A Sneakly Little Break

Paul's Mom and step dad were staying at our BAH for a few days, so as we were so near to Mothers day, we drove up to join them for the weekend.

The weather was glorious, we took a walk along the high street in Minehead, with the sunshine on our backs and the wind in our hair.

Lovely

Welcome to the world...

Kelly gave birth to Dylan on Friday 13 March 2009 at 19.15hrs.

He was 7lb 12oz.

Well done to both of you - hugs and kisses on their way - along with a parcel of course! xx

Facebook.... I Give Up!

For those of you that are following my facebook pages - it's not there now!

Sorry - but all of the silly little applications and gifts and causes and groups and bla bla bla were driving me mad - so after not missing it in the slightest for the past 3 weeks, having not logged onto it, I decided to delete it and just keep my trusty blog.

YAY BLOGGERS!!!!!

Anyway, you can contact me as normal via blog, email, telephone, or even face to face (not a pretty thought I know but hey ho!)

Ally - If you read this, and want to get in touch by email, send me your address (I won't post it of course!).

Kelly - I want extra baby photo's when He/She arrives, as I won't be able to access the photo albums I expect will go on there.

Liz - Any further videos of Wilf?? please please email them, they do make me smile!

AND IF ALL ELSE FAILS....... Add Paul as a friend and I can have a squizz when he is logged on!!

Soooooo Excited.....

I've just booked tickets for the Hall for Cornwall to see Coppelia with my friend.

I have loved this ballet since I was a child, and no-one ever seems to perform it.

I can't wait!

On top of that, we have also booked to see another show, 100 Stars for 100 Years.

Don't worry Paul, we let you off, you don't have to sit through any of it LOL x

Impromptu Night Out...

I have spent the day today at head office in Bodmin. - No don't be stupid - I didn't drive, you should know me better - I sat in the back with a bottle of diazapam and some rescue remedy LOL

I left home at 07.30 and eventually walked through the door again at 17.30 this evening. Consequently there was no meal ready for us to eat tonight. We decided to treat ourselves, yet again, that's only the eleventy hundredth meal out/take out option we have had this month!

We went to the Inn for All Seasons and had the most awesome carvery, followed by the largest piece of chocolate and baileys cheesecake - with cream! All that and Gin too - YAY!

OMG - it was all a taste sensation and a really nice finish to a long, but interesting day...

When Fred Met Hector

My friend Nikki and her partner Lubo have just had a little weimaraner puppy called Hector.

He is 13 weeks old and has the most striking blue eyes - and he is also very bossy!

Fred was good as gold, but a little scared of him I think especially when he tried barking at Fred - such a tiny soft bark - wait til He's older Nikki, and judging by the size of his paws and ears he has a lot of growing to do.

He had a good sniff around the garden, bounding after Fred....

and frightening him into a corner!

Bless him, he is gorgeous, and I think secretly Fred thought so too!

Symbolism

10 years ago last September was the anniversary of my third, and so far final. attempt at being a mom. It ended in an ectopic pregnancy.

Needless to say, we were both completely torn apart by what had happened. Then someone said that all children that did not quite make it into this world should be thought of a butterflies. Beautiful, silent, and watching over us from the skies.

With this in mind, Paul bought me a swarkowski crystal butterfly. Very extravagant, but something we both needed to remind us of our little boy (I had decided, it was a boy very early on, who knows why!)

Anyway, a few weeks after the anniversary, I was dusting, and the butterfly came apart in my hands.

I placed it back onto the mantle piece, and let it rest there until I felt able to work on the repairs it needed.

Today was that day.

All four wings had come away, but with remarkably steady hands, I began to piece it back together again....

First one side....

And then the other.....


And finally he was all in one piece once more

Since we have had our little crystal butterfly, there has been a real butterfly turn up, in the chapel on 3 separate occasions, when we have attended family funerals. At my Grampi, my Nan and my Dad's funerals.

Each time the butterfly has fluttered inside the bay window just behind the coffin, before making it's way back outside.....

Now there is food for thought.

Relaxing Sunday???? Yeah Right

Today I officially gave up trying to wear my new glasses !

They fit lovely - They look great - But I just cannot stop that sea sick feeling you get with a new prescription, that is not quite lined up correctly with your sight line. Tomorrow will be a trip back to the optician. Unfortunately I am used to this. My prescription is very very high in the minuses - picture On the Buses character Olive (Anna Karen) and you would be about right for the thickness of the lenses on my glasses.

Anyway, when you get to such a high script, if the lenses are not lined up just so, you may as well forget trying to wear them - your brain just won't allow the images to catch up with it, so then it's game over!

Anyway - I've been doing the much needed Spring clean in the house, and Paul has been painted the side of the garage, which has been covered in grot and moss for the last 12 months and was not pleasant to see from the lounge room windows!

He's done a grand job, despite us having to lose the clematis that was attempting to grow back after the hair cut I gave it in the Summer!

And, did you notice? The grass had it's first cut of the season too!