Giving anything up for lent????

I was going to give up chocolate but under instruction from my husband, I'm trying this. Only give up chocolate that is not fairly traded. Best of both worlds!!!!

Joy Webb.... step aside!!!

I'll get to that bit in a minute. Wed was Valentine's Day - I felt very poorly, and between you and me the feeling poorly part scared me. Just after we got married I was ill for years with mild M.E. - not nice - and Wed morning really felt like it - to be honest I still don't feel right but every morning I pray that it's not M.E. and ask God to get rid of it. Anyway, Dunc was off for the day, we just had a nice family day together and later, Dunc cooked me a lovely meal. This was also the first night I slept with my contact lenses in - I got new lenses on Monday that are continuous wear so you leave them in for 30 days.
Thursday - we didn't do much in the morning but in the afternoon, we went over to my mum and dad's. We were all having a sleepover. My mum has to treck over to mine every Friday morning, very early, so as it was half term I thought it might be nicer for her not to have to do that drive. We had a nice time. And my eyes were fine when I woke!!!!!
Friday - work, spent the day typing minutes up - there was hardly anyone in, what with TYB/TYC and half terms. Went home to my parents, had some tea - then popped in on Dunc's parents. Joan, my mother-in-law, gave both Daisi and Max their first ever hair cut - yes it's Daisi's first cut even though she's five. So of course I have kept all the hair for their baby books.
Saturday - Daisi had her usual kick-boxing lesson and then after lunch, we went for a drive down to Brighton - it's only about 30 mins from this house. Had the obligatory fish and chips on the beach and hot doughnuts off the pier!!!! Yummy
Sunday - Dunc was out the house very early as he was doing the morning meeting at Bristol Staple Hill. We went to Croydon - I led the Singing Co - they sang beautifully. Came home and then our walking group met and did a lovely walk around Priory Park - as Dunc was away I had Max in the back pack - I thought I was having heart failure carrying him up the first hill. Then most of the group came back to ours for coffee and it was timed well as Dunc was back home.
Monday - Daisi back at school so life back to normal. School run, laundry etc.
Yesterday - pretty much the same as Monday with the added fun of pancakes. I think pretty much anything would taste good inside a pancake, well perhaps not the testicles of a large hairy animal, but I preferred maple syrup - tonnes of it too!!!!
OK, so to my music news. Can't remember if I've mentioned it before but I have written a song inspired by the friends I've made at TMS (Territorial Music School). Last week I finally loaded Sibelius onto my laptop so have now put the song down on paper - well the screen. I'm extremely pleased with it - so much so that I sent the first version to the ISS leader, my mate Dorothy, who leads the girls chorus at TMS, and told her I won't be upset if she doesn't want to use it, but thought she might wanna see it as it was written with girls chorus in mind - she replied saying it would work well for girls chorus - so I think that means she might do it!!!!! There's no stopping me now!!!!

Toot toot

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Packed weekend

OK, well just to make sure Meghan isn't too bored - I'll fill you in more of my doldrum life!!!
Friday night was YP Annual prizegiving/quiz night. I certainly had a giggle with the people in our team and for the first and second rounds we were winning, don't know what happened after that.
Saturday - Dunc was working, again, at the Youth Rally so I took Daisi to kick boxing, entertaining Max while it was going on, then we went straight on to Mia Laird - our Goddaughter's 4th birthday party. Bouncy castle's, hat making, shaving foam pictures and food - what more could a child ask for. Then after a slight technical hitch at Pizza Express the gang - Lairds, Luffs, Parkers and King/Davies went back to the Lairds for Pizza. Home and kids both asleep in car - just how we like it.
Sunday - YP Annual - Daisi sang with the primary, dressed as a surfer singing 'Give me wax for my board keep me surfing for the lord' - very cute and her and Max got prizes. We then shot home as Nick and Lisa and Joshua and Bump Hanover were coming for lunch. By the time lunch was done and eaten they had to go. We popped to the Luff's to drop a van of then home for lots and lots of second series 24. Dunc bought the first series for me when he was away, but we've seen that one so on his return he swapped it for the second series and we are watching about 3-4 episodes a night.
Monday, Dunc was due to be off for the day but late Sunday night he realised he had an hours meeting with the General in the afternoon - me not a happy bunny. But can't be helped I guess. He got up early and took Daisi swimming to make it up to her! And he was home early. Last night, a few more 24's
Today. I'm going shopping with my mum soon, need to find something different for Dunc for Valentine's day - any ideas. He's not really a chocolate person so it's kinda tricky to buy for a guy. Singing Co tonight and as Denise is at TYB I'm taking the whole practise. I'm gonna run through 4 new songs with the kids fro Hillsongs Kids - very easy and they just need to sing with a DVD!!! I'm sure I'll have no hair left tonight - I get stressed with some of them taking just one song, but to do a whole hour!!!! If I don't ever blog again, you'll know I forgot my safe and sound stuff and got angry!!!!!!!
Well have a good day, Meghan, get on with some work!!!!

The family art work

The snowman!!!!!

Chick chick chick chick chicken!!!

OK, so Tuesday - slightly manic day, well for me anyway. School run as usual, then it was my turn to do the ballet run - which was good as Dunc met me near the church where the girls do ballet, tea and then off to singing company- which in itself was a trauma but I'll not bore you with that one.
Wednesday - work, yes I know it wasn't Friday but once a month I do a Wed instead of a Fri to take minutes. Took my minutes and got severe brain ache!!!!
Thursday - SNOW AGAIN, yuk, got Daisi to school even though apparently on the local radio it had said her school was shut, but I assure you I did not leave her in an empty building. Went to my toddlers, and my brother Lloyd and his little one Elijah also came. They came back to mine for lunch and Lloyd with a little help from Elijah built a fab snowman, while I made lunch. However, the snowman fell over in the afternoon due to the rain.
And today - Daisi has an inset day so her and I are still in our pj's and it's 9.30am tut tut. I have a feeling her glitter fairy craft stuff might be out later - and so begins half term.
With reference to my singing co trauma, the other day my daily reading read as follows...
Jack London's classic story, White Fang, is about an animal, half dog, half wolf, who learns to live among men. White Fang loved chickens. Once he raided a chicken-roost and killed 50 hens. His master, Weedon Scott, who White Fang loved, told him off, then took him into the chicken yard. When White Fang saw his favourite food walking around in front of him, he did what any half dog half wolf would do and went for them. Immediately he was called by his master's voice. He stayed in the chicken yard quite a while, and every time White Fang made a move toward a chicken his master's voice would stop him. By doing this he learned what his master wanted - he learned to ignore the chickens. Weedon Scott's father said 'you couldn't cure a chicken killer' but Weedon challenged him and they agreed to lock White Fang in with the chickens all afternoon: 'Locked in the yard, White Fang lay down and went to sleep. Once he walked over to the trough for a drink. He calmly ignored the chickens. As far as he was concerned they did not exist. At 4 o'clock he did a running jump and leaped to the ground outside, where he sadly wandered back to the house. He had learned his lesson. Because of love he wanted to do what his master wanted and White Fang overcome his natural, inborn tendencies. He may not have understood the reason, but he chose to change what he wanted to do in place of what his master wanted. Life's full of chickens. What are yours?
OK, maybe a bit OTT, but I know what my chickens are and I know I need to listen to my masters voice who is telling me to try and ignore the stuff that gets to me - its very very hard and I'll never 100% manage it but I am only human.
What are your chickens????

The eagle has landed - well my husband!!!!

OK, so Friday at work - not bad EXCEPT I found out that my boss has got a new job, so to speak, he's going to the training college!!!! Seems no-one in the dept really knew and then they announced the move at THQ prayers!!!! Ah well. Anyway, it was a fun day at work.
Came straight home, picked Daisi up and we went to her first every school disco. As a member of the PTA, yes me, I was there to help. I also was the only mother who boogied all night, the others just couldn't keep up. And then to treat Daisi, and to make up for the fact that Daddy was away for another day, we got a Chinese takeaway so that, in her words, we could eat like Daddy has been!!!!! Not quite sure he had number 54 and 41 but we shall say no more.
Saturday, again my brother Lyndon took Daisi to and from kick boxing - she loved it, Charlie's Angels better watch out!!!! Then after some lunch we zoomed into Croydon for her to go to Kristen Nielsen's 7th birthday, held at the Bear Factory!!! Zoomed home, got changed, wolfed down some tea and then mum and I headed for the Training College for the Retirement of Alex and Ingeborg Hughes. Long but good night. And our band were on duty and I have never been more proud of a band in my life. They have a new leader, Mark Ingram, and there have been a few move around in the band, but they sounded fantastic. Got home very late.
Finally, the day arrived. Dunc got home about 6.30. He woke Daisi up and we got lots of nice pressie's and goodie's. He also eventually got Max up who seemed very happy to see his daddy. We skived the Army, sorry God, and went for a walk in Priory Park and fed the ducks. I went to the evening meeting - not something I normally do but the singing co were on duty. Trevor Caffull did the meeting and it was a good old fashioned army one, I wore my dad's burgundy sweater with a huge crest on the front, there was only me and 2 others wearing them but a few bonnets seen too. Sad as it sounds, it was a fab meeting.
Today - Dunc was off work so he took Daisi to school and then we went on a walk around Reigate Hill area passing our reception place - good fun. Popped into Redhill briefly, but ended up getting my eyes tested and new contacts, and changing bank accounts!!!!!
As I type, Max is asleep and Dunc has taken Daisi swimming as a treat!!!!
So life is pretty much back to normal - hectic as usual!!!!

As if things weren't bad enough (in my eyes)...

... I found out this afternoon after some texts with dunc, that he doesn't come back till SUNDAY morning not SATURDAY - I'd got the wrong date down for some reason!!!!!!

My little angel!

I was at Daisi's school yesterday for a parent consultation. To start with if felt yukky going alone as Dunc has always taken time off for these kinda things. Anyway, the teachers did nothing but praise Daisi which made me feel like the proudest mother ever. Makes you question why she can be such a beggar at home sometimes - I guess every child is the same.
But then Daisi woke me at 2am, very upset, not wanting to go to school as one of her best friends is too bossy - I'm not sure that is the case, I think they are both very similar in temperament and so clash slightly - but still it was not nice to console her. She seemed ok this morning until we got to school and the child in question was being a bit yuk to her. Daisi got a little upset and wanted me to go into the classroom with her - some mums do this every day, but I never do. Needless to say, as a mother, and probably one that wants her husband back and is therefore slightly more emotional than normal - I stood at the window to her classroom blubbing. I want to go in and sort everything out for her and make her happy and take away any sadness. As I walked away still blubbing all I could think of was - flipping heck she's only 5, what I am gonna be like in 10 years!!!!!
Anyway, went to toddlers early and sorted out my puffy eyes and carried on with life. Hopefully when I pick her up in a bit she'll have had a fab day!!!!!