Monday madness

Wow my house is quiet on a week day now the boys are back at school but its nice to sit and stitch for a while in a bit of quiet lol. This is Sues rr she choose a snowman theme as well so i am hoping she will like this sleepy little fellow in all honesty thats exactly what i fee like doing right now too!!! I had too late a night last night watching a film on the telly and this morning came all too quickly but ive been fine all day. Had a lazy morning stitching and watching tv then i cleaned before we had peole out testing the fabrics in our walls and ceillings they were here over an hour then i got dragged to town because Leon has decided he wants to try out for the football team on wednesday so i had to go get him some new togs hes going to need them for pe anyway so thats not so bad ......what was bad is what happened next.............

Jake had a little left over from his birthday money and today he decided he wants to join in with me his dad and Leon so he has decided to pick a team in the premiership with the rest of us lets just remind you all that i am Chelsea Leon is Man utd and Donny is Liverpool well Jake doesnt do things by half oh no here he is shpwing off his new team

for those of you who dont know its Arsenal oh boy is that going to be fun,,,,,,,,,,,lol

Another halloween exchange to share.

Here is the halloween exchange i recieved from Joan this morning from my halloween exchange on my board and i love it thankyou so so much Joan i love the way you made the orniment and i have posted pictures of the front and back for you all to see.

We have had a very wet past few days i dropped the kids at school yesterday morning and got very wet just going from the house to the car and back but by 11am it had brightened up and the sun was shinning but inbetween we were still having very very heavy showers my dad called round earleir and he said the water by him was so bad it was very near to coming into the house again and it brought back memories form when i was about 6 or 7 when it flooded so badly the house was almost a meter of water inside it i just remeber getting up and the water was half way up the stairs. I went upto down yetserday after getting a new battery for my car (yeay!!!!) just need to replace the old one now and they have had some halloween stuff into asda at long last but still not really what i was looking for so i shall still have to wait a little longer. When we got back i made the kids some cakes and they were happy with that when they came home they have been spoilt as the day before i decided to make some rissoles an an apple crumble i have so much more time when they arent here but i dont know how long that will last lol.

Last night the boys went to cadets anyway and i watched the final of big brother i have no idea what im going to watch instead in the evenings now lol.

Well i am about to drag Jake down to pets at home with me for a walk as we need more food for the mice Leon is off out fishing with Liam i am waiting for the rain to come back and have them both come home like drowned rats again lol. Have a good weekend everyone.

Morning out

This morning was still very wet here so i decided to take the boys to school in the car Donny was up so he came with me. We were going to go to tescos before coming home but he suggested maybe we go to Gorseinon for a run to see if i could pick up some halloween stuff so i jumped at the chance lol .We drove up by poundstretchers but it wasnt even 8.30am so everything was still closed so we went into a cafe and had a bacon roll and a cup of coffee which makes a nice change .
When we came out poundstretcher was open but i was very disapointed as there was still nothing only 2 packets of foam stitckers so i grabbed them anyway. I then drove into gorseinon as poundstretcher is on the out skirts and down to the craft shop i was happy once id gone in there i got some stitckers for my christmas cards and birthday cards and some lovely pictures and some fairy 3d thingys i also got some buttons that i have to be honest Donny had to find for me lol what am i like!!!! im still on the out look for some halloween fabbie but i think im going to have trouble with that as we have no material shops anywhere near us and im still looking for more halloween stuff to maybe it will come in soon especially as they are already selling christmas stuff in tescos would you believe!!!!

The boys with me are very disappointed at the moment as the camping has been cancelled this weekend due to the bad weather we are having our town center was flooded on monday asda the market and a few other places where flooded and the forcast for tomorrow is looking dreadful at least they will be safe at home with us they are hoping to go in the next few weeks instead so i dont think i will be off saturday night now but there will always be another time.

This morning was still very wet here so i decided to take the boys to school in the car Donny was up so he came with me. We were going to go to tescos before coming home but he suggested maybe we go to Gorseinon for a run to see if i could pick up some halloween stuff so i jumped at the chance lol .We drove up by poundstretchers but it wasnt even 8.30am so everything was still closed so we went into a cafe and had a bacon roll and a cup of coffee which makes a nice change .

When we came out poundstretcher was open but i was very disapointed as there was still nothing only 2 packets of foam stitckers so i grabbed them anyway. I then drove into gorseinon as poundstretcher is on the out skirts and down to the craft shop i was happy once id gone in there i got some stitckers for my christmas cards and birthday cards and some lovely pictures and some fairy 3d thingys i also got some buttons that i have to be honest Donny had to find for me lol what am i like!!!! The phot uploader is playing me up so the photo is upside down but you get the idea lol im still on the out look for some halloween fabbie but i think im going to have trouble with that as we have no material shops anywhere near us and im still looking for more halloween stuff to maybe it will come in soon especially as they are already selling christmas stuff in tescos would you believe!!!!

The boys with me are very disappointed at the moment as the camping has been cancelled this weekend due to the bad weather we are having our town center was flooded on monday asda the market and a few other places where flooded and the forcast for tomorrow is looking dreadful at least they will be safe at home with us they are hoping to go in the next few weeks instead so i dont think i will be off saturday night now but there will always be another time.

Thankyou Louise!!!

I got a lovely halloween exchange from Louise this morning and i love it so so much Louise you have realy realy spoiled me i feel so so lucky to have you come join my board and join in in such a big way thankyou xxx

My babies first day at comprehensive school.

Here he is my baby all dressed in his new uniform ready for his first day at comprehensive school hes going to kill me when he sees this but i dont care lol im sitting here patiently waiting because they are due in the door any minute now. Jake ran when he seen the camera so i dont have one of him lol.

I can also now show you the halloween exchange i made for Louise as it arrived safely yesterday and im so glad that she was happy with it it is the first exchange of this sort we have had over on my board and so far its going realy well.

September brings more rain.

I had a fantastic evening last night our friends and thier children did come over for a good fe hours last night and it was so lovely to have our house so noisy and lively for a bit and a good time was had by all infact Debbies youngest little boy who is almost 4 broke his heart when it was time to leave he just didnt want to go!!!! but his daddy had had quite a few drinks and was ready for his bed lol.

Today has been awful my street is flooded again after the heavy heavy rain we have had its still raining now just not as bad thank goodness. It started out not so bad this morning and the 3 boys went fishing around 11am well by 2pm i was trying to drive through roads of rivers going to collect them it was awful Leons phone got ruined he was just so so wet i had to peel thier clothes off them and get them into the shpwer and get a wram drink down them in front of the fire i am so hoping this weather goes before next friday or they are going to have a rubbish weekend away camping which is such a shame. I have also admitted defeat and decided to empty the pool and put it away hoping we have a much better summer next year cos this year we dont seem to have had one at all.

Only one more day of them home and then they will be back at school yeay!!!! lol saying that its hard to beieve my baby is going to comp they both seem to be growing so fast it just doesnt seem fair.

One last word id like to tell all the ladies to stay safe over in New Orleans where the hurricaine is heading especially Shirley and Denise please please stay safe!!!! and let me know that you are ok as often as you both can.

Happy saturday

Ive had a nice peaceful day today the boys went fishing with my friends older boy who is 15 it was quite a walk to the pond and back but they all enjoyed so much they are going back tomorrow!!!

Yesterday i had a nightmare with big black hairy yucky spiders!!! I went to move my curtain yesterday morning and wentr screaming arcoss the room when i saw a massive one just inches from my fingers much to the delight of the boys!!! and then last night another one went running across the living room floor!!! ive seen enough fpr one day LOL

Oh well i have a busy day tomorrow but im looking foward to it all will be revealed i promise!!!
So as it is already tomorrow i shall be heading for my bed quite soon.
Have a great sunday everyone!!!

Finally some stitching to share!!!

This is the second part of the RR i am doing this is Louise's she choose snowmen as her theme i was the first to stitch on it and i realy hope she likes what i have choosen for her and its not too big!!! and im so late in getting it to Sue with all thats gone on this week today was the first time in what seems like an age i got a few hours to get some stitching done.

This morning i took the kids for a walk to town to get thier new shoes for school while Donny stayed home and waited for the repair man to come fix my cooker and im telling you its much worse taking boys than girls clothes shopping they are way more fussy than i can ever remember being it took almost 2 hours for them both to finally decide what they wanted!!! but its done now and they are all ready for school on wednesday and i can hardly wait to see them back they have been so bored as the weather has been so rubbish this holidays im just hoping that they have a good weekend when they go camping a week tomorrow with the sea cadets.

So im sitting here listening to one of my cds for a while before i settle down and catch up on tonights big brother.

Thankyou Rose!!!

I know i said that id be back to show you all the lovely gift i recieved from my friend Rose but time just seems to have gotten away from me the last few days and things have still being going wrong for me a lot. But anyway lets talk about something nice for a change instead lol. On tuesday was my wedding anniversary when the kids had cadets we did plan to go get fish and chips and walk along the beach where we met 16 years ago but on the night it was cold dark and wet a typical summers evening at the mommet here in wales so we just came home and cuddles up on the sofa tobgether instaed before we had to go collect the kids at 10pm i was kinda glad to be close to the dog the way he has been with his paw aswell didnt want him climbing up on the sofa and hurting himself. But we had a lovely evening together with no kids for a few hours.
The lovely card you can see here was a total suprise my very special friend Rose from New Zeland didnt even tellme she was sending it to us it came on saturday but as i seen it was addressed to us both i didnt open it untill tuesday and i feel so blessed to have her as my friend she went out of the way and made it especially for us which makes it extra extra special thankyou so so much Rose!!!!

I also was lucky enough to win a contest on the smo board and i recieved these lovely beaded kits in the post yesterday this is something i have never tried even though i have 2 small xmas orniment kits which i also won of the smo board last xmas and i really would like to try get these done this year i just need to spend more time stitching and less surfing i thinks LOL yeah i dont quite think thats gonna happen!!!!

We took the dog to the vet in swansea yeaterday and yes i got lost on the way there and almost managed to get is killed in the prosses i realy need to get out in the car more then maybe i wouldnt be so nervous we came back on the motorway which is a no no for me usually but i have to say it felt much safer than the way we went up anyway the dog is going to be fine he either had an infection or athritas she gave him two injections and said he should be fine and hes back walking on all fours now which is one less worry out of the way yeay!!!

I was sat watching big brother on c4 as Donny was chatting away to Loll and he offered him a bottle of the home made rose wine we had just made so i slipped down the road just before 12am to give him and Paula a bottle hmmm it was almost 2am i got home as Lol went well as your here im going to yours and as they are coming to repair my cooker today ive been up since 8am so ive had around 5hrs sleep so im still half asleep everyone else is still in bed and im waiting on the repair man im hoping he comes soon as i realy have to go into twon to get the boys shoes before they return to school next weds.

I guess its not over just yet.

Today i tried to slip down to tescos in the car to get the boys shoes and a bag for when they return to school next week and guess what?? yes youve guessed it the car broke down again i just couldnt get it going no matter what i tried in the end i had to call out the rac too get it started. Turns out its the battery again and it needs replacing so on yop of everything else this month there is anther thing that needs paying for and soon i give up!!! someone out there somewhere most definatly has it in for me.

We shall be taking the dog to the vet early tomorrow morning i phoned up and as he is eating and drinking they gave him an appointment when they had a free one. We removed the bandage from his leg earlier and his poor paw is quite swollan so the sooner we find out whst the problem is the better all round.

Shall be back later i had a very beautiful gift this morning that i would like to share with you all i just need to get some stuff done first then i will be back with a photo,

What a week.

After the mess i had to clean up om sunday night and all day monday i realy didnt think this week could get any worse and boy how wrong was i.
On wednesday i decided i had had enough of being stuck in because of the rain so me and the kids went on a bus trip first we went to Camerathen and got soaked through as the rain was very heavy and as we had left a sunny Lanelli not one of us had a coat on so we decided to jump back onto the bus and try Swansea and suprise suprise when we got there it was also pouring with rain so we got soaked through all over again we still enjoyed just got very very wet lol, When we returned to Llaneelli the sun showed its face once again and everywhere started to dry up but it was all just a little too late for us ohhh well maybe next time it will be better.

On thursday my new cooker decided to brake everytime i try to switch on the back hob it keeps tripping my electric well hell it never just rains on me it just seems to constantly pour i wonder what i did wromg in a past life to deserve all this grief and wait for it cos it doesnt stop here oh no that would be far too easy now wouldnt it,,, they are coming to try repair my cooker sometime on thursday.

On friday we had a dry sunny day i went shopping in the morning and cut the front and back lawns in the afternoon before getting dragged into the pool with the kids so that was a much much better day.
On saturday morning i went to use my straightening irons on my hair and yep youve guessed it one of the heating elements has gone is this my 3rd thing?? is it all over yet??? in a word NO not yet ........... me and leon baked some fairy cakes and as it was raining again we played sing star for a few hours which also took my mind of things for a bit.

Sunday.... the first day of a change of luck??? HUH dont be so silly........... Today was quiet i was trying to get as much stitching as i could in as well as watch the footie the grand prix and the closing of the olympics which was all on the same time so i had thigs taping and trying to watch 2 things at once.Well later than afternoon we had been playing with the dog the same way as usual we all settled down for dinner and then i fed the dog when i called him he couldnt put any weight onto one of his front legs we have no idea at all what he has domne he was fine when he went to sleep and when he got up this morning there is no change at all and as ts a bank holiday i cant even get him to a vet and i am dreading finding out just how much that is going to cost me ontop of everything else thats gone wrong this week.

So even though tomorrow is my wedding anniversary hopefully we vcan get the dog looked at but then it looks like i will be spending the day in the vets please who ever is holding this bad cloud over my head remove it i dont know how much more of this i can take i realy realy dont.

My topsyturvy weekend

On saturday night me and my lot went over to Kaye and Pauls for the evening along with Debbie Kev and thier kids too we all had a fantastic evening we went over around 6ish and we where getting home around 1.30am!!! needless to say the kids didnt get up untill after 12pm on sunday morning LOL Kaye had cooked food for everyone i realy dont think i could be that brave lol and she cut my hair for me it realy needed doing it was half way down my back and now its just over shoulder length so its a whole lot different!!!! Its our turn to have everyone over next time we just need to arrange a day we havent been out like that for ages and then we go out twice in a week lol

Yesterday was a very different matter though we where watching a movie with the kids last night after me and Leon had baked some chocolate muffins and i had cooked some chicken wings in a tikka sauce and some wedges as the kids were going to bed Jake came in after going into the kitchen for a drink and said there were huge puddles of water my washing machine has leaked from the bottom and flooded my kitchen what made it worse was that it had gomne underneath my wooden flooring so we were ripping it up at almost midnight last night and trying to clean up all the water my kitchen is a complete mess thai morning and now i have no flooring in there either so id better get going with the clean up hhmmmm cant see me getting much done on my rr today.

Thursday fun

Last night me and the boys went round to our friends Deb and Kevs for the evening for a few drinks when we got there Kaye and Paul where also there with thier kids we had such a ball the men all in one room chating around the pc and me and the girls in the kitchen chatting about this that and everything alse as you do we were all drinking Kevs home made red wine well all of us except Deb who was sticking to her malibo and coke as she wasnt brave enough to drink the wine as its soo strong lol we had such a great time that we didnt get home till 1am and the kids didnt get up until almost noon today Kaye and Paul have invited us all over to thiers on saturday night and im realy looking foward to that too.

I spent this afternoon cutting down the hedge in the front garden and did it just intime before the rain started again im sick of the wet stuff all the time ah well

Right im off now to take the boys to cadets so i can slip to tescos and get back in time to watch big brother.

Its been a long day

I have had another busy day today first i had to pay a visit to the dentist and anyone who knows me well will know that this is no easy thing for me as i am terrified after an inncident there when i was a small child i knew before i drove myself down there that i was having a filling but as i knew it had to be done i bravely went and Leon offered to come with me to hold me hand (which was very sweet of him) i took him with me to keep me company in the car, I have a big problem with anesthisia i have to have a bigger amount than most people to get it to work on me and it always takes longer so i am quite used to going in having 2 injections rather than 1 and having a longer wait in reception than most too but today was different, Alex (my dentist) decided it would be better as it was onlyu a small filling in my wisdom tooth that it would be better if i went without the injections and just have the tooth filled i was horrified!!!! but i agreed to give it a try if it would mean less pain for me tonight and it was fine i was shocked but glad to have it over with quicker i must say.

leon had made plans with Chelsea to go to the local indoor swiming pool this afternooon the kids get to swin free there at certain times of the summer holidays which is great and as he has just learned how to swim i didnt see the harm me and Jake went up with him and we sat in the over looking gallery so we could still be there without cramping his style not that he seemed to mind as he waved a few times to us lol. Well it was a disastor from the start within 2 minutes he had managed to almost drown himself on the big inflatable play station they had down the deepend but he was fine in a few minutes and managed to enjoy the rest of the hour so did i i must say sat with a cppichino and half a bag of malteasers and the book i am currantly reading i managed to get quite a few chapters read even though it was very noisy there.

well the weather is still not great its still very windy and we are still having very very heavy showers and according to the experts its going to stay that way for most of this month which is a shame but gives me planty of ime to stay in and do more baking!!! i will leave you all with a picture of the blueberry gateux i made on monday

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Fun weekend

I am just so tired tonight i will be falling into bed as siin as Donny gets back from our friends house a few doors down. Last night he was over there aswell with his friend while his wife was out ma and the boys were watching a dvd all 3 of us sat on the sofa with a bowl of dorreyos and some popcorn they went off ti bed around 11pm so i settled down on the sifa to watch big brother and then army wives well i didnt get to watch what i wanted lol the phone rang just after midnight and i was told that Paula was coming over to see me well a few goggles and drinks later it was gone 3.30am before she decided she was ready to go home and when she went home her and Lol where still chatting to us on msn Donny had already been home a while but as thier kids aswell as ours wer in bed we couldnt all be in the same place at once so a webcam does the job well lol

So im begining to suffer now lol but ive been playing burnout on the 360 for the last few hrs so that kep me awake!!! i also scubbed the fish yank today its sparkling at the moment at least i have a few days to recover before i go to my other friends for a bbq (weather permonting) wednesday night she phoned me earlier they were just back from a long weekend away and were all very tired.

Well goodnight all hope you all have a great week.

Struggling

This week has been a long one for me I have been struggling with my asthma i guess all this wet weather isnt helping much ive been upto town with the boys this afternoon and its still pouring with rain and very very windy I WANT SUMMER!!!!!!!!

I lost my car for 3 days this week my friend had it at his garage for me giving it a once over before the mot and i am happy to say it passed so thats one less worry for me at the moment with the tax due the end of the month at £101.75 for 6 months yes i nearly died when i opened the envelope this morning it seems the moneys going out faster than its coming in ah well thats live i guess.

I had a desperate plea from my other friend on thursday night on facebook she was having problems with her pc i called her but that wasnt helping so i decided to take a drive over to see what the problem was well tuens out that her hubby doesnt like to do the windows updates lol so msn wasnt working i helped him instal real player so they could get music on thier sons mp3 player and my whole family are going over monday night to try get the pc sorted have a bbq(weather pwermiting ) and a few drinks that will be fun :-) he gave me a bottle of his home made red wine to bring home as i was too lazy to walk across and took the car me and Donny drank it last night when the kids are at cadets i dont normaly drink red wione as i dont care for it much but Kevs certinaly kept me warm and rosey cheeked as i walked across to meet the boys LOL hard to believe we started them off making home brew and now they make more than we do.

I spend yesterday afternoon watching the olypics opening ceromony and wow it was fantastic i realy realy enjoyed it and manged to get some work done on my halloween exchanges.

My dad was down this morning and i cut his hair for him as a thankyou for running be about to take aand fetch my car ive been down to his to drop the game off for him as he wasnt back for his father in laws i left it so he has it when he returns it was burnout revenge i love that game so much i was so disapointed when i got burnout paradise for my birthday earlier this year as its so different in fact i havent played it again since i got it in february lol

Oh well i have the living room to myself for a bit longer while the boys are upstairs then im going to make a curry and we are all going to settle down with a movie tonight its starting to get dark already its just so so miserable here in wales.

Eeek spiders!!!!!!

The joys of having sons........

today after i got back in the pouring rain after droping my car off at the garage i decided it was time to clear out the bathroom cupboard so we can rip it down before we get a new bathroom suite sometime in the new 12 months then they can rearrage the bathroom so we have more space.Well in the nig bathroom cupbaord thats where we store all the empty wine bootles and beer bottles for when we make home brew i run out of boxes to put them in to move them into the shed and Leon said dont worry mammy i have a spare plastic one upstairs you can have that great so he went to collect it for me. He passed it over the stairs banister for me as our bathroom is downstairs and i just caught the glmpse of something black and eight legged my reaction must of been quite big as Leon and Donny fell about in giggles at me when i looked and seem it was joking i could of just died lol Leon should know better as i am terrified of spiders but i love the wicked sode of him Jake was in the living room but also managed to laugh at me its not fair living in a houseful of boys!!!!!

Baking cakes

Leon and i have just starting baking cakes at the moment we have currant cakes and chocolate chip ones baking in the oven and when they come out we have chocolate and chocolate chocolate chip ones to go in :-)

Leon passed his cook stewart third class at sea cadets last week and brought home his badge for me to stitch onto his uniform before tuesday he is doing so well there we are soproud he was the only junior to achive such a high level you normaly dont get the chance to do this when you are a junior but he will be a new entry just after xmas so they allowed him to do it i will try get a photo of him for you to see before he goes tuesday.

Our new arrivals.

We havent had a good week this week weatherwise we have had everything from thunderstorms strong winds heavy rain and sunshine so the kids have had a week indoors. On wednesday we had to drive up to Gorseinon to get some food for psycho as we cant get frozen mice in llanelli sowe all got in the car and braved the winds and rain to go up to get some supplies well taking the kids into a pet shop is never a good idea now is it lol neadless to say the photos say it all we came home with 4 new family members Blossom,Spike,Patches and Gremlin four ladies that have found a new home in the kids bedroom i cant keep them downstairs as it wouldd totally wind up the snake.

I have been busy stitching away for the halloween exchanges i am in so i cant show you what i have been doing but i can show you my square that i have finished on the first round robin we are holding at starydreamers fabrics mine in halloween themed and i have done it on a piece of fabric i have dued and i used dmc krenick and sss to do it.

I also have an update of my santas dragon it is starting to look like something at long last but still has a long way to go i did say xmas 2010 remember lol Donny asked me this morning if it would be done for next xmas as he cant see me doing it for this year maybe i should show him!!!!