Oooooh how cool?!

Its Mothers day next Sunday. I told M on Thursday that a great present would be a new laptop but I'm thinking that is highly unlikely and to be honest, ridiculous. I don't go in for huge presents, its the thought that counts. I have, however just seen these ladybird stitch markers. Shame he doesn't read my blog really......

Welcome to the house of fun!

Have I really not blogged for nearly a month? Wow!! You haven't missed much. I have mainly being a misery-guts. Never in my life have I felt so shitty as I have recently, I totally do not get why I have felt so urgh. I bore myself with my grumpyness and just find myself sitting in front of the computer flicking randomly around in the evenings so that I don't offend anyone and on a kind of auto-pilot in the day, doing what I need to do but not really feeling 'there'. I haven't a clue what it really is or why I have felt so down.

Anyway I think this week may have been a turning point and this morning, even though I have a cold and was up till 1am last night, I have tidied up the house, sorted my chest of drawers out and thrown out a load of old clothes, including pregnant pants that have been in the bottom of my drawer for nearly four years now!!

Its been half term this week and we have had a really nice week. We haven't done loads but its been nice just to do whatever and not be tied to school runs, being dressed by 830 and other school related things. J and L have had an ace time playing together and I love watching them together. They love each other so much. They are snuggled up under a blanket at the mo, watching Toy Story. I'm sad that its back to school on Monday. Its odd, before J started school, I used to wonder if I would be not wanting the holidays to end or be the parent who was dying for them to go back. I can safely say that school hols rock ;)

What else? I went climbing for the first time in 4yrs on Sunday. Before we had J and L, Michael and I would go climbing at the indoor wall once a week then climb at the weekend outdoors sometimes too but when I got pg with J, M banned all climbing exploits. I climbed once after J was born then I was banned again. I was really aprehensive about going. The last time I went, I made a complete fool of myself by having a panic attack half way up a wall and M had to climb up next to me to get me down. Not the best memory but I was determined I wouldn't do that again. We went with a lad I used to go to Sixth form with who M now works with, his mate and M best man (P) and his new girlfriend (who had never been climbing before). Because only M, P and I could climb, I had to sign someone in under my care which was a bit worrying ;o) Anyway, after an initial shit, I can't tie a knot, I was away and was teaching my mate to climb and his mate to belay. Next it was my turn to climb and I am happy to report back that i didn't make a fool of myself, infact I was abseiling better than I ever have so woo-go me!! It felt so good to be doing things that I haven't done for ages and still being ok with it. We're going on Sunday morning and I am really looking forward to it. The only problem I am going to have is that I will want to go every week and we will need someone to look after J and L ;)

Not a lot else has happened really. J is still doing really well at school. He has started telling me that he doesn't want to go in the mornings but when he gets there he is fine and his teachers both say that he is doing really well and settles in well so I think (am hoping) that its just the inital thought of having to get up and dressed too early for his liking. Not that he likes his bed, you understand!!

L is becoming a cheeky little mare. M did something she didn't like the other day so she turned around, hands on hips and said 'Oh honestly Daddy!' to him, with so much feeling. I think I am going to have to move her up a class at preschool earlier than I was going to because she is still in with the little ones and I think she needs a bit more stimulation. She wants to be reading books like J and writing her name but because she won't go to school till 2009 (damn you for not wanting to be born, girl!!) she is doing the same stuff as the little ones, learning colours.

I've got lots of woolly goodness to show but I need to get the pictures off the computer but for now, I'll leave you with this. I made some needle rolls for Sarah and in exchange, she sent me some of her scrummy hand-spun. Here is a picture of it before it was knitted up into a hat.
I am making Marble Muffin with it. Its a funky Woollywormhead hat. I have currently fallen out with it because mine doesn't look very muffin-like and more beany-fied but there is so little of it left to knit, I am going to finish it this weekend and see what it looks like.

In gardening news, my seeds have arrived from Alan Roman. Loads and loads, all for a bargain price. If you need seeds, go and look there before you go to the bigger places that cost lots more.

And here they are all organised in my new mouse-proof seed box waiting for it to be warm enough to plant them.

Right its swimming lesson time already......

Someone made my day.......

So I am being pulled kicking and screaming from my grumpy hole by Mamalonglegs who has given me the "Make my Day" award.

So now I have to tag 10 people, thus:"Give the award to 10 people whose blogs bring you happiness and inspiration and make you feel happy about blogland. Let them know by posting a comment on their blog so they can pass it on. Beware you may get the award several times."

Hmm...ok I haven't spent time looking at many blogs recently because all my favs are on my bookmark list on my laptop that died months ago now (yep, I'm still bitter, I hold grudges, what can I say ;o) )so ten......

The one that really makes my day at the moment is Sarah and Adams. I lived with Sarah for two years at Uni and she's cool and now she is living the good life with her Adam and has an allotment and I am very jealous ;o)

Gemma because she always cheers me up with funny things when I am grumpy and dyes pretty yarn.

Jeni. I met her a couple of times when I went to Cardiff Stitch and Bitch and read her blog, loving the creative life that she is living.

Lottie. Because she tells it like it is and not least because on her second ever blog post, she felt the need to tell the world that she had the shits. I love you Lottie!!

Petite Anglaise because in my other alternative life, when I'm not being a good life living, earth mother type, I am living the city life in gay Paris.

Postsecret....does this count?

Sarah, of course, for dragging me out of the hole..... but what happens if you get picked again? Do you have to pick another ten?! Can you tell its late and I'm confused and tired?

Hmm I'm struggling here now that I haven't got my favs lists and because I am trying to cut down on Internet time so am spending less time perusing blogs so this will have to do for now......