The Norty Corner

well what simply gorgeous weather, i cant believe how wonderful it is to wake to Mr sunshine and feel his warmth all day long. Well a week of activity has passed and i have gone through and still going through several stages of learning to walk again...or so it feels. The Gym membership is as i feared torture!! Well the first lesson was a bit of a nightmare to be honest, mirrors everywhere so it didn't matter where i looked i could see this overweight wobbly red faced person who looked straight back at me with horror on her face. I kid you not i was knackered half way through the warm up and only sheer determination and the fact that i was stuck right at the front of the class and couldn't escape without trampling down much fitter and toned people than me, saw me survive my first class... did i happen to mention that i HATE SQUATS!!! LBT  is code for squats !!! I never liked them in my fitter days so now they are just evil personified. I struggled to walk when i had finishe

so am i!! Today i had my epiphany... is that the right word??? i think the normal saying is my light bulb moment...when i realized after years of going through the same feelings and emotions especially at the full moon stage of pmt, that i do not value myself highly enough..and i should............. and i have (as i'm sure to document over the next year..because that is my commitment to pain and torture),joined a health club . i know it sounds stoooooopid but it takes me quite a lot of courage to divert from my usual routine of school drop off run and home and the school pick up  run and home with a little bit of diversity to the supermarket on a Friday morning, so actually wandering along the road and into the health club was a little bit of a challenge..no i'm not kidding because i think i'm a bit of a phobic.. but i'm not sure which one i fall under. Anyway they asked what my main reason was for joining... well to be honest i couldn't even think of a reaso

Well here i am at the end of another week and i am feeling shattered, probably due to the fact that i didn't get to bed til 1am this morning as i had to make my youngest sons party invites for him to take into school  today and i did PROMISE... plus as it is Mothers Day on Sunday, i am hoping that the love and toil i have shown will be rewarded... i am saying that with a tongue jutting out my cheek ............... Anyway he was pleased with me this morning and had his invitations clutched tight in his hand as he wandered across the playground feeling all important. Here they are.. excuse the mad pixel-ling on them you don't know who is reading in cyborg land. i will have 8 around in total, i am consoling myself that  it is only a few hours and not a sleepover as middle son had last month..so i am going to have a trawl through the internet for a few more wacky games to play. I went shopping today and bought the party food and loads of sweets which i have divided out in

OMG and once again with a mahoosive sign of drama...OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! well the bird cage and candles have arrived from sister in law to be... so love getting her random buys and hearing hope in her little voice saying work your magic on it... well as is expected, the gems aren't flat backed and as luck would have it refused point blank to stick to anything...well i lie.. i managed with a whole tube of glue to fit them in the flower recess on the cage. then the candles proved non stick able to the gems... however double sided tape and crystal headed pin tips were a big success....plus i have added some nail gems to the ribbon around the candle just cos i thought it would look cool lol....although it isn't shown in this picture. For the little void up in the the roof of the cage  i had the brainwave of creating some turtle doves... i know these flashes if inspiration really alarm me sometimes. i haven't entirely decided on the finished cage yet..

Well hasn't today been beautiful. The last 3 days have been warm enough for me to get the washing out on the line and virtually dried which as anyone will know with a house full of males, the washing machine is always on! I took some pictures of the first sign of spring in our garden...Look!!!! I have some lovely little daffodils. although on closer inspection it looks like a caterpillar has already spied them and gone over for a nibble!! I decided to prune the clematis today as it had flung its tendrils all over the poor bush next to it and it did look like it was slowly trying to strangle it, so i lurched to its rescue with my secateurs in hand and with some elaborate snipping and trimming freed the bush and managed to tidy up the clematis in the process.  i had a helping hand or should that be claw with the gardening today, as Minnie the Minx was in a frisky mood and how she managed it i do not know but she was in the bush clawing me every time i pulled a piece of waywa

Hubby on returning to work the day after his Dad's funeral last week was asked by one of his 4 staff...."enjoy your few days off?"

Well here i am perched on the edge of my settee..just finished earning some pennies for the day..only tomorrow to go now and i'm all finished again for a week.....Did i mention that i am that person that has a 2 day week and 5 days off..yes people i live the dream :) Of course i do hold down a full time role in the week of housewife and mother and as many mums will agree... its the most over looked job and the rewards aren't monetary, and yes we do it for the love of it!!! My brother and his future wife's wedding is now less than a month away and i have the role of " pretty it upper", its the job where by i add some sparkle and some sort of magic to the place names and the table plan and the table centerpieces, and i get to make a wedding guest message book...and no doubt a keepsake wedding photo album as well... i am feeling a bit bad actually cos they popped in with their little ones last night to go over some stuff and i completely forgot that i had said to m