Silence!! The girls have gone back to Bude now and the flat is really quiet, a part from the other half who is currently cleaning our hand-me-down baby walker - he's pressing all the buttons that make it sing, unfortunately it doesn't appear to have an 'off' button!

I've just finished my last evening shift at work as well, so as soon as my morning shift is finished tomorrow, I will be picking little madam up from nursery and coming straight home to bed!!! I am absolutely knacked from this week working double shifts as well as having to hold the fort with three children. A big thank you to all of my friends who helped out this week, I really appreciate the help :-)

We went to Woodlands Adventure Park yesterday for a whole day of fun, and I mean a WHOLE day! The alarm went off at 6.15am and we got in at about 9.30pm! We had a couple of blips before we even got on the bus! First Mitchel decided that he was going to follow us to the bus, yowling all the way so I had to carry a very angry and upset cat all the way back to the flat. About 5 minutes before the bus was due to arrive we suddenly realised that we had forgotten little madams car seat! So the other half dashed home to grab it and arrived as the bus was about to leave.
Off we set to the train station, all went well until we got to Totnes by train, the other half was in charge of getting little madam off the train in her pram whilst I got the other two and the 'luggage' off. Anyway lots of people started to barge their way onto the train just as I got off meaning the other half was trapped. The whistles sounded and the doors shut even though the other half was still on there, I had to wave frantically and look stupid until they opened the door to help get the pram off.
Anyway, we met Miss E, Miss J and the sis - Lou on the platform. Hadn't seen Lou since May so little madam looked all grown up to her! We divided into the two cars and set off for our day at woodlands!
The day went really well, the weather just about held up and the kids got to experince the magic that is Woodlands :-) Slides, rides, toboggan run...! haha
At about 5pm we decided we should make tracks seeing as we had to find somewhere to have our tea before getting the train home. Miss E had to leave to go home at this point. We managed to find a very nice pub serving Carvery and pudding all for a fiver each :-) After eating we said good bye to Miss J and boarded the train back home to Plymouth.

Lou stayed the night last night, we stayed up and watched 'My super ex girlfriend' nd then passed out from exhaustion.

I was up at 6am to get ready to go to work. After, I got home and got the kids ready so we could go and visit 'Aunty C' (the other half's sister). I wanted to show Lou our 'new' house :-) I got all excited seeing the house thinking of all my many ideas for the place! Anyway we stayed for an hour or two and then made our way home where we finished getting the flat tidy. We then said good bye to Lou and her BF (who came to pick her up).

So yes, it has been a long long week!! I'm having tea in just a moment! Lamb grills!!! :D

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Celebrate good times...(come on!!)

First of all, a BIG CONGRATULATIONS to Bruce who passed her exam!! very proud! :-)

Second of all... we have a date for moving!! The council want us moved by Oct 1st!!! :D Very happy and still crossing fingers that we all pass our gas and electric tests. We still haven't told the kids yet, just waiting for the right moment :-)

And my final shout out today is to my sister 'lala' who passed her GCSEs :D woop woop!

Excellent! x

Just had our flat inspection and we passed :-) all that remains is having a gas and electric check, once those are complete we should be all set to go ahead with the move. Little madam's nursery have already offered her more hours in Sept if we need it whilst we are trying to move.

Off to bingo in Torquay tonight :-) hoping to scoop the jackpot!! or at least enough to pay for a new fridge/freezer! We are introducing Miss E to our new found craze! Wish us all luck! I'm so hooked on it it's crazy, I won £60 last night on posh bingo haha!

Little madam is fast asleep bless her, hopefully she won't sleep until 4pm like she did yesterday! I'm hoping to get her weighed later on today and then as far as i'm aware she is supposed to be going to her nanny and grandad's for the afternoon :-)

We're picking up the kids on Saturday and then they will be down for the week until bank holiday monday. It's little miss K's 7th birthday on monday aswel so looks like I am going to be skint! Lou (the sis) is visiting at the end of next week! Can't wait!! It's been AGES since she saw little madam! May to be precise!

What a night! It was hilarious from start to finish. We began the evening at Miss J's house and the other half was in charge of the bbq which he did very well with despite the light showers!
Little madam got lots of attention which wore her out quite early on, she ended up playing golf games on the tv with Miss J's dad and then crashing out on the bed. Think she enjoyed herself though!
The rest of us proceeded to get very drunk and laugh at everything, and I mean everything. Singstar came out as well which was also funny. Me, Bruce and Miss E decided we all needed to go to the toilet so we went together. I ended up knocking over my wine all over the floor so Miss E tried to mop up whilst laughing her head off. Bruce went to the toilet next and when she went to pull up her pants, she had a massive giggling fit and couldnt manage it. To make things even more hilarious, Miss E somehow managed to lean on the door handle and fall out the door backwards whilst Bruce was still trying to pull up her pants!! I was in stitches!! I left to go and tell everyone what had happened whilst Miss E took a funny and embarrassing picture of Bruce!

At about 11pm we all set off to Enigma (the place to be on a fabulous night out in Newton!) and we enjoyed quite a few more beverages! Smoo took loads of embarrassing pictures and I recorded lots of funny videos, you can't actually see what is happening but you can hear all the drunken conversations. At one point we found a guy that we used to go to school with! and Miss E pulled :-)
By about 2am-ish I knew I needed my usual end-of-night cheeseburger so the other half came with me to queue for food. After that we decided it was home time and away we went. I somehow managed to get myself into bed and slept until nearly 2pm!!

I woke to have a lovely roast cooked by Miss J's fantastic mummy! :-) I felt sooo full after that! Miss J then drove me, the other half and little madam all the way home. It felt so good to just relax after that. Although saying that, the relaxing didn't last long because me and the other half have been busy going over colour charts for the new house and looking at getting a new fridge/freezer. And of course I have been playing my online free bingo! woop woop!

Nothing else new to report, although it does look as though a few of us are game for a gala bingo session this Thursday! :-)

Friday the 13th was definately lucky for us :-)

I know, I know... I'm getting my hopes up here BUT the other halfs sister has offered to do a mutual exchange with us!!! She is in a two bedroom house and the bedrooms are a really good size. The small bedroom is the same size as our large one so it's all good. We have handed in our forms and we are now waiting for everything to all be approved but one of the officers have already said it should be a very easy swap and we should be looking at moving in the next 4-6 weeks!!!
The house will need a lot of work, especially the garden as there is lots of scrap concrete blocks all over the place, all needs digging up and chucking out. And then the whole place needs decorating so going to be VERY busy leading up to christmas!

Well it's Saturday now and is 'the day!' or rather 'the night!' haha Me and my very good friends are having our annual night out tonight in Newton Abbot! I really can't wait! Little madam is being babysat by Miss J's mummy and the other half is coming out on the raz as well! Should be good, althought i'm not looking forward to the hangover tomorrow morning haha!
Watch this space for funny stories...!!!

Cardiff

I'm in Cardiff! i've been visiting my best friend Bruce. What a start to the journey though! - I locked me and Bruce out of the house!! Had to go all the way into town to get the key off the other half! Anyway, we finally got here!

Today we had our photoshoot which was great! Had our hair styled and make up done so we looked very pretty!

Little madam had a slight hissy fit in the middle of the shoot but she is really tired bless her. Personally I think she makes an amazing little model hehe!

I have the rest of the week off work now so lots of time to spend with little madam! My boss is away on holiday, I need to thank her for lending me the dresses for the photo shoot!

Gaz (Bruce's boyfriend) has come over for din dins and to see little madam. I havent seen him since the christening.

The other two kids have gone back home now with their mum, won't see them again until the 21st. We will be celebrating little miss K's 7th birthday that week. Really struggling to find childcare on the Wednesday and Thursday morning until I finish work at 10am. Sure things will sort themselves out.

Right best leave it here for now as my cheesecake is being served! hehe Back home tomorrow :-)

I'm not feeling to great, something is definately going round because the other half has been feeling ill on and off, and also Miss J is poorly (Get well soon!).

Me and Bruce are introducing Smoo to the world of bingo tonight!! Gala Bingo should soooo be paying me for recruiting all these new members!! I could work on commision!! I'm still on the good old ebay as well. Sold quite a bit now.

The flat is looking like a bomb has hit it! Needs a serious tidy up and a good clean. Im supposed to be somehow cooking a roast for 7 of us in what I can't really call a kitchen just yet! I think i'm going to leave the laundry today, looks like it might rain.

Loving Big Brother at the moment! I know, there is probably a disappointed sigh let out by most of you, BUT it IS the last proper one so technically it is TV history! and they have done a really good job on it this year, definately my favourite one. The tasks are great and the housemates are really funny.

Oh my god I feel soooo sick!!! Now I know what you're going to say before I even tell you why! The fact is... I ate gone off yoghurt purely because it was due to go off today and I didn't want to waste it! hahaha!! This is what poor-ness does to a person!! I've been offered a little overtime at the end of the month so hopefully that will boost my first pay cheque up a bit!

Let's hope for a big win tonight people!! Not long until little madam will be ONE!!! and then CHRISTMAS!!! lord help me financially!!!

Hangover after hangover...

I have had a really good weekend, it's not often I say it. I went out Friday night with Miss J (my first 'official' follower on this blog - haha!) Saturday I spent the day hungover but managed to get the kids that live around here to cut the grass, And yesterday (Sunday) was little madam's boyfriends christening.

Back to the same old (but new) routine today of working until 10am, picking little madam up from nursery to coming home and dealing with ebay before putting her down for her THREE HOUR NAP!! It's amazing, nursery completely knocks her out! Imagine when she starts full time! She will start falling asleep in her dinner! hehe

The other half decided to have a mini 'night out' on Saturday straight from work. Very last minute and all paid for by his boss. Anyway, he got home at about 1.30am-ish. Completely drunk and all over the place. He sat down on the sofa for a while and then said he felt sick. So he decided he needed some air... twenty minutes later..... I looked out into the garden to find he had disappeared!! I called his name for a while but nothing. I went back inside and rang him. He picked up and was drunkenly telling me that he was sat on the curb at the end of the garden - the fact he was breathing quickly as if he was power walking gave it away slightly that he was in fact NOT at the end of the garden! Yet he insisted he was... After getting him back in the flat he made his way to bed, and got his own trousers off before passing out. And that was the end of that!

He suffered the next day at the christening with a hang over. And for the record he has since remembered that he was walking to the school down the road and in actual fact NOT at the end of the garden when I called!