Firstly - Happy New Year from me to you
The time has come for K and I to look forward to what challenges we can set and to look back at what we've achieved. We've managed to come through a year that saw the finishing month with K and L falling out - hopefully that will be resolved, other than that its been a good year, K has managed to paint quite a bit and I have gone someway to learning to Crochet - well I can do the chain stitches lol.
We have decided that this year will see us spending alot more time at the Lottie as our new plot is so much bigger than the last one and for me personally fitness is an issue so I'm looking at how to do that on a zero budget. Ebaying as also the years challenge - maybe I should set myself a ££ target - one to think about.
I hope that the new year will see you fit, happy and enjoying the things that make you happy
Helen x
Tuesday, 1 January 2013
Tuesday, 18 December 2012
Catch Up
Well its been a while since I last posted - its that time of the year when something has to give and as much as I hate wrapping the blog has had to suffer.
D has had his 10th birthday, my little boy is in double figures now, where has the time gone. He had a great birthday, went out for a Roast Dinner for his tea [his choice] and thoroughly loved his presents, his main pressie from us was Wii Skylander Giants, it has been a great hit, so much so that more characters have been bought for Xmas
C has settled into school well, she has struggled with the culture shock, after all, there aren't many schools where you call the Teachers by their first name!
K is still doing as much overtimeas he can manage
Toby [our dog] is getting older by the day, a short walk now stiffens him up for the rest of the day and he has to have a sleep for a long time.
Xmas Day will be spent at home with Mum and N coming over for the day, kids will be hyper and full of sweets, K will be cooking Dinner and I'll do Tea, lots of festive TV in the evening is planned. K has to work a late shift on Boxing Day and the kids will be at their Dads so an afternoon of tidying up will be what I'll be doing
H
D has had his 10th birthday, my little boy is in double figures now, where has the time gone. He had a great birthday, went out for a Roast Dinner for his tea [his choice] and thoroughly loved his presents, his main pressie from us was Wii Skylander Giants, it has been a great hit, so much so that more characters have been bought for Xmas
C has settled into school well, she has struggled with the culture shock, after all, there aren't many schools where you call the Teachers by their first name!
K is still doing as much overtimeas he can manage
Toby [our dog] is getting older by the day, a short walk now stiffens him up for the rest of the day and he has to have a sleep for a long time.
Xmas Day will be spent at home with Mum and N coming over for the day, kids will be hyper and full of sweets, K will be cooking Dinner and I'll do Tea, lots of festive TV in the evening is planned. K has to work a late shift on Boxing Day and the kids will be at their Dads so an afternoon of tidying up will be what I'll be doing
H
Wednesday, 14 November 2012
Fireworks, School [again], Time
This year we decided not to do our own Fireworks, we decided to go to the display up at the City Centre and boy. were we impressed, yes we were. They were fantastic, D at the tender age of 9 and 49 weeks oh'd and ah'd along with everyone else, he did his excited squeeze - he raises his fists up to just under his chin and squeezes his fists together whilst pulling a face, its something he did as a tiny little lad and we get to see it rarely now but occasionally when something really excites him out come the fists. C stood apart from us to watch the Fireworks, near but far away, she rejoined us when some lads started hanging about near her, they were obviously nearing the point of being one over the limit and it was making her uncomfortable so she came back into the fold [she was only a couple of feet away anyway!] The lads were no bother and soon moved on but it was good to see her assessing the situation and seeking the safety of her family.
D has been given a start date at his new school - he's got 2 more days at his old school and then after the weekend he starts the new one. K and I are going in for a meeting with the Head to explain that D needs to be constantly challenged and to also talk about his skills [and his cheekiness] C is still waiting for her start date but we've been assured that it won't be long now.
Where does time go, its Wednesday night already, its half way through November and time is going so quickly. I plan lots of things to do each year and then I get near the end of the year and realise that I've done about half of my list, time is running out, I'll start the Xmas clear out soon - all the corners get swept out, excess furniture goes into the garage to make room for the Xmas Tree, finger prints get wiped away, places are dusted that never normally see a duster [apart from last years Xmas Clear out]. I'd like the world to stop for a couple of weeks just so I can catch up with myself.
Helen
D has been given a start date at his new school - he's got 2 more days at his old school and then after the weekend he starts the new one. K and I are going in for a meeting with the Head to explain that D needs to be constantly challenged and to also talk about his skills [and his cheekiness] C is still waiting for her start date but we've been assured that it won't be long now.
Where does time go, its Wednesday night already, its half way through November and time is going so quickly. I plan lots of things to do each year and then I get near the end of the year and realise that I've done about half of my list, time is running out, I'll start the Xmas clear out soon - all the corners get swept out, excess furniture goes into the garage to make room for the Xmas Tree, finger prints get wiped away, places are dusted that never normally see a duster [apart from last years Xmas Clear out]. I'd like the world to stop for a couple of weeks just so I can catch up with myself.
Helen
Tuesday, 6 November 2012
Half Term Hols, Xmas shopping, Schools
We've just finished Half Term Holidays
WE;-
went swimming,
went to Coventry shopping [primarily at Primark]
baked the most disgusting biscuits!
went to the pictures to see Pirates! On an adventure with Scientists
made a shopping bag
C did an overnight with Nana
K went Fishing
D had a friend around
I made sure that each day apart from yesterday that we had an activity to do even if it was something small like making biscuits
Everyone enjoyed themselves and thats the best bit for me.
Now to the serious business of organising the Xmas presents for C,D and K and ordering them after scouring the internet for the cheapest prices, discount etc - I spend alot of time on this, I've already got D and C's main presents, C is finished as I've bought her smaller bits except for her Xmas Eve Hamper. I need to get D some birthday pressies and some smaller pressies for Xmas and I've got nothing yet for K so that needs doing. K is on a sleep in at work tonight so once the kiddies are in bed I'll start the tinternt exploring and finish it tomorrow so that Xmas and birthday will be done. Oh, just remembered I need to sort something out for Mum!!!!!!
I've sent the paperwork in to the Council to swap schools for C and D, we went to Matalands on Sunday to buy C some clothes to wear to her new school - they have no proper uniform, more of a dress code, she had a meltdown in the shop and refused to come out cue much under breath swearing from me until I finally managed to get her in the car and no I did not resort to becoming as childish as she was no matter how much I wanted to stamp my feet in temper! All calm was restored after an hour or so. 5 pairs of trousers were bought so its just t-shirts to be got - we need plain ones with no logo's - how hard can that be - read that as inpossible!!!
Helen x
WE;-
went swimming,
went to Coventry shopping [primarily at Primark]
baked the most disgusting biscuits!
went to the pictures to see Pirates! On an adventure with Scientists
made a shopping bag
C did an overnight with Nana
K went Fishing
D had a friend around
I made sure that each day apart from yesterday that we had an activity to do even if it was something small like making biscuits
Everyone enjoyed themselves and thats the best bit for me.
Now to the serious business of organising the Xmas presents for C,D and K and ordering them after scouring the internet for the cheapest prices, discount etc - I spend alot of time on this, I've already got D and C's main presents, C is finished as I've bought her smaller bits except for her Xmas Eve Hamper. I need to get D some birthday pressies and some smaller pressies for Xmas and I've got nothing yet for K so that needs doing. K is on a sleep in at work tonight so once the kiddies are in bed I'll start the tinternt exploring and finish it tomorrow so that Xmas and birthday will be done. Oh, just remembered I need to sort something out for Mum!!!!!!
I've sent the paperwork in to the Council to swap schools for C and D, we went to Matalands on Sunday to buy C some clothes to wear to her new school - they have no proper uniform, more of a dress code, she had a meltdown in the shop and refused to come out cue much under breath swearing from me until I finally managed to get her in the car and no I did not resort to becoming as childish as she was no matter how much I wanted to stamp my feet in temper! All calm was restored after an hour or so. 5 pairs of trousers were bought so its just t-shirts to be got - we need plain ones with no logo's - how hard can that be - read that as inpossible!!!
Helen x
Friday, 19 October 2012
As busy as a busy thing
What a week its been, K has had Kidney stones so has been poorly, D is really tired from hard work at school and C has been doing all manners of things at school.
K = he didn't drink enough water for a couple of days and that results in Kidney Stones - they were bad this time, very bad and he was in a lot of pain, they went, eventually and it took him a couple of days to get over it but he's ok now.
D = D has been working very hard at school, the school sets work that is above National Curriculum Levels and its showing, poor lad, he's in the top set for Maths, Reading, English and Spelling, he has to work very hard, half term is a week late this year so instead of finishing school today and having a week off he's still got another week to go!
C = We are busy looking at other schools for C as she finishes her current school in July and has to move on somewhere else for year 9. The schools we have looked at [with 2 exceptions] have been out of this world but and its a big but we won't get in as there are waiting lists 2 years long and she will be bottom of the list as we are out of catchment area so we are looking at the local Secondary School on Monday morning. Its not the best school but as its the only one she will get into it'll have to do. The other schools were newish and it shows in comparison to the local one, they all have lovely white, spacious rooms, up to date technology, fantastic libraries etc and the local one doesn't really compete with them. Its so unfair that a good school for your children comes down to where you live and not about who you are or what you could achieve given the chance.
I've bought myself a new book - Stitch by Stitch as recommended by Jo on her blog http://jo-throughthekeyhole.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/stitch-by-stitch.html [hope that link works] I bought it from the Book People for £3.99 [free delivery code XMAS262 - runs out soon] Brilliant book for people like me who want to do crafty things but need step by step instructions because I'm a late starter to all this crafting malarkey lol. Its my favourite book at the moment and I'm loving reading it again and again, I'll try several projects from it :]]
Tomorrow is Saturday and the day will be spent with D at home as he's too tired to go to his Dads where C will be, K is working on a late shift, my days plan is to do some housework, washing and ironing as on Sunday we have to go to a Football Match - C has homework that involves her watching a match and writing a report on it, oh the things we have to do for our children lol
K = he didn't drink enough water for a couple of days and that results in Kidney Stones - they were bad this time, very bad and he was in a lot of pain, they went, eventually and it took him a couple of days to get over it but he's ok now.
D = D has been working very hard at school, the school sets work that is above National Curriculum Levels and its showing, poor lad, he's in the top set for Maths, Reading, English and Spelling, he has to work very hard, half term is a week late this year so instead of finishing school today and having a week off he's still got another week to go!
C = We are busy looking at other schools for C as she finishes her current school in July and has to move on somewhere else for year 9. The schools we have looked at [with 2 exceptions] have been out of this world but and its a big but we won't get in as there are waiting lists 2 years long and she will be bottom of the list as we are out of catchment area so we are looking at the local Secondary School on Monday morning. Its not the best school but as its the only one she will get into it'll have to do. The other schools were newish and it shows in comparison to the local one, they all have lovely white, spacious rooms, up to date technology, fantastic libraries etc and the local one doesn't really compete with them. Its so unfair that a good school for your children comes down to where you live and not about who you are or what you could achieve given the chance.
I've bought myself a new book - Stitch by Stitch as recommended by Jo on her blog http://jo-throughthekeyhole.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/stitch-by-stitch.html [hope that link works] I bought it from the Book People for £3.99 [free delivery code XMAS262 - runs out soon] Brilliant book for people like me who want to do crafty things but need step by step instructions because I'm a late starter to all this crafting malarkey lol. Its my favourite book at the moment and I'm loving reading it again and again, I'll try several projects from it :]]
Tomorrow is Saturday and the day will be spent with D at home as he's too tired to go to his Dads where C will be, K is working on a late shift, my days plan is to do some housework, washing and ironing as on Sunday we have to go to a Football Match - C has homework that involves her watching a match and writing a report on it, oh the things we have to do for our children lol
Wednesday, 10 October 2012
Library visits
I'm still working on the draft post about the summer hols!
We can't do much with the children that involves spending money at the moment, Xmas is coming don't ya know! D's birthday is also just over a month away, anyway we need a cheap, no cost activity to while away some time once a week or so - I hear the Library calling.
We visited a week ago, there is one at Wol... that is open till 7 in the eve [the one at the City isn't open late night and you have to pay for parking there humph] Off we go for a visit, its a very small library but it does us. I've loaned Nigellas cook books, just for a nose really, a couple of craft books from whom I have copied instructions for a couple of projects, very simple ones but I like to have the instructions written down rather than guess and make it up as I go along, and I've loaned a couple of reading books. K has loaned Art books, C has loaned reading books and D has even loaned books - Star Wars and Doctor Who. One member of staff is quite officious but the other lady is lovely. I don't remember visiting a Library as a child, maybe they were too far away [Mum didn't have a car and Dad was away working]. K and I have also loaned Audio CD's, I love them, pop them on when in the kitchen or the car and away I listen. K listens to them to help him relax, something he's not very good at and something I'm a master at lol.
We'll be back at the Library next Tuesday as I've read one book and used the craft book for what I wanted and Nigellas recipes whilst lovely don't fit into our budget for food!
We can't do much with the children that involves spending money at the moment, Xmas is coming don't ya know! D's birthday is also just over a month away, anyway we need a cheap, no cost activity to while away some time once a week or so - I hear the Library calling.
We visited a week ago, there is one at Wol... that is open till 7 in the eve [the one at the City isn't open late night and you have to pay for parking there humph] Off we go for a visit, its a very small library but it does us. I've loaned Nigellas cook books, just for a nose really, a couple of craft books from whom I have copied instructions for a couple of projects, very simple ones but I like to have the instructions written down rather than guess and make it up as I go along, and I've loaned a couple of reading books. K has loaned Art books, C has loaned reading books and D has even loaned books - Star Wars and Doctor Who. One member of staff is quite officious but the other lady is lovely. I don't remember visiting a Library as a child, maybe they were too far away [Mum didn't have a car and Dad was away working]. K and I have also loaned Audio CD's, I love them, pop them on when in the kitchen or the car and away I listen. K listens to them to help him relax, something he's not very good at and something I'm a master at lol.
We'll be back at the Library next Tuesday as I've read one book and used the craft book for what I wanted and Nigellas recipes whilst lovely don't fit into our budget for food!
Tuesday, 9 October 2012
Blogging for bloggings sake
Hi
I took the summer off from blogging - why - well because I fully intended not to blog anymore, I was getting in a pickle over what I should blog about and when and how often and blah, blah, blah. What I'd forgotten was - I'm not an everyday blogger, I need to remember why I'm blogging and posting every so often is OK cos I'm doing this for me not for bloggers sake!
So. . . . . . . I'm back to blogging - I've missed detailing whats going on here, need to do a round up of the summer - new plot at the Lottie, summer hols, new school for D, D's 1st girlfriend [he's nearly 10 I'll have you know] catch up with the quilt, post about Xmas, lack of money, K's job and the list goes on.
I'll draft a post over the next few days and then when I like it I'll post it
Feels good to blog without the self imposed stress - what a dolt I am
Helen x
I took the summer off from blogging - why - well because I fully intended not to blog anymore, I was getting in a pickle over what I should blog about and when and how often and blah, blah, blah. What I'd forgotten was - I'm not an everyday blogger, I need to remember why I'm blogging and posting every so often is OK cos I'm doing this for me not for bloggers sake!
So. . . . . . . I'm back to blogging - I've missed detailing whats going on here, need to do a round up of the summer - new plot at the Lottie, summer hols, new school for D, D's 1st girlfriend [he's nearly 10 I'll have you know] catch up with the quilt, post about Xmas, lack of money, K's job and the list goes on.
I'll draft a post over the next few days and then when I like it I'll post it
Feels good to blog without the self imposed stress - what a dolt I am
Helen x
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