Big Brother to the extreme.....

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=392629&in_page_id=1770

I'm speechless.....

Lindt Lindor.......

Never go and make a cup of tea and trustingly leave your husband with a packet of Lindt Lindor chocolates.......there seem to be a lot of empty wrappers on the table now :(

Pam thank you so much for the chocolates...I really HAD meant to share them out after lunch........but now the children are busy with their friends....faaaaar too busy to eat chocolates (conveniently)......so Lloyd and I are sat here eating them.....I've never had these before and they are delicious...I guess with these chocolates and the butter chicken I had for dinner I kind of messed up my healthy eating for the day ;)

Ah well.....tomorrow is a new day :)

Funeral from 1914

A parcel arrived from my parents today.....there were t-shirts for the boys (Chris's says 'I'm surrounded by idiots' and Laurences says 'Have a nice day - somewhere else!')

A nightie for me....which I reall need.....I'm fussy...I like spaghetti straps and a simple shape.....I hate sleeves or anything fussy to sleep in........a t-shirt for Abigail that says '100% cute 200% attitude!' a book on the history of furniture....some recipes including an old homemade sweets recipe book......and inside was tucked a photocopy of a receipt my Dad had found....a receipt for the funeral of my Great Grandmother.....from 1914! It reads:

Witchampton, Wimborne April 25th 1914

Dr. to John Roberts
Wheelwright, Smith, Carpenter and Undertaker.

Labour making coffin with raised cover,
linings, wadding, brassed furniture, marking breast-plate
and attendance

2 pounds 5 shillings

Received with thanks.

An entire funeral for $5!!!!!!!! Wow.....how prices have changed!

Chalk drawings...

Well I had a really nice day. Thanks to Pam and C for coming over......it was nice to meet 'everyone' at last! Thanks so much for driving out so far to spend time with us :) and I got to show off my chickens :) Next time hopefully you can each take some eggs home :)

The nice thing about spending time with those new to homeschooling is that you get to talk about homeschooling! After a while homeschooling just becomes normal life but those new to it still like to talk about it.......so most of today was spent talking about our decisions and choices...and like Pam said...its nice to find people who actually like being with their children.....they CHOOSE to be with their children......

I had no idea Pam was a LLL Leader either!!! It reminded me of how I started homeschooling and those days spent with Lorraine and Lesley and Julie and all the others in and around Manchester.........I miss those days...I keep meaning to email Julie....I haven't heard from her in years.......and I owe Lorraine a letter......wonderful Lorraine who is just so easy to spend time with and sooooo funny!

The children all seemed to play happily...in and out of the pool...chalking on the porch....playing indoors.......Susie of course LOVED having girls her age to play with in the pool.......

The children are eating dinner right now .....Lloyd is on his way home from work...later than normal...so he's stopping off to pick up dinner from Joey Tomato's.......twice in one week - yum!

The boys friends are due to arrive after dinner...three extra boys that should have been here last night are sleeping over tonight.....spending the day here tomorrow.......

I feel like I haven't stopped talking all day..........my head is thumping......and I have so many thoughts swimming around in this little brain of mine.........maybe I'll type more later when I can think straight.

Susie's been chalking on the porch hence the picture above.....

Core plan

So I am back on the core plan.....

http://p087.ezboard.com/fdottisweightlosszonefrm140

This website is fab for ideas and recipes and support.......I loved core and felt so healthy on it....I just got sidetracked at Easter and lapsed....so I started again Monday.......basically its the healthy way to eat.......eating foods as natural as possible and detoxing from sugar and processed foods...I eat a lot of these natural foods anyway but want to detox again......I went three months without added sugar last time......I can do it again....

I also want to start running again...it's been too long.....last night Lloyd mowed a track for me all around our land......he has to finish it tonight...going through the woods and the back field....but it means I can run again as I did last year......I'm not supposed to run or do 'too much' because of my SPD but I usually know when I've done too much.

Visitors will be here soon.....just sat here filling in time :) thinking about stuff....

Travel blog

This is the travel blog of a lady I feel like I know....she is one of the few people I really respect from a website I used to post on....her and her DD are travelling across Canada together and it sounds as though they are having a really fab time!

http://www.travelpod.com/cgi-bin/guest.pl?u=hermamma&t=canada2006&p=tpod

I'm enjoying reading about all the places they are visiting and making notes for when we travel across this beautiful big country of ours!

Happy Hump Day

Actually typing Hump Day reminds me I owe CA an Email.....it was CA that first told me Wednesday was called Hump Day!!! I had never heard of it before that!

I over slept this morning.....I was up at 6:30 or just before and waved Lloyd off to work...he always waves and then flashes his hazard lights when he gets to the end of the driveway as a last wave goodbye! Sam was asleep all snuggly in bed so I got back into bed with him and fell asleep again and didn't wake up until 8:15am. I always feel more groggy when I go back to sleep too so it took me a while to get going.

It's now around 10:30 and I'm having breakfast.....unsweetened applesauce and oatmeal......I don't cook the oatmeal...just mix applesauce into it and some cinnamon....

Pam is coming over for lunch today which I'm looking forward to.......and then C is coming over after lunch for the afternoon...I'm hoping the sun breaks through so the children can swim without getting too cold......I figure I can post Pams name because she posts comments here in my blog (hi Pam!) but most people I only post their initials.......

Tonight the boys have friends sleeping over.....the sleepover that should have been last night.....

T sent me the cutest movie clip of E being bathed in the kitchen sink......that is one smiley little baby girl!

Abigail is drawing a picture of me.....I thought I had wings growing out of my head but I'm told they are ponytails.......and like she explains to me........wings don't grow out of heads! Oh and she's now teaching me to draw arms......sometimes I wonder which one of us is the adult...... ;) Ok I've just snapped a picture of Abigails picture of me......(see above)

Well I get the fun job now.....scooping up after the dogs outside and making sure it's all nice and clean...this is a daily job anyway but MOST important when the children are playing outside....such a lovely job NOT!