Counting the days....

This is all I seem to be doing of late. Maybe I am even OCD about it!!! I count the days until the weekend every week. I am also counting the days until I go to see Mamma Mia in London(3 days), the Twilight dvd is released(6 days), our family holiday in Devon(13 days), Take that concert(97 days) and a big family trip to Devon(122 days) HMMM I could go on!

So as you can see I like having things to look forward too, be it the weekends or an event. I am really looking forward to Thursday as L breaks up from school YaY no more school runs for two weeks!! Then on Friday we can have a girly morning as J is at playgroup. Then at 3.45pm L and I are off to London with friends to see Mamma Mia- we both love the movie, and are huge AbbA fans, so it should be a fabulous night. Will let you know how it goes!

OK, so then Monday the Twilight dvd comes out. I cannot convey my excitement at this!! I have arranged for the girlies to come over to watch it together. Mmmmmm Edward yum!! drool drool

As i wipe my drool up off of my laptop and remove my son from his postion sat on my shoulders pulling my hair as he pretends I am a horse...let me continue.

My parents are coming to stay tonight, as hubby is away at work all week. So I guess I really shoule get off of here and do the obligatory throwing of things in the cupboards(out of sight) and change the beds. In all seriousness I love my m&d staying, they are great company and the kids love them being here. Certainly beats the outlaws!!!

Paint, playdoh and pedicures

Yesterday I had to perform my motherly duty of helping out at my son's playgroup. Aaaahh the joy.
So I awoke with a bit of a headache, so not the best of starts. Kids decided to really play up this morning, especially little man who was so over excited at being able to take mummy to school with him! Wish I had had his excitement and enthusiasm. It was 3 hours that I was not exactly relishing the thought of.

The 3 hours actually flew by in a sea of paint, playdoh and snotty noses. Even went on a snail hunt in garden. I got home at 12 rather dishevilled with an attractive streak of muddy brown paint on my left cheek, red in my hair and green playdoh stuck to the sole of my shoe. NICE!!!

Really felt like a vodka, but settled for a coffee instead to try and get of the trauma of the morning!! The afternoon brought even more motherly love out of me. Let me set the scene...

My brother in law was over fitting my new downstairs toilet so the house was a sea of tool boxes, and other decorating paraphanalia. Add in one hyperactive three year old boy, and one worn out stressed mum. Yes am sure you can imagine the carnage that followed!! What a mess. I think my B-I-L was so relieved to escape at 5pm, lucky sod!! Once 6 pm hit i was on a mission to get little dude to bed asap as he was driving me insane. Asleep for 6.45 aaaahhhhh the sheer bliss of silence.

L decided she was going to tidy her room. SHOCK HORROR!!!! Now I use the term 'room' loosly...rubbish dump would actually be more appropriate. I was bordering on calling Environmental health out to see to it. What is it with Teenagers eh??!!

So I had a few hours to myself. I looked at the mountainous pile of ironing that is in danger of swallowing up my dining room, but it was a fleeting look before closing the door on it. Instead I decided to be good and do a workout on the Wii fit. OMG I forgot how I would ache after my hike of the day before!!! But I did it, and felt much better for it YaY!! So am still on the fitness regime...looks like I will make it to at least one full week then!!

After my workout I sat and chilled out and decided I need a pedicure, my feet are in a right old state! They resemble something that should really belong on a dinosaur! So my mission is when I have shed a few pounds to treat myself to a pedicure. Woooohoooooo!!!!!!!!!!!

To rest my weary bones

I am worn out.
I feel about 100years old, and probably look it too!! The reason I hear you ask?? The answer is quite simple exercise...see I always knew it was bad for you!!!
I decided to get back into it this week, so the diet began on Monday along with exercise. I hit the gym yesterday with my best bud C. Today I had the great idea of walking to town with my neighbour. It is about 2 miles away. Almost got blown away on the hike down there and got caught in what I can only describe as a hail storm but we made it in one piece. Had a pleasurable hour around the town, before hiking back again!!! On the hike back I was totally windswept and sweating away and probably looked like I had been dragged through a hedge backwards, when my beautiful and most elegant of friends drove by- mortified or what!! I bet she had a right laugh at the bright red woman huffing and puffing her way along the pavement! Or even worse recognised me but pretended not too!!!

Now an hour later I have discover muscles I had long since forgotten!!! I think a long hot soak in the tub is in order this evening to rest my weary bones!!!

On the plus side, hubby is home tonight after working away and it is his birthday- although we have said it is his 'non' birthday as we shall celebrate on Friday instead. I don't know about you, but once you are the wrong side of 25 birthdays are just pants! I mean who really wants to celebrate another year nearer meeting the grim reaper!! Not for me thanks!!!

So I shall keep you posted on the diet/exercise front....I will be taking bets on how long I last.
I reckon 2 weeks tops!!!!

Forget being a princess...

I thought crushes onluy happened during your emotional rollercaoster teen years, not when you are meant to be a sensible responsible grown up!

But it has happened to me at the ripe old age of 34. I mean I am meant to be a responsible adult, fully in control of my thoughts and feelings- or so they say!
And so I am in love...... Edward is the man who occupies my dreams these past few weeks. He even squeezes his way into my head causing me to daydream like a pubescent girl. Edward, for those of you not privvy to having read the best books in the world(well my world), is a vampire.

Hmm that stopped you in your tracks eh? You expected a pop star, celebrity, actor or the like.....not some blood sucking animal. But oh my word he has totally captured my heart. I love him. Totally and utterly in love. Why oh why can't he be real? Whilst he is giving me hours of pleasure, I actually feel sorry for the teen girls out there who too have fallen for him- how will they ever meet a man who lives up to Edward's standard? Man are they in for a shock.

My husband thinks it is hilarious, and says I am like a teen obsessed with the latest chart sensation! I think he is just humouring me. I haven't yet told him that the dvd comes out in 13 days! My obsession is only gonna get worse!!

So my advice to you, go buy a copy of Twilight and fall in love to. Seriously, vampires rock.

Forget being a princess, I want to be a vampire.

Happy Mother's Day

I woke to a the joyous shouts of 'I need a weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee' at 6 am this morning, whilst hubby lay snoring next to me. I have a banging headache which has been niggling away all week.

Hubby and I went out last night ON OUR OWN!!! First time in well at least 3 years!! We went to the cinema to see Marley & me, and had a chinese too. Whilst it was nice to go out with no kids, I found we had nothing much to talk about- it has been so long that it felt like all we had in common were the kids, and thats just sad. Trouble is he is knakered from working so bloody hard, we don't see him from sunday tea time until very late on the friday most weeks. Not ideal, but in the current credit crunch he needs to do what he has to to keep his job. But boy does it put a strain on your relationship.

I love my hubby wholeheartedly, but as with all marriages they sometimes need a lot of work. I feel we are currently in one of these periods. Don't get me wrong we don't really argue, never have to be honest. I think we are just both unhappy. He is unhappy at work, and I am unhappy with never seeing him. The kids miss him terribly all week, which makes for a grumpy house!!

Thankfully we have a holiday in 2 weeks, a week down in Devon in a beautiful little cottage. We plan on doing nothing!!! Just some quality time together. People take the mickey out of us as we are (or so it seems to them) always on holiday. Truth is we take 4/5 holidays a year, usually a week here and there and usually in the UK. It is the only way we get to spend some quality time together as a family. That said we got back a month ago from 2 glorious weeks in sunny Florida which was amazing!!!!!!

Well, thats all for now, have to go do washing & ironing- yes I know it's Mother's day but no one else is going to do it. I have my sister & her family over later - more work on the downstairs toilet, whilst we take the kids to the woods again! Hmm best fit in a trip to Tesco's aswell, aahhh a mother's work is never done.

ps- Marley & me is a great movie....but take tissues!!

Long day...

A rare thing has happened this week.....
I have had so much company and not felt alone!!! This never happens, but maybe I have made more effort?
Monday took little man on a play date, so had a good old natter with the mum. Tuesday had my girly night, Wednesday ma & pa were over and hubby was home at night. Yesterday my brother was over and 2 girlies popped in during the evening and today hubby will be home agin w00t w00t!!!

That said today I feel like I have been 10 rounds with Tyson!! The little man was up all night, and by that I mean i finally fell asleep at 4.45am and got back up at 7.15am....so today is going to be fun.
We have no food, so need to do battle with the local Tesco's and on a Friday to be honest I would rather gargle with battery acid.

Wish me luck on what I feel is going to be a very long day!!

Frogs, Bogs & Millionaire's mansion

This has been a busy week so far and quite action packed for me!!



On tuesday I had a girly evening with my bestest friend so that we could plan her hen night. A bottle of wine later and lots of googling and we had it all sorted. We have found the most amazing Millionaires mansion that we can have for the weekend, it is like something off of Footballers wives- very Wag!! So that sorted we reverted to our favourite pasttime - a good old girly gossip. Why is it that a good gossip always cheers you up??!!



It has been an active week too, as have no downstairs toilet this week as it is under construction, so a lot of running up and down stairs with the little dude, can't trust him to go alone incase he sets the African land snails free- imagine the mess, snail trails everywhere!!! Eeeeeuuuuwwwww



It has been a beautiful week weatherwise, gorgeous sunshine by the bucket load so I decided to tackle the jungle otherwise known as my garden. After a huge fight I finally got the lawnmower started, was happily mowing away....when I saw something move in the long grass. I squealed for my dad, who was over visiting, to come rescue me from the huge green monster jumping around in my garden. Upon a more thorough inspection we found 8 frogs happily humping in my garden, plus oodles of frog spawn -again -eeeuuuuwwww. So after many squeals and much laughter, the said frogs were finally caught- and later released into a neighbours pond. Incase you are wondering, my jungle now resembles a garden!!

Today my brother is over, so far have had to mend a split crotch in his golf trousers and made him toast- aah men they are all the same eh?? Brother, husbands and well just men in general I guess.

Right, am off to do a frog check round my garden....I may be some time!!!

Move over David Bailey..

I got bought a 'real' camera for my birthday. None of this point and shoot malarkey, I am talking the real mcCoy- seriously, you should check out the size of my lense!!
So, I thought I would road test it this weekend by taking the kids and my nieces into the woods. They had an awesome time climbing trees & having leaf fights and it made for some fabulous photo opportunities for me. Well, I am very proud of some of my shots, so much so am thinking maybe new career??!!??

So on my quest for finding the new me, maybe, just maybe I have made a start? I think this could well become a new hobby for me.

Thank god it's Friday...

Well it's Friday, and as I fall to my knees and thank the Lord for that- I am frantically running around trying to tidy up and get the house shipshape before my husband gets home from work!
I am sure thats a familar sight across the country right now.

I am shoving washing in the machine, whilst emptying the dishwasher and at the same time preparing tea, colouring in another picture of Thomas the Tank Engine and mopping up the spilt cup of juice before it soaks into the floor. It's a good job that I can multi task.

I love fridays. I love them because it means for the next two days I don't have to be a million people: mum, dad, cook, cleaner,ironer, taxi driver etc etc. Instead at the weekends I can be me, even if it is just for a couple of hours!!

So, who is me? Well to that question I am afraid I have no answer...

Somewhere over the last 11 years I have managed to lose my identity and am now Just MUM.

Today is the day I have decided to try and find me. Any pointers, very welcome!