Sunday, April 24, 2011
Friday, April 22, 2011
Not so good friday
Happy Easter all!
I've had a lovely bank holiday; lazing this morning, visiting Lily this afternoon, saying goodbye to X until Sunday, reading in the sunshine, and now enjoying the peace and quiet and catching up on tv.
That said, I'm so much more in the mood for misbehaving!! So much for Good Friday eh?! Though as there is no misbehaving to be done, I guess I will have to be good after all...!
I've had a lovely bank holiday; lazing this morning, visiting Lily this afternoon, saying goodbye to X until Sunday, reading in the sunshine, and now enjoying the peace and quiet and catching up on tv.
That said, I'm so much more in the mood for misbehaving!! So much for Good Friday eh?! Though as there is no misbehaving to be done, I guess I will have to be good after all...!
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Crush
I have a new crush!
It's been brewing for a while, and has started in that inimitable way of cyber stalking, lol. Me, not him.
Anyway, after some successful stalking, and some very creative thinking in terms of getting in touch, I am due to meet him at work tomorrow (for a work thing). Hopefully he is as lovely in the flesh as on the screen.
Although I think he may be seeing someone. And he may be 12 years younger than me! Yah boo! Time will tell though, eh, and it's still the fun of the crush :-)
It's been brewing for a while, and has started in that inimitable way of cyber stalking, lol. Me, not him.
Anyway, after some successful stalking, and some very creative thinking in terms of getting in touch, I am due to meet him at work tomorrow (for a work thing). Hopefully he is as lovely in the flesh as on the screen.
Although I think he may be seeing someone. And he may be 12 years younger than me! Yah boo! Time will tell though, eh, and it's still the fun of the crush :-)
Monday, April 18, 2011
Home again
Well, we have returned from our short sojourn to the wonderful Clacton on Sea, and I say that in a completely non-ironic way as it was actually really lovely.
We were staying on a holiday park not far away in St Osyth, and were expecting a caravan only to arrive and find we had been allocated a little detached bungalow/chalet! Not the most auspicious of properties, but certainly good enough for our little stay. Spent the first afternoon/evening wandering around the campsite, strolling along the seafront, nipping into the clubhouse, and generally getting our bearings, before a relatively early night after the days travelling.
Saturday dawned bright and beautiful so we decided to bite the bullet and head for Clacton itself, which was a great call. The beach is great and the pier is huge, and the actual seafront is really pretty, it was much better than I expected and nicer than many typical seaside towns. We spent a great day there, with gorgeous sunshine on the beach and then a fabulous time in the funfair part, with X getting her groove on the trampoline thingies and the mini water Zorbs. Watching Bridey on the jungle top type climb thingy will probably go down in history as one of my funniest times, although possibly one of her traumatic times! The evening was topped off with a night in the clubhouse playing bingo (we didn't win!) and watching the cheesy entertainment whilst I introduced Bridey to the delights of Cherry Lambrini! A slightly drunken couple of mum's, and 3 sober kids headed to bed late, after a good time by all!
Sunday brought with it a little more cloud so we headed to the inside swimming pool for the morning, which was good, although slightly disappointingly the log flume wasn't in action, and after deciding not to shower before swimming I then forgot the shampoo/conditioner/shower gel needed to shower after! However, the sun started to come out as we were leaving, so after a quick shower back at the pad it was time to hit the outdoor play area and the sunshine, and a few hours later the kids (the bigger two anyway) were back in the swimming pool, although this time the outdoor one! Yes, in England, in April!!! Another relatively quiet evening, after an hour of discoing in the clubhouse, as we were visiting Colchester Zoo the next day before the long drive home.
So off we set on Monday, getting to the Zoo just as the weather picked up, and had a fabulous time there. The zoo is absolutely gorgeous, and both of us felt it was probably the best one we'd been to. The animals all had great pens and enclosures, lots of which you could actually walk through and if the animals were close they were close! It really felt very interactive, and despite being really busy was clean both in the enclosures and out. I would definitely recommend it for anybody who is going to be in that part of the world! We stayed until about 5pm before setting off for home (via McDonalds) and enjoyed every minute of it.
All I need to do now is pick up the bags from where we dropped them when we came in, empty them, get a long bath and an early night before work again tomorrow...!
We were staying on a holiday park not far away in St Osyth, and were expecting a caravan only to arrive and find we had been allocated a little detached bungalow/chalet! Not the most auspicious of properties, but certainly good enough for our little stay. Spent the first afternoon/evening wandering around the campsite, strolling along the seafront, nipping into the clubhouse, and generally getting our bearings, before a relatively early night after the days travelling.
Saturday dawned bright and beautiful so we decided to bite the bullet and head for Clacton itself, which was a great call. The beach is great and the pier is huge, and the actual seafront is really pretty, it was much better than I expected and nicer than many typical seaside towns. We spent a great day there, with gorgeous sunshine on the beach and then a fabulous time in the funfair part, with X getting her groove on the trampoline thingies and the mini water Zorbs. Watching Bridey on the jungle top type climb thingy will probably go down in history as one of my funniest times, although possibly one of her traumatic times! The evening was topped off with a night in the clubhouse playing bingo (we didn't win!) and watching the cheesy entertainment whilst I introduced Bridey to the delights of Cherry Lambrini! A slightly drunken couple of mum's, and 3 sober kids headed to bed late, after a good time by all!
Sunday brought with it a little more cloud so we headed to the inside swimming pool for the morning, which was good, although slightly disappointingly the log flume wasn't in action, and after deciding not to shower before swimming I then forgot the shampoo/conditioner/shower gel needed to shower after! However, the sun started to come out as we were leaving, so after a quick shower back at the pad it was time to hit the outdoor play area and the sunshine, and a few hours later the kids (the bigger two anyway) were back in the swimming pool, although this time the outdoor one! Yes, in England, in April!!! Another relatively quiet evening, after an hour of discoing in the clubhouse, as we were visiting Colchester Zoo the next day before the long drive home.
So off we set on Monday, getting to the Zoo just as the weather picked up, and had a fabulous time there. The zoo is absolutely gorgeous, and both of us felt it was probably the best one we'd been to. The animals all had great pens and enclosures, lots of which you could actually walk through and if the animals were close they were close! It really felt very interactive, and despite being really busy was clean both in the enclosures and out. I would definitely recommend it for anybody who is going to be in that part of the world! We stayed until about 5pm before setting off for home (via McDonalds) and enjoyed every minute of it.
All I need to do now is pick up the bags from where we dropped them when we came in, empty them, get a long bath and an early night before work again tomorrow...!
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Seaside
Pray for good weather this weekend folks! X and I are off to a cheap deal caravan by the seaside near Clacton on Sea tomorrow, along with Bridey and her two in tow! I'm looking forward to it, although I'm a little concerned about having to share a caravan with a 15mth old for four days! I feel ear plugs to prevent the early mornings may be in order!
It will be nice to get away though, even if the weather doesn't favour us (although please don't let it rain all weekend!), as long as it's nice enough to get on the beach for a few hours a day, to eat chips on the pier, and to get some fresh sea air in our lungs that will be just fine with me!
It will be nice to get away though, even if the weather doesn't favour us (although please don't let it rain all weekend!), as long as it's nice enough to get on the beach for a few hours a day, to eat chips on the pier, and to get some fresh sea air in our lungs that will be just fine with me!
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Saturday, April 09, 2011
Butterfly
I have been out socialising for the start of a hectic weekend of being a social butterfly this week, and have just got in from a party to Smiler and Mrs Smilers this evening, to say farewell as he has rejoined the Army and is off to Afghanistan for 6 months on Wednesday! It was nice that there were quite a lot of us there, so a good time was had by all and it was great that he got to have a good bash with his mates and leave feeling all popular and loved.
Tomorrow night its girly night in the OG household, and the celebration (albeit alittle belatedly) of Spring at last! Cocktails and cupcakes are planned, along with much gossiping girlies! I'm looking forward to it, though I think X might be looking forward to it even more! Even though she isn't really invited, lol. I will let her host for an hour or so before hooshing her off to her room though - I'm not a completely mean Mummy!
After all that late night partying, the weekend is rounding off with a Sunday afternoon at Bridey's, with dinner supplied for me - always a bonus - and if the weather holds, it will no doubt be an afternoon in the garden to boot. I'll need another weekend to get over this one at this rate!
Tomorrow night its girly night in the OG household, and the celebration (albeit alittle belatedly) of Spring at last! Cocktails and cupcakes are planned, along with much gossiping girlies! I'm looking forward to it, though I think X might be looking forward to it even more! Even though she isn't really invited, lol. I will let her host for an hour or so before hooshing her off to her room though - I'm not a completely mean Mummy!
After all that late night partying, the weekend is rounding off with a Sunday afternoon at Bridey's, with dinner supplied for me - always a bonus - and if the weather holds, it will no doubt be an afternoon in the garden to boot. I'll need another weekend to get over this one at this rate!
Wednesday, April 06, 2011
Well I never
I've been off work today, feeling a little off colour, and have made the most of the time by watching back to back recorded True Blood Series 3, and I have to say, strangely, it seems to have been particularly full of male snogging, which, also strangely, I have found most enjoyable!
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