Hooray for Sundays.....

I used to really hate Sundays ~ they were always a slow day ~ and the day before you had to go back to school or work!! I used to spend every sunday just counting down to yet another week!

BUT ~ I quite like them now ~ don't ask me why the sudden change of heart ~ I just like them!
I don't get a lie in on a Sunday anymore ~ because Daniel goes to judo ~ not that I ever really get a lie in ~ I am lucky if I get to stay in bed past 8am on a weekend and I am up at 6am in the week!!

Sundays have become just a really relaxed, happy day in our little household.
We drop Dan at Judo and then me and Lauren potter about Asda and do the weekly shopping (which usually costs 10 times as much ~ thanks to my little daughter and her shopping addiction ha ha ..........no idea where she gets that from!!!?????)........then we head home and just chill out ~ waiting for Dan to be dropped back from Judo. We try and do something nice ~ just the three of us ~ like go to the cinema or for a walk or go to the park ~ just something to have a bit of fun!!

Sundays are also spent ironing school uniform (that would be me ~ not the kids ha ha !!),
getting lunches ready ~ making sure that homework is done ~ school bags are packed ~ kids are bathed and all clean and sweet smelling!!!! Then ~ the three of us plonk our bums on the sofa and veg out ~ watching Wild at Heart and Dancing on Ice on the TV ~ before the kids go to bed and I get a few hours to myself (usually to blog ~ tee hee!!!!).

Today has been slightly different ~ as Lauren had her dance workshop ~ so Dan was taken to judo by my friend ~ while I drove lauren to the Workshop. She was sooooo excited and couldn't wait to get there ~ it finishes at 6pm ~ so she is going to be exhausted (I will update on the dance workshop tomorrow!!).

I think that today was one of the first times that I have done the weekly shop alone ~ it was great and cost a mere fraction of what it usually does ~ the fact that I didn't have a High School Musical and Camp Rock addicted little girl with me surely helped!! I decided to buy myself a new book ~ as I have just finished The Pilots Wife by Anita Shreve ~ a great book and well worth a read ~ it had me hooked from the start ~ loved it!!!!

The book is called 'By the time you read this' by Lola Jaye ~ here is what it is about (I haven't started reading it yet ~ but hope to tonight!!!)......

"This is a manual for my daughter ~ Lois ~ Here are the rules.....
1. You must only read each new entry on your birthday, there is one for every year until you are thirty.
2. This is a private manual between you and me
3. No peeping at the next entry unless its your birthday."

When Lois Bates is handed the manual, she can barely bring herself to read it as the pain of losing her dad is still so raw. Yet soon his advice is guiding her through every stage of her life ~ from first love and relationships to her career.
The manual can never be a substitute for having her dad back, but through his words Lois learns to start living again, and discovers that happiness is waiting ~ just around the corner. "

I thought that it sounded like a good read ~ although I will need a box of tissues or two (or three) handy while I read it. Since I lost my Dad when he was only 45 ~ and I was only 24 ~ I don't know how far into it I will get ~ before I cry my eyes out (tee hee ~ I am such a softie!!!).

I am just off to put another load in the washing machine and start the ironing ~
My granny always used to say to me "No peace for the wicked"..............all I can say is ~ I must have been very wicked in my past life!!!!!! ~Next time ~ I am definitly coming back as a cat!!
Have a happy Sunday!! XXXXX