Bombs away

Yesterday we had to be evacuated from our homes due to what was thought to be a 55inch live mortar bomb that was 300 meters from my house had to be out by 2pm, so i had to leave work early pick up the dogs from home go and get the kids from school and then wait around for the all clear.What excitement you think. NOT. There were police everywhere my house and road were totally blocked off had to leave the dogs in the car and go round to my friend Wendy's. Bless her she cooked the kids tea, while we watched what was going on, on the news.
The frightening thing was I had actually walked over this bomb several times when I walk the dogs down the shore, luckily it was found to be a dud, but it was a big as me, they had to dig a trench round it and wait for high tide so they could float it out and then detonate it.
The blockade got lifted and we were eventually allowed back in at 5.30pm, i'm not so sure about living on top of an old navel base now,it makes you wonder what is under the house you live in. Still at least it was an uneventfull day today.....

Learned That Life Is

Life is like a roll of toilet paper, the closer to the end we get, the faster it seems to go.....
We should be glad that God doesn't give us everything we ask for......Life would be very boring.........
Money can't buy us class... That is something we make ourselves...
Small daily happenings that make life so splendid and spectacular are to be cherished.........
Under everyone's hard shell is someone who wants to be loved and appreciated........
The Lord did not do all things in one day, what make us think we should......
The less time I have to work , the more I may just get done......
A good friend is a friend for life.....
The word NO should be put into my vocabulary more often........

New Book

i have discovered a very interesting new read, Not that i'm really into this type of book normally but the cover just had to be opened......It just happens to be a best seller......called Why men lie and women cry.
All i can say so far very interesting, not that i agree with some parts but never the less looks like it may have to read front to back. It is about human relations and body language, as we all know we need help reading the opposit sex....
so to the part i'm just reading now is about commitment.How true to form is this........We are frequently mystifed how passionate the other half is while watching his favourite sport
, glued to the tv with an intesity that will not get him moved for anyone or anything....How is it they can have so much emotion and energy to watch that but when it comes to a relatioship, they hold back and lets face if they are loosing do we dare walk in the room......and now i must read on some more......

A day off

Yes i actually got a day off work yesterday, with that in mind i promised Steph we would go to the flicks and watch Big Mama's house 2, brill film, well Steph, Jayde and i thought, giggling away, although not many other people were. Very sad they oviously did not have much humor in them..
I then spent the rest of the day finishing doing our bedroom, Andy had finished building all the new furniture, but everywhere else was a complete and utter pigsty." so much for the day off" Andy and Jamie went off to watch the Rugby , i also cooked the Lasagne ready for them to come home to , with fresh garlic bread, did all the housework, the washing, Andy can do all the ironing today.
I should have gone into work, life would have been a lot less hectic,maybe working another 3weeks in a row is looking pretty rosy at the moment........

Valantines day

After discussions with Andy the other night , it was decided that we would only give each other cards.After finishing work i quickly popped into my neighbours, while in conversation with Lisa. her son Ryan overheard our conversation.
Meanwhile Andy had come home and i had been told that he was home by Ryan . I left Lisa's and came home to find Andy not there, wondering where he had gone, then he turns up with a bunch of flowers. Me suddenly feeling very guilty as i had not bought him anything.....
Conversation
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Me ... thanks sweetheart , but i thouhgt we were not buying each other anything.
Andy ...the kids told me you were expecting flowers...
Me... no we agreed the other night , not buying anything , just a card.....
Andy .. I know but Jamie and Ryan said you were over Lisa's and you were expecting flowers......
Me..... No what i said was....i hope Andy hasn't bought me any flowers... when i found out you were home..
Andy....Oh great!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Me .... Nevermind i love them anyway...
I then called both the lads over and told them if they wanted to evesdrop on mine and Lisa's conversations they should at least get the facts straight first. Still at least i got flowers......

Thanks Andy " Happy Valentines Day xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Stef gets a part

Stephanie's next school production is Oliver, she had gone for auditions 2weeks ago and heard the results on Friday before they all left for half term.
I picked up a very dissapointed girl Friday night, she had not got the part of Nancy, but she got the part of one of the flower girls.There are only 5 flower girls, so i was thrilled for her,But to her this was not good enough and so put her on a real downer.
As most mums know when they have a hormonal 11yr old nothing you can say will help, there was no amount of softening the blow that i could give. Bless him Dad came to the rescue, he told her the bit he remembers most in the film was the song" who will buy my wonderfull roses".This helped as her Dad used to sing in a group and even though i say myself he is really quite good and has just been asked to help out his friends for a few gigs this year, He did retire 5 years ago so it looks like i shall have a few saturday nights being a groupie wife again....Steph has a very good little voice and often sings with her dad, which is why i think it hit her so hard that she didn't get picked, but hey at least she is a flower girl and won't get beaten up by old bill sykes..........

conversations

This week has been really busy to say the least. I am still on sales this week and it looks like that is the case up untill the end of March. The only good thing is i have been one of the top sellers this week so i am giving myself a pat on the back.
Besides work there have been several conversations in our house this week.....
Steph has been learning about drugs at school. To her horror her teacher told the class that there were good drugs and bad drugs.The worst drug to her was as i would say a not a bad drug but to her she was mortified to find her teaching telling her "CHOCOLATE" was a drug. This caused major upset, her favourite food was a drug, still now at least i don't have to replace the choccie bars as quick.She was also telling us about this really bad drug called estsy, bless, she just couldn't get the word ecstaty, Andy and i had to do a few double takes before we got it.
Andy and i have also been having discussions....
Do we go away this year for a long weekend, we had promised ourselves we would go back to either Brussels or Bruge as we loved it so much and there was so much more to see that we just didn't have chance to..... or do we do the boring thing and re-do the bedroom. We have some fantastic offers coming in our store next week on some pine furniture and our room definately needs a re-vamp so ...... Bedroom?...weekend?....bedroom?....weekend?...bedroom?.... bit of a dilema, unfortunately it looks like the bedroom is winning, then of course it is talking Andy into the colours i want, which is a deep red, cream and gold, he has a slight niggle about the red...
Me.....i want to do it red,cream and gold with wood flooring....
Andy.....Red. no not red ok with everything else , why red?..
Me.. It's warm and sultry and romantic......it will go great with the pine...
Andy....Romantic when do we have time for romantic?
Me... well if it looked romantic , then we may end up in there more...
Andy... well show me the colours and maybe, he is not very good at picturing colours in his mind and picturing what the room would look like.
Me..... honestly you will like it....
I will work on him and hopefully i will get my romantic room. i shall just keep reminding him of how he loves the lounge now it is finished

Jamies first pay

Today was the first day that Jamie actually got paid for doing a job that wasn't for us. He has paid for steph sitting when we go out, but today he was working up the club. Bless him he had to do all the washing up as we had a lunch on up the Rugby Club for the start of the six nations.
He has wanted a little job so he could make a start on the "earning road" and be able to get a job reference. The lunch was roughly for about 100 people so my hat goes off to him, i would not like to wash up that amount.
I have a very happy son tonight , He made 5.00 in tips and 10.00 in wages, not bad for an afternoons work. He is going to put the money to good use and put it towards spending money for his ski trip next month.

being sceptical

Last night i went with my good friend Lisa to watch a clairvoyant called Stephan Holbrook. He is meant to be one of the best in England. Having never been to one before i thought what the heck i may as well go and see what it was all about.
Now i'm not a great believer in life after death , but i do believe that we go to another place, i believe it right to get married in church and have my children christened, i also feel proud to have been asked to be a godmother.
Well it was different, there were about 150 people all there some the same as me, their first time and others that go to these sort of meetings regularly.You are told to relax and that if you kept your arms folded infront of you this would act like a barrier and poeple would be blocked. I must admit for the first half i did keep my arms fairly blocked . It was something new to experience and i was not to sure if i wanted that in a room full of strangers.
It was an extroadany evening and it does open your mind up, i will say i'm still a little sceptical but not as much as i was, I shall go again although i don't think i will be a true believer untill maybe i got a message through for me.

being multiskilled

Work at the moment for me seems to be never ending at the moment, with me having to work the next 2weeks without a day off, Try and keep up with all the wifely duties around the house and keep up with the dogs as show season will be starting soon for Bruno. Tyson i have decided to retire after the massive trauma to his back just before Ocober he seems to be a little less enthused in strutting his stuff.
So back to the point , at the moment i am doing extra hours on fashions first thing from 8-9am, then going onto our dept for 30mins to try and keep up with my work.Then at 9.30 i'm off doing sales for the company which i do extra time,i then go from there to my cleaning job,then go and pick Steph up from school, get changed and run the dogs with 3omins traing for Bruno. With that its time to be mum sort out the tea and homework, get on the computer if i can , then if i'm really lucky stay awake to watch a bit of tv.
I think looking at my day it is ok to be multiskilled but there are not enough hours in the day to fit everything in. I don't want to be multiskilled anymore.....