Grown Up??????

Been contemplating whether I should be a bit more grown up now that I'm 34! In some respects I guess I am grown up to some people, I've been married nearly 11 years, I have a 6 year old daughter, we have a house, I have a respectable job etc etc! But still I love things that I'm not sure I should still love at this age....I love watching programmes such as Dawson's Creek, and One Tree Hill, I admit to really enjoying watching High School Musical with Bekky, and would possibly even watch it when she's not here! I love screaming at Take That with Jenny, or Will Young or S Club (Jen you know what you did!) or whoever we're into seeing at the time! I love getting over excited about my birthday and what presents i might get, I love going dancing, and then wandering home late at night giggling with my friends....

Is there an age when i should grow out of these things?....will I always love watching Dawson's Creek and things like that.....i hope i will!

I'm 34!

Today's my birthday! I'm the grand old age of 34!

Had a lovely day yesterday with mum....i met her in Norwich and we spent the day shopping, which is always a good thing! Plans for today are to meet Been and Mark for lunch, and then after school we are going to Bethany's house, who is Bekky's friend from school! Hoping Matt may cook dinner tonight! Tomorrow I'm going out for drinks in the evening, so that will be lovely!

Happy Birthday to me!

Today Boo will be......

learning to ride her bike! She did it!!! She's had her bike since last August with one stabaliser on it...Matt noticed on the way home today that she was not really leaning on it that much, so once i got home and she had shown me i decided it needed to come off! she was a bit shaky and nervous to start with, and after a few small falls she was off! Bless her, it was really exciting! I did video it on my phone which i have now transferred to the computer, but i can't work out how to get that on my blog! So here's a photo of her the day we got her bike! It's been an exciting weekend for the little Boo! :)

Today Boo will be trying......

Ham and Cheese and Onion crisps! The result was that she liked them both! Feeling that real progress is being made!

Weather is grim today here...so expect the day will be spent indoors!

The four new boys went into the BB house...can't remember names yet but they are:

a model - seems like he may be slightly annoying...bad hair, and came in wearing a headband!
A millioniare - from Islington, so bound to be nice! a slightly older man, but seems ok!
A tree surgeon - Bit of a LAD! the twins seemed to be fairly keen on him!
A guy who i can't remember what he does - he seemed like he might be quite sweet, charley reckoned that she already knew him, which i guess is possible!

Anyway, we'll wait and see how they settle in! Shabnam was evicted which to be honest in just a blessed relief in my opinion!!!

Boo's just asked for some proper cheese.....I can't keep up!!!!!

End of the week

Well, it's the end of my week off...and whilst I have gained a bit of colour, and seen friends for coffee, and generally had a good week, it has made me realise that I really like working! My brain feels like it has slightly turned to mush, and I'm quite looking forward to getting back into it all on Monday.....I may not feel like that Monday morning when I wake up, but we'll wait and see!

Matt's been in Madrid for a couple of days on business this week, and I took Boo out for dinner which was great and we had a really good laugh! Talking about Boo, she's been really good about trying new things to eat. They have had a Healthy Week at school, and yesterday they made "Honey and Oat Energy Bars". I could see all the ingredients on the table when we got to school yesterday, Boo made me laugh by saying 'are we making Jaffa Cake bars'...clearly they were not as it's 'Healthy Week', so when she got home she said they had made them for the Health Fair today and they had been able to try some in the afternoon, and she liked them!!! I would never have thought she would. They had the health fair today and she bought some more to eat! She also said that she tried cucumber today and she liked that! I'm thinking that maybe because we have had a little run of trying things and liking them, she is more up for trying things...if that makes any sense at all!

Been out this afternoon with Alison to the House of Lords for a fundraising and awareness event for Alkaptonuriawhich the boys of a couple of my friends have got. It was a really good afternoon and was interesting to hear about how it affects people and what research they are doing to try and find a cure or at least medication to ease peoples pain. It was great having it there, a real experience, it was really posh, and we had cream tea and strawberries!

Well BB is on....get Shabnam out!!! Charley needs to go, but she's not up for eviction, so that will have to wait! There are also four...yes FOUR...new boys going in! Bring it on I say.....been getting a bit fed up just watching the girls going on at each other! Will report on what they are like soon!

Week Off!

Yes this week i have the week off work! How exciting! Not really got that much planned but that's a good thing! Weather's been lovely today again...hoping it lasts this week too.

Think thats all i have to say!!

Oh i do like to be beside the seaside......

Today Boo, Bee and I took a jaunt into Brighton. Matt was writing his talk today so even though he's happy to have us here I thought it best that we went out! Didn't think the day was going to be that great as when Boo came through at 7.45 this morning it was raining! Decided to go with it though, and by the time we got there it was lovely! First stop was a little sit down on the beachthen we moved on to have some chips sitting on the beach and then it was quick turn on the carousel which I love. We then moved down to the pier so that Boo could go on a few rides! First up was the teacups (like waltzers) which I had to go on with her! All started pretty well and then the man seemed to spin us around unecessarily fast until boo looked exactly how i feltNext stop was a ride in a Barbie Car, a bit like a gentle rollercoasterWe then headed back to the beach for another sit down before we got the train back! The sun clearly came out to stay as my arms and neck are feeling particularly hot to touch! Will all be worth it when they are brown!

Tonight has seen the Joseph final....wanted Lewis to win, but sadly he came third and Lee was victorious! Boo will be a bit disappointed when i tell her, but to be honest i think the right bloke won and he's clearly going to be amazing in it! We will be off to see that as soon as it opens in the west end then mum wants to go for her birthday in November! It was also the Grease final this evening which i haven't seen yet, but did see the result on the news! just great!!! Lesley has apparantly left the BB house after 10 days! Not surprised really....didn't think she would last very long....all a bit too young for her i think! Wonder how the new boys are getting on...Ziggy didn't look all that chuffed to see new boys in there....don't think he has anything to worry about tho!

Well after all the excitement of today i must rest........

Books

Realised that I hadn't blogged what books I had read recently so thought I should add them now whilst I wait for the Joseph Semi Final result. After reading The Girls i read the latest paperback in the Ladies Detective series. This one hadn't had such good reviews as the others, but to be honest I'm still finding them as good as they we're at the beginning! I think it's best to read them in order as you really get to know the characters. I like them as they are quite easy reading too. Last night I finished reading the latest Jodi Picoult book. This was one of the best one of hers that I had read I thought....it's a bit odd as the guy who tells the story is a comic illustrator, so at the end of each chapter is a little bit more of the comic book. Again, it hadn't had particularly good reviews, but I enjoyed it and read it in 3 days! It was one of those where I had to read a couple of pages whenever I had a few mins! Anyway I had better send it off to Jenny, my sister in law, otherwise I'll never hear the end of it....eh Jen?xx

Half Term

It's been a really nice half term with boo! On Wednesday Matt bought us tickets to go and see the Lion King at the theatre...it was truly amazing! We had fairly good seats right at the top on the front row, and both thought it was brilliant...boo got really into it, and the way i could tell that was that she didn't ask for food during the whole show! She loves going to the theatre which is great as i do too! If you haven't seen it, you really must go! The weather was quite nice yesterday so we took Boo's bike to the park, and one of her school friends was in there so they were able to ride around together whilst i read my book...she's getting really good on her bike with one staberliser...and announced when we got home about 5 hours later that she thinks she's ready to have it taken off...i'm excited about her being able to ride her bike properly....think she'll love it!

Big Brother has started....brilliant! Thats me sorted for the next 13 weeks and 2 days! For those of you who haven't watched it yet..there are 11 girls and then 1 guy went in this evening....Ziggy!!! To be honest they all seem pretty nice at the mo...well apart from one girl who i'm not all that keen on...but sure it'll all change when they start fighting over Ziggy. Anyway, this is going to be the year that i don't religiously follow it....it started Wednesday and I missed last night, but watched tonights. Doing quite well don't you think?!!