Ok this should be a big moment in history right?
A huge royal wedding with all the pomp and ceremony. I'm loving every minute watching it from the comfort of my own home. I only live a 30minute train ride away from central London and embarrassingly never went up for it ( after taking my youngest to London late yesterday for an audition last minute so my M.E body does not recover that quickly so going today was not an option).
I have 2 boys that I'm trying to get involved and explain the sense of history being made here and at least they should watch it for that reason.........but no!!!
I have one on his DS supposedly watching as well (I think not) and one upstairs watching The Goonies!!!! (yes Great film but surely there's a time and place)
So I'm billy no mates watching on my own..............................I need girls I think!!
Friday, 29 April 2011
Thursday, 28 April 2011
Surprise Surprise.
I generally hate surprises. It's the control freak inside me that makes me hate them really. If I don't know what's going on I tend to break out in a clod sweat and interrogate everyone around me! Just ask my OH when he actually managed to get me on a surprise trip to Venice for my birthday last year..............believe me when I say he's definitely not the most organised of men!!
But he did pull it off.
Yesterday I was rubbing my hands together in delight knowing that both my boys were back to school and that I could sleep off the exhaustion of the Easter hols ( that went beyond normal levels of M.E exhaustion). I know what a bad mother!
As I returned from the school run and got into bed my phone rang and I didn't answer it thinking it was something trivial. Then it went again and it was my husband telling me my older brother was on his way from Heathrow to my house as he missed his connecting flight. This would be the brother I haven't seen since last year at a family funeral and then at least 2 years before that, as he lives in USA.
So up I got and cleared up a little in preparation. Then soon after I picked him up at the train station.
So although I knew nothing of it initially it was a great day. A nice pub lunch and then chilling in the garden with a yummy dinner to follow. The boys had a great time catching up with him and his stories of their cousins that they don't get to see.
Then at 6am he went to get his flight. So surprises can be good.........................occasionally!
Here's to the next one, maybe....
But he did pull it off.
Yesterday I was rubbing my hands together in delight knowing that both my boys were back to school and that I could sleep off the exhaustion of the Easter hols ( that went beyond normal levels of M.E exhaustion). I know what a bad mother!
As I returned from the school run and got into bed my phone rang and I didn't answer it thinking it was something trivial. Then it went again and it was my husband telling me my older brother was on his way from Heathrow to my house as he missed his connecting flight. This would be the brother I haven't seen since last year at a family funeral and then at least 2 years before that, as he lives in USA.
So up I got and cleared up a little in preparation. Then soon after I picked him up at the train station.
So although I knew nothing of it initially it was a great day. A nice pub lunch and then chilling in the garden with a yummy dinner to follow. The boys had a great time catching up with him and his stories of their cousins that they don't get to see.
Then at 6am he went to get his flight. So surprises can be good.........................occasionally!
Here's to the next one, maybe....
Tuesday, 26 April 2011
Bargain buys and 'bustin low' !!
I'm not normally a person who gets a great bargain with things. Today I had to trawl the shops to find an old style pair of PJ's for my son to wear in his production next week. You know the sort, your grandad would wear them if he had to go into hospital. I could not find a pair anywhere and so ended up in the charity shops. I still had no luck with the PJ's but found a complete bargain for my older son, who loves books and X files at the moment!!
All these ( 3 hardback and 3 paperback) for a grand total of £2.90 !!!!!
And believe me he is a happy bunny today reading through these after school.
CONCLUSION: I might just be popping into the charity shops more often.
My youngest though does not start back to school until tomorrow so he came to the shops with me, mainly as a bag carrier, but he found a pair of boxer shorts that he really wanted, Top Gear no less! Even they were a great bargain at £3, so I decided to treat him as he was being so helpful with the bag and above mentioned book carrying!!
He was so chuffed as tomorrow is PE day and he will be able to be 'bustin low' with his new boxer's!!
What the hell is that I hear you cry!! Well apparently that would be showing the top of your underwear with your trousers hanging low...................Bloody hell the thought of my scabby pants showing to anyone is enough to bring on an anxiety attack for me, but he tells me it's the fashion!!!!!!
By the way he's only 10......................what on earth is he going to be like as a teenager!! My intro venous wine is ready and waiting LOL
All these ( 3 hardback and 3 paperback) for a grand total of £2.90 !!!!!
And believe me he is a happy bunny today reading through these after school.
CONCLUSION: I might just be popping into the charity shops more often.
My youngest though does not start back to school until tomorrow so he came to the shops with me, mainly as a bag carrier, but he found a pair of boxer shorts that he really wanted, Top Gear no less! Even they were a great bargain at £3, so I decided to treat him as he was being so helpful with the bag and above mentioned book carrying!!
He was so chuffed as tomorrow is PE day and he will be able to be 'bustin low' with his new boxer's!!What the hell is that I hear you cry!! Well apparently that would be showing the top of your underwear with your trousers hanging low...................Bloody hell the thought of my scabby pants showing to anyone is enough to bring on an anxiety attack for me, but he tells me it's the fashion!!!!!!
By the way he's only 10......................what on earth is he going to be like as a teenager!! My intro venous wine is ready and waiting LOL
Sunday, 24 April 2011
Saturday, 23 April 2011
A Triple Whammy day
1st of all Happy st Georges day. Although I'm Irish my hubby is English along with my 2 boys. We were trying to work out what typical English music to play and food to eat??? There is no way I'm contemplating a roast dinner in this heat!!
2nd of all it's my 17th wedding anniversary today ( I know I would have got less time for murder). So Happy Anniversary to my lovely ( but long suffering) hubby, you put up with a lot!!!
And a big thank you for my gorgeous 17 white roses.
3rd it would have been my dad's birthday today, he died in August 2002.
At the time when we were sorting dates to get married the 23rd was one of them and we thought it would be very fitting, getting married to an Englishman on St Georges Day and my Dad giving me away at the wedding on his birthday. So we went for it to make the day more special.
However, after he died the day has never been the same. Although being married for 17 years should really be something to celebrate, it's hard to be happy on a day that will be forever tinged with sadness. Although it will be 9 years this August when he died, and time should be a great healer, I feel it like it happened yesterday. I have never since the day he died watched my wedding video again. I can look at him still pictures but not on video, even to this day.
So today will be a mixture of things and normally I wouldn't bother going out or doing anything special. But this year we are at some friends for dinner and so I am forced to be sociable whether I feel like it or not. Roll on the glasses of chilled rose wine ........
2nd of all it's my 17th wedding anniversary today ( I know I would have got less time for murder). So Happy Anniversary to my lovely ( but long suffering) hubby, you put up with a lot!!!
And a big thank you for my gorgeous 17 white roses.
3rd it would have been my dad's birthday today, he died in August 2002.
At the time when we were sorting dates to get married the 23rd was one of them and we thought it would be very fitting, getting married to an Englishman on St Georges Day and my Dad giving me away at the wedding on his birthday. So we went for it to make the day more special.
However, after he died the day has never been the same. Although being married for 17 years should really be something to celebrate, it's hard to be happy on a day that will be forever tinged with sadness. Although it will be 9 years this August when he died, and time should be a great healer, I feel it like it happened yesterday. I have never since the day he died watched my wedding video again. I can look at him still pictures but not on video, even to this day.
So today will be a mixture of things and normally I wouldn't bother going out or doing anything special. But this year we are at some friends for dinner and so I am forced to be sociable whether I feel like it or not. Roll on the glasses of chilled rose wine ........
Friday, 22 April 2011
Guilty as charged ....with Blog neglect!
This week has just flown past in the blink of an eye, or so it seemed.
Without real intention I haven't paid much attention to my blog this week, which I promised myself when I started it wouldn't happen.
However life this week has just completely taken over.
It all started when my eldest son turned 13!!! on Saturday. We had a day that consisted of a birthday breakfast, golf, a trip to Bluewater laptop shopping, dinner out at Ed's Diner and then home for cake! To be honest with you I haven't really got over the shock of it yet. My little baby a teenager already.
Then on Monday he had a friend come round to play and they all went swimming including my youngest and his friend, with pick ups and drop offs then the above mentioned friend ended up back at ours for tea before dropping him home on my way to play rehearsals with my youngest.
Tuesday was spend initially with a trip to a dance studio in Fulham for an audition for a part in Matilda ( that was for A not me!) Where he managed to leave his bag on the tube and we listened intently to the news for any bomb disposal alerts. He was there for 3 hours but unfortunately was not what they were looking for. A trip home then packed him up for a sleepover at a friends house before picking up C's friend who was sleeping over at ours. Not before taking the 2 older ones to Bluewater for an organised Warhammer game ( don't ask).
Wednesday C's friend stayed all day so popped them down to swimming pool, picking up another on the way before collecting my youngest and delivering home. Pick up at swimming pool and dropping all friends home. Tea then straight over to play rehearsals again!
Thursday had C going to a friends for the day whilst my youngest helped with the tedious job of food shopping!! Then picked up C and when straight to shops to replace the PE kit he had lost a few weeks before at school........................including trainers...........Aaaaarrrrrgggghhhhh!
And today we have spent a fab day in Whitstable for a picnic lunch on the beach and a mooch around the great little shops there. Then on to Herne Bay for a walk along the pier with an ice cream, a play on the beach and then fish and chips before coming home!!!!!
Kids are now in bed and my sunburn is now a fantastic glowing red!! But well worth it.
But where are the pics of all this???????????
They are still on my new camera that for some reason will not load onto my very, very old computer.............so frustrating, bloody thing.
So for now you will have to take my word for it
And I promise not to neglect my blog for so long next time xx
Without real intention I haven't paid much attention to my blog this week, which I promised myself when I started it wouldn't happen.
However life this week has just completely taken over.
It all started when my eldest son turned 13!!! on Saturday. We had a day that consisted of a birthday breakfast, golf, a trip to Bluewater laptop shopping, dinner out at Ed's Diner and then home for cake! To be honest with you I haven't really got over the shock of it yet. My little baby a teenager already.
Then on Monday he had a friend come round to play and they all went swimming including my youngest and his friend, with pick ups and drop offs then the above mentioned friend ended up back at ours for tea before dropping him home on my way to play rehearsals with my youngest.
Tuesday was spend initially with a trip to a dance studio in Fulham for an audition for a part in Matilda ( that was for A not me!) Where he managed to leave his bag on the tube and we listened intently to the news for any bomb disposal alerts. He was there for 3 hours but unfortunately was not what they were looking for. A trip home then packed him up for a sleepover at a friends house before picking up C's friend who was sleeping over at ours. Not before taking the 2 older ones to Bluewater for an organised Warhammer game ( don't ask).
Wednesday C's friend stayed all day so popped them down to swimming pool, picking up another on the way before collecting my youngest and delivering home. Pick up at swimming pool and dropping all friends home. Tea then straight over to play rehearsals again!
Thursday had C going to a friends for the day whilst my youngest helped with the tedious job of food shopping!! Then picked up C and when straight to shops to replace the PE kit he had lost a few weeks before at school........................including trainers...........Aaaaarrrrrgggghhhhh!
And today we have spent a fab day in Whitstable for a picnic lunch on the beach and a mooch around the great little shops there. Then on to Herne Bay for a walk along the pier with an ice cream, a play on the beach and then fish and chips before coming home!!!!!
Kids are now in bed and my sunburn is now a fantastic glowing red!! But well worth it.
But where are the pics of all this???????????
They are still on my new camera that for some reason will not load onto my very, very old computer.............so frustrating, bloody thing.
So for now you will have to take my word for it
And I promise not to neglect my blog for so long next time xx
Monday, 18 April 2011
Tagged for Qand A's
I was recently tagged by the very lovely mammydolittle.wordpress.com to answer a selection of questions from The Guardian weekend magazine.
Not sure honesty is always the best policy but here goes...................
Which living person do I most admire and why?
Anyone who looks death in the face and survives eg: cancer survivors
When were you happiest?
Without knowing it at the time, probably when I was a kid with no responsibilities.
As an adult probably when I started going out with my now husband.
When was your most embarrassing moment?
Oh I've had far too many to list but one of them would be when I went into hospital in labour with my 1st baby and still being a bit shy of putting my bits and bobs on show. Until the midwife said to me ' Well love if you want to have this baby the knickers need to come off'!!!!!!!
Where would you like to live?
By the sea.
What is your favourite smell?
Anything vanilla or the smell of hot chocolate, I never think it tastes as good as it smells.
Who would play you in a film of your life?
Kate Winslet would be great or someone just as glamorous but knowing my luck it would be Kathy Burke!!
What is your favourite book?
In Cold Blood which I read for A level English many moons ago.
What is your most unappealing habit?
None of course.................I'm sure I'm perfect!
What would be your fancy dress costume of choice?
Wonder Woman!!!
What is your earliest memory?
Not sure of this one but have vague recollection of going for 'sleep time' in school nursery on little mini beds!!!!!
What is your guiltiest pleasure?
Listening to Steve Wright in the afternoon on Radio 2!!
What do you owe your parents?
Everything and a fortune!
To whom would you most like to say sorry?
To my husband for lots and lots of things.
What or who is the greatest love of your life?
My hubby and my children.
What does love feel like?
Not sure......safe.
Which words or phrases do you overuse?
'Bizarre' 'isn't it' and 'unlucky ducky'---don't ask!
What is the worst job you've ever done?
Cleaning toilets other people have used ( when on ablution duty in Forces training)!!!!
If you could edit your past what would you change?
I would have made the phone call to my Dad that I put off, because I was in a rush to get out with the boys, the day he died.
What is the closest you have come to death?
Not my own, but seeing my dad for the 1st time in hospital after he had died!!
What is your greatest achievement?
Having 2 healthy boys.
When did you last cry?
Don't very often so cannot remember when I last did.
How do you relax?
By having a long lay in undisturbed and quiet!
What single thing would most improve your life?
Not having M.E
What is the most important lesson life has taught you?
Try to enjoy each day if you can as you never know whats around the corner. Easier said than done but worth trying.
So there it is as honest as I can. And now my turn to tag a few others to have a go
thuginacocktaildress.blogspot.com
scorpiomoonrose.blogspot.com
novelistinthemaking.blogspot.com
All great blogs and worth a read if you haven't already found them.
Not sure honesty is always the best policy but here goes...................
Which living person do I most admire and why?
Anyone who looks death in the face and survives eg: cancer survivors
When were you happiest?
Without knowing it at the time, probably when I was a kid with no responsibilities.
As an adult probably when I started going out with my now husband.
When was your most embarrassing moment?
Oh I've had far too many to list but one of them would be when I went into hospital in labour with my 1st baby and still being a bit shy of putting my bits and bobs on show. Until the midwife said to me ' Well love if you want to have this baby the knickers need to come off'!!!!!!!
Where would you like to live?
By the sea.
What is your favourite smell?
Anything vanilla or the smell of hot chocolate, I never think it tastes as good as it smells.
Who would play you in a film of your life?
Kate Winslet would be great or someone just as glamorous but knowing my luck it would be Kathy Burke!!
What is your favourite book?
In Cold Blood which I read for A level English many moons ago.
What is your most unappealing habit?
None of course.................I'm sure I'm perfect!
What would be your fancy dress costume of choice?
Wonder Woman!!!
What is your earliest memory?
Not sure of this one but have vague recollection of going for 'sleep time' in school nursery on little mini beds!!!!!
What is your guiltiest pleasure?
Listening to Steve Wright in the afternoon on Radio 2!!
What do you owe your parents?
Everything and a fortune!
To whom would you most like to say sorry?
To my husband for lots and lots of things.
What or who is the greatest love of your life?
My hubby and my children.
What does love feel like?
Not sure......safe.
Which words or phrases do you overuse?
'Bizarre' 'isn't it' and 'unlucky ducky'---don't ask!
What is the worst job you've ever done?
Cleaning toilets other people have used ( when on ablution duty in Forces training)!!!!
If you could edit your past what would you change?
I would have made the phone call to my Dad that I put off, because I was in a rush to get out with the boys, the day he died.
What is the closest you have come to death?
Not my own, but seeing my dad for the 1st time in hospital after he had died!!
What is your greatest achievement?
Having 2 healthy boys.
When did you last cry?
Don't very often so cannot remember when I last did.
How do you relax?
By having a long lay in undisturbed and quiet!
What single thing would most improve your life?
Not having M.E
What is the most important lesson life has taught you?
Try to enjoy each day if you can as you never know whats around the corner. Easier said than done but worth trying.
So there it is as honest as I can. And now my turn to tag a few others to have a go
thuginacocktaildress.blogspot.com
scorpiomoonrose.blogspot.com
novelistinthemaking.blogspot.com
All great blogs and worth a read if you haven't already found them.
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