My first Giveaway

as it is now only (in my time zone) one more sleep till my birthday. Wee one has been kindly counting down the days for me all week. :)
I thought it was time that I had my very own giveaway and what better reason than to celebrate my birthday. See it's not all about the receiving ;)
So what am I offering I hear you cry? Like the huge photo c/o Amazon hasn't already let that slip.



Yes I am offering The Cath Kidston book 'Make' It doesn't not however have the free tote bag with it as the company I bought it from informed me that the tote bag did not come with 'this' book. Well I did get it a whole lot cheaper than the retail price so I guess I shouldn't complain. But I did anyway LOL

So leave me a comment and I will draw the winner ooh shall we say on the 15th Jan. That'll be 5 days after my birthday and plenty of time for everyone no?

Happy weekend people. :)

I love my bed

Well after much nagging I took myself off to the Dr yesterday because the pain in my jaw/ears was just getting too damn painful to ignore anymore. After having the Dr probe around in my ears she wrote me out a prescription for some antibiotics and confirmed that yes you have an ear infection. Now I don't know if anyone else has the same issue with antibiotics as me but they actually make me feel worse. I started the course yesterday evening and by the time I put wee one to her bed at 8pm I flaked out by the side of her. I woke up at 10pm staggered downstairs switched everything off and got big one off to her bed and then collapsed back into my bed until the alarm went off this morning. You'd think after all that sleep I'd feel a bit better this morning but no I managed to get the smalls off their schools and then crawled my sorry arse back up to bed where I have stayed all day. My friend woke me up with a check up phone call this morning and told me to make sure I phoned in sick for work tomorrow which I duly did this afternoon but don't think my boss was too thrilled. But there is no way I'd be able to be upright behind the bar all day tomorrow. My friend says I HAVE to be better by Saturday but the last thing I can even think about right now is making a drink never mind drinking. :(
Right I'm away back to my bed, well it's not like I've had much sleep today is it?

And so it begins

I appear to have done something bad to my foot which has been giving me grief for the last week, my jaw bones hurt bad and my bones ache. Maybe I should actually go to the Dr. I am one of those (possibly) silly people who just don't go to the Dr until their leg is falling off or they're dragged there by the hair. I think it's because my Mother lives in the Drs, not literally but her life revolves around what her latest illness is, how many tablets she has to take a day etc etc etc. Anyway not being able to chew is probably a good start to my New Year diet no? :)

Him indoors is currently running around the shops in a last minute panic with the small people to buy me a birthday present. It is my birthday on Saturday and he is back off shore to work tomorrow morning. The taxi is booked for 4.15am - don't start me on the whole why does he have to wake me up too thing! Anyway he has ordered my present from him online which I am very pleased about as I have been hinting for them for ever. Who knows what the smalls will be able to find in the shops in the 10 minutes they'll probably have before the shops shut LOL Luckily I already know one of the things big one has got me because I bought it myself and gave it to her to give to me LOL Crafty? No just practical ;)

I am still having issues with my laptop - but aaaah ok enough with the moaning.

I just got a text from my friend at work which gave me a shock because the way she worded it I read I should be at work but fortunately she rang me straight away when she realised I was hopping around. My god if the state my head has been in for the last 5 days is anything to go by 2009 is going to be one nutty year.

Do you want to see something that is possibly a little bit sad?
Well brace yourself....




Yes I did the most ungreenest thing and bought fancy cloths instead of using my knitted dishcloths and old rags. The Green Fairy will surely smite me but they are soooo preeeettty. :)

Oh and these have absolutely nothing to do with my sore foot I swear. I was not wearing them!!! But I'm not going to show you the one's I was wearing ;)



Oh go on one last piccy just because having a nice chat with you has helped put a smile back on my face.
This is the sandwich I attempted to eat in the Carnegie Deli in New York.

And no I didn't come close to finishing it!

So long 2008

You were interesting, you brought ups and downs, you brought laughter and tears. I learnt things, I forgot things, I'll remember things I might not want to and I'll forget things I'll wish I could remember.
Farewell, so long and adieu.

Here's to 2009 everyone. Thanks for keeping me company this year and let's hope 2009 brings us all joy, happiness, peace, kindness and love.

See you all in the new year.

Well that was Christmas over with

now to get through the New Year fuss. Sorry I know I sound like a miserable moo. Christmas wasn't quite the day it should/could have been but the kids were happy with their presents and dinner was lovely.
Now we're all in the limbo land between Christmas and New Year when no one is quite sure what day it is. This is not going to be a long blog today, hopefully when I come back I can be a bit more cheerful. Off now to blow my snotty nose and drink some hot orange and try muster up some energy to tidy the house.
Ok I'm going, I'm going. I should have titled this Don't Read This. :)

All of mine

wish all of yours a very Merry Christmas and a very very Happy New Year.
Let 2009 bring you peace, love and all the things you hope for. Let it be the year that we all work towards our goals and the people we want to be.
Jingle Bells xxx

Fireplaces, long days and work, work, work.

Off I went to work yesterday and guess what time I got home. Yes ridiculous o'clock or in English gone 4am. Have a guess now how tired I was today. Yep exhausted but I'm not looking for any sympathy. If you party hard you have to take the tiredness. LOL It was a great night though. Work was crazy busy but the end of my shift soon came round and then I could take off the santa thing that we had to wear. Trust me I have no problems with dressing up but I think they bought these tops from a special badly made santa top shop. Anyway I was over the bar and joining in the festivities.
Fortunately I woke up today feeling human (that was not expected) because I was working again tonight. The bar was mad busy when I went in but by 11pm the bar was getting quiet and the boss decided there was no need for two of us to work through till close at 1am so here I am sat on my comfy new settee, admiring my wonderful fireplace which I can't light until Tuesday. Yes there will be a grand lighting ceremony :)
Anyway I'm off to bed now to snuggle up to him indoors and tomorrow I can finally get my Xmas tree put up. Hooray!!!!