Morning Kiss

Im up and outside with the birds this morning, my god its a bit chilly out there, im going to have to start getting dressed in the mornings soon..lol

As usual ive been sitting in the garden with my headset, its the only time i get to myself in this house, and my favourite part of the day..

Today is going to be a busy one, its the day i cram in 2 days work so i can go to the stables tomorrow..lol I have to be back for the kids at 4 then take Lauren horseiding at 5 back home at 6 then off to Stalham at 7... its not boring thats for sure...

Im just trying to work out when im supposed to get ready, my fella goes to sleep if he takes Lauren and finds riding boring so i cant ask him on this one..hehe

I had to giggle this morning the kids caught me in full swing dancing outside.. i have a bad habit of that, im trying to sit quietly when my musics on, you know what its like you hear a song and off it goes, it started with my feet and i just couldnt help myself, my lot really should be used to me by now, but apparently mum is weird...lol whats wrong with getting up feeling a spring in your stride, I feel good today..

The kids have a cycling test today so that explains why theres bikes all round my lounge, they obviously didnt want cold seats ! lol

Right im gonna see how quick Santana can make me work today, I cant wait for salsa tonight...

I hope you feel better soon Cheryl, we will all miss you tonight..

Changes

I've finally started back my tuesday dance classes last night, I didnt realise how much id missed the guys there, it was a really good night...

Its usually theres not enough men so to have more guys than women was brilliant..

Derik started back to classes last week too so ive grabbed him for my partner, as my fella i dont normally get past 20 seconds with before they move us on..lol

The moves were really good weve learnt a few tricks to practise so im looking forward now to dragging the class up to stalham for richard and Sharons party, they have asked me to grab the tickets so like the salsa boat we know its going to be another of those dont miss nights..

Saturday Cheryl thankfully dragged me out of the house, to do a 3 hour intensive course, omg was i tired after that, it was really good though and ive been practising at home when nobodies about..lol

Its been a few weeks of non stop work and no fun, so this week we decided that had to change and although my fella looks ill to me, im going to make sure that laptops on a timer now...

If he wont cut down the work, ill just have to make sure he gets a better offer...hehe

where theres a will theres a way... dont they say

Funny that.... my will's finally rearing its head at last............lol

Ive got the feeling this week lots of new opportunities are on their way...

And this girl wants to make the most of everything again now...

See you tonight Cheryl & Fran..................im coming !! yipeeeeeeeee

Natural

Its been a funny couple of weeks, I havent for various reasons been blogging much or doing much good stuff, hopefully this week I will change that..its certainly off to a good start...lol

Today has been brilliant, I had such a good day at work, happily sailed through the packing and enjoyed my music, im always happy on Mondays its riding day !!

I have to say tonight was one of the best classes ive had to date, Kevin goes on holiday this week so is in really good spirits, he made us laugh that much the time simply flew....

I managed to walk my horse into a wall and nearly out of the car park, with the class all following unknowingly... lol(it was pitch black out there) but Kevin soon pointed out to everyone amusingly my sense of direction needs some work too..lol It really was great fun tonight..

We managed to make James blush as we all arrived early so started talking about the usual girly stuff (sex) and in he walks, this guy is such a gentleman and as ive found out tonight, totally charming.. he didnt walk off instead helped us girls understand guys a little more (if its possible to understand one at all) hehe

I was on Pip tonight so spent half the lesson holding him back, my god was he fast, its made my day ...Ive come home so full of beans tonight..lol

Tomorrow night belly dancing and salsa starts again for me, so by the end of the week i hope to be back to feeling good again..

Happy Birthday John

I just want to wish John a very happy birthday....

Cheryls promised to do a Jo and be sitting on that table when you get home, just dressed in a hat! ....

.....so.........

Perfect moment for you and that wonderful camera of yours..

To capture those priceless moments..lol

May this year bring you everything you hope for (and get you salsa'ing with us lot) hehe

Have a wonderful birthday John....

Love Jo & Steve....xx

Saturdays child

God its so peaceful here this morning, every ones still asleep so ive been singing my head off in the usual hope no one hears me manner..lol

Ive had a good couple of days im finally catching up on the things i couldn't and after yesterday i feel really happy today...

I haven't been able to go to the stables and work for 3 weeks, its been driving me mad, i go to work and pack but in my head all day will be those horses and fields..lol its sad really but i look forward to doing something different on a Friday it helps keep me smiling..

So yesterday i went, i packed what had to go when i got home from dancing and it worked it then left me free to go up there and get dirty... and my god i certainly was this week, my fella just opened the gates and his mouth opened i was literally covered in not so nice smelling stuff and totally drenched to the skin, it never stopped raining all day !lol

Mind you Ive never had so much fun getting wet either..hehe
I'm the type of girl that likes to muck in its good for the soul..

This week non of the guys turned up, they were supposed to be in, but that's probably as Kevin was away at a competition so we called in another girl Sharon and the 3 of us worked our arses off together getting everything done, i loved it !

The atmosphere was brilliant we were singing as we were filling up hay nets and taking it in turns to bring out hot drinks... it just goes to prove how much you can get done when you work well together.. i like both of these girls they are very similar to me, which is probably why they were there yesterday working in the rain....lol

I managed to get my fella to come up and mend a roof... it was running in on polo who's a beautiful chestnut horse i take care of when I'm there, his owner was so pleased, but i cleaned his stable til it shone and then had to watch the rain fill it up afterwards, so something needed doing.. i know what that feels like ..lol so up he comes to pick me up and up he goes up on the ladder, he looked so nice too but the dirty roof soon changed that... i must be such a pain in the bum to live with....lol

But what i got from being there yesterday is priceless to me and it doesn't hurt to do something nice for people, doesn't it feel nice when someone does it for us.....

Thursday was another brilliant night at Cuban salsa, thankfully the dentist did his work so i could smile happily, its a good job he did. i don't think i stopped smiling all night! what was that music Richard it was infectious? we couldn't sit down even my fella got blisters on his feet....lol

we need more guys at this place, so if your sitting at home in that armchair please come along, I was dancing with Paul and couldn't believe how good hes getting, hes a natural.. he even said i could wiggle now as it used to put him off......the confidence is growing week by week now..

The girls doing regaetton was really something else..it was certainly a camera night so next week its coming with me... lol

Were trying to arrange somewhere to stay on the http://www.dancecuban.net/ party night and hes going to try and get us a room there for the night, imagine that dance your feet off then just toddle off upstairs.. failing that ill be taking a tent................. yes i am serious you lot.. i will get to use it before Christmas im determined..Sleeping under those stars sounds pretty irresistible to me..lol if i drink enough i certainly wont feel cold....lol



Today im up early again, ive had enough tea and good songs that im ready for the day today, my fella is off to work so ive got a day to do what i need to.... lol

I wanted to work last night but my kids all asked me to watch a movie with them instead, i dont normally watch tv much but i really enjoyed the night, we shared 2 buckets of candy floss and i let them pick the movie, the mummy returns... it ended up a lovely night, they told me last night they want to see Egypt, and i know i can make that possible if i keep going forward...


My dream is to get to Cuba next April with my fella so i know theres going to be plenty more weeks of working hard in between but if i take a day out when i need a break and spend a few evenings with my friends and family, its enough..........


Enough to keep me happy inside and count myself lucky for everything and everyone i do have around me......

I am certainly lucky that way.......

Alright Jack

I feel so much better tonight , its Monday and Ive actually got out of the house away from work for an hour.............god it was lovely..

Tonight i was riding Jack, hes such a beautiful horse he does make my legs ache though ! I cant get them anywhere near his belly........lol

Tonight we all got some exciting news in a few weeks time we are starting the jumping.... yipeeeeee

God Ive missed that so much, i was always jumping at my last stables but looking back i dont know how i managed to stay on, my balance must be good that's all i can say..it wasn't down to my riding well that's for sure....hehe

I think that's probably why i loved it so much though, its was so exhilarating...

I'm so glad I'm learning technique and how to ride properly now, but theres still a part of me that loved going there Saturdays and jumping those courses, I'm tempted to go and do both places again but my fella wasn't so happy about that part.. lol

Ever since i was a small one Ive always wanted to show jump, I'm still small just a lot older now so its better late than never in my eyes........ roll on that first lesson, it cant come quick enough... I could do with some excitement ...lol

I was speaking to Kevin tonight as we were walking back, i miss going to help out at the stables but due to having to send out parcels Fridays and the bad weather we have encountered, i haven't managed to get there now for 3 weeks, that's got to change this week........Im going come what may.........

Ive worked out ill pack the stuff when i get back from Stalham and our salsa class so i can go and share those Polo's out .. apparently someones missed me...........lol my flirty horse Prince and a few of the poor sods there that have been doing my share..........bless

Its not about the work there, i know how hard work it is, but what it does bring me is inner peace, its sounds like a blond saying but that's exactly how i feel , so calm and content...

I come home shattered and so happy its wonderful, even my fella is pushing me to go back now, he knows how much it means to me being up there..im also very grumpy apparently..lol

I cant have a holiday this year but my grandmother always says "a change is as good as a rest" i never understood what she meant then, but do now.......

We've had a hard weekend with nothing but work and more work, ive tried to make it as pleasurable as possible (no dirty thoughts needed i have plenty of them already) lol but really could do with a change and some fresh air , my fella is a workaholic and wont hear of such a thing........ he'll just take his laptop outside.......lol

Im happy tonight, im now going to grab a lovely bath, a brandy (my back and legs need one) and chill out for an hour (probably fall asleep in there) ...lol

Its amazing really mother nature has a way of changing your day into a great one as much as music does..

I think ill take my headset along this week and see how good the two are together...lol

Thanks to a great group of people and one very beautiful horse ive managed to switch off from work and am smiling tonight.........

Goodnight all...............

Music Nights

Its been a much better end to my week, were still working away tonight so i decided id take some time out and post, i havent been writing much as i simply didnt have much to say (hehe thats a novelty)..

We were supposed to at a party tonight but after seeing what workload my fella has on weve chosen to knuckle down and get it done, bless he went out especially today to get me a new headset, so its the least i could do, stay in cook him something nice and try to help .. its actually been a lovely night....

Im so lucky that way, hes such a good man...

Weve lit the garden up with candles and both have our laptops out here..lol well if youve got to work then ill find a way that makes it feel better, ive loaded my headset with suitable music to chill and although ive been singing my head off out here he hasnt moaned once....lol

Lauren actually told him i should enter the x factor, and he still didnt bite............hehe

Its strange sometimes music has the power to completely put me in a different frame of mind, the same thing happened thursday night, id had such a stressful day worrying about the rain, i walked into Sharon and Richards class and it all just melted away, i came out of that place so happy it was untrue, no matter how tired you are or stressed out you feel , it just goes ..

I had some brilliant dances this week, the rueda was great fun, the guys are getting so good at calling the moves now, its a struggle to stop laughing sometimes when we all do something completely different to what we are supposed to ... but thats half the fun sometimes...lol

Watching Sharon and Richard when they danced to Sharons favourite song still is the highlight for us all there, it isnt until you start these classes you realise just how much goes into the moves, sharon moves so effortlessly its an amazing dance with so much culture and passion behind it, if youve been to a class then youll understand just how much passion cuban salsa brings, when i dance with my fella its like someone turning on a light.. its that great to do and makes you feel incredible....theres a great party coming up so if you want to see cuban salsa at its best then get yourself across to http://www.dancecuban.net/ and book your ticket fast ! anyone who loves the salsa community will not want to miss this..

We all went along to the salsa boat last week, wow what a great night we all had... yes i was very drunk and found it amusing asking all the guys to dance that i havent dared to ask before, vodka definately gave me wings that night..........lol

noone (surprisingly) said no and it made the night memorable for me as some of these dancers ive always wanted to parter but just couldnt pluck up the courage to ask... they were gentlemen too as i remember falling on a couple of them with them holding me up whilst trying to carry on dancing................lol poor things

The view was amazing as the boat lit up the broads, all the people watching on land could see was a boat full of salsa addicts dancing the night away at full volume.... it was so much fun, ive never been out on one before so to salsa and sail was one for the armchair..

Many of our friends were there to share the night with us, which just added to what was a fantastic night for everyone, there wasnt much room to dance but after a few drinks with great music kicking up the party spirits noone seemed to mind.... lol

Hopefully this week we can start back to our lessons again, we may have worked the weekend but if it allows me to join my friends again and free up the week its worth the effort..

The good news is the landlord put in our new drains at the unit which were tested out to the max over the last few days and its worked............ no water not even a muddle outside so now thanks to him its one less worry.. I got to spend the whole day watching Farren in a pair of little shorts.. (i bet youre swearing stell...lol) i made him coffee and my fella gained a new member to his kitty site, he loves his football so it ended up a great finish to a really busy week for us..

Ive just got time to grab a bath and a cuppa and then start again, its going to be an alnighter tonight, but as i now have my music back, ill happily sing the night away while i work..

Have a great weekend you guys...........

ALL SUMMER LONG - KID ROCK - OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO

lol.......I love this song so thought id share it..

My week

Too much of this............


Makes my lovelife like this.............

No energy for this..............

Need more of this.........

Early night with these.........

Cant wait for this............

Unwinding

Hello everyone, well its certainly been quite a day ! lol

Apart from being a lousy taxi service for my fella (i get very lost) ive managed to get to a level im happy at today so hopefully it will be a good weekend, weve got dancing thursday and the salsa boat this weekend! I cant wait......lol

Appologies to everyone whos been texting me today, my phone isnt working so if you get replies in the silly hours of the night you will know why.. either that or im drunk silly and having a moment....lol

Anyway my fellas launched today so i had to try and lend a hand, im not so keyed up on football but i know hes worked hard on this so ive made tea and answered the emails for him. its a relief really as i know its another thing thats completed but know he will never stop working like he does.......lol

Yesterday was Jo with her emotional head on, i worked til 4am and apart from my friends who were online too making me smile i didnt really do anything except work, i got accused of being a workaholic, but it was Neils anniversary yesterday so as i wasnt really up for partying it was a good way of keeping myself busy...

I opened my little present from sandra and boy didnt she make me smile, inside was a box of pink and white marshmellows, 4 sherbit fountains and one big bar of organic dark chocolate with peppermint centre..........lol bless, my fella giggled as he couldnt work out what she had wrapped, but she knows me so well, i was giggling away ............lol

It came in handy as i sat eating sherbit at 2am this morning to stay awake and have popped the rest away away for my next long night working, thats unless the kids spot it of course...lol

I wasnt down i was actually smiling most of the night thanks to my friends, its nice to know im not the only person out there that is online at odd hours.......I appreciated them so much...

Tonight im going to grab that bath ive been promising, forget the meal i was going to cook as everyones eaten already except me and im not really hungry today, so will carry on loading up the site...

ive been listening to radio Norfolk today (because my fella was doing his bit live!) poor guy... I could hear how nervous he was but thought he did himself proud... I couldnt have done that...lol especially with the way i talk.............oh dear...lol

But i enjoyed listening to the station its not one id usually pick, so may just leave it tuned in now for a while, since my headsets been broken im finding myself a little lost without it...........lol

Time for those bubbles...........its been a good one today.............

WWW.NORWICHKITTY.COM

Hello everyone ! i cant even begin to say what sort of week im having , so ill just say its a wee bit hectic this end.......lol

I hope to start back to normality soon and pick up my blogging and life again, at the moment its all work and no play and i look like a bag lady !....... hehe

I havent been dancing this week or riding just working away quiety, my son has broke my headset so im without my music...... :(

I am saving some energy for Thursday though, its salsa with Sharon and Richard in Stalham, we are both up to our necks in work, but we are really looking forward to getting there...............

Can i please ask everyone who follows my blog and all our friends to please tune into their radios today Wednesday 27th august.................

Steves project the Norwich City Kitty is finally being launched today !!!

This guy has worked his heart out on this and donated all his spare time into helping our local football team Norwich City, hes not only come up with the idea, but built a site thats second to none ....theres so much work gone into this i couldnt even begin to explain what hes done ...

The best bit.. simply by us all using it to search, blog, donate, or advertsise it will raise money for club transfers, and really help the team....
We all moan at the way our team cant hold onto players and cant have the ones we want, now its the fans turn to help and turn it into the club the fans deserve and are proud of...........

Every week they turn up at the gates to support their team and watch them play, just as every night my fella has sat up working tirelessly to get this off the ground and create a website that is user and search friendly, its been fully optimised and looks brilliant....
The official launch is today and with our help we can all really make this a success.....

Its never been done before, this is a totally new idea and a brilliant way to raise money, if all you do is search then please use the kitty to start from..

Theres lots of prizes to be had, many people are getting behind him on this and wishing him every success for Wednesday with the launch...........none more than me...............

All we need to do is save it to our homepage and use it to search and save ourselves money as we go............ every click will be generating funds for the club, every company using it to advertise will save us money, theres some really good offers to be had.... so please, save the Kitty site today and support this.........

Hes being interviewed live on Radio Norfolk at 4.30pm so tune into 104.4 fm or
95.1 fm tomorrow and please listen in, hes one hell of a good guy and this is one really great unique idea.........
Its also on Radio Broadland 102.4 fm and should be mentioned throughout the news ..

Ill be listening and i hope you all will too...........

All the best for tomorrow Steve.............and every success with tomorrows launch of
http://www.norwichkitty.com/

Anyone who knows this guy loves him, hes one in a million and will always help others first....
So for once, can we all help him, and put the Kitty First... in our home page.

Hard days night

Do you ever get one of those nights you never think you will get done and through it...

Im having one of those tonight!!

Im that tired i cant think straight, i have an un-invited elephant sitting inside my head again stropping about and i have to get done tonight..... so its typical...........

Steve's gone dancing bless, its the first time hes been in 12 days, he definitely had withdrawl symptoms..lol it made me giggle he was so excited to get there...

Dancing really has added so much to us, its something we can do together , but its brought so many smiles, at home were often trying to get the kids to bed so we can have a dance..lol it must sound like madness to our neighbours sometimes, but what the hell life's all about laughing and doing silly things , it makes you feel good ..

This week has been incredibly hard, even at our standards, ive been trying to get the stock ready to move, still packing and sending out orders and Sandra who helps me is on holiday for two weeks.... Although nobody deserves a holiday more in my eyes, ive never met anyone so caring as her... When i opened my wardrobe Monday there was a gift all beautifully wrapped with the words " Jo please open on the 26th " I hope it brings you a smile"...

I'm not often stuck for words but it did really hit, she remembers everything, its the anniversary of Neils death then and she knows i always try to find my smiles, so this year shes tried to make the difference.... how special was that.......... it was very special to me, i have no idea whats inside but already i know it will bring a smile....

I hate feeling down, but i do a little tonight, probably because i know i will be sitting here all night trying to get done and tomorrows not going to be any easier.. its times like now, i need my kids energy..or ten cans of red bull..lol Ive cooked the most unimaginable tea that nobody wanted and ended up overfeeding the dogs.... serves me right really they did offer to go get fish and chips..lol

Whats happened this week? well i went riding out on our last night hack Monday.. it was beautiful, i took Estelle with me and it made for a wonderful night, one horse fell over, bless as it was very muddy but there was something so special about being out there..

The wind was blowing really strong, but it was so warm, ive never been riding when a storm was blowing up but it was amazing, i rode Pip who never fails to disappoint, shes small but has so much inside, so between her and mother nature they gave me one hell of a smile to take home...

Friday i was working as a volunteer at the stables and was entertained all morning by Megan, shes such a friendly little thing, she doesn't like to go outside in the fields (she also escapes and wanders up the main road) lol so i was given the pony yard to muck out with her helping..lol

All morning what ever stable i was cleaning in she came with me..hehe its not easy trying to sweep and muck out with a white curious pony helping out, i had 8 to do in that block and every time i had finished one did she go in there and roll about all over the neatly laid straw... it made my day i was talking away to her and loved the company, she knew i had polos down my chaps so spent most of the time trying to eat my leg........lol

Saturday and Sunday i was totally useless... i woke not on top form at all, my fella had lovingly passed on to me his man flue bug so i wasn't feeling too good at all, i couldn't keep awake and even apologised for taking the mickey out of him for having man flue......lol

it really wasn't nice, i felt pretty rough so did the basics for the house and left the computer off all day, i didn't answer my emails and spent Monday apologising to everyone who had been patiently waiting for replies... I was lucky as everyone was really nice, but i cant believe id been caught by that man flue thing.. it really is worse than the women's one !! Ill humbly vouch for that one now... hehe

The rest of the week has been work, work, work, i haven't been dancing since Thursday and even then i wasn't feeling like myself , its not the same when my fellas not there, i really missed him... don't tell him though or he'll take me for granted....lol

So after the floods flues and just about everything else that's been going on this end i decided i wanted the work done and out of the way...i don't want to wake up knowing theres an endless list that i cant get to the bottom of (that happens with the washing basket here too) so Ive set myself goals to do every day so by the weekend ill be up to date and moved premises.. lol its not so easy to carry out though on your own.... in fact ive found out its near on impossible.....................lol

So tonight ive missed my dancing to try and get more dresses loaded up, cancelled riding tomorrow (i was doing a gymncana) and hopefully will eat enough sherbet while i work that ill find that little extra burst of energy to get this done....before the elephant decides to put me to bed...lol

Migraines should be banned, and my corner shop should also be served a ban....

For always hanging those sherbet things right where i can see them......(they are called outer spacers) and it just about sums it up for me tonight.............

I feel like I'm in outer space....... and looking at the big black hole that i need to fill this week....lol

Tomorrows another day i keep saying to myself..... if i don't stop blogging and get on it will be here sooner than i think...............lol

Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean - Hips Don't Lie

Herbal Elements

lol.......

Rainbows

Im so thankful this morning, thankful the weather men were wrong and mother nature didnt bring us any more heavy rain last night.....

Yesterday could have been so much worse, the carpets are soaked but thankfully non of my stock was touched, last year i wasnt so lucky.........

Ive decided that although i love being up in the open, and listening to those birds while i work, i have to move the business now, i cant afford to take risks with my business, so im going to look for somewhere else, hopefully where i can still hear the trees and not feel hemmed in..........

My fella wasnt well at all last night, hes very grumpy too..lol all i could hear him saying was im never ill...lol we all are at some point, so i left him sleeping all night and spent some time with the kids talking about what good stuff they have planned for this week..........

I have help this week as sandra is in with them, so hopefully ill be able to sit and discuss where im going to move to, with my fella today and get those wheels in motion...

Its one of those things, i have to look at myself as being lucky yesterday, no damage was done, but i was warned that no matter what precautions have been made by us, they wont work...

My grandparents phoned last night bless, they were so worried, my grandad always says im the sister that does the work of the other 3 and he hates to see me struggle... but that is life, everyone goes through experiences and has bad luck, but theres always someone worse off........I dont look on yesterday as bad luck i looked on it as good....................... were ok.............

Today im starting to load up the new gear, im on a mission to get quite a bit done today, so the headsets charged up, im going to try and leave my fella in bed and get away from here early this morning.....

I also want to thank our friends yesterday for coming to help out...my fella wouldnt come and get me so i was concerned it was worse than he was saying, thankfully it wasnt but the fact i didnt ask and they just came, meant so much to both of us......... Thank You xxxx

Wet Through & flooded

lol...................I shouldnt have talked it up should i..............

My fellas just phoned and yes, im under water again at work....................

Sometimes i bloody give up !!

Thankfully its not a river this time, just all my carpets.. so i guess that a positive thought..

What im not so happy about, is my landlord promised hed put drainage in to stop this from happening again and didnt ! so guess whos going to get one hell of a bad day today..........yep him...........

For us it looks like its going to be a long one ! were going to get very wet !
hes going to have to come home and get me so we can sort it out again !!

Blinking People......... dont trust them when they tell you everythings going to be alright and it was just a freak of nature.. it never is..............

I dont think i have much trust left..........................

Wet Ones

Oh my word, isnt it a beautiful day...lol
Its certainly put some life into my house this morning..lol
So far ive been flooded round the front door its been running up my hall and what once was a decking area now looks like a wonderful pond.. im just waiting for the ducks to make full use of it.. (i wouldnt actually mind that) hehe

I was going into work today on my own, but as my fellas not feeling so well ,i think my lost voice,hot sweats episode was a lovely bug, which ive now passed on to him.... oops
its been making me giggle though as he calls it man flue and of course has a much worse strain than i had.............hehe so im staying home and working today.. that way i can look after the kids and make sure they dont get fed crisps all day......... dads menu...lol

Half of my lot are now on their way to my unit, last year i was flooded out badly, i went into work one morning to 8 inches of local river flowing through my stockroom and offices, we thought we were insured but later found out that only half the stock was, as we did have two places then.. i know how people feel when their homes are flooded now, it must be even worse than your business, but somehow we got through that and my fella took precautions to stop it happening again (he built a damm) lol
I know ive been told not to worry but ive lived here 10 years and never had a flood so i cant help but wonder if my workplace is safe.. so hubby (with man flue) has thankfully offered to drive up and just check for me.......... theres not much point me sitting here loading up new lines if im under water.................lol

It was riding last night , i always look forward to mondays, we were in the school last night and Kevin for some funny reason put me on a tiny pony............... i felt mean just sitting on it.. his name was whisper and he was certainly a character, i failed dismally and couldnt get my canter right again, i honestly prefer to ride with no stirups.. i feel more comfortable and everytime i try to kick into canter do my feet fly out.................lol
So Kevins promised to take me out on friday for a ride while im up there working so hopefully i can try and work out what the hell im doing so wrong.......................lol
Its no good getting on a horse and the horse does it for me, i dont want that, i want to ride the bigger horses so have to get this right........ hes promised that i can start jumping as soon as i crack this hurdle.. trouble is i think i was the worst ive been last night, and riding a little white pony didnt help at all............... bless

Sleepless

Its Monday.....Im looking forward to this week...

The weekend was a good one, ive finally found my voice again, lol my fella prefers it when i didnt have one and says im making up for lost time..hehe

Yesterday was a good day, i cleaned the house did some stuff with the kids and just chilled out, We went up to our friends last night to collect some stock but managed to get to bed early.... What we didnt do was sleep............lol

We had just got into bed and the car alarm started going off, its never done that before so we both grabbed the dressing gowns and went outside, there was nothing there !
So back up to bed again for 10 more mins then off it goes again..lol my fella decided hed sleep downstairs then so i went back to bed..
I must have drifted off to sleep but half an hour later i was woken by scratching movements beside my bed..... i flew out of bed put the lights on but could still hear it..

So off i go downstairs to have to wake my fella up and ask him to come and investigate !! hehe
He wasnt best pleased, the poor sod had only just gone to sleep, but he did come..

We both laid there on the bes listening, there was definitely something down there, it was in my shoe boxes (I do have rather a lot of boots and shoes)oops we went through all the boxes tipping out shoes til we got to the one that the noise was coming from.. he gently took the box outside and tipped out the boots.. lol
He couldnt see anything come out, but then again he was half asleep... But it sounded like a mouse to me....lol
It must have been the right box as the noise thankfully stopped, ive been through the rest of the boots this morning and they are clear, but on the bottom of the box outside (he threw it across my garden, my boots included !) there were little scratch marks on the bottom..........hehe

Quiet One ! lol

Its been a good weekend, I'm still without my voice though... (was that a hooray i heard then !) lol ..... its a rather strange feeling theres just nothing there.....lol

I'm agreeing with everything my fella says, and just nodding at the right bits, so i think secretly hes enjoying the peace and quiet...lol

It has seemed to worked its way to my ears and neck this morning so hes convinced Ive got laryngitis... hehe imagine that.. peace and quiet not having to answer everyones calls here !! hehe

Today is clean the house up day, i have my headset on as usual, but sadly cant sing.......

Last night we had another good night with the kids, so pampered them silly and just had a good family night... they are a good bunch really.. there are just a lot of them...lol

I was going to work today but im not allowed to, my fellas said no i have been told i have to rest up a bit today.. me putting my feet up are you kidding ! ill be bored in ten minutes unless Brad Pitts on the tv of course.......

Its a beautiful day (so far) so I'm going to go out and tackle the garden... the winds blew alot of the apples off the tree so I'm going to make good use of them and bake a pie....... lol

Im starting the day off in good steed and cooking everyone a breakfast here, it makes me giggle as soon as they smell that bacon they will be coming down the stairs in lines.......lol

I love Sundays like this, there is no rush to do anything today, just as and when...............

Tomorrow it will be back to normal and looking like a mad house as usual....... so I'm making the most of today and hoping that sun stays out for us......

Right its time to go drink my tea with the birds outside, i have a garden that Dr Doolittle would envy here now, amazing really, its not just men that think with their stomachs..... those birds do too.......................lol

Have a great day everyone... mine will defiantly be a quiet one.....

Friends

What a night we had.......It was simply brilliant....

My house is still asleep, in preparation for the weekend ahead i think, lol

They have half an hour and the lot are being rudely awakened..lol

I want to get out there today...............

Last night we went to the Keir Hardie, it was Cuban night so you know its going to be a real good one, but it wasn't just the dancing last night, it was the people we were with...

We really are graced having so many good ones around us... you lot really are wonderful !

Sharon bless brought my top for me, id left it at Stalham Thursday night! (yes i do have a habit of leaving my clothes all over the place sometimes) hehe I was hot... it was that rueda that done it.. god what fun that was to do ..I bet you're still giggling Adrian...lol

We met up with Cheryl, Naomi Sharon, Richard, Jane, Adrian, Marco and so many lovely people, the night couldn't help but be a really good one, these guys all know how to party cuban style and it really made my night..

We also managed to add another friendly face in our car for our Thursday nights at Stalham, (yes Richard after watching you and Sharon dancing Naomis coming too ! ) .. hehe .. so we will happily fill the car up and bring as many as we can get there, as i know they will have a great night...lol

I want a sticker for the back of my car saying " follow us if you want to be cubanized".... hehe I wonder how may guys would follow a car ful of women all dressed up and ready to go....lol

I didn't have the best start, one guy asked me to dance so of course i said yes, but when i got onto the dance floor it was like a skating rink, i couldn't understand what was wrong with my shoes, but its a bit unnerving having someone spinning you around, knowing you are prone to sliding across the floor at any moment...lol So i decided id sit and watch instead.

Sharon told me to go and put some water on the bottoms of them and presto...it worked, i had to laugh, people must have wondered what i was doing outside, I had my shoes in my hands and were rubbing the bottoms along the concrete to try and brush them up a bit.. i didn't realise but with these dance shoes you are supposed to brush the bottoms... im glad i learnt that early enough that it didn't spoil the night, i would have been ok just watching, but when Sharon and Richard got us up doing rueda, i wouldn't have wanted to miss that for the world... it was brilliant..

Theres so many fantastic dancers there, yet i didn't feel silly having a go, they are such a good bunch of people and looked on smiling..

When i first went to this place, i used to sit there with Cheryl in owe, now were in the thick of a bunch a group that are totally welcoming and are great to be with.........

My fella got up enough confidence to ask our cross body teacher to dance .. everyone was looking, we all wanted to see if he'd do cross body or Cuban.... he did Cuban ! hehe well it was a Cuban night anyway, and he loves timber music ...lol thankfully so does she...

He was dancing so well last night, i have to get a video of him and Cheryl, they are amazing to watch, we've always been to the classes together so she knows the way he dances as well as i do.. But the next night im definitely taking my camera.. you guys were amazing..........

I just couldn't get it to work with my fella at the start of the night, so when he kept asking me to dance i sent him off with the other ladies.. but after a couple of vodkas and with the help of one brilliant track we had a real go........ I have to say, that's the best we've ever danced together, we were making moves up as we were going along and got lucky !! lol it was really lovely..he must have been pleased as he came home wearing that smile of his.....lol

The best part of the night so Ive been told was me.............lol

I LOST MY VOICE completely !! hehe i couldn't get anything out except a squeak....lol

My fella said that's why we danced so well together, cause i couldn't tell him off.............hehe

I had such a great night last night...

I went to sleep with a picture of you all in my head with your instruments.... its wonderful how you can throw in a group of people from all walks of life, yet between them they can make such beautiful music.. you don't need the venues! just throw a great group of friends together and listen............. Its a beat everyone can dance to. as its made together........

Thanks you guys, that's one of the best Keir Hardie nights Ive ever had.................

With a great group of people, im lucky enough to call my friends...........