It did! After a seemingly endless period of hot dryness, it finally
rained .... and very welcome it was too :)
I've got to get on soon .... but here's a quick roundup of yesterday.
Tim went off out in the morning and did some "financial" related stuff
then, later, he had to go and accompany someone for their grade 6
singing exam. Apparently, she can sing really well and wasn't nervous at
all before she went in but then forgot the words to the song and went a
bit "shaky". Oh dear :( Tim says he doesn't know how much of that will
go against her but hopefully she did ok. Anyway, he went out first (I
guess she still had some stuff to do in there) and spoke to her mum and
singing teacher about what happened. Then, the singing teacher asked if
he'd consider helping out her (gospel!) choir doing their singing
practices once a week (and she'd pay him!) This, of course, is extremely
tempting HOWEVER, once a month Tim plays for a church and that includes
a Thursday evening practice. Thursday is also the day the gospel choir
have their practice so I'm not sure what he's decided about it - I know
he wouldn't want to let the church down, he's been playing for them for
years.
How about my own tiny musical attempts? Well, still been practicing my
recorder - coming on ok! The book I'm learning from is actually for kids
(I should probably find something more grown up!) - I've got to the
point where I'm playing proper little tunes and it says at the top of
one page "ask an adult to accompany you on the piano". Ha! Ha! Ha!
Tiiiim?! Anyway, he did and I think he thought it was quite sweet that
we were making a little bit of music together for the first time :)
Yesterday evening we had to take Rosie to Branksome Dene Chine beach for
her last Guides of the term. They were having a beach party (hot dogs,
beach games etc). It was a lengthy trek from where we live so, as the
meeting was only an hour and a half, we decided to hang around. Me and
Tim took April for a play on the beach then got back in the car and went
to Tesco and did a bit of shopping THEN went back to the beach for
another play and by that time Rosie was done. Next time she sees some of
the Guide people will be when she goes to camp in August for 4 days!
Right, I'm going to get on. We've borrowed Tim's mums carpet shampooing
machine so we can do all the carpets in the house - they get very mucky
with Hem and the kids tramping in and out all day!
Having SUCH a lazy day today (feel terrible doing that when my hubby is
off out working his butt off - YET AGAIN, it would seem, making up for
someone else's mistake/error/forgetfullness). However, in my defence, I
CAN chill out a bit today because there isn't actually much, in the way
of housework, to do. I blitzed the house yesterday pulling out
furniture, cleaning skirting boards, dusting everywhere. The whole damn
thing :)
It's probably just as well - it's a really hot stuffy day today - not
"nice" hot but sorta headachey.
Tomorrow, I've got to walk up to the local school with Rosie as she is
taking part (with the Girl Guides) in our local carnival. Apparently,
they've got hold of a load of guide uniforms from over the 100 years for
the girls to wear (it's their centenary this year) .... as long as they
aren't too moth-eaten and smelly (ewww!) April COULD have taken part in
her Rainbow unit but it's a long event (especially if it's really hot)
and I think, being only very ickle still, it might be a bit much. They
do it every year so she'll get her chance.
So, I'll walk Rosie up and then me and April might mooch around the fair
before coming back for lunch. I'm hoping that Tim will be back in time
to go collect Rosie but I SERIOUSLY doubt it. His work have developed a
penchant for sending him out with huge morning deliveries and then, when
he gets back, sending him out AGAIN with other huge deliveries meaning
he doesn't get back till some ridiculous time in the afternoon. Last
Saturday (the day when we were supposed to be leaving the house at 5.30
to go off out for our meal at the Alice Lisle), they sent him on a
second delivery to SWANAGE (which involves not only getting from
Christchurch to Poole but also a trip across the water on the car ferry
then more driving and then the same thing all the way back - it takes
AGES especially if the traffic is bad). Anyway, he didn't get back home
until 5.00 - his mum had to phone the restaurant and put our meal back
by half an hour to give him some extra time to get cleaned up and
changed and stuff.
The funny thing is, Neil (the boss-type person who sent him out) said
something along the lines of "would you mind" or "could you" (go out
again). Tim laughed when he told me about it and said "wonder what he'd
do if I said no?" He said it's really tempting to just stand there,
totally deadpan, and say "no sorry, too busy, got to go". Since Neil,
apparently, seems always a bit nervous of asking Tim, I expect the poor
man would probably burst into tears *laughs*. Thing is, Tim pretty much
NEVER says no - in fact, I can't remember when he last did and if he
did, it would have been for a genuine reason.
.... short break to answer the door .... oooo! it's the postman
...... ooooo! another exciting package which I know contains a birthday
present for me because I have been sternly forbidden by Tim to open
ANYTHING which arrives. Now, it's sat (with the other packages that
arrived the other day) tormenting me! My birthday is on Thursday ....
big birthday y'know .... I was born in 1970
Right, enough of this silly banter - got to go - kids lunch soon....
byee!
Tim's out doing the last performance of Seussical this evening. This
afternoon he took me and the kids so we could watch the matinee and it
was really, really fab - I was incredibly impressed! The kids loved it,
especially April who enjoyed it hugely and clapped loudly at the end of
every song and said she "loved the cat in the hat" but "why is Father
Christmas (The Grinch!) there?" *laughs*. By the end of it she was
jumping about in her seat and, I suspect, desperately wanted to get up
and dance around! She definately IS the more musically minded and
theatrical of the kids!
It's kind of sad that it's all over after tonight because I know Tim has
enjoyed doing it and I'VE enjoyed watching him get into it and do
something he loves and is wonderfully good at. On the way there in the
car this afternoon we were talking about how, next week, he'd have to
get back to normal - back to the normal delivering-boxes-of-food job. He
sort of sighed a bit sadly and said "I'm worth so much more than that"
and he is. My talented, yummy, scrummy hubby is worth much, much more
than some scrubby little delivery job.
Don't get me wrong - it's good (very good!) that he has a job at all
just incredibly sad that it's not doing something that he loves to bits
(even working in the music shop a few years back was, at least, a nod in
the right direction!) and is really good at.
Still, maybe the BOS will ask him to do something else for him again
sometime now he's worked with them on one show :)
PS - added the next day! Tim brought April home one of the Cat in the
Hat stripey hats that some of the band were wearing - she is massively
happy! When he got home last night I was in bed reading and he came in
and plonked it on my head! Anyway, here is the happy hat wearer - it's
so big she can actually pull it right down and hide in it!
Yes, cue the tragic music ... last night I sat and ate my lonely dinner
while Tim was out at his rehersal. In fact, he'd been gone all afternoon
and didn't get back to around 9.00 in the evening. It was weird - I
can't remember the last time that I had dinner alone - must have been
YEARS ago!
Anyway, there's more of that this week - Wednesday he has the dress
rehersal at the Regents Centre starting at 6.30 (heaven only knows how
long that will go on for!) and then the actual shows are Thursday,
Friday and Saturday.
It's so great he's doing something like this - it's been a while and I
know he's enjoying it :)
Sunday evening we're off round his mum's for dinner - it's uncle Rob's
birthday (he's 43 I think - eeek!) and also daddy's day :)
This is what happens when Tim gets his keyboard out in order to practice
for the show he's doing ... he gets April ... erm.. helping .... I
think April is going to end up being the more musically inclined of our
2 kids :)
Very short and silly video clip - wish Tim had played properly so I
could show off! :) Oh and it sounds very "tinny" because he was just
running it through the headphones rather than the speakers!
.... for other people anyway - business as usual for me!
This evening April has her Rainbow Promise at Guides - awww! I've been
trying to teach her the short promise but I'm not convinced it's sunk in
yet - hope so! They were supposed to be going up to Avon Valley for a
nature trail and having the promise there (I'd agreed to be the "extra
adult helper") but it's due to be chucking it down with rain then so
they're just going to the hall instead.
Tomorrow evening, Rosie is taking part in the Ready Steady Rosebowl
Guide Challenge Competition - basically a cookery competition. The
Guides are put in small groups and each group is given a collection of
different food items and they have to dream up, cook and present a main
meal and desert. Then they are judged and the best one gets the Rosebowl
trophy.
On Sunday Tim has a rehersal for Seussical - it's a loooong one (I shall
be having a sad, lonely dinner without him that night *laughs*), going
from from 2pm until about 10.00 pm. The following week he is supposed
to be on holiday (I say supposed because, despite asking for this
holiday several weeks ago, they still haven't officially confirmed it!)
and he has dress rehersal and then the actual shows on the 17th, 18th
and 19th (2 on the 19th including the matinee!) He is currently sat up
night after night with the score, headphones on, listening to the music
and trying to make sense of what is, apparently, a fairly complicated
keyboard part. He'll do brilliantly, I know he will, he's gooood! :)
Added later: April did her Rainbow Promise - very cute - 4 girls did
it so, fortunately, she didn't have to say the promise on her own which
is just as well because I don't think she remembered it all! I was a bad
mummy and forgot the camera so we took a picture when we got home
instead :)
PS - oh, and Tim's holiday for the week he does his show has been
confirmed. Thank goodness for that!
12 years today :) We stood in the Iford United Reformed Church in
Boscombe East, nervously said some vows, were whisked away to a
wonderful reception and then, later, in our hotel room Tim decided he
was hungry and sprinted up the road to the KFC and came back with food
for us - romantic stuff eh?! That, however, is why I love him :)
Normally, on these occasions, I put slushy "kissy" photos .... decided
to put different ones this time. Now, this isn't because I feel any less
for the man I wedded all those years ago but because ... well, just for
a change!
So, we have....
The before pics .... me making up (ghastly, overstyled, lacquered to
death hair!) and Tim trying to relax by teaching Rosie piano ...
she wasn't interested....
The after pics ..... our fabulous, gorgeous piano wedding cake (which we
feared wouldn't be enough for everyone but was, in fact, bigger than we
thought) and the silly "show off a bit of leg" pic (I think by this time
we'd been serious long enough!)
... and this is for Tim.....
"I'm always pretty happy when I'm just kicking back with you"
This evening Rosie had to go and do a Guide fundraising thing by packing
bags in Asda at Castlepoint .... and thrusting her bucket at people for
their loose change!
It was very touch and go whether we'd make it for a bit because Tim was
very late getting home and he literally had enough time to change his
shirt and then we were back out the door again. He even left his work
boots on! Now, I know Asda can get a bit push and shovey sometimes but I
think steel toe boots are an unneccessary protection!
Anyway, we got there (just!) and left her while we went off and wandered
round the shops. We did some shopping in Asda just so that we could get
her to pack our bags (heehee!) which she did and then thrust her bucket
at us for money! OBVIOUSLY, we did put money in the bucket - they're
fundraising for some of the older guides to go on some mission to India.
So that was that. We got back late, shovelled some tea into the kids and
packed them off to bed. Well, April's gone to bed - Rosie's sat ON her
bed playing on the Gamecube.
Tomorrow I'm going to repot my tomato plant (again! it's really
sprouting!) and plant some chives. Oh, and it's my brother's 38th
birthday tomorrow :)
Tim's off to work today. Wasn't supposed to be but he got a phone call
yesterday asking him because they were short of people. Actually, he got
2 phone calls. The first one (on his mobile) happened earlier in the day
but he'd left his phone in the car and, consequently, didn't hear it
ring and didn't find out he'd had a call until he brought the phone in.
Then, later, he was in the loo and it rang again and I answered it.
Anyway, the long and short is, he's working and a bit not happy about it
(seemed a bit tired this morning so maybe not sleeping so well again)
and it's all my fault because I answered the phone. Yes indeed,
apparently, I've got to make it up to him for answering the
telephone!! *Laughs*.
I don't believe Tim really expects me to make up for answering the phone
- he's not like that - but some people are really funny aren't they?
Like this morning, I was chatting to a friend online and she told me
about a woman she knew who'd got "friendly" with some guy and they'd
been chatting and emailing and phoning and things had been progressing
nicely. It wasn't a "big" thing but they'd kind of been heading in that
direction (if you see what I mean!). Anyway, then, she mentioned to him
that one of her friends had commented on how close they were getting and
suddenly, he goes crazy and refuses to speak to her anymore! Erm.....?
She was left wondering what the hell she'd done wrong. It is a bizarre
situation - to be that close to someone and then for them to suddenly
"turn" on you. My theory (for what it's worth!) is that some people are
very controlling - like this guy. He clearly had feelings for the woman
but wanted things to progress at HIS pace. Being "confronted" by the
fact that it was obvious to the outside world how close they were
getting made him feel out of control and he consequently reacted with
anger and pushed her away. *Shrugs* - it was all ok while he was
calling all the shots. Some people are like that. Silly man - why ruin
the chance of a fantastic relationship like that?!
Thank god I have a man who says what he means and means what he says!
Although Tim does display some control freakery tendancies on rare
occasions (haha!), they are not to the extent that he'd react like that!
It would be so confusing - I can only tolerate people who speak their
minds and don't "hide" behind words.
So there. :P
Getting off my soapbox now and going to do some ... stuff! Byeee!
...enjoyed the lovely weather which was was warm and sunny and gorgeous
despite what the weather forecast said :)
... met an odd looking man who came round to bring Tim a musical score
for the show he's doing.
... played some maths games with Rosie (adding and subtracting negative
numbers).
... got an email from a blog-friend who told me that Chris Packham was
making an appearance at the Ringwood Waldorf School (to do something
called Never Mind the Buzzards!). Oooo! I want to go!
... wandered round the garden with Rosie and used April's little old
Fisher Price tape player to record bird and bee sounds (not sure why -
was a nice thing to do though!)
... sewed a tooth fairy pillow for my little babe who has got her first
wobbly tooth! It's hanging on by a thread at the moment so won't be
there for much longer. The odd thing is that the new tooth is already
there, already erupted, BEHIND the baby one! April is terribly, terribly
worried she's going to swallow the tooth while eating because she's
heard the story of Rosie doing just that when she lost her first tooth.
She was eating a custard cream at the time!
... put Rosie's name down for a place at Young Rangers at Moors Valley
to start in September when she turns 13. She's very keen to, eventually,
work with wildlife/conservation so it's a really ideal step into that to
start getting some experience. She's wanted to end up working with
wildlife since about the age of 6 and is really very knowledgable :)
... and now I'm going to go and watch Bill Oddie on the telly.
How many days enjoyment can you get out of some piles of mud? Quite a
few apparently judging by the fact that April was still at it today!
Here is one of her piles of mud - this (together with the pile of stones
and various other sundry items) is a dragon home ..... I think that's
what she said anyway! We have quite a few of these up and down the path!
... and here is a rather sweet picture of mud-girl herself :) By the
way, I took both of these through the bedroom window, hence the slight
"glare" .... She looks more and more like her daddy every day!
Talking of her daddy - he has been asked by the BOS Musical Company to
play piano/keyboards in a production of Seussical (yep, The Cat in the
Hat thing!) at the Regent Centre in Christchurch! Very exciting - the
actual shows are in June and, so it doesn't clash with him having to go
to bed early (for his 4.00 am getting up for work!), he's taking some
holiday that week. Won't be much of a holiday as there are rehersals
and stuff leading up to the 4 shows. Apparently, it's a reasonably
large production and, since it's been AGES since Tim has done anything
like this - I think he's a tad nervous!
Not an easy time at the moment for a couple of non-bloggable reasons and
on top of that I'm making zero progress with the website (Tim needs to
do some of it for me and I'm going to have to wait until he's on
holiday) but I've been photo-taking a fair bit :)
So, instead of rambling on, I'm just going to post some pics I've taken
recently (some good quality some not so good but all nice I think)
April playing - picking flowers and playing in our little "woody" bit of
garden - there's Katie (Hemmy's girlfriend too!)
A Great Tit - marching purposefully across the lawn - what he's looking
back at I'm not sure! Baaad quality picture this!
Pretty flowers :)
Finally, a peacock butterfly that was sunning itself on our path
That's all folks! Got to go and get Rosie motivated as Tim's taking her
to the dentist to have her fitted brace today - lovely!
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Monday, March 29, 2010
Poorly!
Poor Tim is ill with the cold again .... AGAIN! Actually, I think it's
the same one and it sort of faded into the background and then
resurfaced. It's been exacerbated by the fact that his yearly hayfever
has started so he's sneezing with that too. Has got his prescription
for his medicine from the doctor so, hopefully, that will be controlled
soon.
Not much that can be done about the cold though - I expect, by the time
he goes to work on Thursday, he'll have lost his voice again!
I've done a little work today (on shop-related things) but not much
because I've had other stuff to do as well. I'm actually quite fed up
with the rain now thanks very much - really, BADLY need to get out for a
nice long walk somewhere and whilst I appreciate that walking is still
possible in the rain, I don't think Tim could handle that with his
current poor health.
And for something completely different - I heard this the other day and
haven't for AGES! Great song - brought back memories of being a teenager :)
Was it good for you? Was good for me - breakfast in bed, LOADS of cards
all made by the kids (looking at the row of cards along my dining table,
you'd think I had 50 kids!) Lovely roast lunch and a glass of wine then
off to Tim's mums for tea and cake :)
Of course, the day didn't pass without my thoughts turning, briefly, to
my own mother - the poison little dwarf who gave me so many years of
misery. I haven't seen her for many, many years and probably never shall
again. It always makes me a little sad that she had to be that way and
ruin our relationship and so, today, Tim caught me staring a little
sadly out the back window. I told him I was a bit sad because I didn't
really have a mum to wish happy mothers day to and he said, never mind,
it's for the best this way because she made you so miserable ... you can
share mine. *Laughs* very sweet eh?
Anyway, that episode only lasted a very short time - the day was happy
otherwise - weather good again :)
Going to watch the next episode of Wonders of the Universe again tonight
- don't miss it! It's really good :)
Not been about (blog wise) for a few days - been nursing the sick pretty
much - and spring cleaning.
Just as April was recovering from her hideous virus, Rosie came down
with a slightly less severe version of it. Then, just as she was (is!)
recovering from it Tim got ill. Actually, I didn't realise that Tim felt
ill until yesterday morning because he never mentioned it to me. He left
for work at the usual time 4.45 ish (am!), I got back into bed and fell
asleep. Then, about an hour later i was woken up by a knocking and I lay
in bed thinking "eh?" and not sure if I imagined it or not. Then there
was another knocking and I started to panic because I wondered who the
hell was knocking on my door at quarter to 6 in the morning! Then the
phone rang and it was Tim and he said "hello, I'm outside would you let
me in please?!" Oh. Ok then.
So in he came and told me that he felt really ill.
You want to know something really stupid? Before he told me that he felt
ill, I had no idea and no idea why he was home again. Did I think "oh my
god he's been sacked!"? No. Did I think "oh my god, the car broke
down!"? No. Did I think "oh my god, he's ill!"? No.
The first thought that popped into my head was "oh my god, maybe the
warehouse burnt down!". What?! Well, I was half asleep! *laughs*
So anyway, Tim got up, left the house at 4.45, went for a little drive
to Christchurch, told the work people he felt crap, drove home again and
went back to bed!
Today our landlord came to visit. He lives up north somewhere and all
the years we've lived here we've never met him. He was down visiting his
parents so he'd thought he'd pop in and whilst he was here he measured
the kitchen because, apparently, he's thinking of having a new one put
in sometime. Lovely! It's a really badly designed, hideously old kitchen
so a new one would be very welcome - he also said he'd design it in such
a way as to create space for our fridge/freezer which is currently in
the dining area! Oooo!
So that was that. Tomorrow afternoon Tim and his sniffles are going off
to the church because he has a rehersal for the Easter service - lucky
them - hope they don't get his germs!
I wanted to share this picture that April drew this morning ... of us. I
wasn't sure initially who was who (apart from Tim!) so she told me and
got me to put the names on. Since she'd already cut the picture out from
it's original piece of paper I had to put it on another piece!
Oh, how I love little kids pictures! They really draw things as they see
them - warts and all! What amuses me about this one (apart from the fact
that Tim looks like a garden gnome - minus the hat and fishing rod), is
how she has shown certain things. She and I are apparently smiling and
waving at each other because (in her words) "mummy you are happy to look
after me when I'm sick". Why of course! I can think of no other better
way to spend a day than wiping vast quantities of snot off a small
child's face. Bless the girl - I'm more than happy to nurse her back to
health! :)
Now, look at the figure in the yellow tshirt at the end. Well, well,
it's none other than my pre-teen daughter looking ... ahem... like a
pre-teen. Check out that grumpy face! Wow, April has got that "I'm 12
going on 13" face PERFECTLY! Unless of course, the sour expression is a
result of being devoid of arms!
We are, in fact, all challenged in the limb department. Tim appears to
have little more than stumps, April and I have only 1 each and Rosie
none whatsoever!!
Aaaaah! Sweet girl - I love her pictures and I love the fact that she's
clearly on the mend from her cold (although still sneezing and snotting
for Britain) Yesterday she did nothing but sit on the sofa - at least
today she's actually doing something.
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Friday, February 19, 2010
Catching up
So, continuing where I left off ..... after a few days of not doing much
on account of not being ABLE to do much, the house was left a tip so
today I've been making a start on getting things back into shape.
April is still really, really poorly and has spent much of the day lying
on the sofa coughing, sneezing and looking sad. She also has this weird
thing (which she's had ever since she was a baby) that every time she
gets a cold she also gets a weepy, gungy eye. No idea why but she's got
it again this time. Poor little honey.
One thing I forgot to mention was that on Wednesday we decided to go for
a little walk up Hengistbury Head. Not sure it was a fabulous idea in
retrospect because I was still a bit weedy and April was suffering but I
guess the fresh air did us good. We didn't actually go "up" on to the
head itself but walked round onto the beach for a bit and collected
pebbles (April wants to make pebble animals).
Ummm... what else .... oh yeah, yesterday Rosie and Tim went to
Pampurred Pets and brought Jeff a new cage - a plastic indoor one. The
one he was in before was what he came with and it was wood and got a bit
smelly. The plastic will be much more hygenic and looks heaps better -
the only thing is that it is only single storey whereas the old one had
an upstairs. Jeffy has been downsized to a bungalow *laughs*
Apart from catching up with the cleaning today I've been making some
grammar cards for Rosie to use. God, the bloody table thing in Open
Office drives me potty! Anyway, did them eventually - will probably pdf
them and stick them on the homeschool blog (in case anyone reading this
also reads the other blog also!)
I'm relaxing with a cup of tea having successfully negotiated the
culinary juggling-act that is lunchtime in this house. It would be so
much easier if everyone would just eat the same thing but, no, obviously
not.
April's pretty good and has always ate virtually the same food Tim and I
do. Rosie has always been a bit picky (although getting better) and I
don't always want to eat "toddler food" (i.e turkey dinosaurs and
chips). So, we end up with this hot, temper-rising, nerve fraying
episode at lunchtimes. It's particularly bad when I need to cook 2
completely different things that need to go in the oven at different
times.
Anyway, hey-ho.
Onto other stuff. I'm a good way through the wretched knitting for the
Guides having finally got it to (ahem... approximately) 15cm. I shall be
glad to see the back of it to be honest and I've decide that I most
definately do NOT like knitting. When I do something creative I tend to
like instant (or at least quick!) gratification. I don't like knitting
because it's so damn slow and you can sit there for HOURS knitting and
look down and see that you've hardly made any progress.
Sewing little things I love because it comes together so quickly .....
ahh! instant pleasure :) On the subject of sewing, I'm nearly done with
my teapot picture - will post that soon, it's very cute!
Tim is finishing the last of his first (does that make sense?!) days
back at work after his holiday. The first day he came home a bit moody -
possibly because it was SUCH a long time since he'd been at work (given
his 2 week holiday and Christmas before that). I think he found it a
real struggle although this is almost certainly mostly due to the fact
that he had to get up VERY early for the first time in ages and he
hadn't slept well the night before. *sigh*, he's quite difficult
sometimes - what with his minor insomnia and the OCD. The insomnia is
really problematic because he doesn't sleep well at night and then lies
in the next day when the rest of us are trying to get on with our day.
The OCD is something I know drives him potty but rarely effects me ...
apart from getting found out for stuff. Ahem... a little while ago, I
had a sneaky Bailey's while he was at Church choir practice one evening.
He came home and said "oh dear, was someone naughty and sneaking
Bailey's while I was out?" I of course look shifty and he says "do you
know how I'm aware of this fact?"
Aaah, of course, I might of guessed. The label on the front of the
bottle was no longer facing the front. Drat it! I should have made sure
I put it back exactly right! *laughs*.
Oh dear, our fairy lights on the christmas tree have stopped working -
just sent Tim out to buy some more and will now have to dismantle
everything and put the new lights on! Pooey!
Got a busy few days coming up so having a quiet day today before we
"plunge in". Tim's back at work tomorrow and then he's got choir
practice in the evening. Friday evening we're doing our trip into
Bournemouth for the lights and stuff. Saturday, Rosie's out at Swanage
all day and Tim's at work so it'll just be me and April at home
(thinking we might spend some of the time making some festive cookies
together). Sunday, Tim is at church TWICE (once in the morning and then
again in the evening)!
Somewhere in all this I've got to finish wrapping presents, marzipan and
ice the christmas cake, make and freeze some sausage rolls, get all the
washing done (damned if I'm doing laundry over christmas!) and declutter
and clean the kids rooms (I'm putting that one off for as long as
possible - it's a nightmare).
Right, off for a cuppa - and to drag April back indoors. She's been out
playing in the sandpit, obviously well wrapped up, but it's freezing out
there and I think it's time to come in!
