BRENDAS PHOTO CHALLENGE!!

It is time for Brendas photo challenge again ~ the hostess this time is Shannon over at paint mine pink ~ thank you Shannon for being the hostess this time. The theme that Shannon chose was 'Things with wings'. This was quite a tricky one ~I took my camera with me every time we went out ~ but either the weather was lousy or the said 'thing with wings' would not co operate and flew off before I could get a photo!!

I had to improvise a bit ~ so here are the photos I managed to take of 'things with wings'......

Lauren made me this butterfly ~ which is very very cute!!
Here are some birds ~ which stayed still just long enough for me to get this rather bad photo!!
Another butterfly ~ one of my many butterfly ornaments which I have around the place!!
Yes, another butterfly (we do like the odd butterfly or two in this household ha ha !!) ~ a picture of my favourite clock!!
Unfortunately my plan to take some pictures of 'REAL' butterflies failed ~ as every time I saw one I didn't have my camera and when I was all equipped ~ the darn thing flew off just at the moment I pressed the button!!!

Never mind, I still enjoyed the challenge (as always!!). I believe that Amanda over at penny n pounds is the next hostess ~ I am looking forward to seeing the theme that Amanda chooses ~ so bye bye until next time XXXX

YES!!!

The bank agreed the loan ~ I collect the car tomorrow morning at 10.30am ~ I am so so excited!!

I am meant to be posting my breandas photo challenge photos today ~ but I haven't done the post yet or uploaded the photos ~ so I will be doing that later!!!

PS ~ did I tell you I am excited ???????????? YIPPEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! XXX

Back to school they go!

Today was the childrens first day back at school ~ the pictures are of them both this morning ~ all dressed in their new uniforms and ready to go!!

They both have great teachers this year and have had a nice day ~ they both had so much to tell me when I picked them up this afternoon ~ it was a bit hard to take it all in (ha ha !!) ~ I think that I got it all though!!

In true British weather form ~ the skies opened just as we were on the school run ~ making the drive to school VERY interesting (the wind screen wipers couldn't go any faster!!) ~ it stopped for a bit and then promptly started again when I was on the way back to the car!! Thank god for my rain jacket ~ very unflattering ~ but who cares ~ it kept me semi dry!!

I haven't got as much to do tonight ~ just packed lunches ~ so I won't be standing ironing for 2 hours tonight (thank goodness!!!).

I have just been to get weighed and this week I have lost 2 pounds ~ bringing the total lost to 3 stone and 10 pounds. Another 4 pounds and I will have lost 4 stone ~ I am quite pleased with that!! Only another 2 to go now!!

I have about half of Breaking Dawn left to read and so far I have been unable to put it down ~ it is just wonderful!! Part of me wants to rush through and read as fast as I can ~ to find out what happens in the end ~ but another part wants to read slowly ~ as this is the last book in the series and I don't want it to end!!

I am at the bank in the morning ~ so wish me luck ~ I will let you know how it all goes and hopefully come Saturday we will have the new car!! XXXX

Busy Busy day!!

Today has been one of those days where my feet have just not touched the ground!!

It has been such a hectic day ~ I am totally knackered and I still have to iron the childrens school uniforms, polish their new school shoes and make their packed lunches ~ pack their school bags ~ find their winter coats (yes ~ it is getting that chilly!!) ~ and somewhere amongst all this I have to stop and eat something (I have not had my weigh in tonight as it has been changed to Thursday just for this week!!!).

As it was the childrens last day of freedom today (tee hee), before they start back at school tomorrow ~ my friend June and I got together and all the children had a great time in the garden, playing, running around and getting a bit grubby! We made cakes with them, took them for a nature walk and finally watched a DVD ~ they all had a really fun last day of the holidays!!

When the children that I care for had all gone home ~ I went to test drive the new car that I am interested in buying. All I can say is that I am in love (tee hee ~ with a car!!) ~ it is totally lovely ~ black shiny ~ new and quiet (mine sounds like a tank!!) ~ I really really really really want it ~ really really!! My appointment with the bank is Friday morning at 10.30am ~ so I am keeping everything crossed that I possibly can.....there is no reason that it will not be approved, but I worry about things like this and always go with the worst possible scenario and then things can only get better (or at least that is how I look at it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!). Keep your fingers, toes and everything else crossed too ~ I think that will help (tee hee!!)

I had better be off and make a start on the ironing and packed lunches ~ tomorrow is going to be a shock for us all ~ we have to be on our way to the school by 8.30am ~ and the children have both been lying in late for the whole holidays ~ so tomorrow will be a bit of a shock!!
I have enjoyed having my 2 little stars home with me for the 6 weeks holidays ~ yes, there have been times where they have driven me mad (quite a few!!) ~ but the house will seem very strange and quiet without them tomorrow ~

My most favourite programme ~ Desperate Housewives is back tonight (yippeee yippeeeee!!) and Ugly Betty starts back on Friday! Life just can't get any better (tee hee!!!)
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September.....

Today is September 1st ~ the start of yet another new month!! I am not sure where this year has gone, I think that I must have blinked on January 1st and all of a sudden it is September!!

Where was the summer?? a few weeks of hot weather was it!! Now it feels Like Autumn and the nights are getting darker earlier ~ I went to buy a birthday card today and the card shop was full of christmas cards ~ already!!

I have decided today that I need to buy a new car!! There are several reasons for this ~ firstly my car is getting old, it has done oodles of miles (and has started making alot of funny noises too!!) ~ and also I need a bigger car ~ by bigger I mean seating room and not engine. Being a Childminder ~ when I have Dan and Loz in the car aswell as the two children that I currently care for (and me of course!!) ~ there is no spare seat ~ so I need a 7 seater!!

My friends husband has been keeping an eye out and has spotted a Vauxhall Zafira ~ which is only a few years old, hasn't done many miles and seems great all round!! It is black ~ has lots of added extras and is in my price range!! I am very excited ~ I have booked to go to the bank on Friday ~ to finalise the paying for it bit! I am looking at the car tomorrow night and taking it for a test drive ~ so I will let you know how that goes. I haven't had my own car for years ~ the car that I have at the moment was the car that my ex and I had when we were married and I had no choice but to keep it ~ as at the time I couldn't afford a new one ~ so now it feels brilliant to be choosing what I want and doing it myself ~ I have waited a long time for this and now it is all coming together! By the weekend I could have a new car ~ be ready for lots of new car photos soon ~ if it all comes together! (keep your fingers crossed that it all goes right!!).