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Happy New Year

 

It's 2008.  How did it get here so fast.  It seems like only yesterday it was still summer.  I feel a bit scared this morning.  I feel like I am walking into the unknown.  I haven't felt this feeling on other New Year days.  It has always felt like any other day.  Maybe it is just old age creeping up on me!!!!! Lol

 

I woke late this morning, 9am, not surprising as it was 2am before I got to bed last night.  I mean this morning.!!!  I felt like I was full of bubbles, excited, scared, all at the same time.  What is this new year going to bring???  I can only wait and see.

 

 

 

Did you all have a great night last night.  I did.  We went to the party at the village hall, and it was quite good.  We didn't know many people there because we haven't been here very long.  When you move into a village and you're not local, it can be hard to mix in and make friends.  But it was good, there was food, desserts, provided and they had a bar.  All in all a good night.

 

 

 

Not much going on today, we're all just chilling out.  Catching up on a bit of housework.  I only said a bit. !!!  ;)  Ade is cooking today.  Yuuuuummmy!!!!

 

 

Hope you all have a good day today.

 

 

 

 

Happy New Year

 

Happy New Year to you all

 

Just wanted to wish each and everyone of you a Happy New Year.  However you are celebrating tonight, whether you are snuggling up close at home with a loved one, or going out on the razzle to a party, hope you all have a great time.  Please remember though don't drink and drive.

 

 

 

I hope that 2008 will be a wondrous year for everyone.  I hope it will bring you good health, and prosperity, joy, peace and love, and more.

 

I have not been in J-Land very long, just a few months and I have enjoyed every minute of it.  Everyone I have met has been kindness itself. I thank you for all your wonderful comments, and for inviting me into your lives and homes.  God bless you all.

 

 

Update on the two left shoes.  We decided in the end to drive Laura to town, as we thought it would save a bit of diesel. It is seven miles each way to the train station, which would have meant we had to do four journeys.  It is 15 miles to the town where she bought them from, so we decided to drive her there.   If you are still reading this long winded entry.  I salute you. :)

 

Anyway to cut a long story short.  LOL.   She did indeed change them.  So she is all set for the party tonight.

 

We don't usually go out for New Year,  but for some reason we decided to get tickets for tonight.  I have been told it will be a good night.  I hope I can get some photos to show you.

 

The sausage casserole was delicious.  I have asked Ade to write me out a recipe to share, but Ade doesn't really follow a recipe, he just puts in a bit of this and a bit of that.  It works great.

 

 

I think I had better go now and get in the shower.  We only have one bathroom and there are four of us to have showers.

 

 

Have a great night tonight and stay safe everyone.

 

Two left feet!!

Good morning everyone.  It's a beautiful morning here at the moment, the sun is shining, a bit of a breeze, the birds are singing, and not many clouds in the sky.  I hope it stays like this all day.

 

Yesterday it rained, and rained, and rained, and then it rained some more.!!!!  Last night it was lashing across the windows.  Adam kept getting out of bed and saying I can't sleep.

 

My horrible cold that I had a couple of weeks ago is back.  I can hardly swallow this morning and my ears are aching.  Not good, especially as we have tickets to the New Years party.  I must say though I'm not that bothered about going.  I think Ade has a bit of a cold I can hear him coughing.

 

Laura is up and in the shower.  She has a busy day today. 

 

After our disastrous shopping trip on Thursday, I decided there was no way I was going shopping yesterday.  Laura wanted to go back to buy a new top for the party, so I dropped her off in town.  I know I am a mean mother!!!!:(  But she was going to meet Ade anyway.  She had bought some nice tops and a pair of black ankle boots.  Lovely you might say.  Errr no.  She had bought two left shoes.  We were in hysterics. I know I am a mean mother!!!!  The trouble was she bought them from another town which is like 15 miles away.  She is going to our nearest town to see if she can swap them there and if she can't then she willhop on the train.

 

It was my son Simon's birthday yesterday as well.  He was 30.  I didn't see him but I rung to wish him a Happy Birthday.  His knee is still mending although he is still limping a bit.

 

This week we have managed to miss the bin men and the recycling van.  it wasn't very clear in the newspaper when they were actually coming.  Wednesday is our usual day for household collection.  We are allowed to put out 2 black bin bags.  We thought they might come on Thursday, no they came on Wednesday.  Recycling is on Friday.  We thought they might come on Saturday.  No, they came on Friday and again this morning.  Grrrrr.  It looks like a trip to the municipal tip some time today.  Only I don't feel like it.

 

We managed to get my car MOT'd yesterday.  I think we were robbed.  They failed it.  I was not expecting that.!!!!:(  It failed on a broken bulb in the number plate, WTH and the track rod ends.  Fair enough it's not a big job and neither will it cost that much to put it right. I've only had the car since January this year, it's not a brand new car. It's about 5 yrs old, but even so.  Anyway they can't get the part until next Thursday, 3rd Jan. which means I can't tax it either.  The tax is up on Monday 31st. :(  Oh well these things come to test us don't they.

 

The saving light is that Ade is here, so I know we will have good food over the new year.  Sausage casserole was mentioned last night.  Yummmmmmy.  I will persuade him to move over here.  I will.  I will. :)

 

Well, I need another cup of tea.  And I have to go and drop Laura and Ade in town.  So I better get dressed.  See you all later.  Have a good Saturday.

 

 

Shopping and chips

 

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas day.  I hope Santa bought you everything on your list.

  

We had quite a quiet Christmas day.  Although we did have tears and tantrums before breakfast, and that was from the adults who couldn't get their presents to work.:)

 

The picture below is of Mark, Gail and Adam playing snakes and ladders on Christmas morning.

 

 

My son Mark and his girlfriend Gail came over on the morning bearing gifts.  I had some nice gifts.  A bottle of perfume.  Toiletries, which I love.  I don't think you can have too many toiletries can you????  I also received a hamper filled with little jars of jams and marmalades, packets of seeds for the springtime, and lots of other goodies.  I also received an adoption pack for an orang-u-tan, her name is Koyah, and she is 14 months old.  Her mother is called Ibu (E-Boo) and she is 20yrs old.  A neat gift I thought.

Adam had mostly games for his PSP, and some board games, lots of chocolate, a magic set which is very good. Lots of other stuff as well.

 

Has anyone ventured out to the shops yet.???

 

Me and Laura ventured to the shops this morning!!!  BIG MISTAKE!!!!! 

 

We didn't really have much trouble parking in the middle of town, but the shops were packed, the queues at the tills were a mile long.  Laura went to get a new outfit for New Years Eve, as we have tickets for the village party.  I'm sorry to say I left her in the shop and took Adam round town. I caught up with her later.

 

We didn't stay in town very long!!!

 

I don't know who's idea it was to drive to the retail park, but that was a BIGGER MISTAKE. We were stuck in a traffic jam for an hour, we didn't park, as soon as we were in walking distance of the shop we needed, Laura jumped out went in the shop and caught up with me in the traffic.  Annoyingly they didn't have what she needed. Grrrrr.

 

While we were driving there, we had a little brick kick up and bounce off the windscreen, now we have a little chip in there.  I wouldn't mind but I wasn't driving my car.  I was driving Keith's car.  Ooooops. I haven't told him yet!!!!!

 

 I have been without my car all over Christmas and probably I will not have it until New Year. Why???  Because I thought my MOT was up on Dec 28th.  Wrong it was up on Dec 18th.  The tax is also up at the end of this month as well.  I am not best pleased at my stupidity.:)

 

Anyway I had better go and get tea started, Adam has invited his friend round for tea.  So it looks like pizza, chips and garlic bread for them.  And I need to tidy up a bit.  It looks like a bomb has gone off here.

 

Have a nice evening.

 

Can't sleep, Ade, and The Polar Express.

 

It's Christmas Eve.  At last!!!

 

It's another early start for me this morning. 5am.  I just can't sleep these past few nights.  Even Adam was awake when I got up, but I think it is excitement in his case. I got a sleepy "Is it Christmas tomorrow Momma?", to which I replied "Yes, go back to sleep"  which I am glad to say he has!!!:)

 

It's very dark this morning.  I think there is a full moon, but there are clouds scurrying past it at the moment.

 

Well we braved the shops yesterday, and it wasn't as packed as I thought it would be.  We are going back today to get a few odds and ends that we forgot.  What is the point of doing a shopping list when I forget half of what's on it.!!!!

 

We took a couple of photos of our nearest shopping centre.  Correction, Laura took a couple of photos.!!!  The one below is Santa's Grotto which they have put up in the main square.  All the little animals dance, which you can't see. 

 

 

 

I love this clock. There are two parts to it, and a ball runs along a track and rolls down the spiral, you can just see the ball to the left of the clock.  On the hour the frog turns from side to side and blows bubbles which float to the floor, and all the little children are jumping about trying to catch them.  Some of the adults also.  You are never too old for bubbles. :)

 

Laura's boyfriend Ade has been here this weekend, and once again he has cooked us  some marvellous food.  Everytime he comes he brings food for us, and cooks.  He even cleans the cooker!!!:)  He is a treasure!!  No there is not another one like him at home.  I already asked.

 

This is Ade in the process of cooking our dinner a couple of weeks ago.  He hates having his photo took, but he did say I could put his photo here for you all to see.

 

I forgot to tell you about Adam's Christmas play.  It was performed on Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday evening,

 

It was lovely. The singing was excellent, and everyone had done a good job of the costumes. The play was the Polar Express.  There was some funny moments in it, especially when the Wise Men presented their gifts to the Baby Jesus.  One of the gifts was sheep. "I bring you the gift of sheep" the wise man said, and then banged the toy sheep down with an almighty bang.  It must have given him a headache.  We thoroughly enjoyed it.

 

Adam dresed as an Elf.

 

 

Another picture of Adam

 

 

Well I had better go and get showered and dressed, before there is a queue for the bathroom.

Hope you all are ready for tomorrow, and have a Blessed day today.

 

 

Merry Christmas.......and updates

 

It is a very cold and frosty morning here today. It's white all over and so foggy I can only see to the back gate.  It's deathly quiet, not even a bird singing. There is a haze like when you open the freezer, just floating about.

 

 

 

It's only 7.30am on this cold Sunday morning and Laura informs me it is too early to be hoovering.  She may be right.  So I find myself here, just clicking away.

 

 

 

 

I thought I would take this time to wish you all a very merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.  I would also like to thank you all for making me so welcome here in J-Land.  I haven't been a member very long, but I feel like I have known you all, all my life.  I would also like to send out thanks to everyone who has helped me and given me advice, your patience with me when I couldn't get tags to work was awesome.  I won't mention names because I know I will miss someone out and I don't want to do that, but you know who you are.  Thank you to everyone who has made me beautiful tags and snags, you are all a very talented group of people.  Thank you for all the lovely comments that you have left me. Thank you for inviting me into your lives and your homes.  I hope that 2008 will be a good year for all of you.

 

 

I love this tag it reminds me of my Oliver and Pixie when they keeps bringing me "presents".  They are "bad" cats!

 

I have a couple of updates for you while I'm here.

 

Simon's leg is healing.  He is off work now for at least six weeks, he had physio on his knee on Friday, and he is off the crutches, and just using a stick.  They say he has damaged the remedial ligament that goes down through the front of his knee.  So I think it is just a matter of time now.  They have told him no driving, but I think he will find that very hard to stick to.

 

And I have the quietest computer I have ever known.  No strange noises, no door slamming, no Elvis singing, nothing. I think you were right Kath, what I could hear was people on my buddy list coming and going.  I never knew people had sounds.  J-Land is so educational, you learn something new everyday. :)  It took me a couple of hours to find the settings I needed to turn off the sounds but I managed it.  But you know what.  I really miss those sounds now I don't have them, even though they used to scare me to death when I was here on my own and it was quiet.  Go figure eh!!!

 

Well it's 8.30am and it's got light while I've been sitting here so I'll wish you all a

 

 

 

Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

 

and thanks again, I am truly Blessed.

 

 

 

 

Hello Mom.....just wanted to let you know I've broken my leg!!!

Well what can you say to that!!!

This was not what I was expecting to hear from my son, Simon when he rang on Sunday.  Usually he rings to ask if we are at home, because they are coming over to visit.  Instead he said " Oh Mom I just wanted to let you know I might have broken my leg!!!  WTH!!!

On Sundays Simon plays football.  He's always played football on Sundays.  This Sunday was no different.  I am not sure of how it happened exactly, but he ended up in the emergency department having x-rays on his knee.

It turns out that they don't know if it is broken at the moment.  It is very swollen and he has crutches as he cannot put his weight on it.  They could see a crack on the x-rays but they are not sure if it is a break or whether his knee has always been like that.!!!

He had to go back to hospital  yesterday (Monday) for a review, but they have decided to wait for a while to see if it heals on it's own.  It could be the cruciate ligament??  Not sure if that is how you spell it!!

He has to go for physiotherapy? on Friday.  Needless to say  he is off work for at least the next two weeks.  This sort of injury is not good when you are a professional driver and drive articulated lorries for a living. :(

Anyway they will see how it heals over the next two weeks, and if it doesn't heal then he may need surgery.

I have told him he is getting to old for this football lark. :) 

And I think he is beginning to agree with me. :)

Oh well, still no quiet life for me!! :)