My list of 8's....

I have been tagged by Amanda at Pennynpounds to do a list of 8's, this has taken me a while (mainly because I am tired and can't type tonight ha ha!!!).
Anyway, here goes ~ my 8's list!!!

8 Things I have a passion for!!!

Taking photographs ~ I am not always good at it, but I love it!!
Walking on the beach ~ I love the sea air and feel of sand between my toes !!
Diet coke ~ I drink way too much of it.
Life ~ I believe in making the most of every day ~ none of us know what tomorrow brings.
Nights out with my mates ~ they are few and far between these days, but mean alot to me.
Blogging ~ I Looooovvvvveeee it!!
Eating biscuits (hence the reason I am always on a diet ha ha!!)
Wine!!

8 Things I would like to do before I die!!

Do a bungee jump ~ not easy for someone who is afraid of heights!!
Meet up with all my Blog friends in South Africa ~ Dani is researching this one!!
See my children settled and happy!!
Reach a very old age!
Learn to cook (ha ha!!)
Have a lie in one morning (past 8am!!! ~ Please!!)
See the Grand Canyon ~ it must be so breathtakingly wonderful!!
Swim in the dead sea ~

8 Things I say alot!!

I Love You!!

What do you think you are doing?

Oh My God!!

Oh Bless you.

No you can't (ha ha!!)

Really?

Hurry up!!!

Night Night sleep tight!!!

8 Books I have read recently!!

Remember Me? (Sophie Kinsella)

The Accidental Wife (Rowan Coleman)

Tell it to the skies (Erica James)

Pastures New (Julia Williams)

Petit Anglais (Catherine Sanderson)

Thanks for the memories (Cecelia Ahern)

Where Rainbows end (Cecelia Ahern)

Dead Famous (Ben Elton)

8 Movies I have seen 8 times!!

The sound of music

Harry Potter (all of them so far!!)

The Family Guy

Charlottes Web

My best friends wedding

Forrest Gump

Shrek

Grease

There you go ~ done at last!! I am not going to tag anyone, as they have all been tagged already, but if you want to do it ~ feel free and let me know, so I can come over and check it out!!

Sleeping on the floor is so much fun!!!!!

Here are my 2 very sweet (well sometimes!!), children, fast asleep tonight.....on the bedroom floor!!
(please note ~ it was dark in the room ~ I ran in, took the picture and ran out ~ hoping the flash wouldn't wake them ha ha!!!).
They are very excited at the moment, as the bunk beds have been taken apart (ready for the delivery of the new beds ~ the first one this Saturday!), so they are having to slum it for 3 nights and sleep on the floor. Daniel is infact sleeping on both the bunk bed matresses and Lauren is on her pink princess ready bed. I was a little worried about the arrangement, and feared that they would moan about having to sleep on the floor, but they were really excited and even insisted on sleeping side by side, even though there is now lots of room to spread out!!!

I have told them that it is only a temporary arrangement until the weekend ~ but they both seem keen to sleep on the floor forever (why did I bother ordering new beds tee hee!! Only Joking!!). Please note the gorgeous YELLOW paint in the background ~ it nearly killed me getting the room all painted in time for Saturday ~ I never thought it would be so hard to paint one room ~ but when you work until 6pm and then have your own 2 very (UN) helpfull helpers wanting to make a mess ~ oops I meant paint the walls ~ it has taken longer than expected!!

I am looking for curtains tomorrow ~ although I have no idea what colour to get ~ I think I will just go with the flow and see what takes my fancy!!

What did you do today?

I picked Lauren and Daniel up from school today and as we were walking along ~ I was chatting to Lauren, asking her what she had done etc ~ she told me all about a boy in her class being sick in the school swimming pool (sounds like fun!!), she told me she had been to the library and chosen a new book, she said that a girl in her class was naughty and got told off for talking in assembly!! ~ she then proceeded to tell me all about one of the dinner ladies taking a skipping rope out in the playground at lunchtime and how she (Lauren) had done the most skips (78 I think it was), she told me all about who was whose girlfriend and boyfriend and who had fallen out with who that day, and who said what, to who about something or another (it all gets very confusing you know!!).......she told me all about what she had for school dinners and that she wanted to take sandwiches tomorrow and then finished off by telling me that she has a school trip next Tuesday that I have to send money in for (Great!!!)............I then turned to Daniel, who had been wandering along next to us, not listening to a word that was being said (because thinking about the next episode of Dr Who is far more important ha ha!!!)..........I asked him what he had been up to at school, he looked at me, thought for a moment ~ hesitated slightly (as if I had asked him what the winning lottery numbers were for this week!!), and then just smiled and replied " Oh ~ Nothing!!!"...................................That's my boy !!! A man (or should that be BOY of very few words!!! ha ha).......... Either that or he is used to not being able to get a word in edge ways with his sister about (she could talk for England tee hee!!!).....

I love our little chats that we have ~ although half the time I have no idea what she is going on about lol!!! ~ they are precious little moments that I will treasure and remember forever!!!

Happy Birthday Dani XX

SOME BLOGGY PRESENTS FOR DANI!!!!

Yummy Scrummy birthday chocolates!!!

Birthday flowers ~ for the Birthday Girl!!

A big birthday cake!!!!

OOOps more flowers (haven't got the hang of uploading photos yet ha ha!!!!) A little Birthday Goat!!!!!
(TEE HEE ~ couldn't let today pass without a little goaty!!!)

I never dreamed when I started this blog ~ Back in March ~ that I would make so many great blogging friends!!! I have been very lucky to 'meet' so many wonderful people via this blog and I am most grateful for that. One such person is Dani over at give me a second to think about it whose birthday it is today!! So I hope that you will join with me in wishing Dani an absolutely fabulous day ~ she is a very special person and I feel like I have known her for years!!!

I just wish that there wasn't a vast expanse of water and thousands of miles between us ~ then I could pop over with some flowers, chocolates and a huge big cake ~ and wish her happy birthday in person!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DANI ~ HAVE A FABULOUS DAY XXXXXXXXXX

Put the paintbrush down ~ and step away from the paint!!!

I finally bought the paint ~ Lemon Tropics !!! (Who thinks up these names??)

I bought the paint pads and paint brush!!!!

Decided we need some new furniture ~ my bedtime reading tonight lol!!

The new paint colour guide ~ only the living room left to paint now ~ yet more bedtime reading!!

Forgot to take any before pictures (it was cream coloured!!!).....but here is a half finished room!!

Bought the kids a new bedroom roller blind ~ just need curtains and a lampshade now!!!

Hurray!!!! ~ We made it to the pictures ~ Harrison Ford Here I come !!!!!!

At last I have bought the paint for the childrens bedroom!! It was a difficult task ~ Daniel wanted blue (his football teams colours!!) and Lauren wanted pink or purple!!! SO ~ I decided to buy yellow as a compromise!!! BUT ~ no, you cannot go and buy yellow paint ~ there are SOOOOOOOO many yellows, different shades and all with very different names ~ after ages standing there looking at pots and pots of paint ~ we decided on a yellow called ' Lemon Tropics' ~ the children said it reminded them of sunshine!!

Home we went, and I got changed into some old clothes and Operation Paint the Bedroom started!!! I actually got all but one wall completely finished and also put up their new roller blind. We have to choose some curtains and a lampshade and then the room is all ready for when the new beds are delivered. Daniels is coming some time on Saturday and I am waiting for a delivery date for Laurens!!!!

While in Homebase I decided to have a quick peek at the furniture and promptly decided that we need some new bits and pieces, so I have picked up the home catalogue and will be making a 'Wish List' tonight (I am terrible for making wish lists ~ all I have to do is actually save the money to buy it all LOL!!!). I also picked up the paint colour guide ~ so that I can decide what colour to paint the livingroom (and then that will be the whole place painted ~ yippeeee!!!).

I got so totally and utterly engrossed in the painting that I forgot that I had booked tickets to see Indiana Jones ~ Daniel came in and reminded me (thank goodness!!), so it was a quick change and then off we went to the cinema.

The film was fantastic ~ I love Indiana Jones and thoroughly enjoyed it!!! There were a few moments when Lauren grabbed my arm tightly and nearly dropped the popcorn!!

Harrison Ford did not dissapoint and thanks to Dani, I spent the whole film looking at his trousers ~ as I read in her blog that they were his original ones from the other films (OK, that and the fact that I quite like Harrison Ford anyway!!).......

It was great just sitting there for a few hours, doing nothing, and watching the film ~ at last a bit of relaxation this weekend!! Tomorrow the last wall will be finished (at some stage), and then the bedroom makeover will be complete!!! Then I will sit back and put my feet up (for a bit!!) ~ before the Living Room makeover starts!!!