Good or not?

Wonder what this will be like?

Guess it will either be a brilliant chance for a sing along...or it'll be slightly on the naff side! I will of course have to go and see it!

The Delayed Kitchen

Well, i finally managed to speak to someone at Kitchen's Direct after spending another lunch hour calling them! They then called me back to say it was all going ahead as normal....then they called again to say that the surveyor needs to come back out and redo the bit where the microwave is going. so it's now going to be delivered next week and then they will fit it the week after.....gives us a bit more time to clear out the ktichen which is good...it's getting there slowly!

Got an appointment at the dentist tommrrow at 11.30.....already worried about it....but guess it will be fine and i won't be in there long!

Getting my hair cut next week! this is what i'm thinking of going for.......a graduated bob....i'll look for a pic later and post it!

Right better go and hang out the washing!!!

The beginning of the week

Well it's Monday agin and the start of another week! Not been a bad day for a monday...we are working on the magazine at work so that will keep me busy this week. It's my mate Bee's birthday tommorrow so we are off to the pub tommorrow evening! Kitchen is meant to be arriving on Thursday but i realised to day that the microwave was not in the plans and when i checked them it hadn't been put in the original order...so we're currently waiting for them to ring back and let us know what we can do! Guess the options are going to be getting the surveyor in to do it all again, or hopefully get the money back for that bit and go for it as it is! Anyway, hopefully they will get back to me tommorrow sometime!

And to end the day nicely my tooth broke! And its at the front!!! Charming!

Fingers Crossed

Well hopefully we have cracked the internet problem on the computer. I rang Applecare during my lunch break yesterday and spoke to 'Brian' who was very helpful considering i don't really know that much about computers and i kept uttering the words 'sorry, where is that on the laptop'.....but eventually he worked out i needed to download a programme (couldn't tell you what it was called) so he kindly emailed it to me and i cleverly put it on Matt's memory stick, transferred it on here and TA DAH!!! i've been online ever since! It flicked off a couple of times yesterday evening but came straight back on so i can cope with that! Anyway, big thanks to Brian! Not that i think he'll be reading this!

Not done much today which has been nice....tommorrow i am off to Norwich to meet up with Mum for the day and wander round the shops. She needs to get Boo a birthday present and we need to look for Andrew's birthday present too if we have the time! Hopefully all the trains will be running as last time i went for the day i was delayed for an hour which was just typical.....but not really what you want when you are only there for a few hours anyway!

Kitchen

We're getting a new kitchen! Kitchens Direct came last night and we're going ahead with it! It's going to look so lovely!!!!! Anyway, they rang just now to say they would like to start fitting it on March 19th...thats pretty soon! No doubt it's going to be complete chaos and pretty stressfull all round...but it is so going to be worth it.

Still not having much luck with the MAC! For some reason it seems to be fine during the day but loses the internet connection in the evening which is when i'm at home wanting to do stuff on it! Pretty annoying! Anyway i'm going to ring Applecare a bit later and see what they say if not you can take it to the shop where they have a desk where they can look at it! It's so annoying to get something new and exciting and not be able to use it properly!

Kew Gardens

Had a lovely day out yeserday at Kew Gardens with Matt's parents...weather was lovely except for a little dowpour, but we were having lunch so didn't affect us at all. It's a really nice place to go to for the day and really easy to get to from our house! Boo seemed to enjoy herself to and did quite a bit of skipping along the paths.

The internet connection went down last night which caused the MAC to put up a funny little message when i turned it on...was very frustrating and Andrew tried to help me sort it out to no avail...then this morning it was still the same, so spoke to Mark and he just suggested turning it all off and start again...and bingo...here i am!

Poor Boo has got a cough and a cold.....the cough has given her a bad headache as well...but we both had a sleep this afternoon and her headache seems to have gone! I always quite like the idea of a sunday afternoon sleep...but i think i actually feel worse afterwards and now we have to hope that Bekky goes to sleep tonight too!

Well i had better get the tea done before Shipwrecked is on later!

Fun!

As you can see Matt has been having fun with the "PhotoBooth" option on the MAC.

This evening i've been playing games on here with andrew which was pretty cool .....even he didn't know you could do that!

Anyway i should call it a night!

p.s I am still excited!!!!

HHHOOORRRAAAYYY!!!!!!!

We're going again!!!! Courtesy of causing Jenny a lot of stress she managed to get some tickets this morning! They were pretty pricey but who cares!!! We're going!
Just heard on the radio they sold 370,000 tickets in three hours!

Am i going to be this excited till December? YES!
Should i maybe get a grip as i'm 33 years old? MAYBE!
Am I bovverred? NOOOOOO!!!!!

The Mac has arrived

We have the MAC! I like it! Andrew was incredibly helpful in letting me know what i needed to do......got my MSN sorted and also my IPOD is back in use.....with Take That on it....so that's brilliant! Think its going to be quite cool having this!

Not done that much the past couple of days...was really sick yesterday so that was prety unpleasant....fortunately Bekky was a complete angel after school and more or less just let my lay on the sofa! Feeling much better today. Tuesday evening we went to Rob's Licensing as a Chaplain at St George's which was nice......Matt, Jenny and Charlotte were there and also Diana, so was lovely to see them all!

Not got any plans for the weekend which is nice...so not sure what we'll do!

Check out my photos!

Big thanks to Mark who directed me to the right place to create the mosaic you see to the left of the screen (hopefully!) Brilliant!!!

Boo and I are getting a new laptop this week (a MAC eek!) so once i've located the lead to hook up the camera to the computer you'll be seeing a lot more photos! Probably all of boo...but thats not a bad thing!

The show must go on!

The boo's birthday turned out a lot better than i thought it would at 1.00am on Tuesday morning! We were able to have her little party with pancakes (lovingly cooked by Alison) and birthday cake (also provided by Rob and alison). Her Auntie Nessy came with Luke and Benny which she loved! She got the Sylfamily Canal boat which is fantastic...it's sleeps about 6 of the little animals and she seems thrilled with it! She also got some money so i feel a little trip to the Sylfamily shop looming! A photo of the boo will appear when i can find the lead for the camera and work out how to do it!

I've just come back fron a lovely time at Jenny's. Boo is still there and they are returning her tommorrow after work! Boo had a slight wobbler last night about being left there today but she seemed to have got over that this morning and to be honest charlotte and her played in Charlotte's room nearly all day...only coming out to get a drink and food! I realised last night as i was trying to get Boo to sleep in a single bed with me, that she really grinds her teeth! I've never noticed it before! She was meant to be sleeping on the mattress with Charlotte but wanted to be in the bed....so i topped and tailed with her, but man, she doesn't half move about...must be about every 20 seconds or something! By 2.00am i had had enough and also slept on the mattress with Charlotte! It was fine actually and the cuddle i had with her this morning more than made up for it!

Matt and i are making the most of this evening and going to go and see Hot Fuzz! I can't but help think the title sounds well dodgy...even tho i know it isn't! iIm going to eat lots of popcorn too! Brilliant!

Six and sick!

The booster is 6 today! Sadly the booster is also ill after being up three times in the night being sick! Not the best way to start your birthday! But to give her lots of credit she's still being fairly chirpy about it all...she's slightly worried she may not be able to participate in her birthday cake.

She seemed thrillied with her ever growing collection of Sylfamily (sylvanian family for those who don't know the way boo says it). Willow Hall seemed to be a great success when I left. I suppose the good thing about her being off ill is that she gets to spend the day playing with them. Matt has taken the day off work to be with her as i need to hold the fort at work!

Speaking of work....Id better get on with the accounts!!!

All Change!

Thought i'd have a bit of a change around on my blog - plus got a bit fed up with the pink! Think it's looking a bit more stylish now!

Would like to get some kind of photo montage on here....but not sure how to do that.....think you can do it with "Flicker" but not sure how to do that either! Oh well...took me long enough to work out how to change my blog about so sure i'll crack it in the end!

Time Flies

Just realised I haven't blogged since January and if someone is reading this then i at least owe them something new to read!

Things have been ticking along nicely since January.......we've done various things.....had a lovely weekend when Matt and Gemma and the gang came to stay....had my friend Diana come to stay which was lovely and great to catch up with her! Last Saturday Matt and I went to Twickenham to watch England v Italy.....not a particularly great game.....but i still enjoyed it. We were in a corporate box with some people from Matt's work and Stephen and Jo came with us too. Really nice food and whatever drinks you wanted, so can't be bad! I never thought hearing the national anthem at the start of a game could be quite so moving (not that it takes much to make me shed a tear!)

Bekky had a lovely time staying with Rob and Alison in their new flat in Tooting. She was a bit concerned as it was her first night there, but we all knew it would be nothing to worry about really! Bekky is on half term next week, and it also happens to be her 6th birthday on the Tuesday, nicely coinciding with Pancake Day. She's not having a party this year (as she's lost her birthday party buddy Callum) so she's going to Tracy's for the day as I have to work and then we'll have some pancakes at home and Rob and Alison and Nessy, Luke and Benny are all going to come over. Got to do another visit to the Sylfamily (as she calls it) shop this week whilst she's still at school. Bekky and I are then spending a couple of days at Matt and Jenny's house which will be lovely!

The high heels mission is going fairly well! I can walk in them and my feet don't ache too much! I think i may have missed years of lovely shoes! Should of persevered sooner!!!

Happy New Year

What an original title!

Well, Christmas and New Year are all done for another year. They were both nice....had Mum and Andrew staying for Christmas and we spent time at Rob and Alisons...good to spend it with family! Presents were great....got a Nintendo DS Lite from Matt, plus some Next vouchers (from Boo too) and some high heeled boots. i know i never wear high heels, but this is going to be my year! They are really lovely! Got some great pyjamas and got Take That album too...really pleased with everything!

Things are almost back to normal now...i'm back at work today and Boo goes back to school on thursday. Matt sadly went back to work last week.

Well considering its an exciting time of the year, thats all i have to write about!

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!