19th July

Yeah, i know, i've lapsed again LOL

Been busy with accident prone kids,trying to fnd things to do for them in rainy weather and still knitting things

Currently making a doll for my friends wee girl...doll also has a doll using the knitted self pattern found here

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Many thanks to Deadly Knitshade for her pattern...i can see me using it a few times more...maybe even attempt it with the suggested 4 needles LOL

In other news the RBR forum has been interesting...Unicorns and other hillarities have evolved from trying to lighten the odd thread...unless you've read it this will mean nothing, credit to Alex and C80yd for the artwork

would you like a bag with that? 1st July 2010

You're standing in the queue with a pretty full basket, get to the till and they rapidly scan the items then look at you incredulously...

"Would you like a bag with that?"

Okay...do you not see me standing here like a spare thumb doing nothing with my items as i have no carrying device to put them in...of course i have enough pockets to carry half a dozen yoghurts, i can shove the bread up my jumper...need i carry on.

So how do you answer it? I have been polite and said yes please...usually this polite response is due to the person behind the till having the common sense to ask before or just as they start scanning. I have used "yes please,i dont have enough hands/pockets" in a polite tone...that seems to get their goat up the most,being polite.

Then comes the paying...if they have had the sense to ask about said bag early then i get my card out usually before i've put everything in the bag...the payment usually takes a minute or two while they ask about cashback etc...i can put that time to good use and complete the packing.

If stupidity has been a key factor...then i draw it out and pack everything away before i pay or at least drag it out a little as i'm no going to rush it just cos they want to get me away as soon as they can.

So please, if you are behind a till just use a little common sense...not everyone remembers to bring a bag for life...i'm a mum who usually has a buggy to carry stuff, bags are never remembered as i have sooo many other things to do just to get out of the door to get a carton of milk.

thank you for listening and i look forward to not having to resort to sarcastic retorts in the future

food

Children are such fikkle things when it comes to food

The other evening we went round to a friends house for a BBQ...yes it's actually warm and sunny enough for one of those things in Scotland just now

Anyway...G ate virtually nothing, a few cherry tomatoes and i dont think much else, B did eat a bit of burger and a whack of cucumber...funnily enough when the ice-cream came out they both devoured the delectable treats

But that is not something out of the ordinary as my boys will happily much on things one day and dislike them with a passion the next...they always seem to do well at breakfast and the rest of the day can be hit or miss.

G ADORES broccoli...yes broccoli...i cannot go down the veggie ailse in Asda without him asking for it, tomato soup is another love and he will eat a whole tin at a time...yet most meals he will sit there and fuss for ages sometimes picks,sometimes devours sometimes eats nothing...i have decided that if he asks for something before i go shopping then that is what he gets for his dinner, so far it seems to be working and he usually eats quite well those evenings.

Another fikkleness thing...they always want to eat off YOUR plate, even if what is on theirs is EXACTLY the same...and why is it when you give them something they wont touch it (gammon steak)...but they insist that the bits of yours that you slice off and give them is "nummy"....give them it on their plate the next time "ah dont like it" GGRRRR lol.

And try and steal something off THEIR plate and it's a whole different screeching ball game "NO DADDEEE THATS MIIIIIIINE"...well you were not even eating that slice of nectarine and it had been sitting there for 30 mins while you farted about with the toy car on the sofa...he thought you were finished LOL

1st July 2010

Bumps and Bruises

Oh dear,where do we start

Yesterday G and B were play scuffling, G pushed B and Bs nose connected with the edge of the coffee table! thank gawd the corners have rubber protection do-dahs on them.

So little B starts wailing and then the blood starts trickling...wipe and trickle...wipe and trickle...errrr think we'd better get this one checked out.

Trundled to the new hossie (that escapade is another post in itself) and booked him in. All this time he's hiding his face under his hat and thankfully the bleeding had stopped of it's own accord...I have a feeling he KNEW he was going to get prodded LOL. Nice Dr B was on duty that day...evil doctor shoved evil lighted looking thing up Bs right nostril...much wriggling and screeching ensued (Mummy had a good firm grasp with one arm curled round arms and chest the other round the forehead)

Thankfully Doc feels fine with it, slightly inflamed probably due to his cold and thats maybe why it bled so easily...at 2 yrs old a nose is unlikely to break as it's mostly cartilage but it's always better to be safe even though there is really nothing they can do if it WAS broken.

Half a punnet of strawberries later confirmed that little B was fine, but he missed his afternoon nap...6.30pm, an hour earlier than his normal bedtime preperations, and it was too quiet...went for a nosy and the wee mite was fully clothed couried round his teddy sound asleep on his bed.

He wasnt happy that Mummy had to fuss him and change his rump and get his PJs on...well i couldn't leave him in a nappy he'd already had on for 4 hours and hope it would last another 13 or so, and belted jeans tshirt fleece and trainers are not the best sleeping attire. It woke him up enough till i'd got his brother ready too and they had their bedtime milk.

They joys of having boys eh? LOL

28th June 2010

Darn it...i will get one of these things going eventually LOL

so...what can i blether about...ah the European GP from Valencia, the footie and some tennis

I'll set the scene from yesterday...


2yr old B has put himself down for a nap, completely dead to the world with the manky Teddy in one hand (no chance of stealing to wash as his little vice-like grip is NOT for letting go) and the other hands thumb shoved in his gob

"The Chain" starts playing over the TV...."WRAY-SING CAAAAAHHHHHRRRSSSS" screeches the 3yr old G (he'll name that tune in 1 lol )

Jake is blethering away about McLaren when *tug tug* with acompanying radioactive aura of smell..."muh-meee...i done a pooopeeee"

wonderful (note the extreme use of sarcasm)...i'll spare the details tho LOL

the race starts and we're pointing out cars and naming drivers so the 3yr old knows a bit more...love the way he says "shoogahrrrmahkeurrr" lol, he IS getting better and recognising more cars and individual drivers...anyway, Webber pits early after he had a pretty naff start,dosnt go quite right and i hear movement from the 2 yr old...go to investigate

3yr old screeches "OH NO MUMMY...MARK WEBBER CRAAAAAASHED!!!"...nah...oh...replay...feck that was fast,...flings steering wheel (thanks to Rubens at Monaco we all know how expensive and hardwearing those things are), and gets out...PHEW and thank gawd to the designers of those cockpits, 20 years ago he would NEVER have been able to walk away with minor cuts and bruises

while said spawn are devouring cheese sarnies and pickled onion monster munch like the rabid munchins that they are... the race continues

Go Kobayashi...it was lap 50 odd and he still hadn't pitted...how on earth are you keeping those tyres running???

OMG, looking good Rubens!!! FOURTH place! Well done to the Williams team,you guys have been struggling with that underpowered Cosworth engine, sorry about Hulk, he definitely deserved better too.  I had joked about putting money on HRT or Virgin getting points after the other sports results over the week...wasnt too far out was I?  lol

At the end...yay for Seb, those points keep Red Bull up by the McLaren boys and keeps it interesting... thank gawd Webber is fine,how the h*ll he can be relaxed enough for an interview with the beeb?

I hope in 20 years or so to be looking up at one of those podiums thinking "that's MY boy/s"...Frau Schumacher should know what i mean LOL

Mahoosive snickers at Kbayashi overtaking Aonso, Sauber beating the works Ferrari was most titilating.

TV turned over,no red button forum for us as the footie was on and hubby wanted to watch,even the end of the standard beeb program was lucky to be seen and the start of the footie was sky+ed...i gather from twitter that all tv dudes at valencia had a power problem so it was cut short anyway,only about 12 mins of the usual hour...conspiracy dudes suggest they all wanted to watch the footie...Jake Humphrey protests this is not true of couse LOL

But needless to say being a Scottish household we did snicker mightily and the 2nd German overpowering display of the day...jokey texts/tweets/facebook status updates ensue...half my feeds are Scots swapping laughing remarks about the poor show from the English team, the other half are in general complaining about the really pooey showing the boys made (i've toned down the extreme disgust that was voiced)

What they need to do is be more Scottish...we don't go to the footie EXPECTING to win...if anything we HOPE to win but EXPECT to lose...we go for the party...win/lose we celebrate/commiserate...who cares lets PAHHHRRRTTAAAYYYY

If you havnt seen them yet the Irn Bru adverts are looking good...Bruzil 2034 PMSL, love the tongue in cheek humour

The tennis has been watched but not the same amount...Murrays done okay so far,getting thru easy enough, almost shocking results for Federer and Nadal...and dear gawd an 11 hour game,with over 200 aces,ending 60/58 in the final set !!! I know they'll change the rules and bring in some tie-break for the final set...shame really as if anyone looks like they could end up getting close,they should be allowed the chance to beat the record...altho i dont know if anyone would really want to, and those footie nancies get paid silly money to ponse about for 90 mins and think they've done a hard job (the F1 boys get away with large salaries in my mind for danger money and the massive gforces they cope with)

And now to silverstone...last year it clashed with my then 1yr olds first birthday (his party started at 3pm after qualifying lol)...this year it's the local Harbour Gala on the Sunday...sorry boys,but you're not old enough yet to really appreciate standing around for ages in the probable pouring rain for a brief glimps of a helicopter and a doughnutting lifeboat...we can picnic in the living room with a 42" tv and surround sound :-)

15th Jan 2010

bit here and a bit there...mucking about finding which free blog thing will be the most permanent

right...as on my info i do lots of crafts...he's some things i've done