tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67537009181565226172024-03-13T16:19:30.687+00:00THE NEVER ENDING STORY........SO FAR XXXLisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490358750063702886noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753700918156522617.post-48792159726055312422010-07-09T19:58:00.002+01:002010-07-09T20:01:22.227+01:00Children!I never realised having children was so emotionally hard work!!! I hope it gets easier than this, somebody please tell me it does!Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490358750063702886noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753700918156522617.post-28252883156545445632010-04-09T08:57:00.003+01:002010-04-09T09:09:12.465+01:00Friday Photo Flashback!I thought I would go for a wedding theme for today's Flashback! My sister got married in about 1978/79 to her first husband. She told everyone a week before the wedding that she was getting married!!! You have got to love seventies fashion!!!<br /><br />This is my sister and her husband on her first wedding day with my mum and our dad!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5fo8dKiOI7Tb5s3FY2UwNMcehmWYri1Eyf5Va5UtTIO09vm5t8zOX7_RP27xPpBRQ3D2dwv0fjJ8-SxfkDfWmt568SJUlEM6kD7EleQoxRQmDJxM0P9FZj05goyuQvhUPIaHn9848GLUN/s1600/0308.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5fo8dKiOI7Tb5s3FY2UwNMcehmWYri1Eyf5Va5UtTIO09vm5t8zOX7_RP27xPpBRQ3D2dwv0fjJ8-SxfkDfWmt568SJUlEM6kD7EleQoxRQmDJxM0P9FZj05goyuQvhUPIaHn9848GLUN/s400/0308.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458045626099306242" /></a><br /><br />Here I am as 'bridesmaid' with my sister and three of my brothers!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq-w5lBqE_GlSDkyvqC4CUI15_MQY0-nGO3GEEtdfH_UV-_pri1vqQB3TDJM1A-OCr79pdsPtW4kKewHGZADre_GRFH1LdKrx32fWasf8BaC-bHWlTqR6iY5pKN_QwExF7OSCMBVsF5L5V/s1600/0309.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 264px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq-w5lBqE_GlSDkyvqC4CUI15_MQY0-nGO3GEEtdfH_UV-_pri1vqQB3TDJM1A-OCr79pdsPtW4kKewHGZADre_GRFH1LdKrx32fWasf8BaC-bHWlTqR6iY5pKN_QwExF7OSCMBVsF5L5V/s400/0309.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458045625024086706" /></a><br /><br />And the group photograph, which has my Grandma and Grandad, Great Aunt and also my Auntie!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH9Thx1B9iQ1VrtfrXap_dIZJHg1pVdbuO7mpVqHEVU5RG3wtDy17GQ4ADU1tGfc3oQN0lh9Qm2mdvS5duGt4-6reDT1aPej-YfUaHSIFmsV9uqXnOCzzut3R5SW-kg5ybB3v7kLnhV9CE/s1600/0312.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 285px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH9Thx1B9iQ1VrtfrXap_dIZJHg1pVdbuO7mpVqHEVU5RG3wtDy17GQ4ADU1tGfc3oQN0lh9Qm2mdvS5duGt4-6reDT1aPej-YfUaHSIFmsV9uqXnOCzzut3R5SW-kg5ybB3v7kLnhV9CE/s400/0312.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458045614695248866" /></a><br /><br />For more Friday Photo Flashbacks visit Alicia at <a href="http://minyards7.blogspot.com/2010/04/friday-photo-flashback_08.html">More Than Words.</a>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490358750063702886noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753700918156522617.post-6214412431561626432010-03-29T11:40:00.002+01:002010-03-29T11:53:07.606+01:00Life is overwhelming......or that is how it seems!<br /><br />Things over the past couple of months seem to have been crazy! We have had a lot of different emotional stuff with various family members to deal with and the problems are still continuing. I have to say, I very rarely stick my head in the sand and like to know everything about everything but not this time. I have a problem and I now have to go for tests and I am a little bit scared about what they might find. <br /><br />I wish life didn't seem so hard sometimes and I apologise for the 'I feel sorry for myself' post!Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490358750063702886noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753700918156522617.post-66293955104163154412010-03-21T10:44:00.003+00:002010-03-21T10:57:50.321+00:00Getting To Know You Sundays!Well it is Getting To Know You Sundays over at MannLand5 so click <a href="http://www.mannland5.com/">here</a> to play along!<br /><br />The questions this week...<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1. What year did you graduate high school?</span><br /><br />I finished secondary school in 1990, when I was 16 (the leaving age in the UK)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">2. What part of your body do you neglect the most?</span><br /><br />All of it I'm afraid<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">3. Beach house or Lake house?</span><br /><br />Beach always beach!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">4. Mac or PC?</span><br /><br />Mac<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">5. Did you wear braces?</span><br /><br />No and neither did my husband but it looks like our kids are going to have to.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">6. If you could be one person for a day..living or deceased..who would you be?</span><br /><br />Michelle Duggar, to know what it is like to have so many kids or me when I first had Ellie so I could experience just having her again.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">7. How many times have you moved in your life?</span><br /><br />Twice as a child and once since I have been married.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">8. Would you rather cook or clean?</span><br /><br />Clean!!! I hate cooking, it stresses me out everyday, especially as the children are picky eaters. I can't say that I love cleaning but it at least it gives me some satisfaction when the house is tidy, well for a few minutes until the kids trash it again.Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490358750063702886noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753700918156522617.post-68384149542759958792010-03-19T10:53:00.003+00:002010-03-19T11:13:21.988+00:00Friday Photo Flashback!Life seems to have been quite hectic over the last couple of weeks, so hopefully my blogging will get back on track!<br /><br />My photographs this week are in memory of my little dog Jet who had to be put to sleep nearly a fortnight ago. He was almost 17 years old and was my first 'baby'. My sister had got his brother 'Mutley' and she told us there were another couple of pups left. We saw him and fell in love with him, he has been the best dog and used to lay on my knee like a baby, something he wouldn't do for anyone else. When I got married and moved out Jet stayed with my mum as we would be out at work full time. It is sad he is no longer with us, but I am sure he will be running around in doggy heaven with our other dog Barney! <br /><br />We love you Jetty xxx<br /><br />Ellie and Jet <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGeMdf_tK6ZDCVg6YjloMoKe3gE0SBMD8l2SjNdQGiCbr_uIlKBby3FKE0v7qHYKw70bzYwUVHxORZ1z088jto1G0Q8muAG_PvE4wQGcB5EKMnv83eoM07R6viOr5QMIzGP5qiNr7VcF2p/s1600-h/Save0249.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGeMdf_tK6ZDCVg6YjloMoKe3gE0SBMD8l2SjNdQGiCbr_uIlKBby3FKE0v7qHYKw70bzYwUVHxORZ1z088jto1G0Q8muAG_PvE4wQGcB5EKMnv83eoM07R6viOr5QMIzGP5qiNr7VcF2p/s400/Save0249.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450298551439202994" /></a><br /><br />George and Jet<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdDe9aVjaWyQ_vnMaBE3wPtG7Y90OZ9UPCHLHcLFjsF5O35pGpeQ88wMcTv7WItPAuZQz855t6A0Lh1uwXGpxtczXf5MyTETvc63qqbTLy7Ue4PhiyOhUH0d-YBL7LnXl2Cc5v8kEBitQ9/s1600-h/Save0731.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdDe9aVjaWyQ_vnMaBE3wPtG7Y90OZ9UPCHLHcLFjsF5O35pGpeQ88wMcTv7WItPAuZQz855t6A0Lh1uwXGpxtczXf5MyTETvc63qqbTLy7Ue4PhiyOhUH0d-YBL7LnXl2Cc5v8kEBitQ9/s400/Save0731.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450298524405264162" /></a><br /><br />For more fabulous Friday Photo Flashbacks visit Alicia at <a href="http://minyards7.blogspot.com">More Than Words</a>!Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490358750063702886noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753700918156522617.post-22833166177701579892010-03-10T14:21:00.002+00:002010-03-10T14:32:45.033+00:00What a week!The sickness bug came to visit the girls last week, Ben had to make a trip to the emergency dentist as one of his teeth cracked in half and he had to have it removed, my mum's dog of 17 years had to be put down plus numerous other things meant that I only managed to post once this week and my blog reading was non existent!<br /><br />Well Max is asleep and I have 40 minutes before I have to go and pick the kids up from school so I can either do some much needed cleaning up OR I can catch up on some blogs, it's a hard choice, but blogging it is!Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490358750063702886noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753700918156522617.post-5278439130386088262010-03-05T07:20:00.004+00:002010-03-05T07:52:51.944+00:00Friday Photo Flashback!As I am still waiting for my scanner I can not post 'Eventful Holidays!' as the photos are not yet on the computer, so I have decided to post pictures of me with my grandparents.<br /><br />These are the only pictures I have of me with both my sets of grandparents. They mean a lot to me as three of them have now passed away.<br /><br />My Nanna, Grandad, my cousin Jayne and me, Easter 1975 when I had just started walking. My Grandad passed away when I was eight years old so I only vaguely remember him but my Nanna lives with my Auntie, who lives next door to my Mum!!! <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYE6EuMrvqLjDdxBBNGB0_eVJhhzoBFbXBGTskCvrY7ddrKyir-OE2jGlFv6ADm8qnoIxNL6s43W6NrZq1DtEQ0UDqAR5Mm62-0trho1ddFc8G62K23VXKS4R8S0Y2mIaOyBHKfjJ8teD2/s1600-h/scan0059.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 296px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYE6EuMrvqLjDdxBBNGB0_eVJhhzoBFbXBGTskCvrY7ddrKyir-OE2jGlFv6ADm8qnoIxNL6s43W6NrZq1DtEQ0UDqAR5Mm62-0trho1ddFc8G62K23VXKS4R8S0Y2mIaOyBHKfjJ8teD2/s400/scan0059.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445051133746282402" /></a><br /><br />This is me in 1976 and I will have been about two and a half with my Grandma and Grandad. I miss them every day especially as they were the last link really that held our family together after my dad passed away. My Grandad also gave me away when I got married and gave the most wonderful speech which left all the guests in tears, something I will never forget!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6t9fTYTdLLMPKmMrHR5QfqHK-nS1TyMLMUR7tBKeCEtId6OoNoegaW5VoEGLkc3EITAgqBEsRuAIbFKMia3DakQE4cGPeyqfg2AI7ao7VbGy45o8dUi_uIPYQ4bo6jlYiTkG6DDj7HBPG/s1600-h/0222.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 285px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6t9fTYTdLLMPKmMrHR5QfqHK-nS1TyMLMUR7tBKeCEtId6OoNoegaW5VoEGLkc3EITAgqBEsRuAIbFKMia3DakQE4cGPeyqfg2AI7ao7VbGy45o8dUi_uIPYQ4bo6jlYiTkG6DDj7HBPG/s400/0222.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445048270362964770" /></a><br /><br />For more fabulous Friday Photo Flashbacks (which I have to say is my favourite posting day of the week) visit Alicia at <a href="http://minyards7.blogspot.com/2010/03/friday-photo-flashback.html">More Than Words!</a>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490358750063702886noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753700918156522617.post-39209984135402323972010-03-02T16:23:00.003+00:002010-03-02T16:44:40.115+00:00Nursery timeWell it has happened, the dreaded phone call from the Nursery!!!<br /><br />Max has been offered a place at the nursery for five afternoons a week starting from September. I can't believe it, wasn't it only yesterday he was like this...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz982_IWKZeRLeIG_ksO03d49e85ewSktpZiybDFSu_fk4AH9jfd6YbrZE-pLkzfcV70Nvc37d_rBE9j1s2W9N0T6bvmdOK-0wxx8QIGWioxN2DjSbTtKHjGR37KBVgE737oRsGEnPhSsV/s1600-h/IMG_2680.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz982_IWKZeRLeIG_ksO03d49e85ewSktpZiybDFSu_fk4AH9jfd6YbrZE-pLkzfcV70Nvc37d_rBE9j1s2W9N0T6bvmdOK-0wxx8QIGWioxN2DjSbTtKHjGR37KBVgE737oRsGEnPhSsV/s400/IMG_2680.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444074331775250946" /></a><br /><br />...it doesn't seem right that it is time for nursery already, I am sure that he is still just a baby!!!<br /><br />How does the school system work in the USA? There seems to be quite a few differences between the UK and USA schooling, ie yearly graduating, deferring for a year, being held back and at what age children start school etc. I would love it if someone could tell me about it, I am not nosey (honest), just really interested :)Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490358750063702886noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753700918156522617.post-33064485575650452422010-03-01T21:25:00.003+00:002010-03-01T22:31:24.018+00:00Memory Monday!I have decided that for the time being on a Monday I will share memories past, some good, others not so!<br /><br />Well as it is around the time I found out I was pregnant with my first child I thought I would share that story!<br /><br />I had longed for a baby for a number of years, I knew really that it was all l I ever wanted out of life to be a wife and a mother and in that order. Our wedding was arranged for 30 September 1995 and I secretly hoped that we would be able to start trying for a family straight away. Mark had other ideas, he didn't feel it was the right time as money was tight and I had also agreed to be a bridesmaid at my cousin's wedding the following August and he felt it was unfair of me to let her down. It was doubly hard for me because a couple of weeks before we got married Mark's younger brother announced that his girlfriend was pregnant with a baby, due the following May.<br /><br />Well May came along and we were blessed with a lovely baby Nephew and then August a few months later and I was a bridesmaid, but still no mention of starting my longed for family. I felt so desperate but each time I mentioned it Mark felt it was still not the right time.<br /><br />At this point I was working at a doctors' surgery and had made a very good friend. She had been trying for a baby for almost two years with no luck and had had to undergo some minor surgery to see if it would be helpful. It was the day after Boxing Day and my friend had to work, I remember it was lunchtime and the phone rang. My friend had said that she felt funny, wondered if she could be pregnant and decided that she was going to do a pregnancy test in the toilets at work. She said she would ring me back! The test was positive, she was absolutely over the moon and even though I could not have been happier for her, it made me feel that my becoming pregnant was nowhere in sight.<br /><br />I carried on as normal but inside I was becoming more and more desperate about the whole situation. We had a holiday booked in the January with my mum and it was lovely to get away, but on our return I still felt the same way. In the end I told Mark just how strongly I felt about starting a family and I also told him that what had happened to my friend could happen to us and it might take us years to conceive a child and amazingly he agreed it was time.<br /><br />Well it was the first month of trying and it was two days before I should have taken the pregnancy test but I could not wait any longer. I woke up at 3am, tiptoed out of bed to the toilet (thinking Mark was asleep), locked the door, did the test and turned it upside down on the bathroom cabinet. The next thing I knew was Mark shouting, asking what I was doing. I tried to sound casual and answered nothing but he knew something was going on. I turned the test over and could not believe it, after only one month of trying, there was a line, albeit a faint one. I was ecstatic and very shocked. I opened the door and Mark was stood there and I managed to whisper "I think I am pregnant"! I don't think either of us could believe it and I remember putting the test on my bedside table and looking at it all night long to make sure the line was still there.<br /><br />I did another test two days later (in the supermarket toilets) and there could be no mistaking that result with it's dark blue line! <br />My due date was 29 November 1997, but Ellie decided to make us wait for a few days and came into the world on 7 December 1997 weighing 6lbs 3ozs and we have never looked back!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOI0ZN6P-N07BGSqpjaaYdwZ3hZF9J789g-k86Pl86G_9DEbEsJUOuL4fxj09pDxHHv7SwCtGEZ90Yu2w5-ZAl2tdgMKoSp-_wuu3m8ZuroTOQazmhUXV0CPURwW_P5EIskSyoEkaBpgtx/s1600-h/Save0341.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOI0ZN6P-N07BGSqpjaaYdwZ3hZF9J789g-k86Pl86G_9DEbEsJUOuL4fxj09pDxHHv7SwCtGEZ90Yu2w5-ZAl2tdgMKoSp-_wuu3m8ZuroTOQazmhUXV0CPURwW_P5EIskSyoEkaBpgtx/s400/Save0341.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443795865579764866" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidaq0JaCTUSr0ln0ae45QVlNmVyzfN-7rMvICQqf_b3orVJHWZeyOCMK1KC-H4bRDvliBudlN60-Fwxr1J1OH749oCUUrr5Oou1DE_ZM83L_8ijg4ubfR2sZ0o59KCpUXWoLYIHOIm8VG4/s1600-h/100_0213.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidaq0JaCTUSr0ln0ae45QVlNmVyzfN-7rMvICQqf_b3orVJHWZeyOCMK1KC-H4bRDvliBudlN60-Fwxr1J1OH749oCUUrr5Oou1DE_ZM83L_8ijg4ubfR2sZ0o59KCpUXWoLYIHOIm8VG4/s400/100_0213.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443796479547312882" /></a>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490358750063702886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753700918156522617.post-50504633395196350492010-02-28T13:18:00.002+00:002010-02-28T13:30:38.522+00:00Getting To Know You Sundays!It is here again Getting to know you Sundays over at Mannland5!!<br /><br /><center><a href="http://www.mannland5.com/" target="_blank" title="Mann Land 5"><img border="0" src="http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac224/neuffj/Completed%20Desgnz/Button.gif" img/></a></center><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1. Would you rather bungee jump or sky dive?</span><br /><br />I really wouldn't want to do either as I am scared of heights but if I had to choose it would be skydive<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">2. When using a public restroom to you squat over the seat or sit?</span><br /><br />I sit, am not athletic enough to squat!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">3. Favorite flower?</span><br /><br />Frescias for their scent.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">4. Pedicure or manicure?</span><br /><br />I have never had either one but would probably be manicure.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">5. How many siblings do you have?</span><br /><br />I have two half sisters and four half brothers (from my dad's previous marriage), I am the youngest!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">6. Do you pee in the shower? (gasp!)</span><br /><br />I have, on occasion!!!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">7. Bikini, tankini, or one piece?</span><br /><br />Anything that covers my body as much as possible!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">8. Where do you hate to shop at, but go there anyway?</span><br /><br />I do not like shopping at all and try to avoid most shops at all costs.Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490358750063702886noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753700918156522617.post-33966311708479921432010-02-27T20:27:00.002+00:002010-02-27T20:48:36.100+00:00Nothing doing!We are at home again with only the boys for company. Lydia is at a friends for a birthday sleepover and Ellie decided she would prefer to stay at her Nanna's house and not with us. One of the reasons being my mum waits on her hand and foot and brings her breakfast in bed, a luxury she is not used to at home.<br /><br />So the house seems very quiet again, I remember when having two children seemed hard work but now it is like a holiday. The boys get on well even though there are five years between them. I was so worried when Max was born that he wouldn't have anybody to play with and that he would be left on his own all the time. They do bicker occasionally but most of the time they play together and look out for one another and the girls treat Max as if he were theirs.<br /><br />In saying that I had really hoped that I would have had another child by now. I really wanted Max to have a brother or sister that WAS close in age to him, unfortunately that has not been the case and now every month that passes I think of the ever widening age gap.<br /><br />I do have to count my blessings though, when we married Mark was unsure whether he wanted children at all. He wouldn't change it for the world now and you never know, hopefully if there is a number five, he might like the idea of a number six!Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490358750063702886noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753700918156522617.post-10364342937019254362010-02-26T07:35:00.004+00:002010-02-26T13:29:23.130+00:00Friday Photo Flashback!Update: I meant to post that it was 1974!<br /><br /> Unfortunately when I was born we did not have a camera. My dad bought a second hand one when I was about 9 months old and here are a couple of my first photographs. They are taken at the river bank in Lincoln, my mum used to meet my dad for dinner there once a week and he must have decided to take his camera with him that day!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJsYLcQEWoX7ZW5KoGH1ZHG25J30vTlkAHVTKlGsJguLW1NT89461buZqKtqYqlTzVy5_LFyA46EJGlWxOmLsc-IapfL6WhBik1OmRFpTsD9SiEOnM-18fKCzOg__CURQAy5j1d21CCzQ-/s1600-h/Copy+of+scan0042.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJsYLcQEWoX7ZW5KoGH1ZHG25J30vTlkAHVTKlGsJguLW1NT89461buZqKtqYqlTzVy5_LFyA46EJGlWxOmLsc-IapfL6WhBik1OmRFpTsD9SiEOnM-18fKCzOg__CURQAy5j1d21CCzQ-/s400/Copy+of+scan0042.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442454583946181234" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3lDUmwKtt0iCk8ADiwwsgIVvwpE4iKFHscWFRLrwqop3BSG2UvG9JUlt6L3XuAyGXjzgXwXoikon9tXturLo9Fl70FH7Rw3sM-H8Lc6jMwyqbF9Y3g6IbeHdShZ7O6e6BdUb3bBPHLCMt/s1600-h/scan0067.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 296px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3lDUmwKtt0iCk8ADiwwsgIVvwpE4iKFHscWFRLrwqop3BSG2UvG9JUlt6L3XuAyGXjzgXwXoikon9tXturLo9Fl70FH7Rw3sM-H8Lc6jMwyqbF9Y3g6IbeHdShZ7O6e6BdUb3bBPHLCMt/s400/scan0067.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442454578156314530" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc1PzLXFFBgjj_eei3oMv-8EVscBRxorgSkbNpDZkWUUrwrYSbaxoesBdAeu6MDnZf_ImFL_kOqMbyBG4W3485mgRPcL0oyu7yzNvi-huTy5Td1pqSuGK0zZZSzvxkrLOSNn3qvZdTB1si/s1600-h/Copy+of+scan0044.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 296px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc1PzLXFFBgjj_eei3oMv-8EVscBRxorgSkbNpDZkWUUrwrYSbaxoesBdAeu6MDnZf_ImFL_kOqMbyBG4W3485mgRPcL0oyu7yzNvi-huTy5Td1pqSuGK0zZZSzvxkrLOSNn3qvZdTB1si/s400/Copy+of+scan0044.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442454571752119762" /></a><br /><br />For more fabulous Friday Photo Flashbacks visit Alicia at <a href="http://minyards7.blogspot.com/2010/02/friday-photo-flashback_25.html">More Than Words.</a>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490358750063702886noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753700918156522617.post-23390549745889453792010-02-24T20:18:00.006+00:002010-02-24T20:41:04.744+00:00Sunnier timesAs I am so fed up of the long, cold winter, I thought that I would post some photographs of last summer when we put up our summer house. We put the base down and built the summerhouse ourselves but needed help to get the very heavy roof on. My Auntie and Uncle helped us and we wouldn't have been able to do it without them. I cannot wait for a bit of warmth and sunshine so we can enjoy it again.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaPOSlkJgak_Ckr9m3XFDi-y6K2nLVvgCyzqnJwWiSz3v7HIzNizkSBMRPaBMRIuRfcd_Yq09RAFkiy06zGVg7xTLQfYdkRfvx5uoynXCmPkNSS_ORU1DLABM-hp7HXgwKY2d7oUbH3ea_/s1600-h/IMG_4073.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaPOSlkJgak_Ckr9m3XFDi-y6K2nLVvgCyzqnJwWiSz3v7HIzNizkSBMRPaBMRIuRfcd_Yq09RAFkiy06zGVg7xTLQfYdkRfvx5uoynXCmPkNSS_ORU1DLABM-hp7HXgwKY2d7oUbH3ea_/s400/IMG_4073.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441910290946761410" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilTrVkiYzLcWnYT86GyowAH8t2WDXwz1Z6UbwpPX8Nm7aXlCM7t-f9l47P4z4nEWkYi5mDoIt6aArS4M8uTD-Jg8xT289_-JhjRIToDnDwT_SJwaY7vL6RvIyfa8sRfqn4E3ZvVsjoTVNl/s1600-h/IMG_4082.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilTrVkiYzLcWnYT86GyowAH8t2WDXwz1Z6UbwpPX8Nm7aXlCM7t-f9l47P4z4nEWkYi5mDoIt6aArS4M8uTD-Jg8xT289_-JhjRIToDnDwT_SJwaY7vL6RvIyfa8sRfqn4E3ZvVsjoTVNl/s400/IMG_4082.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441910297806543714" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXmWAaZEA4pBAW2cllYbiUTmMVA_DSdDqHLegJykgunNmxOlz_hYS60viqjBBQQkzRe4CHGSjXqC7BQ4k-nQq3tg8490RaMSNnBq3OLZB4MOigHZdlZTNk9DTIfz1clUShyDMitJgphwfA/s1600-h/IMG_4122.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXmWAaZEA4pBAW2cllYbiUTmMVA_DSdDqHLegJykgunNmxOlz_hYS60viqjBBQQkzRe4CHGSjXqC7BQ4k-nQq3tg8490RaMSNnBq3OLZB4MOigHZdlZTNk9DTIfz1clUShyDMitJgphwfA/s400/IMG_4122.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441910276356151954" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP5hsjCsE3tZ6P3bFomK7Z5bW0ARFI6zdV1INfNYyXPtKft99bl1__-OIZVPHQ6bmWnNj8inR5TEgUjE8p7HJV1pOftbaqcGmwdjN8O4yNvIdLQYzSUpSrW0gP2ayTbmhzW43FBgg4aNpG/s1600-h/IMG_4126.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP5hsjCsE3tZ6P3bFomK7Z5bW0ARFI6zdV1INfNYyXPtKft99bl1__-OIZVPHQ6bmWnNj8inR5TEgUjE8p7HJV1pOftbaqcGmwdjN8O4yNvIdLQYzSUpSrW0gP2ayTbmhzW43FBgg4aNpG/s400/IMG_4126.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441908686264147106" /></a><br /><br />So much for my sunny day post - the only photograph I have of it finished is on a snowy one!!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibyWexbIulDd4U4scf41IWjWPFdl3d8sT-uCF1yqOuH2fn9-vUNVxVwvZ0tn0Rw5QEFax1nP-vbTYWJEOCQP0WXu__r7bQke0G0nXdKEfu8ErS36n0Lq7IgZgbkdlbbetQ9yvj2dw-gZ2p/s1600-h/100_0202.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibyWexbIulDd4U4scf41IWjWPFdl3d8sT-uCF1yqOuH2fn9-vUNVxVwvZ0tn0Rw5QEFax1nP-vbTYWJEOCQP0WXu__r7bQke0G0nXdKEfu8ErS36n0Lq7IgZgbkdlbbetQ9yvj2dw-gZ2p/s400/100_0202.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441911574723502834" /></a><br /><br />For more Wordful Wednesdays visit <a href="http://sevenclowncircus.com/">here</a>!Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490358750063702886noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753700918156522617.post-65704913576465122982010-02-23T21:22:00.003+00:002010-02-23T22:12:11.279+00:00It makes you think.When Ellie was almost two and a half she was poorly, just a normal run of the mill, kid-like illness, runny nose, temperature etc. She had been ill for a few days, when for 24 hours she didn't pass any urine. We took her to the emergency doctors (as it was late at night on Easter weekend) and he told us not to worry and that as she had a temperature she would be less likely to urinate and she was ok. I asked him how long should we leave her like this, he shrugged his shoulders and told us that it didn't matter.<br /><br />I was extremely unhappy with this advice and rang NHS Direct (a freephone help and information line manned by nurses) about the information I had been given. They agreed with me and told me that I could not leave her for an indefinite period without having gone to the toilet and that I had to make another appointment at the emergency doctors, so I scheduled this for the next morning.<br /><br />However, during the night her stomach started to swell, it seemed only a bit at first but it kept gradually getting worse. We decided that we were not going to wait for the appointment and took her to the Casualty Department instead. They admitted her and said that they were going to have to run some tests. They told us that the cause of her stomach swelling could be due to a blockage in her intestine/bowel. I remember feeling helpless and sick with worry at what they might find when they gave her an x-ray, certain that it would reveal something nasty. We were very fortunate, nothing at all showed up on the x-ray. It still was a very unpleasant experience for her, they had to insert a tube into her bowels to get rid of the gas build up that was there, which must have been a horrific experience for a two year old. I especially feel bad about this because even though her dad was with her when she had this done, I was not, I had left to go home and breastfeed Lydia, as she was only 10 weeks old. After she had been in the hospital for about 24 hours she had still not passed any urine so they had to try and catheterise her, it took four of us to hold her down whilst she was screaming at them to stop and begging us to make them. It is one of the most horrible things I have ever had to do and it still brings tears to my eyes 10 years later.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Ellie after she had been discharged from the hospital<br /></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeDHKZI-9Av0NDrhlY8JlRCWRAB9LACIRGHgYvSPM6sPbewlgjWaY8gl9CTfedXiXgHXi-OzopCjFlS24J5aDXPC7Pg6nLnq3it_z9fsvnLzud0ZGDhyzSNa3GJkJ5-lNtOge_279nipuh/s1600-h/Save0933.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 280px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeDHKZI-9Av0NDrhlY8JlRCWRAB9LACIRGHgYvSPM6sPbewlgjWaY8gl9CTfedXiXgHXi-OzopCjFlS24J5aDXPC7Pg6nLnq3it_z9fsvnLzud0ZGDhyzSNa3GJkJ5-lNtOge_279nipuh/s400/Save0933.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441564098518292978" /></a><br /><br /><br />To cut a long story a bit shorter, she was discharged after a couple of days but still suffered from the same stomach swelling and other related problems for years. She had numerous blood tests for allergies and disorders and gave samples but everything came back negative. The Paediatrician who we saw said he could give her an exploratory operation to see if they could find anything but he didn't really want to, especially as her problem never got quite as bad as when she had been first admitted. No reason has ever been found for why this happens and she still does suffer from the problem but only very, very occasionally.<br /><br />What made me write this post was a mention of a little girl called <a href="http://laylagrace.org/">Layla Grace</a> who MckMama mentioned on her blog today. Her story is heartbreaking and I thank God that Ellie's x-ray did not contain anything sinister and that we are blessed to have four such beautiful and wonderful children. I hugged them all a little tighter tonight after reading this.Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490358750063702886noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753700918156522617.post-74376611396418760822010-02-22T11:39:00.002+00:002010-02-22T11:51:51.673+00:00I am a day late.As it is Monday and in my current belated blogging state, this is - Getting to know you Sunday over at MannLand5<br /><br /><center><a href="http://www.mannland5.com/" target="_blank" title="Mann Land 5"><img border="0" src="http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac224/neuffj/Completed%20Desgnz/Button.gif" img/></a></center><br /><br />1. How often do you wash/change your sheets?<br /><br />Probably not as often as I should and that is all I am saying :S<br /><br />2. When is your birthday?<br /><br />16 December 1973.<br /><br />3. Have you ever met a bloggy friend in real life?<br /><br />Afraid not I live in the UK and all bloggy friends live in the USA!<br /><br />4. Brad Pitt or George Clooney?<br /><br />Always, always Brad Pitt.<br /><br />5. If you could change one thing about your body what would it be?<br /><br />I'm afraid it would have to <span style="font-style:italic;">be</span> my body<br /><br />6. How often do you wash your hair?<br /><br />Every couple of days.<br /><br />7. Do you have pets?<br /><br />Yes, we have a dog (schnoodle) called Cooper and two rabbits, Jemima and Bobby<br /><br />8. How many social networks do you belong to..if you had to give up one, what would it be?<br /><br />I only belong to Facebook so it would have to be that.Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490358750063702886noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753700918156522617.post-24088328151351515742010-02-21T11:45:00.012+00:002010-02-21T16:44:44.488+00:00Happy 3rd Birthday MaxFor the second day running it is actually Happy Belated Birthday. So here goes...<br /><br /><br />INTERESTING MAX FACTS!!!<br /><br />Max was born on 16 February 2007 at 07.11, weighing 8lbs 1ozs and his was the most unpleasant and eventful birth.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDd6g9F6CMcqPDn0ISTiJ5E08dLSmPQt7Lt_rxPhbzVgr-xf8zGcAt1_H8meQvcTJopW3qGpS6DJCw8CHalrXvRkxqcMAjXP3VKxnjdQhwfiqkuqGnQPM8wfQNg3LlcyiIzoPQ5w9WdK00/s1600-h/IMG_2536.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDd6g9F6CMcqPDn0ISTiJ5E08dLSmPQt7Lt_rxPhbzVgr-xf8zGcAt1_H8meQvcTJopW3qGpS6DJCw8CHalrXvRkxqcMAjXP3VKxnjdQhwfiqkuqGnQPM8wfQNg3LlcyiIzoPQ5w9WdK00/s400/IMG_2536.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440716994722438210"></a><br /><br />We thought that Lydia cried a lot, boy were we wrong, Max has cried the most (and still does) and slept the least out of all our children, he has not been an easy baby/child.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkYhod7yGQA2HayL_TAGAEs9YxHzUpAGhyphenhyphenU8-y5kf6vx4PMKJMS6_EtYhMv-iufINqTqyLxDwoGOt6gnUaCEImCjN6ONhni0puaIKENhmhPSsw1_iJxFYg1vsJ4yIZVYGTyf27jgQMVDN7/s1600-h/IMG_2630.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkYhod7yGQA2HayL_TAGAEs9YxHzUpAGhyphenhyphenU8-y5kf6vx4PMKJMS6_EtYhMv-iufINqTqyLxDwoGOt6gnUaCEImCjN6ONhni0puaIKENhmhPSsw1_iJxFYg1vsJ4yIZVYGTyf27jgQMVDN7/s400/IMG_2630.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440718190653027266"></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhoqgkxG1F6mFkxv_aGglTS3RMn-iAEj1N7hxHPs5vKzeJ5-8bqdd8tCdslI5WwCEe3YhEoQkZ-DlvAVzTELVD_sYGrdOyLJ_tAT7T2sqrGfV3uWIt-yFMOOBivC4cq5J4qX8Hu95vnx5w/s1600-h/IMG_3927.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhoqgkxG1F6mFkxv_aGglTS3RMn-iAEj1N7hxHPs5vKzeJ5-8bqdd8tCdslI5WwCEe3YhEoQkZ-DlvAVzTELVD_sYGrdOyLJ_tAT7T2sqrGfV3uWIt-yFMOOBivC4cq5J4qX8Hu95vnx5w/s400/IMG_3927.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440718200086543650"></a><br /><br />However, he fed the best. He would only feed for 5 minutes at a time about every three hours and I think his longest feed was 8 minutes. I was so worried that he wasn't feeding for long enough I timed every feed for about the first three months. In saying that he put on at least 10ozs every week!!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1piVvsLYhTs6qwfmm8TttqAGd5r9JU9wq9IHyyUCTo3djVJAavlep6GI_V5dBfDELi7I103xP2eC1D-ZcJR5o0twZRGEaBYcH3IlTf8THdsKKLmNsjE7xTnH25r-2_uPFFZeMOVn-ICJG/s1600-h/IMG_0324.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1piVvsLYhTs6qwfmm8TttqAGd5r9JU9wq9IHyyUCTo3djVJAavlep6GI_V5dBfDELi7I103xP2eC1D-ZcJR5o0twZRGEaBYcH3IlTf8THdsKKLmNsjE7xTnH25r-2_uPFFZeMOVn-ICJG/s400/IMG_0324.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440719756134568082"></a><br /><br />He is the biggest (at that age) of all our children.<br /><br />He smiled at 10 days, crawled at 10 months and walked at 14 1/2 months.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcUMHBki_QRDaAoel-9A3t_oXgv4-Bw8nYSoOdYG7u6nL1jnrdA9MG6aQJggJLyMdxkFkCnPAOIQF-aJyPkwQy27xoZ6xkxNMyrZhDO7QvZZPwOyCpqu_EdPC74uGpdDKNnRZuq-31AlBj/s1600-h/IMG_2683.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUI86XcQ7yAozC1-xuMJnBT7kvEcGUNk5PI4s09k9j-a02F60yRdTBv-3VCrSqnqoSxO4c7dJDJFa7eiDjrsaIBqv86Tx1fgiWHllUe33Y8JADnmSIGDNWB6PIE2MJ9yYHkIjdfg-XNF2C/s400/IMG_0990.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440721006742722050"></a><br /><br />He is very stubborn, independent and mischievous.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm2ck6MHBhZe4rlP_Z5dw4kVy4Njt4VXh_QPrcTydj9rQ_dlPSq0KAJsfItcqhqJlCOPDBkYdGNl3rkR7kPfbrtcmk_6HbhUIi36kYWh0nA_vxjWMcQWsK36Du33kddjvwIGwpEdbanAx4/s1600-h/IMG_1035.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm2ck6MHBhZe4rlP_Z5dw4kVy4Njt4VXh_QPrcTydj9rQ_dlPSq0KAJsfItcqhqJlCOPDBkYdGNl3rkR7kPfbrtcmk_6HbhUIi36kYWh0nA_vxjWMcQWsK36Du33kddjvwIGwpEdbanAx4/s400/IMG_1035.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440725391320543314"></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieh6VpXCK1tjHCi18gxy4LF8i92DNNAPztRtN8HUhHNWxmg9DYSgKxKsBLBWyohNakKAkMZg-hAQ10bl_D7oBAi9uoqh-OM8oe88I97u52HoGT7OEA2Bfr8s-1HnvFQYE_3-G1g3Xsk6fD/s1600-h/IMG_4068.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieh6VpXCK1tjHCi18gxy4LF8i92DNNAPztRtN8HUhHNWxmg9DYSgKxKsBLBWyohNakKAkMZg-hAQ10bl_D7oBAi9uoqh-OM8oe88I97u52HoGT7OEA2Bfr8s-1HnvFQYE_3-G1g3Xsk6fD/s400/IMG_4068.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440725381893916530"></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-JkV0j0cO0rvJPVAemrGsvyEXbUXR4WLKmfnqHVXAtpsQOdGHq35ZWP7RMB4Juj782O3xcCj_JLnWai9octCILIuV2owxv0vgdkKz5b8Eo57oKcm1HDYHpY9UrkXRo5bcbgkzhlUOQRlh/s1600-h/IMG_0953.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-JkV0j0cO0rvJPVAemrGsvyEXbUXR4WLKmfnqHVXAtpsQOdGHq35ZWP7RMB4Juj782O3xcCj_JLnWai9octCILIuV2owxv0vgdkKz5b8Eo57oKcm1HDYHpY9UrkXRo5bcbgkzhlUOQRlh/s400/IMG_0953.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440725373527036722"></a><br /><br />He has only slept through the night about 7 times.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOgLA-f7Gst79_-2DVOQGAXZ9kFkxasGF97H_xqNDnfM6ROHO2ng86qG_tpr3ghU6UStB_7mPtwY2GXc5X7K6xuzI0uSwwsxW3iazKVlCKRuVt-1YYVGh3Z27Y9-zx0tdFZ5xlwzO7BQqV/s1600-h/IMG_0459.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOgLA-f7Gst79_-2DVOQGAXZ9kFkxasGF97H_xqNDnfM6ROHO2ng86qG_tpr3ghU6UStB_7mPtwY2GXc5X7K6xuzI0uSwwsxW3iazKVlCKRuVt-1YYVGh3Z27Y9-zx0tdFZ5xlwzO7BQqV/s400/IMG_0459.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440727229047927938"></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTYs5vZJKtHWPSmPmTZ0oI4VHmws6hjwW8riOBg-w3pHvW-4bzCuy6iTKK_EHYKuppiM3eQTE3dvAnWDYbF9ak72wA8a0Q92Jh2U9HXKEDD9nVGR6071ikzGVdH0MrZNbPKrx7elZw7VNO/s1600-h/IMG_0841.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTYs5vZJKtHWPSmPmTZ0oI4VHmws6hjwW8riOBg-w3pHvW-4bzCuy6iTKK_EHYKuppiM3eQTE3dvAnWDYbF9ak72wA8a0Q92Jh2U9HXKEDD9nVGR6071ikzGVdH0MrZNbPKrx7elZw7VNO/s400/IMG_0841.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440727218310945570"></a><br /><br />He has some strange behavioural tendencies and does not like change.<br /><br />He has a funny sense of humour and makes us laugh every day.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhksvaRs1dw9CfS_nHqbdjeHcvxquucTIjHMLhxDzijYV8dIGRI1PDShy4xj60en10CPf3AbwJMP90tE25qjswfBGj34XiwgPnjXoxamT2CVPmIEI_PH9HLx9IlH-VBGWJfLEIiSLdod-1q/s1600-h/IMG_0523.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfeg4ap1H8aX3jDgIhVCl6DBr0rYfwEBuREU1uMsXcCtF_kGmUVJley5jfwrl_T79XNUtLGjgpmHcRRBO3o9zSF0PDKaf88UdIkeULCYJbtAM_mDy4w6-7vEQNtP0NGmevayqGwLfO8uBA/s400/IMG_4294.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440730827926161618"></a><br /><br />His favourite person in the world is Fireman Sam.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSHvID2v3t3eCbYxiS9TxLghga9pXTzGSvcRRIwei2E9kILhxDtOrWN7hhpberh5cyVA1gCORVkzYbXsw7p0tb1-LnJ0z4MfToxhI6NUmw9tZQfWsDEyREeKv-vspX3wtX4W88fxAaekR5/s1600-h/IMG_4237.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSHvID2v3t3eCbYxiS9TxLghga9pXTzGSvcRRIwei2E9kILhxDtOrWN7hhpberh5cyVA1gCORVkzYbXsw7p0tb1-LnJ0z4MfToxhI6NUmw9tZQfWsDEyREeKv-vspX3wtX4W88fxAaekR5/s400/IMG_4237.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440733936932876450"></a><br /><br />Happy Birthday Max, we love you too xxx<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyB7Yhe6wU9SqqdPJKszSZhVnf03_Gcn_8qytJ4ZTLSNcij8IosKxVl1Bs0pK9-piB-XIWRpsVDm5exvCHS-w' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490358750063702886noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753700918156522617.post-42200590974697833272010-02-20T16:08:00.012+00:002010-02-20T23:19:59.062+00:00Happy 10th Birthday LydiaWell not exactly, but it will have to be belated seeing as how we were on holiday and I haven't been able to do it up until now.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">INTERESTING LYDIA FACTS!!!</span><br /></span><br /> She was born on 9 February 2000 at 11:49, was my biggest baby at 8lb 2ozs and the easiest birth.<br /><br />For a week she was an angel <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA0f4MCMV1SoCkuePxyDpAClnkooZ5K2AJaI7DJ2T9UgDymthV7cKgU_5ip6WvitWfTVN_xFKik4eoRBQNdtae-shkfCWsNXdZCpRYC8J-8gaH0AO_3odxG8D2YJllpbccLlAETOiSfV2f/s1600-h/DSC00846_3.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA0f4MCMV1SoCkuePxyDpAClnkooZ5K2AJaI7DJ2T9UgDymthV7cKgU_5ip6WvitWfTVN_xFKik4eoRBQNdtae-shkfCWsNXdZCpRYC8J-8gaH0AO_3odxG8D2YJllpbccLlAETOiSfV2f/s400/DSC00846_3.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440422805846598146"></a><br /><br />and then - AAAAARRRGH - the more she woke the more she cried. Even though she slept very well, almost every one of her waking moments was a crying one (for a very long time)!!!<br /><br />(supposed to be a picture here but I cannot get it working)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMDFcHV_eHCZMQx1RiFAgSx8oH6vkqEnENLfMHDesTr95dcJYUPxy83yqzAYd3ZWtqIln7sNbeoF4PqZaDitHLp4HFoGcqLbHuwa3sFasuLep5GFC5GcYzh0rZYGSWnK5MZLZTWufoDdSQ/s1600-h/Library+-+0936.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMDFcHV_eHCZMQx1RiFAgSx8oH6vkqEnENLfMHDesTr95dcJYUPxy83yqzAYd3ZWtqIln7sNbeoF4PqZaDitHLp4HFoGcqLbHuwa3sFasuLep5GFC5GcYzh0rZYGSWnK5MZLZTWufoDdSQ/s400/Library+-+0936.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440424118003781698"></a><br /><br />Smiled at four weeks, crawled at 11 months and was the latest walker at 15 months.<br /><br />(and again)!!!<br /><br />She has the most beautiful blue eyes...<br /><br />...and is the only one of my children with freckles.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyFWrwnyi816Sfk_tgJh4ika37iP5MYk20FfoNtdLa_C_vU41hXEEURrZdI1zHFrtCgC4Xz69l-9kIAoEO3NJqIJei1R-63kz23t-iDYY2uT8daWLFFrvRTrUzfhO-pBsGq23sqitvR3ld/s1600-h/Library+-+0792.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyFWrwnyi816Sfk_tgJh4ika37iP5MYk20FfoNtdLa_C_vU41hXEEURrZdI1zHFrtCgC4Xz69l-9kIAoEO3NJqIJei1R-63kz23t-iDYY2uT8daWLFFrvRTrUzfhO-pBsGq23sqitvR3ld/s400/Library+-+0792.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440424127362978290"></a><br /><br />She scars easily and still has a scar down her cheek from when Ben scratched her face three years ago.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIeYj0gKzrlkKWMIGNOE0ApSj8wrxChr5UUgwbRp0oeHjqNC-KPkZVt5xBk9iQDbM88nFTCxgo6Xn3gJqrrelknxLJ6kk0L_P_49xLtbmFYHxs9uzNxQOScO10jo8I1C90qG9wEeSGppVj/s1600-h/IMG_1014.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIeYj0gKzrlkKWMIGNOE0ApSj8wrxChr5UUgwbRp0oeHjqNC-KPkZVt5xBk9iQDbM88nFTCxgo6Xn3gJqrrelknxLJ6kk0L_P_49xLtbmFYHxs9uzNxQOScO10jo8I1C90qG9wEeSGppVj/s400/IMG_1014.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440429203548560466"></a><br /><br />She is very caring and doesn't like to see people upset or in trouble.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAwWdcvQrW0GjqQPPIfxYZljQwvGq7nRykNhYFmJo5yptFTElWnOs7EkskA8otpKCWGyHskapXDkPasALvktt77ICqGRApWARz2etMGj2PPDsMAgk76krN-J-4S54xXZ2hiTXpgWhHQaBr/s1600-h/Library+-+1454.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAwWdcvQrW0GjqQPPIfxYZljQwvGq7nRykNhYFmJo5yptFTElWnOs7EkskA8otpKCWGyHskapXDkPasALvktt77ICqGRApWARz2etMGj2PPDsMAgk76krN-J-4S54xXZ2hiTXpgWhHQaBr/s400/Library+-+1454.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440425476160562594"></a><br /><br />Loves animals and teddy bears.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOtzMY9PMBCCSnsfNj7Zr8bkLCZBoCV8rP6oPQfhaUG7Dj5mr5dr9J5snEIMO68HYqhh2CVuHvp7YWO9W4FP8c_cI94J4WoIV6sf04pB3LxCP3ze__bmaq7pTvmOKbww3wrkoZwQLCZzi4/s1600-h/IMG_4059.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOtzMY9PMBCCSnsfNj7Zr8bkLCZBoCV8rP6oPQfhaUG7Dj5mr5dr9J5snEIMO68HYqhh2CVuHvp7YWO9W4FP8c_cI94J4WoIV6sf04pB3LxCP3ze__bmaq7pTvmOKbww3wrkoZwQLCZzi4/s400/IMG_4059.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440429194044096546"></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSJGfOHzEyMsJ9yeG_72B1KB_w3M5nckVALDLAmw_LyEjIdfkVWY4nua-bE2LK5nxJfkCMFU7Frz7YVCP9olt-hiFlFsIwOOiC2hmFwzQxLpDzypLlXmIGP7Ge1YFVaGZdgs1IqBcWZJvh/s1600-h/IMG_4019.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSJGfOHzEyMsJ9yeG_72B1KB_w3M5nckVALDLAmw_LyEjIdfkVWY4nua-bE2LK5nxJfkCMFU7Frz7YVCP9olt-hiFlFsIwOOiC2hmFwzQxLpDzypLlXmIGP7Ge1YFVaGZdgs1IqBcWZJvh/s400/IMG_4019.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440431089802351138"></a><br /><br />Is very helpful and bright but also very challenging.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPIXtTD_4HITvmH5iLNP2b1VcPsTCQHneJ29iwe4QA7vcg6i0ByuGeqVa6q_8yrgBCwKcheUP7NmRUqGThrJNPDHiUKRl1X7qcjNFT3jiy0dMIGnoGnyD8Fxd1IYBUyHrk-vaaus9LY-cB/s1600-h/Library+-+0182.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPIXtTD_4HITvmH5iLNP2b1VcPsTCQHneJ29iwe4QA7vcg6i0ByuGeqVa6q_8yrgBCwKcheUP7NmRUqGThrJNPDHiUKRl1X7qcjNFT3jiy0dMIGnoGnyD8Fxd1IYBUyHrk-vaaus9LY-cB/s400/Library+-+0182.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440436936129298146"></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbLyoBw_cK-TOThqbbNfdnsGSF9YUdjpTEYGAqmxjTNouEWo8NtXeirpcMEPPuj-_KmHFRpJgEzBMOZI7nYFm-O885Hq9riQyatVRtEJJ09RNXtcPDbtICkiKh98jDoNUHZZe_oWrDW1KR/s1600-h/14_2+(2)_2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbLyoBw_cK-TOThqbbNfdnsGSF9YUdjpTEYGAqmxjTNouEWo8NtXeirpcMEPPuj-_KmHFRpJgEzBMOZI7nYFm-O885Hq9riQyatVRtEJJ09RNXtcPDbtICkiKh98jDoNUHZZe_oWrDW1KR/s400/14_2+(2)_2.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440436944881576674"></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlFUEieYuhXUeZUVsYQX9z3YXma6VtWom20kJ5D8NajV0I3qdQQuhZh74fg7veXhR5NoyhsCH0mtG4cG8aYH8qBW2YllHhoajMGi6FX9BagivJCsaSUGHfPGjmjfRh1pTGWJi999b-adrc/s1600-h/IMG_3163.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlFUEieYuhXUeZUVsYQX9z3YXma6VtWom20kJ5D8NajV0I3qdQQuhZh74fg7veXhR5NoyhsCH0mtG4cG8aYH8qBW2YllHhoajMGi6FX9BagivJCsaSUGHfPGjmjfRh1pTGWJi999b-adrc/s400/IMG_3163.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440436946451916866"></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEillyQlaiIzugD3TCwP46JJdQAm8zcUiojOUnBTy1ocjIXN4uaSHgfmWohoi31YMOWoYkuXzW3y8QvKcZLoJXzrlAfDxNDtCvOst1u6LME6vYyF-ImeSnTaQ4h6nxHU-uQK1KpKR7WCFhI5/s1600-h/100_0149.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEillyQlaiIzugD3TCwP46JJdQAm8zcUiojOUnBTy1ocjIXN4uaSHgfmWohoi31YMOWoYkuXzW3y8QvKcZLoJXzrlAfDxNDtCvOst1u6LME6vYyF-ImeSnTaQ4h6nxHU-uQK1KpKR7WCFhI5/s400/100_0149.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440436958759219378"></a><br /><br />Happy Birthday Lydia, we love you xxx<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzkb4o8TMWle2pImiDDRc_x8H5HlitpPH3dbEMOOSDI-wKg9FN8q5sNz0mUBHwxlL4OGaA6C0WR7myRuzt7wg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490358750063702886noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753700918156522617.post-53251340465641023122010-02-19T18:20:00.005+00:002010-02-20T07:05:22.204+00:00I just wanted to say...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnANQnlO8abjln-OLxCCTIWvPpRNRjjBuwJ_c-Ls8Lp7P11i3lzFP9llwvBNazwvtbgTJbQ2wrD8pU9mnmekNM3hIaMfbM3L4B3dAoWKF0IBSvO-apjC0PhPwz3zER7n2j36sxe2BjKV_U/s1600-h/images.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 118px; height: 118px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnANQnlO8abjln-OLxCCTIWvPpRNRjjBuwJ_c-Ls8Lp7P11i3lzFP9llwvBNazwvtbgTJbQ2wrD8pU9mnmekNM3hIaMfbM3L4B3dAoWKF0IBSvO-apjC0PhPwz3zER7n2j36sxe2BjKV_U/s400/images.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440024106857730978" /></a><br /><br />-----------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3AwChtvr2GbU4naqvdOAEQQ9o9NHLNh45SVMjI_Xrpq3jQckNHEN6eayfbhqCoqG1Ta8P0LRxe68qMWymhPXOCSM3xaj9PgqnX43W-5MhkKnxl2Q4X_EZxCTiW-woUMORlrKGTVtbUcTh/s1600-h/spaceform-thank-you-s.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 350px; height: 350px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3AwChtvr2GbU4naqvdOAEQQ9o9NHLNh45SVMjI_Xrpq3jQckNHEN6eayfbhqCoqG1Ta8P0LRxe68qMWymhPXOCSM3xaj9PgqnX43W-5MhkKnxl2Q4X_EZxCTiW-woUMORlrKGTVtbUcTh/s400/spaceform-thank-you-s.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440024113511787186" /></a><br /><br /><br />and one last time...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEWulJrUAp7n-1I3U-pQZRBxQ11pgcAf1uSpmuWu7l1sn4OVEBWE1NpJlJ1GB4Z9fASAgUh8V1QcWt5DQT9VyXakF4bteVpXcc8FHeElE4EXke3wGehFPu8SLdRb6OXJbeDmEi2Vi-VO0X/s1600-h/thank+you.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEWulJrUAp7n-1I3U-pQZRBxQ11pgcAf1uSpmuWu7l1sn4OVEBWE1NpJlJ1GB4Z9fASAgUh8V1QcWt5DQT9VyXakF4bteVpXcc8FHeElE4EXke3wGehFPu8SLdRb6OXJbeDmEi2Vi-VO0X/s400/thank+you.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440024097248418850" /></a><br /><br />for following me and posting such lovely comments on my blog. <br /><br />I hope that you have a nice time whilst you are visiting xxxLisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490358750063702886noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753700918156522617.post-13848614244338416432010-02-19T00:16:00.003+00:002010-02-19T01:08:37.671+00:00Friday Photo Flashback!<span style="font-weight:bold;">iPhone Girl is back!!!</span><br /><br />Okay, okay, so this is NOT exactly a photo flashback from a long time ago, but IS a flashback of sorts!<br /><br />About 18 months ago my husband purchased an iPhone for his job and when he activated it, this (along with a few others) is what he found. Obviously being uninterested in all things technological, I didn't think anything of it!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHxPfUBi3T0gLsaqL4hyphenhyphenj7McEH78FEjbmAGgoUtAT1prs3HfWnTzBydb3ZRF8KIjiAGcUNLYT19EnXn1C07fCFVXa_gkuhaPQbyj2_KsqDOVxyGePhgpY2xHyy03erLozG5pO1ndyTlhKM/s1600-h/IMG_0009.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHxPfUBi3T0gLsaqL4hyphenhyphenj7McEH78FEjbmAGgoUtAT1prs3HfWnTzBydb3ZRF8KIjiAGcUNLYT19EnXn1C07fCFVXa_gkuhaPQbyj2_KsqDOVxyGePhgpY2xHyy03erLozG5pO1ndyTlhKM/s400/IMG_0009.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439743183270726850" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiURjhtZoX4QG_k5jwAHsfGlqHA_Kc5lnhARg_-KnKeqUA1ni3KFuNDkHcYIBd3yAjZbMD3Ea9jbH-FVOyAdtpxppDgRFnGcfNwWB7l5-jPcja5-yRsaiQeZMri27UWsL8iUc8-2l6k_PX/s1600-h/IMG_0008.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiURjhtZoX4QG_k5jwAHsfGlqHA_Kc5lnhARg_-KnKeqUA1ni3KFuNDkHcYIBd3yAjZbMD3Ea9jbH-FVOyAdtpxppDgRFnGcfNwWB7l5-jPcja5-yRsaiQeZMri27UWsL8iUc8-2l6k_PX/s400/IMG_0008.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439743183275941122" /></a><br /><br />He posted it on a Mac website that he uses asking if anyone else had found photos on their phones and the response was unbelievable. It seemed to cause some sort of furore in the mac/apple world. People wanted to know who she was, where she lived and some people questioned her age (that she seemed to young to be working) and we were seriously worried that something we had done innocently (posting the photos) would result in her losing her job at the factory. What was funny was that some articles thought that it was huge marketing stunt and somehow we were in collusion with Apple!!! Mark was even interviewed by a couple of newspapers about his 'find' and if you type iPhone girl in google there are now hundreds of articles on it!!! She actually was found but her name has never publicly been disclosed, well not as far as I know.<br /><br />So for me it is a flashback as I thought the iPhone girl 'thing' had been long forgotten but apparently not. Mark has been contacted as an American newspaper are doing an article and would like to use the photos but he owns the copyright. <br /><br />I also wondered if anyone out there in the blogging world had ever heard of iPhone girl?<br /><br />For more Friday Photo Flashbacks visit <a href="http://minyards7.blogspot.com/">More Than Words.</a>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490358750063702886noreply@blogger.com36tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753700918156522617.post-32945842084129480072010-02-18T14:29:00.009+00:002010-02-18T15:10:44.416+00:00SomersetWe stayed in a lovely old converted barn on a farm in Somerset, near a town called Frome (pronounced Frume). It was lovely and spacious and just felt really homely, in fact, I think Mark would've quite happily packed up and moved in.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTEdLLe_NwE-9s1b8_ZZMDaGEo_l7473sy2TdwL2nwCqOtnnfrJ8VpXUQLayO9jWW8DsqeTQJayavmGeOoZImR5VvycPE-m5lvbckjd0AvZhqi_6w0xqd-PZLTM8WXI4tBCI8uT7Z_kgbp/s1600-h/IMG_4175.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTEdLLe_NwE-9s1b8_ZZMDaGEo_l7473sy2TdwL2nwCqOtnnfrJ8VpXUQLayO9jWW8DsqeTQJayavmGeOoZImR5VvycPE-m5lvbckjd0AvZhqi_6w0xqd-PZLTM8WXI4tBCI8uT7Z_kgbp/s400/IMG_4175.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439593260539089698" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglxTsVqpmwNSpT1MLpx7BFHS-OAa6QlMGObK0fbviCNLKeLw0bZFTahRBpoOzJujEuqz4j9H75eSyB7Ve8SrBrOHspt2Hybt8YSg2gyh6jdgr1B4vum5iWkvw9Pg93v63FQndIRlOrGDIk/s1600-h/IMG_4156.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglxTsVqpmwNSpT1MLpx7BFHS-OAa6QlMGObK0fbviCNLKeLw0bZFTahRBpoOzJujEuqz4j9H75eSyB7Ve8SrBrOHspt2Hybt8YSg2gyh6jdgr1B4vum5iWkvw9Pg93v63FQndIRlOrGDIk/s400/IMG_4156.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439592827602757250" /></a><br /><br />Unfortunately due to my husbands tooth issues, so losing two days at the barn, Lydia's birthday and the cold weather we did not do very much at all. Plus most of the attractions in the area were shut for winter and didn't open until half term which is this week. Luckily this was the view out of the living room windows.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUil6WNIv5jlrscPpMym6CG6VHay9BmFiwIvl6s61mFLuWvxGc-OYRnCW-0F0RP7MYpx_dIJzrSUPkdMcETuOJpeOBvO867d97cuyFcgYz8HAUsWpQMeFWLRbZCm4G94adSPz5CaZdWqS4/s1600-h/IMG_4149.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUil6WNIv5jlrscPpMym6CG6VHay9BmFiwIvl6s61mFLuWvxGc-OYRnCW-0F0RP7MYpx_dIJzrSUPkdMcETuOJpeOBvO867d97cuyFcgYz8HAUsWpQMeFWLRbZCm4G94adSPz5CaZdWqS4/s400/IMG_4149.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439594826502162450" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj8Ksc0IMwTglbOme7TEiFEOrAVHo_j-f2tkUOBSS1JXFODGA2jy8QRjSb3BUrOuIL9cSj1OfXRPwANXDfR3ZwcecJwtWl123aAqVbDfRW5Jb0jC6TXvCKMQh145m-TYrVuFxwEdHxxo1P/s1600-h/IMG_4150.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj8Ksc0IMwTglbOme7TEiFEOrAVHo_j-f2tkUOBSS1JXFODGA2jy8QRjSb3BUrOuIL9cSj1OfXRPwANXDfR3ZwcecJwtWl123aAqVbDfRW5Jb0jC6TXvCKMQh145m-TYrVuFxwEdHxxo1P/s400/IMG_4150.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439594820818118370" /></a><br /><br />And I almost managed to catch the beautiful sunset as we were driving back to the barn one day.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjThLMOFwS5gKiNxml63yocmWl7g7tSTVYwoL549VtRH44mR9qFVEAC8E26fImgd4nx0sqzU6CXPJRH4X6fzGpyKAD8UrMxA8XfEmBKVDx5iyU7S1VgwglRPI0V6Spwvz10ILhBGHAsIPSZ/s1600-h/IMG_4178.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjThLMOFwS5gKiNxml63yocmWl7g7tSTVYwoL549VtRH44mR9qFVEAC8E26fImgd4nx0sqzU6CXPJRH4X6fzGpyKAD8UrMxA8XfEmBKVDx5iyU7S1VgwglRPI0V6Spwvz10ILhBGHAsIPSZ/s400/IMG_4178.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439595752156222786" /></a><br /><br />However, we did travel through this place - <a href="http://www.hks.demon.co.uk/norton/index.html">Norton St Philip</a> - The Inn was built in the 13th century and was absolutely amazing, it was like travelling back in time. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvVBTT4sjV_EHaNpffJYDOaPPdKzLAG3FFnzjQ9_g_jWtfhG1_D7LZpQZDEdGjNKwvcMz8YhVbCTqNWpyI44O6KvxgZGqfQHLLMQvvl0_B2VOEdP4GYwZTmHLTT9FRMHf9Kz1aFcm51BVk/s1600-h/IMG_4181.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvVBTT4sjV_EHaNpffJYDOaPPdKzLAG3FFnzjQ9_g_jWtfhG1_D7LZpQZDEdGjNKwvcMz8YhVbCTqNWpyI44O6KvxgZGqfQHLLMQvvl0_B2VOEdP4GYwZTmHLTT9FRMHf9Kz1aFcm51BVk/s400/IMG_4181.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439598090574546226" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqm-Qnfs9G3GXgincpHmJqfrF087k_uytGJ9HpLmI7ySApShgWvLZKLtLf-Y63gzibEKZeipsdQmjBrIrlBqnBfIOCU_DBp9SRZyJhfVWmKLFNacoPuXUg27pyUj4AovDCGhoSW_KhowCH/s1600-h/IMG_4182.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqm-Qnfs9G3GXgincpHmJqfrF087k_uytGJ9HpLmI7ySApShgWvLZKLtLf-Y63gzibEKZeipsdQmjBrIrlBqnBfIOCU_DBp9SRZyJhfVWmKLFNacoPuXUg27pyUj4AovDCGhoSW_KhowCH/s400/IMG_4182.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439598058460313618" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ogLbd4Zl8LraGBquCc-rdqyupJfa9gy2PnIH7NGELQWE6eli3A2ElRubHyreML_IFZEr6cI2_35RTj112i3GLYlSnFGnEDEUvblDSxzcRv3gAbRVSZfcT7ujHO60k03w2oyN02m1ZXtA/s1600-h/IMG_4183.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ogLbd4Zl8LraGBquCc-rdqyupJfa9gy2PnIH7NGELQWE6eli3A2ElRubHyreML_IFZEr6cI2_35RTj112i3GLYlSnFGnEDEUvblDSxzcRv3gAbRVSZfcT7ujHO60k03w2oyN02m1ZXtA/s400/IMG_4183.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439598030639618386" /></a><br /><br />The Church<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaxznj5XiCMNVjurRRB3TMvLL-FNtifdb5DiXYA7nqy8DQ9ok1S_lSymbhaVAJkKGJNvjHT2dd9sfy55HbzmicDQYTlS7KDUI_5-oY0cjUvBihlNIKJ3AVheQzutEaZgJZuYKDQ3o4jZc4/s1600-h/IMG_4192.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaxznj5XiCMNVjurRRB3TMvLL-FNtifdb5DiXYA7nqy8DQ9ok1S_lSymbhaVAJkKGJNvjHT2dd9sfy55HbzmicDQYTlS7KDUI_5-oY0cjUvBihlNIKJ3AVheQzutEaZgJZuYKDQ3o4jZc4/s400/IMG_4192.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439598782408135442" /></a><br /><br />The Street<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLZ0lEhtJRZVFLvtuP1z3GIQggJvWADwA3gKw3cHcYW6i6cMxTQXRT-GkGr9aiUn7aHHc5x6llXVyCXmXVjzNvzp4UmRo59T_q5DnXLjFKYidTgm11Zk_rFHyl3MGJyJhaMv_8ie1JCqZT/s1600-h/IMG_4188.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLZ0lEhtJRZVFLvtuP1z3GIQggJvWADwA3gKw3cHcYW6i6cMxTQXRT-GkGr9aiUn7aHHc5x6llXVyCXmXVjzNvzp4UmRo59T_q5DnXLjFKYidTgm11Zk_rFHyl3MGJyJhaMv_8ie1JCqZT/s400/IMG_4188.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439599844125981810" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9cwdx76Opony6CZ1nwaa5GS1RDT69ZbsZHVzPwBfrVf8ojkc5r7nTg4A8bQyy0I6y5vfk36wWoUEg7ZCbKSiuhBjQrou7bCg-Jitgp25gPo6aomuoYuZgEoqjWcWPwXE3KYR90Lk2brjG/s1600-h/IMG_4185.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9cwdx76Opony6CZ1nwaa5GS1RDT69ZbsZHVzPwBfrVf8ojkc5r7nTg4A8bQyy0I6y5vfk36wWoUEg7ZCbKSiuhBjQrou7bCg-Jitgp25gPo6aomuoYuZgEoqjWcWPwXE3KYR90Lk2brjG/s400/IMG_4185.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439599797732203698" /></a><br /><br />I really hope to be able to visit there again someday.Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490358750063702886noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753700918156522617.post-80555018924415805552010-02-17T06:57:00.003+00:002010-02-17T07:05:42.915+00:00Wordful Wednesday!Lydia's 10th birthday last week<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFcvhKiREmHlCFU8RK_5BHvMFiJjGW9uRQ7P4wiYAyYjaCKJrH7ch9k1kOtzi6ndhHgnWviwDz-cz5L9Gyh6h5JKdBa6Osw6c03OdLBNQIItkHOkEIgPPDj2nP0mXZct02u0XAQAuj8mx0/s1600-h/IMG_4066.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFcvhKiREmHlCFU8RK_5BHvMFiJjGW9uRQ7P4wiYAyYjaCKJrH7ch9k1kOtzi6ndhHgnWviwDz-cz5L9Gyh6h5JKdBa6Osw6c03OdLBNQIItkHOkEIgPPDj2nP0mXZct02u0XAQAuj8mx0/s400/IMG_4066.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439103986854498434" /></a><br /><br />Max's 3rd birthday yesterday<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIp-281QAwPx0MlV-YC-2IS8OGRPlvXqCCQjT2bYbeyWkpxxrWttWUliEAT-pCyLXmVLrHH-lMLeevvN8nPc26H7KxUlpCFH1Qm88V_Cdpbtefpy8V0z-5PcAIwISnZaxMA6SZdRW7m9zr/s1600-h/IMG_4231.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIp-281QAwPx0MlV-YC-2IS8OGRPlvXqCCQjT2bYbeyWkpxxrWttWUliEAT-pCyLXmVLrHH-lMLeevvN8nPc26H7KxUlpCFH1Qm88V_Cdpbtefpy8V0z-5PcAIwISnZaxMA6SZdRW7m9zr/s400/IMG_4231.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439103992088770146" /></a><br /><br />I will do a proper birthday post soon!<br /><br />For more Wordful Wednesdays click <a href="http://sevenclowncircus.com/">here</a>!Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490358750063702886noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753700918156522617.post-39047016003592366522010-02-17T06:36:00.002+00:002010-02-17T06:56:57.131+00:00How much is too much?Well I am back from our family holidays and it was Max's third birthday yesterday, but instead of blogging about that I am thinking of not so nice turn of events instead.<br /><br />As I have said previously we have not had a very easy time over the past year and things took an unfortunate turn yesterday, just when things seemed brighter than ever and we were celebrating Max's birthday, then BANG and we have to start from the beginning again.<br /><br />I started writing this blog as a record of our lives and as a 'sort of' therapeutic exercise. I am a naturally open person and tell people in the street my life story (well not quite)! But now I think, How much is too much? How much of your real life story do you put on a blog, do you just reveal the happy side of your life or do you bear everything for all to see, if you do decide on the whole warts and all version then can you cope with peoples' judgements or will people be able to help instead?<br /><br />I still don't know what to decide, the only thing I hope is that today will not be as hard as yesterday!Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490358750063702886noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753700918156522617.post-14512742642092374082010-02-11T16:39:00.002+00:002010-02-11T16:50:36.955+00:00iPhone post!We have absolutely no internet or mobile phone service where we are staying and so i am typing this on my husbands iPhone in an asda carpark, so sorry for any spelling mistakes!<br /><br />We are having a nice time but the weather is very cold and it was snowing yesterday. Our children do not like the cold very much and are lothe to go outside. We did make them come outside with us to take Cooper for a walk this morning and it was a tad chilly and with Ellie being the grumpy (almost) teenager she was not happy.<br /><br />Well Mark has just come out of the supermarket so I better be off and will be back in the land of the living on Saturday when we will be in a hotel with wifi, you don't realise how much you rely on it until you don't have it.Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490358750063702886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753700918156522617.post-1483824931411716822010-02-08T09:53:00.002+00:002010-02-08T10:05:14.324+00:00Journey Round 2!!!Well we are heading back out soon to give our holiday another go!!!<br /><br />I think that we will probably set off some time around 12 as I want my husband to have another lot of antibiotics before we set off. At least he seems a lot better than he did yesterday morning, his face is just a little swollen but he is not in as much pain.<br /><br />We have decided to book a hotel for an extra night or two though, seeing as how the kids have missed out on two days of holiday, so I am sure they will be excited, especially since it has a pool. <br /><br />But first I have to go birthday shopping for Max as I haven't bought him anything yet and his birthday will be on the Tuesday as we get back. He absolutely adores Fireman Sam and taking photographs, so I am hoping to get him a couple of new FS playsets and the Fisher Price digital camera. I think they will keep him busy for a while.<br /><br />So Bon Voyage for the second time around, hopefully, this time tomorrow we will be celebrating Lydia's birthday in a cottage somewhere!<br /><br />Wish me luck!!!Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490358750063702886noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753700918156522617.post-73152893646042952012010-02-07T18:59:00.003+00:002010-02-07T19:15:27.167+00:00Getting To Know You Sundays!<center><a href="http://www.mannland5.com/" target="_blank" title="Mann Land 5"><img border="0" src="http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac224/neuffj/Completed%20Desgnz/Button.gif" img/></a></center><br /><br />Join MannLand5 in Getting to Know You Sundays<br /><br /><br />1. How many piercings do you have?<br /><br /> Well I used to have three, both of my ears done once and I had my nose pierced when I was 21. I took the nose piercing out after about four hours as it looked awful and I regretted it straight away and my ear piercings have also been left to close, so I have none now.<br /><br />2. I love the sound of.....?<br /><br />Birdsong at sunrise and sunset.<br /><br />3. Favorite city?<br /><br />Even though I have never been I would have to say New York, I just love it and I hope to visit one day in the future. My favourite UK city would have to be Sheffield because my wonderful brother lives there.<br /><br />4. Colts, Saints, or could care less?<br /><br />I am sorry to say I don't know who they are :S<br /><br />5. Frozen yogurt or ice cream?<br /><br />Definitely ice cream, cherry, yummy!<br /><br />6. Favorite appetizer?<br /><br />Potato skins with sour cream, cheese and chive.<br /><br />7. What item in your closet currently makes you the happiest?<br /><br />Nothing in my wardrobe makes me happy really, well maybe my Etnies trainers, they are my favourite shoes.<br /><br />8.Favorite facial moisturizer?<br /><br />My favourite moisturiser is anything that would get rid of lines and wrinkles!!! At the moment it is No 7 Protect & Perfect.Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490358750063702886noreply@blogger.com4