New Years Resolutions

Well now I am living in the 'Burgh, I am turning my nose up at the tourist fest in the city centre today, I'll be dissing the Festival by next August (I think not!!)

Instead I am off to a paaaaaaaaarty, gonna get all dressed up and have a great time.

I have a list of resolutions, most of which will not be achieved but I  will try for some of them...

1. Finish chemo and radio and get on with living (this one will NOT be broken)

2. Grow some hair !

3. Lose weight

4. Get Fiit (geddit?) and lose weight

5. Do more papercrafting commissions for magazines

6. Grow some veg

7. Book on a stand up comedy course or get back into am-dram

8. Expand my cooking repertoire

Well that's about all from me from 2008. I wish you all a fab evening and a happy and healthy 2009, thanks for reading this piffle and writing your lovely comments................xxxxxxxxx

Techno Techno Techno

Well hubby and I have had a go on the Wii Fit today, our major athletes have nowt to fear, I am soooo bad. No wonder I was the dunce in PE, it's laughable really.

I am totally in love with twitter at the moment - check it out here www.twitter.com, great fun on a phone or PC.

We had a scoot round to some more neighbours this afternoon for a drinks party, it was lovely and my first time in a tenement flat, how amazing!! The Scottish really have a knack for unusual building that didn't even figure in England.

Off to see a panto tomorrow (oh yes I am!!) which will be the first time Alex has seen one. Should be a right giggle.

2008 goes down as first sober Christmas in years for me, chemo gives me hideous heartburn which doesn't go well with my usual tipple of white wine......someone suggested trying margheritas ha ha ha!!!

Seasons Greetings!

Well I am a lucky gal, I managed to get through Christmas without any yucky side effects. I made Christmas lunch and stuffed myself, even managed to sip a couple of glasses of fizz - yay!!

I was thoroughly spoiled, I got Wii Fit (currently I am Wii FAT) , I also got tickets to see Russell Brand, lots of fabbo vouchers and nice smelly things too.

Yesterday morning we all went to our neighbours and had a couple of drinkies and nibbles, and we watched Dr Who at another neighbours later on. I LOVE our street, so sociable!!

Today we have mainly spent sitting on our bums, although we did go to the park and the most amazing thing happened, Alex learned to ride his bike!!!! Best present yet! We have been trying for ages, we actually started last new years day but he just didn't like being on his bike, bless him. Today, it just "clicked" and he had such a big smile on his face when he did it, and there was no stopping him.

Sorry it's a bit late but I would like to wish you all a VERY merry Christmas, and thanks so much for all of your lovely comments, you've really kept me going over the last two months - you are FAB!!!

It's Nearly Here

Housework all done, if anyone dares to even breathe on ANYTHING and mess it up, they're dead! Ironing all done and so is the shopping (smug? me? never!!) Just got a bajillion presents to wrap, ugh...I am not fond of that job.

This year, having ordered a turkey and a goose for 3 adults and a 6 year old, I lay in bed one night and thought "stuff that", no pun intended. I was going to have to queue for it and it was going to cost lots. So I cancelled my order and Alan was appointed official Christmas hunter gatherer and was dispatched to go forth and find a turkey crown. It is now in the fridge and if he whines one more time about having to eat turkey, which he does every year (yawn!) he gets strangled with tinsel.

I had chemo number three today, that leaves only one more of the strong stuff, then just 4 more to go. Keeping everything crossed that I will not have any yukky side effects.

Jingle Bells

So school is now finished until January and so am I yay!!!!

We went along to the nativity play on Wednesday morning, it was so funny and also a "kleenex moment"

I went to see the Jean Muir exhibition at the museum in Edinburgh on Thursday after coffee with some of the other mum's . We then took our kids for lunch, they were just about reaching melt down by the time we left. Dreadful weather too, totally peeing down most of the day. When we got back it was veg on the sofa with White Christmas and Lemony Snicket. 

The door bell rang and I jumped up (wigless and hatless) and opened the door. I don't know who was more astonished, me or the guy standing with a brace of pheasants, a case of wrong door matey!

To top that off the Mormons arrived yesterday morning...............do I look like a pheasant eating Mormon to you?

Right , gotta hit the shops (joy of joys!)......

Trick or Treat?

I have had a very nice and ahem! a slightly too much wine to drink weekend. Really it's not good form when one is on chemo to go and get blotto. So it's on the wagon for me with the occasional small lapse over the festive season. Mind you I have chemo on the 23rd so I don't think I shall be indulging on Christmas Day.......poo.

My copious beverage supping was done in a succession of neighbours houses - hence I felt like I was trick or treating. I would like to publicly apologise to the 4 neighbours who were treated to my inebriated self. I didn't get into any fights or anything but my Saturday evening began in the Living Room on George St and went downhill rapido after that.

Apparently I watched Strictly, I remember most of that, then I watched X-Factor (details a wee bit blurred at this point) although I do remember that Alexandra won, how AWESOME was her singing with Beyonce?

SO I had a bit of a sore head yesterday, but I still managed a big trip to Sainsburys and a pile of ironing so at least I was a bit productive.Going to be good from now on - promise........................

PIGGY

OMG!! I cannot STOP eating, I am deffo going to look like humpty dumpty soon

Bewilderingly (is that a word?) I still feel fine after chemo 2 - as those over the pond like to say "huh? What gives" I think it's all a ruse, someone is going to jump out and say "hey!! April fool"

Yeah I wish!

Seriously though I have a ravenous hunger like aaallll the time, and don't get me started on my problems with wind and heartburn - yuck! Apart from that I feel fine.

Got some good news yesterday my best friend Janey is coming next week and I am soooooo excited. I've got lots of things planned for us to do, including a couple of girls nights out, we haven't done that in ages!

Christmas prep is in full swing, got to order my turkey and goose this weekend then I can relax. Most of my Christmas cards are made, but not yet written, that's the crap bit.

I have been having a bit of a nightmare with one of my wigs, the long blonde one was expensive and still looks "wiggy", it's OK with a hat, but I can't go on a girls night out with a flippin wooly hat on, they'll chuck me out for being a right nerdy.

Yesterday I decided to wash it to see if it would calm down a bit. I stuck in on a vase in the bath to dry. A few hours later I walked in to the bathroom and saw it out of the corner of my eye, I got the shock of my life, it looked like the back view of severed head!

I am reading a great book at the moment called "Nella Last's War", its the diary of a housewife from Barrow during the war as part of the mass observation experiment. I love history, and if I had the chance I would love to work as a TV researcher for documentaries (bliss). Victoria Wood made a TV drama based on the book called Housewife, 49 but I haven't seen it, it was on last week and I missed it - drat! Talk about "make do and mend" it is a brilliant insight into making do with very little, something we may all have to face soon. I have an urge to grow my own veg, I must be getting old.......

Stampin Up Offer

Thought I would share an offer with you. Stampin' Up! are doing a great deal right now, spend £150 before postage and you get

1. A free stamp set
2. A free hostess set from the catalogue
3. £15 worth of free merchandise

A list of the free stamp sets is here
http://www2.stampinup.com/gb/eng/5750.asp

ALSO because this is the Season of Goodwill I am offering FREE postage on ALL orders until the end of the month.

You can order from me wherever you live, your goodies will arrive at your house, no need to host a workshop! If you have a crafting friend or three combine your orders to make the £150 total if you like!

Right I have a squillion Christmas cards to make, I'm off!!!

Arthurs Seat

So on Saturday hubby says "I know let's go for a walk up Arthurs Seat" for non Edinbuggers , Arthurs seat is a small mountain by the parliament and HolyRood palace. My response was "I know let's go shopping" but he won.

You know those TV programmes where they drag overweight teenage delinquents on a walk and they bitch and moan all the way..................yep that's me.

Well first off, even though I have posted pics of my baldy head and my wigs on t'interweb, quite frankly the thought of anyone looking at me with a wig on giving me the "ohhh I think you might be wearing a wig look" was not something I relished. I was bad tempered and horrid and almost refused to leave the car. It was a cold day and I was bundled up with loads of layers, a big scarf and my wig and hat.

So by the time we were half way up the damn mountain I was sweating buckets I whipped off the wig and hat (after making sure no-one was about) and stuffed it in the rucksack, then I put another hat on.

Here's the view from the top ( in the background you can see the castle), crap pic with my compact camera rather than my DSLR. If I had dragged my big camera up the hill I was in such a foul temper I think I may have jumped up and down on it.

The vultures were ready to pounce..............OK so they are crows...

I was rewarded with a trip to the Christmas market and mulled wine and german grub - yum!

We then went on the big wheel and it was FREEEEEEZING. Wigless and wearing a thin wooly hat was not warm at all. Cue arty big wheel pic.

I had my second dose of chemo today............now I sit and wait to see if I am going to be feeling OK - fingers crossed everyone!