tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237654362024-03-07T18:50:25.531+00:00My Crazy FamilyA running commentary of our busy house - come and join the mayhem!Laneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08753582826103858105noreply@blogger.comBlogger605125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23765436.post-31606880210021350592012-09-23T13:53:00.002+01:002012-09-23T13:54:49.000+01:00ChangeSo much has changed in a year...new blog starting at <a href="http://overthehawthornhedge.blogspot.co.uk/">Over the Hawthorn Hedge</a>Laneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08753582826103858105noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23765436.post-6612483640057469022011-07-16T10:18:00.002+01:002011-07-21T11:29:50.690+01:00Haircut!I finally talked Taylor into a haircut. He's been growing it for a year, and it was so long and floppy that one half of his face was totally covered and pure white, and the other side tanned and freckly. Frankly, he looked like an idiot!<br /><br />Before<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirIpM485M1trj3KW5cO198flCA3vb_-9dI62Adz_EMix4gbeyHS-dUl_jV5-5H-CvqjeXPZxY6HsjNf-9Z1Gb7tU84pbxFZziSocV_xBI6QxQNll3KV-Ttb_cf4_YIjdDx2aatiA/s1600/DSC_0271.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/AVvXsEirIpM485M1trj3KW5cO198flCA3vb_-9dI62Adz_EMix4gbeyHS-dUl_jV5-5H-CvqjeXPZxY6HsjNf-9Z1Gb7tU84pbxFZziSocV_xBI6QxQNll3KV-Ttb_cf4_YIjdDx2aatiA/s400/DSC_0271.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630990804435733714" /></a><br /><br />After - he looks like a different child!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIkdmOach5IzLgclfHA1A-sm_l11yEObjR4udnxL6MtJvNUAohCBFzAhKtFBlJ3d7FF0ZqUOXbZD1ww73P6yNum1x6oTIyZWDbSPM6YsxtVXKDySf1BOh0e9c3KwIgMFDwscfUKg/s1600/DSC_0337.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/AVvXsEgIkdmOach5IzLgclfHA1A-sm_l11yEObjR4udnxL6MtJvNUAohCBFzAhKtFBlJ3d7FF0ZqUOXbZD1ww73P6yNum1x6oTIyZWDbSPM6YsxtVXKDySf1BOh0e9c3KwIgMFDwscfUKg/s400/DSC_0337.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630990801215535122" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYpJDb3kDpTiACL21QUidgoVYSKlt5FAJVzYRcWl7d6zX-FPdsixtosy0ouHqFeNWbgqk8fbv-yfiS4fvSPdkTbtDtq8cMz4BgBcgzvRhhQqiIeN-V6Qy6xszPF5KwZvJIk8c6kA/s1600/DSC_0338-1.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/AVvXsEgYpJDb3kDpTiACL21QUidgoVYSKlt5FAJVzYRcWl7d6zX-FPdsixtosy0ouHqFeNWbgqk8fbv-yfiS4fvSPdkTbtDtq8cMz4BgBcgzvRhhQqiIeN-V6Qy6xszPF5KwZvJIk8c6kA/s400/DSC_0338-1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630990796466982786" /></a>Laneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08753582826103858105noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23765436.post-49092208364055791212011-07-06T19:46:00.000+01:002011-07-20T09:20:08.937+01:00Fish<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUxTgRL9NVQ73m1nblRhciYa7qqwEIA4SGRnV3Ly_v_Noez9jjXxKixGB9tF5maIhrnRG9ibQTwlz7FVYLxbYCSVqb2U_VLtdZD4WA_0A9arPxk9yJvERppMyQHD7eRz95vk_s8g/s1600/DSC_0001.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUxTgRL9NVQ73m1nblRhciYa7qqwEIA4SGRnV3Ly_v_Noez9jjXxKixGB9tF5maIhrnRG9ibQTwlz7FVYLxbYCSVqb2U_VLtdZD4WA_0A9arPxk9yJvERppMyQHD7eRz95vk_s8g/s400/DSC_0001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631144465478902162" /></a><br /><br />I know it's a bit sad, but a few weeks ago I decided to fulfil a life long dream of setting up a tropical aquarium. Having always kept coldwater fish I had no idea just how bloody complicated it was! Pete always said that they were too much hard work, and that I shouldn't get one, but I can do what I like now so took the plunge. I have to say he was right! <br />Now that it is set up and the water cycle is ok, it should be fine, but for a while there it was pretty confusing. You have to introduce bacteria into the water, which also has to be dechlorinated, and this can take weeks. The bacteria feed on the ammonia produced by the fish waste, and turn it into nitrates. The bacteria need ammonia to survive, and the only way to produce this is to have fish living in the dangerously toxic water, so it is a tricky time. You can do it slowly without fish, but I was lucky enough to have a dirty, yucky mini filter that had been running in my daughters tank, full of that lovely bacteria, so I popped that in there and the tank was ready within a week. I now have Guppies, Platies and Danios in there. In a week or so I can introduce some Corys and Tetras.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuwXQF8zpKR972aNJtd1OouqRIf_pvZfXr2C_K1NNaWpbDts9AyvCNQnK6rMeX-yJJMqeQcx17qpNSnJTklTAfbzBVZvsOSAEke_mBCOgdYOVK_QxvdUyoI2h4V94SqFVm_xPtPw/s1600/DSC_0008.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 280px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuwXQF8zpKR972aNJtd1OouqRIf_pvZfXr2C_K1NNaWpbDts9AyvCNQnK6rMeX-yJJMqeQcx17qpNSnJTklTAfbzBVZvsOSAEke_mBCOgdYOVK_QxvdUyoI2h4V94SqFVm_xPtPw/s400/DSC_0008.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631144456829755938" /></a><br /><br />I also bought Isobel some new fancy goldfish for her small tank. This one looks just like Hitler, though one of my friends said he looked more like Freddie Mercury.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1V6vU1yK_ORN1G7fzVgJj5OZhz2NRcS51WugyeBJokGLVeljGEwcf_AVnu723Le-r87g5aaXb6Do_Xl7WpPKcXKEwQwzT40e9C2AChH1IYiJw0Y1nR401JoLha1STDKsAqFXS3Q/s1600/DSC_0397.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 396px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1V6vU1yK_ORN1G7fzVgJj5OZhz2NRcS51WugyeBJokGLVeljGEwcf_AVnu723Le-r87g5aaXb6Do_Xl7WpPKcXKEwQwzT40e9C2AChH1IYiJw0Y1nR401JoLha1STDKsAqFXS3Q/s400/DSC_0397.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631144451435333442" /></a>Laneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08753582826103858105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23765436.post-9454465156180389122011-06-28T12:56:00.005+01:002011-07-19T11:15:17.157+01:00JuneThought I'd better do a huge June update, seeing as I haven't been able to do one for well over a month!<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVhokEAes8eb8Dlm_gbm_J75XHWogCbOI4KNTlUlSPXUTqQR0c52I69eBnxthsEYZgu4xA8uRb60S7QQMnpqzpZ_K-WbwvI-PK_bK6SXfnkfiBBF_YPGG-T6sk5fUjYWO-GLANFQ/s1600/251152_10150272666185365_610845364_9269465_4483077_n.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 269px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVhokEAes8eb8Dlm_gbm_J75XHWogCbOI4KNTlUlSPXUTqQR0c52I69eBnxthsEYZgu4xA8uRb60S7QQMnpqzpZ_K-WbwvI-PK_bK6SXfnkfiBBF_YPGG-T6sk5fUjYWO-GLANFQ/s400/251152_10150272666185365_610845364_9269465_4483077_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630995853403649426" /></a>I went to a friends wedding right at the beggining of June. I met Molly online about 6 years ago, when she was pregnant with her daughter Betsy, and my Isobel was just a baby. We are part of a huge group on Facebook, where we all chat and generally cause mischief, so loads of us 'imaginary friends' went to her wedding. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUQoNJIZcfUaLYOd3pZDC_eBtqV8JF_QD872WFD1-6CfZWEWF2qJQ8yghGFYkvCDYbmNgBGepzvfCf7rFRBGqYrzWU7cUJRzscuVJaoyxtKMkswLvi1pxIW3GO-NEMGHKsuSZfeQ/s1600/DSC_0152.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUQoNJIZcfUaLYOd3pZDC_eBtqV8JF_QD872WFD1-6CfZWEWF2qJQ8yghGFYkvCDYbmNgBGepzvfCf7rFRBGqYrzWU7cUJRzscuVJaoyxtKMkswLvi1pxIW3GO-NEMGHKsuSZfeQ/s400/DSC_0152.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630995846565809890" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_lLbth5P4DezbBrdKOgtQxsUX8sVpCMsJcnU5DvbWM6W02LzcGR0_vhzmfk5YmXrgZr0aqQs-E99f5eDsAZUb895xxqMzUwO4cfsHxjGV2kapuSbTdOht_7pEALritcvfWe9cPA/s1600/DSC_0148.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_lLbth5P4DezbBrdKOgtQxsUX8sVpCMsJcnU5DvbWM6W02LzcGR0_vhzmfk5YmXrgZr0aqQs-E99f5eDsAZUb895xxqMzUwO4cfsHxjGV2kapuSbTdOht_7pEALritcvfWe9cPA/s400/DSC_0148.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630995841765153410" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnO76Xz6R8GrNXW1MTLT8xSE24izTRttt2qS3851V_8gNEfHi4HBsagmP_S1or-KCtwzoo0RyEegxDdCq87Y1ERnW9N-gM6j0OJylaQWIqItlGThwNq8iPWDv1j2D-WK5EUnhw_A/s1600/DSC_0153.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnO76Xz6R8GrNXW1MTLT8xSE24izTRttt2qS3851V_8gNEfHi4HBsagmP_S1or-KCtwzoo0RyEegxDdCq87Y1ERnW9N-gM6j0OJylaQWIqItlGThwNq8iPWDv1j2D-WK5EUnhw_A/s400/DSC_0153.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630995838728254098" /></a><br />Our friend <a href="http://www.annabariaphotography.co.uk/#!portfolio">Anna</a>, in the red top, took the wedding photos, and Molly looked stunning!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8K4YbYlr0mmBYa1oFGHnupbxMGly8eh9BESD7x5Qyr01HaqKGUprhZRW0lLSGHlaDMQ2Dgt9j3Wdj2tzTk5xHJJ2mQCfxLbRKgq6SiuaEUGrc5N6lW95ceLXpQz4CK5QRWsQrfQ/s1600/264337_10150305570646844_178543246843_9265630_4688759_n.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 272px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8K4YbYlr0mmBYa1oFGHnupbxMGly8eh9BESD7x5Qyr01HaqKGUprhZRW0lLSGHlaDMQ2Dgt9j3Wdj2tzTk5xHJJ2mQCfxLbRKgq6SiuaEUGrc5N6lW95ceLXpQz4CK5QRWsQrfQ/s400/264337_10150305570646844_178543246843_9265630_4688759_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630995845389409730" /></a><br /><br />I got to stay on Nick, the guy in one of the photos, house boat on the Thames. We all stayed over, drank far too much, and crawled to a local cafe for a fry up the next day. Staying on the boat was the highlight of the weekend, it was brilliant, and Nick was a great host. However, the sound of Coots screeching outside your window as they bob up and down on the water is not an attractive sound when you've drank your own bodyweight in vodka and had 3 hours sleep.<br /><br />At the end of May, Isobel went to Sony in London with her friend jake, and they got to test a new super secret PS3 game, and got paid for it! Isobel decided to spend her hard earned pennies on some guinea pigs, so Pete and I gave her some more money towards it to buy a hutch, and now we have these cute little guys, Godwin & Arthur:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiGFQmLRDNI4serxb3o4-J8ccbBBsep1TUNdtWFBmsU8oCCpdJtYTwSUFJeXdCwFtMqVnanjSwUe6PKv4BzPLB-0Q8CP8RS9SSHWe1O2Z3jrLWJYneFeBMzylCg1F8Cl8ibLO7wA/s1600/DSC_0205.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiGFQmLRDNI4serxb3o4-J8ccbBBsep1TUNdtWFBmsU8oCCpdJtYTwSUFJeXdCwFtMqVnanjSwUe6PKv4BzPLB-0Q8CP8RS9SSHWe1O2Z3jrLWJYneFeBMzylCg1F8Cl8ibLO7wA/s400/DSC_0205.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630999941268345650" /></a><br /><br /><br />The weather has been a bit touch and go the rest of the month, so we've either been stuck indoors, or making a mad dash to the local park before it rains again, then a mad dash home when it does!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhl-iOF5ZmFycTciMcsbohRkBG4PjHY6Oi3Aib8FD48xFND07GxjeDX3i-0yBg89mUvalREETHMIRJ_Y_TPUUELVcjo7HKbRslG8sFH3HMr-REXs4A1u9TiT2Z0AMUBWKYDSqdTw/s1600/DSC_0165.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/AVvXsEhhl-iOF5ZmFycTciMcsbohRkBG4PjHY6Oi3Aib8FD48xFND07GxjeDX3i-0yBg89mUvalREETHMIRJ_Y_TPUUELVcjo7HKbRslG8sFH3HMr-REXs4A1u9TiT2Z0AMUBWKYDSqdTw/s400/DSC_0165.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631002603784077506" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc4otp8f8AJdwFw7izseNIB8b7fxqyROJA7wu8PR4EcyRDda5tQfnb3nTWf5m7ieDl9K93fvtKOAvJSYIjbqdTlVGULv8o1m4jbyNc-ryiqrWisCIdo0nQVwh5Qk9m6Nd4sS1jng/s1600/DSC_0164.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc4otp8f8AJdwFw7izseNIB8b7fxqyROJA7wu8PR4EcyRDda5tQfnb3nTWf5m7ieDl9K93fvtKOAvJSYIjbqdTlVGULv8o1m4jbyNc-ryiqrWisCIdo0nQVwh5Qk9m6Nd4sS1jng/s400/DSC_0164.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631002596210274722" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH2EUpmFEqGpVl_8msLa2XvlCVnZy8G1f3bGHJdUL1RNkQUMVKgNEWX3o9U-3UfQzitnoFCblUMMqF6zhjyGi42A75Q1uDvC7WA8qh883yMKoptpZFK_3pLc2AEy5394QyirqldA/s1600/DSC_0171.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/AVvXsEiH2EUpmFEqGpVl_8msLa2XvlCVnZy8G1f3bGHJdUL1RNkQUMVKgNEWX3o9U-3UfQzitnoFCblUMMqF6zhjyGi42A75Q1uDvC7WA8qh883yMKoptpZFK_3pLc2AEy5394QyirqldA/s400/DSC_0171.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631002591709225890" /></a>Laneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08753582826103858105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23765436.post-34396055083204528692011-05-26T12:56:00.000+01:002011-06-12T15:32:57.970+01:007th BirthdayI'd promised Isobel that we'd take her to a local wildlife park/butterfly farm for her birthday months and months ago, but with the expense of the house move we'd been unable to book it, and when the time came it was fully booked, so I had to find something fast and plan a party at home in a week. Mad panics ensued and I called every animal encounters party in the south of the country, and somehow found <a href="http://www.animalworkshops.co.uk//">one</a> with a space on the Sunday afternoon.<br /><br />The whole thing was brilliant, a seriously great idea for a kids birthday, worth every penny!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiip9XLgaNRa_CcAgi5cssXmAEvxZ6lRIvHmEGwDqoG7ILRRY7__SlEP2El2qoJicyJb3CfSomTgqJ6YUy0vuGONth0-GPp-t3TpRHW6lDIvV7F-XHrjTpSKzFcP6cPusdzADubAQ/s1600/DSC_0056.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiip9XLgaNRa_CcAgi5cssXmAEvxZ6lRIvHmEGwDqoG7ILRRY7__SlEP2El2qoJicyJb3CfSomTgqJ6YUy0vuGONth0-GPp-t3TpRHW6lDIvV7F-XHrjTpSKzFcP6cPusdzADubAQ/s400/DSC_0056.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617339556505894594" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAnz_5B2BQx43XYuUmH5leIwrkzScSIZE7AhWa67Wc61OjNXGxLIHljmryaYtPmYupEPn9XZtitMgH7_JFKByfeJiHeHyrUdYSPuAsT20UjHOrts8b_HDuEYVx-fSvZvvklOWi7g/s1600/DSC_0060.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 288px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN2r7lN6zvvcN14e0ZCxpJ_zl6IRr0F7pl5RWfOxxBOu6ycBSrSXFGHMBUq2oDHjrjkqzxXraldE3YeVbjOhGmjtfzdaqvz2UBUiVPnm7c2hCP3r0KFRs7BYLvwBgq1lg7OYXBeg/s400/2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617328101300946498" /></a><br /><br />I've been very lucky recently and have lots of fantastic nights out with my lovely friends, who have rallied round me and kept me busy. I went to the <a href="http://www.thelightboxlondon.co.uk/lightbox-london-nightclub-gallery.php#/content/Venue%20Pics/CIMG5454.JPG//">Lightbox</a> nightclub in Vauxhall, London, for my friend Emma's birthday. It is a seriously beautiful venue, covered in millions of undulating coloured LED lights. It was very pretty!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiCvDy-SUeoxHzXGX_SAslaGfkKwHDGyNeKF5J71l9vH8RjQYuEkrNFgJgLtxmyW1t1w4Pc-IpH9FB4C_GjYWovJnur-lG0oG4D30h7exY4rEbEoQ9QfeGVD6M_tC4vXHr5N674Q/s1600/lightbox.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 255px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiCvDy-SUeoxHzXGX_SAslaGfkKwHDGyNeKF5J71l9vH8RjQYuEkrNFgJgLtxmyW1t1w4Pc-IpH9FB4C_GjYWovJnur-lG0oG4D30h7exY4rEbEoQ9QfeGVD6M_tC4vXHr5N674Q/s400/lightbox.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617330208839884322" /></a><br /><br />Then a week later, with barely time in between to recover, I met up with friends I don't get to see very often, and some I've only known online, and went to Pacha and stayed in a hotel in London.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPokE7RE77lSr89PwoRiMlYVwoNdoA005t5pKE_keeiHAL8IealmJqXn_NBcdBFOKYEJ1WMQzkBBmHYUAuur9eVxU6fi2ItJ0w2ShZmPauAVwvI4uAeQW1H6P8_a0yoyZcSf-u2g/s1600/224100_10150168985907461_686942460_7140940_6303951_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPokE7RE77lSr89PwoRiMlYVwoNdoA005t5pKE_keeiHAL8IealmJqXn_NBcdBFOKYEJ1WMQzkBBmHYUAuur9eVxU6fi2ItJ0w2ShZmPauAVwvI4uAeQW1H6P8_a0yoyZcSf-u2g/s400/224100_10150168985907461_686942460_7140940_6303951_n.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617328092054942738" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4OTB2OH_sm5Q6lgibpWgos_aO160AXSjQ6dkYBaaVR6XIRDxYg0Jr7KdSB4mtFHf5xgsFY4oJlKTvMaqxLe-LkIA7FNuufcNa3Km2PaLvNLI4ouy4QoosbRrjPynXTkwYJtSwkA/s1600/225740_10150168988827461_686942460_7140984_5250625_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4OTB2OH_sm5Q6lgibpWgos_aO160AXSjQ6dkYBaaVR6XIRDxYg0Jr7KdSB4mtFHf5xgsFY4oJlKTvMaqxLe-LkIA7FNuufcNa3Km2PaLvNLI4ouy4QoosbRrjPynXTkwYJtSwkA/s400/225740_10150168988827461_686942460_7140984_5250625_n.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617328087197760738" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmLWq2i1m4-3yjYPKIYlU-wK9qeGU9__hILWy4bkCALOUY_IYZcEtrUtVoJIuKinC81IZ6OmXFYfXpJft2cjWXEvPxInQ2IQgalMwBl7l_7xMMLhR0tuuG835pTBfp2pzV5mdkDQ/s1600/230348_10150168986997461_686942460_7140956_1299503_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmLWq2i1m4-3yjYPKIYlU-wK9qeGU9__hILWy4bkCALOUY_IYZcEtrUtVoJIuKinC81IZ6OmXFYfXpJft2cjWXEvPxInQ2IQgalMwBl7l_7xMMLhR0tuuG835pTBfp2pzV5mdkDQ/s400/230348_10150168986997461_686942460_7140956_1299503_n.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617328084707107858" /></a><br /><br />Both nights out were exactly what I needed to take my mind off everything, it's been a tough couple of months and it was lovely to forget it all and let my hair down.Laneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08753582826103858105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23765436.post-60709282550872101652011-05-04T10:55:00.004+01:002011-06-12T13:59:29.876+01:00The Big Move<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0JzPMkEk162ATLN67rR2y_fMPdJ1g6vVBIUWek1yH8GwYypr46XPDgUDkB8XI_myu0mTLIPi-gH12UnhT7SFuMAk-wDOuMOWyTmM36UmzCihuwhuaO4MOO-DGaIQTuT_yDPe96A/s1600/DSC_0017.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0JzPMkEk162ATLN67rR2y_fMPdJ1g6vVBIUWek1yH8GwYypr46XPDgUDkB8XI_myu0mTLIPi-gH12UnhT7SFuMAk-wDOuMOWyTmM36UmzCihuwhuaO4MOO-DGaIQTuT_yDPe96A/s400/DSC_0017.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617315633978683122" /></a><br />Well, that was stressful. I don't ever want to do that again. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Eurgh</span>!<br /><br />The whole thing was so tiring though, and Kit didn't sleep the first two nights. He has refused to sleep in his cot(the one I wasted an hour rebuilding), so he's had a big transition of new house AND moving into a big boys bed. Think it was all a bit too much for him and he kept getting in bed with me, but we cracked it last night and he stayed in his room all night. :)<br /><br />I've been doing really well emotionally, until Pete and I had a massive row yesterday whilst cleaning the old house, and ended up sobbing on each other, which sucked.<br /><br />All in all the house is fabulous though, it feels more like home every day that passes, and looking out of those back windows out on that view makes it all worthwhile. <div><br /></div><div>My room<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy1phXwMYtdWqR3J3AkkM7usFcT_fDIsIcZ3-9_EZgv7j9xjeAgEumfqKZugH3saIpgx0ISZHw62MR_oRjB5tk55vXq0YzZuO2ZFnaaji_WxLBx-r9OHTQM3ntNgjoz42Me5vb8g/s1600/1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><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/AVvXsEhy1phXwMYtdWqR3J3AkkM7usFcT_fDIsIcZ3-9_EZgv7j9xjeAgEumfqKZugH3saIpgx0ISZHw62MR_oRjB5tk55vXq0YzZuO2ZFnaaji_WxLBx-r9OHTQM3ntNgjoz42Me5vb8g/s400/1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617314567034578514" /></a><br /></div><div>Kit was up at 5am. Yikes!</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOBufRCFulmBlauUsuwteuiyjXJZA2lGDy7FrgdSWxP4jVL_ThPySvXsPU06e5_gCtOXH2UPvSL_yXLAhAMt99Dg3HgA1FB5XJLBsA9KrK31dYRjEIQkONKbXdPsWu00SoIoXvXw/s1600/DSC_0001.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOBufRCFulmBlauUsuwteuiyjXJZA2lGDy7FrgdSWxP4jVL_ThPySvXsPU06e5_gCtOXH2UPvSL_yXLAhAMt99Dg3HgA1FB5XJLBsA9KrK31dYRjEIQkONKbXdPsWu00SoIoXvXw/s400/DSC_0001.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617311554930861794" /></a><br /></div><div>Taylor's room<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjniPdfC3cQ-uL2N181BdDOfPpJTDYU_piScHvW63W3hADfVqSjCLtFWszPg2x_ceod2bviCUmv7PPPpXJ90s9TYg5U1fTdL0ZfWImiey-xmFvCNqhZOZUTyIRD5zPSwCvsi30Yew/s1600/2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><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/AVvXsEjniPdfC3cQ-uL2N181BdDOfPpJTDYU_piScHvW63W3hADfVqSjCLtFWszPg2x_ceod2bviCUmv7PPPpXJ90s9TYg5U1fTdL0ZfWImiey-xmFvCNqhZOZUTyIRD5zPSwCvsi30Yew/s400/2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617314558560001234" /></a><br /></div><div>Bel & Kit's room<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQAnDSxMhssjjWmvN1H0_gOpTS5tgfI92V7do_ehkfocgfK0TJ9Qg6nU6uIWCkeEnDv_sga5Pixzo4j083LYlK7zEmFovbhPgGAPBtN19ueSgifmQk_2Te3VcNrd41l_5v66t1rQ/s1600/3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><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/AVvXsEjQAnDSxMhssjjWmvN1H0_gOpTS5tgfI92V7do_ehkfocgfK0TJ9Qg6nU6uIWCkeEnDv_sga5Pixzo4j083LYlK7zEmFovbhPgGAPBtN19ueSgifmQk_2Te3VcNrd41l_5v66t1rQ/s400/3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617314555163543554" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMfkCrbr8dSEDHhebwBtiojdPEbtl2z1msJJjk7II8ix8pIK3rJcJmYd_jizSYV90SVICy4go4r8sJ6jp-KNty2S1K4mkVcn3DA28LkpLgGW0HXyXfVDwU4sW8h3xU6cxpOUhHdQ/s1600/DSC_0005.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMfkCrbr8dSEDHhebwBtiojdPEbtl2z1msJJjk7II8ix8pIK3rJcJmYd_jizSYV90SVICy4go4r8sJ6jp-KNty2S1K4mkVcn3DA28LkpLgGW0HXyXfVDwU4sW8h3xU6cxpOUhHdQ/s400/DSC_0005.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617311557346573650" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXM49FYwAJfRFbySFuOgVm-I5VvyiuVctgulFEltQWrQ6YZflqr9j8Fe9Twt8MtaEL77wHbDm9LaHZ242FlhN976JKla2GzvlIq0sy3R-DG3FkmLo_NQHSnkclwovzthdeIlQavA/s1600/4.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><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/AVvXsEiXM49FYwAJfRFbySFuOgVm-I5VvyiuVctgulFEltQWrQ6YZflqr9j8Fe9Twt8MtaEL77wHbDm9LaHZ242FlhN976JKla2GzvlIq0sy3R-DG3FkmLo_NQHSnkclwovzthdeIlQavA/s400/4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617314551155216754" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMyuICdCKm4WQV4dviqBIIbvmhQ1sKXZLQkaC05yBrZqk03HFwxRuHt_c4GJh51tlzXrA43zBWxP6YLnS7n0-sA8wGa2Tw2MlJ70rjixFZsGa7NUtA1CcHLmWDAeOFe1dN6-uung/s1600/5.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCujt2m3NuLlfd6GnvdQUMSaLxICosQYeqgcxck6-NVG0NhetrtIAZk1Q4TPLWBQW3spIwRwdib8jcar5F5ShWQ4LFSuSjqlcqVGvQ9Y8icVquF6jUYwal0no50yIpfaTkshyLZA/s400/DSC_0126.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617315643415190386" /></a><br /><br /></div>Laneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08753582826103858105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23765436.post-69001492622404748092011-04-29T00:29:00.003+01:002011-04-29T00:50:42.395+01:00Moving<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPvDn48VbejFAZ7wBoZRzge0Vnnh-g99yP_1QQCMkZDaAbRdH0gJ-y9MgaLqzjhHLxSWYnR22ZeFB7U2LuxPsBRXcfW7ZINQepToGhQ0ugYIX91uoBq8Klvq8HQ6yz2XPKDrhy5A/s1600/ee0c0d8375a9ed05f80b22651fb454f4d7dc3c41.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/AVvXsEjPvDn48VbejFAZ7wBoZRzge0Vnnh-g99yP_1QQCMkZDaAbRdH0gJ-y9MgaLqzjhHLxSWYnR22ZeFB7U2LuxPsBRXcfW7ZINQepToGhQ0ugYIX91uoBq8Klvq8HQ6yz2XPKDrhy5A/s400/ee0c0d8375a9ed05f80b22651fb454f4d7dc3c41.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600785635868204738" /></a><br /><br />So, a lot has been happening here. I didn't want to post about this before in case it didn't happen. I started looking at houses in the town we were planning on moving to anyway, Taylor goes to school there and I work there, so it was always in 'the plan'. All the letting agents wanted ridiculous admin fees, and a friend suggested I look on Gumtree for a private listing. The first place I saw in the search, in fact the only house in that town that came up, looked good, so I started emailing back and forth with the landlords. I went to view the house about 3 weeks ago, but they wanted a deposit that I just didn't have, and I cried all the way home on my bike(which was fun), because I knew it was 'the house'. I called my Dad; and told him that we'd split up, and he wasn't interested at all. I was, and still am, so upset with him. I'm his only daughter, his only child, and he couldn't even lend me £1500. So, I spent the whole weekend crying about it, I was just distraught. <br /><br />Without wanting to sound like a complete nutter, I dreamt of this house, and knew it was mine. For quite a few years as a child, between the ages of about 6 and 13, I had reoccurring dreams 2-3 times a year, and they always started in a garden that backed onto fields, with a river, and poplar and willow trees lining the banks. The dreams have cropped up a few times in my day to day adult life, but never as obviously as this. I had to find a way to live there.<br /><br />I went into work the next day, secured a loan for half the money from a dodgy company, and my work promised to do me a wages advance for the rest, so I called the landlord and told them I wanted it. I then spent a week on edge waiting for the tenant checks to come back ok. It was the longest week of my life!<br />To cut a very long story short, I am now here, in my final days in this house, that has been my home for 11 years. There have been some problems with securing that last bit of money this week, and wonderful family and friends have helped me out, and now the deposit is paid. I am moving in a days time, to the house in my childhood dreams. I think the little girl I was in the dreams wasn't me, it was Isobel. I was seeing the garden through her eyes.Laneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08753582826103858105noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23765436.post-3519025515435787812011-03-27T22:56:00.005+01:002011-03-27T23:15:44.234+01:00Eleven Years<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg60Ub6jmJWwvXBnRD2r1bMP1ysW8M9L9UbIzOX8emTUGPzBC1e8MEkKV_PDU_SgNVZwB4FnQA8bIk8tWqnmk4Dqgdce73vnQ2xbtLqYEj_SrXYhTpolN1PSQluCo_PCZJw34EwUA/s1600/4.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 350px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg60Ub6jmJWwvXBnRD2r1bMP1ysW8M9L9UbIzOX8emTUGPzBC1e8MEkKV_PDU_SgNVZwB4FnQA8bIk8tWqnmk4Dqgdce73vnQ2xbtLqYEj_SrXYhTpolN1PSQluCo_PCZJw34EwUA/s400/4.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588884491065135682" /></a><br /><br />Eleven years is a very long time. I don't think I'd noticed before. The years just seemed to rush by, one moulding into the next. Each year bringing with it such gradual changes that I barely noticed them. Life is a pretty fluid thing. <br /><br />It's only now that Pete and I have decided to split up, and I'm reflecting on all the things we've done, and the places we've been, that eleven years seems like an eternity. We have seen so much, alone and with the children, in those eleven years, that it doesn't seem possible to carry on breathing and seeing the world without my best friend by my side.<br /><br />I'm having to look back through old photos to help Taylor with his homework, he has to make a slide show of his life, and each photo is like a punch in the stomach. I just feel sick. That photo up there was taken about a month after we met. Sadly I don't think I'll ever be able to look at them and smile again. I just was never perfect enough.Laneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08753582826103858105noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23765436.post-47074707882986751832011-03-27T00:49:00.004+00:002011-03-28T10:05:18.229+01:00The Invitation by OriahIt doesn’t interest me<br />what you do for a living.<br />I want to know<br />what you ache for<br />and if you dare to dream<br />of meeting your heart’s longing.<br /><br />It doesn’t interest me<br />how old you are.<br />I want to know <br />if you will risk <br />looking like a fool<br />for love<br />for your dream<br />for the adventure of being alive.<br /><br />It doesn’t interest me<br />what planets are <br />squaring your moon...<br />I want to know<br />if you have touched<br />the centre of your own sorrow<br />if you have been opened<br />by life’s betrayals<br />or have become shrivelled and closed<br />from fear of further pain.<br /><br />I want to know<br />if you can sit with pain<br />mine or your own<br />without moving to hide it<br />or fade it<br />or fix it.<br />I want to know<br />if you can be with joy<br />mine or your own<br />if you can dance with wildness<br />and let the ecstasy fill you <br />to the tips of your fingers and toes<br />without cautioning us<br />to be careful<br />to be realistic<br />to remember the limitations<br />of being human.<br /><br />It doesn’t interest me<br />if the story you are telling me<br />is true.<br />I want to know if you can<br />disappoint another<br />to be true to yourself.<br />If you can bear<br />the accusation of betrayal<br />and not betray your own soul.<br />If you can be faithless<br />and therefore trustworthy.<br /><br />I want to know if you can see Beauty<br />even when it is not pretty<br />every day.<br />And if you can source your own life<br />from its presence.<br />I want to know<br />if you can live with failure<br />yours and mine<br />and still stand at the edge of the lake<br />and shout to the silver of the full moon,<br />“Yes.”<br /><br />It doesn’t interest me<br />to know where you live<br />or how much money you have.<br />I want to know if you can get up<br />after the night of grief and despair<br />weary and bruised to the bone<br />and do what needs to be done<br />to feed the children.<br /><br />It doesn’t interest me<br />who you know<br />or how you came to be here.<br />I want to know if you will stand<br />in the centre of the fire<br />with me<br />and not shrink back.<br /><br />It doesn’t interest me<br />where or what or with whom<br />you have studied.<br />I want to know <br />what sustains you<br />from the inside<br />when all else falls away.<br />I want to know<br />if you can be alone <br />with yourself<br />and if you truly like<br />the company you keep<br />in the empty moments.<br /><br /><br /><br />By Oriah © Mountain DreamingLaneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08753582826103858105noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23765436.post-43581753505642703972011-03-20T22:08:00.002+00:002011-03-27T23:13:18.148+01:00Kit is two!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7HjKDkSBjC7qnzyNwLY734Ut0bXNd2f8lkx3pxOUj4P_MhGgCWYXi8NbUcPHizmZEbrIBruKtz6Tch1VrQ-4wam1hgjtgD51n_jjzYYCIiUb8XpS59hs4y1Xgtjc4IcOuM5TKYg/s1600/DSC_0319.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/AVvXsEi7HjKDkSBjC7qnzyNwLY734Ut0bXNd2f8lkx3pxOUj4P_MhGgCWYXi8NbUcPHizmZEbrIBruKtz6Tch1VrQ-4wam1hgjtgD51n_jjzYYCIiUb8XpS59hs4y1Xgtjc4IcOuM5TKYg/s400/DSC_0319.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588885989977813282" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRrxeBU45j7X3ru_It8xD8qdJL35UmuxXn1sxiytVrNPYdf6sqe0hGdRWZrjdEMtfOpBKfxbW3LVviZmL_V0XdZTnZg4HEEe-4tBJNUYurHj7HQBGUShm6doUCwCmSZPYgeV-bCQ/s1600/DSC_0339.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 340px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRrxeBU45j7X3ru_It8xD8qdJL35UmuxXn1sxiytVrNPYdf6sqe0hGdRWZrjdEMtfOpBKfxbW3LVviZmL_V0XdZTnZg4HEEe-4tBJNUYurHj7HQBGUShm6doUCwCmSZPYgeV-bCQ/s400/DSC_0339.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588885985914868290" /></a><br /><br />Kit had his second birthday this weekend, and he was a mixture of crazy and charming as always! We didn't throw him a party as he doesn't really have any friends so didn't see the point. He was happy to just have some new toys I think.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg95MbtAREtAcM6mRXDCghaG_46CUp_ULIVxjPHrz_PlchoMmFhcieVb1gPFEbbo52hb6VT78JIhizierzcNKGb9lIoynlwah7zPonQNzs25cHoIIWBCpY232ew4gij5FUJlmzfEQ/s1600/DSC_0343.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 376px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg95MbtAREtAcM6mRXDCghaG_46CUp_ULIVxjPHrz_PlchoMmFhcieVb1gPFEbbo52hb6VT78JIhizierzcNKGb9lIoynlwah7zPonQNzs25cHoIIWBCpY232ew4gij5FUJlmzfEQ/s400/DSC_0343.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588885979252354930" /></a>Laneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08753582826103858105noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23765436.post-52260173662010700422011-02-26T21:42:00.000+00:002011-03-24T23:50:23.799+00:00Second lesson<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3xJViFALo-Wm8U8Qq7u2KidAfYPomHrtlO8RsNTmiNtHbgXBqdPGeE-GCmKM60Jhmql5FTeXneB4tBsnkxQ_yOXJVWwRVklflAZeL9F-9TdonhL730ergRMGPOPoAmo9BZ-g5hA/s1600/IMG_0350.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3xJViFALo-Wm8U8Qq7u2KidAfYPomHrtlO8RsNTmiNtHbgXBqdPGeE-GCmKM60Jhmql5FTeXneB4tBsnkxQ_yOXJVWwRVklflAZeL9F-9TdonhL730ergRMGPOPoAmo9BZ-g5hA/s400/IMG_0350.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587797365508956162" /></a><br /><br />Isobel had her second riding lesson at the end of February. She's only going once a month at the moment, so I don't suppose she is going to progress too much in between, but she does practice on Bono her rocking horse at home!Laneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08753582826103858105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23765436.post-72784209730721302272011-02-24T23:36:00.002+00:002011-02-24T23:37:09.173+00:00Half TermHow can it possibly be the holidays? Surely they've only just gone back to school?<br /><br />We haven't done a huge amount with the children, in fact I've felt quite sorry for them as Pete has been cracking the whip and making them de-clutter and clean when he's at home with them and I'm at work. Poor little souls! I took them to the indoor play one day, which was a good thing as it rained from the minute the sun came up to the minute it went down. We walked the 20 minutes there and back so were slightly damp from our travels. Taylor also went to a special holiday karting session today, his second this month, that he saved his birthday money and paid for himself. He was competing against 8 other boys his age, and won the time trial session. No surprise really as he drives like a lunatic. <br /><br />I finally have a new full time job, I start in a week and I'm very excited about it! It's been tough these last few months to keep our heads above water. Today we have been a bit spend happy in celebration of me getting the new job, and have finally bought a new TV. We've been without a proper TV since the summer, after our big monstrosity inconveniently exploded. It hasn't bothered me too much but all the other family members are total telly addicts. We almost broke all our own rules and got one on credit, but held firm and walked away. We were glad we did once we'd had a look in Tesco on the off-chance, as we got a real bargain. I had quite a lot of vouchers to spend that I'd been saving up, so we got a Sony 40" LCD for £150 cash. Excellent! I also have a nice shiny new moped winging its way to me as we speak...well, once the new plates are released the first week in March. I cant wait to get back on the road and have a bit of independence.Laneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08753582826103858105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23765436.post-43159547590806456582011-02-08T09:15:00.006+00:002011-02-18T11:40:25.145+00:00Happy Birthday Taylor!Blimey, twelve years old! Not that you'd think it, he looks and acts like a 14 year old. How can he have gone from this cute little thing:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia0h-KElqlNh-CnV9M5kSkyp_PlDEHBK5P1Cvy2cn2ExHq7lefqZLpMd8UQWTJ2ReC_ZvpdLQr9UaVRabpfS5yXogzUY1MZLitp2AozfhOYQBarEFY5qa3fN1GBM8QlQ4EFPAVkg/s1600/Me.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 257px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia0h-KElqlNh-CnV9M5kSkyp_PlDEHBK5P1Cvy2cn2ExHq7lefqZLpMd8UQWTJ2ReC_ZvpdLQr9UaVRabpfS5yXogzUY1MZLitp2AozfhOYQBarEFY5qa3fN1GBM8QlQ4EFPAVkg/s400/Me.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574989059044118114" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2rHd5ieTUhmjTKwhmvLy5QL18CEh5hSLiXpH3OrU95h9Kc2IGiTj8g0hUTuNHkxDw59V7XCA3EKOEYYFLhyJ5bK2KSvSi-WFFwQDflHWEQyZEdnO2yDciV0ovE1Zd7tpelLOwSw/s1600/Age+1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 294px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2rHd5ieTUhmjTKwhmvLy5QL18CEh5hSLiXpH3OrU95h9Kc2IGiTj8g0hUTuNHkxDw59V7XCA3EKOEYYFLhyJ5bK2KSvSi-WFFwQDflHWEQyZEdnO2yDciV0ovE1Zd7tpelLOwSw/s400/Age+1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574988839417076770" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhXjn8-3j0tcpEZP3rh7hMZUoRiDCBCw_BSZJp3haSdYayZndnQb2qJ6C5whIZcZ3VZl7r3Mbl2wtCUyFjBuR6FApXoExWk5oPEVFk92MlMJ2CKIBW7LdM4EyicX_TI1fPNKtLSQ/s1600/10.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 273px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhXjn8-3j0tcpEZP3rh7hMZUoRiDCBCw_BSZJp3haSdYayZndnQb2qJ6C5whIZcZ3VZl7r3Mbl2wtCUyFjBuR6FApXoExWk5oPEVFk92MlMJ2CKIBW7LdM4EyicX_TI1fPNKtLSQ/s400/10.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574988643125123970" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />To this great big monster?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiduWIpkeNacXAqmCiuOnjIqXYWkGA8lXtHz5A0WZ-U2jz5MwUBWYBUI7YLsQNumblj4w4JTbu3rE0VVv5nEVPzWKXRrHk5J4pofaUHQIoyT0m2asjULD794tCILYlWINGtkhkDFg/s1600/SAM_0652.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 209px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiduWIpkeNacXAqmCiuOnjIqXYWkGA8lXtHz5A0WZ-U2jz5MwUBWYBUI7YLsQNumblj4w4JTbu3rE0VVv5nEVPzWKXRrHk5J4pofaUHQIoyT0m2asjULD794tCILYlWINGtkhkDFg/s400/SAM_0652.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574990418790143090" /></a><br /><br /><br />He is 5ft5 and wears a size 8 shoe. Yikes!Laneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08753582826103858105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23765436.post-30408329345571364332011-02-05T19:42:00.001+00:002011-02-18T23:24:21.635+00:00Horseriding<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGHtl7PhJ3uth_04dAfY3wca68Mobi9FUFqAfuZ4GedeaZyPENzxqTn6laOiSGUQoemjVhCWB2083akKecExxddBc1uAeOacnHBuKFcOS-KzmXwmH3gIusdJ_4J_b4_1SQSq7Otg/s1600/IMG_0259.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGHtl7PhJ3uth_04dAfY3wca68Mobi9FUFqAfuZ4GedeaZyPENzxqTn6laOiSGUQoemjVhCWB2083akKecExxddBc1uAeOacnHBuKFcOS-KzmXwmH3gIusdJ_4J_b4_1SQSq7Otg/s400/IMG_0259.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575134037996516210" /></a><br /><br />Poor Isobel has never had a hobby because we've spent every spare minute and penny on football for the male members of the family for the last few years. We told her she could have a some money to choose a hobby, and with a little gentle persuasion from me she chose horseriding. It's a family tradition, we've all learnt to ride at some point.<br /><br />Finding a good riding school here is tricky, they all seem so snooty and unfriendly when you look around, it is very offputting. I remember it being the same when I was a kid, when you found a good yard you stuck with it! We had a look round one just outside Wickford and it was just perfect, there were kids running around everywhere helping, and the owner was really approachable.<br /><br />She had her first one last weekend and she loved it. She was a real natural, and was trotting round like a pro, and even did a little bit off the lead rein. We were all very impressed! My Mum has bought her a hat, jodhpurs and gloves ready for next time.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH494IbzUXD37CxEABvOpZAXJnXXygfg8EHEanMkjwsUaUst5COr7PY0qDNzFDIONfs4kyRbSToRuaowoCz1JomoQSp1HLpPC5BEYBr2E8vD_pl0jPBoIhGBhFdltaxIbFkmMC0g/s1600/DSC_0189.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH494IbzUXD37CxEABvOpZAXJnXXygfg8EHEanMkjwsUaUst5COr7PY0qDNzFDIONfs4kyRbSToRuaowoCz1JomoQSp1HLpPC5BEYBr2E8vD_pl0jPBoIhGBhFdltaxIbFkmMC0g/s400/DSC_0189.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575136880159673106" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaQk4e-fA1lIm8VOff7jDit3hmA2dS1F_bwqfkzrnb3vxSfGARnf5M0WDmNYxFw0I78_YiFTkXnsQTA-WDjmDOGE-xKqPLU8y85738FihKJ256un4Y7t4_8FfX9TjZOn4iGbM4Hw/s1600/DSC_0190.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaQk4e-fA1lIm8VOff7jDit3hmA2dS1F_bwqfkzrnb3vxSfGARnf5M0WDmNYxFw0I78_YiFTkXnsQTA-WDjmDOGE-xKqPLU8y85738FihKJ256un4Y7t4_8FfX9TjZOn4iGbM4Hw/s400/DSC_0190.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575138187088746210" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjngOWp6r1iURk5G4Q6N-ZCFVoguRm-5QCc_Tg9kk5R-UZ3tErlIc92GHVmQGIvvoa3PNPS5EDZ_aqO8c2ceWcCCyMFa5SK8dLzDROpfbikm8-s_Lkz8LngsK3bGane3M49-Xw4pg/s1600/DSC_0193.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 340px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjngOWp6r1iURk5G4Q6N-ZCFVoguRm-5QCc_Tg9kk5R-UZ3tErlIc92GHVmQGIvvoa3PNPS5EDZ_aqO8c2ceWcCCyMFa5SK8dLzDROpfbikm8-s_Lkz8LngsK3bGane3M49-Xw4pg/s400/DSC_0193.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575140348190972946" /></a>Laneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08753582826103858105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23765436.post-88906567678644110282011-02-01T12:21:00.001+00:002011-02-10T12:30:59.538+00:00Bloody Ebay!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn84g7oL3wnQ8iEAkA2KN-iBx_NOse4-AmZFnLqa6ywxNJHUa6dyE0dH0iYqvOJtepbEY5iBOA9Dp_9BBWIAeB8w74M43mfNQMpRgo2EV809A405v2hJUqEPhpozvPcZW5tzuuEg/s1600/DSC_0181.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn84g7oL3wnQ8iEAkA2KN-iBx_NOse4-AmZFnLqa6ywxNJHUa6dyE0dH0iYqvOJtepbEY5iBOA9Dp_9BBWIAeB8w74M43mfNQMpRgo2EV809A405v2hJUqEPhpozvPcZW5tzuuEg/s400/DSC_0181.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572036223320620322" /></a><br />The people on there get right on my nerves. Our massive new-ish plasma TV broke in the summer last year, we couldn't afford to fix it so it has just sat there mocking us blankly ever since. I listed it on Ebay for 99p, and someone won it for about £55. They mucked us about for two weeks, sending messages about collecting it, then no one would bother, so in the end I had to open an unpaid item thingamijig. It all worked out fine in the end as I relisted it and got £65 cash for it, but it annoyed me that there is now no way to give that dodgy buyer negative feedback, so they can just go on messing sellers around. Buggers. I had the same thing happen when I sold my moped on there.Laneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08753582826103858105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23765436.post-61134628921694024062011-01-10T10:58:00.003+00:002011-02-10T12:20:36.308+00:00Go kartingTaylor had go karting vouchers for christmas from my Mum, and he nagged us like mad to take him as soon as the holidays were over, and we finally relented the first week in January. Thankfully the track is indoors, but it is still bloody freezing!<br />Kit enjoys watching the karts though, anything with wheels and he is happy.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj96bD05u9dbsL8jtVQeGnBGZcC7EwKbZ1KAse98mYE_8Um1QXQlzFS2zvwBcmGvCcwgp_KkS5fdrKK3nzB9mPHLr0MRoVTik8VzrcBzXLbUfSPkvUO4Tzh2fBWDzqEpiUQnliAGg/s1600/DSC_0143.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj96bD05u9dbsL8jtVQeGnBGZcC7EwKbZ1KAse98mYE_8Um1QXQlzFS2zvwBcmGvCcwgp_KkS5fdrKK3nzB9mPHLr0MRoVTik8VzrcBzXLbUfSPkvUO4Tzh2fBWDzqEpiUQnliAGg/s400/DSC_0143.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572033665635143506" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFTn86c-EhpPUia_X0gqwWscFXjqa2lrfgMp-Ykk7B_WVh7KV2Juvevgj0XOkivgqtLQzRSpGWRJSIY-qNDefnrdv5ZM5viWwfmu9xio_vZR7nnhnN3GIJlZV5o5LqFJTJGimHVw/s1600/DSC_0158.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/AVvXsEjFTn86c-EhpPUia_X0gqwWscFXjqa2lrfgMp-Ykk7B_WVh7KV2Juvevgj0XOkivgqtLQzRSpGWRJSIY-qNDefnrdv5ZM5viWwfmu9xio_vZR7nnhnN3GIJlZV5o5LqFJTJGimHVw/s400/DSC_0158.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572033654951621266" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBDq9fZJs-Rhds-fWgCxqzGzLqEPfFMKiwRWMaVxrt_PYZdUfie3e38sbRJHh4MPLCYzDeOKoW33Z0C_SyOB3F0ZkQ3RX48QZt2eAzCjrghkHvAmfSHv0HKyGuTVxkcwMRY934Gw/s1600/DSC_0164.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBDq9fZJs-Rhds-fWgCxqzGzLqEPfFMKiwRWMaVxrt_PYZdUfie3e38sbRJHh4MPLCYzDeOKoW33Z0C_SyOB3F0ZkQ3RX48QZt2eAzCjrghkHvAmfSHv0HKyGuTVxkcwMRY934Gw/s400/DSC_0164.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572033649113834674" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXQtmNmbiPf9TKETftKmgVuyp_7VCROXrWAGK4irQYeMcCXpOTe45QTFaZJ0to9tH9drm0s0kT0K6MIbgKuqO2Lr4pzxCA5tgtdwaYbJZh9oJoHvoRz70HX-Uab_YJPHRRW5elLg/s1600/DSC_0162.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 242px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXQtmNmbiPf9TKETftKmgVuyp_7VCROXrWAGK4irQYeMcCXpOTe45QTFaZJ0to9tH9drm0s0kT0K6MIbgKuqO2Lr4pzxCA5tgtdwaYbJZh9oJoHvoRz70HX-Uab_YJPHRRW5elLg/s400/DSC_0162.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572033644030028738" /></a>Laneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08753582826103858105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23765436.post-76877607656264819442011-01-01T12:31:00.004+00:002011-02-18T23:22:06.130+00:00Happy 2011!I am keeping my fingers very tightly crossed that this year will be better. We seem to have one good year, then one bad year. We are due a good one, so I hope the pattern follows. Of course, that means that this time next year I'll have a terrible one to look forward to!<br /><br />We went to a party at a friends for New Years Eve. We took Kit with us and put him to bed in his travel cot, and he was a massive pain in the rear and we had to take it in turns to sit with him for a while. Our friends 8 month old was also there, and he went straight to sleep. Maybe Archie can give Kit sleeping lessons. <br /><br />We have loads to get done this year, and what better time to take stock of it all than the first day. We have so much to do in the house to finish it, and as soon as we do stuff, new things break or blow up. We still have the floor to lay in the living room, skirting and coving to put up, painting the whole of the downstairs, swapping bedrooms around, and recarpeting the upstairs. I just wish I could wake up and it was all done! We are both at risk of losing our jobs, again, so are desperately searching for more work without much luck, and of course we cant decorate with no money. We are plodding through it all slowly though.Laneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08753582826103858105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23765436.post-32544257014051599182010-12-29T11:53:00.002+00:002011-01-09T12:30:28.349+00:00PortraitsWe had a little bit of nice daylight, for a change, so I took some new pictures of the youngest two. My camera isn't good at this time of year really, it hates the dreary weather.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLYmw2VJ7zvOxMdd8s7DezRN0GEGFcTjyJ0diTVg3OSgXMJmekXgiOXkOJ1im2axaLFcvOHNgdsesOn1HGJHzOvHPr9fnPRl_qssK9dHdXGhhM6vkbbkbvR2Gj9zY_fSu7DGKhpA/s1600/DSC_0134.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 250px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLYmw2VJ7zvOxMdd8s7DezRN0GEGFcTjyJ0diTVg3OSgXMJmekXgiOXkOJ1im2axaLFcvOHNgdsesOn1HGJHzOvHPr9fnPRl_qssK9dHdXGhhM6vkbbkbvR2Gj9zY_fSu7DGKhpA/s400/DSC_0134.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560159657773348834" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisrIRKRA1H5fXeKfski3VaCId2eVWc9B0HRPGwu835ChpkBOE8BJQWz5FzewWyCBjfBSimc5CcyZhjKLsyc7dfRFvYdgu4DGp5SoVXaRFPv9SSnO9EG3AHXy3E364gmVOjxE6_2A/s1600/DSC_0089.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 289px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisrIRKRA1H5fXeKfski3VaCId2eVWc9B0HRPGwu835ChpkBOE8BJQWz5FzewWyCBjfBSimc5CcyZhjKLsyc7dfRFvYdgu4DGp5SoVXaRFPv9SSnO9EG3AHXy3E364gmVOjxE6_2A/s400/DSC_0089.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560159652408364658" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLUfkCqwFI-YEf8AXcxCbSVURDJoI8BwL-LQmC7KFDXOIVKKQnk37Tfvq50V6bQshbaC3yOVnQiZQp4N7zN_EeowQrjyZjUcX-vsegf324SvXV2Zew0kO2NAv0Wct0Di8TinQcAg/s1600/DSC_0090.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLUfkCqwFI-YEf8AXcxCbSVURDJoI8BwL-LQmC7KFDXOIVKKQnk37Tfvq50V6bQshbaC3yOVnQiZQp4N7zN_EeowQrjyZjUcX-vsegf324SvXV2Zew0kO2NAv0Wct0Di8TinQcAg/s400/DSC_0090.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560159642201054562" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhByi4fQmrwFIUv26XCcitKWPOVzsthFX60DTyL3MRve2vMS23XOtKARVtGjGyilxZTHAcO57YxGho56W_lC2DAKKRX6rxBWMtoLlqD6aXGZZiaoHTXkpOlZ1Vx93tWz2WfH0HhVA/s1600/DSC_0117.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 326px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhByi4fQmrwFIUv26XCcitKWPOVzsthFX60DTyL3MRve2vMS23XOtKARVtGjGyilxZTHAcO57YxGho56W_lC2DAKKRX6rxBWMtoLlqD6aXGZZiaoHTXkpOlZ1Vx93tWz2WfH0HhVA/s400/DSC_0117.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560159635570960610" /></a>Laneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08753582826103858105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23765436.post-12748467688760883362010-12-28T10:16:00.006+00:002011-01-09T12:05:30.980+00:00Christmas Day<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizjrCoAGfmAROVX-Gxbn2lRrHHWeFQNuhXldoF_3GQNUc_0hC0HLEk8Xs2w2WKFfHLrTKGPmOY54uYimCnForTkTrdXu179Qsa4dpMZ86UjNcK_B9n4Srro4oIi6JDd9H8ZKB8dQ/s1600/images.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 126px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560149476738104770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizjrCoAGfmAROVX-Gxbn2lRrHHWeFQNuhXldoF_3GQNUc_0hC0HLEk8Xs2w2WKFfHLrTKGPmOY54uYimCnForTkTrdXu179Qsa4dpMZ86UjNcK_B9n4Srro4oIi6JDd9H8ZKB8dQ/s200/images.jpg" /></a><br />We had a lovely Christmas day. Normally I get up at 5am to put the giant turkey on, then kids get up early and open their sacks from Santa. This year we all had a lovely lay in until about 8am, then sacks got opened in a frenzy. Normally I would spend the next 5 hours out in the kitchen preparing for the whole family to descend on us, except this year I had gone on strike...we were going to our friends Sam & Russ for dinner instead.<br /><br /><br /><br />Sack presents!<br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH7CVkfe_3uYkDAouqRNbzuErj6BhKMz5R20Ig1Fd9wQ7IM61gYgIz16SL_v0DgREKXkrCes_i9knL2vlGGQ0MOwfXAgHt55EIQ0JxWbtM5Pyn9uHYbWXagZvy_joKun5PUgjDZA/s1600/DSC_0002.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560137338920576530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH7CVkfe_3uYkDAouqRNbzuErj6BhKMz5R20Ig1Fd9wQ7IM61gYgIz16SL_v0DgREKXkrCes_i9knL2vlGGQ0MOwfXAgHt55EIQ0JxWbtM5Pyn9uHYbWXagZvy_joKun5PUgjDZA/s400/DSC_0002.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoQAHWwcBfxt6-BGsGfKZjAbdNskqmXu-_32eJvf_8hGtSHPbGBRjSYoX6KHPHwv0LfwKKH6vSug4vskh_5vKyYMWz0MeqyDinGusqFK-w0FJJrI1MkJi-cwwZWr6KbsHhsOmbRg/s1600/DSC_0011.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560137326469543282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoQAHWwcBfxt6-BGsGfKZjAbdNskqmXu-_32eJvf_8hGtSHPbGBRjSYoX6KHPHwv0LfwKKH6vSug4vskh_5vKyYMWz0MeqyDinGusqFK-w0FJJrI1MkJi-cwwZWr6KbsHhsOmbRg/s400/DSC_0011.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtv9DPJLA0-hplqQhyphenhyphen0BTjZz0z4kTJZPpQxQ_nhO2c3bLAA5gN2ukVhmYBluG0aMnbMHyJeu6b1z6a7w2CWxjZcCs-3NEJzvH_Z8YQsrsoN_bczgktwcQV01SmTWJyW2t95JJAdQ/s1600/DSC_0012.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 261px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560137321616114690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtv9DPJLA0-hplqQhyphenhyphen0BTjZz0z4kTJZPpQxQ_nhO2c3bLAA5gN2ukVhmYBluG0aMnbMHyJeu6b1z6a7w2CWxjZcCs-3NEJzvH_Z8YQsrsoN_bczgktwcQV01SmTWJyW2t95JJAdQ/s400/DSC_0012.JPG" /></a><br /><br />The HUGE pile of presents at our friends<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk-T68VhNeQF55AqoMVVZdj4TbydkczffRW7zQ13rEYUzyCHfliuhCh_7lpSDozcldY8OaLHByOS0W0PDi3ilGOm-6NnAEOA12gdX-yPzsOvcCVMjc43Gjy2rkc5h6XbU523Xi8Q/s1600/DSC_0025.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560137313092399426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk-T68VhNeQF55AqoMVVZdj4TbydkczffRW7zQ13rEYUzyCHfliuhCh_7lpSDozcldY8OaLHByOS0W0PDi3ilGOm-6NnAEOA12gdX-yPzsOvcCVMjc43Gjy2rkc5h6XbU523Xi8Q/s400/DSC_0025.JPG" /></a> </p><p> </p><p><br />Can you see the resemblance? :)<br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQCWajlDwNXODpfDnB_PZSxwvqa_UFV8LSFeLFl5uYOE9GS6CUZZGN1dRELeK-Pg-stHSXvGOnE_vV9sqjFu4BFuAz2a5zzHIKXDQvnQLtWZFrG-yu8XKq7fbuhBsSG07RhtG_jQ/s1600/DSC_0033.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 294px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560147003729463666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQCWajlDwNXODpfDnB_PZSxwvqa_UFV8LSFeLFl5uYOE9GS6CUZZGN1dRELeK-Pg-stHSXvGOnE_vV9sqjFu4BFuAz2a5zzHIKXDQvnQLtWZFrG-yu8XKq7fbuhBsSG07RhtG_jQ/s400/DSC_0033.JPG" /></a><br /></p><p> </p><p>Beautiful baby Willow<br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH3URb28c74p05vlGCLb6n9VT2NZ3fIAfQYf2ZqW73wZbZNcGCH9hhoOVKaUmM1I_49CFYvftQJtUxsajlLR8PiJkDxapXgAYMIvaBwIVYOCC3R5wUg9HNRwRPKLQXOCx-8t0fBw/s1600/DSC_0027-1.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 293px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560137308925874114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH3URb28c74p05vlGCLb6n9VT2NZ3fIAfQYf2ZqW73wZbZNcGCH9hhoOVKaUmM1I_49CFYvftQJtUxsajlLR8PiJkDxapXgAYMIvaBwIVYOCC3R5wUg9HNRwRPKLQXOCx-8t0fBw/s400/DSC_0027-1.JPG" /></a> </p><p><br />Russ and all the children waiting patiently for dinner.<br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnbVSje33Ik6xaKB90BMMzQ8BgepWI5W_JQp2HaDrNO3fg6rtodN2d-K8I3OjPvPTeCRBA158aPC7fJFGfERNVdtcZPPUWjdd0S-kUH_oV_viYtmCf7za8hOW9itad0VsKi_O53w/s1600/DSC_0058.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560146986762785490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnbVSje33Ik6xaKB90BMMzQ8BgepWI5W_JQp2HaDrNO3fg6rtodN2d-K8I3OjPvPTeCRBA158aPC7fJFGfERNVdtcZPPUWjdd0S-kUH_oV_viYtmCf7za8hOW9itad0VsKi_O53w/s400/DSC_0058.JPG" /></a> </p><p> </p><p>Isobel playing Harvey's new guitar</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ5basW8hkYMWrsS8zMMcwdBPHKlFDcKLrikEu2bVz5S80TJYBgSbKJ7S_HE0Lo-UaFP21gN4DX_jS56sCcrk517vSi08ckUZgm7WzrA3otIgZg-Pal-2RZWEH64cubikyhD09pw/s1600/DSC_0061.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560146981142520770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ5basW8hkYMWrsS8zMMcwdBPHKlFDcKLrikEu2bVz5S80TJYBgSbKJ7S_HE0Lo-UaFP21gN4DX_jS56sCcrk517vSi08ckUZgm7WzrA3otIgZg-Pal-2RZWEH64cubikyhD09pw/s400/DSC_0061.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX7l-R_CRP_7hGUFy_qJe32BH8A6KjP9PM3vW5F4drLBwksUbXd22CsATgiaP66XLRWU5DCgB8DkK3w7vDYQ_qepcDX0RVAkIFUOHkFNyZOGy-JQu04AyllO1BmYhnrnp-F2TB3w/s1600/DSC_0037.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560146999012461922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX7l-R_CRP_7hGUFy_qJe32BH8A6KjP9PM3vW5F4drLBwksUbXd22CsATgiaP66XLRWU5DCgB8DkK3w7vDYQ_qepcDX0RVAkIFUOHkFNyZOGy-JQu04AyllO1BmYhnrnp-F2TB3w/s400/DSC_0037.JPG" /></a><br /></p><p>Crazy present opening. We used a lot of bin bags.</p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi62TnbLLVJS-ruKBOIsiMqqBajW92pMcsBv_HBRx94SK00eFyVH3l7EvCNJ5P47yoN1oWce3fUOSjWeFo6BYWbkzPeKtwPjNYg8zrIYzqtvkYWGpjN8cHqO_Ym9WhLYX-vMpe5YA/s1600/DSC_0066.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560146975221320898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi62TnbLLVJS-ruKBOIsiMqqBajW92pMcsBv_HBRx94SK00eFyVH3l7EvCNJ5P47yoN1oWce3fUOSjWeFo6BYWbkzPeKtwPjNYg8zrIYzqtvkYWGpjN8cHqO_Ym9WhLYX-vMpe5YA/s400/DSC_0066.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmIT40px_j1f5cU72od9mw-F52bz2SHqkuph2uu_rfY2YfDx4yGnzccYowoiOmYsEutsN7fCxseZlosNkrurKRqCxGXeVxPvYjG_X6tKkDvJh5p3_m0FdCMIyNsFGUPaemrpSmyw/s1600/DSC_0064.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmIT40px_j1f5cU72od9mw-F52bz2SHqkuph2uu_rfY2YfDx4yGnzccYowoiOmYsEutsN7fCxseZlosNkrurKRqCxGXeVxPvYjG_X6tKkDvJh5p3_m0FdCMIyNsFGUPaemrpSmyw/s400/DSC_0064.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560155442923076994" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />I still helped with the cooking, but it was nice not to have the stress of doing it all alone. It was a very chilled out day with lovely grub and good friends. I'm doing dinner at home again next year, which I'm going to hate after having such a wonderful relaxing time this year.Laneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08753582826103858105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23765436.post-51051884168052619962010-11-29T08:20:00.000+00:002010-12-02T08:26:04.135+00:00Oh well, that is that thenRyan had been staying with friends and popping in and out for stuff, he told Pete that he wanted to come round at 4.30 on Monday for a chat, and when he got here he sat down and the first thing out of his mouth was "What do you want me to say?" Arrogant to the last.<br /><br />He totally denied calling me a cunt in front of the other kids on Friday night, won't admit that his aggressive behaviour is wrong, refuses to back down and will not agree to treat us with respect, so Pete has told him he can't come back. <br /><br />I wanted him to stay, but Pete went nuts at his total arrogance and refusal to back down. We can't live like that anymore. His Mum, who he can't stand, is coming to get him at 10.30pm. That is the first time she's come to get him in 5 years. I told her to enjoy him teaching her girls to say cunt. <br /><br />We are all relieved to be honest. The other kids don't give a crap and are glad to see the back of him, which is very sad and all his own doing.Laneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08753582826103858105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23765436.post-55624809650046133642010-11-27T23:48:00.002+00:002010-12-01T23:56:46.661+00:00Ryan doing what he does best...causing troubleIt's all happening here, I think he's probably moving out to be honest as he is not prepared to behave like a decent person towards me and Pete or the other kids. He thinks he's the boss of us all and we just can't take it any more. He's buggered off to work now but I doubt he'll be back. <br /><br />He started yet another row with me again. This has been happening multiple times a day, so much so that I now hide in my bedroom of an evening while pete is at work. He asks me questions, then argues really aggressively when I answer. He was going on and on about us moving, how he hates where we live, when can we move, why haven't we moved already, why do we have to live in such a shithole, surely we can afford somewhere else etc(we had the same conversation with him yesterday). I told him we can't move for two years and he was just so rude and condescending towards me. Pete told him off for being rude and he was doing his usual "If she talks to me like a cunt I'll do it back". Nice. I told him that he needed to treat me with respect in my own house, I'd taken him in and he can't even talk to me like a human being. I said it would be best for him to just not speak to me at all as he keeps starting these arguments, and if he can't do that he'll have to go, and he started getting really personal. It all came out that he's been telling Pete that I'm horrible to the kids in the evenings when he's at work, then all nice when he gets home(Pete asked the other kids and they said it was rubbish). The thing is, Ryan has been doing the same in reverse and telling me that when I'm at work Pete goes to bed all day and leaves Kit unsupervised, which I know isn't true as the house is tidy when I get home. He's doing it to split us up! How messed up is that?<br /><br />His ego seriously needs taking down a peg or two. He needs to grow up a bit and realise that the world doesn't owe him anything, might make him realise a few home truths. :(Laneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08753582826103858105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23765436.post-53874758637762208282010-11-24T16:22:00.006+00:002010-12-01T18:04:15.332+00:00We got the new mortgage!All our hardwork getting the house sorted(well, half-sorted) has paid off and we have been accepted for a decent mortgage with a reasonable interest rate, with smaller payments over a shorter term, which will make such a difference to us straight away. I'm so glad those 2am decorating marathons paid off! It should all be done downstairs by spring, then we need to decorate and re-carpet the upstairs, and we can finally rent this place out. <br /><br /><br />We went away for a much needed change of scenery at the beginning of November to my friend Deb's house. We took the two youngest children with us and left Ryan at home, where upon he proceeded to announce the free house to the whole town on Facebook. Thankfully only about 12 people turned up. Taylor went to his Nan's as we didn't think the journey of approximately three hours would agree with him, as he has a habit of getting carsick on long journeys. We stayed up in Sheffield for two night, and it was lovely to see my friend, and just to get out of the house for a bit really. We came back all full of the joys of spring. <br /><br />Me, Deb and her sister Nikki.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhluqtq-Zr33je95MhVmdfLay5Cu7llq7qKGy-mUbgM8eRpkm8FPVn3Z10gDCRom5LiZXbmhT_hIRQ5HmsphUkzoo7UU5wcVuvrfv4PB8I5WlZP156WnFGcXHyTlN8bYGTjmf70MQ/s1600/SAM_0887.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 252px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhluqtq-Zr33je95MhVmdfLay5Cu7llq7qKGy-mUbgM8eRpkm8FPVn3Z10gDCRom5LiZXbmhT_hIRQ5HmsphUkzoo7UU5wcVuvrfv4PB8I5WlZP156WnFGcXHyTlN8bYGTjmf70MQ/s400/SAM_0887.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545775927550420738" /></a>Laneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08753582826103858105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23765436.post-84507023765657367962010-11-21T13:07:00.002+00:002010-11-21T13:09:02.558+00:00A peek inside the crazy mind of Kit, aged 20 months.<div><embed src="http://www.onetruemedia.com/share_view_player?p=caa5e213047d858f046530" quality="high" scale="noscale" width="408" height="382" wmode="transparent" name="FLVPlayer" salign="LT" flashvars="&p=caa5e213047d858f046530&skin_id=701&host=http://www.onetruemedia.com" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed><div style="margin:0px;font:12px/13px verdana,arial,sans-serif;line-height:20px;padding-bottom:15px;width:408px;text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.onetruemedia.com/landing?&utm_source=emplay&utm_medium=txt4" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;">Make an on-line slideshow at <span style="text-decoration:underline;">www.OneTrueMedia.com</span></a></div></div>Laneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08753582826103858105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23765436.post-31317287261651116812010-11-03T19:35:00.004+00:002010-11-03T21:12:59.044+00:00Medusa<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSrlkzxYKIUQVE9qxWvV6vEgf9D7wVThg3ZZ0T8CdRkLZXgTdgQvxFiajCL0IHyCvnW_BVUz0GBbw7A3s_h0yrqLQYUnMqYGpoUY3EEM8rI3ZUoP116pbsd3mHot0b6butDfoD3A/s1600/SAM_0841.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 345px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSrlkzxYKIUQVE9qxWvV6vEgf9D7wVThg3ZZ0T8CdRkLZXgTdgQvxFiajCL0IHyCvnW_BVUz0GBbw7A3s_h0yrqLQYUnMqYGpoUY3EEM8rI3ZUoP116pbsd3mHot0b6butDfoD3A/s400/SAM_0841.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535411259279535234" /></a><br />Isobel wanted to be Medusa for Halloween, so I spent about an hour and a half plaiting her hair with wires inside. It was lots of fun to wrestle it out of there afterwards too.<br /><br />She wore a completely different outfit for her school halloween disco. I was at work so couldn't do her medusa hair, so we went for the easy option, that old faithful, the witch.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC7OrLaK7d8B3Zcxulb-ieURpb1mS2WB_PK_FDveQ1BmyKX2eyHmfs6I5cQRSIYtgqnjTWtYMPa7QtV2pU9d1XA9QiMkuL0YDgY5UUFNPXTpHccri-h3F1EpWahaH2vOqwmCJzHA/s1600/SAM_0784.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 197px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC7OrLaK7d8B3Zcxulb-ieURpb1mS2WB_PK_FDveQ1BmyKX2eyHmfs6I5cQRSIYtgqnjTWtYMPa7QtV2pU9d1XA9QiMkuL0YDgY5UUFNPXTpHccri-h3F1EpWahaH2vOqwmCJzHA/s400/SAM_0784.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535411264304374834" /></a><br /><br />Kit wasn't too impressed with the whole knocking on peoples doors in the dark thing. It baffled him a bit, I think.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVDQvrfbBBrFH2qB9-ujgkE0UggjN6HAhO5Q2s_QkEe0E7wW0ICmnyUBDrSS39UTPwLKo-3g89q8M-YIifwo8vcmTLccbEukT3ggd_-fExDYy7XFdEhpzFKi68AUxnQx1C9i7nMA/s1600/SAM_0849.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/AVvXsEiVDQvrfbBBrFH2qB9-ujgkE0UggjN6HAhO5Q2s_QkEe0E7wW0ICmnyUBDrSS39UTPwLKo-3g89q8M-YIifwo8vcmTLccbEukT3ggd_-fExDYy7XFdEhpzFKi68AUxnQx1C9i7nMA/s400/SAM_0849.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535411254485277730" /></a>Laneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08753582826103858105noreply@blogger.com2