 of us and it’s down to 2 which has made it worse as well because things are just not getting done and I’m really frazzled so I’m looking forward to the weekend. I’m also stressed out because I’m losing my voice with all the telephone calls I’ve been making and answering at work.

I watched Toy Story 3 last night which was really good! I thought it was really funny in parts and really sad in others and I did shed a couple of tears haha. I think I’ll do a review of it at the weekend.

I did my first diet blog last week and I haven’t really got time to do one this week so quick update: I lost 2lbs this week
17lbs to go

Last point, I went to the hospital today for my wisdom tooth which has been bothering me for a while. I had to have an xray first where I bit down on this plastic tube thing while a machine went around my head. After I went to see the specialist who told me he’d looked at my xray and I could have it out if I wanted.
I wasn’t sure if I wanted it out because I’m awful at making decisions but I decided I’m going to have it out.

Him: “you could leave it if you want and it may bother you again, or it may not but it’s very likely the infections will reoccur”

I asked him if it would ever come through properly or it would stay like it is now and he said it wouldn’t ever come through properly
I’ve had 2 infections since Christmas, because it’s impacted there’s a piece of gum that the tooth hasn’t pushed through and got rid of (gross I know) and because its not pushed through it’s created a little cover which food and bacteria can slip under and hide which keeps giving me infections because it’s impossible to clean under a flap of gum at the back of your mouth (i have to syringe it to clean it) and the last time I had the infection I was so depressed and in pain that I saw an emergency dentist and was like I don’t care just whip it out I don’t want this tooth anymore.

So because it’s not going to come through it’s likely this will happen again and again so i’m having it out. It’s going to be done with a local, so at least I’m not going to be put out D: and they’re going to slice my gum “push it out” and sew it up or if it’s stubborn, drill it then push it out. On hearing him say this the scenario in my head was of him pushing on either side of my gum like it was a peg or a spot or something and it “popping out” which freaked me out a bit. Also he told me i’ll have pain and I’m going to resemble a hamster! nice!

Sorry this was a bit of a mismatch of posts but I havent blogged since Monday and I had a fair few things to say

This could be an article I guess, but this is more of a blog for me as it is personal to myself.

We’ve all had to deal with call centres at some point in our lives and we all know they can be incredibly infuriating, especially when they can’t give you the answer you were looking for, or they are seemingly dragging their feet on an important issue. This can lead to frustration and people being abusive towards the staff because they think that they are not doing their job well enough.

Let’s look at it from the other side. I work in a call centre, so I know what goes on.
Today I had a person call me who was incredibly patronising and rude for no apparent reason and I couldn’t retaliate for it would be unprofessional and I would be sacked. I was boiling with rage and I have never been so angry even when I have had people shouting at me down the phone.

Private details blanked out for privacy reasons
* * indicate thoughts or explanations

me: Good afternoon ********** Helpdesk
him: good afternoon my name is ***** can I take yours please
me: *pauses because no one ever asks my name*
me: what is the problem you are having?
him: I have no problem, what is your name please I said my name now tell me yours
me: *thinks great, i’m gonna have a right dickhead*
me: “my name is Katherine”
him: okay now what is the portal
me: *explained*
him: and what does it do
me: *explained then started thinking why is he snooping here I’d better take some details*
him: *asks same question again despite me explaining*
me: sorry can I take a telephone number please
him: can you answer my question first thats how a conversation goes
me: *infuriated* *answers question*
LATER…
him: can I register
me: no I dont think so you need to be a lawyer or insurer
him: can you find out?
me: *FINE!!!* okay then just bear with me *puts on mute to calm down*
me: I’ve been advised to tell you to go to this website but no you can’t
him: okay, I suggest you should have been trained more before you were put on the phone, you’re probably too young anyway
me : *FUCKING DICKHEAD TWAT* :@
him: okay thankyou bye
me: ….

It’s so infuriating and I was so wound up because he was being a dickhead and I so wanted to tell him.
There’s been other calls where we’ve had people moaning that nothing has been done on a problem when in reality we have chased this up with our other department and there’s simply nothing else we can do until the other department gets back. Also when people don’t get the answer they want they start moaning and shouting for nothing. They complain that the turnaround time for password resets are too long but if we could reset them ourselves then don’t you think we would!!
Then you get the people asking if we can hurry their application along because it’s urgent and it’s like nobody gets special treatment why didn’t you apply sooner before it got to the urgent stage.

It’s not always the call centre’s fault. Sometimes it’s other departments dragging their feet and other times it’s simply the callers fault for not leaving enough time and expecting the assistants to magic it out of thin air then complaining that they haven’t, so give some consideration to those poor people who have to put up with your abuse.

In the third chapter of the Twilight Saga, Bella (Kristen Stewart) is approaching graduation and still persuading Edward (Robert Pattinson) to ‘turn her’ but he refuses until she becomes his wife. Meanwhile there is danger looming once more as Victoria (Bryce Dallas Howard) forms a newborn army in Seattle hell-bent on destroying Bella and the Cullen Clan.

Read more of the new review I just posted Eclipse

I also posted another article about moving into halls for the first time and a list of things you will need which can be found here

I’m working on another couple of articles about moving into halls, compiling tips about what I learnt in my first year and such but it’s taking more time due to me working. I’ve got another film review I’m doing as well and another article.

In terms of graphics updates they probably wont be for a little while. I was thinking of doing a WordPress theme this weekend but I have a lot on as I have to help my parents throw half their worldly possessions out so they can move some things around ready for my new chest of drawers coming and I also need to workout.

I haven’t written in a while and I’m desperate to but I haven’t really got any ideas. Maybe I’ll just write anything and see what happens.

It’s easier to edit a bad text than no text

Hey everyone

First of all I’ve been working on some articles and reviews and things for you they’re half done I’ve yet to finish but it’s getting late. Also it’d very difficult when I’m working for 9 hours a day but I am trying. Just so you know I’m working on about 4 new reads.
I enjoy writing now more than designing *sigh*

I’m currently working full time at the moment from 10-7pm and it gets quite hectic so I dont get a lot of time during the day apart from a couple of tweets here and there

working on a layout too!!!!

Anyway this blog is dedicated to my weight loss journey. I thought it’d be useful to me to keep track of things and to write how I’m feeling and it could be interesting to you and if not, well tough because it’s my blog and I can do what I want

I’m not going to reveal my weight as I’m ridiculously heavy for my height but my dress size is 10/12 (US 8/10) and I’d ideally like to get to a dress size 8/10

So I’ve been on a diet since March and successfully lost 12lbs,
However I have put on 6lbs again so I’m effectively starting over
My goal is to lose 19lbs (including the 6lbs above) and I’m following weight watchers and I’m currently allowed 19 points daily

So I’m a little sore from the gym on Sunday, it was my first time at the gym since I got back from my holiday and it was really tough going plus I think I overdid it as well. I was in agony yesterday but I had to walk to the opticians for an eyetest (which was about a 20 minute walk) and I’ve loosened up a bit. i’m hoping the walk will also have done me some good as I cant get much exercise in when I’m working.

I was pretty good with my eating this last couple of days after I went off track on Monday but it’s a struggle. I’m hoping I’ve lost something tomorrow as I’m getting fed up of plateauing for the moment and I want to get back to my preholiday weight.

I’m hoping to get to the gym one morning this week seeing as I’m starting work at 10 once my legs heal a little and focus on my cardio as I tried to run when I went on Sunday which was an epic disaster.

I’m hoping to get to my initial target of 12lbs before I go back to university in September and then lose the other 8lbs before Christmas.

As part of rainbowcrush’s audit revamp thing I’m currently doing I’m going to be adding some different style blogs on here like different articles and things instead of me ranting every time. Starting in the next blog though.

I’ve currently updated the whole about section, it’s a lot cleaner and tidier and I like it, there was a lot of old and inaccurate information. I’m also in the middle of revamping (gosh I hate that word) my content and resources. I’ve taken away some of my resources that I thought were useless and I’m going to be working on some new content so it’s a work in progress.

I’ve got some new articles and recipes so you can head over there to check those out.

So I got back from holiday on Thursday and I have been so busy ever since, I mean when did life get full of errands. I had to ring the hospital for an appointment, I had to ring the dentist as well and the doctor and the optician. I also had to see the bank and make a hair appointment, I had to fill in some forms and ring up student finance as well!!
Phew! but I’ve completed all those things although I have a fair few appointments coming up now.
Just before I went on holiday my friend Sarah had her twin babies Callum and Jacob. I haven’t seen them yet but I saw the pictures on facebook and they are so cute, it’s making me a little broody to be honest haha.

I also start work on Monday full time until the end of August but on the upside i’m gonna be at home so I can be more flexible.

So as you may be aware I went on holiday to see my family in France for two weeks. The weather was generally nice and I had a fun time. We watched the tour de France as it went past as well! I could talk about my holiday all through this blog but I won’t bore you with the details. I went seeing some alpacas and cried because a wasp was near me (did I tell you I’m petrified of wasps)

hey everyone

just a really quick blog but I’ll blog properly when I get home from holiday.

So if you follow me on twitter then you will know that I’ve been having site troubles as of late.
Basically what happened was I didn’t know when this website was coming up for renewal and by the time I checked it was within 7 days of expiring. I had a look at transferring to Namecheap but as you may be aware you cannot transfer a domain within 7 days of expiring.
So therefore I tried to renew with my current host. Then I found out they’d gone bust!!!

At this point I was getting stressed, what on earth was I meant to do!!!
I tried contacting my registrar through various channels to no avail. I tried looking on Whois but because I have whois guard I couldn’t find out who my registrar had gone through. Absolute disaster!

By chance after a lot of research I stumbled across the parent company of the registrar which was publicdomainregistry.com so I lodged a support ticket with them explaining the situation. They got back to me the next day and told me they’d contacted the parent reseller and asked them to contact me within 48 hours and if they didnt then I should reopen the ticket. By this time my domain had 2 days left so I was getting worried

After 48 hours the parent reseller company hadnt replied so i reopened the ticket and pdr were very kind and quick saying that they would shift my account to a new reseller so I could renew the domain. By this time it had expired but you get a grace period of about 30 days where you can renew the domain without any extra charge.
They explained that all i needed to do was give some ID and fill out a form and they would move my account.

I did this and sure enough they moved my account to a different reseller so that I was able to renew my domain

Also I’d like to give a lovely big shout out to my wonderful amazing host Kya for being so helpful when I was pestering her over this. You see I bought another domain http://rainbowcrush.org and I asked her to transfer my account to that domain which she kindly did, and then once I got that back she kindly moved it back for me so I am so grateful to her as well

I promise! that i will update and blog properly once I get home from my holiday tomorrow

long story short rainbowcrush.com will cease to exist on the 19th July

I’ve tried to contact my registrar to renew it but they have yet to reply

I love this site and I’m sorry to be losing it. However rainbowcrush is moving to a new name

http://rainbowcrush.org

rainbowcrush.com will be back one day but for now it’s www.rainbowcrush.org

word to the wise:register with a registrar you know isnt going to go bust

change all your links please

and thanks to my lovely host Kya who’s moving everything over so it’ll be a seamless transition