Positive

It was so lovely and hot last night, It felt like i was on a holiday!
The last couple of days im getting more back to normal here, it feels good. The garden is looking my kind of lovely, 3 days on the trot ive come up with a great meal from its offerings.
My fella left early with the kids so ive got the day to myself. I really hope this meeting goes well for him, its a national company and would set him off on a bloody good footing. Its important.
After saying that mum now phoned to see if i wanted some company today, she couldnt have timed it better, id love some....... I have bought paints to redo the table and furnishings in the kitchen..
I need to get past this week healthily.. Its the 5th week since the last fit which is usually the week it starts again.. Fingers crossed it doesn't happen this time around. Im feeling good and want to stay that way.....
I cant wait til it rains today.. Im wearing my shorts and intend standing outside in it later.. When you feel a need to do something then you should.. So mums gonna get a giggle today.

Fathers day

Fathers day has been amusing in our house today.. My fella got up at 6 to wake the boys for their paper rounds, thats usually my job so it made me laugh that the one day he should have a lie, in he gets up!
Hes really into this home brew lark now so i bought him something extra from us all for putting up with us for another year, a 30 bottle set Shiraz/Merlot red wine kit.. With the 5 demi johns he has outside filled with ginger beer and the rest of it, it should allow a few amusing slurry nights.. Im getting right into my home baking now thanks to river cottage and am getting good at it according to this lot, so ill be in the kitchen doing the food, he can make the booze.. Perfect for nights round the firepit with friends........ Although im not sure the neighbours will agree...
We are trying salsa starting on Tuesday, i can't wait to start getting out again.. Im just gonna have to be careful who i dance with..or stick to bachata..
Im asking Dayle to come up and sort my hair out this week, I had the longest bath and hair wash yesterday which made me feel so much better..But it needs cutting badly now.
I want to go see Bob at the hospital today, he did bring me up and is my dad in every sense of the word where it counts. hes managing to say yes and no now, which is good and although hes still paralysed he is making a slow progress.. Hes managed to keep breathing through 3 strokes up there and a brain hemorrhage so is an inspiration to us all.. Even when you feel theres no hope, you need to keep trying....
The kids bought Steve a bloody stupid drinking hard hat! which hes promised to wear today, he can drink away while he makes some wine........ Its time i started to drink it with him now, even the drs said red wines good for you... otherwise he will be blot toed with all that lot to drink.. My garden is home to a brewery and Mediterranean salad garden which looks and smells lovely... Im like a child out there every morning seeing what i can put with dinner growing....
Ive been doing my own olive oils here with chilli and garlic and all sorts of herbs, the difference it adds to the cooking is briliant.. Ive got orders for the next batch and shit loads of jam orders waiting... I knew i liked growing things and cooking but i didnt realise just how much everyone else likes me doing this.
Its not been nice being shut indoors all the time, but i guess thats the positive i can take with me on this, ive experimented and really found something i like doing, growing stuff and then creating gorgeous meals to use it up with, its that feel good feeling you get seeing everyones faces when they munch away happily, knowing you made it from nothing..... Ive got a greenhouse full of nearly ready cucumbers which bring a smile to my face every morning when i see how big they are getting...........how sad is that! lol

Tossing and Turning

What a hellish night, I tossed and turned for hours not able to find sleep, I've got a week like this, its always that first night thats the hardest, it took me ages to get used to him working away then when he came home i couldnt sleep as i didnt have enough room! lol

No seriously it wasn't an easy one, the kids were all yapping away trying to make as much cover up noise as possible but every noise i heard had me shooting out of bed to check, I couldn't have done anymore yesterday to knacker myself out, i didn't stop all day and night, so i guess today I'm just going to have to come up with something else....... yes a bottle of vodkas coming to mind now..

On the good side last nights riding was amazing, Kevin must have felt sorry for me last week (i was so crap) as he put me on Pip, he was so well behaved i just seem to work with this little horse so well, as much as i still like riding the bigger horses best, i have to face the fact I'm not bloody big enough ! Kevin calls it a pea riding a horse, and as much as i try to get these big guys moving its very hit and miss to whether they will or even indeed if they can feel they even have a rider on them.. he says the latter............

I was a bit nervous as theres a guy who works up there and rides the race horses and Ive been told how good he is so guess who comes to watch our lesson.........lol yep! if theres anything that's guaranteed to make you make cock ups its knowing that he was there standing in the spectators area watching us.. Thankfully Pip bailed me out and cantered beautifully for me all night~ i must remember not to lean when I'm going round corners though, too many days spent leaning for England on the back of a Suzuki 750 i should imagine.......lol

Today Ive rallied round the kids to help sort the back garden out, Brandon was a gem yesterday and worked tirelessly on weeding the front garden, it hasn't been done this year and took us 6 hours, i tend to work in the back garden all the time as that's the place i spend most of my time..

I'm hoping to weed the back , plant the new guys in both and then start work on painting the hall.. Just the kitchen to go then..

Ive got the chance of having a semi private lesson on Wednesday at the stables, and if i get this lot done I'm going to take it up, it will be my push to get this lot done so i can reward myself..

I'm missing my fella as theres no one to steal the duvet or snore at me all night ! but at least im getting loads of work done for a change ! I'll be ready for the pun jokes when he gets back ....

Today is going to be a good one as im on a mission , ill post the photos tonight to put some pressure on myself to get it done, i seem to work better when im being pushed but Steves not here to do that for me this week so ill 'do it myself '..... in more ways than one ! lol

White stuff

Its nearly time for the kids to go back to school, ive enjoyed being here over the holidays but am ready to go back to work now..lol

The gardens are ready to plant up, whats in there is now getting snowed on this morning..lol ive been sitting outside as usual with my cuppa enjoying watching it like a mad women in my fellas oversized coat, but this is the type of sunday morning i love..its something a bit diferent

Everyones still asleep here after another late night so its wonderfully peaceful, with just me and my radio for company, Dayles up later so today should be a good day..

I had to giggle last night as my fella was showing me his new moves he had learnt yesterday (he does an extra class on his own sat) my god he is getting really good now, much to everyones amusement i was being swung round the lounge with style, everything seems to be slotting into place and he is really getting this down to a T...

We are hitting Paris Thursday so its going to be a busy week, i need a couple of days now without sandpaper or white spirit to let my hands heal as next week will be back to photos orders and juggling the hours again...lol

Riding went so well saturday, we had a fun lesson doing races and giggle stuff, Lauren beat me twice on Ebony we were trying to balance an egg while racing ...hehe

But then it was down to me on shadow and the other girl on Sorrell in a straight speed race.... i dont normally like competitions but i do hold a very soft spot for Sorrel who was my allocated horse before the other girl got him and i got moved onto shadow... so theres no way i was going down lightly and letting her win.... its a matter of principle.. mine..lol

Anyway speaking of competitions (dreaded word) ive enterered one ! i pulled out of something i loved years ago because of my dislike of that word, so yesterday when they were talking about next months jumping one, i opened my mouth before i had time to change my mind and said yes..... so im in !..........

Anyway its time for another cuppa and sit outside in all that lovely white stuff ! spring is certainly bringing a few suprises.......lol

White stuff....................

growing pains

Lol .... god i know its the start of the holidays alright...

So far today the triplets went out to play got bullied again, thrown in a puddle so are now having to stay indoors until my eldest gets back from holiday, as noone messes with him, thanks to kickboxing....lol

Im struggling to get the website back up as the servers a mess so ive been all morning shouting at those responsible..lol so it looks like ill be working most of the night as i cant get it done until its back up...

So ive been using the time and getting some bits organised to keep the kids entertained... theyve chose mums gardening first ..lol only because i have some strange plants to grow......

Laurens got a venus fly trap and a hooded executioners plant..

Brandons got a cobra lily and a dracula plant...

and Callums got a waterslide of doom and draculas tongue.... you see i do love to give the kids interlectual things to learn...lol please remember i do have strange kids ....

So tomorrow (thanks to my sister) im outta here and in my unit, its the first day of the school holidays and i can already see its not going to be easy....

The headsets out already..... im trying to work and not listen to the arguments in the backround and pray today gets better...........