Hey, it's been way too long since I blogged, and I humbly apologise, but I'm sure you haven't exactly missed it! Truth is, I moved house, and dithered for far too long about my internet provider,and endured 6 long weeks without facebook, amazon and msn. The house move went smoothly, thanks to friends and family who were fantastic on the day, and will be duly rewarded at next week's housewarming with much alcohol. we have settled in to our gorgeous new home, just in time for Robyn's birthday and of course Christmas.
December has already been an exciting month, and the anticipation of my brother Barry, Anna, Patrick and Richard arriving for the holidays is almost too much to bear! First of all we had Robyn's latest dancing triumph, coming home with her arms full of trophies and a huge smile, it was just lovely. Shortly after that, James told me he'd had his photo taken for the Golf Club 'Wall of Honour', as he had been selected as Junior Team Captain for Boldon, something he has wanted since he began playing golf.
Robyn's birthday weekend was quite something, coinciding with the X Factor Final, something we had realised a few weeks earlier and was sure to feature in her party plans. With a room full of excitable 12 year olds (the girls invited all celebrating their birthdays in December funnily enough), and family, James being the token male, we all gathered round the TV to watch the programme of the year. South Shields very own Joe McElderry has been followed from audition stages to the grand final, winning the hearts of the nation (clichéd I know) and had us all screeching in delight and frantically voting to help him win.Devon was lucky enough to have VIP tickets to the live location at Temple Park for both nights and had an absolute ball! It worked, and the very next night saw the gorgeous Dermot O'Leary announcing that Joe, mentored by our other beloved Geordie, Cheryl Cole, had won the X Factor. Shields and the rest of the North East has gone completely bonkers and Joemania has well and truly struck! So much is his impact that I find myself sitting in the car on the drive if his winning song , The Climb, is still playing when I arrive home. We are all so incredibly proud of him, and he has lifted the town like nothing ever has done before. Again, it sounds cheesy, but South Shields has something to cheer about,it's one hell of an achievement for an 18year old and his CD is flying off the shelves. I was really lucky to get hold of it today - 2000 people queued to meet him this week at his homecoming, some camping out in sub-zero temperatures. I'll change the subject, I'm sure you have switched off already, but I won't apologise, I'm over the moon for the lad!
Ok, well I think that is all for now, there's still so much to do before Christmas...shopping, preparing for our visitors,oh and a housewarming to throw! Can't wait!
Let's hope the snow lying outside at the moment is here to stay for another week, it looks beautiful! Happy Christmas Everyone - have a jolly one!!xx
