One disadvantage of working Sundays

Hubby and the children had a great time playing in the snow

Having been brought a cupcake maker for my birthday I have got quite creative but here is my first attempt at meringues with lemon meringue cupcakes

Where does the time go?

It has been nearly a year since I last posted. I don't think as myself as a busy person but I think going to college has highlighted that I do do quite a bit or at least my time is used up.

I love my sleep I always have done, from a very young age and through most of my school life I used to come home and fall asleep. If Nan did not wake me for dinner I would sleep right through.

It was not till I had Charlotte did I truly realise how long a day really was. She was a good baby but I was still up early with her and her last feed would be quite late. Then things are never the same again!!!

So here I am nearly 9 years later with two more children and a very forced apon feeling of Who needs sleep anyway!!!!!

Charlotte and Harry are now at school, Sarah goes to nursery 3 days a week. Harry has Cricket and football after school and Charlotte has brownies. I have 3 council meetings a month and work Fridays and Sundays. I have just become Secatary and 1 of about 4 perminant leaders of a youth group K.I.T.E ( Kids In Thier Element) Mark works steady hours so he is always home about 5:30 each day.

To me this means a very busy week I have friends that have lots more on than this but I think they are either bonkers or just Supermums but I'm sure as they get older and Sarah starts school it will get even worse. She just keeps me up late. She does not need much sleep at all. She will fall asleep after nursery at 4 for about an hour of two then thats it she is in hypermode untill she drops at some stupid oclock in the night or early morning.

College Showed me I am useless at English and maths although I did pass my exams I did not do so well on my Uni interview day.I am no good at interviews or group interviews. (Think this may be why I did not get accepted in to college) and I am highly unorganised. It was not till after college did I get my first diary. I found it on a site called Orgasnised Mum!!!!! it is wonderfull. If I remember to put things in it.

Pyjama day!!! We walked around Huntingdon town and raised over £500( College record) for Hinchingbrooke hospital

I also did The midnight walk this year in my Pyjamas with my Friend Carey.

Went to see 30 Secondes to Mars!!!!
Enter Shakari were Supporting.

One thing I did come out of College knowing is all about the Heart I seamed to have memorised that.

My Friend Lisa and me at a Charity event in the town. Shortly after this we had our first Council meeting and Lisa was made Mayor of Ramsey!!!

And Saw the long awaited Harry Potter!!!!

I was very sad to see the end that I read the book again. and then was rather disapointed in the film so to anyone who has not read the books or seen the films (If there is anyone out there) Read the Books!!! they are by far better.

I must be MAD!!!

After 14 years I am now a college student again!

I am doing
Access to Health Care (diploma)
which is Level 3 - A level standard

Very Scary for me considering my highest GCSE was a D. This is why I am doing the Access, If I can't do this course I've got no hope doing the Nursing course which is degree level.

Talk about feeling like a school kid, I walked into reception (Back straight eyes forward...You can do this!!!) told them what course I was doing and they gave me directions. Of I set, to the library they said...MMmmmm lot of men there, businessy types a few girls. Not being stereotypical but they did not look like nursing students, but hey what does a nursing student look like. so I stood out side for a little while not many people walked past....maybe I should go and ask again maybe they said a class by the library.
As I walked back i heard a group talking. "Access... nursing ... "
Excuse me I asked very nervously are you doing the access to nursing course. "I am" spoke one. Cool can I walk with you I asked and breathed a sigh of relief when she said yes.
Of to the library we walked again and we walked in and both saying we were glad we were not going in by ourselves( the rest of her group were doing something else). It turned out that all students in the library were access students and we would be split up into our courses when everyone arrived.

This week was my induction week, lots of form filling and team building exercises, principle talk and getting to meet the bunch of great "girls" I will be spending the next year studying with. We are mostly mature students who have been out of the education system for some time or have not got the grade to go straight into Nursing, Most want to go into Midwifery but there is one other that wants to do health visitor like me!

I go Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday ,so my typical college morning will be:
7:00 see off hubby
8:20 have all 3 kids and myself ready to leave the house
8:30 Sarah dropped off at nursery
8:40 Charlotte Dropped off at junior school
8:45 Harry Dropped off at infants school
9:00 I am at college.....

well that's the theory, my induction week started at 10:00 so next week will be the tester will let you all know how I get on

as I say " All Fun &Games"!!!!

25 facts Revisited

In Feb 2009 I posted 25 random facts about me and said I would See if much had changed in about a year. The problem was a lot of them were pretty factual and apart from Children's ages and number of years I've been married not a lot has changed.



So I thought this time I would just go random...things I want to do Things I have done and What I like and don't like.



1. Concerts so far are: New kids on the block, Busted with McFly, Blue & liberty X, Simply Red, Bon Jovi twice, JLS,Diversity etc.



2. I've got a huge girly crush on Jared Leto and will be seeing 30 seconds to Mars in November,



3. I have made Some great friends in the playground now that both Charlotte and Harry go to school.



4. I now Have 2/3 children in school



5. If there is such a thing as Facebook anonymous I think I might need to join it. It's not like I sit at it all day but if I'm home it's on( is that a bit like I can stop if i want or its only one or two a night)



6. I've rediscovered my love of reading and in the last six months has read twilight, war of the worlds and The lovely bones and reread a couple of Stephen King and Terry Pratchett books



7.I am now missing a body part!!! I have had ,my Gall Bladder removed.



8. I should be starting college in September, to do my access to nursing!



9. I want to be a Health visitor.



10.Favorite programmes at the moment are: NCIS, NCIS LA, Bones, Lie to me, Criminal Minds, Cougar town, Cake boss Miami ink , Top gear and Phenius and Ferb...Most of which have just finished there season run.



11. Is finding this very hard



12. I did the midnight walk and will try and do it every year!!!!



13. Loves the NESCAFE Dolce Gusto She got her husband for Christmas!!!



14. Wants to go see My chemical romance, Good Charlotte, Bowling for soup.



15. music in my MP3 player at the moment is a mix of : 30 STM, My Chemical romance, Michael Buble, Ryan Dan, Papa Roach Black eyed peas, Kids in glass houses, war of the worlds, +44, EMF, They might be giants and Biffy Clyro



16. Enjoys her Wednesday Mornings with no Children, which is usually spent in the local cafe with her friends putting the worlds to rights!!!!!



17. Has set the Challenge that at least once a month I will cook/bake something I have never done before, this week I made Chocolate Cola cake.



18. Charlotte has shown an interest in cooking so i have brought a cooking scrapbook so we can do things together and keep a record of our good bad and ugly...Pizza twists are the first thing to go in. They were Lovely!!!!



19.I want to go: Base jumping, white water rafting, parachuting, skiing, Rally car driving



20.Still prefer Cold to Hot



21 Green is still my Favorite colour



22 Elephants are still my favorite animal



24. Children are now ages 7,5,2



25. Have now been Married to My lovely Husband for 11 Years and have been together 15 years!!!!!

The Festival of Sound

We took Charlotte to her 1st music festival Yesterday. We had such a good time with friends and Family, It was the biggest event ever to happen in Peterborough with a turn out of 18,500.

Headlining were JLS

There was also Diversity (Britons got talent winners2009) and Diane Vickers (X Factor 2008)

and Alex Gardner, RD and the Score

We had this booked for month and we actually managed to keep it from Charlotte,

On the day we told her that because she had an excellent school report and amazing SAT results we were going to treat her. So when we told her we were going to take her to see JLS and Diversity we were surprised to see the horror on her face but then we told her ,her friend Leah was coming and Laura and Katie her cousins, She soon changed, gave me the whole head wobble and hip shake " I am soo going to that"

18,500 people turned out for this, It was a great day.

Behind the big tower in the middle was a BIG screen so the 9 of us sat down on our picnic blankets up by that so we could see the stage and the big screen and had a relaxing couple of hours stiitng chatting and listening to the support acts, then as diversity came on we watched them from the stage and Mark took Charlotte as close as he could so she got to see them on stage

Then that was it time to pack up and find your Spot, we actually got a good spot just behind were everyone is packed in like sardines and we had a good view and room to move, It was hard for the kids to see but wee took it in turns picking them up but about half way through the were happy just dancing around......

That gave me a chance to go back a few years.

SCCCRRRREEEEAAAAAMMMMM!!!!!!!

SCREEEEEEAAAAAAAMMMM!!!!!

I Love Concerts, They were soo good they put on a show, flashed a bit of chest and Sang really well

SCCCCRRREEEEEEAAAAM!!!!!!!!

"Mum why do the crowd keep screaming and you????"

"It shows them how much you like them, the loader the scream the more you like them"

Charlotte just looked at me as if to say Your Mad!!!!

SCREEEAAA......POP

mmmmmm

SCREAAAA......

SCREaaa....

OPPPs I Think I might have screamed a bit too much, felt throat go pop now cant shout, ohh well sign of a good night me thinks, it was now dark the stage lights looking good kids dancing and the parents having a singalong and a sway.....because we all knew the words even if they were not going to admit it lol

I must say the kids all did well we got there at 16:00 and did not get back to car till about 23:00 and there was very little moaning and snipping

We came home to a sleeping Sarah and Harry who had been taken out for the day THANKS AGAIN JULIE Charlotte had fell asleep in the car and Mark carried her up so all in all a good day and no one woke up till 7:30 the next day so even better!

I see Trouble ahead!

I've said a few times that I am worried about the 'bond' between Harry and Sarah and that I was glad he started school when he did, She is his little shadow, She copies everything he does and I mean everything, Walking to school if he taps a wall she will do it if he bends down to pick somthing up she does too. This also goes for all the bad he does too like jumping on the funiture and running around.

Harrys latest Bedtime delaying tactic is to sit in his room shouting down how hungry He is.

After numerious times of telling him he is not and it is time for bed Sarah walks past me with an apple and heads upstairs calling Harry.