Simply Me

Hello?

2011-07-05T23:01:00.002+01:00

Anybody out there?

I'm definately not consistant, but at least I do show back up at times!

So much has happened since I last posted, but since it's 11pm, I think I will leave that for another day.

Maybe tomorrow??

Hello?

Listen.....

2010-11-17T19:01:00.002Z

Doodles is serenading me with my favorite song of his on the guitar.
It's a soft, harp sounding one, it's so lovely. I'm so glad that he's still keeping up with his guitar.

Oh, did I mention we are moving? Yep. We. Are.

Do I sound excited? Nope. We. Are. Not. (that is, of course, a royal 'We')

lol

Let me see, lived in same area for the whole 11 yrs I've been in England, same GP, who knows me inside and out (literally!!), Doodles going to same school since he was 2, living close to M.I.L, so no problems if babysitter needed, an absolutely amazing carer, all my consultants......

What in the world do I have to be nervous about??

HA! Nervous?!? Terrified is more like it!!

Since June, JustAl has been commuting to work, Bless him, he has really sacrificed so I could stay with my GP and consultants, so I told him, that we needed to think about moving closer to work now. He needs an easier life, he works so hard for us.

He leaves the house at 5:30am to walk the 1.5 miles to the train station, where he has to change trains twice to get to Newbury, then he walks a further 2 miles to reach work. Then he works and makes the trek home and he doesn't get home till 8pm.

He stays so tired, and home life is non existent for him, so I told him it's time. I can handle the move (or so I told him!).

Now, the move is imminent and I'm soooooo scared. I'm not sleeping anymore, and the pain is reaching epic proportions with me doing most of the leg work for the move, since JustAL has no time.

We move in under 2 weeks. on the 27th.

Well, gotta head to the train station, I pick him up in the evenings to save him the walk.

More later on this episode in my life.......

Can you hear that?

2010-11-13T21:15:00.002Z

Hmmmm can you?

It's the sounds of jaws dropping.

rapidly.

I'm here!

Okay, Okay, I know I'am a 'few' days late, but if you understood my world, you would say 'ah, that's okay'.

So, I'm sitting, waiting for my pain pills and the other dozen pills I've just taken, to get me thru the night, to actually kick in and do their many jobs.

I found something to kill time with....
deleting the two million (okay, yes, that is a SLIGHT exaggeration)shows I have piled up on the V+ box waiting to be watched.
You know them, the shows that look amazing at the time, so you set them to record, and never actually get around to watching them, yeah, that's them.

So, one after another, I hit delete and okay, THEN after the first million, you get the dreaded message that says 'completing request, Please wait....', so you wait, and wait, and try to turn off the tv, and wait, and try to hit 'back' and wait...

I'm still waiting. and waiting.

Would ask hubby to help, but as you can hear, and I KNOW you can hear him, he's busy sawing logs, LOUDLY, on the floor in front of the tv, that is, the same tv that is 'still waiting'.

We are moving. Did I tell you that? No?

Well guess that will be the story for tomorrow. IF I can remember to post tomorrow, that is.

I promise, I'll try!!

?

2010-08-20T11:44:00.003+01:00

I have no title, I have no thoughts, I have nothing.

It's a blank. lol

Well, guess that's not totally true, I do have thoughts, but think I'll keep those to myself.

My diet has went pear shaped, can't seem to get my head around it anymore.
I'm not giving up though. I'm hoping after our hols, I can get back into it.

I can't seem to get out of the funk.

Pain, no sleep, everything just seems to be beating at me, like it's a moth flying around a light and keeps running into it and beating at it with it's wings.

It's like your in quicksand and you can't struggle, it's just all pressing in around you, you trying to walk thru deep mud and it gets so the mud weighs you down and you can't lift your feet anymore to walk.

Even the air feels heavy.

I know this is crap, I know in my head that this is just a fibro thing and it will go away, but it still feels overwhelming.

In one of my fibro support groups, one of the women died.
She took her own life. She couldn't take the pain and weariness any longer.
On one hand, I know exactly how she felt and why she did it, I can totally understand it.
But on the other hand, I can't imagine coming to that decision.
It's scary when half of you understands and can see it, but half of you can't.

When does one half take over the other half and how deep in the quicksand do you have to be?

In my head, I know that her situation was different from mine, in that she lived in the US, and couldn't afford her pain pills or some of her other meds, or couldn't afford to go to the doctor when needed.

In my head, I know that I have everything I need to fight this, I have an amazing doctor who not only sees me when needed, but comes to my house when the pain is to much, and takes it away.
And I have all this free, at my fingertips.
What makes me more special than her? Why didn't she deserve to have what she needed?

That could have been me.

In my head, I know the difference, but in my heart, it's not so clear.

Okay, Netster, see what happens when you want a post! lol

It's time for my carer to arrive, to fix doodles his lunch, another thing that someone has to do for me.

How much has to be taken away before you become a blob? a non entity? a bump on a log? something with no shape, no form, no texture, a nothing?

okay, I'm gonna get off here, think I've said way to much, as usual!!

Teach you to ask me to blog! lol

love ya netster!

Where is that da** towel?

2010-07-29T11:01:00.002+01:00

WI was this morning and for the first time, I have put on weight. yuck!

I put on 1/2 a pound and seeing it go on my graph, was harder than I thought.

I can't claim emotional eating or being ill or anything else that would be an okay excuse.
I was just, very simply put, giving myself an excuse to quit.

Throw in the towel.

Stop.

But, my friend Helen, has hidden my towel. Won't give it back. Stole it!

So, guess I will have to continue on the trip, since she won't give it back!

I started pointing again today, after almost a week of skipping it.

Where is that wagon??

Simply promises

2010-07-27T12:07:00.004+01:00

Well, I made a promise to myself, and to a WW friend, that as a way to stay 'on track' I would try to blog everyday or at least every other.

hhhhmmmm I don't know if I'll make it or not, but here's one, anyway!

Doing really really lousy on WW at the moment. At my midweek sneaky peek, it looks like I've gained about 4lbs. Don't know if that will go up any before Thursday, but the possibility is out there.

Am I tempted to throw in towel, like I have every other time I've done this.

Yes.

WILL I throw in the towel, like I have every other time I've done this.

No.

I am trying to fight thru my sabotage as, I know the signs, when I get to this point, I usually give it up, but this time I'm actually trying to hang on by the tips of my fingers to the edge of the wagon.

So, if any of you see this wagon, racing along the road at top speed, with a crazy, maniac of a woman clinging to the side, please, please, please, stop the horses to give me a chance to climb aboard, before I fall under the wheels!

Made several promises to myself and Helen, and am hoping my netster will jump in with a few of her own!

Mine are:

1. Eat 2 portion of fruit
2. Eat 3 portions of veg
3. Drink 2lts of CL/water (fizzy not included)
4. Log all points even the naughty ones and the 0pt ones
5. Drink no more than 2 Dr. Peppers a day.
6. Write on my 'Simply Me' blog daily (okay, maybe every other day. lol)

Fibro wise, and life wise, things are slogging along.

New carer is quite nice, I have enjoyed her being around, though I do see a bit of bossiness in there, that I may have to get up the bravado enough to stop.

Other than that. I'm alive! So that's always a bonus! lol

The wagon

2010-07-15T10:47:00.003+01:00

The WW wagon tends to leave me behind at times of need. Wonder how that works?

I had a good WI today, lost 3.5 lbs, so now have lost just over 30lbs. It just doesn't seem real!

My current weight is now 24 st 5.5 lbs, it's a loss of 2st 2.4lbs. I'll take it!

Got Doodles costume done and dusted! Involved a few late nights and lots of headache meds! lol

Will try to get a pic of it today, as today is the class assembly.

Tonight is open house at Myton, so a long drive (hour and a half one way) to pick up JustAL from work, then the long drive back, as if he commutes on the train he wouldn't get home till 8pm.
He has about a 2 hour commute each way, leaves around 5am and gets in about 8pm. Long day for him, thank goodness the contract ends in a another 5 weeks! lol

Anyway, gonna pick AL up, so we can make it back for the open house. We've already done the NLS open house. These are our only two schools that we are willing to put Doodles in for upper school.
We have to get the decision made tonight, so we can apply onlline. Doodles is leaning toward NLS, as they are a arts college, and he is wanting to take Drama as a main course.
Dad is leaning toward Myton, as they are top in the marks of GCSE's and are a top school, not to mention that is the school that AL went to.
So, tonight will tell.

Mom has not made a decision, except that she wants Doodles to go to a school that he will be happy at, as even a top school can't get good grades out of a child who isn't fulfilling, not only his academics, but his passion and Doodles has a definite passion for Drama, so I'm all for a school who specializes in Drama and has good academic scores.

NLS is a arts college and has just this year built a totally new school, that has state of the art things.
They have professional dance studios', full recording studios, a wonderful drama dept, that has several plays a year to perform.
It is also second to myton in academics, so I'm happy for Doodles to attend there.
But we'll give Myton thier chance tonight to impress. lol

The Wagon is driving by now, so must run and jump on it before it leaves me behind again.

Greek soldiers, Glue and Guesswork

2010-07-11T22:49:00.002+01:00

What a title huh?

It all goes together, so what can it be that involves all of those things?

Got any ideas?

No?

It's the dreaded 'class assembly'........(insert Jaws theme tune here)

Doodles: Mum, I'm going to be a Greek soldier in my class assembly!!

Mum: Cool! Do you have any lines?

Doodles: Yes!

Mum: What do you wear?

Doodles: Shorts

Mum: What are you lines?

Doodles: It's a surprise!

Mum: Do you need anything?

Doodles: A sword!

Mum: Okay

Doodles: Oh, and a spear.

Mum: mmmmmmmhhmmm

Doodles: Can I have a snack?

Mum: Get an apple or some other fruit.

Doodles: Heads to kitchen.....

Yelling from kitchen.....

Doodles: I need a helmet, too.

Mum: *rolls eyes*

Doodles: mumbling around food in mouth *need helmet*

Mum: Yep, I heard you.

Mum: Do you need anything else?

Doodles: uh uh

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Next Day (Saturday)

Doodles: Mum, What are we going to do for my costume?

Mum: What costume?

Doodles: For my class assembly Thursday *with a definite 'duh' tone*

Mum: your sword, helmet and spear?

Doodles: yeah, and the armor and cape they wear.

Mum: What armor and cape they wear? You didn't TELL me you needed that.

********************************************
2 hours later

Doodles: Dad! Did mum tell you I'm a Greek soldier and get to wear a FULL Greek soldier costume? Mum is going to do it.

Mum: What?!??

Dad: Didn't you know?

Mum: NO! He just told me a helmet, spear and sword.

Mum: *going online to see photo of Greek soldier and what they wear* Oh sheeeesh, I gotta do that? Sam!!! You have to tell me these things sooner! When is it due?

Doodles: The class assembly is Thursday.

Mum: *talking to dad* I'll go Monday to the hobby place and get stuff to make it, that will give me 3 days to make it.

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Sunday

Doodle: Mum, will you have it ready by Tuesday morning?

Mum: What?!??

Doodle: It has to be in by Tuesday morning!!

Mum: *looking at dad* And we had another child, for what reason?!?

Yep, he's done it again! Getting information out of that child is like a leaky faucet.....
take time to get small drips of info from him......
Takes time, a drip at a time.....
Is as annoying as all get out!!!!!!

So, ran to Coventry to the hobby place, picked up some brown felt (for leather looking breast plate....
Gold felt (for gold leg armor)
Tan felt (for contrast leather on skirt portion of armor)
LARGE red felt(for spartan cloak)
Gold chain and stone looking decorations (for above mentioned cloak)
Gold mask (to cut apart for hop lite helmet)
Glue
and HUGE bottle of aspirin!!!!!! (not really, took heavier stuff than that!!! lol)

Spent the afternoon cutting and glueing.
Actually have tunic part of the breast plate done.

Gotta love 'em!! lol

So far the week has gone good WW wise. Been under points most days, but that's not unusual on bad fibro days.

My short hair has been great! So much cooler than my long hair was!!

Well, guess I better head to bed, tomorrow will be filled with images of Greek soldiers in short skirts. lol

Long time no see.....

2010-07-08T11:32:00.004+01:00

Sorry for taking so long to write.

No excuse really, have had bad days and good days, though the good are few and far between.

The fibro picks the most inopportune times to strike, and then I'm down for days.

A message for Netster: WW is going good, I am being good. I've now lost 27 lbs since I began, two of those was today when I weighed in.

I really try not to look at the big picture, it's so daunting, but when I see the 27 pounds and know I should be chuffed to have done that, I think what little difference it makes to the next 100 I need to go.

I did a search and found some WW wine for a friend of mine (you know who you are!!!), and now I know WHY I couldn't find it in any of the stores I looked at.
I would wonder down the wine aisles slowly, sometimes more than once, searching each and every bottle of wine for the WW one.
I knew it should be there.

Store after store, I searched.

THEN........

I searched the wine aisle again, frustrated, and decided I'd had enough and would go home and call WW to find out who stocks it, when......

I wondered to the end of the aisle, and glanced over at the little side shelf that holds 'mini' bottles of whisky and such, and there..... right there... in the midst of the little bottles of whiskey and gin, is the littles bottle of wine I've ever seen!

WW wine comes in tiny bottles, no wonder it's low points!! I think it's a glass per bottle!
They are cute though!
So no more searching!! yea!!

After WI this morning, I went and got my hair chopped off!! It was midway down my back, simply because it hurts so much to sit for long and knew what pain it would cause, so left my hair to grow and take over my life. lol

Then last night, I had a horrible horrible headache, and just the weight of my hair was enough to cause more pain, so this morning, I loaded up on pain pills, and found a hair dresser that had no steps to climb and no waiting and said 'cut it off'.

She was ever so good and was thrilled it was naturally curly, so I now have it just above my shoulders and she layered it so the curl would be more defined.

Next time, and next 27 pounds lost, and it's going shorter! lol

Will try not to be gone so long next time and remember to post!!

Catching up and laying low

2010-06-17T19:18:00.002+01:00

I had a nice bit of time, catching up on Netsters gratitude posts.

If I had to give one thing today, that I'm grateful for, it would be that I have such an amazing friend, with such a gift of love and beauty, that just reading her blog could give a sense of peace and contentment that I've found so hard to reach lately.

Netster is such a joy and gem, and I thank whoever/whatever brought her to be my friend.

And nope, I didn't know it was for me, but thank you for pointing it out! (for nets)

I had WI this morning and lost....

zilch.

nada.

nothing.

zero.

0.

I totally and completely stayed the same, right down to the last gram.

Bummed.

Sad.

Discouraged.

I'm guessing that after a week of morphine, it's not a good thing to get something else dumped on you, when you've tried so hard.

I've lost 16 lb in the 4 weeks I've been back to WW, so why am I so upset at a stay-the-same.

Guess it's just been such a lemon of a week, I didn't need it. or want it.

I've not given in to my desire to comfort eat all week, which is usually what I do when I hurt so bad, and then not to lose after the struggle is not a good feeling.

So what's for supper tonight?

A lovely pepperoni pizza with loads of cheese???

A plate of home made nachos with loads of cheese???

I know!! How about a huge chocolate bar for snack???

Nope, a WW spinach and cheese cannelloni with a side salad.

Glutton for punishment, aren't I??

Where did I

2010-06-12T16:48:00.002+01:00

Go??

I seem to have a lost a week in there somewhere. lol

WI this past thursday brought me a 4lb loss.

I have now lost 1 stone and 2 lbs.

I now have 2 silver 7's in my possession, okay, not exactly in my possession, since they are cyber 7's, but ya know what I mean!

This week has gone by quickly.

I spent alot of it asleep, pain was up this week, must be the rain.

Thought alot about Netster this week, got stuff I need to post to her, but seemed like alot of effort, a bit more than I could do.

Pain Sucks!

Tonight is the first England match in the World Cup, and it's against the USA!

This should be interesting night in our Brit/US household.

I'm thinking I need to stock up on things I can throw, here beside my couch, when JustAL gets mouthy, I need something to chuck! lol

Anyone else watching??

Another 6 bites the dust

2010-06-03T10:57:00.002+01:00

Yep! I did it again!

I lost another 6lbs! Yea me!

It's only 10:58 and already my day has went from good to embarrassing to bad.

I do not want to know what rest the day holds in store!

Good: Went into town, found close disabled parking to boots, Doodles, JustAL and I went into Boots for me to weigh. Yea! 6lbs gone!

Then we headed across the street to Waterstones to preorder a new book from Stephanie Meyers for both me and Gail (MIL) and get a gift card for Gail, for her birthday today.

Embarrassing: Had a look around, paid for the preordered books, got gift card, looked around for minute, and since the pain is playing up alot today, I looked around for a bench to sit on.
Found a bench and negotiated between a really tall bookcase, and thought that was good, something to look at while I'm waiting for the boys to get done looking.
Al helps me sit down and wanders off to find Doodles.

I'm enjoying my little spot, it's got the tall book case on my right with all sorts of fiction on it, and it's partially blocked by a smaller bookcase, so ppl can't just stare.

I look over and getting a few weird looks from the staff at the counter. HHMMM, I'm sure this is a public seat.

More weird looks from ppl. HHHMMM, wonder if they think I'm trying to nick something?!?

I tire of looking at the shelves on my right and turn to my left a bit so I can have a look a the small bookcase facing me, the one that is keeping me hidden a bit.

OH! SHEEESH!!

Big sign saying......

EROTIC FANTASY!! OH my!! Naked ppl staring at me!!

STOP!! Don't move! I say to my very confused little boy who was heading for me.

Why do I have to stop, he says.....

JustAL: Never mind son, just walk the the other way.

Good grief!! I got up faster than I have in a long time!! JustAL sure got a giggle out of it!! figures!!

Then we head back for the car.

Bad:

Got to the car, in the nice close disabled spot.

Forgot to put out my disabled badge on the dash.

Got a £70 parking ticket!!

Can this day get any worse??!!??

missed another one

2010-06-01T10:58:00.003+01:00

Can ya believe it? I missed another day! You'd think, that since I can't move around much, and spend my life here on the couch, I'd remember things better! Sheesh, it's not like I have a life or anything! lol

Yesterday I was grateful for the lounger that was delivered, that 1)holds my weight 2) doesn't cause me untold pain 3) allows me to enjoy the evening outside.

Sam helped me out with the clothes last evening, and he set up my lounger for me and helped me on it, and then played in the back garden while I enjoyed the time outside.
This is the first time I've sat outside in a long time, due to the pain that chairs cause me.
I enjoyed watching sam play in the boxes that the loungers had come in. He made it into a cool fort.

The simple joys of childhood and the forgotten imagination.

Today I'm grateful for the hubby who is busy cleaning out the cubby in the kitchen and cleaning the house.
We have inspection tomorrow (we rent our home, sucks!) and he's busy sprucing up the place.

Do you have any idea how crap it feels, to be sitting on the couch, while someone slaves, doing what you should be doing?
One of the hardest aspects of Fibro/ME/CFS is how it makes you useless and then feel guilty for the being useless.
I want to get up and help, and willing to suffer the pain, but then I get told off for trying and made to sit back down.
So, not only am I a child, made to mind and be told off, but I feel horrible guilty for just sitting here.

Sometimes life just sucks.

There are times I just want to stop the merry go round and get off.

I know that they say God won't give you more than you can handle, but I wish he didn't trust me so much, cuz I just want to throw my toys out of the pram and scream.

If I'm totally honest, my faith has been beaten, bruised and in danger of being crushed.

There are few ppl that I know I can depend, but I don't know anymore whether God is one of those ppl.

Oh my, I didn't mean to be that honest! lol See what happens when you want more posts!

Uh Oh

2010-05-30T19:53:00.002+01:00

See how sad I am!! I make the vow to post a gratitude post for 7 days (or was it 5 days??) and I've already missed one!

Though I have to confess....

I probably would have missed more than one, if I hadn't went and read Netsters blog this evening, and her big headlines was what reminded me. Gratitude 5, Gratitude 6....

See! Even I can take subtle hints!!! lol

So to make up for missing yesterday, I will post 2 today.

1) I am grateful for the sun and wind today, that helped dry my laundry so quickly. (Darn it! I forgot to bring it in!! Sheeesh, now I gotta go out and get it! lol)

2) I am soooooo grateful for the chinese take away we use. Now, I don't even have to give name and address, I just say 'I'd like a order for delivery' and the nice lady says 'What will you have 52? (52 being our house number)' HA! How sad is it that the lady knows my voice!!!

* a extra one..... Grateful I can still have my chinese and stay within points!!!!

It's hard

2010-05-28T13:42:00.004+01:00

to find things to be grateful for everyday.

I never noticed that really, until my best buddy started a 'daily gratitude' post on her blog.

Would I be able to think of something everyday?
I would like to think that I would, but I can just see a months worth of blogs that say 'I am grateful for JustAL, I am grateful for children, I am grateful for Netster.

Everyday.

Every post.

Would get tedious quick for the readers!!
Not that my blog is anything more than tedious on the best of days, but it would defy the bounds of tedium. (is that even a word?? lol)

So, as a test, from today until my next WI day, which is next Thursday, I will find something NEW each day to be grateful for that isn't the aforementioned JustAL, Children and Netster, those go without saying.

So, for today, I am grateful for the sunshine, which we have in abundance today.

That was easy!!

See what you started Nets!

This is all your fault!

Good thing your so loved! lol

Now, time to get off here and start thinking of tomorrows grateful post!!

In my head

2010-05-27T10:21:00.004+01:00

I am jumping up and down! Can you see me?

To bad my body won't participate. lol

I had my first WI today.

So.......

I got up earlier than usual, so I could get ready to go with JustAL to take Doodles to school, then off we went to boots.

Did I tell you that I have to weigh in at boots?
What is Boots, you ask?!? It's our pharmacy, imagine a British Walgreens.

My scales at home only go up to 160kg, and I go up past that! lol

Can't wait till I can weigh from home!!

Anyway, back to the story.

Walked thru boots to the pharmacy, with JustAL teasing me about my foot apparel, seems he thinks I wore my flip flops so that I could take them off to weigh and add that bit more to the loss.

Sheeesh! Why can't I think of these things! I did ask him if it would be appropriate for me to remove my heavy trousers too, but he seemed to think they would have a problem with that.

Can't imagine it!! lol

Anyway, off came the flip flops (well, he DID say it first!!) , then it was suggested I remove my cardigan as well, so, not one to disobey (hee hee) the hubby, took that off too.

Stepping up on the scales and giving it 50p to do the dirty work, I peeked at the print out and I was in shock!!

I really thought, that since I couldn't do exercise, even walking, that this wouldn't work.

It did!

I lost 5.9 lb!

In my head I'm jumping up and down!!

P.S Thank you netster for the encouragement and the peace of mind, that you are only a email away!

3.5 days to go

2010-05-24T18:26:00.002+01:00

I can't believe it.

I am already stressing out about my first Weigh In (WI).

I think I'm doing really good so far, having more trouble eating enough, rather than eating to much.

I seem to have settled into a new 'level' with the Fibro, which has made this new adventure easier. Maybe it's the sunny weather, but the pain has been at a constant level instead of sharp rises and drops, so easier to maintain with the pain pills and not needing to use the morphine in the past couple of weeks. Very pleased about that!

Doodles is at a birthday party for a friend at a buffet Chinese restaurant, as I type.

Which prompted hubby into asking for Chinese takeaway, but like a good little WW girl, I went to the Internet to resolve my points dilemma and discovered to my joy, that mushroom chow mien is only 4.5/5 pts and prawn crackers are only 5 pts. So, give that I still have 19 pts to use up today (told you I was having problems eating enough!!), I will make use of the menu that sits here tempting me.

Yummy!!

Is there a AA group for Dr Pepper abusers? I could use one! I was drinking up to 2 litres a day!! But since joining WW, I have now got down to where I will only have 1 can of it as a treat in the evening.

Why not go diet, you say? Any diet soda drinks give me a major headache, no idea why, because i can drink Crystal Light without a problem. Who knows? Who cares?

I'm a Pepper, he's a pepper, don't you wanna be a pepper, too?

Well, hubby is starting to look a bit hungry, so it's time to let me fingers do the walking and have supper!!

So, while I dim the lights and fade into the background, let's all sing!!!!

I'm a pepper, he's a pepper, she's a pepper, don't you wanna be a pepper, too?

It's Official......

2010-05-21T09:55:00.002+01:00

No one reads my blog!

So, I guess I'm safe to admit to everyone and thier dogs ( or kitties), that I have, as of last night, rejoined WW.

Yikes! I suck at losing weight.

What did it? What major event in my life could lead me to join a club that terrifies and makes me feel a inch tall?

I braved the world and went to boots and weighed myself the other day. Wrong move! I now weigh exactly 4kg (8lbs) from what I did when I had my first heart attack.

NO WAY!! I DO NOT want to to go there again!!

So, I got brave, and joined WW online. That way, I don't have to go to the meetings that embarrass me, so no excuse.

I'm hoping to bring 'my' netster on board as official cheerleader, and maybe...... just maybe.... I might be able to do this.

Nettie has done so well, she's looking cheeky, sexy and slim and I wanna be there to! lol

So, I shall be putting weight losses, and all the cr**, eeerrr I mean stuff up here, so if you want to maintain your sanity and not hear a grown woman blubber, then you might want to avoid reading this space. lol

Now, I think I will just pitter patter down the blog hallway and knock on Netster's blog door and let her know what she's in for.

OH Nettie!!!!

Wait! stop!! Don't run!! I just wanna talk!! Nettie?! Hello? Where'd ya go?

Man, can that woman run fast!!

What to do?

2010-04-09T23:10:00.001+01:00

What to do? What would you do? Would you do it straight away or wait? Would you do it? Is it worth it? Can it be done? Is it possible? Can you help? Will you hinder? Is it worth writing about? Would you read it?

There seems to be

2009-12-14T22:34:00.003Z

a light at the end of the tunnel.

Felt a bit better today, didn't sleep as much, and spasms seemed not as fierce.

Yea! me! (as London Tipton would say)

Tomorrow night is Doodles christmas play.

My mind must be like a sieve, as i don't remember there being a Hippy Austrailian surfer in the christmas plays when I was growing up.

Well, there is now and Doodles is it.

Should be interesting.

Nighty

2009-12-13T22:50:00.003Z

night

Nighty

2009-12-13T22:50:00.001Z

night

Draw a line

2009-12-10T22:26:00.002Z

under today, and know that tomorrow brings something new.

I have always heard that, and it use to work.

Now, I know tomorrow will be like today, and I'm dreading it.

I know when I started this, I told a few of you I'd try to be honest in how I feel physically and mentally, but to honest (ha! there ya go, honesty!) I do try to gloss over it and make it into a joke, maybe that makes it not so bad, or makes me braver to face it?!

Going thru a bad period with chronic fatigue right now, and spasms, got good drugs, but I hate taking drugs, and try not to as much as possible.

My doc tells me that I 'try to be brave' and wait to long to take the pills or come see him, but I don't think it's bravery at all, it's not wanting to 'need' all the pills I have to take, and to add to that, really makes me uneasy and I don't want to have to depend on them.

I guess I just can't face that fact that I have to depend on all these pills to keep me functioning, or what my body can call functioning, but it's not much and is it worth it?

Some days, when I feel better, and the pain is less, I will think 'hey, this is good, maybe the doctor is wrong, and I don't have this', but then I try to walk down the garden path, or across the room, and I feel the pain, and it hits me all over again, that I'm nothing anymore, that I can't do anything anymore.

Geez guys, see what happens when you make me blog!!

drivvle, it's all drivvle!

Bad day turned good

2009-12-09T19:45:00.002Z

The day started rough.

Lots of pain and fibro fog today.

I've slept alot today, due to pain pills and the usual lack of energy brought on by fibro.

THEN.......

My day improved.

What caused the the improvement?

Fritos!!

Yep, that's right! England finally decided to release netties goodies from being hostage.

Now if I could just stay awake long enough to eat some! lol

Pulling a nettie...

2009-12-07T22:49:00.001Z

and squeaking by.

Was shutting down laptop to go to bed, when I realized I hadn't posted yet.

So, here is my post.

Oh, I'm suppose to talk about my day? say something profound? tell a story?

Well, most exciting thing to happen today was..........................

I took my first shower in my new bathroom.

There ya go. My exciting life.

I'm speechless

2009-12-06T22:57:00.001Z

Or is that....

I'm typeless?

wordless?

keyless?

I just don't know what to say.

Or I have to much to say, but don't know how to say it.

Lazy saturday

2009-12-05T16:11:00.002Z

DH is snoring in his chair, Doodles is on the floor playing with his lego.

I'm sitting here wondering where in England netties candies are sightseeing, as they haven't graced my door yet.

I'm sad to think fritos are here, in this land of knights and castles, and I can't reach them. Oh the tragedy of it.....

The christmas tree is sparkling in the corner, though it is a little tipsy.

It's peaceful in the house tonight.

I'm thinking maybe KFC for supper, so we don't even have to cook.

Quiet nights

2009-12-04T22:48:00.002Z

It's really quiet here tonight.

Bathroom is usable again, though no flooring in yet.

I went in to tell Doodles that it's bed time and found him sound asleep already.

DH is out tonight, at the company christmas party. He just texted to say that he's staying later than he thought he would, so it will be quiet for a while yet.

I'm trying to decide, do i want to go to bed, or stay up and catch up on sky+ shows?

Decisions, Decisions.

I don't like the quiet.

I did it and

2009-12-02T11:52:00.002Z

Didn't know I did it.

When I got up this morning, I thought ' oh no! I've already blown Holidailies, and missed the first day of posting'.

Then I had a look and low and behold, I did blog yesterday, to say I blew nablahblahblah month.

Ha! Blowing one, helped the other, I'm on a roll.

I have a problem though. I need the loo.

hhmmmmmm

Tiler is in bathroom tiling. Remember, I'm getting a new bathroom? All week, it's been a bare room with only the seat part of the toilet sitting in it. So at least we could use that.

I don't know the tiler. I don't want to go 'Excuse me please, could I use the loo, please?'

How embarrassing!!

But then again, I just told you guys I need the loo, so how much more embarrassing could it be?

Wonder if he's doing a lunch break? I could sneak in there then.

How's that Netster? Two days done! lol

This says it all................

2009-12-01T09:13:00.003Z

Can you

2009-11-25T17:39:00.002Z

Hear the noise?

Yes, you! Over the pond and far away.

Oh my ears.

Oh my aching head.

They began the journey to a new bathroom today.

They are, as I type, jackhammering thru 3! yes, I said 3! layers of tiling and the cement layers between each one.

Why oh why did the previous owners simply concrete new tiles over old ones, 3 times!

Our landlords have decided to redo the bathroom, as it was greatly needed, and we are very thankful they are having it done.

But the noise is an octave above the last octave that my nerves can handle. lol

*Breathe in* * Breathe out* The new bathroom will be great, with NO mushrooms growing in it. * Breathe in * Breathe out*

tuesday night

2009-11-24T22:38:00.001Z

watching Wolverine with hubby.

Baby Part II

2009-11-23T19:57:00.003Z

Ring.....

Ring.....

Ring....

Hello?

DD: Hi mum, you okay today?

Mom: Yep, how are you? You work today?

DD: Yes, but not till 4pm. Get off at midnight.

Mom: How you getting home?

DD: I'm walking.

Mom: Your not walking alone are you?

DD: *sounds like rolling her eyes* Of course not mum, I have friends walking with me.
I'm not dumb.

Mom: Okay, just checking.

Mom: What's up?

DD: Remember the present Widget brought me??

Mom: Yep.

DD: It wasn't a mouse.

Mom: Okay, what was it?

DD: baby boy

Mom: Oh no! How did Widget get Diesel?

DD: Diesel escaped his cage and got out of the bathroom somehow.

Mom: Poor Widget!

DD: What?!? poor Widget??

Mom: yes! you was mad wasn't you?

DD: Well, yeah!

Mom: you ignored Widget, didn't you?

DD: yea, all day.

Mom: So, let me get this straight..........
you ignored a tiny kitten, who is use to constant love and attention when your home, for doing what any cat would do, and catch a mouse (who in the case was NOT a mouse and in this case escaped a cage on it's own) and bring it to you, her mommy, who she thought would praise her and be happy with her for doing her job.

DD: Mum?

Mom: huh?

DD: How do you do that?

Mom: Do what?

DD: Make me feel guilty, by not actually saying I did anything wrong.

Mom: Practice

DD: Mum?

Mom: Huh?

DD: I gotta go, I need to play with Widget, huh?

Mom: Yep, I'm sure she's sad.

DD: Mum? I love you.

Mom: Love you too.

DD: Thank you.

Diesel

2009-11-23T19:53:00.002Z

Have I ever told you about Diesel?

Diesel is DD's pet russian miniature hamster. I've babysat with Diesel many times, he is so cute and tiny.
About 2 inches long and very cuddly.

DD has had Diesel about 2 yrs. I enjoyed babysitting him, as he had this plastic ball I could put him in and he'd roll all around the floor.

Baby Part I

2009-11-23T19:41:00.003Z

Remember Widget, aka Ra'ja, aka baby?

Ring....

Ring...

Ring...

Ring...

DD: Hi Mum, What you doing?

Mom: Talking to you, what you doing?

DD: Did I tell you what Widget did?

Mom: Nope, what did she do? How is she?

DD: She's fine. She brought me a present.

Mom: What? Did she poo on the floor?

DD: (laughs) nope, I got home from work about midnight, and she had already greeted me
and let me know she missed me, then she ran off and came back and dropped something on
my foot.
It was a mouse mum! I ran next door to the landlords to come and get it, I didn't want to
touch it.

Mom: (laughs at the image of DD standing on stool screaming) Did she come get it? (Landlords
are women)

DD: Nope, she told me to use a paper towel.

Mom: Did you?

DD: NO!!!!!! I called Dan to come get it.

Mom: You called Dan (DD's best friend) to come get a dead mouse at midnight?!? Did he? (Dan lives about 10 minutes from DD)

DD: Of course.

Mom: At least Widget loves you enough to bring you a gift.

DD: Thanks Mum. *rolling eyes i'm sure*

Mindless typing

2009-11-23T19:32:00.003Z

Here is my first attempt at catching up.
I've not figured out how many I need, but I KNOW I need more.

Have you ever thought what it would be like to be married to Homer Simpson?
Talk about variety in life, you would never know what would be happening next.

Spider pig, Spider pig.........

doh!

uuuuhhhhmmmmm donuts!

But one thing I will say. He leaves no doubt in your mind that he loves Marge.

Guess you figured out that I'm sitting here watching simpsons. lol

Doods is watching it, and I'm typing, but my eyes keep drifting away to the tv.

See what happens when I get behind, I talk nonsense.

I really think I use mindless typing to keep me from typing things that are really going on, like pain, crap days, useless carers, cut fingers and pain.

Okay, enough, i'm starting to make sense, and that means it's time to stop. lol

Sunday evening

2009-11-22T22:50:00.002Z

Just wanted to let you know I've not forgotten about this blog, well, not totally, just forget until i'm snuggled in bed and then don't want to get up.

I'll try to remember it tomorrow and see how many i'm missing and catch up.

Not so good day.

2009-11-18T19:51:00.002Z

Will be a short post tonight, as I'm feeling quite alot of pain tonight. Must be the need for fritoes!

I wonder if Doc Hero could write me a prescription for them, and have them shipped over.

Naw, your right, wouldn't work.

Darn.

DH is busy driving on his PS3, Doodles is settled into his bed for the night, and I just checked on my many farms and the fish, and my fairy and settled them all for the night, now I'm gonna go and get into snuggly jammies, take some more pain meds and snuggle up on the couch in my duvet and wait for celebrity to come on. I think it's on at 9pm.

See ya'll tomorrow!

Widget

2009-11-17T22:18:00.011Z

Did I ever tell ya'll about Widget? Though Widget used to be Ra'ja.

Confused yet?

Dear Daughter ( DD from here on out) called me one day in tears... "Mum, they put my kitty outside in the cold and won't let her in..... will you keep her till I get my own place?"

Darling Hubby had vetoed the idea of a kitty, cuz our landlord said no, so I placed a call to him and risked the wrath of DH to take poor kitty in.

DD said 'Her name is Ra'ja and she's 7 weeks old'. AAAAWWWWWWWWW!!!!!

She quickly conquered everyone around and was dearly loved by all.
She was the runt of litter and was so very tiny and loved to play.

I quickly became her mummy, since we didn't see DD very often, as she lived in Coventry.
Ra'ja was so tiny, so lovable and needed, but such a pain in the bum sometimes, that I took to calling her Widget, as one of those sometimes neccessary things we use on the pc's, that we love to hate.

Well, long story short, she looked like a Widget and it quickly stuck firmly. Oooopppssss.

Mum (talking to DD on the phone): Guess what Widget did today?

DD: Widget?

Mum: Yes, she was so cute.

DD: Widget who? Who is that?

Mum: You know. Widget.

DD: eeeerrr.... No. I don't know any widget.

Mum: The baby, you know.... Widget! 4 paws, cuddly, playful, lots of fur?? Widget!

DD: Mum, you didn't rename my cat did you? Mmuuumm! (said only as a frustrated teen could)

Mum: ooopppsss, guess I forgot to tell you that she looks like a widget, so I called her that, then Dad called her that, then sam called her that and now she answers to that only. Oh, did I mention Nan called her that, too?

DD: Mum, you can't just rename my cat. I'll fix it when she comes home with me. Never mind, what did she do that was so cute?

Mum: eeerrrr I don't remember now.

HA! When Mum does something she does it well!

Did I tell ya'll that same little kitty, who I had for about 8 weeks, that was with me nearly 24/7, including sleeping with me, (she even pushed DH out of bed a few times), now sports a lovely new collar with the name of 'Widget' emblazoned on it, bought no less, by DD.

What Mum does...... STICKS!

Widget was always really soft with me, as if she knew to be gentle, and she would lay for hours in the crook of my elbow while I was on the couch, and if i was in bed, she was laying on top of me.
She insisted on sleeping with me, believe me, we tried to keep her out, but she's one determined little thing, she would even sit outside the bathroom door, if i dared to close the door, and would cry pitifully for me until I came out.

We had her for about 8 weeks, and letting her go with DD, was heart breaking for me, I have missed her so much, as she was so much company for me during the day.
I was so worried, she wouldn't know me when I went over there.

I seen her today, first time in 2 weeks.

It was so lovely today, to go over to DD's (who now proudly has her first 'own' place), she has had Widget back with her for 3 weeks, and it was so nice, to sit down on DD's couch, and the first thing that happens, is Widget, jumps into my lap and curls up in the crook of my arm and starts purring.
Made tears come to my eyes, I sure miss her home with me and it was lovely to know that she hadn't forgotten our little 'ritual' and she wanted it once again.

How did I do that?

2009-11-16T15:57:00.002Z

I just had a look and i'm a few days behind on this thing!

How did that happen? Where did those days go?

I just booked some tickets for me and my MIL to go and see New Moon, which opens on friday.
When did I book them for you ask??

Friday morning, first showing! DUH!!

Darling Hubby is ever so patient with my fixation on Twilight, though he has lots of practice, since I've gotten his mum hooked as well!

Go! Team Cullen!!

Okay, this makes up for a missed one, and if I remember, I'll do another before bed.

Friday

2009-11-13T22:24:00.000Z

The 13th.

What to say?

2009-11-12T21:35:00.003Z

Okay, this doesn't bode well for the whole blog once a day thingymajigger we are doing.

I don't know what to say.

I'm tired tonight and hurt quite a bit, guess I did to much today. Of course on the 'normal' person scale, what I did would have been nothing, but on my scale, I've over done it.

Maybe that is why my brain is dead. lol

Or not....

I'd like to do nothing tomorrow, but I have to go to Evesham to return the wheelchair that we rented for a week.
Can't wait till I can have my own, so we can quit renting one all the time.

Oh, we had Doodles parent/teacher conference tonight, and the teacher was very positive and quite impressed with our little park mascot. Seems he has quite a talent with writing.
It was a good meeting, and made us proud.

Maybe one day I'll type one of his stories on here for you. He has his Robin Hood story he wrote at school, hanging up in the hall in front of his classroom.
He's a star!

Sign the 'fession!!!!

2009-11-11T20:17:00.003Z

She has got to be one of the cutest little girls!

Feeling like Monday

2009-11-10T21:54:00.002Z

Today has felt like Monday all day. Not that it's been a bad day, but it's dreary and rainy and just feels like it's ages till the weekend.

I love the weekend, because it's when my love is home for two whole days.
I miss people during the week. Being home alone is not fun. At least not day after day after day.

I want to go for a walk. A real walk, not in a wheelchair, or with my crutches.

See, I told you it feels like a Monday! lol

Let sleeping hubby lie........

2009-11-09T22:58:00.003Z

House is quiet, except for the gentle buzzzzzzzz from DH...

oh and the lovely rock band playing neighbors who NEVER play to loud or to late........ Did I sound saracastic enough there?? Yes? Good!!

Doodles is asleep, he was really tired, so put him to bed early, DH went to bed about two hours ago and he just wandered thru the living room wondering where I was, not pleased to see me sitting here typing.

I forgot to do online grocery shopping to be delivered tomorrow.

He forgot to remind me.

I forgot to remind him to remind me to do the shopping.

He forgot to remind me to remind him to remind me to do the shopping.

You get the picture??

So just finished the shopping and remembered that I'd forgotten to post.

Boy, this day is getting longer!

I'm now going to bed.

Anything else I've forgotten, will just have to remain that way!

Speechless.....

2009-11-08T22:22:00.003Z

We have made it back home after a full day of investigating, moaning, and driving.

I have fallen in love with the last place we stopped at.
I loved pics of it when I seen them, but they can do NO justice to the actuality of it.

The Peace, Serenity, and the amazing views.

I wanted to return, even before I had left.

Tintern Abbey.

No words can do it justice, on a chilly, lazy autumn afternoon, in the hazy, occasionally sun dappled bottom of a small enclosed valley, the sun starting to lower behind the hills, with the peace of a secluded valley, the very beautiful ruins of a large Abbey that is on the shore of a babbling river and the autumn colours of the surrounding hillsides that are covered in majestic trees of every gold and brown there is.

Makes one speechless..........

Blogging from ...........

2009-11-07T20:28:00.002Z

Here I am, snuggled up under my duvet, with the laptop on a cushion in front of me, with X factor on the tv to lull Doodles to sleep and Darling Hubby is snoozing next to me.

We have had a busy day with dinosaurs , fireworks, a waterfall and three castles.

We have set up camp in Caerphilly and working our way around the area.

Today we went to Dan-yr-Ogof to start off (Dinosaurs), then went to Craig-y-Nos (haunted castle).
Next came Tawe-Uchaf for the hike to the waterfall (doods and daddy.... mummy stayed and read a book in the car), and then was McDonalds for Doodles some lunch and around the corner to another castle, which is now part school (sorry can't remember the name and DH is sleeping).

Then we headed back to Caerphilly Castle which we investigated in the rain, but it was worth it!

Poor DH had to not only push my wheelchair in the rain, but then he got soaked trying to get it back in the car!

We are getting plenty of pics, so will share when we get home.

Tomorrow we check out and on the way home planning to hit a few more welsh castles and get home tomorrow evening.

Fingers crossed rain holds off!

now it's time to snuggle up under the duvet more and get some sleep!

Simply Sick

2009-11-05T20:54:00.002Z

There ya go!

That about sums it up.

Remember the happy hubby from me not being able to talk?

Well he'll be happier for while yet. lol

Went to Doc Hero today, no voice (he laughed at me), coughing resurrecting some nasty spasms he had just got rid of, and other symptoms I shall spare you all the commentary on....

Diagnosis: Bronchitis...Again

We try to keep me away from ppl with even simple colds, cuz nothing is simple with me.

Except my mentality, (I hear my hubby say in my head).

It always mutates into something nasty. Not my mentality, the simple cold. lol

So, I'm back on antibiotics and (insert snickers here) no more trying to talk or whisper.

Doc Hero knows me to well!

Darling Hubby is taking a long weekend off, friday and monday off from the daily grind of work.
To bad he can't get time off from the daily grind of caring for me. lol

Anyway, back to the story......

Darling Hubby is taking me to Wales to look at old churchs and some Castles. I've not been to Wales yet, so looking forward to it.

Doodles doesn't know yet that he's been rescued from school tomorrow. lol Will surprise him in the morning.

We'll be gone from tomorrow till Sunday night, then Monday will be rest up day for DH, while Doodles is back in school.

Taking laptop to Wales with us, so will try to keep up, if not, I'll post on monday enough to catch up. lol

If your good, I might even bring back some pics for you.

Can you hear that?

2009-11-04T13:17:00.004Z

Can you hear me? No?

Well, that's okay, no one else can either!

I have lost my voice.

I'm sure Darling Hubby loves this fact, and doodles gets frustrated, because when I ask him a question, he copies me and whispers the answer, and doesn't mean to!

"Mommy stop it!!" he'll say. Like I'm making him whisper and I can help having to whisper.

He's to funny!

I had my carer making phone calls for me, because if I tried to call someone, they couldn't hear me! ha ha!

So, now I not only need helping dressing, help around the house (cleaning and cooking), help walking, now I need help talking!

It makes a person wonder what good they are, when they can do nothing but cause more work.

Well, at least I can still type. For now......

Something New

2009-11-03T09:32:00.002Z

Okay, I'm thinking I need a new look for the old blog.

Have patience and I'll eventually get there.

Something simple.

Something me.

Any ideas?

It may be a few days, as I'm ill at the moment.

Have been ill since Saturday night, and really feeling blah at the moment.

Come on ppl, join in the blogging, I need something to read!

Posting

2009-11-02T15:21:00.002Z

Posting?!? It's that time again??

Well, I found my blog, from eons ago when I was into posting.

I thought I had lost it, a good excuse not to do the NaBlahPostThingy that Nettie loves doing.

Guess what? I found it. Darn.

Read over some things that I'd written before, boy, has my life changed since the innocent days of yesteryear.

Some good, some not so good.

Wonder if I can get the dear hubby into blogging again in the NaBlahPostThingy again, I had such fun reading his blog last year.
He is soooo funny when he writes, not that he's not funny 'in real life', he is, but if he writes it, I can sneak back to all the jokes I didn't get the first time! lol

Now I've done it...... first post is complete.

Wonder if Nettie is glowing with the pride of getting me to do what I said I wouldn't. ha ha!

Lonely Days

2008-01-12T19:17:00.000Z

Well, just wanted to update my blog for this week, and it's been an ever so lonely week, as nobody is posting!

Where is everyone?

Here things are going okay.

Dear Hubby is still waiting to hear back after going back for a second interview. Should hopefully hear back by Wednesday.

We have had a lazy Saturday, just hanging around the house and playing with Doodles.

Come on ya'll I need some updates!

Office Romances

2008-01-09T16:35:00.000Z

Well, following the Dear Hubby's lead, and wondering what I could achieve, I also took the 'Are you Naughty or Nice' quiz.

Ha!

I got to question 9 and boy, was I stumped!

Question 9 reads thus:

Had an office romance?
- Yes and it was worth it
- Yes, and what a mistake
- No, but I tried
- No, I would never do that

So, since I was stumped, I yahoo'd the expert.

tooshy: Have we had a office romance?

Dear Hubby: huh?

tooshy: Question 9. How do I answer it? Have I had a office romance?

Dear Hubby: I answered no. Ours isn't a office romance.

tooshy: Why not? We work in the office together, we have romance, and we steal smooches in the broom closet.

Dear Hubby: it's not a office romance.

So, my question is:

Why can't we have an office romance? Sure, our romance started years ago, 9 years ago to be exact, BUT.........

We have romance, we have romance in lots of places.

Okay, ya'll, get your minds outta the gutter, I said ROMANCE, not s*x, in lots of places!

We are both in the same office, we flirt (gotta love yahoo in the office!!), we tell each other we love each other (yeah! yahooo!!!), and we have been known to sneak to the back room and have a cuddle.

So, it's an office romance, right? and a grocery store romance, and a car romance, and a home romance and a.............. well, I guess ya'll get the idea, right?

So, Dear Hubby, we have a Romance, that is very versatile and fits into every little nook and cranny of our lives and world. cool, huh?

By the way, on my test, I also got "Your all sugar and no spice", same as Dear Hubby, so if you've read Dear Hubby's blog, you know what my results say!

Twelfth Night

2008-01-06T14:15:00.000Z

Well, it's finally here!

Twelfth Night has arrived and we can take down the Christmas ornaments!

Can we all say "Yeah!!!"

Every year, I know we don't take the decorations and tree down till Twelfth Night, but never really knew why, except the bad luck tradition, so I wiki'd it, just so I'd now know why my living room can't get back to normal right after Christmas.

Do I feel better?

HA!

But at least I'm smarter in knowing what Twelfth Night is now, so I guess that's a good thing!
Knowledge is always good, right? right? HUH?

Well, I hope you all have a good Twelfth Night!

Guess you know what I'll be doing!

Dear Hubby, get the boxes ready, let's get this stuff put away!! yippee!!

Boo!

2008-01-04T15:51:00.000Z

Ha! Scared ya, didn't I?

Oooops, sorry, it's not Halloween yet, is it?

Well, I've now heard back, (or in some cases, read it) from all my partners in ~~crime~~ bloggin, and sounds like your all up for once a week updating!

yippee!

So, Netster, Kissy, Simbaby, and JustAL get your typing fingers warmed up and keep us updated on what's going on in your world!

And of course, if anyone else wants to join us, all is welcome!

I, of course, will try to do my bit, though my fingers can get a bit creaky and slow! Ha!

I hope your New Year will bring you all much Joy and Love and the best of Life, as you all deserve it!

humphf

2007-12-20T17:25:00.000Z

It's still Monday here in BritLand.

Dear Hubby is having a real stressful time, hence the lack of blogging.

Grumpy Daughter is out of college till the 7th of January and Doodles gets out tomorrow and will be out until the 8th of January.

Dear Hubby and myself, as of 1pm tomorrow will be off until the new year as well.

Can we hear a Yippee! lol

Not much more to say, but will try to think of something amusing for later.

Is it Monday?

2007-12-18T22:31:00.000Z

I think that I have been punished all day for not blogging yesterday.

It's been Monday all over again today!

Let's hope tomorrow is back to normal.

Something for Nettie

2007-12-16T22:48:00.001Z

Was thinking of you earlier and found this.

Hope you enjoy it.

Lazy Day

2007-12-16T22:34:00.000Z

Today has been a lazy day.

We went to church this morning and came home and fixed lunch.

After lunch we have worked on a Christmas puzzle pretty much most the day.

I have learned something new about Dear Hubby...............

He's a box top bully and doesn't play fair! ha!!

It's a really cute puzzle though, and we love to do puzzles, so it's been a good time.

Surprise!

2007-12-15T23:00:00.000Z

Well, I got a surprise tonight!

Leon won!

I don't care for Rhydian, at all, It's the 'marmite syndrome', ya either love him, or ya hate him, but I was okay in the knowledge that he would win, especially after his last performance.

But then came Leon, I've liked him from the start.

Can I just say Yeah!!

HA!

2007-12-14T23:17:00.000Z

I just seen this on TV and asked Dear Hubby to find it for me, so I could entertain you guys with the lovely british television we are watching.

Little Drummer Boy

2007-12-14T22:48:00.000Z

Dear Hubby was just flicking thru Sky and found my fav christmas song!

Little Drummer Boy, sung by Bing Crosby and David Bowie.

Now, that helps with the christmas spirit!

Dear Bloggin Elf

2007-12-13T16:30:00.000Z

Dear Bloggin Elf,

This is just a letter from your devoted Bloggee to let you know of a few problems I'm having.

First and foremost is the problem of having nothing to blog about, so if you could see it in your heart to send me something interesting to write, I'd be thankful!

Our friend Kissy seems to be having a problem with her blog, as this cookie (NOT kissy, a real live cookie!) has been smiling at me for days now and I'm beginning to think it has a crush on me, but barring that, there must be something major, as I know our dear buddy would NEVER leave us hanging without a daily entry, not to mention, a much loved and anticipated entry involving JAX.

So if you could fly yourself over to her blog and sprinkle a little inspiration (and jax dust!) around for us, we'd really apreciate it!

Now, our best mate and buddy Nettie, writes about christmas goodies and boxes and just simply is a tease, as I'm sitting here without a chocolate covered marshmallow santa to be seen!
And then she talks about holiday islands and sun and surf.

Do you get my drift? A tease, pure and simple!

So if you could possibly find the postman and bring me some marshmallow santas, that would help with the island getaway too, as you know what they say about chocolate!!

Now we get onto Simba, bless his little cotton socks, he's been so good to post pictures we request and bringing holiday cheer to his little corner of the world (and his corner of our cyber world too!).

If you could just sprinkle him with a bit of your Elf Dust, for lots of cheer and good wishes, that would be lovely, not to mention some ice for his button finger so he can continue with the great photos!

Last, but not least, my lovely Bloggin Elf, if you could send some Christmas cheer to JustAl and all the rest of us bloggers, so we can tap tap tap our keys and bring you all Christmas Joy and tales of .................. (fill in the blank, I can't think of nuttin!)

Your devoted Bloggee,

Simply Me

Tuesday

2007-12-11T22:28:00.000Z

It's Tuesday.

I have nothing to blog.

Going to bed now.

Night.

:P

Little People

2007-12-10T22:57:00.000Z

Dear Hubby had arrived home from work, and since he had a meeting here at home with some gentleman at 8pm, he spent some time playing with Doodles and picking up the lounge a bit.

We put Doodles to bed and when the gentlemen arrived, I took myself off to our bedroom to relax.

Did you hear that?

Where is that coming from?

Did you hear that man talking?

Maybe there's someone out back? *peeks thru blinds*

Nope. All quiet out back, but not quiet in the bedroom.

Sounds like little mice men talking.

Do we have little people??

*checking around the floor and under pillows*

SSSSHHHHH listen! Hear that??!!

HHMMM sounds like it's coming from behind the door....

Wait, now it sounds like it's from the pocket of JustAl's jacket, hanging over the door.

Is Dear Hubby keeping little people in his pocket now??

HA! It's Dear Hubby's Ipod that he left on and the little voice is the sound coming from his earphones!

HA! Little mice men, indeed!

Lonely Nights

2007-12-09T21:35:00.001Z

The other night, eeeeerrrrrrr Thursday to be exact, Dear Hubby had a meeting at church to attend.

Now, Dear Hubby tries to avoid evening meetings, because he prefers to be home with the family, so it only happens a few times a month.

Grumpy Daughter was out with Bunny Boy (remember she got a job, so no longer grounded).

So, I tuck Doodles into bed and start listening to his nighttime prayers.

The part that tickled me was " and help me and mummy have a good time...... A LONELY time, but a good time."

Poor child, stuck all alone with mummy and he's bored!

Took all I had not to start giggling. But I didn't, I understand, I get lonely without Dear Hubby, too! lol

Sigh

2007-12-08T23:03:00.000Z

Well, it's finally happened.

Can you believe it?

She got a job.

For how long, I know not.

Happy Dance for now, though.

Grumpy Daughter landed a job in a Fashion shop called TopShop.

Hopefully, since it's to do with clothes, and being dressed up in new fashion, she may just keep this job!

Okay now, everyone.............

All together now...............

Cross your fingers!

lol

Christmas Cheer

2007-12-07T22:02:00.001Z

Goodnight

2007-12-06T23:33:00.000Z

Had to wait for Dear Hubby to blog, and now i'm to sleepy!

Goodnight all!

Chippy Indecision

2007-12-05T22:34:00.000Z

JustAL was in London ALL day today, not planned, had planned to be back early afternoon, but ended up stuck there for the day, so needless to say, he's a very tired person.

I didn't feel up to cooking either, so this is how our conversation went..........

DH: Have you had supper?
Me: No
DH: What you gonna have?
Me: I don't know, i'll have to look. Do you want me to fix you something?
DH: What's in there?
Me: Don't know, I'll have a look.

We watch a few minutes of TV. Nobody moves.

Me: Want bab and chips?
DH: Do you?
Me: Don't really want us to cook.
DH: Yeah.
Me: I can go up to the chippy and get it.
DH: I can go. My feet hurt.
Me: Then I'll go get it.
DH: I don't mind going to get it. My feet really hurt.
Me: Then of course I'll go get it.
DH: Are you sure?
Me: If your feet hurt, you don't need to go, so I'll go.
DH: k.

I drive up to the Chippy.

Me: I'd like two doner and chips, please.
Clerk: Sorry, I just sold the last kebab meat.
Me: Let me go check with my hubby.

Phone Home.

Me: They are out of bab meat totally.
DH: Wonderful
Me: Want me to drive to Halikarna's?
DH: What do you want to do?
Me: I don't mind.
DH: I don't mind fish and chips, if they have that. I don't mind.
Me: What do you want?
DH: What do you want?
Me: I just don't want us to cook, I'm not bothered either way, if you want I'll drive up to Halikarna's.
DH: I'm okay with fish and chips, if you are.
Me: Fine, I'll get the fish and chips from here.
DH: If your okay with it.
Me: Be home soon.

Some days, simple decisions are SO hard to make!! lol

Dried Up

2007-12-04T22:01:00.001Z

I think my daily blogging has dried up anything interesting I have to say!
My hat is off to Nettie and Kissy, who blog so much.

It's hard work!!!

You sure I gotta do this every day, all month?

Oh my! are we all in trouble!!

Isn't it January yet??

But, I'm willing to wade thru, if it keeps Kissy and Nettie and JustAL bloggin, as reading thier blogs daily, truly makes my days!

Short but Sweet

2007-12-03T22:55:00.000Z

"Give thanks for unknown blessings
already on their way."

Evil Elf

2007-12-02T21:55:00.001Z

Meet Evil Elf.

I love Elf, but Dear Hubby and Doodles have named it *Evil Elf*.

Elf joined this world about the time I was born, so he's been around for a long time.

My Grandma G. made Elf and I was given it when she passed away, I was 17 then.

Elf has been with me thru some really rough Christmases and some really good Christmases.

This Christmas will be one of the harder ones, the first without daddy.

But! I have Elf for the memories, as Grandma G. was daddy's mom, and every Christmas Eve, we would all gather at Grandma G. for Graham Cracker Candy and prezzies.
Daddy and Mom was divorced when I was three, so I had Christmas Eve with Daddy and Peg and Christmas Day with mom.

So I got to see Elf every Christmas Eve with lots of family around, so he's an old friend.

Anyway, Dear Hubby renamed him *Evil Elf*, due to the way his eyes follow you around.

We always know it's Christmas time when we hear Dear Hubby exclaim "NOT!! Evil Elf again!", as Elf is lovingly put under the tree to 'watch' our every move.

Simply Nice

2007-12-01T21:43:00.000Z

Today has been a nice day.

Not just 'a' nice day, but one of those days, that, when you look back on it, was simply, lovely, nice.

Nothing that really stands out, nothing jumping out at you, no particular moment when you could say, 'Now, that, made my day!'.

Simply Nice.

JustAL and I left the kids with Nan (JustAL's mum), and we left about 6:30 this morning with a group of friends (7 of us) and went to London, well, Godstone to be exact.

We had a really nice, calm, peaceful morning, and headed home about 11:00 or so and arrived home about 1:30.
No car parks on the motorway, traffic flowing nicely.
I wasn't driving, as we all went in Kristin and Blakes people carrier (they have 6 kids, so it's big!), which is always.... well, nice.

I made JustAL and I lunch when we got home, which was lovely, as I'd picked up a pack of Oscar Mayer bacon yesterday, and we had bacon and eggs.

Why is that special?

Well, because I'm in England and they don't have American stuff very often, but I have found one store that has Oscar Mayer bacon, and it's rather expensive to get, but I got a pack for us to enjoy.

So, after enjoying that *nice* meal, I ended up laying down and getting an hours kip, which I needed after getting up at 5am.

We had a baptism tonight at church, so the whole family went and a good time was had by all.

It's almost bedtime now, and at the risk of repeating myself (again!), it's been a ..................

Simply Nice Day!

Boggles the mind

2007-11-30T17:18:00.000Z

August:
Grumpy Daughter: Mum, I'm coming home to go to College.
Mum: Yeah!

Sept:
Grumpy Daughter: Can you buy this for me?
Mom: Yes, but you need to get a part-time job.
Grumpy Daugher: Why? I'm going to school.
Mom: Cuz, you only go to school 3 days a week and you do nothing else.
Grumpy Daughter: Yea, okay

Oct:
Grumpy Daughter: I need money for.........
Mom: I'll pay half, you need to get the other half. You need to get a job! I'll take you into town as I go and you can have a look.
Grumpy Daughter: Yea, right.

Mid Oct:
Mom: Get out of bed and I'm dropping you in town when I go to work to look for a job.
Grumpy Daughter: Muuuuuuuummmmm, today?
Mom: YES!

First of Nov:
Grumpy Daughter: Mum I need..........
Mom: So?
Grumpy Daughter: But I really need......
Mom: Did you go out and look for a job? Come on, I'll take you now.
Grumpy Daughter: I'm busy, later.

Mid Nov:
Grumpy Daughter: Mum.......
Mom: Get a job!
Grumpy Daughter: But.....
Mom: Get dressed, I'll take you now to look, I'll even sit in the car and wait on you.
Grumpy Daughter: *slams bedroom door*

End of long month:
Mom: (Saturday) Just so you know, if you don't have a job by Thursday, you are grounded from going out, Come on, Dad and I will take you into town.
Mom: (Sunday) Don't forget, you have to have a job by Thursday.
Mom: (Monday) Don't forget, you have to have a job by Thursday, or no going out.
Mom: (Tuesday) Ditto
Grumpy Daughter: (Wednesday morning) I'm going into work with you when you go, so I can go job looking.
Mom: I'm not going into work today.
Grumpy Daughter: Take me into town.
Mom: Nope, I'm not going to work to save petrol, so NO, walk.
(Note: Town is only about a 10 minute walk from our house, JustAL does it daily)
Grumpy Daughter: Humphf!
Grumpy Daughter who DIDN'T go job looking: (Wed. Night) I'm going out with Bunny Boy.
Mom: Enjoy your last night out, you don't have a job, so this is it till you get one.
Grumpy Daughter: No Way!! It's YOUR fault I don't have a job, you wouldn't take me into town today!!

Mom:

Can I just say..............................................

2007-11-30T16:40:00.000Z

Anybody see a theme here??? ha!

Darkness

2007-11-30T16:28:00.000Z

Picking up Doodles from school today at 3:30, I realized the necessity of putting on my car lights.

When we got home, about 5 minutes later, I noticed needing to turn on lights as I entered.

This is probably the hardest time of year for me. It gets dark so early and the days tend to be grey and blah, and I tend to get a bit glum.

I don't think I'm alone in this, as my mom says she'd never make it living here, as the winter lack of sunlight would depress her.

I guess that if you've always been use to it, it doesn't effect you as bad, but for us transplanted Okie's, it's tough some days.

I've been here 8 yrs now, can you believe it??

I remember when I first came over to 'date' JustAL and everyone had it set up for me to email at certain times, 'just in case'.
What if he's an axe murderer? What if he's a sexual deviant? What if he's married?

Well, I can safely say, after 8 yrs of marriage, he's not an axe murderer, in fact, he doesn't like me near sharp objects, as I tend to cut myself.

He's not a sexual de......... okay, let me think about this one (ha!! joke!!)

And guess what, he IS married! at least now! ha! to me!

So guess that ya'll should have been protecting HIM from me! Poor guy has suffered thru 8 yrs with me, ya'll protected the wrong one! ha!

Hey! how did I get on this subject? I was talking about the dark! Man, is my mind rambling today!

How hard can it be?

2007-11-28T18:55:00.000Z

The title of my blog is Simply Me, the web page is Simply Saundra.

So.........
How hard can it be, to be, not only Simple, but Me?

How hard can my life be?

I have 8 bosses in my life to tell me what to do, so I don't even really have to think.

9 bosses! Can you imagine?

Can you????

1. God- Without him, I'm nothing
2. Dear Hubby- Without him, I'd be lost
3. Doc C. - Main Doc and a real joy (no! really!, he's our much loved GP who keeps me ticking!)
4. Cardiologist #1 (Bossy, but nice)
5. Cardiologist #2 (Bossy, but grumpy)
6. Hemo Consultant (kinda sorta possibly could be, type of doc)
7. Boss J. (suppose to be my boss on another continent)
8. Boss T. (suppose to be the boss, of my boss, on another continent)
9. Doodles/Grumpy Daughter (Bossy and Grumpy and total joys (NO! Really! okay, sometimes)

So, how can it be hard to know exactly what to do, when to do it, and when your done, when to get off it, when you have so many Bosses?

Trust me...........

It is.

Hangover

2007-11-27T22:29:00.000Z

Tuesday is having a Monday hangover. lol

Is it Friday yet?

What can I say?

2007-11-26T22:52:00.000Z

It's Monday.

No need to expound on this, will head to bed soon and hope for a quick entry of Tuesday! lol

"THE" Certificate

2007-11-25T20:00:00.002Z

If you remember, last Friday, Doodles had an awards assembly.

The Certificate was for swimming, which has been a big deal for Doodles, as he's afraid of water, or more specifically, water in swimming pools.

The award was a big deal, as it's the Deputy Head's award, given to only a few students a year, and he was the only one in this assembly that received one, so he was chuffed.

So, here is the requested picture of Doodles receiving his award from his teacher, Mr. J and also, a pic of the award itself.

Suck it. Don't Bite it.

2007-11-23T19:58:00.000Z

Dear Hubby awoke this morning with a sore throat and a slight cough.
Probably to much Thanksgiving yesterday! ha!

About 4:30 this afternoon, Dear Hubby shut down the office (which being the boss he's allowed to do), and we all (all 4 of us, that is) headed down to the local pub for a company send off of one of the our employees who has resigned.
Enjoyed a couple of hours with adult company, before heading home to the kids.

By the time we get home, Dear Hubby has pretty much lost his voice (aaaaaaahhhhhhh! peace and quiet! ha!), and has gotten quite marge simpson sounding.
He pops a Strepsil in his mouth and then I hear.................. crunch! crunch! crunch!

"What are you doin? Your suppose to suck it!! not bite it!! What good will it do your throat if it's already in your tummy before it melts??"

So he gives me a sheepish look as he pretends he's not bitten that much and proceeds to suck it.

Well, Doodles is in bed reading, Grumpy Daughter is out with Bunny Boy and it's nice and peaceful.
Guess it's time to wind down and enjoy the evening.

Tomorrow will be time to start decorating for Christmas!

What are you thankful for?

2007-11-21T22:42:00.000Z

I know it's been a few days since blogging, and my Dear Hubby 'reminded' me tonight, of that, so I will try to rectify this now.

I've been a bit ill this week, and due to the pain, I've left lots of things undone, the blog being one.

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, and we'll be joining 3 other American families to celebrate. We go to Church with the families and all tend to get on well.
My only concern is how our nerves will hold up to all the ppl in one house! lol
One family has 6 kids (from 12 down to 1 yr old), next family has 5 kids ( 15 to 4 yrs) and then the third has 1 (2 yrs) and then our two, please 4 sets of parents.

I'm scared! lol

It's actually a Blessing, as I'd not be able to do alot of the cooking, and it would fall to Allan, so I'm thankful that we was invited and only have a bit of baking to do.

Tomorrow morning, we will make some homemade dinner rolls and the cornbread dressing. Tonight I made some pimento cheese, yes that's right, they don't have it over here, so I figured out how to make it from scratch with ingredients they have here, so I made some for tomorrow.

What will I miss the most that they don't do here? Pumpkin Pie, Yams!(with marshmallows on top!) and cranberry sauce and proper GCC.

But, I have my family, and though not my health, I'm thankful that I awoke this morning and I'm thankful, as I lay my head down tonight, that I'm next to my soul mate and eternal companion, who I love dearly and I told my children that I love them as much as possible and I'm thankful for my friends, who put up with me.

Happy Thanksgiving family and friends, I love you!

One for Simbaby

2007-11-18T21:17:00.000Z

Doodles is sick today, so him and I drove daddy and sissy to church and dropped them off, as we didn't want him spreading his lurgy around church and us getting it back in a few weeks.

On the way back home, we had this conversation:

Doodles: Mummy
Mom: Yes?
Doodles: Did you have crayons when you was a little girl?
Mom: Yes I did
Doodles: No, I mean when you was 5 or 4, did they actually make crayons then?
Mom: Yes, I'm not that old!
Doodles: What could they have used back then?
Mom: Wax, just like todays crayons.
Doodles: So daddy had crayons too, since your so much older?
Mom: Is there a point to this conversation?
Doodles: Yes
Mom: What is it, to make me feel old?
Doodles: No, your only *bbbbeeeepppp*
Mom: Why did you beep?
Doodles: So I wouldnt' say your age.
Mom: Thanks, I think
Doodles: Mummy
Mom: Yes?
Doodles: You really had wax crayons back then??

So, Simbaby, could you please let Doodles know that yes, there was crayons, way back when!

Heat to the Herat (heart)

2007-11-18T21:12:00.000Z

I have heat to the herat, baby
O ye ye ye yeeees My herat is so cold
I have to heat it up. YES! YES! YES!!!
In 1974 I did not need to heat up my heart,
then becuse I didn't have one.
I'm not lieing yes yes yesss!!!!
yyyyyyyeeeeeeee

This is an exact copy(spelling and all!) of the song written by Doodles.
He's very proud of it, but has decided that songwriting is not his thing.... lol

Simply Short

2007-11-17T22:10:00.000Z

This will be a short one, but I wanted to blog before I got to tired.

LOTR is playing in the background, I love these movies, and Dear Hubby has just headed off to bed.

I too, will be heading that way, as soon as Grumpy Daughter gets in for the night. Her curfew is 10:30 on Sunday night, so she should be strolling in, oh, about 10:29:59. HA!

I hope everyone had a nice Saturday and are prepared to blog about it!

As a teaser, I leave you with this thought.............

Doodles decided he wanted to write a country song, the title is 'Heat to the Heart'.

Gotta wait till tomorrow for more on this!

Sleep Well

My Favourite Uncle

2007-11-16T15:28:00.000Z

I have an Uncle, I'll call him Uncle Eddie, he's wonderful.

I have an Aunt, I'll call her Auntie Robyn and she's wonderful.

Now Uncle Eddie is not much older than me......... Actually.......... he's years and years and years older than me (I'm only 21 after all!!)

I grew up with Uncle Eddie, I'm sure being 11 yrs younger than him, I drove him nuts, but I only remember him with love and kindness.

I didn't see Uncle Eddie for about 25 yrs, I think. I was about 18 last time I seen him, until this past summer.

Early this year, February, I think, I found out daddy had lung cancer, so, even though he'd had surgery and was well on the way to recover (so we'd been told), Dear Hubby and I decided the kids and I would go over and spend time, and Dear Hubby would come over toward the end of the Holiday.
I thank God every day that we made that decision and that my Dear Hubby made it possible, as daddy passed away this past June and I was able to spend time with him.

Anyway, when I was called back to OKC from Texas, I left Dear Hubby and the kids in Texas, and I was in OKC for a week, without them, and we'd found out that daddy was terminal and spending this time with him, became paramount to me, as I knew that chances where slim that I would be able to see him again.

Uncle Eddie became the 'patriarch' of lots of grieving 'kids' (I have 5 siblings) and between him and my older brother, they made sure that we was all taken care of and things were taken care of and he was our rock.

I became closer to Uncle Eddie and my brother than I have ever been in my life.

I met Auntie Robyn for the first time when I went back to OKC to say goodbye to daddy in June.
Auntie Robyn and I got along so well, it's as if I've known and loved her forever.
She can shop! She's cool! Robyn Rocks! lol

It's strange, how ppl that you've never known or havent' seen in years, can instantaneously become so very important in your life.

Or in the case of the Parksters, how ppl you have never met, or only met briefly, can become so well loved and such an everyday part of your existence.

So I want to thank you all, for being such wonderful friends.

And you too Uncle and Auntie, for being wonderful!

Early Blog

2007-11-16T13:01:00.000Z

Well, no one faint or anything, but thought I'd blog early today. (Won't mention, I just wanna get it over with! ha!)

No award for Doodles today, as he's home sick today.
Mr. J said that he'll hold onto the award till next Friday's assembly, so stay tuned for the discovery of what Doodles has achieved this week!

No work for me today, with Doodles off sick, so I'm not at the office to drive Dear Hubby batty with adiuming him. Guess I'll just have to yahoo him crazy instead! ha!

Amazing, but Dear Hubby and my desk is only a few feet apart, but only talk thru adium. Guess it's so the other employees don't get ill with all the mushy talk, they must think Dear Hubby and I never talk to each other...... if they could only see what we type though!! lol

Not much happening here, so hopefully everyone (YOU! know who you are!!) will start blogging soon, so I have plenty to read!

Two for One

2007-11-15T17:02:00.000Z

You get Two for One tonight on my blog, as I forgot last night to blog, so, not only am I blogging early this evening, but you can pretend it's for yesterday too! ha!

Dear Hubby and I enjoyed a quiet evening of television last night.
Okay, Okay, I enjoyed a quiet evening of television, and the gentle sound of a chain saw coming from the recliner next to me.

Yesterday was great, Doodles did so well in his class assembly, we was really proud of him.
Doodles has always had great GREAT trouble being in around a large group of people, as he's always been shy.
We had to stop taking him to his friends birthday parties at one time, as he would just cry.

Class assemblies have always been a horrendous experience for him, always resulting in Doodles hiding behind his teacher and sobbing his heart out or, if Dear Hubby or I could reach him, he'd cry in our laps.
This started from day one of school, when he was 2 yr 9 months old and then suddenly, the end of last year, when he was 6, it was as if he'd finally got over the fright, and suddenly blossomed into this wonderful self assured little boy (sorry, MAN).
We first noticed it at church, when he'd actually go to his primary class without tears, and then, it was amazing, the first time, he actually joined the primary class for a song in church up front.

Then came another dreaded class assembly at school, and Dear Hubby, being totally swamped with work, said that he wouldn't be able to attend, and besides, Doodles never joined in with it, so this time he opted out.... HA!

So when I got home, I got to tell hubby how wonderful Doodles was in the first assembly he actually did! Needless to say, Dear Hubby hasn't missed one since!
Now, he's the star of the show and loves it.
We really enjoyed watching yesterday.

Just as I was climbing into bed last night, Dear Hubby asks 'Did you blog?'
HA! Here I am, about to be wrapped in warmth with my lovely fluffy duvet and he thinks i'm gonna go blog then? ha! NOT!

Today has been pretty uneventful, though busy, at least for me! My days usually consist of resting most of the time, but today, I didn't make it home to rest until about 1pm, and had to leave to get Doodles about 2:30 and I'm sure I'll pay for it later, but it was a nice day. Sometimes it's just nice to be able to do things most ppl take for granted.

OH! More good news! Mr. J, Doodles' Year 3 teacher, told me today that Doodles is recieving an award tomorrow at another assembly, he wouldn't say what it is, so Dear Hubby and I will be there with happy grins, watching our little Demon King Ravana receive an award for something.
Will keep you updated!

Are ya'll bored with my family yet?? I could give ya'll a break and not blog for awhile!!

Who'd have thunk it?

2007-11-13T17:21:00.000Z

Who remembers the 'certificates' that was handed out in Vegas 8 yrs ago at the Park Bash/Weddings/Honeymoon?

Anyone remember who got what??

I actually still have Dear Hubby's and mine, and his says 'biggest pain in the butt' (can't imagine why he got that! ha!) and mine was 'sweetest person' (ha! had ya'll fooled! lol)

Who'd have ever thunk it, that the two of us would be together 8 yrs later, with a lovely 7 yr old Park baby (sorry, MAN)

Well, I have to say, the 'biggest pain in the butt' has turned into the most amazing and wonderful Dear Hubby who is loved totally and eternally by a very grateful wife.

Okay, anyway, back to the certificates..................
Anyone remember what they were and who got them? Come on guys, surely someone remembers!

I sure miss the Park days!

The Forgotten Child

2007-11-12T18:33:00.001Z

Here has been my afternoon..............
Picked Doodles up from school and came home and got him his after school snack and juice, and then went out to check the dryer.
Came in and spun the washer again.
Then I thought, "Ooooohh! Dear Hubby loves mushroom soup and has been asking for it, so I will just make it for him today", so proceeded to butcher up lots of innocent mushrooms.

Then I remembered the dryer.... ooops, so out I went (our dryer is outside in our pantry) and brought in the laundry, got the clothes out of the washer and took them out to the dryer.

Went back into the kitchen and grabbed an onion to dice up... was that the door? Went and answered the door and it was the workman who came to refit a door in Grumpy Daughters room, so took him in there and was totally mortified by the state of the daughters room and proceeded to offer tons of apologies, as well as turning every shade of red of embarrassment.

Darn! the soup! Left the workman to it, and went and chopped up the onion and add it to the broth and the mushrooms.
HHHmmmmm, Garlic would be nice in it, so took some fresh garlic and peeled and...... was that the phone? Doodles? answering the phone? that could be bad.......

Mom: Doodles? was that the phone?
Doodles: yep
Mom: who was it?
Doodles: don't know, sounded like Debbie.
Mom: What did the person who sounds like Debbie want?
Doodles: eeerrrrr she said there's no Seminary tonight and to tell Sissy.
Mom: Doodles, it's Monday night, there's never any Seminary on Monday nights, it's on Tuesday nights, is that what the lady that sounds like Debbie meant?
Doodles: I don't know, I forget......

Okay, so now I 1471 and find out that is was indeed Debbie, and call her and leave a message for her to call me back so I can get the correct message for Grumpy Daughter.

OH NO! The soup! I chop up the Garlic and put it into the pot with the other things and put it on low.

Debbie calls back and I duly note done the correct message to pass on to Grumpy Daughter....

Workman is done, so usher him out and notice it's almost 6, time to get Dear Hubby from work.
Get Doodles out the door, get Dear Hubby from work and head back home.
Go in and spin clothes in washer, stir mushroom soup, fix Dear Hubby and I something hot to drink (it's freezing tonight!).
Sit down on the couch with my cup a soup and start to relax...........

Doodles, why are you staring at me like that? When you look at me like that, you've either done something wrong, or you want something.... What did you do wrong?

Doodles: I don't want nothing, I'm just hungry!!

OH NO!!! I forgot to feed our 'Now I'm a Man' child supper!!!!!
(poor thing! He's use to eating at 5pm and it's now 6:30!)

Duh!!!!

CheddarVision

2007-11-11T21:47:00.000Z

Okay, now you know i'm officially boring!

Here is my newest laugh, it's called Cheddar Vision.

It's a LIVE stream of cheddar cheese, that is aging and will auctioned off when it's well aged for charity.

Aging Cheddar? Is that any better than watching paint dry??

Don't everyone get all excited now! lol

Gotta love them!

2007-11-10T22:33:00.000Z

Well, I've started two blogs tonight, and deleted them both.
I have no idea what to write and it's so late, i'm not sure I can think of anything.

Dear Hubby and I had a church meeting tonight in Coventry, we left our son with his nan here at home with orders for him to go to bed at 8pm and not give her any guff.

We get home at 9pm and guess who is on the couch.... wide awake... trying to hide under pillows.
Yep, you guessed it, Doodles, who was suppose to go to bed at 8pm.

He will still get up at 6am, just as he does everyday.

Gotta love them!

Losers, Blogs and Cops

2007-11-09T22:43:00.000Z

Here it is 10:42pm and my hubby decided that it was time for me to blog, so here I am blogging before the new show we watch comes on at 11pm. Back to that in a moment......

I told Dear Hubby that I have no idea what to blog today..... Boring Day! So he said to blog about him being a loser, but he's not a loser, he's a wonderful, thoughtful, caring Dear Hubby who takes care of me with no complaints. Oops, think I just blew his mean and sarcastic cover, so sorry. HA!

Now, back to our show..... Dallas SWAT! We love our Friday night SWAT show, makes me feel like home..... ha!

Nothing so exciting here! The most excitement we get, is the frequency of two of my mates coming to visit in uniform, they are police officers and Dear Hubby says that all the neighbors must think that I am a really naughty person, since they visit me quite often during the day while he's at work.
I just have all ya'll fooled into thinking I'm nice! ha!

Well, Teen has just made it home from her evening out, so time to lock up the house, snuggle up with Dear Hubby and enjoy the show.

Parent Angst

2007-11-08T15:59:00.001Z

Why do they call it Teenage Angst?
It's the parents that have to be insecure and anxiety ridden!

Take our child.... (Please do!) ha!

She is 18 and she knows everything, so therefore, WE should be insecure in our knowledge of knowing what's best....

Because she knows everything and has no need of doing her chores (she is AFTER ALL 18), and proceeds to let us know that by ~~childish tantrums~~ polite shows of temper, WE should be apprehensive about asking her to do them and end up with great anxiety after we do the unmentionable and order them done.

Said to Teen "Is the dryer done?" (Remember, she knows everything!)
Teen "I don't know" long pause "should be"
Said to Teen "Did you get the clothes out?"
Teen "well no!"
long pause...............
Said to Teen "Are you going to get the clothes out?"
Teen "yea"
long long long pause as she looks dazedly at the tv
Said to Teen "anytime soon?"
Teen "you are so unfair, I said I didn't know if they are done!"

hhhhhmmmmmm..........

So, why is it Teenage Angst?

I have Angst, and it's Teenage Angst, or at least Angst due to Teenager!

Gotta love 'em! lol

Bloggin

2007-11-07T20:53:00.000Z

Well, as everyone, has decided I need to start bloggin now, instead of in December, here I am. I can't promise daily posts, but I will do my best.

I can say though, I don't think I'll go nuts and post 6 in one day, as Dear Hubby did! ha!

Simply Me

Hello?

Listen.....

Can you hear that?

?

Where is that da** towel?

Simply promises

The wagon

Greek soldiers, Glue and Guesswork

Long time no see.....

Catching up and laying low

Where did I

Another 6 bites the dust

missed another one

Uh Oh

It's hard

In my head

3.5 days to go

It's Official......

What to do?

There seems to be

Nighty

Nighty

Draw a line

Bad day turned good

Pulling a nettie...

I'm speechless

Lazy saturday

Quiet nights

I did it and

This says it all................

Can you

tuesday night

Baby Part II

Diesel

Baby Part I

Mindless typing

Sunday evening

Not so good day.

Widget

How did I do that?

Friday

What to say?

Sign the 'fession!!!!

Feeling like Monday

Let sleeping hubby lie........

Speechless.....

Blogging from ...........

Simply Sick

Can you hear that?

Something New

Posting

Lonely Days

Office Romances

Twelfth Night

Boo!

humphf

Is it Monday?

Something for Nettie

Lazy Day

Surprise!

HA!

Little Drummer Boy

Dear Bloggin Elf

Tuesday

Little People

Lonely Nights

*Sigh*

Christmas Cheer

Goodnight

Chippy Indecision

Dried Up

Short but Sweet

Evil Elf

Simply Nice

Boggles the mind

Can I just say..............................................

Darkness

How hard can it be?

Hangover

Sigh