Christmas No.1?

I dont normally go in for the whole Christmas No.1 shenigans, but I saw the video for this (which is currently No.1 & hopefully will stay there) and thought – yes! good job Peter Kay…

It is a medley of all the old favourites and features those loveable characters we all know and love…and to top it all, proceeds go to Children In Need….what more do you want out of a song at the most festive time of year?

Check it out on YouTube here : The Official BBC Children In Need Medley – Peter Kay’s Animated All Star Band

Allsorts

Well it is now officially December and the UK will go mad with Christmas celebrations, decorations and presents…although I have to admit, I am kinda looking forward to it this year as Little Miss is just old enough to understand it and so that will make it all worth it.  I think when you are in your 20s/30s (ahem) you ‘grow’ out of Christmas and it all seems like a big fat waste of time, then you have kids and as you see the wonder on their faces when they see all the twinkly lights, Santa and the mountain of presents, you start to get excited about it all over again – especially if it snows

Today though, I have a sickly Little Miss who seems to have the wretched tummy bug that is doing the rounds…and a poorly Black Dog who is having an allergic reaction to who-knows-what…so I am putting a brave face on today and trying not to worry about my two babies…though being stuck in the house with the invalids (who have settled into their beds now) is giving me the chance to catch up on things, including writing this post!

Firstly, I must mention last Sunday, Little Miss, Hubster and I joined the British Mummy Bloggers meetup at London Zoo (sponsored by SuperSavvyMe.com), and even though the weather was complete shite – we still had a great time.  It was fantastic to see so many other Mummy Bloggers and I cant wait for the next one.   Thank you to A Modern Mother for organising it all

Even though I havent had the chance to keep up with my own blog, I am almost up to date with reading other people’s blogs (thanks to the awesome iPhone & having some timeout during CBeebies Bedtime Hour)…so I thought I would share a few with you:

Lemon Drizzle: The Grumblemouth Incident – when Daddy tries too hard…

Slightly South of Sanity: Hot Fuzz – a disastrous date with some…erm…hair removal cream…ouch!

Kitty Tells It Like It Is: The Greek Part 1 - a fab recommendation by Potty Mummy – it is great!

Thanks to Juggling Motherhood for her weekly top 5 links which are always good, but especially so this time as she has linked through to the Kiwi Mummy Blogs site – awesome!

and finally – hoping that 1moremeans4 & her brood are feeling better

 

Well – it looks like breaktime is now over and I should get back to the grind of housework…oh deep joy…

BTW – went to the vets and it turns out Black Dog may be allergic to paint!  We shall know more when my cousin comes back to finish the decorating later on it the week…*sighs*…this week is definitely throwing allsorts my way!

 

 

 

 

 

My Beloved Telly…

It has been utter madness of late…I dont know whether I am coming or going…

My fabulous cousin is doing an amazing job redecorating the entire downstairs of our house and it is coming along beautifully, although we have now being kicked out of the dining room (cum playroom) and the living room…so we only have the kitchen, the nursery and our bedroom to hang out in – all of which have been piled to the rafters with crap from the aforementioned rooms…it is a bit….suffocating…

We have a television upstairs in the bedroom which we had been thinking of getting rid of, but laziness was in control and we hadnt got round to it and thank god!  I am too much of an addict to be without my beloved telly box for more than a day.

On a normal day, the Hubster and I eat dinner off our knees in the living room whilst watching telly and catching up on each other’s days, but with the living room being out of bounds, we are consigned to huddling round the ill fitting table in the kitchen which makes mealtime a horrid and rushed affair….so a big Thank You goes out to India Knight who blogged a while back about Live TV on your iPhone….I had a little play around with it and it turns out, if you are a UK resident, you can also get live telly on your laptop!  Hooray….so even though it is blimming uncomfortable, we can suffer the said hated table and watch our fav shows whilst eating!  I love gadgety stuff!

Meanwhile, the new sofa arrives tomorrow and I am sitting here crossing my fingers and toes hoping it will fit in through the front door – I think I will cry if it doesnt…My poor Cuz is (in her words) “going grey” trying to get the living room finished off (she has been having fun & games trying to get the paint colour exactly right – bless her), but we should be back in there for the weekend…just in time for the All Blacks game!  Sweet!!

Talking about telly, we have now finished most of our recorded telly programmes and there doesnt seem to be much out there at the mo….have been persevering with Stargate Pap – which we thought would be good as it has Robert Carlise in it…wrong!  Kinda liking Flashforward, though the main character – Joseph Fiennes – is seriously ruining it for me…too many smoldering looks- get on with saving the world!!!….But am enjoying Lie To Me, you gotta love Tim Roth…

Have you got any good shows to recommend??

 

 

Why the Poppies?

Red Canadian poppies were inspired by Lt Col John McCrae’s poem, ‘Flanders Field’, they also signify the bloodshed of trench warfare and symbolise the wild flowers that were the first plants to grow in the churned-up soil of soldiers’ graves in Belgium and northern France..

**Remember Those Whom We Should Never Forget**

 

Research from Wikipedia and BBC News

This Week’s Internet Finds…

I’m afraid life is a bit on Dull mode at the mo, we are in the planning stages for the downstairs of our house to be redecorated, this includes window replacements – so although I am very excited, nothing has actually happened yet apart from lots of discussion!

I have got some great internet finds though, which I thought I would share with you:

Eddie Izzard – Death Star Canteen on YouTube…just brilliant…

From Juggling Motherhood, the Widdlytinks website which has wicked customizable widgets for blogger/blogspot sites

Some wicked ideas from Homemaking Fun for those of you who like to bake and make

The amazing Telegraph Pictures which you can follow on Twitter

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Also a massive Well Done to A Modern Mother, Violet Posy, Potty Mummy, Dulwich Divorcee and Jennifer from Alpha Mummy who were interviewed & photographed by Red Magazine..check out the January 2010 issue for their article on British Mummy Bloggers.  Click on any of their links to find out how their day went!