http://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/en-EUMokoFeed10http://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/http://data5.blog.de/design/preview/7d/aaa8f9ea89f5dff0d640144976fa12_160x200.jpghttp://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2008/10/30/oh-what-a-circus-4954879/tag:xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk,2008-10-30:/2008/10/30/oh-what-a-circus-4954879/Thu, 30 Oct 2008 09:34:37 +0100 <p>Well I have again had one of my AWOL sessions. The drugs were causing me real problems but that was nothing compared to the huge shock that lay in wait for me next! I had been feeling awful every morning and blaming it all on the tablets but no I discovered eventually when I could ignore the signs no longer that I was (am) pregnant ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!<br> I had to stop taking the new meds straight away as they can be dangerous in pregnancy and after seeing the doc and midwife found I was about 8 weeks gone. Had both my scans and thankfully everything appears to be ok and it is another boy which DD is not majorly happy about (she wanted a sister) but to be honest is a bit of a relief for me and hubby another girl like DD would be enough to turn me grey <img src="/img/smilies/icon_lol.gif" alt=":DD" class="middle" border="0"></p> <p>I am now nearly 22 weeks and getting used to the idea although hubby is still in state of shock and having problems adjusting to it I don't think he will come to terms with it until wrigglebum is born lol. When we eventually told the kids about baby DD was adamant she wanted a baby sister as she didn't have a sister, DS#2 said well I have a babay sister so I want a baby brother, and DS#1 said I have a baby brother and a baby sister and they are both hard work can we have another dog instead? roflmao So I managed to please DS#2 at least lol and thankfully it is just the one in there I had one of my friends trying to convince me that as I was older I was bound to have twins <img src="/img/smilies/icon_eek.gif" alt="8|" class="middle" border="0"> I think that would have cause hubby to have a coronary!</p> <p>Anyhow thats my big news and I have been so tired and so busy I have not been on the pc very much at all and blogging was not the first thing on my mind. Hope you are all ok my blogland pals </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2008/10/30/oh-what-a-circus-4954879/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2008/10/30/oh-what-a-circus-4954879/#commentshttp://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2008/06/27/more-meds-news-4370329/tag:xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk,2008-06-27:/2008/06/27/more-meds-news-4370329/Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:58:43 +0200 <p>Yesterday wasn't too bad a bit spacey but nothing else so I thought the side effects were finally wearing off but after taking the evening dose everything went down hill <img src="/img/smilies/icon_neutral.gif" alt=":|" class="middle" border="0"> I felt wide awake when these drugs are supposed to help you sleep, and every time I moved my head it was like the whole room was moving with it. I ended up not going to bed untill really late because I was so awake. I eventually went to bed around 2am but it took ages for me to get to sleep and I didn't sleep very well at all.<br> I have got up this morning feeling as if I have the worlds worst hangover and I haven't had anything to drink! My legs are weak and wobbly, I am excessively thristy, my eyes feel heavy and achey and of course my head hurts. Add to that normal fibro pains and feeling freezing cold (I am wrapped up in winter clothes and a blanket!) and all in all I feel absolutely S**T</p> <p>Sorry for the whining but I want to have a complete record of all this for my doctor. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2008/06/27/more-meds-news-4370329/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2008/06/27/more-meds-news-4370329/#commentshttp://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2008/06/24/meds-update-24-4355044/tag:xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk,2008-06-24:/2008/06/24/meds-update-24-4355044/Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:05:16 +0200 <p>Last night I had the cold feet again but also cold hands. Both hands and feet (especially ankles) are swelling a little and the dizziness is stll there. I spoke with my doc about not take the midday dose so that I could get to work (as I need to drive to get there) and he said that would be fine as long as I took 2 tablets in the evening as I must keep to the same dosage. Ater taking too I was completely off the charts I couldn't look up or down and my house decided to start spinning lol.<br> The tablets are supposed to make you feel tired and help you sleep better ut I have to say they are making me feel more awake. I generally (pre-tabs) go to bed around 11pm and get to sleep fairly quickly although I wake several times during the night and find it hard to get back to sleep. Now I am going to bed at the usual time as I have to get up fairly early but I am finding it very hard to get to sleep and very hard to stay asleep.<br> This morning I feel more out of it and spaced out than yesterday morning so I guess thats the double dose. I am a bit worried as I need to be able to drive in the mornings to take the boys to school. Oh well will just have to give it some time I guess just not too happy with it all at the moment <img src="/img/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif" alt=":roll:" class="middle" border="0"> </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2008/06/24/meds-update-24-4355044/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2008/06/24/meds-update-24-4355044/#commentshttp://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2008/06/23/d-4350555/tag:xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk,2008-06-23:/2008/06/23/d-4350555/Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:15:58 +0200 <p>Morning blogland <img src="/img/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif" alt=":D" class="middle" border="0"> I am feeling completely doped up and not with it this morning and still getting the dizziness, cold feet, dry mouth, and generally feeling kinda weird! </p> <p>Alot and not alot has been happening in my world lots has happened but at the same time it is all normal family day to day stuff nothing majorly exciting. </p> <p>DS#1 has been having a few more problems at school with this one boy they had a big row just before the last half term and I got called into school to speak to the deputy head. It turned out DS#1 had said to the other boy (who had his mum standing next to him at the time) that he was very rude and hadn't been bought up very well! You can imagine I was really embarrassed <img src="/img/smilies/icon_redface.gif" alt=":oops:" class="middle" border="0"> As I was told all this at the end of the day on the last day before half term I couldn't see the other mum until a week and a half later. So I went up to her when school was back and did the usual I am so sorry blah blah and she said "Yeah it was really weird they were talking and suddenly my son said to DS#1 your mum is really fat and ugly and so DS#1 said to my son well you are really rude and haven't been bought up properly!"<br> OMG!! <img src="/img/smilies/icon_censored.gif" alt=">:XX" class="middle" border="0"> how come it was just me called in for a talking to then? I can understand DS#1 saying that to the boy and the fac his mum was "so surprised" at what DS#1 said after her sons remarks speaks volumes to me! He is still doing really well in terms of learning though he is extremely bright.</p> <p>DS#2 is doing really well he is getting really huge he looks much older than 5! He is in reception but has been doing year one work for several months now and is in the top groups for everything in the class with the year ones (it is a Recpetion year one mixed class) so I am very happy with him.</p> <p>DD has had some induction days in school as she start reception in Septemnber <img src="/img/smilies/icon_eek.gif" alt="8|" class="middle" border="0"> se just turned 4 but like DS#2 she looks older than she is and I have been told she has the communication skills of a 6 yr old so it looks like we will be doing 3 lots of Uni fees <img src="/img/smilies/icon_wth.gif" alt="|-|" class="middle" border="0"> So in about 10 years I will be robbing a bank to pay for it all <img src="/img/smilies/icon_lol.gif" alt=":DD" class="middle" border="0"></p> <p>Here is DD on her first induction day they didn't have to wear uniform but she insisted on it rofl</p> <p><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y31/tickle_me_elmo/?action=view&current=004-5.jpg"><img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y31/tickle_me_elmo/004-5.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a></p> <p> <small> <a href="http://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2008/06/23/d-4350555/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2008/06/23/d-4350555/#commentshttp://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2008/06/22/new-meds-4347030/tag:xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk,2008-06-22:/2008/06/22/new-meds-4347030/Sun, 22 Jun 2008 12:37:17 +0200 <p>So I had a rheumatologist appointment this week, after prodding all the fibro tender spots to make sure they were still tender OWWWWWWW he satdown and told me about a new med Pregabalin (or Lyrica is the common name). I am trying it out and started yesterday. After reading up on it I have discovered that it makes you dizzy for at least the first week if not all the time and the side effects start immeadiately but in 30% of patients it reduces fibro effects 50% or more.<br> So going to keep a note of how it affects me so that I can judge whether the benfits outweigh the side effects;</p> <p>Day one Very Dizzy felt like the room was swaying at times! Also had a dry mouth and in general felt as if I had been on a 3 day bender! My feet got very very cold up to my ankles but nothing else felt cold and I had a complete loss of apetite</p> <p>Day two: So far dizzy but not as bad as yesterday at this point and dry mouth and loss of apetite.</p> <p>I will blog properly this week lots of new things to tell you all</p> <p>Edited to add they are definately making me very dizzy! My feet are freezing lol and I have ahd a kind of numbness in my arms and tingling in my fingers rofl sounds like I will fall apart any second pmsl </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2008/06/22/new-meds-4347030/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2008/06/22/new-meds-4347030/#commentshttp://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2008/02/18/one_day_i_will~3743621/tag:xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk,2008-02-18:/2008/02/18/one_day_i_will~3743621/Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:04:54 +0100 <p>Stitch something for me! I keep planning on it but it doesn't seem to be happening at all! I am currently doing a pressie for my parentals and have still got the kids birth samplers to do (they are 8,5 and 3 now roflmao) and I have a pressie for hubbie to finish. Sigh maybe I will get that lot done then do something for myself then again...... lol</p> <p>Thanks for the cooments AJ, Faffa and Dom nice to see you guys again and amazed you remember me lol</p> <p>It is half term here so got loads of stuff planned. We unfortunately cannot go to all the cool places to take Molly and run her ragged as she has come into season so has to be on the lead at all times. I think it would be a bit mean to say the least to take her to a big huge park and not let her off the lead! Right kids are moaning already they want to go out so a nice long walk with Molly should quieten them down for a while afterwards <img src="/img/smilies/icon_lol.gif" alt=":DD" class="middle" border="0"> </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2008/02/18/one_day_i_will~3743621/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2008/02/18/one_day_i_will~3743621/#commentshttp://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2008/02/13/some_updates~3721133/tag:xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk,2008-02-13:/2008/02/13/some_updates~3721133/Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:07:02 +0100 <p>So we moved in August with only 8 weeks notice which meant I had 3 weeks notice to sort the kids schools before term ended! Both DS's are now at school and DD is now in pre-school every day so I have mornings free to do the housework or stitch in peace <img src="/img/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif" alt=":>>" class="middle" border="0"></p> <p>Here is their first days at school this september:</p> <p><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y31/tickle_me_elmo/?action=view&current=100_1377.jpg"><img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y31/tickle_me_elmo/100_1377.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a></p> <p><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y31/tickle_me_elmo/?action=view&current=100_1358.jpg"><img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y31/tickle_me_elmo/100_1358.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a></p> <p>As you will have noticed we have also had an addition to the family. A chocloate Labrador pup called Molly she is now 8 months old but here is a puppy picture of her</p> <p><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y31/tickle_me_elmo/?action=view&current=100_1265.jpg"><img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y31/tickle_me_elmo/100_1265.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a></p> <p>and her more recently</p> <p><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y31/tickle_me_elmo/?action=view&current=sleepymolly.jpg"><img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y31/tickle_me_elmo/sleepymolly.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a></p> <p>I have mainly been stitching for RAK's and gifts at the moment so I cannot share many pictures with you but here is one that is finished. I did one of the cross stitch squares and then made it up into a quilt with all the other squares by other ladies for a very special lady;</p> <p><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y31/tickle_me_elmo/?action=view&current=Feequilt.jpg"><img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y31/tickle_me_elmo/Feequilt.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a></p> <p>Here is hubby looking IMHO gorgeous for Remeberance Sunday</p> <p><a href="http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y31/tickle_me_elmo/?action=view&current=056.jpg"><img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y31/tickle_me_elmo/056.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a></p> <p>So that is all the up to date pictures and it has been that long I cannot remember which image code to use so I guess I will be editing this a few times till I get it right <img src="/img/smilies/icon_lol.gif" alt=":DD" class="middle" border="0"><img src="/img/smilies/icon_lol.gif" alt=":DD" class="middle" border="0"> </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2008/02/13/some_updates~3721133/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2008/02/13/some_updates~3721133/#commentshttp://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2008/02/12/hello_blogland~3716160/tag:xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk,2008-02-12:/2008/02/12/hello_blogland~3716160/Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:44:06 +0100 <p>Not been around for such a long long time but we are all fine just a few minor things keeping me busy <img src="/img/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif" alt=":D" class="middle" border="0"></p> <p>Hubby got posted in August and we moved to somewhere actually further than an hour from London which is a bit of a culture shock! It also means I do alot more shopping online now <img src="/img/smilies/icon_lol.gif" alt=":DD" class="middle" border="0"></p> <p>DD is really getting the lie on the floor and scweam and scweam and scweam tantrums. She has to have at least 1 a week at school, 1 in public and several at home. Eldest DS has his cyst back again and will have to have surgery to remove it again soon <img src="/img/smilies/icon_sad.gif" alt=":(" class="middle" border="0"> Younger DS is in full time school now and loving it, he is also reading and has taken to it like his brother ie fish to water and has nearly read all the Reception level books <img src="/img/smilies/icon_lol.gif" alt=":DD" class="middle" border="0"></p> <p>Hubby is miserable <img src="/img/smilies/icon_neutral.gif" alt=":|" class="middle" border="0"> he hates his new job and as he has to do 2 years he has at leaast 18m to push.</p> <p>I also have a new job I am working for victim Support and I love it. I do miss the kids as I work 4-8 so don't get to do bath and bed any more but I had to get a job I was getting too bored at home.</p> <p>We also got a puppy a choc lab called Molly who is a mummies girl and is currently asleep on my feet <img src="/img/smilies/icon_cool.gif" alt="B)" class="middle" border="0"></p> <p>Any-how a proper return post with pics to follow </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2008/02/12/hello_blogland~3716160/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2008/02/12/hello_blogland~3716160/#commentshttp://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2007/06/14/john_candy_re_incarnated~2453245/tag:xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk,2007-06-14:/2007/06/14/john_candy_re_incarnated~2453245/Thu, 14 Jun 2007 18:39:58 +0200 <p> That is my daughter! The boys never caused me any problems they didn't touch things they weren't supposed to and they certainly didn't try to eat liquigel laundry tablets (see a previous post). DD has to be different not for her the easy foray into childhood with the occasional head bump and the sometimes sickness that makes Linda Blair in the exorcist look tame oh no.<br> A couple of weeks ago we went shopping, nothing fancy your normal everyday Tesco's run for grocery's. DD#1 was at school but I had DS#2 and DD with me. Even though I tell myself at the end of every shopping trip I will not fall for the "Me want walk, me hole trolley me goog girl" routine I still do give her a chance. So neither child was in a seat in the trolley and both behaved amazingly well during the shop they only ran off about ten times each and only cried because I refused to buy them breakfast sweets (Coco "lets fill them full of crap in the morning" rocks) of course the MIL lets them have it so I get a chorus "But grandma gives it to us wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh".<br> We got to the till and it was the last till in the line furthest from the exit and empty so I thought this is good they can only run off in one direction!<br> At the end of the till was a photo booth, my kids are fascinated with these as they "talk" to you so both kids ran into it to press buttons. Awful parenting I suppose but I thought at least they would be within sight and not able to break anything so I left them to it. Half way through the scanning of my trolley and with a queue of 2 people now behind me DD let out the most awful scream! Somehow she had managed to get her arm stuck behind a bar in the photo booth (like a bar in a disabled toilet). Her arm was bent so her elbow joint was below the bar and her hand and shoulder above it.<br> Of course major kerfuffle trying to free her arm without killing her or more realistically dislocating her shoulder and an out of action till as I could not pay with her in this position. We had a gaggle of about 6 staff around us I imagine I was the colour of a tomato and eventually one lady sent a lad off for a bottle of washing up liquid and sweets. The washing up liquid did the trick and set her loose and the sweets certainly stopped the screaming! I now avoid that till as I have a sneaking suspicion that DD would do it again on purpose to get some free sweets! (yes they got sweets for DS#2 as well).</p> <p>If that isn't enough do you have any idea how to get a bead out of a small child's nose? No? I do now after today. Both DS's were at school and I was quite happily sitting with DD doing some crafting when she decided to see how far her necklace would stretch. Of course ping the elastic breaks and beads fly everywhere, I am quite used to this and have a lovely cup full of beads which I plan to use in some fashion eventually lol. Whilst I am scurrying around picking them all up DD has a brainwave of seeing if she can put a bead up her nose! Oh and she could but the scream that accompanied the pushing of the bead prevented her from doing matching beaded nostrils! I rang the doctors to see if there was anything I could do and got told no A&E is your only option so off I rush on the speaker phone whilst driving telling the schools I am coming to get the boys early (again) as I have to take DD to A&E (again) but no it isn't a possible dislocated shoulder it is a bead up the nose this time and in the process awarding myself worse mother of the year award!<br> Eventually after a half hour drive and a fifteen minute wait for a parking space I get into A&E. We are only there 5 minutes before the nurse calls us and asks what happened and after explaining she tells me an easy trick which may work that I can do to dislodge it.<br> "It has to be me that does it?" I ask a little suspicious of what may happen when I follow these directions<br> "Yes it is best if it is Mum or Dad the child is happier with that"<br> Ok so I follow the instructions and gather DD onto my lap,<br> put my finger over the un-beaded nostril<br> and blow a short hard breath into my daughters mouth<br> My suspicions are confirmed when I end up struck in the cheek by a flying bead and then covered in blood and snot lovely!<br> But at least I know now for the next time how to remove a bead from a small child's nose lol it doesn't work on soft things like raisins though so no raisins for DD until she is 18 and that's final!</p> <p>Oh and I have decided to accept that I am an eclectic blogger and embrace my stop and start method of blogging <img src="/img/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif" alt=":D" class="middle" border="0"> </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2007/06/14/john_candy_re_incarnated~2453245/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2007/06/14/john_candy_re_incarnated~2453245/#commentshttp://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2007/05/12/real_chicken_pox~2256252/tag:xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk,2007-05-12:/2007/05/12/real_chicken_pox~2256252/Sat, 12 May 2007 11:43:46 +0200 <p>So we had the big kerfuffle last year when the Doctor decided my DD had chicken pox and I thought he was wrong. Well I know he was wrong now as she has it for real this time! Poor baby is a mass of spots and is still getting new ones every day she is being fairly good for a kid her age and not scratching too much. She is having a hard time at night so I have had a few sleepless ones but during the day she is ok.<br> The chicken pox has given her a sore throat as well so I have been giving her ice pops and small lollies to help ease it and get some fluids into her. Yesterday I gave her a mini Calipo and she sat there for ages pushing it up and gooing "oooh UP" and then dropping it "gone!" and giggling away to herself like mad it was just adorable.</p> <p>DS#1 is still High School Musical mad he sat there listening to the CD in the car while I got petrol and when I got back in the car I got; "Mum you really should have listened to that song. That was a good one really good but you missed it" he then gave a huge sigh and threw me a pitying look. He is already formulating his arguements for his Dad as to why he needs the DVD of it and the DVD of Jump In and the CD of Jump In and High School Musical the concert. Luckily he is not yet aware of High School Musical 2.</p> <p>DS#2 had me in hysterica yesterday. He saw an advert for Spiderman 3 toys and was the usual I want that one, I want that one etc etc and I told him he wasn't having any as he had some spiderman toys already. His response:</p> <p>DS "I will buy them myself"<br> Me "Where will you get the money from?"<br> DS "Argos"<br> Me "You think that Argos will give you money to buy toys?"<br> DS "Of course they do it all them time!"</p> <p>I am not sure he gets that Argos is not a lets buy children toys charity!</p> <p>Well will write more later just had to get that lot down before I forgot <img src="/img/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif" alt=":D" class="middle" border="0"> </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2007/05/12/real_chicken_pox~2256252/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2007/05/12/real_chicken_pox~2256252/#commentshttp://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2007/05/08/high_school_musical_ania~2233623/tag:xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk,2007-05-08:/2007/05/08/high_school_musical_ania~2233623/Tue, 08 May 2007 16:21:41 +0200 <p>My kids have discovered High School Musical, well to be honest they discovered it many months ago but I only recently succumbed to the pressure and let them watch it on Disney Channel. Of course this only ended with the "Can we have the DVD Mum? Can we please? and there is a CD too Mum please we really love it mum please?" and then when we went into Toys'R'Us the other day and they had High School Musical toys OMG!!!<br> So I crumbled and got them the CD but told them they could not have the DVD until Daddy got home and then they had to ask him rofl.<br> So today I allowed them to listen to the CD in the car on the way home from school and I have never seen anything so funny in my entire life. Imagine a school canteen scene where the theme of the song is "Stick to the stuff you know" with lots of NO NO NO NOOOOOOO with the kids dancing on tables and all kinds. Now try to imagine my kids re-enacting that scene whilst in their car seats waving their fingers at No No No NOoooooooo. I had real trouble controlling my laughter so I could drive and avoid getting told off by them for laughing at them.<br> They are now dancing around the living room doing a different song about having your head in the game (basketball) and they are hilarious. </p> <p>Of course there is a High School Musical2 coming out soon *GROAN* and they already have plans to make me watch something called Jump In with them which is about competetive skipping (as in with ropes) ???? Well a break from Power rangers and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles I guess pmsl </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2007/05/08/high_school_musical_ania~2233623/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2007/05/08/high_school_musical_ania~2233623/#commentshttp://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2007/05/02/tuesday_fun~2195207/tag:xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk,2007-05-02:/2007/05/02/tuesday_fun~2195207/Wed, 02 May 2007 09:59:55 +0200 <p>We had a lovely day yesterday I went to one of the Battalion coffee mornings I decided I better give it a try and the Welfare Officer was obviously desperate to get people there as he sent everyone not one but two texts to remind them about it rofl. DS#2 and DD loved it. They ran around playing and giggling and then there was a magician. Oh I wish I had the camera with me but I hadn't even occurred to me I would need it. This magician picked DS#2 as his assistant and kept handing him trick wands which drooped or turned out to have another wand inside them etc. DS#2 was laughing so much and so hard it was wonderful <img src="/img/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif" alt=":D" class="middle" border="0"> The magician then chose DD to hand out sweets. This would have been fine except he couldn't get her name right, DD has a name that is very similar sounding to anotherand DS#2 kept yelling HER NAME IS XXXX NOT XXXX! After that it was a rush around to get them sorted before both had school but we managed it.</p> <p>Anyhow the good day didn't end there. I also with prodding from another wife signed up for the next Wives night (I have to admit the promise of Karaoke didn't hurt ;-) ). So I decided to go out and get a new dress and some shoes and a handbag. So I was in the shoe shop waiting for the lady to get them in the right size for me to try on and this happened;</p> <p>Manageress "Are you getting them for your Prom?"<br> Me "Sorry?"<br> Manageress "The shoes are they for your Prom?"<br> Me "School Prom?"<br> Manageress (probably thinking I am dense) "Yes"<br> Me "Umm how old do you think I am?"<br> Manageress "18 19"<br> Me "OKaaaay I am 33, married with 3 kids"<br> Manageress "Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo you don't look it"<br> Me huge grin</p> <p>Cool eh? </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2007/05/02/tuesday_fun~2195207/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2007/05/02/tuesday_fun~2195207/#commentshttp://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2007/04/30/fastest_toy_confiscation_in_the_world~2187260/tag:xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk,2007-04-30:/2007/04/30/fastest_toy_confiscation_in_the_world~2187260/Mon, 30 Apr 2007 20:11:20 +0200 <p>You have to laugh! DD and I had to go to the doctors and when we finished there wasn't time to go home and then go out again to get the boys from school but it was way too early to pick them up. So I decided as DD was a little angel at the doctors <img src="/img/smilies/graybigeek.gif" alt="88|" class="middle" border="0"> that I would treat her to a visit to her favourite place in the world "Claire's Accessories".<br> To the uninitiated Claire's is a girly shop selling hair clips, some make-up, handbags, purses, and cheap kids type jewellery beads, bangles and the like. DD has made it her mission in life to visit the shop as often as possible. She always picks up a basket from the door and the Manageress greats her each time with a cheery "How is my favourite customer today" so she is well known!<br> We had a lovely time browsing, DD got herself a couple of necklaces one was bright and I mean BRIGHT metallic pink beads and the other her first chain type necklace (her preference being for shiny beads I think she was a magpie in a previous life <img src="/img/smilies/graylaugh.gif" alt=":))" class="middle" border="0"> ). We also got a birthday present for a girl at DD and DS#2's pre-school who has a party on Saturday which DS#2 will attend and I got some hair stuff.<br> Of course after this we had to get something for the boys so we went a couple of doors down to Woolworths as the boys had been eyeing up Spiderman3 stuff with a glazed look in their eyes <img src="/img/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif" alt=":roll:" class="middle" border="0"> DD decided that the Spiderman3 stuff wasn't good enough (to be fair they had sold alot since we last went) and so we had to check all the toys out- naturally. Eventually we settled on matchbox car models of Cars (Disney pixar film) toys. DD decided that DS#1 could have Lightening McQueen and Sally (maybe DD thinks it is about time DS#1 had a girlfriend as DS#2 has plenty of them), DS#2 was alloted Mater and Doc. We then had a mad rush to get to school on time <img src="/img/smilies/icon_redface.gif" alt=":oops:" class="middle" border="0"><br> School run went as normal and when we got home DD presented the boys with their presents. Lots of package ripping enthusiasm and playing followed with plenty of sound effects from all 3 kids and some lovely sharing going on until DS#1 and DS#2 decided to see if they threw the cars out of the window would they bounce back up to them! So after approxiamately 10 minutes playing they had their new toys confiscated until the weekend.<br> I think that has to be a record but cannot figure out whether it means the boys are especially naughty or I am especially mean! </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2007/04/30/fastest_toy_confiscation_in_the_world~2187260/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2007/04/30/fastest_toy_confiscation_in_the_world~2187260/#commentshttp://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2007/04/27/life_on_the_moon~2169597/tag:xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk,2007-04-27:/2007/04/27/life_on_the_moon~2169597/Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:46:08 +0200 <p>DS#1 is in a football club. He enjoys it and the club went on an organised trip to see the Fulham vs Blackburn match last Saturday. As Hubby is away I asked who he wanted to go with and the vote went to Dandan (my dad). The package included pre-match training with a Fulham coach and a little gift package (meal voucher, guide and a couple of bits and bobs). The coach that took the training was one of the womens team coaches and after they had their little training session she had a chat with the kids asking them who they wanted to play like when they grew older. So all these kids were piping up with Wayne Rooney, Steven Gerrard etc and when she came round to DS this is what happened;</p> <p>Coach "DS what about you, are you going to play football when you are older?"<br> DS "Hmmm well I don't think football is where my strength lies, My strong point is Science so I am going to be an astronaut"<br> Coach "Oh Ok" moves hurriedly on to next child</p> <p>Dad "So you want to be an astronaut?"<br> DS "Yes and I am going to the moon and live there"<br> Dad "That's good and if you take some bread you will have lots of sandwiches as the moon is made of cheese isn't it?"<br> DS "That's right and I am never coming back to Earth again"<br> Dad "Oh ok but what if you run out of bread?"<br> DS (obviously thinking hard about this) "Well I suppose I could come back once a year at Easter then I could get my easter eggs as well"<br> Dad (trying not to laugh) "Ok that sounds a plan"<br> DS "Oh no I would have to come home twice a year cos I would have to come home at christmas for my presents"</p> <p><img src="/img/smilies/graylaugh.gif" alt=":))" class="middle" border="0"> <img src="/img/smilies/icon_lol.gif" alt=":DD" class="middle" border="0"> <img src="/img/smilies/graylaugh.gif" alt=":))" class="middle" border="0"> <img src="/img/smilies/icon_lol.gif" alt=":DD" class="middle" border="0"> <img src="/img/smilies/graylaugh.gif" alt=":))" class="middle" border="0"> <img src="/img/smilies/icon_lol.gif" alt=":DD" class="middle" border="0"> <img src="/img/smilies/graylaugh.gif" alt=":))" class="middle" border="0"></p> <p>DS#2 has decided he wants to be on X Factor and has been auditioning for us all with the Kaiser Cheifs "Ruby" and so of course DD not to be outdone had to sing a song she made up as she went along too.</p> <p>Sometimes I think if I write down all these things they get up to I could make a killing making a book out of it all. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2007/04/27/life_on_the_moon~2169597/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2007/04/27/life_on_the_moon~2169597/#commentshttp://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2007/04/24/three_months_to_go~2151026/tag:xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk,2007-04-24:/2007/04/24/three_months_to_go~2151026/Tue, 24 Apr 2007 09:18:44 +0200 <p>Will I make it? I have spent the past 5 weeks sick with worry and cannot seem to switch it off. I suppose the problem is I am a born worrier, I worry about everything and I can't help it even mid worry I think to myself "this is stupid it is so unlikely to happen it is not worth worrying about" but I still worry about it anyhow.<br> I am- of course- worrying about hubby. Not a day has passed yet where I haven't thought about him and where he is and what may happen. I find my mind running through scenario's of what I will do what I will say if I get that knock on the door and then I laugh at myself and tell myself to stop until the next time at least.<br> I try to control the worrying and minimise it by having a plan and how stupid is that? I may have a list of Do this first then this then blah blah blah but how likely am I actually to follow it if it does happen? Very pretty unlikely I reckon.<br> Why isn't there an anti-worry pill? Wouldn't that be great or would it? Would having your worry pharmaceuticaly removed change you? Maybe the fact that I care about things so deeply and worry about my family and friends so much and so often makes me who I am. Maybe without my worry I would not be as nice a person.<br> Sigh what a depressing post but better out than in I suppose <img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0"> </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2007/04/24/three_months_to_go~2151026/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2007/04/24/three_months_to_go~2151026/#commentshttp://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2007/04/23/how_long_does_it_take_to_do_a_school_run~2147411/tag:xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk,2007-04-23:/2007/04/23/how_long_does_it_take_to_do_a_school_run~2147411/Mon, 23 Apr 2007 17:26:54 +0200 <p>Most people would think well 15 minutes to half an hour depending on the distance involved or 45 mins if like me you have to travel 2 miles there and 2 miles back and have one school finishing at 3pm and one at 3.15pm. But not over an hour definately not an hour and a half you would think!</p> <p>2.45pm set off from home usual time which gives me time to park at eldests school anbd walk across the road to the pre-school.<br> 2.48pm back in the house as DD decided then was the time to change her nappy and refused to get in the car.<br> 2.55pm finally in the car and on the way to the school running late.<br> 3.10pm finally got DS no2 as ended up in the back of the queue but DD having a tantrum and refusing to move.<br> 3.15pm finally got DD moving by force (ie picked her up and carried her wriggling a screaming blue murder)<br> 3.20pm DD calms down and asks to walk and then promptly sits on a bench and refuses to budge. I lose patience and walk off shouting "byeee" which usually gets her running after me this time she had such a good audience she sat there and bawled instantly awarding me worse mother in the school.<br> 3.25pm got her sorted and walking for her to fall over TWICE!<br> 3.35pm finally stopped the crying and got her moving again and DS no 2 decided to stick his finger in a hole in the metal guards to prevent people driving their cars onto the school pavement and lawns.<br> 3.45pm after frantic tuggin pulling crying (DS not me honest) and visions of fire brigade ambulances and god knows who being called managed to wrnech the finger free amid dramatic "I am going to die of my finger sticking" sobs!<br> 3.48pm get to the classroom over half an hour late to find DS no1 gone to the office.<br> 3.50pm walk past the metal guard again amid dire warnings that if he puts his finger in it again i will leave him until tomorrow to get eldest from the office.<br> 3.52pm Finally get all three children in the car and start the drive home<br> 4.00pm Home to find DS no 2 has left his folder "somewhere" which has a book in it. The book is bigger than the folder so pages sticking out, expensive, new and DD's so have to go back for it in case it rains!<br> 4.06pm Get back to school to find folder and book in playground run back to the car in a bit of a mood (just a bit)<br> 4.10pm Start the drive home again!<br> 4.17pm Finally arrive home for the evening and tell the kids to go upstairs if they value their lives! </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2007/04/23/how_long_does_it_take_to_do_a_school_run~2147411/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2007/04/23/how_long_does_it_take_to_do_a_school_run~2147411/#commentshttp://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2007/04/20/i_really_should_be_in_bed~2130491/tag:xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk,2007-04-20:/2007/04/20/i_really_should_be_in_bed~2130491/Fri, 20 Apr 2007 23:39:44 +0200 <p>I thought I would catch up with blogland and have been flummoxed at the first hurdle! I thought I would read Confessions of a Sports fan but when I click on it I get a big black screen with a picture of Alan Johnstone on it. If I proceed to click on that I get directed to the BBC site and the story about his disappearance. So AJ sorry mate I tried!<br> On the subject of Alan Johnstone there is a little something that has been bothering me about it all. I am disgusted that he has been snatched and have prayed for his safe return but the news coverage has had me grinding my teeth. I understand he works for the BBC so in essense is considered a colleague of all the journo's but it has irritated me that there has been more coverage of his disappearance on days when we have lost service personnel then coverage of said losses. I don't begrudge him or his family all the news coverage in the world in the hopes it helps get him back but the sacrifices of the forces seem all the more inconsequential to the general public by comparison.<br> Right off to see if I am able to read other blogs then and get some sleep! </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2007/04/20/i_really_should_be_in_bed~2130491/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2007/04/20/i_really_should_be_in_bed~2130491/#commentshttp://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2007/04/18/ipod_drama~2114263/tag:xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk,2007-04-18:/2007/04/18/ipod_drama~2114263/Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:09:42 +0200 <p>Just loaded up a new album - Fergie; The Dutchess (who obviously cannot spell rofl) - onto i-Tunes and then made sure it was all in one file. I keep finding any album that has even one song featuring another artist on it gets split into 2 or more folders or even worse gets chucked into compilations so I can't find it on the Ipod. After doing this as I have with loads of my albums I plugged the Ipod in to update it and it said "can't find xxx song" and I found that every song and every album I have moved is now listed as "Cannot find" and not on the Ipod!!<br> As I had no clue how to "find" all the songs at once I just had to re-find each song individually. They were all there I just had to change the path as I had moved them so instead of them being their original C://mycomputer/i-tunes/compliations they were C://mycomputer/i-tunes/Fergie (for example) and it took ages!<br> Now listening to my top listed tracks and it is once again reminding me how eclectic my music taste is I have gone from Aerosmith, to Blackeyed peas, to Eminem, to Dido, to Mika, to Pink and so on.I don't think I know another person with such a wide varying taste in music as I do. I am not overly keen on pop but love rock, indie, R&B, rap, classical, reaggae all kinds so I guess I really ama weirdo! </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2007/04/18/ipod_drama~2114263/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2007/04/18/ipod_drama~2114263/#commentshttp://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2007/04/18/losing_weight_the_downside~2113311/tag:xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk,2007-04-18:/2007/04/18/losing_weight_the_downside~2113311/Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:24:35 +0200 <p>I am most annoyed! After having 3 kids I increased size by 3 dress sizes so one per kid I guess! Along with this came an increase in an already not small bust size. Hubby not bothered about the weight gain and ecstatic about the boob gain men! <img src="/img/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif" alt=":roll:" class="middle" border="0"> so not too worried about it but need to start shifting it as I am getting fed up being this big.<br> Any-how I have lost some weight recently god knows how as I haven't been to the gym for ages (must start that again) and I have gone down one dress size <img src="/img/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif" alt=":>>" class="middle" border="0"> FAB very happy but I was expecting with the losing weight I would also start decreasing in bra size but no I have gone up even further! I am now thinking well if I lose the further 2 sizes and get back to where I want to be I am going to closely resemble Dolly Parton or even worse Jordan <img src="/img/smilies/icon_eek.gif" alt="8|" class="middle" border="0"><br> How is this fair? I was quite happy with my pre-children size in all aspects. I have never been a stick insect and have always been curvy and I am used to not being able to wear cetain clothes as I simply cannot go without a bra as many of my friends can but this is ridiculous!<br> I am sure my hubby will be delighted he was worried about me losing weight in case I lost my boobs the pervert lol! All I can see though is me looking like a freak and having problems standing up straight <img src="/img/smilies/icon_wth.gif" alt="|-|" class="middle" border="0"></p> <p> <small> <a href="http://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2007/04/18/losing_weight_the_downside~2113311/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2007/04/18/losing_weight_the_downside~2113311/#commentshttp://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2007/04/16/back_to_school_run_s_again~2103914/tag:xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk,2007-04-16:/2007/04/16/back_to_school_run_s_again~2103914/Mon, 16 Apr 2007 19:49:06 +0200 <p>So easter is over, the weather has decided it is August and my morning's of lying in bed and ignoring the kids for an extra 15 mins are gone! Why is it I know the first day back is coming and am well aware that I have to get clothes sorted and bags found and PE Kits washed but spend the morning of the first day doing it all? I did actually get the PE kit's sorted out in advance but was busing hunting down uniforms and ironing (God I hate ironing) this morning while getting back into the "eat your breakfast/brush you teeth/ get dressed" routine whilst running around trying to get things done and not be late!<br> The boys are happy to be back my 4 year old has been moaning about wanting to go to school for over a week now and madam had a complete tantrum as she didn't go back today but roll on tomorrow all three in school WOOHOOO.</p> <p>I am still in a mooching mood at the moment as I am missing hubby so much I just cannot seem to concentrate on anything else. I am even off chocolate and that is terrible! </p> <p>Oh something humurous for you! my 4 year old has decided to compete for the families Drama Queen award. He faces stiff competition from his sister but this yesterday has him as temporary DQ LOL<br> On seeing his brother had a small scratch with an incy wincy tiny bit of blood he came out with;</p> <p>"You are going to die from bleeding, I can't believe my own brother is going to die" followed by much fake sobbing pmsl</p> <p>Take care blog world catch you later </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2007/04/16/back_to_school_run_s_again~2103914/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2007/04/16/back_to_school_run_s_again~2103914/#commentshttp://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2007/04/14/guilt_feelings~2088916/tag:xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk,2007-04-14:/2007/04/14/guilt_feelings~2088916/Sat, 14 Apr 2007 09:25:21 +0200 <p>We (the UK) lost another soldier in Afghanistan yesterday <img src="/img/smilies/icon_cry.gif" alt=":'(" class="middle" border="0"> We had gone about a month since last losing any-one over there and this was the first one lost since Hubby went over. So again the feelings of guilt start the first thing you do when you hear a soldier has been killed is read reports and see if you can find any further details. Then you heave a huge sigh of relief when you realise it is not your loved one's regiment and so he is safe.<br> Then straight away you feel terrible, how can you be so happy when some-one has lost there life? When a group of people are suffering the worst having lost their husband/wife/son/daughter? It is one of the things I hate the worse about being left behind I have a terrible guilt complex as it is and this cuts me every time. I know it is natural we care for our own first but sometimes it feels as though you are celebrating the fact some-one else has died.<br> RIP all our fallen heroes and god be with all the families left behind who are struggling to go on without them. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2007/04/14/guilt_feelings~2088916/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2007/04/14/guilt_feelings~2088916/#commentshttp://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2007/04/10/the_random_blogger_returns~2067192/tag:xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk,2007-04-10:/2007/04/10/the_random_blogger_returns~2067192/Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:23:32 +0200 <p>LOL sorry all I am a terrible diary keeper I will go great guns for ages then forget all about it! Though to be fair I have been horrendously busy.<br> DH is in Afghanistan, he went for his 8 month tour about a month ago and then a couple of weeks ago I got some great news from him. A posting (temporary job basically) at Warminster instructing soldiers on the new radio system that he applied for and really wanted HE GOT <img src="/img/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif" alt=":>>" class="middle" border="0"> <img src="/img/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif" alt=":>>" class="middle" border="0"> <img src="/img/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif" alt=":>>" class="middle" border="0"> This means he only does 4 month in Afghanistan as it starts in August *picture me running around like a loon with a huge grin on my face* We don't know when exactly he will get back but it will be alot earlier than planned so it is fantastic news.<br> On the downside this does mean we have to move AGAIN! and I have to organise school's for both boys as younger DS starts school in september and a pre-school for DD who has just started one here. I can't do any of that until I have an address and am a little worried about it all as obviously I need an address before the end of summer term and knowing the way the housing peeps work I am not sure they can get me one that quick!</p> <p>As to other things it is all mooching along really. DS no1 has been doing football this year and kind of enjoying it though it doesn't help that the kid in his class that he doesn't get on with goes to the same footy club. DS loves the training but is not as keen on the matches and he doesn't really run! Seriously all these other 6 and 7 year olds are bombing around the pitch chasing the ball and there is my son- I kid you not- SKIPPING along <img src="/img/smilies/icon_eek.gif" alt="8|" class="middle" border="0"> DH and I have decided trying him in a judo group after we move as we think it will help his confidence a bit more and maybe it will help him settle in at another new school.</p> <p>DS no2 is great he is a happy little guy nothing fazes him and he is by far the most popular kid in his pre-school. It is a rare weekend that he doesn't have a birthday party to go to it is costing me a bomb in presents lol. I had his before school chat with his key worker and like eldest son he is very bright, and fairly advanced for his age which is great but as madam seems quite a bright spark too I am dreading how much Uni is going to cost us already!</p> <p>DD is DD normal cheeky little madam. Spoilt rotten by every-one and truly believeing that she is the queen of the world. Thankfully she has stopped the lets see what this looks like spread all over the floor trials she carried out with the washing up liquid and clothes washing liquid. But since going to see a friend and experiencing my friend's 7 yr old daughters attempt at make up it has now been lets see what this looks like on my face!</p> <p>The business is slow slow slow and I now I need to get out there and promote it a bit more but I don't have the drive at the moment. I have got another site stocking the designs now so that's something.</p> <p>To close a couple of pics for you hope to speak to you all soon</p> <p>Some recent stitching;</p> <p><br> <a href="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y31/tickle_me_elmo/Michaelpowellxmas.jpg"><br> <img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y31/tickle_me_elmo/th_Michaelpowellxmas.jpg"></a><br> </p> <p>Man of the match;</p> <p><br> <a href="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y31/tickle_me_elmo/100_0184.jpg"><br> <img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y31/tickle_me_elmo/th_100_0184.jpg"></a><br> </p> <p>Mad mad mad DS no2 with a post sweet removal pinata;</p> <p><br> <a href="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y31/tickle_me_elmo/DawnandSransanniversary015.jpg"><br> <img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y31/tickle_me_elmo/th_DawnandSransanniversary015.jpg"></a><br> </p> <p>The Make-up!</p> <p><br> <a href="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y31/tickle_me_elmo/100_0423.jpg"><br> <img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y31/tickle_me_elmo/th_100_0423.jpg"></a><br> </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2007/04/10/the_random_blogger_returns~2067192/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2007/04/10/the_random_blogger_returns~2067192/#commentshttp://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2007/02/13/hubby_home_for_a_fortnight~1732172/tag:xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk,2007-02-13:/2007/02/13/hubby_home_for_a_fortnight~1732172/Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:02:45 +0100 <p>Well it is the start of hubbies pre-tour leave. He hgas two weeks which is more than I have seen him for ages *sigh* he is still getting phonecalls from work mind he always does. We have taken the boys out of school on Thursday and Friday so that we could take the to visit hubbies relatives oop north who go away over half term. On the way we are stopping at cadbury world as a mega treat for us all <img src="/img/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif" alt=":D" class="middle" border="0"> Only now it looks as if we are not doing the relly visitng thing my MIL outdid herself this christmas and pretty much ruined the whole thing for me and hubby and hubby has had enough of her (what took him so long <img src="/img/smilies/icon_redface.gif" alt=":oops:" class="middle" border="0">) and doesn't want to go up there.<br> I think that it is to do with the lack of interest from the lot of them to be honest. Hubby took his dad and step-mum and his mum and step-dad aside (at different times of course you cannot actually get them in the same room they even had a fight at our wedding) and saiud to them that he was fed up with it always being us ringing and us visiting and that he wanted them to make more of an effort to keep in touch with their grandkids. He asked them to at least ring once every couple of weeks and speak to them as the kids were starting to forget who they were. Of course they were all "Sure we will we should make more effort" blah blah blah. Well we have had not one phonecall since we saw them christmas we have rung them but they haven't rung us the only thing we have had was a text off of his step mum when his brother and gf had their 2nd baby.<br> Their loss I don't really get on with my in-laws so it doesn't bother me. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2007/02/13/hubby_home_for_a_fortnight~1732172/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2007/02/13/hubby_home_for_a_fortnight~1732172/#commentshttp://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2007/01/26/now_for_the_craft_stuff_p~1624660/tag:xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk,2007-01-26:/2007/01/26/now_for_the_craft_stuff_p~1624660/Fri, 26 Jan 2007 10:35:30 +0100 <p>Returnign to our usual bloggin after our sideline in political dissatisfaction lol. Here is some of the stuff I have been doing while I have been AWOL I hope you approve <img src="/img/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif" alt=":D" class="middle" border="0"> You can click the pics if you want a better view <img src="/img/smilies/icon_wink.gif" alt=";)" class="middle" border="0"></p> <p><br> <a href="http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r75/Krazy-Krafter/Daayslittlegirlscrappage.jpg"><br> <img src="http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r75/Krazy-Krafter/th_Daayslittlegirlscrappage.jpg"></a><br> <a href="http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r75/Krazy-Krafter/Bathscrappage.jpg"><br> <img src="http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r75/Krazy-Krafter/th_Bathscrappage.jpg"></a><br> <a href="http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r75/Krazy-Krafter/Grandadscard.jpg"><br> <img src="http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r75/Krazy-Krafter/th_Grandadscard.jpg"></a><br> <a href="http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r75/Krazy-Krafter/Mumscard.jpg"><br> <img src="http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r75/Krazy-Krafter/th_Mumscard.jpg"></a></p> <p><a href="http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r75/Krazy-Krafter/Dadbday06004.jpg"><br> <img src="http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r75/Krazy-Krafter/th_Dadbday06004.jpg"></a><br> </p> <p>I have also done a little stitching but no pics of that yet sorry <img src="/img/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif" alt=":D" class="middle" border="0"> </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2007/01/26/now_for_the_craft_stuff_p~1624660/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2007/01/26/now_for_the_craft_stuff_p~1624660/#commentshttp://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2007/01/26/are_we_becoming_uncaring~1624635/tag:xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk,2007-01-26:/2007/01/26/are_we_becoming_uncaring~1624635/Fri, 26 Jan 2007 10:30:25 +0100 <p>As I sit typing I am having a <u>bad</u> day healthwise. It feels like I have knives stabbing through my knees and no matter how straight or bent I have them no position seems to offer any respite. Yet while I have real problems walking on most days and it should be obvious to any passerby that I do not move with the usual vigour and energy of a 30 something mum I am still facing prejudice on a daily basis. I am not being singled out for my ethnicity, religion, or any of the usual reasons people are faced with prejudice but rather through a lack of compassion and empathy from everyday normal people on the street.<br> I have had several "run ins" (for want of a better phrase) with people in the past year or so due to me being a young (ish) woman with no visible problems and yet having a disabled parking badge. The prejudice I have faced from people young and old is that of as I am not a pensioner, or in a wheelchair, or otherwise visibly disabled then I must be a benefits cheat, a social scrounger, and am therefore fair game to abuse in the street.<br> Have we really sunk to the point where the constant headlines about people cheating the benefits system, criminals getting away with their crimes and stories of people having more and more children to enable them to get a larger council house means that we have lost all compassion for those who do suffer on a daily basis?<br> I am not the worst off person by far. I know people with the same condition as me who have more severe restrictions on their health and I know people with other illnesses who are far sicker than I am. I know to most people I look healthy and that causes them to wonder whats the matter with me. What I fail to comprehend is why if it bothers them that much they don't ask me outright rather than make loud snide comments as I pass and why some people think it is ok for them to act on their assumption that I am some kind of fraud and publicly attack me verbally.<br> These days the worst in our society seem to get away with more and more. The system's of government seem to hinder those with genuine need while grovelling to help those who could help themselves if only they would try. The population of this country in general is more cynical, more wary of the stranger in the street, and less willing to assist some-one in obvious need.<br> I hope that I never become so cynical and hard nosed that I fail to see when I can help some-one or fail to act through a lack of compassion. I don't think any of us can change the world all we can do is change ourselves and if enough of us do that the world will have been changed too. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2007/01/26/are_we_becoming_uncaring~1624635/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2007/01/26/are_we_becoming_uncaring~1624635/#commentshttp://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2007/01/23/finally_back~1605636/tag:xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk,2007-01-23:/2007/01/23/finally_back~1605636/Tue, 23 Jan 2007 11:56:48 +0100 <p>Had a hectic christmas and DH been away since we got home really! Don't have alot of time to talk (type lol) Christmas with the in-laws was worse than even I thought and DH has had it with his family now <img src="/img/smilies/icon_eek.gif" alt="8|" class="middle" border="0">and told them we will not be going back up there for christmas for a good few years at least.</p> <p>Hope you are all well will try and sort myself out and write properly soon have lots of new craft stuff to show off roflmao </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2007/01/23/finally_back~1605636/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2007/01/23/finally_back~1605636/#commentshttp://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2006/12/10/the_lobster_and_ice_cream~1420979/tag:xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk,2006-12-10:/2006/12/10/the_lobster_and_ice_cream~1420979/Sun, 10 Dec 2006 09:56:40 +0100 <p>I was confidently definitely and defiantly off men. Men were the spawn of satan evil wicked creatures whose only aim in life was to cause as much distress and heartache to us gentle angelic women as they could. I hadn't had a holiday for a fair few years and a one of my best girlfriends and I decided to go away together. We settled on an 18-30's holiday to Ibiza, yes yes I know how trite but it was the cheapest by far and she was off men in a slightly different way to me in that she had a view to shag as many men as possible and then laugh at them the next day. While I was quite happy to get some sun, alcohol and loads of dancing (I love to dance).<br> We got there and signed up for everything had a lovely hotel room (shockingly) awful food (not shockingly) and were drinking loads, dancing loads, my friend was getting her quota while I sniffily turned my nose up at everyone who dared cross my path with sex on his mind. Then on only the 5th night the two of us were across the hall in a couple of other girls room when the most awful sound arose from the room underneath. I kid you not strangling a cat does in no way cover the inadequency of this person's singing, beating a dozen cats to death with the blunt end of a chain saw whilst the saw end was attacking some sheet metal would be accurate. Me being me completely gobby and sure of myself (well I was 24) yelled over the balcony </p> <p>"Give that poor cat a rest"</p> <p>Then up at me came this reddish face with the brightest blue eyes and the sweetest cheeky grin and the comment,</p> <p>"Only if you meet us for a drink in the hotel bar."</p> <p>So deal done the four of us girls trooped down to the bar which was where everyone was meeting for the evening's activities anyhow and met the 2 blokes in the room below. We flirted, we drank, we danced, and he got totally smashed and snogged another girl. One he affectionately recalls with a shudder of "Oh no not the ginger minger".<br> The next day deciding my flirting technique had obviously sailed way way over his head I settled for merciless humiliation. He had no recall of the previous night and the news was out that Ginger had at long last got laid, the three of us remaining girls and his mate had concluded that he had indeed performed the deed and were intent on reminding him of this fact endlessly. He blushed bright red even through his already dark pink sunburnt hue and so earned the nick name from me of Lobster. He responded in kind with the observation that although I rarely burnt and tanned well I was (and still am) susceptible to migraines and so always wore a hat. This resulted in giving me a lovely tanned body and white face and so I resembled an ice-cream cornet and got the nick name Ice-cream.<br> To his and my delight it was discovered later that day that Ginger had indeed got laid but with the bloke she picked up after Lobster went to bed, apparently he had gone off her as he had continued drinking. So that evening we went out the two of us as Ginger and her friend were leaving that night and my friend and Lobster's friend had decided to go to bed, together, in the boys room. We had a lovely night and it all began from there we stayed in my (girls) room and our friends stayed in the boys room. I even managed to stick to my promise that I was not going to have sex in Ibiza which I am convinced is part of what helped us form a relationship instead of another notch for us both.<br> We moved in together only 3 months after that night and were married after only 7. Today the Lobster and the Ice cream as you all know from this blog have been married extremely happily nearly 8 years and have 3 children and all those naysayers who said we didn't know each other well enough to marry well most of them during the past 8 years have been married and divorced. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2006/12/10/the_lobster_and_ice_cream~1420979/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2006/12/10/the_lobster_and_ice_cream~1420979/#commentshttp://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2006/12/03/happy_birthday_nearly~1395233/tag:xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk,2006-12-02:/2006/12/03/happy_birthday_nearly~1395233/Sun, 03 Dec 2006 00:33:54 +0100 <p>It is my birthday tomorrow and I can hardly believe it but I will be 33 I am not quite sure how I got to this age it seems only yesterday I was in my early twenties out partying and now I am fast approaching middle age EEK. I have been thinking the past few days about what I have done with my year, what I have accomplished and what I have discovered about myself after reading someone else's view on what their year had taught them. So here you go lots of boring stuff about me you are probably better off not knowing lol.</p> <p>The obvious of course is I have moved house yet again and had to deal with the whole new school issue for the first time. It didn't come as a huge surprise that my eldest had trouble settling in but I was surprised at how badly it affected him.</p> <p>I discovered that "breaking up" with a friend is just as hard as doing so with a lover. I still feel guilt and shame about "abandoning" my friend and still want to contact her to see if she is ok but at the same time, however painful it is, I know I did the right thing. Hopefully she has given it little thought and it is just my huge guilt complex kicking in.</p> <p>I coped with my husband being on active duty in a country where his biggest threat wasn't being knocked unconscious by a thrown brick (N. Ireland) but actually being killed and that is something I have to look forward to again in the next few months.</p> <p>The biggest self discovery I have made is a shocker. I have always been over critical of myself and I put myself down a lot. I have started coming to the realisation over the past few weeks that I am a bit of a doormat. I mean I can and do stand up for myself with people I don't know or don't know well but I always subvert my own wishes when it comes to people I am close to. I have been feeling so miserable for so much of this year and really needed to talk to someone to have someone who could just listen and give me a hug but in the end no-one has.<br> The problems I have I always seem to see as minor and incidental compared to what others are going through and it is true;<br> My husband has so much to worry about already and worries about me with my health problems and I just can't bring myself to heap more on his plate, the last thing I want is him distracted at work at the moment.<br> My closest friends all have bigger problems in their lives from bereavement, abandonment, and things even worse that I can't write about in a public forum.<br> My parents, well I couldn't go to my dad with this, big problems that he can do something abut yes but this would just upset him. My mum is having so many health problems and problems at work because of the time off she has been having I couldn't talk to her about it either.<br> So that leaves no-one really doesn't it? I am always this rock I seem to be the person that people turn to and tell secrets to and ask advice from, I am never the one who seeks comfort from others. Is it me? Am I doing my friends a disservice as well as myself by thinking adding my woes to their troubles is the wrong thing? People you love are supposed to support you as much as you them aren't they? Or is it my friends and family who can't see through this sensible mother figure who (more often than not) has the right advice to the unhappy person inside?</p> <p>Hmm doom and gloom what fun for you all to read sorry about that! </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2006/12/03/happy_birthday_nearly~1395233/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2006/12/03/happy_birthday_nearly~1395233/#commentshttp://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2006/12/02/woolworths_on_line_suck~1392405/tag:xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk,2006-12-02:/2006/12/02/woolworths_on_line_suck~1392405/Sat, 02 Dec 2006 09:54:14 +0100 <p>I decided to be mega organised this year. I usually have the kids christmas stuff all sorted in the first week of December but this year I thought what with DH being away so much and me and my mobility issues I would order they pressies on-line.<br> So 17th November I trawled through the internet knowing what I wanted and looking for a bargain. I found the things I wanted to get for the <del>monsters</del> umm little darlings at woolworths online with eldest son's pressie being a huge £30 off WOOHOO. Ordered it all and paid for it all and got a delivery date of 29th November <img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0"><br> Logged on last night to find a string of emails saying we are not sending you this we will refund you for all items except two small gift that amounted to £12, of course they still planned on charging me the £5 delivery! I THINK NOT!<br> So had a frustrating phonecall with them saying they couldn't just cancel the whole thing as these two had been despatched and I eventually got their agreement to refund the delivery charge along with all the other items. Now I have to sit and wait for the refunds to come through funny isn't it how they take your money the same day but it takes them a week to refund it!<br> I rang my local Woolworths store as the bargain was too huge to miss out on and after explaining to them what had happened they are saving the main things for me until tomorrow when the parentals visit so I can collect them sans children.</p> <p>The moral of the story is internet shopping may be easier but internet complaining is a mare and real people you can see when you are talking to are definitely the way to go for important things! </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2006/12/02/woolworths_on_line_suck~1392405/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2006/12/02/woolworths_on_line_suck~1392405/#commentshttp://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2006/11/30/feeling_crafty~1386154/tag:xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk,2006-11-30:/2006/11/30/feeling_crafty~1386154/Thu, 30 Nov 2006 17:08:04 +0100 <p>I was directed to the following link by my best friend yesterday;</p> <p><a href="http://glitteradventure.blogspot.com/2006/11/exploding-box-class.html">http://glitteradventure.blogspot.com/2006/11/exploding-box-class.html</a></p> <p>And so of course had to have a go <img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0"> Here is my first attempt a little rough at the edges but not bad for a first go I think <img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0"></p> <p><a href="http://s141.photobucket.com/albums/r75/Krazy-Krafter/Exploding%20box/?action=view&current=1164878961.pbw">http://s141.photobucket.com/albums/r75/Krazy-Krafter/Exploding%20box/?action=view&current=1164878961.pbw</a></p> <p>I should mention that the picture in the lid is my parents with my 3 kids just after my daughter (now 2 1/2) was born and there is a not a picture of me visible lol </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2006/11/30/feeling_crafty~1386154/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://xstitch-dreaming.blog.co.uk/2006/11/30/feeling_crafty~1386154/#comments