I can't believe that I haven't written in so long but then my life has gone from being pretty easy to being a little hectic all thanks to a little bundle we lovingly call Zoey. Zoey was born on December 15th, weighing in at 7lbs 1oz. She is now officially two months old and the sweetest thing ever. but then we are biased. Life has really turned around for us but we are loving it. Hopefully I'll get back into updating more often now with news of her. Anyway I'll leave you with a small image of her.

Well I am now almost 33 weeks pregnant and had been told all about the strange and disturbing dreams that you can start having being pregnant. I haven't had them, just bizarre things that i am dreaming about. Last night I was in an episode of Sesame Street. I mean I know I am Elmo obsessed but actually be in an episode was a bit bizarre. We had to try and find our way back to Sesame Street from a swampland without using a map.

Apart from that pregnancy is going well. I wake many times during the night, yes, and child kicks like nobodies business but I can't wait for December.

I have two new programmes that I am really liking this year. I love Lipstick Jungle and Fringe. I do find Fringe rather strange but it grabs you and keeps you in the story so well. And Lipstick Jungle is just amazing.

I can't believe that it has been 24 weeks since I last updated my journal. How bad is that? I have been really busy mind you so i hope that you will all let me off with it. I am also pregnant and was very ill at the beginning of it so that is another excuse. Pathetic i know. But happily I am now entering my third trimester and am sailing through now. Only three months to go and I can't wait. We have no clue as to what baby will be although i have been told by many people that they think it is a boy. I don't mind what he/she/it becomes I am just so excited about it. Just another child to add to the already overrun house of children. This one is not going to be leaving at the end of the day mind you.

Hope everyone is well. kcohen had this meme and I thought I'd like it too. She gave me the letter A.


1. Comment on this post.
2. I will give you a letter.
3. Think of 5 fictional characters and post their names and your comments on these characters in your LJ.


1:- Addison Montgomery (Grey's Anatomy/Private Practice) - She is one of my favourite characters on tv at the moment. She is just so beautiful, has great style and got to kiss McDreamy and McSteamy(I'd rather forget about Alex)







2:- Abby Lockhart (ER) - Abby has been my favourite character in ER since she started in it all those years ago. I am desperate to see the new season to see if she survived or not. She is strong minded and willed which I like.
(Don't have a pic of her on my comp, that is bad)



3:- Alex Ryan (McLeods Daughters)- He is a hunk, and he has just died in McLeods Daughters which makes me sad. Not much more to say about him.






4:- Amanda Holden (Army Wives) - She was only in Army Wives one season before being tragically killed but I thought she was a really great character. Young, strong minded, beautiful. So sad she isn't there any more.

(Again no pic - Sorry, thought I had one)


5:- Does Agent Fox Mulder count. I believe he should, even though it is his job title not his name that begins with A. I loved him from the beginning right the way through and have yet to see the new movie (Pregnancy doesn't allow me to sit in the cinema for too long)





If anyone wants to to it post me a comment.

Big Birthday wishes winging there way to KCohen. happy Birthday.

I also hope that everyone is having a happy easter too.

Life can get crazy if you know what I mean. February has always been a busy month for me with birthday's and such going on but this month just got crazy. We started the month nice and sedately but then the last two weeks have been crazy.

Two weeks ago was my father's 60th birthday. It was also my uncle Drew's 60th and no they are not twins. My uncle is my mum's only cousin on her mothers side so they grew up like brother and sister. He also happens to have the same birth date as my father, weird or what? Anyway we had been trying to organize a sophisticated birthday dinner for them. Needless to say it went off smoothly and we all had a lovely time. 21 of my dad's closest family and friends were there. My gran was there too but I ended up taking her home earlier than the others because she was tired. (She is almost 94) Later on in the evening we were all getting ready to go. My dad had organized a taxi to take my aunt and uncle home.(Not the same uncle that was celebrating) I had collected them but was certainly not taking them home again. My aunt had got progressively more drunk as the night wore on. Anyway, the taxi didn't show and we couldn't get a hold of any company to take them so we ended up taking them. She was so drunk she can't remember how she got home. And when she got out the car she bashed her head on the door and didn't even notice. How drunk must she have been.

Last Friday I celebrated my 30th birthday. Yes my father and I have birthday's four days apart. I knew my husband had planned something as there were too many secret conversations between him and my mother for there not to be. Anyway I worked the whole day, getting lovely presents from the children I watch and from others. My husband came home from work and told me at 6.45pm that I had to get dressed as his father was picking us up in half an hour. he had organized a surprise party for me. How great is he? I am not a big one on surprises so that was why he told me just before we went. But what a night we had. All my friends in one place, we almost all. We chatted, danced, sung and had lots of fun. I also drank alcohol for the first time 18 months so needless to say think i had a little hangover the following morning.

Speaking of the following morning, we had a wedding to go to all day. Didn't feel like going, but it was a nice day.

Also we were without internet for three days. it killed me.

I go on and on about getting better at writing on here more often and here it is eventually. Life has been hectic and wonderful and tiring all at the same time.

Work is keeping me really busy now. Having six children to look after makes it a tiring week. (Okay so two of them are at school and I only see them at holiday times) But even so, four children is just as hard work. The eldest of them has just turned two and has started potty training. We had or first success today. Lots of cheering and such went on. It the middle one's 1st birthday tomorrow and we are having a small party at the toddler group we go to. Am about to go and make a cake. Not entirely sure what to put on top.

February is a bit month in our family for birthdays. And this year we have big birthdays as well. My dad and uncle turn 60 so we are having a dinner for them. Looking forward to it. Then four days later I turn 30. David has something planned but not sure what yet. I just don't feel like I am thirty. I still feel 21 most days. David has been pestering me to what i want but I really don't know. I have everything that I want so what do I ask for. David's birthday is also in february, four days after mine. And that is just the close family, that isn't including aunts, uncles, cousin's and friends.

Anyway I mentioned a while back that i really liked the musical Wicked. It's official I have become obsessed. I have the CD in the car, I play it while I am on the computer. I have it on my i-pod for when I am out walking. The music constantly plays in my head, I think that is maybe the sign that i am listening to it too much.

Watched the movie No Reservations the other night. I am not a big Catherine Zeta Jones fan but I liked her in this. I love little Abigail Breslin and she made me cry justa few times through this movie. I'd recommend it.

Okay and I am really hating the writers strike now. I know I live it the UK but not getting my weekly fixes of Bones and Private Practice is really getting to me. I have One Tree Hill, which the adorable Jackson Brundage is in, but it isn't the same without Booth, Brennan, Addison and co. I am enjoying the new season of One Tree Hill. In the first few episodes when Nathan had his long hair and beard he reminded me of how I think Jesus would look.

Okay enough for now so I can go make a birthday cake. Will try and write again soon.

Thought I'd try these out.

How bad am I? I said I was going to do this post ages ago and here I am finally getting around to it. Life has been pretty hectic for me mind you so I hope you will all forgive me.

Christmas was a blast. I loved it. Especially the last week run up to it. Lots going on. I had been ill for the first part of December which sucked big time. But gradually got better. i worked through it which was probably not the best thing to do, but when you are self employed it's hard. For every day I am off, I don't get paid. Anyway, Abs and Lottie finished school earlier than most others so I finally got to see them. It's been hard, from seeing them every day to only seeing them once in a while. I mean seeing them in December was the first I had seen them since October. They were so happy to see me as well. We had such fun, especially with our pyjama party we had on the Friday night. Watching movies and eating popcorn, always a good way to spend a Friday night.

Other big news is that I joined our church choir. I have been asked for years and never done it. But before Christmas I though about it some more and decided that now was the time to go ahead and do it. I am enjoying it and even did my first harmony part on Sunday past. It was scary but I managed it.

Christmas day was busy, we had to spend time with both sets of parents. So we did lunch with David's mum and dad and dinner at my family's house. Lunch was nice. Just party food and lots of pressies. Dinner was a tad manic but fun. The children make it that way. Anyway present wise I got lots. (I only asked for one thing, the dirty dancing two disc special edition dvd, i got it) David bought me a new i-pod nano, which I love. My mum and dad bought me a sewing machine. I have been going on about one for a while so finally got it. David's parents got me a new handbag and cardigan which I love. Spoilt rotten I was. we had such a nice day and if I can work out how to put pic's up i will post a few from the day with my niece and nephew. They had a blast. Especially when Doctor Who came on. My nephew is a tad obsessed.

New Year was fun as well. We went to our friends new house and had a lovely evening with everyone. I had been workiing and was a little tired but it was nice to all be together. I worked right through Christmas and New Year. Only having the 25th and 26th and the 1st and 2nd off. I don't mind, I do love my job.

So much going on in the start of this year as well. So many big birthdays to celebrate this year. So we are planning already.

4 movies you can always watch
- Moulin Rouge
- Sound of Music
- Dirty Dancing
- Wedding Date

4 towns you lived in
- Blantyre, Scotland
- Hamilton, Scotland
- London, England
- Manhasset, New York

4 shows you like to watch
- Bones
- Private Practice
- Grand Designs
- CSI (any of them)

4 websites you visit daily
- Tiscali
- Fanfiction
- Facebook
- Celebrity Baby Blog

4 favorite foods
- Christmas Dinner
- Pizza
- Chocolate
- BBQ Ribs

4 places you’d like to be now
- New York
- Jamicia
- In Bed
- On a Beach

I tag 4 people:
Mis_tee, NetteLJ, Kcohen, Muzzy-olorea


Promise I will do my Christmas update later.

I am sorry for being a bad LJ friend this last month but was quite ill at the beginning of the month and subsequently put me back from doing everything including christmas shopping so haven't had much time to post on here. I will get better in the new year i promise and I hope that everyone has a very merry Christmas and a happy new year. Have a good time whatever you get up to.


Happy Holidays Everyone.

I did I cried at this weeks Private Practice. The end scene between Addison and Naomi made me cry. It's been a while since I cried at a tv show and I have to admit it was a great scene to cry at. I am loving private practice so much. Between that and Bones the end of my week is set. It generally takes a day each to download so I get Bones on a Thursday morning(Sometimes a wed afternoon if I am lucky) and Private Practice on a thursday night. Don't watch it till a friday though. But next week, no Private Practice, what am I to do. And Bones, Oh My GOD!!!! How amazing does next weeks episode look. Can't wait.

Had a decent weekend, although the remembrance day service I was at wasn't up to much. I think it's because I am so used to one type of service. I wasn't in my own church. I started to help with the Rainbow's in another church so had to go to the service there. but it didn't feel much like a service of remembrance.

Anyway, today instead of having two children in the morning and two children in the afternoon, I had three this morning and one this afternoon. The little girl i look after in the afternoon's mum was going on a in-service training course so asked if I could take her in the morning instead. Sure I said. She normally arrives at 7.30am if she is coming in the morning, but this morning she arrived at 7.07am. I was still in my PJ's and lying on the sofa watching the news. Needless to say was a little bleary eyed. Got over it and ended up having a particularly good morning which doesn't happen very often.

Just getting ready to go to dance class, though I can't be bothered. (It's the same feeling I get every Monday evening. I end up enjoying myself when I'm there)

Okay so I have decided to try and post every day or every other day for a while and see how I do, since I can be such a bad LJ friend.

Had a big treat watching Ugly Betty last night. My new favourite musical Wicked was in it. Now I haven't seen the show but I have the soundtrack and i think it is amazing. Was just so happy about it last night. (Husband thought I was a bit mad)

How excited am I? Glasgow has just been named as the city to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games./ I only wish i was in the Fruitmarket in Glasgow as the atmosphere in there looks amazing. YEAH!!!!! Go Glasgow.

I am such a bad person, I promise and promise and promise to keep my journal more up to date and then I don't do it. I do have a hectic real life though so I hope that helps. The new little girl I had start with me has now been with me six weeks and is only now beginning to settle and we are finally in a routine. She is sleeping right now so I am getting the chance to write this. SO I have had six weeks of crying and the others crying with her so a noisy six weeks was had by all, hopefully now it will calm down a bit. It is Scottish schools mid term break right now and I had my big girls with me which was great. They have grown so much since they went to school and have learned so much.

Anyway enough about my boring life and onto the new loves in my life. Hiro Nakamura and Christina McKinney. Okay so they are two characters from shows but I love them. Hiro is just amazing and so cute. I love the accents and everything. Heroes only just started over here in the UK and I am loving it, finally getting to grips with everyones stories but Hiro is my favourite. And Christina McKinney from ugly Betty, excellent. Ashley Jensen in from Scotland and I love her one liners but it was last weeks episode when she brought the word Numpty to the American's. I love her for doing it. Can't wait for more.

So this week has been one of toughest i have faced in a while. My baby, my Lottie started school on Wednesday. Now I have had so many people telling me that I shouldn't be upset she isn't mine, but when you have looked after a child almost every day for that last four and a half years it's tough. Tuesday was her last day with me and I had planned a great day for us all but it didn't turn out that way. She was very worried about school and ended up wetting herself numerous times. In the end she went home ina pair of my trousers that were safety pinned at the back. But on Wednesday when she went she walked into school without a care in the world, which is really great, it proves how grown up she really is. They came to visit on Thursday with both girls in their uniforms and I just couldn't get over how grown up they both looked. I have to admit I have been quite lonely since she went, and I know it sounds silly that i had great conversations with a four and a half year old, but I did. I do have a new little one starting on Monday so hopefully that will take my mind off things.

My hubby was off work yesterday as well so we took advantage of me not working till the afternoon and had a lie in (since on my day off today he was playing golf at 8.30am). then after I picked up my little charge we went for a walk around Chatlerhault. It's a huge wooded area in Hamilton. We had a blast. We walked for ages, the little one fell asleep half way round and there were many stairs that we ended up having to carry the buggy/stroller up and down. (Am in slight agony this morning I have to admit.)

Now all I want to do is sleep, but am going out later to celebrate friends new job.

I had four things I wanted to achieve while i was on holiday,
1. Sleep
2. Relax
3. See beautiful things
4. Do some walking

So I have achieved three of the four things. The first just doesn't seem to want to happen. Okay so i slept well last night, but for heavens sake, I am on holiday you would think I would be able to sleep later that seven in the morning. but no I have ti be the weirdo that is still waking at the usual time. This morning i managed to make it till almost eight am which is great i think.

So my husband and I are in the Beautiful Lake District. It is amazing. We are staying in a converted barn which is great because we can make our own schedule for when we eat and things like that. We have had lesiurely mornings and busy afternoons and we still have two full days to do more. I am not a big person for doing walking and things like that outdoors. I mean I walk but don't see the point in walking for miles with nothing really at the end, it just doesn't do anything for me. But my husband is very into it, so for him I said I would give it a go. On Sunday I walked four and a half miles which for me is amazing. It felt really weird walking without a stroller in front of me and a child inside it. I didn't complain, in fact it was really nice. We ended up at Tarn Hows which was beautiful. We walked the sensible way there and the unsensible way back. IN other words we came back the mucky way. We were filthy by the time we got back to where we are staying. But ti was worth it.

On Monday we went to Kendal. It was a beautiful town. Probably the largest int he lake district, certianly the largest we have seen. We walked around the shops for a bit and then walked up to the castle ruins. See more walking, only this time I didn't have on shoes that were very conducive to walking. But still we had a view over the entire city of Kendal which was spectacular. After which we decided to drive down to a small town called Flookburgh which is very close to Morecambe Bay. The Bay is huge, more so that I ever thought. I went to Morecambe when I was little and can't remember it being that big. We were going to stop in Flookburgh but then noticed on the map that we were close to Holker Hall which we had planned on visiting later in the week, so we ended up going there instead. It was a beautiful place. The hall is still lived in by Lord and Lady Cavendish so there are some rules that have to be followed, but to walk through all that history, you don' mind. The garden are lovely as well. My husband managed to take some beautiful pictures while we were there. There is also a motor museum there so we got to go to that as well. It was fun seeing all the old cars. And the Bluebird, in which Donald Campbell broke the water speed record in before he died unfortunately.

Yesterday was more of a David day. He got his choices of what he wanted to do. We went to Honister Slate Mine, which though I didn't have great hopes for it ended up being really good. And then we went onto the Pencil Museum in Keswick. The slate mine was really good. We got to wear hard hats and were inside the mountain where the were mining for the slate. It is really beautiful. It was cold though and I can't imagine working in the mine without many layers of clothing on. The pencil museum was fun. We saw the worlds largest coloured pencil and pencils from years ago and stuff like that.

Not sure what we are up to today, hopefully some more relaxing. The weather is beautiful today, so maybe some more walking, or maybe not. I'd love a day or doing nothing.

Hope everyone is having fun . Will update when I get back home again.

Stole this one from callalilylove.

10 Things You Love
1. My husband
2. Christmas Dinner
3. Shopping.
4. Children (especially the ones I look after)
5. America, more specifically New York
6. Reading, fiction, non-fiction and fan-fiction
7. Writing
8. Travelling
9. TV
10. Irn-Bru

9 Things You Hate
1. Rude People
2. Road Ragers
3. People parking in disabled and parent and child spaces when they don't belong there.
4. Brussel Sprouts
5. Leg warmers worn when not dancing
6. Mice
7. Sectarianism
8. Big Brother
9. Heavy Metal music

8 Great Songs
1. Baba O'Reilly - The Who
2. Together we are one - Delta Goodrem
3. Adiemus - Karl Jenkins
4. Forever Young - Youth Group
5. Save the last dance for me - Michael Buble
6. have I told you lately I love you - Van Morrison
7. Walking in Memphis - Marc Cohn
8. The Book of Love - Peter Gabriel

7 Movies You Could Watch Over and Over
1. Star Wars (all six)
2. Charlies's Angel (1&2)
3. Moulin Rouge
4. Message in a Bottle
5. Sister Act (1&2)
6. Miss Congeniality
7. Practical Magic

6 TV Shows You Can't Miss
1. ER
2. Bones
3. Grey's Anatomy
4. Grand Designs
5. CSI
6. Army Wives

5 Stores You Could Shop At All Day
1. Next
2. GAP
3. Old Navy(if we had it in the UK)
4. HMV
5. Borders

4 Websites You Visit Almost Every Day
1. Tiscali
2. Fanfiction.net
3. Livejournal
4. jessicaclaire.net

3 Places You Wish You Could Visit
1. Australia
2. America(again)
3. Canada

2 Favorite Colors
1. Pink
2. Blue

1 Of Your Dreams
1. having the perfect life

have just dropped Lottie Lu off for her last ever day at nursery. They are off on holiday/vacation tomorrow and then after the summer break she goes to school. I only just managed to not cry when I left the nursery. I have been dropping her and her sister off there for two years and got to know the staff really well, but now I won't see then ever again. One told me that if she was ever looking for a childminder she would have me, another looked really sad that i was going and another gave me a big hug, no wonder I nearly cried.

Had a bit of a movie fest yesterday so thought I'd share it.

Firstly Forces of Nature - Love that movie, i know it's a few years old but still the storyline has everything in it. I love Ben Affleck, Sandra Bullock and Maura Tierney as actors and in this movie they are great. Okay so it is only my opinion but still. I love the scene near the end when the storm is really blowing and Ben stops Bridget in the garden of her Savannah home and tells her why he wants to marry her. It is such a sweet scene, especially when she turns to him and tells him he just wrote his vows.

Next up - Because I Said So. Was going to buy it on DVD the other day but decided to rent it first. So glad I did. It was a good movie but not worth buying. Forgot how annoying Diane keaton can be. She plays the perfect role in this movie as the annoying mother trying to set her younger daughter up. She looks really old in it as well. Loved the actresses playing her daughters though. Lauren Graham, Piper Perabo and Mandy Moore are great as the sisters. And I have to say even though he isn't in it very much little Ty Panitz is just too cute for words.

Lastly Babel - Now i had heard how amazing this movie was so decided to watch it. I thought it was good, even though there was too much going on at times and I couldn't quite follow it. You had to watch the entire movie to get what was going on. Brad Pitt was great in it as was Cate Blanchett. Brad actually reminded me of George Clooney because of the beard.


Also TV wise, I have discovered two new shows, okay so one has been on for a while but I have only just discovered it. I now love Bones, I don't know why i didn't before now. I loved David Boreanaz in Buffy and Angel, so why didn't I spot a new show with him in it until now. Anyway I love it, the chemistry between Booth and Brennan is amazing. I love her character. And again with Ty Panitz. He is such a cute little boy and needs to be in the show more often.

My other new show is a new show and isn't even on over here int eh UK yet. I found Army Wives and I love it. It has such a great cast and deals with such real issues that we don't often get to see. Catherine Bell and Kim Delaney have been favourite actresses of mine for a while now and to see them in a show together is great. Anyone else a fan?

Also how great is it that Poppy Montgomery has announced she is pregnant. She looks so happy with it. There are two interviews with her floating about that i can't get to work. I am hoping that someone puts them on youtube soon.