Neglected!!!!

Yes, I am still in the land of the living........here is a photo to prove I am really still alive!! I know, I know ~ I have soooo neglected my blog and I am very sorry!!! I am afraid that I have something to admit to you all............I have an addiction.......I am trying to get help for it.........but I am totally adicted to.............Facebook (LOL)!!!!!

So, what have we been up to here??

It has been a few weeks full of happy moments and a few sad ones too!

We said goodbye to one of the little girls that I look after ~ she is moving to Germany with her parents and we will miss her so much. We had a little picnic in the garden for her to say goodbye!

I received a wonderful card and another Willow Tree figure to add to my collcetion ~ it is just lovely!!

I also received a birthday card from my Blog friend Tania and a lovely little card.

Thank you so much Tania ~ it is gorgeous and I have worn it today ~ it looks great!!

We also celebrated Andys birthday on the 8th ~ he had a really great day and we went for a meal in the evening ~ which was really nice ~ we don't get much time together ~ just the 2 of us ~ so it was a special evening!!

Here is the cake that I had made for Andys birthday.......I wish that I could lie to you and tell you that I made it......but I didn't ha ha ~ my friend Joan made it for him ~ it was very very yummy!!

The children are making the most of their school holidays and thankfully the weather has been quite hot, so they have managed to get out in the fresh air and sunshine quite alot.

They are back at school during the first week of September ~ so before then I have to kit them both out with new school uniforms and shoes ~ Daniel needs a school blazer as he is moving up to senior school.

I am counting down the days until I am going away with Andy ~ the chidren are (hopefully) going away with their Dad and we have 4 days away together ~ just the 2 of us ~ believe me.....I really need the break!!!!

I have the day off tomorrow ~ no children to look after ~ apart from my own 2 ~ so I am going to have a day of.......cleaning!! I do not get the chance to have a really good clean ~ so it will be out with the polish and duster and this place will get a much needed summer clean (as I have totally missed spring ha ha !!).

Well, best be off ~ have a pile of ironing the size of a small mountain to get done (yuck!).

See you all again soon XXX

Holidays

Well, we are now 2 weeks into the summer holidays and things are going ok. Lauren has recovered from her sickness episode ~ which thankfully did not develop into anything more serious and Daniels eye is getting better ~ although he still has some bruising 2 week on.

The children have been enjoying their time off school and have been busy doing craft and drawing and playing out in the sunshine ~ which seems to have left us today though! The last few weeks have been a mixture of bright and sunny days, followed by rain, rain and rain!!

We went to see the new Harry Potter film at the weekend and then Andy and I took the children out for a meal ~ which they thought was great!

The film was fantastic and I totally enjoyed it and would go and watch it again and again (yes, I am a bit of a Harry Potter fan!).

It is all change here over the next few weeks with 2 of my childminding children moving on ~ but another 2 start in September, so that will keep me busy.

I have been spending my spare time trying to have a major clear out and tidy up ~ which I have actually been trying to do for the 4 years that I have lived here (ha ha ). When I split with my ex husband, we were given very little time to leave the Navy accomodation that we were living in, so when I moved in here I just brought everything with me (whether we really needed it or not!!!). Now, 4 years later ~ the place is in need of a big clear out ~ especially the childrens bedroom ~ which is full to bursting (they have sooooo much stuff ~ I have no idea how that even happened!!!!!).

I am usually so busy with work and my 2 children and just life in general, that I never have the time to really get everything done, but between the children moving on and the new ones starting, I have a few weeks break ~ which will be put to good use..........cleaning and tidying (ha ha ~ I wish I could just spend it sitting about eating chocolate and being lazy tee hee!!!!!).

It is Andys birthday at the weekend and I am taking him out for a meal and have some suprise presents for him (since he made my birthday soooo special this year!!).

We are also going away together for 4 days at the end of the month ~ as the children are (hopefully!) going away with their dad (camping??!!!).

All in all ~ life is good and I am very happy (although I suppose that I shouldn't say that out loud ha ha ~ don't want to jinx it!!).

Hope you are all ok in blog land ~ am off to visit you all now and say hello!! XXXX