The rooms done!

We did her room! Went surprisingly well....she was very grown up and pleasant about the whole thing! We managed to get two bags of toys together to give to Matt's parents for the jumble sale....and threw away 2 bin bags of general rubbish (lots of McDonalds toys too). Boo now thinks that her room looks massive and it was nice to tuck her up into bed without standing on a toy or slipping on a book! Her room was turning into a "potential death trap"!

Just watched the X Factor final...Leona won which was definately right....bless Ray he was so sweet to her at the end!

Got a busy day tommorrow...church in the morning..then we're having a christmas lunch at church..the whole 3 courses....brilliant. Then in the evening we're going to Carols by Candlelight at St Andrew's...always a lovely service and gets me in the mood for christmas.

Just booked us to go and see Cinderella at the Hackney Empire....oh no you haven't....oh yes i have...etc etc!!!

It's Christmas!

Well it is Christmas...the tree has gone up....was so unstressful that i couldn't quite believe it...the lights weren't tangled up...i think thats what helped! Bee also was here so i managed to remain fairly calm through it all! All i need to do now is hoover up all the little bits of tinsel that are now laying on the floor!

The shopping is nearly all done.....will get the food shoppoing delivered by Tesco's next week...it's going slightly too smoothly for my liking!

The crunch could possibly come on Saturday when i blitz Boo's room to make room for any new toys and bits she might get for Christmas! This has potential to really kick off, especially as she wants to "help" me with it. This is possibly how the conversations may go:

Me: you don't need this anymore
Boo: Yes i do
Me: but you're too old for it
Boo: but i like it
Me: no, you're not keeping it
Boo: Crying and then shouting "you're not my friend"
Me: ok...you can keep it

The alternative ending to that should be:
Me: Well you're still not keeping it!

Thats what i should be aiming for on Saturday!!!

Gadding About!

The above title explains what we have been doing the past few weekends! We went to see my mum last weekend with Andrew, it was her birthday so we thought we would spend the weekend down in Norfolk kindly staying at my cousins holiday home in Ridlington which is lovely! We got there quite late on the Friday evening (we're not mentioning the poor deer incident on the way). Then on the Saturday we went to the home to collect Mum and took her to Norwich Castle for the afternoon and then out for some dinner. We had arranged for the staff to bring our a birthday cake for her.....bless her she looked like she might have been about to cry!!! Then we all went out for lunch Sunday before heading back to London. It was a lovely weekend and Boo was a really good girl!

Then this weekend we went up to see Anne in Long Eaton. She has got a new house which is lovely! We didn't really do much as the weather was a bit pony but we went out for lunch on Saturday...and then for lunch today we went to her friends Katie and Paul's for lunch. they have two kids who Bekky really likes playing with so that worked well!

In a couple of weeks we are off to see the Clarke's for the weekend...it's a really long way to go but will be so lovely to see them and the boys!!!

I've started my Christmas shopping.....this is pretty early for me! Going to really try to get it done before Bekky breaks up from school...so i have till the 20th! I've done a fairly big Amazon order so that will save trawlling round the shops for a few things!

What's going on!

I'm afraid i have to dedicate this post to the delights of TV.

Sorry, but what is going on with the X Factor - it's just WRONG that the McDonald brothers are still in it....i think Simon was right on Saturday when he said that they are just getting sympathy votes! There's no way that they were better than Robert or Eton Road! If they win...well i don't know what i'll do! I personally like Ben, but i'm really thinking that Leona should win. Oh this IS exciting.......Matt's work colleague Gill went to see the X Factor and she got me Ben's autograph...i was really pleased and Bekky was too.....she seems to like whoever i like with the exeption of Eton Road!

Strictly come dancing next.....well thank goodness Peter has gone...he should definatley have gone before Ray who went the week before last.....as for who i want to win...well thats a tricky one...i like Mark (obviously) but also like Emma and Louisa...i think i'll have to play that one by ear a bit!

Not seen much of I'm a Celebrity.....but Jason Donovan is in it....so he's got to be my favourite regardless how he is. I used to love him!

I really should get out more...but the nights are drawing in so it makes perfect viewing!!!

I'm Back!

Well actually we've been back from our holiday for about 2 months! We had a great time...weather was lovely...bit of sunburn action going on! Boo really enjoyed herself and spent a lot of time playing with Honour and William, and we also spent quite a lot of time with Joh and Mike which was brilliant!

Things here have been good! Work's going fine....Bekky has settled into her new school class with her new teacher and seems to be enjoying it! Matt is well....it was his birthday yesterday.

Despite it being 2 months since i wrote i don't really have that much to say...highlights of this month have included going to the cinema to see "Little Miss Sunshine" brilliant and really funny, "the Devil wears Prada" completely girly but brilliant!!!
We also had Anne come to stay for a couple of days which was great just to hang out with her and watch TV! It's what we do best!!!

Anyway, should get on with some work!

Cheerio!

Holidaaaaay! Celebraaaaate!

We're off tommorrow!!!! About bloomin time!!!

Finished work today...think i was driving Michael abit mental with counting down the hours from about midday.....he did say he felt like he was going on holiday when i left so it must have been catching! Had a nice time up at the Angel with Bekky and Alison...Alison had taken Boo shopping to get her a dress....but neither Alison or I really liked the one boo had chosen so we managed to pursuade her to let us take it back and we'll look for something whilst we're away! She did get a brilliant pink england t-shirt...gotta a feeling that might become a favourite of hers!

Just got a little bit more packing to do in the morning....mainly got to do some toys for Boo but she's being fairly sensible about what to pack!

Its also Matt and I's wedding anniversary on Thursday....10 years!!! Happy anniversary Slimchick!!xx

Long Time no Blog!

Sorry it's been ages since i blogged something....and i probably won't be able to think of many things that have been exciting!

Bekky has now finished school for the summer and finished Reception year...can't believe it really.....she will be in Ms Saunders class next year and seems to be really looking forward to it. I had a birthday which was nice...went out for dinner with some of the girls from church....went out for dinner with matt....then Mum and Andrew came up for the weekend...so all together a lovely birthday once again. Been to see my beautiful neice in a ballet show...i was so proud of her.....she looked SO sweet! Bekky really loved seeing her but tells me she NEVER wants to go to a dance class! Such a shame but you can't force them!

Been a bit of a sad time with people moving away....Brionnie and Jess have gone and Katie and Alex and the boys go whilst we are on holiday! Going to be abit weird when we get back and things return to normal. Good news is that my mate Bee has got a new job where we will be able to "do lunch"....excellent!

Well, we go off on holiday next week! JUST CAN'T WAIT!!!!! It's going to be great to get away and have a rest!!!

Looking back, there were some fairly exciting things in there!
xx

It's been Sunny!

Hooray...it's been sunny this weekend!!! Thank goodness for abit of sun...means i don't have to go out carrying loads of rain gear...bekky can play in the garden...and i can hang the washing out! Such a housewife thing to say....but it's true!

We've had a good weekend. Yesterday we went to Regent's Park with Matt and Jess and had abit of wander about...the girls went in the playground and then we all had an ice cream! My downside of the day was that i watched the finale of "Strictly Dance Fever" whilst having my tea and then set it to record the results as saturday is CSI night on 5....so i waited eagerly for them to finish and switched the tv over to see if it had recorded which it had...then i went to play it and disaster struck...it had recorded the wrong thing...i could have nearly cried!!!!! I've watched the entire series and loved it and now i've missed the last programme! I text Jenny to share in my disaster as i knew she'd understand...matt was good about it to....but there was nothing we could do! Anyway i had to look onthe internet to see who won.....which was Darrien and Hollie....i wanted Darren and Lana to win....but the other two were pretty good on the night! I'm still gutted about it today! Sure it will pass soon! Even my mum asked if i'd seen it and i had to tell her the sorry tale!

Not really done much today....church this morning..then we went to Borders and Starbucks which was nice! Bekky has played outside most of the day and matt has watched the cricket!

Anyway, its back to normal tommorrow, bekky goes back to school! Matt and i are hoping to go and see "X -Men" on Tuesday which should be good! Andrew is currently in Florence......really enjoying it apparantly.....well why wouldn't you!!!

Cheerio!!!xxx

It's raining, it's pouring!

Well.....its done nothing but rain since i last wrote it seems! It hasn't constantly rained.....but enough for it to annoy me! And also enough for me to get a kagool! I know...i couldn't believe it myself....but i had the old dilemma of it being too warm to wear my winter coat and also not being able to hold Bekky's hand, an umbrella and all her stuff that she just "can't" carry on the way to school.....so we went to Blacks and got a "Kag in a Bag". I got black and Boo got Pink! I must say they have come in very handy already! They've got some good stuff in Blacks!

The weekend saw us all going to the Rugby at Twickenham. Sale were playing Leicester Tigers.....great game! Bekky's first experience of a rugby match and she got right into it at points....joining in with shouting "Sale" every now and again! When they won she cheered and waved her arms about like she'd been a life long fan....then announced that she'd like a Sale Rugby Kit! Think the fact they had a cool shark mascot might have had something to do with it......really good day out tho!

Yesterday we met up with Matt's parents who were back from Croatia looking lovely and brown......i spoke to Anne who was back from her hols and i spoke to andrew who has just booked some time away in Florence! Enough is enough......only 8 weeks till we go away!

Going to see Les Miserables with Boo tommorrow.....hope she likes it....its abit long but i think she'll enjoy it! She likes watching the DVD so we'll see how it goes!

Bye for now Boogaloo's!xx

Calm Down!?

Ok, i have calmed down now after seeing Take That...but if anyone asks me about it it quickly comes flooding back! I also keep having a little smile to myself when i hear one of their songs...actually i think i just blatantly smile!!! Ok, maybe i haven't calmed down at all! Jenny's even going to see them again!!!!

Been really tired this week....next door decided to have a party till all hours of the morning in the middle of the week! (i think i sound like i'm getting old), but honestly....it was a Wednesday night!! Work has been ok which is good!

Bekky was "Class Achiever" of the week this week. She had to show a picture of a Goat that she had drawn this week in assembly....so proud of our little boo! She has been fairly good at trying new foods...its a pretty slow process but i'm kind of doing it in her time....she tried peas for tea tonight...she wasn't overly keen but we're going to mix them with sweetcorn next time!

Weekends here now...so hopefully it'll be a goodun!!!!! :)

Back For Good

Where do i even start! Last night had to be one of THE most exciting evenings ever!!! We went to see TAKE THAT!!!!!!

We had fantastic seats courtesy of Jenny. Beveley Knight kicked the show off......i really like her anyway and she was fantastic. Then came the boys!! I have to say that i was never a huge fan when they were in their peak.....but that has changed now! I have never seen such a fantastic all round show before! They looked brilliant....like they had never been away! We were dancing, waving (i know!), screaming, almost crying (I know i know!). But to be honest i didn't care......i loved it! Words do not really do it justice!!!

I thought my favourite was going to be Jason as i always quite liked him best...but on the night it had to be Gary! Bless him!!!!

Anyway should get on with some work.....but i'm still so excited!!!!!

Take that and Party

Just had to quickly blog before leaving work.....going to see Take That tonight with Jenny and some of her school friends!!! Well excited!!! Will blog again tommorrow!!

Georgia

We have a new hamster.....Georgia was purchased last Thursday and seems to have settled in well! I'll get Matt to try and take a photo so that you can all see her! she seems alot more lively than Cheeky Monkey and seems to sleep less! Funnily enough she has done exactly the same that Cheeky Monkey did and has made her bed at the end of the tube and not in the house! I wonder why they do that!!! Anyway...have to clean her out soon as she has made abit of a mess so we'll see where she settles down after that! Bekky chose the name...was meant to be called "joseph" but they only had female ones!

Our lovely friend Willow got married on Monday....such a nice day...she looked beautiful and her now husband Len looked really smart! We all had new outfits which was nice! Boo loves a good church wedding as she knows lots of people....in her element!

Bekky has got the day off school tommorrow as her school is being used as a polling station...so think we'll go to Brighton for the day and hang out on the Pier (that makes us sound abit common). Boo likes abit of funfair action (as do i) so hopefully a good day will be had by all!

Well i had better go...got lots of tv recorded to watch whilst Matt is at work...ER, Greys Anatomy etc!!!

Take Care Boogaloo's!!!xxx

Cheeky Monkey

I'm sad to report that on Monday morning Cheeky Monkey died......Boo handled it very well....looked into his little house and told him that she loved him! I was pretty gutted to be honest......which is amazing considering i didn't want a hamster in the first place!

He will be replaced but not forgotten!

Rest in peace little man!x

All Change!

Things have been all change with regards to our home since i last wrote! I said in my last post that we were having our bathroom done...this is now finished courtesy of Dolphin (great job) and then Nessy came and painted it and the new toilet (great job too)! We have also had our hallway painted again by Nessy...its now Natural Hessian and looks so nice! It amaxing how much of a difference it has made!!!

Easter holidays finished today....sadly i left poor Boo sobbing at school as she didn't want to go.....only another two hours then i can go and get her! We had a really good Easter time....we didn't go away but she spent various days with either both of us, or just one of us, she also went to stay with Jenny which she loved and spent yesterday with Grandpa so i'm not surprised she was abit gutted to be going back! Hopefully she'll settle into it again soon. Even seeing her friend Bethany didn't stop her crying!!!

We are currently trying to encourage Boo to eat "new" things....only on day two and already i can tell its going to be slightly testing! We tried mashed potato yesterday but not a spoonful entered her little mouth....no mash even went on the spoon!!! Anyway...had a chat to Matt's mum about it and had a look in couple of books and the key things need to be:
1) Do not tell her off for not eating her dinner (i reallymust make sure i remember that)
2) No treats after dinner if she hasn't eaten it - that should be alright
3) Persevere, persevere, persevere ( I must remember that too!)
Anyway, sure we'll get there in the end!!! Bloomin hard work tho!!!

Just thinking about it makes me want to lay down!

Bye!!! ;)

He'yer fa'got a dickey, bor?

Look at this:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/4836406.stm

See we do speak proply!

Thought it was about time that i posted another blog! I'm currently watching CBeebies with boo who is laying on the sofa feeling rather poorly! She's been sleeping for a bit but keeps opening her eyes to tell me that she was watching CBeebies when i've just turned it over! She just seems to have a temperature but also says she feels sick so i had to get her a bowl too! She looks very sweet in her little dressing gown tho with her red cheeks!!

We are currently having our bathroom redone! How exciting! It was in a pretty bad state and is already looking much better! The guy is upstairs tiling i think...better to just leave him to it!

There's not really been much to report since i last wrote...bekky had a school report which was really really good...i was so proud! I had my work appraisal which was really good...don't quite know why i was worried, but i'm me and i was!

Might try and do a bit of reading today whilst she's sleeping instead of just watching tv! Just finished reading "The Kite Runner" which i borrowed from Rob and Alison, probably one of the best books i hae read...then i read some girly novel...which i also enjoyed and annoyingly for Matt it made me laugh out loud (he hates that) and now i'm going to be reading "Maps for lost lovers", also borrowed from Matt's parents! I'd really like to be a reading group....but can't seem to find anybody else! How sad! At least i have friends who like the same sort of books so we can talk about them a bit!

Well, the boogaloo is off! byeeee xxxx

A new week begins

Well, it seems to have been awhile since i wrote anything....so thought i should do a little update! Matt and i have been to Vienna now which was a lovely break...although we were both feeling abit "peaky" and Matt had a cold when we got back and i had a cough the whole time we were there....still it was nice to get away! Not sure it's somewhere that i would return to...but its got some really beautiful buildings and it snowed so that made it all really nice....if not slightly on the chilly side!

Yesterday we went to Cardiff to watch the Rugby Powergen semi-cup final between Wasps and Leicester and Bath and Scarletts. Had a really nice day, we went with Steve and Jo, Neil and Steve's Dad.. Wasps won (Hooray) and Bath lost (Booooo!), but still a good day was had by all i think! It has to have been the time i have been at my coldest i think...the first game started at 2.30pm and we left the stadium at 7.15pm...then had to queue up outside Cardiff train station for 1hr 45mins for the train back to London. This then turned into a bit of a nightmare as people had reserved tickets and the train was rammed so naturally we all sat wherever we could, but some people were having none of it and were very rude to say the least! Got back here about 1.00am so been pretty tired today! Andrew had bekky for the day and stayed over here....he took her to the zoo and thoroughly spoilt her which she loves.....bless him, he was in bed by 10 last night after trundelling round the Zoo all day! He got her some brilliant stuff from the shop so she's got all that in bed with her tonight!

Not done much today...led the service at church today which went really well (not being a show off - feedback was given) then we have just hung around here all afternoon...we've all been pretty tired so that never bodes well for me and boo as i just get cross with her! Must learn patience!

Well, thats enough of my essay...Matt's currently watching Planet Earth so will watch a bit of that....will end up really enjoying it i expect!!!

Cheerio!!!!xx

The Boo is 5!!!!

How amazing to think that my little boo is 5!!! This time 5 years ago it was our first night back at the flat as three people! I remember waking up in the night and Matt and Bekky not being in the room....Matt was actually asleep on the sofa with her asleep on his chest...so sweet! and so sweet that he had let me sleep! Time certainly flies...but on the other hand it doesn't ever feel like i've been without her!

She had a joint party onSunday with her friend Callum which was really good...lots of playing games and running about! Callum's dad Alex did some puppet shows which the kids loved and which featured Callum and Bekky doing various things!

Then on monday, her actual birthday, we had Rob and Alison over, and Nessie and Luke came too! She got some really lovely stuff! Matt and i bought her a SylvanianFamilies Department Store to go under the little house thatshe had got last year...she seemed really pleased with it...i wasn't so pleased that there were about 3,000 little bits and what felt like a million stickers to go on it! Got help doing that so it wasn't too bad in the end! She got a really cute Cabbage Patch doll from Rob and Alison....never understood why i wasn't allowed one!

Another week over

Well another week over and back into the next one!

Things have been ok this week....been doing abit of sorting out for Bekky's birthday in a couple of weeks! Been visitng the Sylvanian shop in Mountgrove Road which is brilliant....we went on Saturday with Bekky and she really enjoyed herself. Also been sorting out things for her party....i'm doing Parcel the Parcel as Bekky calls it so got the presents for that....just need to get the stuff to go inbetween the layers and then wrap them all up. She's really excited about her party with Callum!

Not much else has really happened this week.....my cold is going...still feel abit under the weather but it is February and it is cold and grey so would imagine that most people feel this way....well i hope so otherwise its just me being miserable!!!

Poorly Me!

I've got a cold!!! Been feeling pretty rough since about sat evening...i ahte having a cold...it's so inconveniant...can't do anything without having to blow my nose! Was meant to be leading at Church yesterday morning but wasn't really up for it, Matt kindly did it for me, and Claire took Boo to church with her which was nice...meant i could sleep and lay on the sofa for a couple of hours! Anne then came round for some lunch which was lovely!

I expect loads has happened since i last wrote...but probably won't be able to remember much. CBB was won by Chantelle which was excellent.....i was abit worried she wasn't going to win...but it all came good in the end...apart from Preston coming fourth, he should hav been secind in my opinion!

On saturday we went to Charlotte's birthday party...was reallylovely to see everyone there....i love my neice to bits! Boo really enjoys going there...she was abit funny whilst there were loads of people there...but i think she just likes having Charlotte to herself. Boo then chatted all the way home whilst we had to endure the soundtrack to "Joseph" again! Weall have to be various parts...normally i'm the brothers and she's Joseph. she could go on mastermind with her knowledge of Joseph!

Matt and i are off to vienna just Boo's birthday (she staying with Gran and Grandpa - she thought that meant being off school, so had to put her straight on that one). It looks like its going to be lovely.....we are staying in an old palace, obviously i'm fairly posh so will suit me just fine! Ha Ha!!! Its going to be pretty cold but will be lovely to have a break with Matt.....i really enjoy our little trips away...Matt really needs a break too so should be good fun. Lots of looking about, drinking coffee and reading! Just the sort of trip i like!

Cheerio for now :)

The start of another week!

Well it Monday again! Had a really nice weekend....went to the zoo with boo on Saturday and had a really lovely time! She was really good and we laughed a lot as we went round looking at all the animals! She's been really affectionate too which is lovely!

Work has been good...a real mixture of suddenly really busy and then suddenly not so busy.....been doing all the accounts which has been interesting and something that i never thought i would be able to do as maths was never a strong point at school for me, but its actually been really interesting! Think myproblem was that i just had rubbish teachers and if they had just spent a bit of time explaining it all to me without getting annoyed i think i might have picked it up!

The above picture is boo in the summer when we were in Guernsey...bless her! she's really looking forward to going again this year!

Celebrity Spotting

Well...its nearly the end of the weekend.....been quite a nice weekend....bekky's been good which is always a bonus!

The title for this particular post should be explained! I went to Borders on Thursday and was in the queue when i noticed that Hermione Grainger was behind me....was well excited but slightly disappointed that Bekky wasn't with me! Then we were in Borders again yesterday(get the impression we like it in there?) and Matt spotted the blokes from The Mighty Boosh...also very exciting and pretty cool!!! The perks of living in Islington!!!

Anyway....need to go......Celebrity Big Brother is on!!!

The end of Christmas!

It is the end of christmas.....the tree has come down...the cards have gone! Won't be long before its back round again i expect!

Been to see Dorothy in hospital today...thought she was looking pretty well and she should be coming home tommorrow. Think Bekky found the hospital quite interesting, all the nurses kept trying to speak to her, but she was having none of it! Then said i would take Bekky for lunch as its her last day before school begins... stangely enough she chose to go to McDonalds! Not all that exciting!

Anyway thats been about it for today....did good dancing in the kitchen with Bekky before tea!!! Really like it when we have a laugh like that!

Back to work!

Well, its the 3rd of January 2006 and it was back to work today!!! wasn't really up for it to be honest....but it was ok once i got into it. The church was freezing tho as the heating had been turned off which i understand when the church is empty but that's no good when i'm there.....i'm cold at the best of times!

Not much planned for tommorrow....got to go and see Dorothy in hospital...poor thing had a fall on Friday.....hope she'll be pleased to see me...then i thought i'd take boo to the Aquarium (fish zoo as she calls it), but we'll see how we're feeling and what mood she's in!!!