Very Strange

Well, i'm not sure whats going on with my blog, but when i check it at work, the heading and the first post are not there...but they are there when i check at home....very strange! Anyway, probably not worth harping on about!

I did however want to blog and say how excited i was that Caridee won America's Next Top Model, I really liked her! Canada's Next Top Model starts on 8th May so I'll obviously have to give that a bit of a go as well!

Should report also that boo has been much better too! Obviously having alittle funny turn about something or other.

where's my heading gone??????

Another one done!

Just finished this! I'm reading like a trooper at the moment! Guess this isn't the most taxing of books I've read but I really like this series of his...and it is a real page turner! Hmmm what shall i start next???

Revolutionary Road

This is the book I've just finished. Really god but pretty depressing. It's currently being made into a film too with Kate Winslet and Leonardo Dicaprio...their first film together after Titanic. Personally i think she will be brilliant in the role of April Wheeler,but I'm not too sure about Leonardo playing Frank, he's bit too young looking i think, but I'm no film director so we'll have to see! Anyway, I really enjoyed it and Richard Yates has got a really easy style of writing! Think I'll definately be reading some of his others.

Boo on the other hand has been much better since Friday...we've had a lovely day with her today and she was great yesterday too. Swings and roundabouts i guess!

Anyway, must go as we need to watch 'Any dream will do!'

Is it nearly the end of the week?

I will be SO glad when this week is done! Work's been ok, but there was an issue to deal with on Monday and Michael is away so that wasn't a great start to the week! And then Little Miss Boo has in all honesty ben a bit of a nightmare! We've had so much shouting, and being nasty that it's starting to grind me down slightly! I will admit that i am quick to shout at her (it's part of my personality!?!) but honestly the slightest thing that she disagrees with makes her fly into an outpouring of various comments, mostly including "i'm not your friend anymore"! Anyway today we went out after school as she needed some summer school sandals, and we had a great time out, she got some summer clothes too, had to justify whether that was 'treating' her, but i don't think it is as it is hot here and she is still wearing tracksuit trousers from the winter, we then came back and she had some dinner etc and all was fine! We then decided to clear out her old clothes, most of which go to my friend's little girl... she kept asking if she could keep things for Jordon aka Winnie-the-pooh, and in the end i said she could choose three things, she clearly wanted five, and all hell broke loose in the Wall household where she slammed doors and screamed! I somehow remained calm and said if she was to make a fuss she would have none of them and put her in the hallway to think about it. Eventually we came to a decision, and strangely she chose only two things...not quite sure how that worked! But i just hoped we could have one day where she didn't throw some kind of fit about something...so we'll have to try again tommorrow!

Then to top my day off....did a load of washing today....just looked outside and next door are having a BBQ, everything now smells slightly of sausages!!!!

Slide show

I know i've added it to my sidebar too, so it's a bit overpowering on the old photos but thought it would be good once the posts go out of date to still have it on there and i can update it!

Check out my Slide Show!

Still Here!

I'm still here...just haven't blogged for a few days! Not really had that much to write about and not sure that i have anything thing to write about now, but we'll give it a go. Easter holidays we're ok, think boo was quite bored so we ended up getting a bit annoyed with each other...is that only going to get worse as she gets older? Yet today we sat watching The Simpsons on the tv and she wanted me to cuddle her! You have to take these opportunities with her when they arise! Kitchen's coming along nicely...the tilers have been and done their bit, and Neil comes to paint it on Monday...must go and get a colour chart tommorrow to decide what we want. The flooring guys are coming tomorrow to measure the kitchen floor and then we can get that laid in a couple of weeks! It's going to look so good!

Boo went back to school today and seemed to have a good day. She got put in the "good as gold" book, and i think thats the third time so she should get a little letter home telling us. She read me Hansel and Gretal when she got home...i'm still amazed that she can sit and read a book and understand what she's reading! I really hope she is going to enjoy reading..she seems to for now! She is currently meant to be going to sleep but is up and down the stairs like a yo yo....taking her awhile to adjust to the fact that she is now back at school and needs to be getting a slightly earlier night!

Well...seem to have wittered on for a bit now and should go as here she comes down the stairs AGAIN............

Anybody Out There

I've decided to start blogging about the books i've read, so the plan is to blog the book everytime I finish one! For those who don't know me i like to read a lot! I always write down what books i have read on a postcard (something i got from Matt's parents) and thought it would be nice to do it on here too. My perfect holiday would be getting through about 10 books in a fortnight. Clearly that doesn't happen now that we have Boo but I seem to do fairly well. I'm not going to really go into what the books were about...just of i liked them etc etc! Anyway this evening I just finished reading the book you can see. Just my cup of tea....I have read all of Marian Keyes books and it was back to her usual standard. It followed Anna Walsh and for those who haven't read any of her books, they are a family who have appeared in a couple of her previous books! It made me cry and laugh out loud so all in all pretty successful!

Changing the subject, had a very nice day out on Hampstead Heath today...never realised it was so easy to get to from here!

Bed for me now...back to work tommorrow...and got to start reading my next book!

The Holidays

The Easter holidays have been good here! My mum came to stay for a few days which was lovely and she was very well and not too hard work which always makes it nice! Then Andrew joined us on the Saturday and we went over to Greeenwich for the day. Sunday was church and we had a nice Easter Day service, then mum and Andrew left. Then on Monday we went to Regents Park with Matt's parents and their friend Debbie. Lots of fresh air and the weather has been really nice! Gotta try working on my tan already!

The kitchen has now been plastered and the tiler should be coming Monday, then Neil can start painting it...it's going to look so good when it's finished! I'm really enjoying it already!

Anyway, one more day left before i have to return to work! Going to Hampstead Heath tommorrow with Katie and the boys, and Peachey and her boys! Really looking forward to it!

She's so brave!!

My beautiful niece Charlotte was an absolute star last night when she performed with her ballet group at Sadlers Wells. They did two dances and she was excellent in both! The title of this post refers to Bekky saying earlier in the day that Charlotte must be so brave to be on stage dancing! And she's right...she is! She looked so sweet and I felt really proud of her! I love her to bits and was nearly crying whilst she was on! Bless her little cotton socks!!!

The Next Stage!

The plasterer came today to do the bit between the worktop and the cupboards on the wall, makes it look much better! So the next step is the tiler coming on Monday 16th! Be good to have a bit of a break from getting up early to let the workmen in!

My mum is coming to stay on Thursday which should be good, and then Andrew comes Saturday so we will go out for the day. Thinking of the National Maritime Museum, looks like it might be pretty good!

Right, thats me done for now! Completely shattered and it's only 7.30pm!