And let the festivities begin

I did it!!! 

All cards written, although not yet posted, need to go the post office asap.

School has broken up, Hubby finishing at 4 until the New Year, most of the wrapping done, which is so much better than the usual wrap EVERYTHING on Christmas Eve. I feel so organised.

Although, the great food shop needs doing, the house needs a Christmas miracle to get it tidied, there's a ton of washing with snow on and lets not talk about the ironing!

But I did the Christmas cards!! 

Better run to the post office otherwise it was a wasted job if they don't get sent!

Resurrection

This is the Resurrection!

No not the Stone Roses song and obviously being the 20th December not the religious type either, that would happen in April or whenever Easter deems to fall according to who ever decides these things. I've never understood how Easter moves months, surely if an event happens at sometime then the anniversary of that event should happen at the same time every year, should it not? My birthday (and yours unless you were born in a leap year and every 4 years your actual birthday date disappears then I guess you can then change months if you'd rather celebrate on the 1st of March rather than 28th February, although why would you wait if you had the chance to start partying earlier?) is the same time every year, as are my children's and my wedding anniversary, hell even Christmas is the same time, being the birth of Christ you'd know they'd get that one right, although I have heard that he was actually born in October but who knows and no-one can check, there's no records that go back that far. I know these things because my Mum has been doing our family tree and the records get sketchy the further back you go! Mind they also get sketchy when people had things to hide, so perhaps that's why, Mary faked his actual birth date, Joseph isn't his real father but she pretended to be pregnant 2 months longer to conceal the fact she's been rolling in the stable with a wise man (he wasn't so wise as to use contraception though was he) a little while before she fell with child with her hubby!!

I'm sorry I digress, it's the stress of the holiday season, it's sending me delirious!
So back to the resurrection I'm meaning, let's attempt a resurrection of this 'ol blog!

I'm writing my Christmas cards. It's 00:03 now the 21st December, nowt like leaving it to the last minute, could have saved a mortgage payment in stamps if I'd done it back in November, like the sickeningly organised people, I'd long to be. Now I have to pay for 1st class stamps, so consider that your Christmas present when it lands on your doormat, it'll have cost enough to be one!
I don't do Christmas very well, I'm so unorganised at the best of times, so this is nothing unusual. To be honest I don't like Christmas, I'm more a Halloween girl must be the witch in me. I've disliked Christmas since my precious second child came along, nothing to do with her it's when my post natal depression took hold and the feelings from that kinda stuck, I'm great at faking the joy of it all though. I've hated Christmas even more since I lost my Dad, 2 years ago, no I'm not careless and left him in a shopping centre down in Milton Keynes, parked up in his wheelchair outside Boots, he left me, he ceased to be, he's extinct, he is no more, he's an ex Dad and I miss him more than I let on now, there's a point where people expect you to be over it and can't be bothered with you still grieving! I haven't sent cards for 2 years, I made a donation to his favourite charity instead but apparently there's only so long you can do that too, without old relatives and friends getting the hump you've not sent one again this year!

I'm digressing again and getting all melancholy, you can't be doing that at Christmas can you, you have to "pull yourself together" for the sake of the children!
Back to the cards, which I really must do, I've only written one another infinite number to go....

I have my address book ready and gone through so I have an idea of who's making the card list this year...

Discovered I have no one in my book with the surname beginning with D, E, F, I, K, N, O, Q, T, U, V, X, Y, Z. Now the more obscure letters I understand but N and T come on!

Right must write these cards



*Normal service may resume soon, if it does I doubt the writing will be any less awl owa the place than this, it's coming out my brain this way, it's probably why I never get anything done and so disorganised!

Tag your it... A-Z of me!

I read Louise's blog Sprinkle of Glitter religiously, she's great! So saw this post and had to do it, seeing as I'm so lax at doing my blog, think it's an annual blog lol.

I took this, I hate a bare blog

So you get a random fruit pic

A-Z of me

Age: Just turned 35 boo hoo, although only feel about 21

Bed Size: Double, but I'd love a queen!

Chore you Hate: Bringing the washing in, how random is that? I love hanging it out and seeing it blowing in the wind but so dislike unpegging it!

Dogs: I'm debating getting a Westie, they look so cuuuute but not sure if I have the dedication to give it all it needs

Essential start of your day: Tea

Favourite Colour: Pink

Gold or Silver: Gold

Height: 5"4

Instruments I play: I can play the recorder well (rofl) and can plinky plonk on the piano and get a recognisable tune.

Job Title: Mummy and house keeper!

Kids: 2. My boy J and my little girlie Am

Live: Tyne and Wear

Mum's name: Glenda Margaret

Nickname: Em

Pet Peeve: Moody people and 2 faced people

Quote from a movie: "It's a press on tattoo" Meg Ryan in When a man loves a woman or "Pecan Pieeeeeee" Billy Crystal in When Harry met Sally (now can you guess who's films I like watching??)

Right or left handed: Right.

Siblings: None, just little 'ol me

Time you wake up: 7:30

Underwear: I'd like to say I'm always matching but lets face it I'm a disorganised person and stay at home mum so that doesn't happen, so anything I can pull on that's comfy. I can sometimes match colours if that counts as matching :-)

Vegetables you dislike: I hate tarragon I know it's a herb but it's green so does that count as a veg?

What makes you run late: Being so disorganised ALL the time

X-rays you've had done: One on my face when I was 6. I was going slightly deaf and the consultant I was under was starting a new procedure where they scrape the bone in your nose (it worked) I asked my Mum as I was waiting to go in for the X-Ray what would happen, she told me that it was a big camera that stripped all your skin away to take a picture of your bones, cue me running down the corridor screaming!

Yummy food you make: Pork Tetrazzini, yum. Pork with a creamy sauce and pasta.

Zoo animal: Penguins!

Ta dah.

I tag anyone who reads this (I only have 4 followers and I think one's my hubby lol) Must try and update more.

Have a sunshiny day
E x

Life in perspective

Sorry it's been so long since I last did an entry, alot has been happening in my life, most of it very confusing and messed up. Without going into it, I've not known where I am, what I want or who I want in my life. But then a couple of things have happened in the last week...

I found out a close friend has just last their beloved Mother, I found out that an old friend was involved in the coach crash in South Africa, last month, and was lucky to escape although with some horrific injuries but with a positive mind to get home as soon as possible, through pain unable to walk and still not knowing her future, and lastly I found this wonderful blog which helped (along with the other 2 events) put my life into perspective.

I have a wonderful, healthy family, friends who I have sifted through to find the most beautiful, caring, giving girls you could wish for, a good life which I shouldn't push to one side with the hope of the grass being greener on the other side, I'm sure it may be a little different but dig deeper and it may be full of nettles, it may be amazing but why give up my known loved patch to run that risk?

A "Lush" Saturday morning

Good morning!

It's beautiful today, a cloudless blue sky and when I stepped outside it was gorgeously warm! Don't warm sunny days just make you feel so much better?

Was having a lazy morning in bed, with Am beside me watching Milkshake on the tv when there was a knock at the door! Arrrgggghhhh still in my pj's with bunches in my hair, I tried to think who it could be and was it worth a mad dash downstairs? "Haven't ordered anything that would be arriving today" " could be one of J's friends seeing if he was playing out, but it's only 8:30" Knock again, quickly pulled off my pj's, picked up yesterday's clothes I'd dropped on the floor, too tired to do anything else last night, and pulled them on. Ran downstairs, opened the door, it was the postman, with my Lush goodies, I only ordered them yesterday at 2:12! The postage said if ordered before 2 it could be nextday with Royal Mail (but we all know what Royal Mail are like don't we? Obviously not!) So wasn't expecting them till Monday or Tuesday. Bonus, I'm very impressed with their service, they had even put in 2 extra items to try, an Ultrabalm for lips or any dry area and a devine smelling bath fizzer bomb thing, don't know what it's called though.

I've never tried any Lush products before so looking forward to using them, they all smell gorgeous!

I ordered:

Lovely Jubblies, hoping it can firm the old boobies a little

Lemony Flutter, my cuticles need some tlc

A Lurverly Balistic, was seduced by the mention of Audrey Hepburn in My Fair lady

A trial Charity Pot of hand cream

After that lovely surprise we got up for breakfast, Am had dry rice krispies, a brioche and a banana and milk, J and I had an American waffle with sliced banana and maple syrup yummy, I treated myself to an "pot" of tea in my cute teapot I bought in Belgium when my Mum lived there. Put Jack Johnson on the iPod, to add to the summery feeling.

Hope your Saturday is full of sunshine and surprises x

Emma x

Dinner

Hey,

I'm loving the blog world and loving the fabulous blogs I'm reading.

Tonight the other half made dinner for the two of us. I fed the little un's earlier, a kind of store cupboard meal as, the bacon I was going to give them was out of date grrr. I boiled some pasta and cut up some ham and fried it with some mushrooms then made a roux sauce and added chicken stock and cream, when it was all cooked I mixed it all together. Anyway it went down well with J having 3 platefuls, this being 9 has stimulated his appetite.

So my tea was, chicken tikka masala, made with all the spices as prepared by Mr Sainsbury's. All the spices were in individual packets and you add them to the extra ingredients; chicken, tomatoes and ginger and cook it all up into a whole lot of yumminess, oh of course we had rice with it.

May not look too nice but believe me it was deeeelicious!

So what did you have for dinner tonight?

Emma x

Hello

Well hello,

First blog (as a human, I've blogged as a rabbit before!!) Lets hope I keep this one up longer than the 4/5 posts the rabbit did!

Not too sure what my blog is going to be about yet, probably a ramble about this and that, my passions, my family, day to day life. Life is a rollercoaster so hope someone will join me!

Yesterday was my "baby" boy, J's, 9th birthday, OH my, that made me feel old, I hasten to add I'm not THAT old though. We started the day early, ripping open presents and cards, followed by breakfast. J was desperate to open them all and play but needed to get ready for school, as usual we were running late. Luckily the other half was off so popped him over the road , yes I live very near the school but am still always late!

We all then got ready and went of to Toys r us, as one of the very treasured presents J got was being kidnapped by his 3 year old sister, much to his displeasure. So we bought her one too, a Tails figure, as in Sonic the Hedgehogs mate with 2 tails. The things you have to do to keep the peace eh?

Got home and made J's birthday cakes, I stole the recipe from another blogger who made them look and sound totally irresistible and they were so thank you Loveaudrey, J loved them!

J's birthday treat, chosen by him was going to the cinema to see How to Train Your Dragon in 3D, WOW what a fab film, I was in tears though as the nightterror dragon, Toothless reminded me so much of our cat, Suki, who died almost 3 years ago, she had the fearsome attacking side but catch her right and she's be all loving then she'd take your hand off for no reason, I miss her!

Is it just me being soft and seeing things in "childrens" films? Or does everyone have a cry at them?

Emma x