23rd February 2011

I would just like to say thanks to Doddy for a nice evening last night, good idea of yours to go the The Crows Nest it was really nice and made a change and we were both healthyish meals!

Today has not got off to a good start. ALFIE ALFIE ALFIE please listen and do as you are told was all i could hear from up stairs this morning while i was getting ready for work. Then all hell broke loss i wish Alfie would just listen and understand that he can not always get his own way all the time. When i left both Alfie and Polly were crying Good Luck mum and dad, try and get throught to Alfie about not getting his own way all the time!!

And to add to that it is a very nasty day, damp foggy and cold! Just what you need to cheer you up for the day ahead, not!

Shoes for today: Red LEather Victorian barrette boot with jet beading, United States, 1870.

Lunch time already were has the morning gone?

Kids had a good day with nan and gramp they were taken to Whizz Kids which they both enjoyed, Alfie played football and Polly played with Jess.

Alfie and Polly were in bed for 8.30 so we managed to catch up on watching Outcasts which is on a Monday evening at 9pm but we had got a bit behind, but now its 11pm and we are up to date ready for next Monday's episode. Off to bed!

21st February 2011

Half term and its typical it is raining!

Shoes for today are: Green silk "Rix" pump with velvet cut-out detail, Sophie Gittins, 2009.

Not sure about these, i think its the colour that is putting me off!
Alfie and Polly are at a sports club today which is held at the Kingston Blount Hall, they both love it they do all sorts of sports. They also get to team up and communicate with other children from different schools which i think is a good social skill for them to learn at this age.

Another day at work and nothing changes just another Monday at work!

Alfie and Polly had a good day at sports club today which is good as they are booked into go on Thursday also.You know what half term is like only a couple of days they start to get fed up and bored with each others company, which is when they start arguing and fighting so going to the sports club breaks up the week for them. Its not to bad cost wise they charge £12 per day per child, it runs from
9-3pm.

Thanks to Jane for helped me decided what i was going to have for tea as i had some Lamb steaks but i did not know what to do with them and she suggested i coat them in mint sauce and rub in salt and pepper then grill for 10 minutes. This was very tasty thanks Jane we had them with jacket potato and salad, very nice and quite healthy!

20th February 2011

Phil had been talking about going to London on the train to the Sealife Aquarium and Madam Tussauds.

We got up and Phil checked the train times, which was good as all the trains from Princess Risborough to Marylebone were not running due to them working on the line. Great so what do we do now?

Polly and Alfie were looking forward to going so we drove Amersham train station and got a tube direct into Baker Street on the Metropolitan line, we then changed to the Jubilee line which took us to Waterloo which is were we got off and walked to Sealife which is situated on the River Thames right next to the London Eye.

On the way there were lots of the street entertainers along the walkway. They are all so good but how can you stand still for that long without fall over? Polly and Alfie were not sure what to make of them as they were like statues until you put some money into their pot and they started moving which to start with Polly found a bit strange and would not have her photo taken with them.

 I wonder how much money they actual make standing there in the freezing cold weather?

The kids loved the aquarium, the best bit was the shark walk were you walk over a glass window which looks down onto the shark tank, so you could see them swimming around below, Alfie was fasinated with it Polly was a little unsure about walking over the glass but was ok when holding Phils had.

We left Sealife and as the weather was not great, it was cold and it was raining a little there was no queue for the London Eye so we decided to have a ride on that also, which was amazing, could not see much of London due to it being very misty, we will have to come back in the summer when you can see for miles, but it was good and the kids had fun waving to the pods below and watching the boats up and down the river.

By the time we got off the London Eye it was gone 4.15pm so we made our way back to Baker Street for some tea before we went home. We were going to leave Madam Tussauds for another day but again there was not queue so we decided to go in and have alook around.

They have changed it alot since i last visited which was about 10 years ago, it was great as you could actual get to stand by the famous figures and have your photo taken with them. Polly was not sure as they looked very realistic and she thought they would start moving like the street entertainers did. But she soon got used to them and then wanted her photo with everybody from Miley Cyrus to David Beckham!

Kids wanted a McDonalds before coming home so we had some tea then went to Baker Street train station to wait for the next train direct to Amersham which was 6.41pm.

The train we got on was a quick one which did not stop at every stop so we got back to Amersham at 7.30 then home for 8.10pm. Alfie got a bit peckish on the train and eat a Double Choco Muffin from McDonalds bit a little to big for him to handle!

19th February 2011

Shoes for the weekend, well they are actual boots for the weekend and how nice they are, i could see myself  in these, dancing the night away! I wish, i'm in bed by 10.30pm how could i ever go out clubbing like we used to until the early hours and still get up for work the next day!

Snakeskin-embosed leather ankle boots, Calvin Klein, 2009.

Today we have stagecoach, then take the library books back so we dont get fined, then this afternoon Phil is taking Alfie to Wycombe Wanders with my works season tickets and i am taking Polly to see Justin Beiber, Never Say Never film at the cinema.

Made sure that the boys were wrapped up warm for football as it was raining a little but the seats are under cover so it should not be too bad.

We all had a good afternoon Polly and I enjoyed the film and Alfie and Phil enjoyed the football even Wycombe did loss against Accrington Stanley 1-2. Come on Wycombe!!

As the kids had been good they were treated to a Chinese from Top Wok in Risborough. It was very tasty, thanks Phil! xx

18th February 2011

Friday here already and it is the end of term, where has the last 7 weeks gone?

Shoes for today: "Frontpage" double-platform peep-toe with multitonal bow, Stuart Weitzman, 2009.

Polly went off to school this morning wearing her recycled outfit not sure how long it will stay on as she has trouble sitting down in it. Alfie just wear his football shirt from last year!

Went to the end of term assembly this morning and Polly still had her outfit on, all of Foundation Class 1 had done really well with their dressing up in recycled products. It was funny because as the classes got older the pattern was that the less children had dressed up!

No dancing with Miss Denise tonight but it is on next week in half term, i am writing this on my blog so i  hopefully will not forget!

Polly is not to upset as there is a school disco tonight due to the one at christmas being cancelled, the only pain is that Polly's is 6pm to 7.15 and then Alfie's is 7.30 until 9.00pm and he can stay on his own I think , but not sure whether he wants to go, he will have to decided before to tonight.

Polly was invited to Charlotte and Grace's house after school and they were all going to get ready for the disco together and i was told to pick her up there later, you would think that they were teenagers but no they are only 5 years old, i am not looking forward to what it is going to be like when they are older if they are like this now! HELP!

Alfie decided not to go to the disco as he would miss out on staying at nan and gramps house and as they have been away he wanted to stay with them rather than go to the disco.

Had a very productive evening once we got Polly to bed, we decided to book our 2011 holidays. We are not normally this organised, but we have booked to go to Lanzarote, Costa Teguise in the May Spring Holidays for a week.  http://www.sandsbeach.eu/  Then we have booked the Eurotunnel to Mum and Dad's house in France for the first two weeks of the summer holidays. We normal fly but this year we are going to drive, not sure what we have let ourselves in for, but what is 10 hours in the car door to door!

How exciting lots to look forward to this year guess i best stick to my health eating plan!!!!!! I will do my bestxxxxx

17th February 2011

When checking my emails last night i had forgotten about the kids having to go in muffty tomorrow with the theme of recycling I am terrible when it comes to doing things like this. Asked Alfie he said he was just going to go to school in normal clothes, but Polly wants to make a costume, great what do i do?

Well, i have printed off the recycling logo's and i am collecting some bottle tops, sweet wrappers and crisp packets from work, we will have to attached them to an old piece of clothing or i have a clear sack which we can stick and sow things on which she can wear over her clothes. Why do i not get organised sooner rather than the night before!

Shoes for today: Scalloped wood platform Bonnie Smith, 1972-76. A little strange, i was born in 1973 so these were the sort of shoes that my mum was wearing, not so sure about that, cannot imagine her wearing these out, and not sure how comfortable they would be!



Today is turning out to a be nice sunny day, just finished lunch and the sun is beaming through the blinds into our office, i guess we should make the most of it as it is reported to change come the weekend, and i bet as it is half term the weather will be wet, wet, wet next week!

Looking at February on our work calendar and it is a lovely cottage set in the Penberth Clove in Cornwell, it looks perfectly peaceful.

Polly keeps going on about seeing JLS on stage so i have managed to book us some tickets to see JLS at the Milton Keynes Staduim on Friday 8th July, how happy is she going to be, and i'm very pleased to as they are a good band, cannot wait. Polly was so excited when i told her but i said she had got to be good until then, ha ha what a joke!

Nice bodies JLS!!!

Got home and cooked some tea, then off to make Polly's outfit for school tomorrow with all the recycled crisp packets and sweet wrappers from work. She looked really good and thanks to Jane she wanted to make a handbag from the laminated recycled logos.



16th February 2011

Driving to work today in the fog was a nightmere all i was doing was dodging the pot holes, the roads are so bad again, get it sorted Oxfordshire/Buckinghamshire council.

Shoes for today: Suede ankle boots with geometric wood and resin wedge heel, Diego Dolcini, 2009.
They look nice but not sure that they would be very comfortable to walk far in!

Its 11.00am and it is turning out to be a nice clear and bright day, so far, just had a satuma but it was very dry so that went in the bin, i'm trying to be good but that puts me off fruit when they are like that!

Listening to Radio 2 this morning and this song which i like keeps coming on but i keep missing who sings it, but today i was in the room and they said who sang it at the end of the song instead of at the beginning. The songs is 'The Last Dance' and it's sung by Clare Mcguire who i have never heard of but i have ordered her album off of Amazon which is being released on the 28th February. Thanks Radio 2 for putting me out of my misery to who sings this song!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtdsqUlPdCk

I'm gutted, they have been talking about My Big Fat Gipsy Wedding at work which i missed on TV last night due to Phil watching the football, i will have to look out for it, as they always show it more than once or i will have to watch it online! Its a bizarre programme to watch but it is interesting to see how they live and its know wonder they can afford these massive weddings!!!

Its so nice driving home from work in the daylight, i hate it when you go to work in the dark and you then come in the dark.

Got home at 5.45pm as delivered my last few avon orders, thanks mum and dad for sorting the kids out as they were both eating tea. Phil is out tonight so i will have my super noodles later!

Its 7.00 the kids are ready for bed and they are actual sitting nicely and Alfie is helping Polly sound out words from his old tricky word book, this is music to my ears, why can it not be like this all the time!

Polly will be well ahead with Alfie giving her home tutoring. What a thought Alfie never listens but he is good at helping Polly undersand the sounds by using Phonics which is how they teach them to read and write in Mill Lane School. 

I then took some photos of Polly against a plain background for her passport photo but she got the giggles, but we got there eventually!

Managed to book a service engineer to come and look at the washing machine door, but not until Tues of next week so the clothes will have to stay in their until then its just a good job that it was drying and not being washed. But thanks to mum for doing my washing today, maybe just a few more loads to keep us going until next, lets just hope that they can fix it or it could be a few more!

Phil ordered a new tent from Argos last week which came yesterday, but when he looked online this morning it was £30 cheaper so he called Argos and they are sending us vouchers for the difference, see it does pay to speak up, if you dont ask you dont get!

Just checked on the TV guide and 'The Big Fat Gypsy Wedding' is being repeated tonight at 10.35 so i have set sky to record it. Great i can watch that on Friday along with Holby City from last night.

The news is depressing so off to bed!