Happy Valentines day

I just wanted to wish everyone a lovely day we dont really do valentines day at our house we never really have done we dont feel we should have one day a year when you should have to tell someone you love them and buy them a gift we believe when you love someone you should show them in little ways everyday. I did make some valentine cards and then Leon chose the first one for me to give to Donny and he made me a card aswell but thats as far as we went. We did get a take away Indian meal which we had with the children which was very nice and then Paula came over to watch the snake being fed and invited us over to thier house for the rest of the evening so thats what we did we ended up singing karaoke again for the most of the night but it was a lot of fun!!!!

I hope you all had a wonderful valentines which ever way you decided to spent it!!!

What a week...........

............ and its only wednesday!!! the boys have one more day in school then its half term so we have a week of them home it doesnt seem like theyve been in school much the last few weeks with the snow ect and they are off again!!!

We didnt get the works started on our house then they have decided to wait until they have moved the gas meter outside and we had a call today to tell us they will be doing that on monday so now we are just waiting for them to get back to us with the new date for the interier works to be done hopefully it wont be too long or wont take too long fingers crossed hey.

I wanted to share with you all jakes new certificate that he recieved for 100% attendance at school for the first term he is so proud that he made it in everyday he has several of these because he will drag himself to school no matter how he is feeeling. Leon didnt quite make it after the chest infection he had and had to stay home a few days but thats ok he cant help feeling ill.

We have had a good few days weatherwise here still very cold but at least the snow does seem to have gone but im waiting as ive known it to snow on my birthday before so we shall see.

Not much news here on the stitchy front i just havent picked up my needle since the weekend but i have kept up with my exercise a little i really need to get more done on that front to ah well im off now to watch England lose the footie lol no maybe they will win we shall see.........

What a great weekend

Well we started friday with just a few snow flurries all morning and then nothing Leons rugby training wit the school was called off because of the wether we have been having so he came home and got ready for kick boxing we were going to be finding out weither he had passed his second kata and recieved his next level belt which is yellow. Well as you can see from the photo he passed and with flying colours i was there with him when he was presented his belt and we are very proud of him. He only started kick boxing six months ago and he has already been able to pass his first two katas i hope he keeps up the good work.

While the children were at school Donny and I went out while there was no snow and Donny bought me a new karaoke machine for my birthday (yes i know its not for 2 weeks) i love it so much there is such a huge number of songs that i can get yes i still have singstar and i love it very much but now i have even more choice thankyou so much Donny this is one gift that will get well used!!!!!

The boys decided against going to sea cadets friday and in a way im glad as when Paula came over to have a look at my new machine we got a covering of snow once again so just as we thought we were getting over it it came back and hit us hard again but it was very pretty and was still there on saturday morning but it did clear up again by tea time which was good because we were having Paula Lawrance and the four kids over for the evening.

And we had a ball!!! firstly the boys watched the Liverpool match and them we used my new karaoke machine all night long it was sooooo much fun and we have a big piece of us singing taped on the pc using my webcam im going to be taking a look later and if im brave enough i may think about posting it on my multiply for all to see!!! Paula was a little worse for wear as she went to sleep on my sofa just after half past 11 so i have her photo and im thinking of posting it to facebook later she is not happy about that hehehehe teach her to go to sleep!!!! they left just after 12am to get the little ones to bed but we all still had a fantastic time.

Todays going to be a little quiter well sort of we are about to watch wales playing rugby on the telly which im looking foward to i love my footie but i really love to watch wales playing rugby it used to be great when one of the boys i was in school with was playing i used to be able to tell my boys about it its always possible to do great things in life no matter where you come from!!! Well i hope your all having a ovely weekend to say safe and warm its really cold here today and its raining too so im off to make something warm for dinner before it starts!!!

Another wintery day

Boy is it cold here today we havent seen the sun all day long .I was kinda brave this morning though and i did take the car down to tescos in the blanket of ice covered snow to go get some much needed shoping in. The kids were home again today as the school was closed due to the ice so they had to come to but we left them playing thier gameboys in the cafe which s always much easier. The roads werent too bad once we got out of the place where we live but tesco car park was still like an ice rink it was all very scary but it was ok.

When we had got back my order from 123 stitch that Tonya had given me the gv for had come along with a book i had bought from one of the girls on a yahoo group i am in. Thankyou Tonya i love my beds and threads and fabbie i bought and i feel so spoilt. The dog did attack the envelope but luckily for him the contents where intact or he would of been sorry!!!!Jake and i just took a walk with the dog and everything seems to be better with the snow theres not so much of it now and the road in my street is nearly visable which is great but the weather is warning we are to get it heavy during tonight and tomorrow so it doesnt look to promising that the children will get back to school this week but there is always hope!!! When we came in we were frozen through so we just defrosted infront of the fire with a hot chocolate and marshmallows which was lovely. Liverpool are playing on the tv tonight so im going to get on with my pheonix dragon i managed to get a little more done last night as you can see so fingers crossed it will get done in time afterall. Everyone stay warm and safe.

And it hasnt wanted to stop!!!

This is what we got up to at 7am this morning and that was before the blizzards set in if you seen London on the news yesterday thats exactly what it looked like here dark and foggy and tons of white stuff!!! We checked on the local radio stations website and of course the school was closed they all have been localy today which was just what my boys wanted to hear they wanted to go out and play in it before it was light!!! but we made them wait as it was so bad. When it calmed a little we all went to Lidls for a walk to get bread but it was really hard on Donnys eyes as the snow was so bright. We ended up in oyr friends for a cuppa on the way home which is strange as we live just a few houses down across the road from them lol but was nice to have a chat anyway.

This is the snowmen the boys built in our garden just over an hour ago we are still surrounded by the stuff even though the sun has been shining for the last few hours and they are saying we are in for a heavy freeze tonight and even more snow either later or by the end of the week the kids are hoping so id rather it go so they can go to school!!! we shall wait see we werent expecting much to start with so this has been great fun for them. And oh yes here is Leon always the show off hehehehe hes gonna kill me if he sees it here!!! oh well stay warm and safe!! im off to finish dinner and then do some more stitching i think we will give cadets a miss tonight

I cant believe it!!!

Its snowing!!!! and we never ever get snow here i think its because we are sitting on the coast.The boys have been so excited as it is so very rare we have only had a dusting mind just enough to cover the floor but its still trying to come down now . The kids are hoping that it comes down really heavy tonight so they will get the day off school tomorrow so they can go out in it but we shall see im kinda hoping it clears up but then again i dont want them to be disapointed either so anyway here are some photos they took if it gets any better i will get them to take some more tomorrow.

I went up tp the school this afternoon for a meeting with Leons head of year about all that went on last week aparantly its sorted now but we shall wait see how it goes i think.

A busy weekend

We have had such a busy weekend. We did go to our friends on friday night and we had a fantastic time we took over our ps3 to play singstar and i wish i could show you the videos they are well funny!!!! they are all coming over to us saturday all 6 of them that will be fun!! We came home at 3am so it was a late night for us all but as we dont do it very often that was ok. Saturday we were all very tired as you can imagine but not too bad Jake and me walked up to town to get him a new pair of shoes for school and then caught the bus home as we were both wiped out lol. On sunday Leon had his next kata for his yellow belt in kick boxing i got to watch him do it this time but he wont find out until friday if he has passed or not but i think he did ok we shall wait and see. When we got back me and Donny went to war as Liverpool took on Chelsea in the sunday sfternoon match and guess what i lost much to Donny and his friends pleasure and thats all im saying on that!!! (you can see im still pouting lol)

Here is what little stitching i have done over the last few hours it is the pheonix dragon by enchanting lair i am hoping to do it for Donny by valentines day as he loves liverpool and the pheonix is thier emblem im hoping he will like it.
I also wanted to say thankyou to Barb from the smo board as i have recieved the prize from her contest i am still very much looking foward to being able to get to grips with evenweave and i am looking foward to stitching this thankyou.

5 addictions and 5 fabby floggers

So JOAN thought I have a Fabby Blog and so does she but she has already been bblog awarded SO----->>>>

I am to list 5 of my addictions and list 5 bloggers who I think are fabby. So here goes.Addictions:


1. cross stitching
2. chatting on line
3. collecting stash
4. exchanges
5. Dyeing fabrics

My fabby friends fabby blogs!
1 kath
2 michelle
3. lori-ann
4. tonya
5 cathe

I did not have to list the name of their blogs but incase your are not familiar with them. Pretty impressive blogs. Well kept up with!

Now You all must do the same on your blog
Now Claim your awards

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??