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
Showing posts with label Robyn. Show all posts
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Friday, 18 December 2009
Tuesday, 27 October 2009
Busy times
I really cannot believe I am starting a new post just after 1am! I'm not going to take hours over it, as I normally do, I just want to bring my grand total of five followers up to speed on the latest goings-on in my presently happy little life!
Last week was equally as busy as this one, it was Whitburn's School production: Wind in the Willows. Robyn took part, looking resplendent in her stoat's outfit, singing her heart out and acting her socks off. I do wish she had warned me that her finest moment would be when she was to shoot Mr Toad! She has well and truly made her mark at Whitburn, and I never tire of pupils asking me if she is my daughter, her singing in the Harvest Festival got her noticed; she was fantastic! I'm allowed to say that, I'm her Mam!!
This weekend saw the christening of the latest additions to our ever-increasing family - my cousin Dominic's twin boys, Vinnie and Jimi! The christening was entertaining to say the least; the vicar was quite possibly drunk, wearing a grubby jumper,almost dropped one of the babies, and then at the end of the service, he walked down the aisle without saying a thing! No goodbye, peace be with you or nothing! Charming! Bemused relatives all round gradually edged out of church to find him at the door, offering the limpest of handshakes - quite disturbing! Anyway, we all headed for the 'do' afterwards which was smashing, I had been looking forward to catching up with family I hadn't seen in ages and it was lovely to watch Grandma surrounded by 18 of her family, from all three generations! The boys were brilliant, recovered quickly from their drenching at the hands of the comedy vicar (honestly he was from the Rowan Atkinson School of Priesthood), and they were then passed round all of the family and never squeaked once! The two-tier Spongebob christening cake was fab too...at the request of our Dom, who clearly loved having us all there! A great day!
This week,thankfully and conveniently, it's half term! I'm moving house in about 72 hours, I still have 4 rooms to pack, one house to clean, another to inhabit, and many hundreds of pounds to part with for the privilege! Seriously though, I cannot wait! I'll only be moderately sad to leave this house,moving here was under difficult circumstances and although we have settled here, I never felt like it was a home to be proud of, as I did with my previous house. I think that our new house is one I deserve to live in, after working for so many years to have a beautiful home where I had the children, it was hard to swap it for one with flowery carpets and an old fashioned kitchen. It has however been host to more parties, family meals and get-togethers in one year than I had in 16 years at the other place! That speaks volumes to me!
On that note, I feel that I should retire to bed,knowing tomorrow is another chaotic day, and I need to be up early! Hopefully I shall have an internet connection quickly organised, more than 24 hours without facebook etc is just too much to comprehend! Back soon!
Last week was equally as busy as this one, it was Whitburn's School production: Wind in the Willows. Robyn took part, looking resplendent in her stoat's outfit, singing her heart out and acting her socks off. I do wish she had warned me that her finest moment would be when she was to shoot Mr Toad! She has well and truly made her mark at Whitburn, and I never tire of pupils asking me if she is my daughter, her singing in the Harvest Festival got her noticed; she was fantastic! I'm allowed to say that, I'm her Mam!!
This weekend saw the christening of the latest additions to our ever-increasing family - my cousin Dominic's twin boys, Vinnie and Jimi! The christening was entertaining to say the least; the vicar was quite possibly drunk, wearing a grubby jumper,almost dropped one of the babies, and then at the end of the service, he walked down the aisle without saying a thing! No goodbye, peace be with you or nothing! Charming! Bemused relatives all round gradually edged out of church to find him at the door, offering the limpest of handshakes - quite disturbing! Anyway, we all headed for the 'do' afterwards which was smashing, I had been looking forward to catching up with family I hadn't seen in ages and it was lovely to watch Grandma surrounded by 18 of her family, from all three generations! The boys were brilliant, recovered quickly from their drenching at the hands of the comedy vicar (honestly he was from the Rowan Atkinson School of Priesthood), and they were then passed round all of the family and never squeaked once! The two-tier Spongebob christening cake was fab too...at the request of our Dom, who clearly loved having us all there! A great day!
This week,thankfully and conveniently, it's half term! I'm moving house in about 72 hours, I still have 4 rooms to pack, one house to clean, another to inhabit, and many hundreds of pounds to part with for the privilege! Seriously though, I cannot wait! I'll only be moderately sad to leave this house,moving here was under difficult circumstances and although we have settled here, I never felt like it was a home to be proud of, as I did with my previous house. I think that our new house is one I deserve to live in, after working for so many years to have a beautiful home where I had the children, it was hard to swap it for one with flowery carpets and an old fashioned kitchen. It has however been host to more parties, family meals and get-togethers in one year than I had in 16 years at the other place! That speaks volumes to me!
On that note, I feel that I should retire to bed,knowing tomorrow is another chaotic day, and I need to be up early! Hopefully I shall have an internet connection quickly organised, more than 24 hours without facebook etc is just too much to comprehend! Back soon!
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