Bye 2011

Another year gone

Happy Christmas

Happy Christmas.

Today started for me at midnight when I was watching Santa online

I ended up watching where Santa went until 3.30 when I dragged myself to bed (I had seen him leave the Amazon rainforest.


That meant that I was tired when I woke up in the morning. I had took some films through so that when the wee ones woke up they could watch a DVD in our bedroom until a better time. It was 8 when we got up.

The morning was loud and the wee ones were so excited. I was not as cranky as I was yesterday, but I was not doing as well as I would have liked. I do love watching the track Santa, it is a shame that I was not only not able to see all of it, but due to the amount that I did see I was tired as a result.

Thankfully by the afternoon not only had I woken up, but the wee ones had calmed down after their initial excitiment (hehe it also helped that they did not ask for any of the chocolate that they had been given)

In the late afternoon we acutaly had family visiting. It is really unusual to get visitors. My youngest son did play up at one point but we were able to get him to calm down.

I am really happy with how the day has gone though.

It is the day before Christmas

and oh my goodness I have been a crabbit thing today...oops.

It started as soon as I woke up. It then carried on. There was times when I felt fine, however the crabbit monster was not long in coming back. The crabbit monster was very easy to bait as well.

I certainly was not impressed when one of my Baileys mugs got smashed. I had a look on the Internet and there are none for sale at the moment. I will keep looking.

Thankfully I was feeling much better by the time that the wee ones went to bed, and once I had follopwed Santa online, I got all of the presents sorted out (After cleaning for a long time)

Now I am ready for tomorrow (I just wish that I could get more sleep than what I am going to get)

Happy Winter Solstice

Happy Winter Solstice

I have had a lovely day with the wee ones. There was wobbly moments along the way, but mostly it went well.

It was nice to keep the wee ones off school to be able to celebrate this day properly.

In the morning we decorated pine cones, tree bard and leaves that I had collected (with some help from the wee ones) in early autumn.

After lunch we then went for a walk around the wood at the back of our home.

In the late afternoon we hung food on the tree in our front garden for the birds (like how we saw the characters do in the Litte Bear cartoon when they celebrated the Winter Solstice)

It was lovely to spend some quality time with them. Especially as we were doing nice stuff together.

I would love to create happy memories for them.

Better now

Thankfully it did not take too long for the sickness but to pass. It took me about a week to catch up with the washing.

I am worried about my eldest son at the moment. He really is not doing well at the moment. He acts really silly and he does not have much self esteem. I have asked the school to get a school psychologist to have a look at him.

I think I will also look online to see what I can do.

Younges son not well

The last couple of nights my youngest son has not bee well. He has been coughing lots.

Yesterday I decided that I should take him to the doctors. I managed to get an appointment for the doctors in the morning (I was really pleased that I was able to get one so quickly) she said that while the cough should naturally go away she prescribed antibiotics as due to his breathing problems she did not want for it to get worse.

Hopefuly toight will be better. I have been giving him his inhaler as well as the medicine.

It was not that long ago that he had a sickness bug (Just over a week ago) ah well it is that time of the year for bugs to go around.

11-11-11

All the elevens :)

a night out

I am going out for a night out tonight. I am really looking forward to it.

Not listening to me

The wee ones (well mainly the boys at the moment) have not been listening to me and when I tell them off they have been shouting at me.

I have had enough of it. Though I do think that I need to change the way that I deal with them.

Got a fright

I am still recovering from Saturday night, even though I got a good sleep I have been really tired today.

Though my daughter gave me a big fright. I was putting some washing out when I discovered that my daughter ate something that she should not have done. She had eaten a few vitamin tablets. At first I thought she had eaten 45, so I was really worried.

I phoned the helpline and as I was talking to them my daughter told me that she had only eaten five tablets.

That meant that she was fine. I was warned to keep an eye on her, but I was just so relieved that she was fine. But what a fright she gave me.

Madness

Lsst night was more than a wee bit hectic.

I was loooking after six children.

It started off well

My eldest was behaving well when we got up and the school run went well.

Though since we got home his behavoir has been getting worse and worse. He is still up now and being really silly. It does not help that I am not feeling that great and all that I want to do is go to bed.

Sometimes I would like to take my wee ones away from here and start again somewhere else.

Bad temper

Yesterday I had a really funky day in Edinburgh with my friend. I was shattered by the end of the day but it was worth it.

Today though while during the day I managed to get a lot of work done with the flat I have had moments when I have been really cranky with the wee ones. though they have not been listening to me (my eldest speding two times on time out) though when I took the boys out for a walk they were great, later they started messing around.

I then had an argument with my partner and he smashed up the tv remote.

T really need to do something about my temper, and so does my partner as it really is having a negative effect on the wee ones.

First full day

It was the twins first full day at school.

I must admit that it was great to not have to go out htree time. I did not managed to get as much done as I had hoped for while they were at school, but I did a good job of the living room and I managed to get more done once they were home.

I am really pleased with myself though as the flat is beginning to look so much better.

The twins got on well at school as well. Though I need to make sure that I plan my day out a bit better to avoid wasting time (though I do need to let myself have days off to rest)

First school lunch

Today the twins had their first school lunch, and unlike with my eldest I did not miss it.

Homework

The wee ones got their first set of homework today. I thought it would be to cover their homework book, but it wss proper work. Thankfully it was not difficult. They just had to color it the items that were in quantities of two. They managed it well,better than my eldest did at the time.

My eldest did mess around, but thankfully he did settle down. I do need to not allow myself to get so bad temoered with them.

Tablet and bad manners

My new tablet arrived (my third one, the first one had a problem with the screen and the second one did not work)

Thankfully though this one does not have any problems with the screen. The only issue I have is with the keyboard beig slighly out of sync when it is tn the horizontal possition. Thankfully that is not a problem and the keyboard works fine in the vertical possition. I am really happy with it. I think I am especially happy that I do not need to send it back.

On a not so good note, I really am not happy with how my son is acting at the moment. He is very rude to me when I tell him off. Today when I told him that he wss not going to his pals house was to call me an idiot.

I think I will have to get him to write out lines like how my pal has started doing with her eldest daughter.

MTBBWM

The first day at school

And the twins had a nice time. They just settled in as if they were having a day at nursery. As soon as they went in they stayed together and started painting. It was so good to see them settling in so well.

My eldest had a good day, however he was being so rude to me when he got back from school. He started acting better when I told him off, but he had a couple of moments before he went to bed.

Though one of the things that I was most happy with was how well it went in the morning. I got up early so I could comb through their hair and they all got dressed without any problems. They were all dressed at just past eight. I have never had such a relaxing morning and one that we have been ready so early. I really hope this continues.

Off to school tomorrow

I have been busy getting ready for the start of term tomorrow. It will be the twins first day at school as well.

I am as prepared as I could possibly be. I just need to make sure that I go to bed at a decent time so that I am not shattered when I get up in the morning.

I am pleased that when I combed through their hair today that I did not find any lice. I will comb through their hair tomorrow morning before they go to school. I am doing much better at keeping vigilant. Hopefully I can get rid of them and keep them away.

My eldest son has also lost his front tooth. It happened when he was at my partners mums house on either Saturday or Sunday. I cannot remember when they said it happened.

Early birthday present

My birthday present that I ordered yesterday has arrived today. I asked my mum if she could get me a Kindle. She said that was fine. I decided that I would order it early as mum said that she was sending me the money up today.

I think it is fantastic. I can now read the Kindle books that I had brought but not read as I do not like reading books on my computer monitor.

Oh dear

Today I was happy when my replacement tablet arrived.

Sadly though that was short lived as when I had charged up the battery I discovered that the machine did not work properly. It kept shutting off no matte what I did to try and get it to stay on.

That meant that I then had to send off the second tablet that I had got.

Hopefully third time lucky.

I did discover that the case that I had got for it was too big. That meant that I had to order another one. I will find a use for the other case as I think it would be good for protecting books when I go visiting people.

I do feel sad that I had to send it back. I'd had it less than eight hours. I really hope that the next one that I am sent works fine, the one thing that I was happy about was that they were very quick in getting back in touch with me.

Shoe shopping

Today I took the younglings to get their school shoes. It is the first time that I took all three of them to get their shoes.

I was originally going to take my partner with me to get them, but I changed my mind. I am glad that I did as he would have just moaned. I managed fine on my own. There was times when I was stressed, but generally it went well.

It was expensive though. I like to get them proper shoes for school. Thankfully I started saving up at the start of the year for this day. I only saved £10 a fortnight, but it was enough to mean that I had £150 today. Thankfully it was just enough as the shoes and polish that I got cost me £144. Thankfully that will last them the year. I could not afford to get them any more shoes. The twins are going to learn how to make their shoes last. My eldest is really good at it.

Time off

My lie in today was not the greatest as it was disturbed a few times, however my partner took the wee ones over to his mums house for a long time.

I did not do that much cleaning as I really was not in the mood. I did do some though, but I did have a lovely soak in the bath and I also downloaded music from the computer game stronghold and burnt it onto a CD. I am really pleased with it. I love medieval music, it is really funky.

Sleepover and staying put

Last night both myself and my daughter stayed at my friends house. It was really nice for us both. My daughter had a lovely sleepover with my friends two daughters. She ended up staying away till gone midnight.

New gadget and heartburn

I managed to get the money together to be able to order the tablet. My partner at first told me that I was getting as bad as what he used to be like, until I told him that I had used money that I had saved up. Later on he asked me how I had managed to save up the money. I told him that I had just saved up little bits of money here and there to get it. He has now decided that he is going to save up for some new golf clubs. I will just keep putting the money aside for him.

In the afternoon I went up to visit my friend. She said she had got some clothes to pass onto my daughter. I stayed for a bit and we had a good chat before I went home. I got us a cream cake on the way, but for some reason it has given me really bad heartburn. I am drinking peppermint tea at the moment and hoping that it will go away soon.

Glad to be back

It was nice visiting my mum and dad but I am glad to be back home.

The train journey was long and it was challenging at the times dealing with my partner and the children.

I am at the moment deciding about which tablet I am going to save up and get. I saw one for a really good price and I decided that I would get it (It also had good reviews, especially considering that it is inexpensive) I then decided to have a look around and I found an updated version of the first one that I saw. It is more expensive, but it is bigger and it does look much nicer. I am pretty much decided tat I will save up and get that. Another good thing is that I will be able to use it to show the wee ones videos on the train.

I must confess that I am looking forward to getting it. I am not sure when that will be, but I think I will look at using some of my saved money to get it. I could use that to put £100 toward it. There is no way that I could afford an Ipad or any of the other tables and I also do not want to spend between £300 and £500 for a fancy gadget. However I think that something that for £130 is so much better.

This was the first one that I saw:

Tabtech Google Android Tablet

This is the one that I am pretty sure that I will get:

Tabtech A816 8" 2.3 Gingerbread

Seeing my friend

I am looking forward to seeing my friend tomorrow.

Though my wee ones have not been behaving very well today. I am not happy about it at all.

It is funny how things can happen

Funny things have been happening.
today when I was at nursery one of the teachers told me that he gift that I gave her was perfect. In the gemstone that I gave her was a fosil of a sea horse., She told me that the seahorses are her favorite marine creature. when I chose it for her I knew it would be right for her, but at the time I did not know why.

Tonight I decided to check something one th Internet and I discovered that all of the Star Wars short stories that had had problems with them, had now been fixed. I am so happy, but it is strnage why I decided to check tonight...I am not complainging though.

Feeling fed up

I have been feeling really fed up recently and my partner and I have been arguing a lot recently. I have had enough.

We have also got flies coming from somewhere, though I have no idea where they are coming from. It must be somewhere in the living room. Maybe it is something under the floorboards.

Wet

Todays forecasted rain did come. Thankfully it was my turn for a lie in so I got to miss the majority of the runs, I did collect my eldest son at the end of the day and I went shopping. That was when I got utterly soaked. I definitely got a lot wetter than my partner.

Once I took the wet clothes off I felt cold so I just got into bed to warm up. I spent a while there so I got a good amount of peace.

Very tired

I did not get a good sleep last night and I got up with the wee ones this morning.

thankfully the day has gone well considering that I got less than five hours sleep. I am very much hoping that I will get a lie in tomorow.

Learning Japanese

I have started teaching my wee ones a little bit of Japanese.

It started when I heard my youngest son say thank you to his sister in Japanese yesterday. I am going to start speaking some words to me in Japanese. I have told them how to say thank you and they can count to ten in Japanese. They have enjoyed learning the words and it will be an extra incentive for me to keep learning more Japanese so that I can then teach them more.

An interesting day

I was babysitting my friends two daughters last night. Her parents were not able to do it and her estranged husband needed to get the bus back to his home. I was not bothered as it meant that I was able to see her after she got home from work.

Today we went out for the day. I wanted to get a present for the nursery teachers as my last two will be finishing. I went to the witch shop and got them something different but nice. Though I will have to get a replacement for one of the items as I like it myself too much. I will be able to manage that. I will not object to having to go back to the witch shop as I think it is lovely there.

My friends family did not have a great day though. From what my friend told me this is what is always like when they go out for a day trip. They bitch and moan at each other.

Clean up

I really need to clean up my home

An up and down sort of a day

Today has been an up and down sort of day for me.

There has been times when the wee ones have been great, then there were other times that they were not. They went and raided my bag and took things that they should not have done, but at least they gave them back strait away.

They ran outside and made a big mess, but then again playing in the dirt is what children should do and at least they were outside and having fun and they were not causing any trouble (though my partner was not too impressed to see them naked, but I explained to him that it is easier to clean a naked child than it is to clean the clothes)

the weather has been funny as well, clear and sunny at times then thunderstorms. It has cleared up again, but I need to get some washing dried and it does not look like I will be able to get that done until the weekend. Ooh the joys of having so much washing to do.

Lazy parent note though, my wee ones have discovered the toy story trilogy and they love them. They will all sit and watch them. I have got them recorded from the TV, but I think I will have to get them on DVD. I do like the films as well.

A challengin few day

My wee ones have been really challenging recently. I do not know what is the matter with them. They have been taking thing that they should not do and they have been really noisy and making a lot of mess.

Thankfully they have played nicely outside today, but I am really looking forward to the time when they start to behave better. Though even though my wee ones are bad at the moment, they are thankfully nowhere near as bad as a boy who lives near us.

He is just over a year older than my eldest. I saw him today with another boy. They had got a slingshot and were firing stones. I told him to stop as someone could have been hurt and one of the cars could be damaged. The one boy did not say anything, but the other did. I told him off and he did the bird at me. I then asked him if he thought he was clever and he said yes to which I replied that he actually was not. If he continues to develop like this he will not be very nice at all when he is an adult. He is a feral child who has not bee taught any manners. I think children should have freedom to develop and become independent, but not like how he is.

I spent another night at my friends house recently (Saturday night) It was not expected and I really enjoyed it. My parter was not too happy about me running off, but it is not too often when it does happen. I think that it will only happen when my friend is not at work. At least I know now where the footpath is and now that the nights are light I will be able to walk across there with no problems. I will be interesting when the nights are dark though.

Feeling better today

I am feeling much better than yesterday (even though my lie in was disturbed)

The wee ones have been better as well. They have had their moments though, but they have been mostly good. My eldest also had a good day at school and his teacher said that he sat well and listened well to instructions. She did add that some of the other children that were normally in his class were not there. She was not able to name them, but at least she knows who seems to be causing the problems with him so she will be able to do something about it in the future.

Feeling really down

I have really felt down today

Night off

I had a night off last night. I spent it at my friends house. I have not seen her since she moved house, so it was really nice.

Oh dear

My daughter is not in  the good books at the moment. She took something that she should not have done, she broke one of my cups and she drew on all of the school photographs.

I am not happy with how she has been today.

Better day

Today has at least been a better day

A very challenging day

Today might have started off well (the dentist appointment went well and I was out in time to go and collect the wee ones), but it ended up begin very challenging. In fact I have got a sore throat from shouting at the wee ones. I hope I never ever have a bad day like this again.

Wednesday 25th - Meeting with a friend

Today a friend that I met on the Internet came over. It was great to meet her and we went out the a witch shop nearby. I had a really nice time.

Overwhelmed

Today has been really stressful. I was supposed to get a lie in, but that was interrupted many time, so it was not a good one at all.

Then I had beddgin to wash and get dried in the same day, lice to treat and deal with a run away son. My youngest son decided that he would run off after nursery. The nursery staff could not see him at first (I was not happy that the other mothers did not even notice that he had run off and stop him) but after a while we all started to think that he had just decided to take himself home. The CCTV was checked and we saw that he went off and that he went into the park, so we knew that he took himself home. Thankfully he was found in the wood at the back of our home. But what a worry for us all. The head teacher talked to him. I really hope he never does anything like that again.

Dealing with...

Head live again. I discovered them last night again. I

A better day

I have had a better day with the wee ones, well it did help that not only did I have a lie in but my step daughter also kept them entertained.

Though when I was dealing with them, I was doing a much better job. Especially when they were playing up. I only had a slip up at bed time, but I will keep working on it and I will improve.

Eek my mum and dad

Why is it that it organizing the trip to my mum and dads is so stressful. I will be glad when it is over and we are back home.

So, so stressed

I have been so stressed today.

It started off when I did not have much luck looking for a train ticket to visit my mum at some point.

Then the water man didi not come out. I went to get the twins and of course because I am stressed, they start to play up. thankfully though a man from the water board came out and after an initial worry about getting the air bubble shifted, we got the water going.

This was short lived as after one wash load, it stopped working again.

Also with it being a Wednesday I could not go and get the prescription as the doctors shut half day.

Then once my eldest was home they all really started playing up.

I did however manage to make the soup I had planned and after being told off for messing around at dinner, they did eat all of their soup.

It was the bath time that I had the next challenge. I was getting some rubbish for the bin as they go out tomorrow and when I got back in there was a big flood in the bathroom. They all got shouted at and evicted from the bath. Thankfully they knew that they had taken it too far and were so much better after that. I just wish they could have done that without shouting at them. My throat still feels funny after doing it.

Getting better

Thankfully after my son emptied his stomach, he was not sick again. I stayed in the living room with him and after a while I went to sleep.

Sadly our water has still not been fixed and I missed the man from the water board when I went to collect my eldest from school. Thankfully though they sent someone out in the evening and he arranged for the man to come around tomorrow morning. Hopefully they will be able to get the water fixed, as I really need to use the washing machine.

Sickness

My poor wee youngest son has been sick. I hope it was not something he got from our home. It is such a mess at the moment.

Feeling down

Even though I had a lie in today I did not feel that good for it.

It did not help that my partner did not take the wee ones to his mums house yesterday. He also did not manage it today. I know I should not have become reliant on the break that I get at the weekend, but I have.

At least my partner will be doing the school run in the morning, so I will not have to rush out. I will be getting up earlier, so I can take advantage and get working on the bedroom, as it is a mess.

The water board will be coming out to fix the water problem that we have, so I will need to clean the bathroom and the hall.

Delicing

Yesterday I spent over three hours delicing.

It was three hours for the wee ones and then the rest of the time for me. Thankfully I have not found anything on me, but it is better to make sure. It is in fact the first time that I have washed the hair on my head. I had not washed the new hair that had grown after I had shaved it off. It looks fluffy, so it will take a while before it settles down again.

School photo and lice

Yesterday was the school photo day. That went well once they were in, but they did not really behave well while we were waiting. I think I need to have paper and crayons with me everywhere I go.

Then today I discovered that we have got the thing that I have been expecting to get for a while. Head live. I have been a bit itchy recently and at the nursery they said that the twins have been scratching a lot. I then discovered it on my eldest son when the twins had gone to sleep.

Thankfully my partners mother was able to take me to get some stuff for them. I was going to get up early and treat them before getting them off to school, but I think it will take me a while to get them all done, so I have decided that I will keep them off school while I treat them. I can deal with them one at a time. Hopefully it will not take too long to get them treated. It is really expensive getting stuff for their hair.

I am going to make sure that I brush their hair every day after they get home from school.

Nice walk in the woods

After my lie in this morning, I decided to go for a walk in the wood. I managed to get some nice shots as well.

When I got back home I decided to take the wee ones around as well. The waether had turned sunny so it was good for them to get out.

My step daughter came along as well and it went really well.

No time off today

After a bad sleep, I did not get any time off today due to my partner and his mum falling out.

Happy Star Wars Day

May the fourth be with us all.

I need the force today as I just feel so drained. I feel quite strange as well, like I am not really with it.

Very tired

I ended up going to bed late last night after I decided that I would clean the living rom and the kitchen. Today I spent most of the day cleaning. I am so tired though.

It was worth it though, the place it looking much nicer.

I do however wish that we had visitors more often as I think it would motivate me to keep the place looking clean.

Shopping

I was so tired last night that I went to bed really early for a lie in day. I was in bed for 12.30 and the lights were out by just gone 1.

That meant that I was able to get up at 10 which is early for a lie in day and so I did not have to rush about so much.

I was on a budget, but most of it was for the food shop. I got all of the things that I needed and the only thing I had to do at the poundshop was up the budget a wee bit as there was some good things there. I know I have said this before but I do love that shop.

feeling better

I got some time alone today when my partner took the wee ones. I had a lovely relaxing bath, tidied up a bit in the living room and meditated.

I used my chakra healing crystals when I meditated and I have felt lovely and calm since then. I am going to make sure that I meditate every day.

The wedding

The royal wedding that is. though it still was not enough for me to cancel my lie in for though. I recorded it so I can watch later.

Even more exciting though is that the American made for TV movie William and Kate was on again on channel five so I was able to record it and watch it later. So cheesy and great to watch. It actually was better quality than I thought, however I was looking at some of the actors and saying 'oh no, they are not supposed to be ***** are they?'

The wee ones, well we have had good and bad moments with them. I just need to keep a check on my temper when dealing with them. That is the most important.

Problems with my eldest

My eldest has been really rude recently. I think I will have a word with his teacher to find out if there is anything happening at school that has caused it. I think that he has started hanging around with someone new. I am not sure what to do to change his behavior.

Flood

Eek there was a flood in the bathroom. I was just watching a program in the evening when I discovered that there was water coming through the ceiling in the bathroom when I went to the toilet. Thankfully I was able to get the neighbor and get him to sort it out. It took a while for the water to stop, but thankfully it has. I will wait until morning before I clean up the mess. There was that much water coming through the light that it is not working at the moment.

Apart from that I have not had a too bad a day. I have had some moments when I got too ratty with the wee ones, but I need to keep working on my temper and not give up on changing a habit of a lifetime. It has been a long journey so far but I still have got a long way to go. I meditated today, I will do the same tomorrow to see how that helps me.

I still have not found my mobile phone sadly. This is the second day it has been missing. I was not able to see the text messages that my friend sent me about a committee meeting with the photography club. I could not make it as my partner was still away at that point. He got back at around ten.

Tired

I am so tired.

It is my fault for going to bed too late last night.

Today I have been busy sorting out the living room as that was really getting into a bad state.

Off to the beach

Yesterday when I collected my son from school he told me that we were going to the beach today. He had told the teachers. I had not planned on going, but I thought 'why not'

So today after lunch we got the train to Aberdour.

I went first to the Witch shop there. The woman there was so nice as she brought out paper and crayons for the wee ones to keep them entertained. that also meant that I could look around the shop in peace. It is such a funky shop. I really like it there. I need to make the effort to get there more often.

It was not that warm and I should have taken a jumper for my daughter as bless her she was cold on the beach. We had a funky time though and the boys managed to do a bit of exploring after their initial complaints about being cold (My daughter just stayed on the blanket that I had put on the beach wearing one of my tops)

After we spent some time on the beach we went to the park. The park is great and the wee ones loved it. It was warmer there as we were away from the sea front.

The wee ones were generally good, though there were moments when they would not listen and they messed around. We all enjoyed today though and I am really glad that we did it.

Feeling a bit down

I am not sure what has been the matter with me today, but my mood has been a bit up and down. It is doing well at the moment thankfully.

I have struggled throughout the day at points.

If only I could identify what is causing it, then I could do something to hopefully prevent it from happening.

My boys seem to be getting cheekier and cheekier by the day. Well not cheeky...rude. I will have to make sure that I do something about that. It is not very nice to be spoken to the way they are speaking to me at the moment and I am not going to tolerate it any more.

Nice walk

After the first attempt went kind of well (starting out well but not ending that way) I decided that I would still take them out for a walk again yesterday like I said I would.

I told them from the start that they had to behave themselves and that they were not to run off as well as listening to me when I tell them to do things.

The walk went so much better. We went a different way. We went the challenging way to the horses near the bridge. We went a lot further than I thought we would go. We ended up at the spot of Scotland's last duel and we went for a walk down a path that was near it. On the way back they wanted to go to the remains of a tower, but I told them that we could do that next time. I think I will bring them out for a walk every Saturday morning.

We all really enjoyed the walk and it was good for us to do something nice together.

I had my lie in today and I really must have needed it as even though I was woken at 11.30 I felt tired. However I had a broken sleep which did not help.

My partner took the wee ones over to his mums house today. Because he went earlier I got lots of time to myself today. I managed to relax and clean up.

Though sadly my motherboard died. We have no idea what caused it. It just cut out. We will get a refund on it as we only got it in January and we will have to order a new one. That is a shame as I have recently discovered how fun the Sims 3 is. I now know how to do what I want to do. All I would like to do it edit the houses and leave the computer to do the rest. Though I think I will have a part in making sure that my original family not only produce five babies, but also adopt five more. It is a shame that you cannot hire a full time nanny. Maybe that will be available in an expansion pack. There is enough of them released.

Not too happy

With my partner that is. He knew it was my lie in today, but he still got drunk last night. He then moaned about getting up, klept telling our daughter to bugger off when she tried to get him up and did not get up until ten.

I am not happy that he left them unsupervised, anything could have happened.

The only thing that he did to kind of make up for it was clean the side that I have cleared of stuff last night when I was speaking to my friend on the phone.

A sort of lie in

I was supposed to have a lie in but I ended up not really getting one.

All are well but tired

There has been no sickness today. Though I am still really tired. I am not sure if I will get a lie in tomorrow morning though as my partner is not feeling too well at the moment.

It was a long night

I managed to stay up last night, but it was a long night.

I have rediscovered how fun the Sims 3 can be. It is thanks to seeing how my friend edits the town. I am now free to edit my houses before I move the family in. I am also really happy with the couple that I have designed. I am now looking forward to getting them moved in.

More sickness

My youngest son has been sick today.

All are well

Again. Thankfully after my eldest was sick yesterday, he was not sick after and today he has been fine.

I am glad about this as I needed the lie in today and I know that it would have been disturbed had he or ay of the others been sick.

Sickness

My son was sick in the night. He was a little bit sick in his bed, on the couch and then a big bit once I gave him some milk.

Very busy

I have been such a busy bunny.

Firstly I rearranged the wee ones room to make way for the furniture that we was given. The after that I was in the mood for moving stuff so I also rearranged the living room. I am so pleased with how it looks now. There is more space to move about.

Busy, busy...so, so busy

The last few days have been quite crazy.

It started on Tuesday when I went to visit my friend. I ended up staying until gone one in the morning. I wanted to visit her before she moved.

Tired and...

Cranky.

I was fine in the morning. I even dealt with them really well. I did not get mad with them and giving them time out when needed went well. They were doing well also.

However this afternoon it all unraveled. I started working on the bedroom and I started getting would up and agitated. I kept getting disturbed and more and more stressed.

It was not too long before I was getting mad with the wee ones and there were time when I got really mad and upset them. I did have moments when I was not too bad. Though I was bad more times than what I should have been.

I will make sure that I go to bed at a good time so that I will get a good sleep, so I will not be tired tomorrow. I also need to rein in the stress when I start to get agitated.

Mothers day

Happy mothers day to me...ah well at least someone has said it to me even it is just me telling it to myself. I think I will have to train the wee ones to say it to my next year.

It is pretty sad when you think about it. I brought my own mothers day present. Though to be honest I prefer the home made cards and I would also like for the wee ones to do something nice for me instead of a present. However they will have to be taught about doing nice things for people and then that will come with time.

I am not too happy that my partner did not organize something for the wee ones to do for me and I was not happy that my lie inb was disturbed.

I really needed the lie as I ended up cleaning the kitchen until gone four in the morning. I needed to get it clean as the water was cut off today for nearly twelve hours. I had already got bottles of water in, but I could not leave the dishes all day without being washed.

The wee ones have had their good ad challenging moments. I too have had my moments, however I started to get better when I started to think about remembering that on supernanny, it was said that you discipline without getting angry. I gave out time out and did it in the way that they did on the program. I told my partner how to do it so that we can keep consistant.

I need to make sure that I get a bath before bed as I would like to use some of the nice bath stuff that I got for myself.

Busy

I have been so busy today. I did a bunch of washing in the morning as well as keeping a look out on the wee ones.

I then had to rush out to the shop to get some wrapping paper to wrap my partners mothers present up for tomorrow. I had managed to get the picture printed that I wanted. I got my partner to make a silly face for a picture that I wanted to put in the frame that I had got for her. I tried to print it off last night, but when I replaced the ink it was not printing out right. I just changed the ink this morning and it is working fine.

I printed off pictures of Vistlip with their new look. My daughter loves how they look and has put up the pictures that I printed for her by her bed.

I also read on a website that Vistlip are featured in a magazine. I looked into ordering it but sadly when I got to the checkout I discovered that it would cost me 3,700 yen for postage (no cheaper options) I decided that it would be too much money for a Magazine (The total cost of the order would have been £37.65) and I think that is too much for a magazine. I have E-Mailed Amazon to ask if there are any chances of including cheaper shipping methods. I checked another website which I know has cheaper shipping methods but sadly it says they are out of print. I have sent them an E-Mail to see if they will get any more copies in soon. I really hope that I am able to get a copy of it.

Though back to my busy day, after my partner had took the wee ones to his mums house I started work on the living room. It took me house to get it clean. Then once my partner got back I cleaned the wee ones room. The after that I cleaned my bedroom. Though there is a lot of stuff piled on the one chair it still took me a long time to do what I did. I cleared the floor and it looks so much nicer. I need to make it stay like that.

I am shattered now though and I still have work to do in the kitchen.

Well it will keep me fit.

Was not a happy bunny

In the morning that was. I was having my lie in when my partner came in and started moaning to me about my eldest sons juice bottle.

The bottle had leaked and he was making out like it was my fault that I had used a leaky bottle. I did not know that it would leak. He was then moaning about a note in the bag that was asking for a white T-Shirt. Then he was moaning about something else, but by that point I was ignoring him.

I did decide to get up and make sure that he had got a snack as well as a white T-Shirt. I then found out that I had forgotten to put a snack in his bag (though I am glad I did forget as it would have been ruined by the leaking bottle.

Thankfully I was able to get back to sleep and I had a good lie in. I was still annoyed because my lie in always seem to be disturbed in one way or another.

My wee ones are continuing to be good. They have moments, but them I can deal with. My youngest son was great in the afternoon. Both my boys had scattered the toys and after my partner said he would pick them up I told him nbot to as the wee ones need to learn. I managed to get them all picking them up. My youngest son was the best. He did such a good job of cleaning up. When he had finished he was really proud and wanted to show me what he had done.

He even carried on cleaning up and helped out in my bedroom. It was lovely to see him taking such an active interest in making sure the cleaning got done.

Better day

Today has gone so much better. The wee ones have behaved well and I have dealt with them better when I have faced challenges.

I do need to deal with the bad days better though, but I am very happy that today has gone much better.

The twins were great in the afternoon when I took a bath. they were really good and let my have it in peace.

Tonight then was the auction night at the photography club. We did really well and raised just over £300. I think that is great. I bought a couple of items. I got as bottle of Bucks Fizz for £3.50 and some strange smelly things for £3 (they are called Chili pepper)

Very cranky

I do not know what the matter with me today was , but I have been so cranky. I had a good sleep and I woke feeling fine.

However as soon as the wee ones got hom I was cranky with them. They then started acting up, which made me more cranky.

I got cranky, then calmed down, got cranky again and then calmed down.

I really have to find out how to deal with my crankiness better.

Keeping the games nice

I have been determined to keep the boys computer games nice. Though I am still tempted to get rid of the games that they are playing and find something better. I wish that my step daughter had not shown them the games.

Busy, busy, busy

I have been a busy bunny.

Yesterday I cleaned the hall, entrance and bathroom. In the evening I went to my friends house for the evening. She was sorting through her clothes. I ended up with a bag full of funky clothes to wear. I am going to have to go through my things now as I am now in the fortunate position to be able to get rid of the clothes that I do not wear very often.

On their own they are not too bad, but together they are not good at all. I am stopping them from playing games that they should not be playing and if they carry on as they are I will get them off the computers all of the time. They need to change their behavior and soon. I have had enough of it.

Today has also been a busy one. I am also feeling tired as I was late in bed last night. I get a lie in on Wednesday and when this week is over it will be the school holiday.

I managed to sort through my clothes today and I got rid of a bags worth of clothes as well as two jackets that my friend was going to pass on to my partner but he was not interested. I thought he would not be, but I thought I would offer him. I was a good girl and I got them up to the recycle point today.

I was not feeling that good for a bit in the evening. I have managed to get some work cleaning the living room though. The wee ones toys was a mess and I ended up spending a lot of my evening getting the living room and the kitchen into a semi-presentable state.

The boys have been better today, though they have had their moments. I just have to ignore my eldest with his fart talk. I struggle the most in the morning when I am very easy to get irritable. I wish I was not so cranky in the morning.

Bad attitude

My youngest son has really not got a nice attitude at the moment.

Very tired

I went to my friends house last night after the photography club so I was late getting in and late getting to bed.

I was fortunate that I was able to get a sleep until eight, but it still has been a long day and I am shattere. I am going to bed as soon as possible, which is unlike a normal Friday night. I just feel that I need to go to bed earlier than usual.


This week has been long. I have had to take the wee ones with me to collect my eldest more than usual and of course I did not get a day off the school runs today.

My eldest got a certificate at school for picking up litter and putting it in the bin. I think it is wonderful that he got that.

parents evening

Today I went to the school for my eldest sons parents night.

The teacher is happy with how he is doing. She says that he is good at writing, reading and maths. The only thing that he has to work on is his attention. He struggles to sit still and can act silly at times. That did not surprise me though as it is not the first time that I have heard it. It is not a problem at the moment, but we need to start doing something about it before it does become a problem.

The teacher had a lot of good things to say about him though and she said that she was a fan of him, as she says that he has a good personality.

I need to look into how I can help him with his attention though. I remember struggling when I was younger with it, so I am not sure if it is something that he has inherited from me. But I will see what I can do to help him improve. I think it will make school easier for him if he is able to sit still and concentrate better for longer.

Not listening

Today was going well...you know what is coming though...that was until the time when I was going to collect my eldest son from school. I was running late and they would not listen to me when I asked them to come in.

I then got ratty with them. They eventually did come in and after a bit of stress we collected my eldest (my youngest son got his feet wet and was not happy about it and was not moving very fast)

Then when we got home I had the stress of getting my eldest sons homework done (he likes to mess around before he does it nicely)

Thankfully after that it went much better after that and they played pretty well outside. My partner took the lazy approach though when I went to the shops and kept them in the house.

Lie in day again

I got another lie in today. It was challenging last week when I did not get my lie in when I usually do, but I enjoyed it today when I did not have to get up for the school run.

I also did not realize how close it was to the easter holidays. There is only two weeks left.

I really hope that the local shop get more Kinder eggs in. My eldest son asked me if we could get them for the Easter Egg hunt. I think that is a cute idea, so I will do that for them. I have got three so far and I need another nine to get. There was only two in the shop. I will have to keep a look out. If not I will have to go to the shop in the next town to get them.

The wee ones played in the garden today for the first time in a long time. It was good for them to get out and they really enjoyed it.

I also found out today that one of my friends from school is pregnant with her first child. I was not expecting her to have any children as she is a lesbian. I knew that she wanted to have a child as she told me a few years ago (when I last saw her) but at the time she was not sure how she would make it happen. She obviously managed to find a way to make it happen. I think that is really great news. I am hoping to get in touch with her soon so I can congratulate her.

Busy day

Well at least I had a good lie in today and as my step daughter did not stay over last night then I got my long sleep in my own bed.

My partner then took the wee ones to his mums house. I was busy cleaning. It took me ages to get the living room tidy.

I really wish I could get my whole flat clean at the same time. I seem to get one room clean and then by the time I have got another room clean the first room is a mess again.

Supermoon

Tonight is the night of the the super moon. I have managed to get some shots of it, but they are not that great due to the clouds. At least I was able to get something.

I did not get any time off today, but I had a feeling that I was not going to anyway so I was not that bothered. I managed to keep myself busy though and I managed to get quite a bit done.

The wee ones have been mostly good today, though there had been moments. I wonder if they have been affected by the supermoon.

I do find it strange about my partner. We just sit at night in silence on our computers. It is not often that we will talk to each other, let alone spend time together. I actually enjoyed one time when there was computer problems and we did not spent any time on the computer. Even though we were sat on different chairs and doing our own thing we felt more together than we do now.

New computer desk

My computer desk is not too bad (though it is starting to fall apart)

My partners computer desk though is in a terrible state. I was going to buy us both new desks when his cousin offered to give us one. It is really funky. I will have to get him to look after this one. Is is also smaller so that is better for the room.

An interesting day

Today has been interesting.

It started off well. I had a good morning and it went well after I had collected the twins from nursery. The walk over to collect my eldest was good and I felt calm. I was enjoying the time I was spending with them. They were even pretty good while I was waiting for my eldest to come out (well apart from my daughter wanting to lick everything)

That all changed when I collected my eldest. I had to pass on some forms to the teacher that my son had forgotten to hand in. When I turned around they had run off (after I had asked them to stay still)I was not happy with them as I knew that my son had gone running after one of the boys in his class to ask if he could go to his house (I really hope that we are able to get something sorted out for him to do with his friend)

They would not listen to me (some of the other children were helpful in pointing where they were) and they did not come back when I called them. I was not happy. After I had finished my counting for them not going on the computer when they got home, my youngest son at least came back to me. He however did not wait while I got the others. After stomping around the school once again (and with help from one of the parents) I found him. He was already walking home.

After a few more stern words with them (and them being upset) we got home. It was then that I realized that my daughter no longer had the bottle that my sons juice was in. She had thrown it on the floor. I was instantly mad with her again. I really could not believe that she would do something like that. I have told her often enough how bad throwing things on the floor is. I have told her that to make up for throwing the bottle down, she must pick up two bottles (I also hope that I am able to find my eldest sons bottle as well)

It took me a long time to get myself calmed down after that. I was able to make dinner and they ate it all (they do like the soup that I make for them) and they played nicely in their room. As they had been good I let them have one hour on the computer. My youngest son was not bothered about playing on the computer though and neither was my daughter. Even before the hour was up my eldest son had lost interest and they all played in their bedroom.

They all behaved after their bath and after a wee bit of fuss they went to bed. After that I spend a nice bit of time with my eldest watching the lovely cartoon little bear. I think that for wind down time that we watch nice shows. I think the little bear is just so cute to watch.

Now at least I am able to relax now. Hopefully I can learn to deal with them better without getting angry.

Poor Japan

It is getting worse for them. Not only have they dealing with finding survivors from the earthquake and tsunami as well as dealing with the problems with the nuclear power facilities threatening to meltdown but now they are having to deal with a volcanic eruption. I really hope that things start to get better for them really soon.

As for me though I have had a good day. My partner did the school run this morning so that meant that I got a lie in. I did not sleep in too late though as I had wanted to get up to do things. Though I changed my mind and just had a nice relaxing bath while the wee ones were out at nursery and school (I feel much better for it)

The strange thing is that even though I got a decent sleep I still feel tired. I need to make sure that I get to bed at a decent time tonight.

lie in

Though it was not the best one that I could have had. I do feel more refreshed. I was disturbed a few times in the morning, I was more annoyed with my partner for not stopping the wee ones from coming through. However he has said that he might get up with them and while I will not have a lie in, it will be nice to have a morning off the school run.

I have been a busy bunny today cleaning up. I seem to do nothing but clean that kitchen, but it still is not as clean as I would like it to be.

Yesterday I noticed that the British Red Cross are running an appeal on behalf of the Japanese Red Cross. I gave them £5. I hope that is able to help a bit. I think I will give some more next week as well. I just wish that there was more that I could do other than donating money. I feel so helpless here and so far away from where the trouble is.

I have had the news on today keeping a look out on the updates. The images are so scary and it just proves how powerful nature can be. Here are some pictures that I found online.

Earthquake in Japan

I was told some very sad news this morning when I woke up. My partner told me that there had been an earthquake and Tsunami in Japan.

Dealing with challenges

My youngest son can be challenging at times. He is not listening to me, being too loud and rough. He is throwing things around as well.

I have found a way to deal with his shouting. He is like me and has a loud voice. He was being really loud and normally what I would do would be to raise my voice to tell him to be quiet. However today I went up to him and quietly told him to be quiet. I did not get mad with him, but I told him that he needed to be quiet. He did it and was much quieter. I will have to make sure that I keep doing that and let my partner know that he also needs to do the same.

I am not too happy with myself though. I had so many plans for stuff I would be doing around the home, but I did not get much of it done. The day has flown by. I have got some things done though and that is still good. I have managed to sort out a bag of soft toys to take to the charity shop. All I need to do is wash them and they will be ready.

Tired

I ended up staying up way too late last night. I realized as I was thinking about going to bed that I needed to do the dishes. After that I did a bit of cleaning. That meant that it was three in the morning before I got to bed.

Thankfully I got a lie in but it was not enough. I am going to make sure that I get a good sleep tonight as I am so tired.

Visiting friends again

I went to see my friend again this morning. I had only planned on staying there until ten when she was expecting someone, but I ended up staying there until she took me up to collect the twins from nursery.

When I got home I had noticed that I had missed three parcels. Phoning to get two redelivered was no problem but the other one had an awful automated option list. I hate them, sometimes they are not too bad, but the ones I have come across recently have been horrible. Especially when you are in a hurry.

Thankfully I was able to get the parcel redelivered (I was a little bit worried when he said that I would have to go and collect it from the post office) I am not able to get to Lochgelly. I was very relieved when he said that he could get it out to me tomorrow. Hopefully I will not miss it again.

I found out later when I received a text from my friend that it is the films from India. I am so much looking forward to seeing them. It is going to be great. I have never seen a Bollywood film all the way through.

Visiting friends

I like visiting my friends. I went to visit her in the morning. I have not seen her for a while. While I was there I found out that she was not working tomrorow as she thought she was so I went to visit her in the evening as well. It was really funky to do that as we were able to cill out as her man was at the pub and do some tarot readings as well as somne run readings.

She did the tarot readings and I did a rune reading for me. It was a really interesting as I got an answer not to the question that I thought I was asking but obviously the one I should have been asking. If only I knew exactly what the question was. I think it is going to be an interesting time of change and growth for me.

Designing a tattoo

I really need to find out a suitable design for my next tattoo.

Birthday boy

Happy birthday top my eldest. He is seven today.

He was really happy with the presents that he got. They have been playing with the Lego all day (well the time that they were in the home that is)

My partner took them to his mums house and they went to Jumping Jacks and then after that they went to McDonald's. I think it was good that they got the chance to get out (I could not have managed to take them out today). They all enjoyed their time out.

Not related to the birthday but I had some computer games arrive today. I have been playing one of them called Lost GHorizon. I am really enjoying it. I am so relieved for online help though. I would not be where I am not without the help. Though I am going to see if I can cut down on the amount of times that I use it as I would like to see if I can figure things out on my own.

World book day

My eldest was happy to be a vampire this morning. I am so happy that he was. My partner had a word with him about it and he felt much better.

I am going to have to get them to get dressed up again so I can get a picture of them all as I did not get an opportunity today. I am sure that it will not be a problem.

I dressed the twins up as well. Bless them, they were so excited to get dressed up.

The Boba Fett costume

Not only has not only not been delivered, but it has not been sent out.

I got in touch with the seller and asked recently about what had happened. I got a reply saying that they'd had a computer problem and not seen my order and they asked if I still wanted the costume. I asked my son if he still wanted it and if he would accept that he would have to wear it next year. He was not happy about it at first, but thankfully after a while he was happy to wear the alternative costume for tomorrow and was happy enough to accept that he will have to wait until book day next year before he gets to wear it.

I got myself some more free books for my PC kindle. I think it is great. I am looking forward to getting a proper Kindle at some point.

Adicted

I really am adicted to the new computer game

Late birthday

Today was the birthday of my late grandmother in law. Bless her, she was very sweet. I only found nout in the evening when my partner went to her grave. They drank some OVD to her and poured the rest over the grave.

I got some computer games delivered today. I am really glad that they arrived today. I was expecting them tomorrow. They are mystery games. I have really enjoyed playing the one game. It is different to what I normally would play. It has been fun.

Lie in day

I must admit that by the time that my Sunday lie in comes I really need it (even though I have a lie in on Friday I really do need the Sunday one as well)

Busy today

the rest of the computer bits arrived today, and my partner got my computer up and running.

Old photographs and broken computer

My computer has broken again. My parter then went to put the new mother board and processor in, but was not able to get it to work as the RAM does not fit in the mother board.

Though my youngest son might have killed my new processor as my partner did not stop him from playing with it while I was not in the room. We will find out on Saturday to see if it does not work.

I was looking through the old photographs that I found in the shed. They are in really good condition considering where they have been. It has made me realize that I do need to lose some weight though. However looking at the photographs It made me realize that I was not fat and ugly. I do now appreciate my figure and while I would like to lose some weight, that is just so I can fit in a lot of my clothes. I just need to learn to appreciate my face now.

Never ending

I just seem to be doing endless housework, but never making any progress (well I do for a shiort while but it is not long before it is back to how it was before)

I have been really on edge today as well. I am going to make sure that I get to bed at a decent time so that I can get a good sleep (It took me a while to get to sleep last night)

Still tired

I will try a few good sleeps first, however if that does not work then I will go to the doctors and get some iron tablets.

Working out

I have done well with my dancing.

No time off

A triple one for me today. Very tired (my fault for going to bed too late last night), my partner was not able to take the wee ones to his mums house and he will not be taking them tomorrow. However I will be getting a lie in and if he is off on Tuesday he will take them across then.

Once again...I am so...

Tired. I think that maybe I need to get some more iron tablets for now. i also need to improve my sleeping habits.

I did have a lie in but all throughout the day I was feeling really tired and falling asleep when I was sitting down. I was also really snippy with the wee ones at some points. I was not happy about that, but thankfully I was able to feel better and then spend nice time with them. I was able to tell them how good they had been when they sat still to watch the SpongeBob movie before they went to bed.

I also cleaned the living room. I gave it the best clean that it has had in a while.

I am happy

I am very happy (well unfortunately it meant that I was later going to bed than I had planned) but I found out that one of the Japanese bands that I really like have updated their blog. Hopefully that means that they are over the worst and that they are starting to feel better about their loss.

Really tired

I have felt so tired today that my head has felt funny.

I have also now got so much cleaning to do. My partner managed to knock a cupboard off the wall. thankfully he was able to get it back on and it was a good opportunity to sort through it and clear out some things.

There is rice scattered about the place though. I think I will be spending all day cleaning.

Valentines day

We did not do much. It was a normal day for us. However when I went out to the shop I decided that I would get something for the night. I got some mulled wine and some candles.

we sat and watched father of the bride II while the candles burned and we drank mulled wine followed by tea in the cups that I got.

It was a really nice night, and it just goes to show that you do not have to do too much for valentines day. Just spending time together is good enough.

I think my youngest son had a good day at nursery as well. The teachers did not say anything.

Dealing with my youngest

After a wobbly moment last night when I lost my temper with my youngest, today has gone much better.

I spent time with him, I asked him how he felt and I talked with him. He did seem to pick up during the day and while in the morning he was not happy when I asked him how he was feeling, later on he told me that he was fine. He did not seem to be as angry as well. we have to keep this up every day though. When we deal with him we cannot raise out voices.

He seems to ahve totally lost his confidence, he says that he is a bad boy and that he hates himself.

When I put him to bed he was upset at the idea of going to nursery tomorrow. He was reassured when I said that I said that I would spend some time there with him. I will be speaking to the teachers about him.

My partner is really feeling stressed at the moment as his daughter has also got into trouble for something that she said.

 Wee ones certainly are a challenge.

Youngest son in trouble

This always seems to happen on a Friday when my partner takes the wee ones in and collects them.

My youngest son is in trouble at nursery. He has become aggressive and has been throwing toys. He has not been getting on well with one of the boys there. The nursery has said that if he continues as he is they will not allow him into nursery.

I am worried about him as I really do not want for him not to be allowed to go to nursery.

My partner and I have really got to do something about this and now. We both have to deal with how we react to the wee ones. Do our best to make sure that we do not get too mad when dealing with them. My partner has got to stop some of the things that he says to him.

I have also told my son to stay away from the boy while he is having trouble with him. I will also ask the nursery to keep them apart. I really hope that this boy is not going to school this year, or if he is I hope they are not in the same class.

At least I have not heard anything about my daughter though and my eldest has been doing well.

I think I will have a look on the Internet to see if there are any tips for dealing with angry children.

On a lighter note I have decided to make up a chart to see how much I spend on the lottery compared to how much I win. I am going to keep this chart going for a year to see how much it is.

Early start

Because my step daughter stopped over I got up with her in the morning. That meant that I was up at 6.30.

I am very much looking forward to getting my lie in tomorrow morning.

Need more sleep

I have been a bad girl recently. I have been getting to bed too late so I have been suffering for it.

I even fell asleep at the photography club committee meeting. thankfully I only drifted off and I caught myself before I properly fell asleep, but it was noticed that I had dozed off. Thankfully after a wee giggle about it they moved on and did not mention it again.

Rain, snow and sun

All in one day. All we needed was some strong wind (though it does sound like it has picked up at the moment) to really complete the day of mad weather.

I was not expecting it in the morning so I got wet. The den was flooded so I had to take the wee ones wellies across when I collected.

Time off

I had some time off today when my partner took the wee ones to his mums house.

Lie in day

Friday is here and it is my turn for a lie in. I really needed it as well.

I slept in until 11. I feel much better for it.

Though it was not long before I was stressed. I do not know why but I was really stressed not long after the wee ones got in. I needed to take a moment to get myself settled. Thankfully that did not happen again.

I did get bad tempered later but thankfully I manged to resolve that as well. I really would like to reach a point when I did not get like that again.

The weather is still wild today. Windy, rainy (I am very glad that I did not do the school run) I did need to go out to the shops but I borrowed my partners waterproof clothes, so that helped so much. They were so good that my clothes underneath were still dry when I got home.

I am shattered at the moment though, I decided after my partner told me that he wanted to try out my Hip hop workout that I would do it. I have not done it for ages. I really feel like it has done me some good. It was great fun though.

Getting angry

I really have to do something about my younge4st son. He really can get angry at times. He is doing somethings that I have done. I need to make sure that I do not do it again.

Wet wake up call

I got a wet wake up call this morning when I woke up to discover that my daughter had sadly wet the bed. She was not happy about it at all, and I woke up quicker than any alarm clock could have done.

I was woken up at just before seven. Though I must confess that even though it was earlier than I had intended, I did not feel too bad for getting up at that time. I am thinking about maybe getting up a wee bit earlier. I will see how it goes though. I do need to make sure that I get to bed at a decent time so that I am not too tired tomorrow. I need to keep my senses alert as I will be performing a spell.

So tired (again)

Partly my fault. I went to bed late last night. However if I'd have fell asleep strait away then I would not have felt so bad today. For some reason though I could not settle off to sleep.

I am going to make sure that I go to bed at a decent time. I have been falling asleep at various points when I have sat down.

My youngest cut his hair at nursery. I have been told two things. The teachers told me that it was because his nana told him that she did not like his hair. My son also told me that a boy at nursery had told him that he did not like his hair. I will mention it to the nursery and my partner will talk to his mother about what she says to the wee ones. She might not have done anything this time, but she has commented about his hair before. I am not happy with her as she should keep those opinions to herself. I have told my son that his hair is lovely and that he should not listen to what others say.

Lie in day

Yay it was my lie in day today. though I always end up staying up to a really silly time. It was nearly four in the morning when I crashed.

Though one thing was good which caused my to stay up later. I was chatting to my friend in Canada through Facebook. It has been the first time that we have been able to chat at the same time. Sadly though she is going through a tough time at the moment and I pretty much thing that things will be over between her and her man. It would be really nice if she could find a good man who lives in the same city as her.

Today has gone well. I still have got my cold but thankfully it is not really too bad.

I was even able to get a lot of housework done today. I really seem to have been cooking with gas today. I got the kitchen and living room looking nice. I even cleaned the hall, did a little work in the bathroom and in the wee ones room (I need to properly clean it tomorrow) but it is so nice to see the flat getting clean again after recently it had started to get messy again.


The downside of course was that I did not spend much time with the wee ones as I have been so busy rushing around getting jobs done. I will be able to spend time with them once the jobs have been done.

Saturday - The Lego Incident

When I woke this morning I did not feel great. My voice did not sound good and I needed to take a Lemsip. Thankfully though I felt better quickly...which was a good job after what happened.

I was busy getting a job done when my daughter started moaning at me. I was not sure of what she was saying as I was not really listening to her. When I did listen to her I realized that she had manged to not only put a piece of Lego up her nose but it was now stuck there (not a wise thing to do...bless her)

She was not a happy bunny about that (not surprisingly enough. I tried to get her to blow it out into a tissue but that did not work. I then phoned NHS 247 as I did not want to put something up her nose. They advised me to take her to the hospital.

We were waiting to take her down when I decided to show my partner what she had done. I noticed that the Lego piece was not that far up and after a quick dash to the shop I got a pair of tweezers and managed to get it out.

Bless my wee one as she was so happy that it was out that she was making little excited noises. Hopefully she will not do that again.

So tired

I am so tired today. I am not too bad when I am walking about, however it is when I am sat dwn that I have been getting the challenges.

I have fell asleep a few times today due to tiredness. I must make sure that I get to bed at a decent time.

Not feeling so good

I have not been feeling good today. Even though it was my lie in day I needed to get up in the morning as we got up later than I had planned on (though saying that I did not have an alarm I am very happy that we were not later)

I got a beechams and after that I went back to sleep. I ended up getting up at 12 but it took me a while before I felt better.

A hectic day

Part of it went fine (though I have not got that many jobs done)

It was just when I went to get my eldest from school. The wee ones were messing around, I had to get them to sit still while I filled out a permission form that I had not been told about. We then had nearly got home before I noticed that my youngest son blanket was not with him.

After mush frustration and moaning from the wee ones we eventually got home (we were only a short way from home but it took the longest time to make that distance once the frustration levels were rising rapidly)

i gave us the luxury of five minutes rest before we set off again (adding to their disappointment that not only did my eldest not get to go on the computer but he also missed out on the ice cream van that had just arrived as we were getting ready to leave...cruel mummy that I am)

After more moaning on the way to school we managed to get there in good time. Thank goodness there is a park by the school as I was able to leave them there (which they were happy about) and got and check the school. thankfully after checkling I saw it and after a mad dash to the reception I was able to get it back.

However ironically the blanket went missing again so he had to go to bed without it after all.

Lovely lie in

I had a lovely lie in this morning. I did sleep in a little later than I would have liked but I do not feel too badly for it. I managed to get some reading before I got up though so that is not too bad. I just did not get the time to clear the clothes mountain.

One thing that does bug me is that when I have a lie in, by the time I get into the living room the place looks a mess. It is like all the work that I did yesterday has been undone.

I did see some sad news about one of my friends. She and her husband have split up. It is not too suprising though but still sad to see. Thankfully it has been a good split. Hopefully it stays that way.

Time off

My partner took the wee ones to his mums house today for a good amount of time.

I did not get much time to relax though as I spent much of the time cleaning the living room. I moved the computer desks so I could clean under them. I really cleaned it properly.

Not a great sleep

Even though I got a long sleep it was broken so it was not that great.

Feeling better

Even though I went to bed later than I had hoped it was enough for me to feel better than I did yesterday. I think if I can aim to get at least seven hours sleep a night then that would be good enough.

Need to get to bed earlier

I am getting to bed too late and it is making me really cranky.

I had hoped to be in bed with the lights off by twelve, but as I need a bad it looks like that is not going to happen. I will have to make it half past now. I will have to make sure that happens as I have been really off with the wee ones today. I do not want another day like today as it has not been nice at all. It does not feel nice to be cranky and I know that it does not feel nice to those who are around me as well.

A good thing did happen today though. My partner brought me back a lovely rock from the Angus glen where he went with college. It is so pretty (though sadly he was not able to get it identified)

Getting bad tempered again

I am not getting enough sleep at the moment (my fault for going to be too late) but this morning I was really snippy with the wee ones)

I made sure that I meditated when the twins were at home but even with that I had my moments in the afternoon when I snapped at them. I need to make sure that I get a good sleep.

I am getting better at hula hooping though. It is only my second day at doing it but it is great to notice progress.

So tired

It started as being my fault for going to bed too late, but it ended up being tired through just being so busy during the day. I have done so much walking throughout the day.

My eldest son had a friend come over for a bit. It felt strange as his parents did not know, but they did not seem to be bothered when I took him home. I did not see them but I did not hear anything from them when he went in.

Keeping calm

My wee ones are getitng loud and my youngest son is getting really bad tempered.

I tried today getting close to him and lowering my voice when reasoning with him. It worked. I think I will have to lower my voice all of the time when dealing with him.

Computer working again

My partner had a mess around with my computer and managed to get it working again. I am pleased to get it working again. Now all I need to do is to get it to recognize my second hard drive so that I can get the edited wedding photographs for my friend off.

My partner was a bit miffed that he ordered a new mother board and processor, however I think I will still use them and use the stuff that is now in my computer to build up a third computer for the wee ones to use.

I was so lucky that I got a lie in this morning (very helpful as I went to bed so late) when I got up though I spent most of the day in the bedroom sorting through the pile of stuff on the chair that I had put there yesterday. I cleared the clothes pile, now all I need to do is get rid of the clutter (that is the challenging part)

I have got good news about the wee ones. After having a few accidents with them recently at night time. They did not have any last night. I hope it continues.

Happy Birthday

To my twins. They are five years old today.

They really liked their presents (I eventually found the missing present so my daughter was so happy to get her very own Felix cat)

The tent was well liked and used. Though sadly it also got damaged. The boys ran in and out of it so much that they ripped it. I will have a look at it and see if there is anything that I can do to fix it.

Lie in

I got a treat of a lie in today. My partner told me that I could get a lie in both today and tomorrow. That was a good thing as I ended up staying up too late last night.

I am really getting frustrated at home though at the moment. Lots of things are really getting to me. Though it does not help that I am the only one putting the work into keeping the home clean. I went away for a few hours in the evening for my photography club and I got home to find that not a lot had been done. It feels like I am fighting a never ending battle. I wish that my partner would do more to help when he is at home, but sadly he is more interested in browsing the Internet. He had not picked up the towels that had been used to dry the wee ones after the bath. He had not even emptied the bath. I think I will be spending a fair bit of time cleaning the living room and kitchen before I go to bed.

Visiting friend

I  went to my friends house this morning for the first time since school started back. It was nice to have a relaxing morning for a change. It was also nice to chat to my friend as we do not get the chance to do so very often (what with us both having three children it amske it challenging to find the time)

Waiting for stuff

I do not know what the matter with the post is but nothing seems to be getting delivered at the moment. I am waiting for the last of my sons presents and some DVD's. the4y all should have been delivered by now, but none of the have. I missed a parcel yesterday and I asked for it to be delivered today but that too has not showed up. No doubt it will arrive tomorrow when I am not in to collect it (today would have been good as my partner was off college due to one of the tutors taking a day off)

Back better

After a challenging nights sleep I woke feeling not too bad, but the best thing is that my back did not hurt much at all when I got up. I was so pleased about that as I was not looking forward to struggling to do the school run this morning (the post that I put on Spirit and destiny last night has done some good, thanks to the hope from the others)

I still ache

I must be sleeping in a bad position as when I woke up I was aching so badly. I think a zombie was more agile than I was.

Thankfully I have improved during the day so now I just feel like an old lady. I think I will get up a little earlier in the morning so that I can limber up for the school run. Hopefully my partner will be able to help as well.

It was entertaining when I went to the shops. I had to make sure I was really careful when getting things off the lower shelves. I also had to be careful that I did not overdo things. Thankfully I did neither and by the time I got home I felt fine.

Ow,ow ouchie

My back.

Ow, ow, ow

After deciding that I would take the wee ones the long way to school to avoid the ice, I decided to change my mind in the morning as I did not think it looked that bad. Sadly it was and I fell badly and really hurt my back (It is still aching now)

Thankfully tomorrow is my lie in day so I get to relax.

So tired

I have done so much work recently that I am shattered. Though it does not help that I have not been sleeping well at night.

Cleaning like a woman possesed

I did get a lovely lie in today (I really needed it after how late I worked last night)

Today was  the turn for the kitchen (thankfully the wee ones and let me do my jobs in peace, but it did help that my step daughter was here as well to help)

I cleared the clutter off the sides and cleaned them properly. I need to sort out the clutter corner (the area where the fridge used to be and where all of the bagged clutter is being put) I still need to clean the floor but I will get that done before I go to bed.

I also bagged the stuff from my desk and cleaned it. My desk looks so much better, now all I have to do is make sure that I keep it like it. I will also need to make sure that I sort through and get rid of the stuff that I do not need.

I really am determined to get rid of all of the clutter from my home. I knew that we can make our small home work for us, but we need to be as efficient as possible and ruthless with the possessions and clutter.

Decorations Down

I thought I would leave them up till the fifth. But I decided today that they should come down. It took me a couple of hours to get it all done, but they are all nicely boxed up and ready to go away until later this year.

Sunday 2nd

I had a lovely lie in today. I certainly needed it as I ended up staying up until 4am.

I have discovered a computer game recently that I like to play. It was on offer on Steam so I bought it for me. It only cost £2.80. I ended up playing it all night. It is sucha  fun game to play. Not too difficult at the moment, just fun and very addictive.

Konnichiwa 2011

Ooh the New Year is here. I wonder what will happen this year. I do hope that there is not a repeat of last summer and what happened after.

But the New Year is here and it is time to think about what I hope to achieve from it. I do hope that I am able to get the wee ones to do as I ask without having to get mad with them.

The twins start school this year so I need to make sure that I am well prepared for when they do start.

Today has gone well. thankfully the wee ones did not get up too early (that was a good job as I went to bed late) I in fact went to bed so late that I needed to take a nap in the afternoon.