I am an auntie AGAIN!

I am now the proud owner of a brand new baby niece called Natalie. She arrived 3 weeks early and took us all by surprise, particularly her parents.

I haven't had the pleasure of meeting her yet, but I will post a picture as soon as I do.

Welcome to the world, Natalie!

My First Post of the Year!

I can't believe that we are half way through the year and this is the first time I have blogged! I lost my blogging MoJo for a while, but hopefully it's back.

The main reason I am breaking my blogging silence is to announce that I am going to be an auntie again. On (or around) October 17th I will become an auntie to a baby girl. October 17th is actually the birthday of my other niece so I hope, for her sake, that the new baby arrives either a little early or late. I don't think Charlotte would be too happy about sharing her birthday.

In other news, at the end of this month I begin my teacher training. It's a two week intensive course and at the end of it I will be qualified to teach at a college tutoring level (adults only). I never thought I would be doing something like this, but it's an exciting change for me. Once I have completed this course there are further courses I can take which will allow me to teach at a higher level, but I am just happy to be doing this course for now.

Last week my lovely and much loved dog Saffron turned 14 years old. She has some trouble with arthritis, but other than that is doing really well. I attach a photo of Saffy in honour of her birthday.

Well, that's all of my news for now.

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and a

Happy New Year!

I shall see you all in 2011.

xx

HAPPY 30th BIRTHDAY LAURA!!!

Today (16th) is my sisters 30th birthday. In some ways I can't believe she is turning 30 already, but I also can't believe it's taken her so long! It seems like forever ago that I turned 30, and it feels like Laura should have turned 30 shortly afterwards.

Anyway, she's finally there and I'm very happy for her (although she isn't too happy about it).

Happy Birthday Laura! Have a lovely day!

Lots of love from Me

xxx

Cold and Frosty England

Today I took my dog Saffy for a walk over to the Downs near my house, and I couldn't believe how beautiful it looked! We had a really heavy frost over night which has turned the entire countryside white. Frost is so much prettier than snow. I'm not sure my pictures do it justice, but here are a few to give you an idea of how beautiful it looked.

Blue Christmas

Surely this isn't what Elvis was referring to when he sang 'Blue Christmas'?

NB: Apologies for poor photo quality but I had to take this picture in secret. :o)

My Nephews 1st Birthday

This weekend my nephew celebrated his 1st birthday and his Christening.

Christenings normally reduce children to tears, but Harry is such a happy chappie and took the whole thing in his stride. He sat on his mothers lap and paid attention to the vicar the whole way through the service. He didn't make a sound and looked genuinely interested in what was being said. When he was taken to the font and had water thrown on his face he still didn't cry. In fact he just wanted to put his hand in the water and swish it around. He truly was a very well behaved little boy.

Me & Harry

After the Christening everyone went to a hall where we had a party to celebrate Harry's 1st Birthday. Harry had had a 2 hour nap earlier in the day so he was well rested and full of energy. His parents had hired a bouncy castle for the older children to play on, but Harry was desperate to have a go.

My brother and his family

It was a very nice afternoon, but I was exhausted by the end of it. I spent a lot of the afternoon running around after a very energetic Harry. Charlotte also had a great time and spent most of the time with her friends, in fact I hardly saw her all afternoon. I occasionally saw a shock of blonde hair run past me.

Some of the family

I can't believe Harry is 1 already, and Charlotte will turn 4 next week. Time goes by way too fast for my liking.

Harry with his Mum & Dad