Fill My Little World

Music & Lyrics

I watched this film last night after picking it up on dvd from work. It is a PG so the girls both watched it with Ian & me, and I must say that even though it is really cheesy I loved it & was giggling all the way through.
Basic plotline is that Hugh Grant plays a washed up 80s pop has-been whose former band member has gone on to make it really big. He gets approached by the latest teen pop princess(think Britney/Christina/ Shakira all rolled into one) to write her a new song which he will get to duet with her on her forthcoming tour. However he was never really the songwriter of his old band so he struggles until Drew Barrymore( I adore Drew) walks into his lfe to wter his plants & it turns out that she is pretty good song writer without even knowing it.

The film is packed full of songs that Hugh Grant actually sings as does Drew, I even went onto Itunes afterwards to see if I could download a couple of the tracks as they were so catchy. And Hugh's dance moves are just hilarious. Definitely a feel good film after a busy day a work.

So Hectic

Well what with being ill & going back to work I knew life was going to get a little busier around here.

I was hoping to come home from work on Friday night & post all about our little break on here & share some of the fab photos we ended up with.(There are even one or two nice ones of me.lol)
Anyway work was extremely depressing on Friday. It turns out that the library service is having a massive overhaul & quite a few jobs are going & basically just the whole way the libraries are run is being changed. I am pretty sure my job is safe but the same can't be said for a couple of people I work with. So everyone was really quiet on Friday not what I am used to at work at all even if it is a library. A couple of readers picked up on the atmosphere as well it was so bad.
Then to top Friday off when I got home I went to get the washing in & noticed that next doors back window had been broken. Ian wandered round there with the dog & noone was in but you could see that the back window had been forced. Their gardener then turned up & he rang my neighbour on his mobile to let him know. In the meantime his wife returns home but doesn't have her keys so can't go in the house. She came & sat in ours for a while waiting for her husband to return. When he got home Ian went into the house with them which had been trashed cupboards & drawers all open. The expensive tv had been pinched as had the spare set of keys to their Mercedes & that was about it. Jewellery had been left and other valuable things so it looks as though it was really the car they were after & were planning on coming back for it. So it was a very eventful day that left me feeling totally exhausted.

Then yesterday we were at my in laws 40th wedding anniversary party for most of the day. Lots of friends & relatives that I had never met & Ian & me have been married 9 years next month.lol

So I will eventually get to post my holiday snaps & start taking my photo a day I just need an extra couple of hours in the day at the moment.

Back to it

Well I am back to work today after a couple of weeks off.
We had a fantastic couple of days away but I haven't been feeling too good since getting home hence I haven't posted on my blog.
Will post more about our little break & other stuff when I gt home from work later.
Hope everyone is enjoying the sunshine.

365 Photos- A Year in Photos

I've decided to take up the 365 photos challenge that I saw over on UKS. Basically you need to take a photo of something in your life everyday so once I get back from my break I am going to start posting a photo a day.

Anyone else fancy joining in this challenge?

It's a Jolly Holiday

with Mary!!! Blasted Mary Poppins songs are still stuck in my head.lol

We are off for a couple of days this morning to stay on a big estate by the River Thames at Cookham. It's only 20 minutes up the road & we often go for day visits but Ian has booked us a couple of nights staying so that we get a little bit of time away this Summer.

All 3 kids are really excited as there is loads to do there. We can take the river boats out, there is an open air swimming pool, tennis courts, mini golf, bowls, water gardens & to top it all the food is fantastic.

All I need to do now is pack & wake everyone up. You wouldn't think we were going away this morning as everyone is still in bed except Tyler & me & it s already 9:30am.

I'll leave you with a picture from 2 years ago when the kids were on one of the river boats. It's amazing how much they have all grown in the last 2 years.

Just A Spoonful of Sugar

helps the medicine go down, the medicine go down, the medicine go down.....in the most delightful way.

My house has been full of all things Mary Poppins this week as both my girls have been taking part in a Summer Workshop at their dancing school. The idea is they spend all week working on a show which this year was Mary Poppins & then on the Friday afternoon they perform for parents, grandparents etc.
Callie ended up with the lead role of Mary Poppins & had 4 songs to learn in a week plus all her lines & Abbie was a pigeon.lol She was most disgruntled when she came home on Monday & told me she was just a bird but I won her round in the end by pointing out how important the Feed The Birds scene was to the show & if there were no pigeons then they wouldn't be able to do that scene.

So yesterday afternoon we went along & watched them & they were both fantastic. Callie just continues to amaze me with her voice & her stage presence & I am so proud of Abbie as her confidence just keeps soaring.

And here they are both my little stars.

Cheap Day Out

We are busy saving for a family holiday to Cyprus next year so all Summer holiday activities need to be on the cheap this year.
We have the pool in the garden which is keeping the kids amused when they are home & they've all had friends round to use the pool so that is keeping costs down.
The other cheap day out we did the other day involved going to a local farm to pick your own fruit & veg. The girls are both on a Summer dance school this week so we only had Tyler so we went with a group of his friends. We took a picnic with us & spent a good couple of hours wandering around the fields & the orchards, unfortunately with all the horrendous rain we have had the crops aren't too good this year. We did however come away with a few plums & apples plus a big punnet of raspberries.(which were delicious with vanilla ice-cream after dinner)
The kids all had a whale of a time & it cost us a grand total of £3.53. How good is that?
Definitely an activity we will do again at some point.

I can only share a couple of photos of Tyler with you as most have the other children in them.

Finally- Summer is Here!!!!

Well it's taken its time but it looks as though Summer is finally here. Yay!!!!
We've had glorious sunshine here since Sunday & we finally have the pool set up in the back garden as we are not going away this year so we wanted something to keep the kids amused at home.
Yesterday the kids used the pool for the first time & my 2 nieces were here as well.

Tyler & my eldest niece Elise were in the pool for a good half hour before the girls got home from dancing & invented a game called tornado. Basically you run round the pool near the edge as fast as you can whipping the water up, you then stop & the water carries on going & carries you round with it. It kept them amused for ages.

And then this little madam refused to go in & just wandered naked round the garden or wrapped in a towel.lol

Have you seen?

Have you checked out the Banana Frog Blog lately? Every Sunday Nat updates the blog with the latest DT projects & the Sunday just gone she shared with us Tricia's fab Build-A-Bloom projects. Nat has also set a challenge for creating something using the Build-A-Bloom set which you can find here. Deadline is Sunday 15th August so get creating.

It's Pimm's O'clock!

It was unusually busy at work today seeing as it is the school holidays. I think the sunshine made everyone come out & we saw lots of new faces in the library today which is good.

If you haven't been down to your local library recently then make sure you do. Many people just do not have an idea of what services the library has to offer now. Did you realise that you can go into your local library & use the internet for free? I don't know how it works for other boroughs but in my borough if you are a library member you can have up to 2 hours on the net for free. All libraries are also offering a reading scheme for children called the Big Wild Read for over the Summer holidays which is supposed to encourage them to read more. Each time they come in they receive a free gift & stickers & they have this little log book to keep track of their reading. Once they have visited the library 6 times & taken books out over the Summer they are presented with a certificate plus receive an invitation to a medal ceremony. And the bestest bit about all this are that some of the stickers we give out are scratch & sniff!!!.lol

Anyway the reason I am rambling about work is because it was such a long,busy day & the definitely warmer & sunnier than it has been so it was most certainly Pimms O'Clock when I got home.lol I made up an ice cold jug of Pimms to go with dinner which we are Al Fresco. Please say Summer is finally here.

Oh and Ian has spent the day putting our pool up so fingers crossed that doesn't chase away the sun.