Great British Bake Off, Crochet & Power Walking!!! phew...

I've just sat down on the sofa after a Power Walk/jog, I went to the doctors on Monday with a few issues, I always like to take a list with several problems, I build them up, she finds this very funny, I can't just go with one thing, I have to go with several, weird I know but that's me.  Anyway one of the things was that I've been dipping again, no not in the sea, with my hormones, alittle low and she suggested that I try to do some form of exercise but nothing to heavy as I can't, she suggested Power Walking for 30mins, 3 times per week and tonight was my first time, it felt quite good BUT I'm useless at sticking with anything, I always give up or can't be bothered anymore, so fingers crossed I'll stick with this, she said that exercise helps serotonin flow and naturally makes you feel happier so watch this space.

So I'm sat on the sofa as I've said, ready to blog, turn the t.v on and GASP!!! The Great British Bake Off is on...uuhh!!! no adverts on t.v, no one has mentioned it...oh ekk, I love this programme, thank goodness for BBC IPlayer I say, I'll watch it tomorrow night as it had already been on for 45mins, I love Mary Berry, I find her recipes easy and yummy, she's just great and I do like Mel & Sue, I think they annoyed Cuckoo on the last series, well I think it was Cuckoo, I find them really amusing,

Granny Blanket is coming on...

Cuckoo kindly assisted with these photo's, well actually I can't take any credit, she took them all, she does take a good photo, here's some more

I would really love to crochet some coasters for my new (if that ever happens...) living room, has anyone got a any nice patterns or suggestions, I was advised to use cotton yarn rather than my usual acrylic yarn and also to starch them but I'm just not sure as I'm still a beginner, so any suggestions would be appreciated.  

I was well chewy this weekend when I mentioned my crochet to some friends and their husbands at a BBQ, they basically completely took the mick out of me and called me an old granny, I felt so defensive, in fact I could have punched my friends husband who is a complete hob nob....gggrrr, it made me so angry, I really love it that I've found something I really enjoy, I've tried a drawing & painting course with my mum, who I have to say is very talented and I'm certainly NOT good at anything arty, Cuckoo even helped me with my Art coursework, I think she drew a mouse or rabbit....I'm sure she'll remind me.

Anyway, so to have eventually at 35yrs old find something I feel very passionate about, feels slightly relieving really, that I found a hobby I enjoy and can do!! 

The last few weeks has all been about keeping calm and carrying on, as they say, it's been a bit stressful trying to keep my little ones happy and on the go, I know I shouldn't say this but I'm looking forward to school term starting, it's hard work as Darr has had hardly any time off so it's all been down to me with the entertainment, although we did have a family day down at Chesil Beach near Abbotsbury on Sunday, we all had a go at fishing and caught 7 mackrel, great fun and the children loved it, if they are happy, we are happy.

It was great to see my gorgeous angel Cuckoo and the boys this week, just what I needed, we had lots of fun and I especially enjoyed cuddles with mini cuckoo, although I did make him cry at one point!!! precious time with my family, just lovely.

Off for more gorgeous crochet now, enjoy the rest of your week girlies, much love Bee x x x x

2 weeks down, 4 to go.....

I just want to say that I'm sorry for not blogging, I'd love to be on here more but time is limited at the moment due to school holidays etc...I completely agree with cuckoo's recent blog, trying to find a balance is a job in itself  but hey that's what us women do best isn't it!!! and don't we do it well, so big pat on the backs ladies.

I love looking at photo's on others blogs, it helps break up the blog and a picture tells the story so well but my effin (only 6yrs old) camera has died and gone to heaven and my mobile is from the dark ages, in fact it's quite an embarrassment and I try not to get it out that often so unfortunately I am pictureless for a while.

I'm on a diet, CCCCRRRRRAAAAPPPPP, why is it that you constantly feel hungry, even though you read that you shouldn't allow yourself to get hungry by eating little and often ie. carrot sticks and fruit etc, you still have that hunger prang, it's day 2...yep only day 2...and I'm hungry but I try to imagine what those poor babies and young children must feel in Africa and then nearly punch myself for moaning, but so far it's going well and I'm going to start swimming one night a week and maybe try to get out on my bike another night, but I don't want to 'overdo' it at this early stage (any excuse).

I've been invited to one of Darr's friends girlfriends (get it!!) 30th birthday party and I will do anything I have to not to go, the girls boyfriend (Darr's friend) is a complete and utter prat, I could call him much harsher words but I won't lower myself, I actually hate the guy (long long story why) and I know he hates me so it's far easier if we don't go BUT Darr wants to.....gggrrr!!!! trying to persuade him that he should go and I'll stay home with the little ones but he's not swallowing it (pardon the pun), he says it's time to move on bla bla bla, whatever Darr, it wasn't you that fell out with him!!! so any suggestions would be appreciated, I don't want to be seen as the 'awkward wife' and actually it might...might be nice to see some of the other people but I just don't want to see him and well....it's not like he's not going to be there.

Had another trip to Southampton hospital this week, me and the little ones are seen there by our specialists, little lad was born with a hole in his heart that has now sealed over and little lady has a heart murmur on top of me having Cardiomyopathy (Hocom) that they may also have as it's heredity, anyway it was for little lady and yes she has a heart murmur but hopefully it will never effect her, they will just keep an eye on her every two years.  We (my brother and I) are going to have some blood taken for Genetic Testing, basically if they find a matching genetic fault then little lad and little lady can be tested to see if they have the same genetic fault and if so then they will at some point develop Hocom but if they don't have the genetic fault then they won't develop it which of course is what I am hoping (praying) but if they do then I know I can cope with it and have a plan for their care, So I am now waiting to hear from a Geneticist so we can get the ball rolling.

I might not be back again for a few weeks but I'm still here and reading your lovely blogs, roll on September x x x x x

Hook...and go

I've really missed blog over the last week, I've got loads to read and here's a wee one from me.

My Granny Blanket is coming along, so so many more square to do but this is how it looks so far

4wks work....

When I look at them above I keep thinking, crickey it's going to take a LONG time but it'll be worth it and actually that feels quite a nice feeling, my first simple project that I now feel comfortable doing may be finished late autumn, lovely.

one of my favorite squares

my little stack

I've been thinking for a while now about leaving Waitrose, my little cleaning jobs are going well and I actually enjoy doing it (never ever thought I'd say that), so I approached my line manager and explained how I felt and she suggested moving department and alter my hours, so that's what I've done, as of the end of Aug I'll only be working one evening and my other hours will be in the day, I feel quite excited about this new move so fingers crossed it'll all work out.

I felt I needed to stay really as although I wasn't earning huge amounts from Waitrose there are the pros of staff discounts etc plus I am desperately saving for a new living room.  We've already decorated and our new sofa's arrive in Sept, I've chosen some gorgeous solid oak furniture but I need to save my pennies but hope to be able to have it all done before the end of October, one major pain a few weeks ago put a spanner in the works.  Darr took the radiator off the wall so we could decorate and when he put it back on he didn't turn the top screw tight enough and flooded the carpet with rusty water....GREAT!! and it's not the first time he's done this but oh well....I've never ever claimed on my house insurance but decided to give them a call and to cut a long story short I also now have a new carpet arriving.

Had a great day out today with the children and my neighbour and her little girl, we did a bit of shopping, I know...mad with 3 children but they were fairly well behaved and then we went to a new park which they absolutely loved, however little lad ended up having a sand fight with another boy, lots of tears and bla bla bla, what is it with boys, little lady seems like a saint compared to her brother these days, he's got an answer for everything, but but but, no not doing that, your not my friend anymore ARGHHHHHH, honestly once he is in bed I just find I collapse on the sofa, I'm hoping it's because he really really needs to start school and I'm sure it's just another one of the phases, do those phases ever pass? if he's anything like his dad..NO!!!

I'm off to catch up on other blogs now, be back soon luv Bee x x

Cracking crochet...

I'm sort of going off my crocheting of Granny Squares, I got on with it tonight but still struggle with the effin first round GRRRRRRRRRRR, making me all cross and annoyed, so I've put the square to one side and am trying something else for a little break, snow flakes, that way I get plenty of time before..I can't say the word yet but you know what I mean!!! the 'C' word

They are very pretty and I quite like trying something different, I'll be back to the squares as soon as, I would like my blanket finished before the the end of Autumn (ha...yeh right...good luck with that Bee)

What a week so far, nursery is packing in a leaving concert, leaving picnic, leaving sports day, leaving top-table sale, phew!!! I'll have to do this all again next year when little lady leaves nursery for big school, they seem to be cramming so much in, poor little lad is exhausted and so are we.

It's little lads 5th birthday at the beginning of Sept and he really REALLY wants a party, so...I've handed out 8 invites today and the faces on the mum's whose child didn't get an invite....oh bugger off, for goodness sake I can't invite all 20 little ones, I felt like I had to explain myself, is this usual?? once he starts school will it just get worse??  I'm doing a little tea party at my house and there really isn't room for any more, it always seems to rain on his birthday so my idea about a picnic was brushed to one side, if I did invite all 20 and then it did rain then my house would end up in turmoil, am I being a bit unfair?

Off to bed now and I might just take my square with me (no not Darr, he is asleep on the sofa....and snoring!!)

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Blog Comments

Just a quickie, please can someone tell me why some comments I make on blogs need verification before being displayed?? and some blogs I can't even leave a comment, is this a security thing? and should I being doing something similar???

Still getting my head around it all.

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Mega Busy Bee

What a bloody week, I actually feel exhausted, can't even pick up my crochet hooks, no concentration left in me, I worked two evenings at Waitrose, two whole days cleaning and two other ironing jobs and in between that all my own housework/ironing/cooking/child care etc etc....god I do go on but it's just been a busy week and it pisses me off that I don't get the time to blog or do my crochet.

I did have time to make some cupcakes and krispie cakes with little lady on tues, not many left now

Littly lady joined her big brother this week for a settling in session at nursery, she wanted to wear her nursery jumper, they looked so sweet together, big brother held her hand and showed her around, adorable

Little lad actually looks a bit funny in this photo, bad hair day!!

I clean for a lovely lady who sadly has breast cancer, I like to bake her a cake or do something nice for her so I made today my sun-dried tomato and mozzarella tear & share bread, the ingredients makes two batches so Darr and I had one with our dinner tonight, it is delicious, especially with a glass of red (hate those wine glasses)

So the second batch I took up to my lovely lady, it put a smile on her face

Darr is hooked on Le Tour De France at the mo, I take my hat off to those boys, I do try to get out on my bike but it's bloody hard work, I try to do a route that includes a pub or two...

Just watching Miranda, it's bloody hilarious!!!!

How do I add labels to my blogs, help please x x

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Blog Award...

Thank you so much Fee for giving me this award, I've only been on here a few months and already feel like I've made new friends and that makes me feel so happy, so here goes - 

10 Facts about Bee

1.  I can wiggle my eyes, not just go cross eyed, they literally wiggle, I have no idea how I can do it but I can and it really freaks people out when I show them, love it.

2.  My first car was a Fiat Panda 750cc, multi-coloured inside and powder blue on the outside, it had no radio so I had a tape player (I know, don't laugh) perched on the passenger seat, 3 days after passing my test, happily driving along my fav song came on, think it was Belinda Carlisle, anyway, I looked over to turn the volume up and then looked up in horror as the hedge was getting far too close and I literally span the wheel round so ended up then far too close to the hedge on the otherside of the road then span back again, took off (yes at this point I am in the air), went straight through a farmers hedge and into his field with very high crops, I think I stopped about 500yds in, took a deep....deep breathe and carried on driving, trying to find the gate, in my rear view mirror I could see lots of faces peering over the hedge, I didn't stop, I kept going, found the gate, opened it quickly and drove the back lanes home, not a scratch on the car but the field looked like a crop circle gone wrong when I went back the next day!!! oops

3.  I have a heart condition called Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy,  a very long story but basically it's a condition my brother and I have, it is hereditary from my beloved Daddy, he didn't know he had it and passed it onto us, at present I'm doing ok, I see my specialist every 2yrs in S'hampton, I won't bore you with the details but it's something I live with and rarely think about, it could get worse, so what....so do my spots!!! hey ho

4.  My daddy as I mentioned above passed away 7yrs ago, 6mths before I go married, I was devastated and only just last year I crumbled and had counselling, he was an amazing daddy, would always smile and make me laugh every day, he had a wicked sense of humour and was silly, not adult like at all, he was very very kind and would not say a bad word about anyone,  I miss him terribly.

5.  I have a very special person in my life, who I couldn't live without, she's my sister friend and we're as close as close can be, I feel very lucky to have someone so special like that as I know many don't, we have thousands and thousands of memories which we always go over, we once lived together with another girl, who quite frankly was a sandwich short of a picnic and we decided to hide from her in the cupboard under the stairs, I was fully dressed while my sister friend had only her top clothing and a pair of tights on, if anyone had opened that door....imagine!!! we were 24yrs old at the time...eek

6.  I once had a bonk on a Berry's coach to London and the bus was full.....I have no idea to this day how we managed to get away with it or even why I did it, this person I have to say was a bit pervy and I was naively persuaded, in fact when I think about it, it horrifies me, what if children were on the bus!!! what you do in your teens hey

7.  I once drank 20 shots of vodka in one go, I vaguely remember being found some hours later in someone's hedge, how I got there who knows and I also only had one shoe, the other was never found by Prince Charming...boo hoo

8.  I'm a Royalist, I love absolutely anything to do with the Royals, I've read the books, watched the films, documentaries, love them, GOD SAVE THE QUEEN .  And come on everyone, Harry is not the son of Charles, he is the son of James Hewitt..who are they kidding

9.  I once was very grown up (definitely not grown up now) and bought a bottle of wine, along with my other house mates, from a company called 'Fine Wines', we had to buy 12 bottles and the price was etc etc..can't remember all the details but I've never drank the bottle I chose, it holds too many fond memories and it's still on my wine rack today, Errazuriz Cabernet Sauvignon, 1995, Chilli.  It will be with me forever, plus it would probably taste shite now

10.  As some of you may know, after having children things are never quite the same in...the south region and I'm lucky enough to now have a Designer Vagina...oow that sounds horrid, I had to have a minor operation after little lady was born as things were not 'quite right' and now it's back to normal, well as normal as can be!!

taa daa - 10 facts about me, little Bee - I hope to god you are now not thinking I'm a complete nutter and stop following me.....pretty please xxx

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