Upgrades update

Well the lady from the council did call this morning a little later than she had said but she did come and acually at the momment im pretty much still none the wiser!! She was hopeful by tomorrow we would have some idea exactly when the gass meter will be moved outside and oh yes the works will still be started on 9th february and we will be having our window measured soon to get it ordered and we will not be without a toilet 3 days all this will be sorted out when the other member of the councils team and the contrator calls out to us one day this week or next hmmm so exactly when will we know?? i mean just over a weeks time and they will have started i just really dont know where i am at all.

We got an appointment with another dr on the half term week too for Donny to assess his ability to work man it makes me laugh he still cant read his own texts on his phone the hospital records all show exactly what the condition is but they have to see for themselves im sorry but if they arent eye drs what exactly are they going to assess? its just one thing after another and then we all have the dentist the day after that im just hoping they take less than a week to do the house or what happens then?

The school did try to contact me yesterday afternoon about 45mins after school finished when i was stranded in tesco carpark as my car refused to start again which lead into an argument between me and Donny for paying out so much on it everymonth when i wont go anywhere and hes right i just cant be bothered i like being home stitching or on here when its cold and wet out doors but if i dont want to lose my car im gonna have to start dragging him out more so hopefully it will stay cludy so he isnt in to much pain. Anyway back to the point the teacher said she would call back today and she didnt bother so i have written a letter and Leon is going to hand it dirrectly into the head masters hands tomorrow so he can see exactly how the parent is treated when they show concern for thier childs behaviour at school so we will wait to see how it goes he is a new one and i havent spoken to him before but he has changed so much already so lets hope he does something about it all i will keep you updated.

With all this going on no wonder i am looking grayer all the time lol!! that reminds me will have to get somemore dye!!

On a lighter note i started a new project this afternoon inbetween playing the guiness world record game on the wii its a whole lot of fun but you get some competative you dont want to come off even though your arms are hurting so so much lol but i do have a reginal record and one world record for now yeay me!!!! Well off to make dinner Donnys just gone over to his friends across the road for a cuppa and a chat its nice for him to go out for a little while and we get a break from one another :-) then theres footie tonight so ill be glued to a screen somewhere lol

A spooky finish!!

Here is my first orniment finish for this year and my first monthly orniment exchange for my board and its all thanks to Nicky for sending me the chart which of course i love as i love all things halloween thankyou Nicky xxxx

We had a confusing day today i stayed in as i still have a niggling headache had it a few days now just cant seem to shift it but then again its not too unbearable at least.

We had a call from the school this afternoon saying Leon wasnt where he should be and may have left the school buildings well i called Leon and had a text back telling me he couldnt talk as he was in class.I called the school back and asked what exactly was going on as this isnt the first time this has happened and when they called me back they had found him its maddening why they dont know where the children are i just dont understand it as they have to register every child in every lesson on the computers in every class its enough to frighten you.

Then i acually spoke to someone from the council who are now calling tomorrow to finally discus the final arangements for the fittings that are going to be happening in 2 weeks today (fingers crossed!!!) we shall wait and see what happens next i guess. Donnys auntie called over earlier she needed help with her boiler its all new to her and we have had ours a while so i was more than happy to help she seemed frightened poor thing!! but its all sorted now.

My weekend

Yes i know its late and i really should be heading to bed as i have to get the kids up for school in the morning but i thought i would just update you sll eith whats been going on with me here. On friday night the boys had thier late christmas party with the sea cadets as the christmas party had to be cancelled at last moment and was rearranged to this week . So after i had gone to collected Leon from rugby training at school at 4.00pm to bring him home and have a shower to get him to kick boxing by 4.30pm (yes that was a tight fit) i then came home and got food started as i had to pick Leon up by 5.30pm to bring him home to have food and all of us get ready to leave at 7pm to walk to town by 7.30 when the party started and the three of us made it in time Donny really wanted to come but as it was a disco as well he would never have been able to cope with the lights which was such a shame as it would of been great to have him there with us i was lucky though as one of the dads i knew from rugby was there so i sat with him and his wife who i seemed to get along with quite well.

We had a quieter saturday my dad and stepmum called over for a bit then me and the boys took the dog for a walk he is still suffering today poor thing!!! hes getting far too old to walk to far now so we have to be careful with him. We spend saturday night as usually our family night woth a movie which was great we watched a creepy one this weekend but i was quite disapointed as it wasnt very good.

Today i sat and watched the cardiff aresnal match and almost finished my orniment for my january challenge on my board and then the boys left half way through as Leon had kick boxing but his instructor brought him home as he had another migraine he was aufully sick when he got home but i put him in my bed as i was working on the old pc in my room so i could keep an eye on him he went to sleep but then the phone woke hime and he wouldnt stop chatting so i knew he was feeling better and i couldnt get much done!!! He managed to eat the roast pork dinner i made this evening and kept it down so he will be going to school in the morning!!! I managed to get upstairs and get the ironing done while the boys watched top gear and whem the kids had gone to bed i sat and watched ghost whisperer while Donny has been watching some fighting event on tv it will be finishing soon (thbakfully!!!!!!!) and i will be off to bed or i will never get up in 7 hours.

We are so proud

Here is Jakes first qualification he has earned at school which is equvilant to a GCSE level this is stage one he has also completed stage 2 and he is on stage 3 at the moment we are so proud of him doing so well at school and we are really hoping he will keep up the good work as it will really help him with whatever he decides to do with his future. I just thought i would share with you all.

First finish for 2009

Well its taken me a while to get into a stitchy frame of mind this year ive been trying to get some fitness into my live around everything else and when im not tired or achy im in a cant be bothered mood Donnys eyes are too good at the moment either so i dont like to have the light on for long in the evenings but anyway here it is so now at least im half way to getting my own challenges done on my runboard!!! OOOOHHHH i fprgot to say this is done on one of my hand dyed fabbies!!!!!!

A wonderful stash filled week!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I havent been online very much this week with trying to sort out whats happening next with the works we will be having done to the house next month and still getting nowhere trying to wokout and spending time with my family so i thought id jump on tonight and update you all with the few things that have been going on here, In this post id like to tell you all about the wonderful gifts i have recieved this week and the fantastic prize i won at frost night on the smo board and show you the prize i recieved for my article in cross stitch gold that i have now finally got a copy of thanks to my very dear friend Nicky.

Firstly here is the prize i got from cross stitch gold some wonderful stickers and some white aida always very useful especiall as i have none at the moment lol

Secondly i recieved 3 wonderful charts from my wish list from Donna on the smo board it was very sweet of her

Next was the wonderful prize i recieved from Myrna on the smo board from her frost night contest wow there where a lot of nice things a fantastic prize

And last but by no ways least Tonys had already suprised me this week with a $15 gv for 123 stitch which there was no need for at all but when these dragon floss arrived from sew and sew this morning i was very very shocked!!! Tonya is a lovely person and has been so sweet to me i have no idea what ive done to deserve all these pressies but i am very grateful thankyou so so much!!!

Great

They came to do the insulation in the coving in my walls yesterday so at long last we will have a warmer house just waiting now for the artic to be redone and the double glazing. The real problem started yesterday afternoon with just one phone call. When they come out next month to refit our bathroom they have decided they are going to hack off the walls and replaster which is great im not complaining as we have so much condensation in there it will be a great help no the problem started when they said we wont have a bath or sink (well we knew that) or toilet for 3 days!!! 3 days i couldnt believe what i was hearing and what was worse was they expected us to move in with friends or family while they were doing it!!! yes if course i know someone who can put the 4 of us the dog and the snake up for 3 days as if what are they thinking? Its hard enough some days for Donny to get around our own home with his eyes nevermind have to sleep on a floor or something its just a nightmare they are calling back out early next week to discuse where we go from here so we are hoping for some better news there.

I was also disapointed after working out so much with videos exercise bike and ab trimmer to have lost no weight at all but to have lost an inch on my waist i just dont get it at all!!!! but im not complianing and im keeping it up i will be back in my jeans really soon i am deturmined lol but it does mean my stitching has suffered though so i need to go and try and getmy 2 challenges done for the month!!!

New uniform photo

I was asked by my dad for a new photo of the boys for his wallet so here is the one one took of them in thier sea cadet uniforms as leon has had a new one we also had one frammed for him and both my dad and stepmum loved it I just thought id share with you all.

Happy Birthday Donny

Today is my wonderful husbands birthday i hope he has a wonderful day :-) me and the boys made him cards yesterday and he had them this morning and will get the gifts we bought for him when they return home from school this afternoon. I have spent this morning in the kitchen making him a cake Leon has asked me to wait until he comes home from school as he wants to decorate it so i will do. I have also made some blueberry muffins, not so good for my diet and exercise plan but at least i know whats gone in them as i have made them :-)

I started this morning well i exercised on my bike for 25 minutes and also used my ab trimer im hoping that it will all help even if its just small bits often rather than a lot 2 or 3 times a week. Leon and i did do a dvd on saturday night itwas a lot of fun but boy did i start to feel it on sunday night there are still some parts of my body that are sore to touch LOL and Jacky has sent me a dance dvd this morning which i am going to try in the morning hopefully after the boys have gone to school and Donny will have to stay upstairs and wait for me to finish before he gets up!!!! I have to re weigh tomorrow and report to the girls n the two boards im sharing with how im doing so you all need to keep your fingers crossed for me . Leon made me laugh he made us weigh before and after we exercised i told him it didnt work that fast and mine had gone up a pound after but he was shcoked!! i told him i must of jiggled some fat loose LOL im hoping that mayb ein a few weeks it will start to show though. All the christmas stuff has nearly gone and im trying to watch what im eating as well as exercising as much as i can bare.

Well i havent done any stitching in days as ive either been taking care of Donny and the boys or exercising and then ive been sore and havent felt like it but i think i will get off here and go do some now thats my problem i guess too much time on the pc and not much elese getting done !!!!! but then agai n the last few weeks i havent been doing much of that either . I do have to go out in a bit to get a few things and it really raining out there at least the wind has calmed down it was really bad last night im glad i didnt have to go out in it.

Its the weekend again already

I cant believe the weekend has come around so quickly already!! we are flying along so quickly at the start of this new year and at long last i am starting to feel almost human again and its about time too!!! I am still having trouble walking very far or doing very much at the moment but i can hardly wait to get a start on my exercising and Leon has volentered (forcefully i will admit!!!) to have a go with me over the weekend so that will be fun!!! We also have to go out to get something for Donny for his birthday and the three of us have no ideas what we will be getting yet. They will be off to cadets soon kick boxing was canceled tonight and there was no rugby training at school i guess its because the ground is still so hard. Im not sure if Leon will be going though as he was just complaining that he has a headache so we shall see.

I must add an appology to my blog today as i had an email through from a freind whos runboard i have been neglecting as i am so busy taking care of Donny and the kids and i havent been well myself for the last few weeks that i really havent been on much just to check my emails and my board and Jackys board as we are all trying to lose weight together.Her board is so busy i didnt think id be missed but i was!!! Saying that there are a few places ive been neglecting so i will have to try make up for it now i can sit at the pc a bit longer so i am sorry to all those places i have been neglecting the past few weeks some are so quite i bet i havent missed much though lol Im even missing the smo board as i used to go there a lot longer but these days i just dont have the time.


I did start a new piece of stitching a few days ago and its almost complete so that will be my first finish for the year and my first completed challenge for the month for my board so there will be just one to go!!!

I hope you all have a lovely weekend xx

Its so quiet

Yes the boys are back at school today after the christmas holidays it was cold and dark when they left just after 8am this morning oh yes and very white we are still covered in a thick white frost everywhere we have been for days its all very pretty but so slippery still i am dreading going out driving in it soon to go shopping but hey if i dont ge there will be no food to eat tonight lol. Ive been good this morning and i have cleaned all through down stairs and mopped everyhwere so im sitting here waiting for it to dry up and taking a break as its worn me out i will be so happy when i finally get over this nasty chest infection.

We had some good news yesterday (hopefully!!!) the builders called and they are due to come out on the 9th february to replace our kitchen and bathroom i cant wait we will finally have a new kitchen floor after the washing machine florced us to rip up our laminate flooring last year we are also hopeful that our cavitaly walls and attic we be redone in the next few weeks too we are just waiting for the scafolding to be put up we should be so much warmer then oh and we are supposed to be having double glazing fitted sometime after april too so our house will finally be brough up to date we just need to get on with the rest of the decorating then

I am hpeful to try and pull my finger out later and get some stitching done i havent felt like it when ive been ill and am starting to get with drawal effects lol and i need to try and get back on that exercise bike but i know little by little i cant go down any worse than i am when i have other people relying on me.

Another cold and icy morning

Well its been a week since ive had anything much to say and its because i really havent been well since new years day ive recaught whatever it was that Leon then me then Donny had but this time its a lot worse my glands in my neck are swollan my throat is dry and my chest is really sore. I have been keeping Donny awake all night coughing i did get some cough mixture and its really helping me through the day its pointless going to the dr what with my asthma and my allergy to peacillin theres not much he can give me really.I though i was getting better until i walked to Lidl with Jake now its not even a 10min walk away from my house and i was exhausted by the time i got there and we still had to walk bnack it was fun just trying to say on our feet it was so slippery but we were giggling at each other sliding about lol

The boys dont go back to school with me until wednesday so they have a nice easy foirst week back at least. I have hardly picked up my needle this week and with Donnys birthday mext monday im really beging to doubt il have anything sewn for his card by that point but you never can tell right? I havent been online much either just havent had the strength do do anything much. I did take down my decorations on friday so the house was looking lovely and bright and tidy for a while at least!!!

This infection that i have had isnt helping my weightloss plan either its just ground to a holt as i cant exercise at the moment but im hoping to get back to it as soon as i can then restart the whole thing hopefully il have enough energy to get back on my bike by wednesday when the boys are at school. It not fair i feel like an old lady lol. At least when i do feel better i have found someone who lives just 10 miles down the road from me who wants to exercise with me and she stitches!!! so ill have a close stitchy friend which is something i dont have and i cant wait to meet her.

Id just like to thank Joan the pillow case came this morning in just 3 days from the states now that is fast!!! thanks so much hun Jake loves it i knew he would!! Well think ill go make a cuppa and try to recover from my walk i knew i should of took the car lol im just trying to walk more saying that on new years eve i walked for 4 hours with Leon looking for new trainers (sneakers) for him for school because we couldnt find a size 4 hmmm im wondering if that cold air on my chest has done this to me??