In between jobs....

Hey gorgeous gals, I'm just doin a quick blog in between my two jobs today.

The weather is just gorgeous out, it really puts a spring in my step and I say hello to everyone or good morning with a smile but it's surprising how many people don't even look up and acknowledge your comment or even just a smile back, miserable sods, oh well I've still got a spring in my step so big 'raspberry' to you.

Thanks Fee for my award, I have no idea what I have to do, so I literally just list 10 things about me?? this may take some time as I'm quite boring!!

Anyway, crochet is coming on 'ok' I've managed to do a few flowers, I am meeting up with Cuckoo, big cuckoo and mini cuckoo tomorrow, we are going to attempt a wool shop with 3 children (little lady coming with me), I am away next week and want to start my Granny Blanket.

Oh crap, I can't upload my picture, anyway it was of my finished Granny Square, 2 flowers and the start of another Granny Square where I've changed the yarn, it's not great but I'm definitely feeling more confident.

Oh, it's now uploaded it, sorry that the photo is a bit pants, I'm not a great photo taker but you get the idea!!
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My first ever Granny Square...

This is a huge achievement for me, I usually give up on anything like this, I get frustrated that everyone else can do it and seem to grasp it much quicker that I can, I'm always at the back of the queue, anyway, so I am chuffed to bits with this, in fact I could cry....how ridiculous is that!!! it would be tears of joy of course.

So this is a short blog too as I can't wait to get back to my Granny Square, I've fallen in love.

Luv Bee x x

Life is so precious

Just doing a quick blog, this week (infact over a 48hr period), I know of two people that have been killed in car accidents, one was a man who lived in the town where I grew up, he was approx 45yrs old and was a local postman, he had two young children.

The other, a very popular young lady who had 3 young girls, I went to school with her husband, head on car accident with a milk tanker, just awful.

It's just shaken me up a bit and made me want to slap myself for moaning about how much cleaning I need to do etc etc...

Life is so precious x x

Meditation time.......

I started this blog on Sunday and have been so damn busy and no 'me' time that I haven't had chance to finish it til now, on Saturday night I was practising my crochet (and had a glass of red too)while Darr cooked dinner!!! I know, don't all gasp at once, he cooked Red Thai Curry and it was delicious, I then cosyed up on the sofa with a nice cuppa while watching Camelot, I love anything like that especially now The Tudors has finished.  Darr had a lovely lie in on Sunday but two little people wanted to give their home-made cards to daddy so he was bounced on around 8.45am (which wasn't a bad lie in).  We then headed off to the new John Lewis in Poole as I wanted to try and find some curtains for our living room, I fell in love with all of them and eventually chose a gorgeous flowery pair, thankfully as I'm a J.L partner I get a 25% discount.

In the evening we ate scrummy roast beef after which I practised more crochet, it's looking much neater, just need to try my first project, my mum is over on friday night so I am hoping to attempt something with her help.

I've had a couple of moments this week where I have felt overwhelmed by the stupidest of things, like - to much house work, ironing, gardening, work, children drop off's and collect etc etc (you get my drift) and while I was cooking dinner I was listening to Radio 2, as I always do, and they had this guy on talking about meditation, well I looked up his website (www.getsomeheadspace.com) i'm trying out his programme and only a few days in I already feel like I can relax and breathe through those moments when I feel I'm loosing control, even if it's just physiological I don't care, whatever works I say.

I need to keep this short as I'm desperate to keep practising my crochet. Below are a few photo's of my family for you to see.

This is Darr taking a photo of himself, he was on route to join us in Devon, 95miles...mad man!!!

Little ones enjoying an ice-lolly at Paignton Zoo

Me and little ones enjoying a walk around Stour Head, Wiltshire.

Enjoying the Steam Train in Devon

Sorry if the photo's are a bit blurred and I also haven't worked out how to add a caption under the photos, it'll do for now.  Right, off to crochet I go...
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Cuckoo's birthday pressie & my crochet....

I ordered cuckoo's pressie ages and ages ago from her Wish List on Waterstones and it arrived this week, just in time for her arrival with mini cuckoo today, Cute & Easy Crochet (above).

I spent yesterday evening with my mum, who is amazing at crochet/sewing/knitting/crafty stuff etc, I last tried crochet in the autumn at the seaside house in Salcombe with cockoo and just haven't had the patience or time since so I really surprised myself at how well I remembered and how much neater it was compared to my last attempt, it's just rows of dc and tc so i get the hang of it and when I'm confident enough I'll have a go at making something simple (I would be grateful for any suggestions).  I feel myself getting completely absorbed when I'm doing crocheting, very relaxing and completely switch off, this is an exciting project and my mum made me a wonderful bag as a Christmas gift to store all my crochet work/wool/hooks etc.  One thing I find really frustrating about my little house is there is no space to keep my sewing machine and crafty bits 'n' bobs, at the moments it's kept in my wardrobe and because it's just stored away I never really use it,so in my living room (behind my sofas) is a play area for the children, well somewhere I store their toys and I think it's about time I had some room back, so I'm going to move all their toys into their rooms and purchase a table with drawers in and a pretty chair, nothing expensive, I might have a look on the Ikea website, that way I know I'll use my sewing machine more, I feel quite excited about doing that too.

Right, better get the dinner on as it's work tonight, I work two evenings a week at Waitrose, as well as housekeeping approx 8hrs a week and some ironing here and there....it all helps.

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Going a bit crackers......

Who on earth decided we needed hormones...ok ok, I get the baby making bit but who decided they can sometimes make you feel like complete and utter shite, I mean sometimes I go crazy in the head, completely barking mad and my mind does the strangest of things!!! I also have to confess..I talk to myself all the time and (oh god) out loud, it's obviously a family thing as my dad did it too, I'd often catch him talking away to himself, proper full on arguments and if he knew I'd seen him he'd get all embarrassed and scuttle away.  It needs to stop I think...but how?? I never fall out with myself and rarely answer back, it's actually quite nice to be right all the time but then there's the whole, she's going a bit mad!!!

This is where I've decided it's time I found myself some hobbies, to do something more constructive with my time (other than talking to myself), and also find out who 'Bee' really is, not the girl who always follows the leader, does as they do, wear what they wear, say what they say.  It's always, I wish I had that, I wish I could be like that rather than being happy with little old me, so a plan is what I need, oh and of course a list, I LOVE LISTS!!!

First thing first, get my head around this bloody crocheting, looks more like spaghetti junction so my wonderful mum is coming to help, she has the patience of a saint thank goodness, a hobby I want stick to but I keep giving up, but I am struggling on, it's the whole time thing so gonna give it another bash. I always give up at the first hurdle so this might be the first thing I follow through with...exciting!! and also, getting out on my bike and getting some exercise, might help with the (ssshhh...moods) and work on these extra loafs at the bottom of my back either side, just above my hips, I don't want them there anymore....yuk!!!!

So if you read this, little encouragement would go a long way.

New to this lark

I've just started, so bare with me....

I've heard lots about this 'blogging lark' and thought I'd give it a whiz, love FB but joined Twitter and I just don't get it so here I am trying this.

It's been a bit of a mad day, felt really sad this morning so as yesterday we couldn't get outside (rain rain and more rain...) I've just taken the children out on their bikes up to Orchard Park, it's a nice walk but along a main road for a bit which frightens me to death but we then turn off into a housing estate and I can breathe again, Orchard Park has lots of plants, flowers, grow your own etc...it has a lovely cafe (didn't do that today) but they also have a lovely shop with wonderful delights, I always make sure I don't take my purse unless we're going to the cafe, must be careful with the notes these days.

It's gonna be a short blog to start as my two little ones are playing around me and I always feel very guilty if I'm not entertaining them, so off I go for now.