A Succession of Moments

Busy Busy

2008-03-28T01:46:00.000-07:00

This week seems to have flown by. I guess being busy has it's advantages. It does mean that i am going on holiday in a little over a fortnight! For anyone who doesn't know we won a holiday to LA(well Hubby did) and we go very soon. I haven't had a huge amount of time to get excited about things but am slowly starting to get organised about things now. We are staying in Anaheim and will be doing the usual Disneyland and Universal bits as well as maybe a trip down the coast to San Diego which will be very nostalgic as we spent our honeymoon there.
Monday i made some cards for the IACW blog using some stamps i got from Joanne which are Stampin Up! and are completely gorgeous and addictive! Corey and i have been having crafty days too. Monday we made hats and Tuesday we did painting.

I've been out and about this week to Birmingham. Had a lovely day shopping there on Wednesday. Please see the below picture and laugh. It's me enjoying some uber yummy dark chocolate from Hotel chocolat!
I managed too at last find a decent silver chain for my beads to go on and some of the sets on there look absolutely lush. More scrummy beads going up today but i am resisting!
Yesterday i spent the day in a graveyard, literally. I went to try and found my grandmothers grave. She was buried a pauper in a common grave so it is unmarked and although i have the plot and grave number it was near impossible to find so it will mean another visit. I did manage to find my mums adoptive parents grave though so my visit wasn't in vain.
Also forgot to mention that i had been to the hospital about my voice/cough. He thinks the cough and sore throat are down to reflux so that will mean a visit to the doctors again and probably a referral to the gastroenterologist. In terms of my hoarseness he said it is because my vocal cords are not closing properly when i speak. He came to this conclusion by putting a camera up my nose! I'm sort of glad i didn't know beforehand i would be having this done or i would have probably chickened out. It wasn't too bad actually and at least i know what's wrong now. So i have to be referred to a speech therapist! Am now waiting for an appointment.

Naughty

2008-03-23T12:15:00.000-07:00

Yes yes, i know i am such a naughty girlie!

I have been so busy with life(and family trees) that i have been a bit of a blog neglecter.
We were supposed to be going up to the lakes for easter but the weather forecast was so bad that we decided against it. I'm glad we did cause it's been snowing on and off since Friday evening.
On other fronts I don't think theres been a huge amount happening.
I haven't scrapped for a while but am going to do some cards this week for the IACW blog.
I promise i shall post more often. This Genealogy has become a bit of an obsession(and an expensive one at that!)

Meant to add

2008-03-12T07:16:00.000-07:00

On the subject of my cough and hoarseness i am still much the same.
I visited the doctor last Friday who said my chest xray was completely normal and they were stumped and would refer me to ENT. Later on that afternoon i got a phone call from the Hospital(how quick was that!!) and so go to see them next Monday afternoon. Just hope they can fathom out what's wrong with me cause i'm just fed up with it now!

Ooops

2008-03-10T23:37:00.000-07:00

Where did the last couple of weeks go?
In all honesty i have just been super busy with a little project. Well i say a little project, i actually mean a project of major proportions!
I've decided to research my family tree and boy oh boy is it exciting. Far too much to write down here but if you do want to see what i've been up too then head over to my heritage pages.
Have been far too busy to do any scrapping but have made a few birthday cards and stuff.
Corey has been ill a couple of times in the last couple of weeks with a sickness bug but seems to be ok now. He does however seem to have had a flare up of excema. He had it when he was about 2 years old and it just showed as raised dry patches on his skin. This however is much worse and looks red and quite angry although he isn't complaining of it hurting or anything. So i shall be smothering him in E45 cream and some hydrocortisone cream for a couple of days but if it isn't any better by Friday then i shall go off to the doctors.
Today he has been in the Hydrotherapy pool at Physio and although it started out a little shaky with Corey getting a bit upset it did end with him in the water in a rubber ring. I think he really enjoyed it and he was so proud of himself! We went to John Lewis afterwards and i bought him a little car for being such a good boy.
Can't really think of anything else interesting at the minute but i'm sure i'll be back with more tomorrow :)
Ta ta for now

Sick of being sick :-(

2008-02-26T11:43:00.000-08:00

Yes i am currently feeling sorry for myself :(
for the last week and a bit i have been ill. Not quite sure what it is yet although it does resemble flu on some counts. I seem to have been ill on and off since around November, the main problem being a cough and hoarse voice. Currently my cough is realy bad, so bad it stops me sleeping and makes my chest hurt. Medicine doesn't seem to help and you name it i've tried it. I saw the doctor on Friday who as a last resort has given me a Salbutamol inhaler to see if it's asthma related. To be honest i don't think it's made much of a difference. I have also been for a chest xray this morning and need to go back to the doctors next week to see if it shows anything. The doctor doesn't think it will cause my chest sounds clear. So anyway, i'm feeling a bit sorry for myself right now cause i just want to feel normal again!
managed to get out to have my nails done this afternoon although i was coughing and spluttering all over poor Kate who does my nails. I don't think people around me realise how bad i feel sometimes. I tend to put a brave face on things and try to just act normally while inside i feel complete and utter 'urgh'.
Anyway, enough of me harping on!

I'll share some of the layouts with you i've been doing recently :)

That was the week that was.....

2008-02-17T02:25:00.000-08:00

I think sometime around last Sunday i must have blinked and then a week went by. Seriously, where does the time go??? To be honest i can't remember a lot of what i actually did haha!
I can remember having a nice day Tuesday with Corey because we went into town and had a Starbucks, then went to the library. Wednesday i went to York with a friend which was lovely and i ate too much as usual! Thursday was a stay at home day with Corey and Friday i went to town and mooched about all morning which was nice.
Yesterday was the crop and as usual i had a fun time. So many fabby girls there to chat and drink coffee(and eat cakes) with! I managed to get almost 3 layouts done too so was a very productive day for me(i will upload pictures later :)
This afternoon i am going to watch Sheff Utd play Middlesborough in the FA cup. It's amazing how Dave manages to get me there as i am a Sheff Weds fan! If nothing else it will be a day out!
So i guess i better go get wrapped up, the sun may be shining but it's currently about 0 degrees!

Busy Busy

2008-02-09T07:12:00.000-08:00

It's been an incredibly busy week. But a very good week as it happens.
Started Wednesday, although that didn't go according to plan. Should have been meeting my friend in birmingham to go down to London but the trains went up the spout so she met me at Leicester and we drove to Birmingham International. Cause the car park was so full she had to park at the airport and so we missed the train. Hey Ho, it was a pleasant journey though. We scoffed cake and read magazines. However, never being on a Virgin pendalino before it wasn't the pleasantest experience cauise the tilting made me a bit quesy! Anyway we got to Euston and got a cab over the The Rathbone hotel which was great on two counts. Not only was the room lovely but it was bang on the centre of London so we could walk to Oxford Street which is what we did. Dropped off our stuff we headed off shopping.

Oxford street, Regent Street, Leicester Square, Piccadilly Circus, Carnaby street, Planet Hollywood for lunch. I was knackered and my legs hurt but i just love mooching around London! Got Corey a few toys from Hamleys which he loved when we got home. Picked a Starbucks up on the way back to the hotel and then got ready and off to see Wicked.

I have to say it's one of the best musical i have seen and one i would definitely see again. The songs were fab, great acting, great sets and the singers, well, were phenominal. We had front row circle seats so the best view! After the show we got the tube back and went to The Living Room for a cocktail, What a lovely end to the evening. Then back to the hotel and slept okish but i never sleep brilliantly on hotels.
Up early and got some coffee and croissants in the room. Set off fairly early as we walked back to the station via St Pancras as my friend hasn't seen the new station and she was impressed. If you haven't seen it i would definitely recommend going to have a look.

So then back to Euston and naughty naughty - Krispy Kreme donuts and a Starbucks! To be honest i found the donuts a little bit sickly and sugary for me.

Pendalino ride back and again a quesy ride and then back from Birmingham to Sheffield. It had been a packed but fun couple of days.
Yesterday i popped into the Neonatal unit with Corey to say hello and they all thought he was fabulous(which he of course is!), then it was off to Tescos for some shopping. Pizza Hut for tea last night and i definitely need to go running now or i'll be getting porky again.
Today Dave has gone canoeing up in Flamborough so Corey and I are having a day together and are going to head out on the train somewhere.
Hope you all have a fab weekend!
xxxxxxxxxxxx

Addicted to...........

2008-02-03T10:17:00.000-08:00

.........Journals!
Yes, i have a thing about journals and notebooks. Recently i have bought loads and there are still loads i want. The pictures just shows a selection, i have more haha. My favourite shop of the moment has to be Paperchase. So come on, what are you addicted too?

It's been a nice, quiet weekend here. Yesterday we headed off on the train to Nottingham and had a mooch around the shops and had some lunch. I had a muffin from Starbucks, my current favourite, but how come one is never enough? I could quite happily have gone back for another! Today has just been a house day with me tidying up only to turn around and it be a top again. I guess having a 4 yr old means having an untidy home!
So Friday i went to the Doctors again. You may have read before that i have been hoarse and coughing alot for almost 2 months and it's a bit depressing after a while. They think it's related to my reflux but I'm not sure. After 2 wks of upped medication it's no better but all the doctor said(a different one i hasten to add) was that 2 wks is not long enough to see if they will work. So i have to go back in another 2 wks. I still sound like i should be working on an 0898 number and am having bouts of coughing. Hey ho!
The weather has been terrible here in the North. Snow, wind, rain! We sleep in the loft and it's felt like i've been sleeping in a tree house some nights! Woke up to snow Saturday morning but it didn't last too long. I'm hoping the weather ids fine for Wednesday as i'm off to London overnight to see Wicked. I am soooooo excited. It's had rave reviews and i just love going to London!
Scrapbooking wise i am working on a couple of layouts. I need to get my 'C' page for my A-Z journal. I've taken some pictures but need to do more and then make a start. I don't have a huge amount on, other than being away Wednesday night, so hopefully i'll have plenty of time to get it done.
Anyway, hope you're all having a fab weekend. xxxxxxx

Migraines :(

2008-01-29T08:01:00.000-08:00

Yes migraines. I hate them. I don't get bad ones very often but yesterday laid me up big style.
I woke up with a 'thick head' and hoped some caffeine would sort it out. I had no Imigran(the tablets i usually take at the onset) so was hoping that i could get to the chemist earlyish, get some, and stop it in it's tracks. Not to be. I ended up taking two during the course of the morning but it made no difference and after dropping Corey at nursery at lunchtime i ended up going to bed :( Dave went out and got me more early evening and thankfully it worked and by about 10pm it had gone. Didn't sleep to well and have a bit of a cotton wool head today but otherwise feel great! Don't want another one of those in a hurry!
Have had a nice weekend. Saturday i went to the crop and managed to almost finish 2 layouts other than the journalling. One of them was made with a sketch i did for the IACW blog :) The other one was for the A-Z Journal that i'm also doing for the IACW blog. so it was a very productive day! Also had great fun chatting and gossiping with friends!

Sunday was just a PJ day as Dave went canoeing so didn't get up to much and yesterday, well it was a bit of a blur with being in bed all day.
Today has been pretty relaxing too. Spent the day at home with Corey, watching TV, browsing the web, playing and cleaning. This afternoon we've all been to the dentist. I have been worried cause one of Coreys front teeth is grey even though we brush them regularly. The dentist said it isn't bad but it looks like it's had some trauma. Considering he falls over every mins then it could well be that. He said it should be fine and hopefully won't cause any problems. Mine were also fine, in fact he said they were very good, Dave however has to go back for a filling.
Tonight Dave is out at the football so i may scrap, either that or have a bath and chill out watching Harry Potter!

Picture Post

2008-01-25T07:34:00.000-08:00

Well theres not a huge amount to say today other than i feel ill yet again. Am getting really fed up now and have made an appointment for the doctors on Tuesday to try and get things sorted. This is been going on for almost 2 months now and i feel really drained :( All cyber hugs welcomed!
So i thought i'd post some pictures :)

My scrapbook page i finished yesterday

My Newly sorted out papers and card

My Beads :)

Been baking today and here's Corey licking the bowl(naughty Mummy!)

The finished Cakes!

Organised

2008-01-24T06:34:00.000-08:00

Yep, that seems to be me these days. I'm loving my 5am starts and seem to be able to keep pretty much on top of everything having this routine. I have no ironing to do, the house is clean and tidy, all laundry done, meals planned and shopped for(other than my chicken but that's another story!) Last night i even got round to tidying my craft room and sorting my papers out! Haven't done that in a while! Also started a layout for my A-Z journal that i'm going to do about Corey. If you want more info then hop on over the It's a Creative world to find out more.

So nothing much to report.

Tuesday we went swimming and Corey loved it again and didn't want to leave. Tuesday night my footy team(Sheffield Wednesday) unfortunately went out of the FA cup to derby, boo hiss! Spent a good hour on the AMLT website too seen as they have a sale on and spent a small fortune!

Yesterday i spent the morning with a friend and went for coffee and breakfast which is always a delight. Today we aren't going anywhere although we should have been going to Junglemania but we aren't going now. So it will be a take it easy day, maybe some reading(i'm reading a very good book called The Memory Keepers Daughter), some scrapbooking and playing with Corey. I also need to list some stuff on Ebay as it's half price listing day.

I've recently got new beads for my pink/aqua troll/dolly/buddy bead bracelet and i must take a photograph later as it's the lushest thing you've ever seen!

Pretty quiet

2008-01-21T06:34:00.000-08:00

That's what this weekend has been. In fact i haven't even been out of the house. We were going to go out and do something on Saturday but i had a migraine so H went canoeing both days and had a whale of a time. He's really up to speed with his training for his 300+ mile charity event now.
And that literally is it! Apart from watching a bit of telly and some cyber surfing i have done bugger all!
This week is going to be fairly busy. Shopping, swimming, speech therapy appointments and a Bliss support group meeting mean that i have lots to keep me occupied. I have parcels to pack for Ebay this morning which i absolutely loathe doing!
Will leave you with a picture of the Coreymeister from yesterday.
Hope you all have a good week!
xxxx

Ailments

2008-01-19T05:48:00.000-08:00

For the last 6 wks i seem to have been ill and its really getting me down.

I seem to have cold after cold, with coughs and sore throats but there may be light at the end of the tunnel. I suffer from Reflux (or GERD as its medically called), have had it for well over 10yrs and take meds every day for it. It seems that i might not be taking enough and all this coughing and hoarseness could well be a symptom of it. I have to increase my medication for 2 wks to see if it improves. Please keep your fingers crossed for me!

So yesterday we didn't have any bumps thankfully. I had the morning to myself after dropping Corey at nursery. I was going to keep him at home after everything that had happened cause he said he wanted to stay at home and was a bit teary but Dave said he thought he would be better off going and so he went. Tears were shed though and lots of them but apparently after 5 mins he was fine. So i tidied, and browsed the www and scrapped again :)

I also got my camera out and took a few snaps of the boy. As you can see he enjoys messing with my computer. he mainly likes the car adverts on YouTube haha!

Today i am suffering with a bad headache and shouldn't really be on here so toodle pip for now!

Success but more bumps!

2008-01-18T06:19:00.000-08:00

So yesterday i took the lil' guy swimming.

We actually could have swam there it was so wet and by the time we got there we were cold and wet. Corey had said to me on the bus there that he just wanted to watch and i had reassured him that he didn't have to do anything, if he just wanted to watch then that was fine. We needed to take things very slowly. So we got changed and into the pool area. It's a nice swimming baths with a walk in pool for the kids and also a small separate one with a small slide in the centre.

initially he just wandered about and put his hands in. Then we sat on the side of the separate pool and dangled our feet in. then he went a bit further, then a bit more, and by the time we went home he was laid on his tummy in the pool, up to his head, pretending to swim. he had a really fun time and would have happily stayed there all morning. It was so refreshing to see him enjoying himself in the water! So we will be going at least once a week from now on and hopefully his confidence will grow every week. he also got a car out of it as i took him to the toy shop afterwards and treated him to a racing car for being such a good boy!

Yes, more bumps! He obviously decided that sporting a blue and red nose wasn't enough. Now Corey does have trouble with coordination and suffers from valgus feet(flat). he has low tone muscle for which we see a Physio for. In everyday life this means he is a bit clumsy and things usually happen all at once, hence another accident yesterday. From what we can gather it looks like he tried to take his PJ bottoms off whilst coming down the stairs, resulting in what he says 'rolling down the stairs!' I heard an initial thud, then a pause which seemed to last minutes, and then a crash and a scream. Corey was in a heap at the bottom of the stairs with a nice bruise on his forehead, scratches to his sides and a nice friction burn on his bum. His PJs were on the next to last step so i'm assuming he came down them all.

So now he looks like he's done 10 rounds with Mike Tyson!
This child will be the death of me!!

OUCH

2008-01-17T06:11:00.000-08:00

So yesterday was a busy day. Went to get my nails done in the morning and then went out with a friend for lunch. Had to pick Corey up from nursery early as he had a hospital appointment. I got to nursery and as soon as i saw him i knew something was wrong. His face looked swollen and he was crying. Apparently, at breakfast, he had tripped, his nose meeting the table edge and he was sporting a lovely swollen, blue and red nose!

I'm a bit miffed that they never rang me in the morning to let me know it had happened but i guess i was too much in shock to say anything but i will on Friday. Anyway, i was a bit worried about it and so asked the doctor his opinion at his appointment. He said if it was broken then it was a straight break and wouldn't cause any problems but we wouldn't know for sure until the swelling has gone down.

Anyway, the hosp appointment went well and we were in and out within 10 mins. He's gained weight and is getting tall(almost 100cms now). The doctor was pleased and we don't need to go back until next year. he would have discharged us but his main consultant is on leave right now and he would be the one to discharge us. He said it was probably best to keep us on the books anyway, just in case. when a child has had Chronic Lung disease as bad as Corey did then it's always best to keep an eye on them i guess.

Didn't get up to anything last night as i was completely shattered and spent most of the evening trying to keep my eyes open!

Today i am taking the little guy swimming so that should be an adventure.

Wish us luck!!!

I actually scrapped!

2008-01-16T07:24:00.000-08:00

Yes you read right, i actually did some scrapbooking yesterday!
I had some free time on my hands so got down to it and finished off two layouts that were probably about 1/2 done. Now i am by no means entirely happy with them. It seems that being out of scrapbooking for a bit has made me sort of forget how to be creative and so i think some scraplifts will be being done in the next few weeks before i find my feet again.
I'm just so happy that i actually crafted!

So yesterday my stepdaughter Laura decided it would be nice if she took her brother out for the day so she picked Corey up at 10:30 and off they went. I was expecting them back around lunchtime but it was almost 4pm when they got back, which was great cause i got loads done and Corey had a blast! the apparently went to carcraft(Corey has a car addiction!), then they went to Toys R Us, then off to the pub for lunch before ending up at Grandads house where they made Ice Creams and watched Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Sounds like a fun day huh??!

Yawn

2008-01-15T06:20:00.000-08:00

Well the 5am regime is still working for me. My house is tidy and i have zero ironing cause i do the few bits i need too first thing in the morning.

Didn't sleep too well last night, lots of random things running through my head.

Today i may get an unexpected hour or two to myself. Laura, Coreys half sister is picking him up and taking him out which is a very rare occurrence. In fact i think it's the first time she's actually taken him out on her own. Corey is very excited and has said he wants to go to Carcraft to look at the cars, the pictures AND bowling hahaha so we'll see what they actually get up to. I might actually get round to a bit of scrapping today if i feel motivated enough!

Sniff, Splutter........

2008-01-14T06:00:00.000-08:00

A cough for 4 wks over Christmas and just when i get over that i get the mother of all colds.

My sinuses hurt and also behind my eyes.

It's been a bit of a viscous circle really. When i started running i felt a boost to my immune system and felt really well. Then i sort of had a lull for a few wks and really felt tired and lethargic. Since then my defences seem to be low and i need to get back to running but feel weak and need to build my strength back up(which running will do!). So as soon as i feel a bit more human i will be off again and hopefully build up some resistance again.

So this weekend has been fairly quiet.

Saturday I spent a lovely day in Manchester with a friend. i can't believe i don't go more often really as i really like it there and it's only 50 minutes away by train(which is free for me).

Yesterday was very quiet with Dave going canoeing and Corey and I just slobbing about in our PJs playing and baking.

Today i am out and about meeting my sister for Coffee and then going to a friends this afternoon.

Hysteria

2008-01-11T11:29:00.000-08:00

Yep, that's probably a good description of our swimming lesson.

Things were going fine.

We picked Corey up from nursery and drove over to the pool. He was chirpy about his lesson until we arrived in the car park where he proclaimed he was scared and had tears in his eyes.

With a bit of reassurance he was fine and we went into the building.

I took him into the changing rooms and put on his swimming outfit.

Took him through to the swimming pool(which was really small and there were only 3 small children) and all he could say was 'We're not going in yet'. So again i reassured him that he wasn't yet but it would be soon(there were a few other children in to start from the previous lesson).

So, the time came to put on armbands. And that is when all hell broke loose. he backed away like a rabbit in the headlights and yelled, screamed, cried and almost made himself sick. I had to take him back into the changing room to calm down and it was quite obvious we weren't going to get anywhere. All he kept saying was he wanted to go home, and so we did.

I doubt we will go back just yet as it is just too traumatic for him. Although he is scared of the swimming baths he is fine in the bath at home. When we have taken him to the baths in the past he has hated it but has gone in a little bit, this was by far the worst i have seen him.

So, for a while we shall take him to the local baths when it is quiet and maybe at first just watch and then slowly try to introduce him to the water on his own terms.

Any advice welcome!

Just thought i'd add a couple of pictures cause i haven't posted any on a while.

Take care everyone xx

Appointments

2008-01-09T07:19:00.000-08:00

Yesterday was the day for appointments.

Corey has his eye test at the Childrens Hospital on the morning and then i had the Doctors in the afternoon.

It's been over a year since Corey went and the reason he has to go is because he had something called retinopathy when he was a baby which was caused by having to have oxygen. Although it sort of corrected itself they did think he was going to be short sighted but on the last exam he seemed to be fine and so we haven't had to go back until now. We got there early(too early cause i thought the appt was at 10 and it was actually 1040!) but it wasn't too bad. He named all the pictures she showed him, even the ones i struggled with and managed to point to the 3D pictures ok. She said his eyesight is exceptional and she was really chuffed with him. if it hadn't been for the fact he was a prem she would have discharged him but she said to go back in 18 months and they will more than likely discharge him them, so great news!

Then we went in to town and had a McDonalds for dinner(i know, naughty mummy!) and met my dad and went for coffee. Then we headed to the doctors getting soaked in the process.

To cut a long story short i have had a cough for about 4 wks and a hourse voice too. As i also suffer from reflux i wonder if the two are combined. To be honest she didn't do much but said she thought it was more than likely something viral. She wanted to check my notes so is going to look at them and give me a call to see if they need to investigate.

Today has been another cleaning day.

Kitchen is spotless, lots of laundry done, cleaned kitchen floor, and shampooed the carpet in the living room which has needed it for a while and looks sooooo much better!

We are off to the swimming baths tonight as Corey has his first swimming lesson. That's going to be fun, NOT!!!

Progress

2008-01-07T10:15:00.000-08:00

Do you ever have days where you feel like you've really achieved something?
The last few days have really felt like that.
I managed to finish a layout i've been faffing about with for ages.
I have done loads of stuff for our Charity event which is happening in July(more about that later).
Loads of internet stuff has been completed and i've done most of the hosuework as well as all my ironing! I guess this getting up at 5am is agreeing with me!
Have been out for lunch with a friend this afternoon and had a lovely time.
Am glad to be indoors now though as the weather is absolutely horrendous here, really windy and raining as well as being freezing!

So if you don't know about our charity event then i'll give you a brief summary.
Our son Corey was born 12 wks premature. Each yr my hubby tries to fit in a charity event. Last year cycling, this year kayaking. He(and a friend) will be kayaking from London to Sheffield, some 300+ miles over approx 10 days. The will be raising money for Bliss, the premature baby charity. If you'd like to donate then you can do that by clicking the link to the left(but please do not feel obliged!). You can keep up with there progress at Krazy Kayaks.
Thanks for reading!

2008-01-06T09:07:00.000-08:00

Good Afternoon to you all!
Hope you're having a good weekend :)
I'm having a motivated and inspired weekend.
Yesterday we had a family day out to Derby to visit the new Westfield shopping centre which was nice. Didn'y buy anything as am trying to save money for my trip to LA in April but it's always nice to mooch about the shops and browse. Had some lunch in their food court and then came home and just potted about for the afternoon.
This morning i was up at 7am and went for an early morning run. Now about a month ago i could do 4 miles but i'm nowhere near that at the moment. I think i managed about a mile, maybe a bit more and i was out of breath. It certainly invigorated me though and i've felt good all day.
I've done all my ironing, tidied the living room, kitchen and bathroom as well as cleaning windows inside and out and cooked Sunday dinner. Am now trying to get some correspondance done and then i can chill out and relax later. Who knows, i may even do a bit of scrapbooking!!

New Regime

2008-01-02T10:39:00.000-08:00

About nine months ago or so i decided that i would change the way i did things and took a leaf out of Stacey Julians book. She used to get up at 5am(i know, i know) and go to bed earlyish. Getting up at 5am enabled her to go jogging, prepare dinner, sort emails etc... whilst everyone was sleeping and it really set her up for the day. She was so used to doing it i guess it was just second nature to her. Anyway, after a few weeks of me doing it the novelty wore off and so the alarm clock was well and truly turned off.
However, i have decided it is time to re-establish some semblance of routine and i am going to start getting up early again.
This morning saw me up at 530am and by the time i took Corey to nursery at 745am i left the house clean and tidy! I'm also hoping it's going to help with my insomnia. I tend to go to bed when hubby does at 10pm but end up either lying there awake or going downstairs to watch TV til midnight. If i'm up early i may be tired enough to sleep.
While i'm here, take a look at my latest gadget(gadget girl should be my nickname!). It's a DAB radio which i can also use as speakers for my iPod touch!
It is very, very cool indeed!

Bye for now xxxx

New Year, New Start?

2008-01-01T07:52:00.000-08:00

Doesn't everyone say that on January 1st?

I guess they do.

I'm not necessarily changing things massively but there are a few things that need to be done.

Firstly, sort my finances out. Although i wouldn't say we are in financial trouble i would like to clear some debts so we have more money to play with.

Be more organised! I did get into being organised last year a' la Flylady and then it sort of fell by the wayside. So i am going to get off my butt and makes things happen this year. Although i don't massively agree with Flylady (she's a bit too OTT for my liking) i do agree with some of her points.

Scrapbooking has been very low on the agenda in the latter part of 2007 so i shall be making an effort to get out the papers and photographs and create some layouts.

Last but most certainly not least is to keep my weight off. As i haven't blogged in months you won't know that since August i have lost 23lbs in weight. I decided i was just too flabby and so i started running. In the last month however i haven't done any and although i haven't put any weight on i do feel unfit and flabby. So this morning i went jogging for the first time in ages and was out of breath very quickly. Considering a month ago i could go 4 miles this isn't good so i will be going everyday until i can get back to maximum fitness again!

Another thing you guys won't know is that in November Dave, my hubby, won Rail Trainer of the Year and so in April we are jetting off to Los Angeles courtesy of the Railstaff Awards. I am very excited!

All that remains to be said is a very Happy New Year to you all. May it bring you much happiness!

New beginnings

2007-12-25T07:32:00.001-08:00

Yes, I am going to start blogging again.

It might not necessarily be an everyday thing but I will certainly blog regularly.

Lots of things to tell but that can wait until tomorrow when I have more time.

All that remains for me to say is I hope you are all having a very Merry Christmas!!

xxxxxxx