Christine

Christine

March... Aquamarine - The stone of courage, hope and victory.
My birthday is the 14th March, all gifts gratefully accepted !! :-) ha ha !!

I am the one in the household who is trying to teach myself how to construct this webpage!! (with difficulty). I have been employed as a Civil Servant in the Employment Service for 19 years and have seen the Department go through many changes. The Department's objective this year is to place 1.25 million unemployed people into work. The aims of the Department is "to contribute to high levels of employment and growth, and to individuals leading rewarding working lives, by helping all people without a job find work and employers to fill their vacancies"

Visit the Department's website above to see some of the current vacancies held in the Jobcentres.

My hobbies are :-

Trying to keep up with Michael's research into my Family Tree.!! I don't know how he does it but he manages to store all the names/dates( 400+ people) etc in his head whereas I struggle. My only complaint is that sometimes he spends more time with the dead than with the living!
Being the navigator/linguist/camera operator when we set off on our travels in the campervan. We don't often get lost (?) and my smattering of French, German and Italian has helped us through the occasional scrape, such as breaking down in central France.
Travel in any shape or form. Our fun holiday in 1999 was my birthday treat for Michael on his 50th birthday.. two weeks in Las Vegas, what a blast!

We also a took a helicopter trip to the Grand Canyon with lunch at the bottom, besides the Colorado River.

Join me in a helicopter ride through the Canyon

Hope it wasn't too scary!

I can recommend this trip to anyone and can't wait to go back. We also love Florida, visiting all the theme parks certainly brings out the child in you!

Studying Italian at night school. I have just passed G.C.S.E Italian O level...with an A
Enjoying the finer things in life, especially good food/good wine/good music and good company/ not necessarily in that order!!
Cooking, any kind of food, especially Italian. My favourite kitchen gadget has to be my bread making machine, the aroma that permeates the house is wonderful (and the bread is delicious too)!!
I have also just invested in a juicer, people tell me that I am a "gadget person", can't understand why.!
Have a juice on me !!
The four cats that honour us with their presence, namely Minky, Tiffany, Sam and Kipper.
Collecting Teddy bears (yes, I'm an arctophile !) I have a large collection, old and new, from teddies in a "well-loved" condition to Collector's Items in pristine condition.