The Norty Corner

Well what a whirl wind of 5 days... i awoke this morning after what seemed to have been a bit of a nightmare dream to realize that  the nightmare had indeed been true and it was all over. Middle son celebrated his 11th  birthday on Sunday, and as dear Daddy in law had been so poorly we hadn't known what to organize, so the sleepover won.. it was my first and possibly my last at that. The children that all came were so very well behaved and had a lovely time... but i like my home lol... i like quiet and i like tidy ...none of these elements rate high on the list of sleep overs...and just for the record... aren't they supposed to sleep at some point at a sleep over or am i missing the point??? it should be called a wake over!!! Well i packed them all off home with a cooked breakfast inside them and a make shift party bag full of sugary rubbish and a dinosaur egg to grow.. :) then i collapsed for 30 mins had several cups of coffee and then started ...

well this week has been very long and very emotional. My lovely Father in law passed away Wednesday night , he was a wonderful positive man, and will be so very missed as we come to terms with the fact that he isn't going to be popping in to see us anymore, as they say our loss is indeed heavens gain, heaven is doing very well with my family. I am in the middle of organizing and designing his order of service. its lovely to be asked to make this tribute to him... mum in law has also asked if i will do a reading or something as well.... so i have been writing a poem to read...and finally finished it so at least i'm sort of organised. Half term is over and as is the normal i have done nothing with the boys.. i suppose you could at least say i'm consistent.... Its my middle sons birthday a week today and we have settled on a sleepover for him... it will be our first one so i'm busy searching the net for games and things to occupy them... we aren't having...

Well we are through half term and as is tradition in our household when the kids are off...we do nothing at all apart from chill. My shifts at work have changed just for this week so I've got some early starts and some early finishes..which i have to say is quite nice. We didn't really celebrate Valentines day due to sad family times, however the boys helped clean out the chocolate bowl from  the valentine chocolate heart shortbread that i made, and they helped me make some heart  decorations to pretty up the conservatory. dangling hearts. We didn't have an elaborate meal, just some roast chicken and fluffy jackets and some salad ..oh and as is customary and most essential in our household a glass of something pink and fizzy. Chocolate heart shortbread.

Haven't been on here for a bit, we have had some very sad news concerning my father in law who has been battling cancer for the last 5 years.... unfortunately he has taken a turn for the worse and is currently being cared for by our local hospice, and now sadly it is just a matter of time. We have been reading all the reports of Britain in the big freeze and that the entire country is frozen or covered in snow.... well that would be all of Great Britain then..apart from Weston super mare... where i have not seen one little flurry of whiteness!! Not that I'm complaining because it does cause traffic problems and minor injuries, but a pretty sprinkle would have been nice. I've been  baking in the  week, I've made several loaves of bread..plus .some bread rolls that could have been used for throwing at coconuts..i didn't give them to the birds they would have probably choked. i did make some chocolate nut brownies which were a...

OOOO how i love 6pm Sunday when i have done my weekend of zapping n ordering and date rotating n reducing and i now have 5 whole days off before i have to go back and zap things again. Cant believe how quick this last week has gone, i had a quick glance in my diary and the boys are off in 2 weeks for half term, they have only just gone back after Christmas!!! Not got much planned in the week ahead, have a trip to the hairdressers in the morning which is kind of a pamper session for me..hubby has done his usual " don't have much off its growing nicely", i don't want a lot off any way but i'm looking forward to being able to see again once my fringe has been attended too. Got a meeting at school tomorrow as middle son is sitting his stats this year, so will find out when they are scheduled for and then hopefully will be able to try and arrange a few days somewhere with all the kiddies and puppy dog!! Got to have something to look forward to ...

Having a rather sad day in that i keep thinking about death...... obviously how and when it arrives and ultimately what it is like for those left behind. My eldest is into keeping fit and through researching stuff on the net came across a chap who dedicated his life to eating the right stuff, training, looking good etc etc.... i say dedicated his life...he died last yr of an undetected  heart condition ....he was in his early 20's. I find it pulling on my heartstrings in that there is widely available footage on this handsome chap, so full of life.... living his dream...and then the stone cold fact that he is no longer here and it was gone in less than a heartbeat. Of course death comes to us all, i'm not frightened of it coming for me..i don't particularly want to suffer shud i have a choice, and i would most like to be on this earth to see my children grow, be happy and have the blessing of children (and the worry) of their own. People , young, old, fi...

oh my!!! I am so tired..but i thought i'd better have a little ramble on my blog before i head off to the land of slumber. Well i had a play on the sewing machine yesterday..took me forever to work out how to thread the thing.. but once you have done it ..once, twice and about thirty times its quite straight forward. Talking of straight i have managed a few straight lines now and a rectangle and a square... i was most impressed with myself. i had a few disasters in that i didn't realize that the cotton spool actually extended so when trying to load up the bobbin the cotton did fire off the spool n hit the cat, who then proceeded to pat it around on the floor for a few seconds as i scrabbled to my feet.Took me a little while to wind it all back up but then i was back in action. The only other thing i forgot was to put the foot down to keep my fabric in place... and the over zealous excitement of the foot pedal meant that i nearly stitched myself  via my sleeve t...