Happy New Year!!

Time for a catch up I think!!

So, when I last posted, we'd not long moved house....

Now, I have a new job (working p/t in a store cafe with very lovely, if ever so slightly nutty colleagues!) and we have a new kitten - a dark grey/black striped feisty little thing called Noodle... He's completely insane (fits in well round here then!) and has a penchant for attacking feet - ouch!

Christmas was noisy (although it could have been noisier I guess - Nikki was ill so not his usual boisterous self) but we have 4 little boys who are very happy with what they were brought by Santa, so that's all good.

As for New Year - all quiet on the Western Front here - hubby fell asleep in front of Alice in Wonderland but was persuaded to wake up to actually see the New Year in, we were permitted a "lie-in" by the kids (if 8am can be classed as a lie-in!) and we had a walk on the beach...  it's a far cry from the days BC when we'd be crawling home at 5am!!!

Ah well!  Catch ya later blog-spotters...

Well it's been a while

Since I last posted...  That's what happens when you move house!!

So, we're now in a house with a functioning bathroom (yay) but no storage.  And strangely, no temperature markings on the oven - which makes cooking interesting, to say the least!

But, it's a much nicer house (which wouldn't be difficult!) and the kids/cats are all happy!

Thank you NHS...

...for the special miracle that is my eldest child. This time seven years ago I was in a slight state of shock & gazing in a combination of awe & utter fear at a tiny little scrap barely clinging onto life, covered in tubes & wires & looking more like something scraped off the road than a baby....  It had been 4 hours between actually giving birth & being allowed to see him, but there he was, tiny but perfectly formed - just 3 months before he was meant to be here (& has continued being bloody awkward ever since.  Hohum)

And today is his seventh birthday.  He's healthy, happy (although you wouldn't think it from the drama queen tears we seem to get at least once a day) cheeky, gorgeous, extremely clever and more importantly, very much alive.

So thank you NHS.  (Although, I have to admit that some days, when he's been severely trying my patience, that does get said around gritted teeth....  but in all seriousness, I wouldn't be without him at all....)

Happy Birthday little soldier....

All hail September

The kids are back at school!!!  They were getting so bored, bless 'em so of course their behaviour was deteriorating...  But thankfully, they're back.   Of course that meant The Woo complaining about "I don't like school, I'm sleepy" this morning but his complaints didn't stop him skipping off with his girlfriend when his class were taken through...

Poor E tho has suffered rejection... When I picked them up this afternoon he told me quite sadly that "L isn't marrying me anymore because I've got brown skin"  poor bairn....  apparently he has a new girlfriend already tho!  Oh to be almost 7 when things are that easily solved!

Tidge starts nursery tomorrow - he's not old enough to be starting nursery...  It's not right I tell you.  What on earth I'm going to do when my little Bo-Bo starts in 16 months is absolutely beyond me.

Hohum.

So the results....

of the Great St Swithins Day Experiment...

(remember it was mixed weather here in South-West Wales)

So, we had 7 days of mixed weather, 10 days of rain & 23 days of dry weather.  Now, I'll be the first to admit that those dry days may not necessarily have been full of blazing sunshine, but they were dry & it was warm & there were several days where it was absolutely glorious...

So ya boo sucks to all you out there who've been trying to claim that we haven't had a summer!!!  Go away & find something else to complain about!!!

Well that was a shock...

When the landlord came round on Friday to tell us to leave by 1st October, I asked for it to be put in writing, fully expecting that it would never happen...

Well, today, I got a letter from them putting it in writing.... well knock me down with a feather!!!!

So what now?  I'll be phoning up tomorrow asking for an appointment to see a housing officer next week & hopefully we should now get priority status, but of course it still all depends on a suitable house coming up....

And typically, we've finally got to the top of the waiting list for an NHS dentist (only a year & 2 months after we moved here!!)

Weather been glorious today - lovely late summer day.  Will look at the results & post them tomorrow...

"Don't worry, it'll be alright"

That was the comment from the lovely lady who sorted out my change of circumstance form today....  I "know" it will, but it's still hard to face homelessness when you look into the eyes of your kids who trust you to look after them.....

So now we've got to hope that a) the form gets processed quickly & b) something lovely comes up because I really would like a house in a nice area (although if it came down to it, of course I'd take a house in a rubbish area - my kids need somewhere to live...)

So lots of vibes needed please people...

Right, weather (I think tomorrow's the last day - must check)  chucking it down this morning but ended up glorious by this afternoon (& now of course the sun's blazing through the baby's bedroom window, so he's not going to sleep.... hmmph)