Happy 2012

HAPPY NEW YEAR ONE AND ALL

I've been a bit preoccupied to do a proper post, but hopefully it won't be long now till I can share some happy news. Regular visitors will know exactly what I am talking about! :)

Alice's Adventures In Wonderland - Ballet

With all that's been going on I almost forgot about this beautiful ballet I (mostly) watched on Christmas Day. I say mostly as I was also chatting, cooking etc etc.

Since then I have found it on DVD, (I might ask for that for my birthday) and I've found out it is returning to the Royal Opera House in the spring 2012, (have to keep an eye out for when tickets go on sale!)

But for now there are snippets on YouTube:

No STUFF Is That Important!

Just look at the pictures in this news article in the Daily Mail

I just don't get it! 

You will NEVER see me doing that, ever!

Were you out in the sales?

Embarrassing Inbetweeners!

There hasn't been a lot of good stuff on TV over the Christmas period, so the other day we watched this - The Inbetweeners movie.

I must say I was quite shocked, it was certainly not a family film, and guess what, I was watching it with the family.

It was a tad embarrassing! It made some laugh, but it made me cringe. But, I must admit I stuck it out to the very end ;)

Still No Baby!

So, Christmas Day has now been and gone, prezzies openend, good food consumed and everyone had a good day.. 

But there was one little person missing, my Grandbaby who still has not made an appearance! 

Today, Boxing Day makes baby 11 days overdue. Never in any of our imaginations did we think we would have had the big day without him/her! 

My DIL had an antenatal visit at the hospital Christmas Day morning just to check all is well, and it is.. so for now we continue to wait. but it cannot be much longer, it has to be this week even if it means induction.

I really feel for DIL though, she is very very tired, her poor ankles are swollen like tree trunks and I think she's had enough, she needs her body back and her baby in her arms. It's easy for us, making all the reassuring comments but it's clear to see she's now really feeling the strain of it all.

So come on little baby, we are all more than ready for you!!

Merry Christmas

Wherever you are, however you celebrate have a safe and happy time!

Woman Falls Under Train!

Whatever you do this Christmas, don't get this drunk!

This young woman overdid it a little, but was lucky, she suffered only cuts, bruises and I expect a rather nasty hangover!

Wednesday & Still Waiting

Today was my regular day off and as my OH has this week off we went out and about finishing off our Christmas shopping which was nice.

I was hoping that Grandbaby might make an appearance but nope - this little one is not in a hurry to come into the world.

Being almost a week late my daughter in law is due at antenatal clinic tomorrow so have to see what they say - could be we are to get the most amazing Christmas gift ever!

It is a strange feeling though, it's like when you have been told it'll snow and it doesn't, after a few days you give up hope. I now feel this baby will never arrive and then get a massive rush of excitement when I think - IT IS GOING TO COME, eventually!  lol

Anyway, 2 more days of work then a little break, hopefully I will go back a real Granny!

Almost Buddies!

-Posted from a mobile device

Waiting Wordle

Excitedly Waiting!

Almost a week since my last post, how time flies!

Been busy with trying to sort out a few things for Christmas (although I'm not a fan of this time of year) and getting caught up at work and home after being unwell.

But the biggest thing filling my thoughts is the impending birth of my first Grandchild - due on Thursday!

I am SOOOOO excited, I just can't express how much. It could be absolutely anytime now, maybe the next post will see me as a Granny!

Now These made Me Laugh Out Loud!

Thanks to @Rob_TM for these!

The Everlasting Lurgy

It was back in November I first got the sore throat which then developed into a really dreadful cold thing.

Something I hadn't suffered from in years and so bad I had to take time off work and have swallowed many pills and potions, (not I hasten to add antibiotics as they are no use in viral infections which this probably is)

I am now back at work but still not 100% well.. Just dragging this bag o' bones in and doing my best.

It really is a nasty persistent little bug and I need it to GO now as I am expecting a baby in the next 10 days! (not mine, my 1st Grandchild!!)

This Looks Like A Joke But It's Not..

Apparently the NHS is trialling this for those with eating disorders/those with weight problems.. at first glance it looks ridiculous but thinking about it I imagine it may well help if the user takes it seriously!

Book - How To Talk To A Widower

How To Talk To A Widower by Jonathan Tropper
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

When Doug married Hailey - beautiful, smart and ten years older - he left his carefree Manhattan life to live in the suburbs with Hailey and her teenage son, Russ. Three years later, at 29, Doug has been a widower for twelve months and just wants to drown himself in self-pity and Jack Daniels. But his family has other ideas... Russ is furious with Doug for not adopting him, and has fallen in with a bad crowd. Claire, Doug's irrepressible, pregnant twin sister, has left her husband and, uninvited, moved in with Doug. And their sister Debbie is determined to have the perfect wedding, at any cost. Soon, Doug finds himself trying to forge a relationship with Russ, reconnect with his own eccentric family, and reluctantly edges back into the complicated world of dating...


Enjoyable book.. It was easy to get into and keep my interest. Sad funny and everything inbetween..


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