YET ~ another note to little old me!!!!

Next time it is pouring with rain ~ DO NOT spend 20 minutes straightening your hair in the morning...............IT IS JUST NOT WORTH IT!!!!

Next time you take the car to the car wash and get it all clean and sparkly.........DO NOT under any circumstances park the car under the telephone wires ~ where that damn great big fat pigeon always sits.............and poops on said shiny car!!!!!

Next time you are sat at the traffic lights ~ singing your heart out to a Kylie Minogue song (yes I know I am sad ~ but 'I should be so lucky' is a classic after all......isn't it!!!) ~ remember to check who is sat next to you at the lights........I am sure that the two young Police men in the patrol car regained their professionalism........once they had stopped peeing themselves laughing!!!!

Next time you shut the front door ~ please ~ please ~ please ~ P L E A S E ~ check that you have your frigging door keys..........this locking yourself out of the house 4 times in one week is wearing just a little bit thin!!!

HAPPY THURSDAY TO YOU ALL ~ NEARLY FRIDAY AGAIN ~ YIPPPPEEE!!!! xxxxxxx

Happy Happy Happy!!!!

I am sorry that I have been a little bit sad and unhappy over the last few days ~ those of you with access to my private blog know all about it ~ but I am over it now ~ what ever will happen ~ will happen and I am just not going to worry about it ~ I am not going to waste another second of my time letting him annoy me ~ he is not worth wasting the energy on!!!!!!!

We have some pretty scary weather here again ~ I pulled out of the end of our road this morning and hit black ice ~ thankfully I was not doing any speed ~ but we slid straight across the road ~ and I luckily managed to correct the car before we hit anything ~ We had floods yesterday and the water that is left on the roads has obviously frozen overnight ~ which is just hell to drive on!! Please hurry up and come Summer ~ I need some sunshine ~ my poor body needs heat ~ I need to take off some layers ~ wear less clothes ~ let my feet out of the 2 pairs of socks and huge winter boots that I had on today ~ I just need to be sitting in the garden with the sun on my face ~

I am very happy today ~ I went to my weigh in and have lost 2 pounds ~ bringing the total I have lost now to 5 and a half stone (77 pounds) ~ I have the choice now to stop if I want (well ~ it isn't actually stopping ~ as I have to maintain the weight loss ~ what fun!!!) ~ my bmi is now in the healthy range ~ but I would still like to lose a bit more ~ not sure how much more ~ maybe another half a stone (7 pounds) ~ I have to look at the chart that I have got with the upper and lower weight ranges for my height and make a decision ~ it is all so complicated tee hee!!!!!

Lauren has been doing practice classes for her dance exams that she has in a few weeks ~ she is very excited and uses every spare moment to dance around.

Daniel is looking through his french phrase book ~ he is going on a school trip to France in March ~ so I think that he is making sure that he can ask where the toilet is ~ and how to order Chicken nuggets and chips (tee hee!!!).

It is School Half Term next week ~ so I have been trying to decide what to do with the children ~ alot will depend on the weather. If it warms up a bit ~ the children always love a walk along our local beach ~ and we always go to the woods ~ burn....oops I meant bake cakes ~ do some crafty bits and pieces and we always have a movie day ~ when we get together with my friend June ~ who is also a Childminder ~ we pop some pop corn and put on a movie and the kids love it. I quite like the school holidays as there are no school runs and no rushing about in the mornings ~ it is a bit more laid back and relaxed in the mornings ~ it is just the rest of the day that is mad!!! WISH ME LUCK!!! xxx

A little interview by Dani...

I am not in the mood for blogging at the moment (sorry!!) ~ my mind is else where and I cannot start to write a blog post.......so ~ I decided that today was a good day to complete the interview questions that Dani sent to me recently.



Here are Dani's questions and my answers ~ hope you enjoy!!!



1. What is the most beautiful place to which you have travelled in Europe?



I would have to say Austria ~ I visited there several times on holiday with my Mum and Dad and Sister when I was younger ~ and again a few years ago (before children!!) ~ with some friends of mine. It was just amazing ~ totally breath taking scenery and gorgeous views.



2. Describe your most romantic (or fun) date upon which you have ever gone.



It was with an ex boyfriend who was a soldier ~ he was meant to be away on exercise and he managed to volunteer to return to the camp for a job ~ which was close to where I lived (we lived in Germany at the time!!) ~ he turned up at my house (totally unexpected) ~ and brought flowers and we had an impromptu date ~ it was such a great suprise as he was meant to be away for 6 weeks!!!



3. What is the most treasured inanimate object in your home?



That is easy ~ I have a picture of myself and my Dad on my sideboard ~ I was aged about 3 and I am sitting on my dads lap ~ holding my dolly! I love that photo ~ and it will always be on display no matter where I live!!



4. Have you ever seen the movie The Queen ~ if you have ~ how accurate do you believe the depiction was of the monarchy?



I have seen the film on several occasions.

Obviously none of us know how accurate the depiction is of HRH ~ but I think that what my granny always used to say is true ~ There is no smoke without fire!!! In other words ~ I think that there must be some certain degree of truth behind the film.



5. Who is your favourite Author and what is your favourite book by this Author?



I do read alot of books and I have many favourite Authors ~ Jodi Picoult is one of my very favourite and although I have read most of her books ~ I think that my favourite would have to be Picture Perfect ~ which I have read several times. Other favourites are Sophie Kinsella ~ confessions of a shopaholic and most of the Nicholas Sparks books!!


We have had a washout of a day here ~ now that there is no snow ~ we have floods ~ I had to take a slightly different route to school this morning as the road in the village where the school is was flooded ~ the children decided that they should have another day off ~ but sadly for them ~ this was not to be ha ha !!!

They are off on half term next week ~ so I am stocking up on the valium this week tee hee!!
No doubt I will be pulling my hair out mid week! Wish me luck!!! XXXXX

Not good!

Things are not good here today ~ those of you that have access to my other blog can pop over there and read my lastest post ~ I doubt that I have to tell you what it is about ~ you can guess!!

I am fed up ~ and that is all I have to say today (SORRY!!!).

I am off to bed now before I eat any chocolate!!

(Will be back tomorrow ~ hopefully happier and with something decent to blog about!!!) XXX

Great day......

Today was a really great day ~ for all 3 of us!

Little Lauren went over for a play day with one of her school friends ~ well, I call it a play day ~ it was actually a day spent dancing and singing and messing about to High School Musical and Camp Rock ~ she had a great time and came home suitably exhausted ha ha !!

Daniel went to a friends house also and had a boys day ~ doing boys things ~ which I think involved playing on the PS3 and messing about!!!
He didn't want to come home ha ha !!!

And me ~ well, I went to the hairdressers ~ and spent an hour and a half being pampered and came out suitably refreshed and with a nice new (shorter) haircut! It is only slightly shorter ~ but has more shape to it now ~ and I am happy with it!
I am afraid that I cannot scare you with any photos this time round ~ as the camera has died ~ I think that there is a problem with the battery charger ~ so hopefully I can get a new one!!
Things keep breaking round here ~ first the kettle went to kettle heaven and now the camera has given up ha ha !!

After the hairdressers I decided that I would have a bit of retail therapy ~ but ended up actually not seeing anything that I liked ~ so I came home empty handed !
That happens quite often ~ I have the money to treat myself and see nothing that I like ~ then when I am totally skint ~ I see everything that I want ha ha ~ just my luck!!

Well ~ best head off to bed now ~ early start again in the morning ~ Dan is at Judo and I have the joys of the weekly shopping trip with Lauren ~ I think that I may have to put her in a straight jacket or something ~ so that she is unable to put things in the trolley!!!!
XXX