Friday, December 30, 2005

New Years Advice - Saw this and thought you might like it!

DON'T waste money on expensive ipods. Simply think of your favourite tune and hum it. If you want to "switch tracks", simply think of another song you like and hum that instead.
CINEMA goers: Please have consideration for pirate DVD viewers by having a p*ss before the film starts.
RAPPERS: Avoid having to say 'know what I'm sayin' all the time by actually speaking clearly in the first place.
DON'T waste money on expensive paper shredders to avoid having your identity stolen. Simply place a few dog turds in the bin bags along with your old bank statements.
WORRIED that your teeth will be stained after a heavy night drinking red wine? Simply drink a bottle of white wine before going to bed to remove the stains.
SOLDIERS: Invest in a digital camera to avoid a court appearance after a trip to Truprint
.MURDERERS: Need to dispose of a body? Simply parcel it up and post it to yourself via Royal Mail. You will never see it again.
BURGLARS: When fleeing from the police, run with your right arm sticking out at 90degrees, wrapped in a baby mattress in case they set one of their dogs on you.
EMPLOYERS: Avoid hiring unlucky people by immediately tossing half the CVs into the bin.
BUTCHES: When listening to your favourite CD, simply turn up the sound to the volume you desire; then turn it down three notches. This will save your partner from having to do it.
GAMBLERS: For a new gambling opportunity, try sending £50 to yourself by Royal Mail.
BANGING: two pistachio nutshells together gives the impression that a very small horse is approaching.
DRIVERS: If a car breaks down or stalls in front of you, beep your horn and wave your arms frantically. This should help the car start and send them on their way.
PREVENT burglars stealing everything in the house by simply moving everything in the house into your bedroom when you go to bed. In the morning, simply move it all back again.
CAR thieves: Don't be discouraged when nothing is on view. All the valuables may be hidden in the glove box or under a seat.
MOTORISTS: Avoid getting prosecuted for using your phone whilst driving. Simply pop your mobile inside a large shell and the police will think you are listening to the sea.
SHOES last twice as long if only worn every other day.
HUSBANDS boil an egg to perfection without costly egg timers by popping the egg into boiling water and driving away from your home at exactly 60 mph. After 3 miles, phone your wife and tell her to take the egg out the pan.
McDONALD'S: Make your brown carrier bags green in colour so they blend in with the countryside after they've been thrown out of car windows.
WOMEN: Don't waste energy faking orgasms. Most men couldn't give a sh*t anyway and you could use the saved energy to hoover the house afterwards

Thursday, December 29, 2005

Narnia

We finally got around to going to see Narnia today. We took the twins, who had been asking to go since it came out, so as it was good old Orange Wednesday, we went along for out two for ones.
It was very good - beautifully shot and what fantastic special effects. But the girls were a bit scared and jumped onto our knees and hid their little faces in quite a few bits. Dolly was pretty upset when Aslam got shaved and killed, and was saying Poor Yiyon, Poor Yiyon. This is very good language for Evie, as she has a severe speech and palate problem - but she is a sensitive little soul, and very kind and thoughtful. Anyway, all ended well as the Yiyon came back to life as you probably know and it was a happy ending. As a childrens film must be.
Now, I`d love to take them to see Harry Potter, but son reckons that this film would be too frightening for them.

RIP Mary

Sad to say, our neighbour Mary died last night. We were waiting for friends to turn up for a meal, and Tony noticed the flashing lights of the ambulance and paramedic car at the house oppersite. We saw poor Mary being carried out on a stretcher, and later that night heard that she had died. Dont know the details, but she has been hitting the bottle pretty heavily for the last few years. (This may not be relevent, but possibly is) Suffice to say, it was a sad thing, as she was a nice woman and was only about 59. RIP Mary ! We will miss you

Wednesday, December 28, 2005

After Christmas - poem


After Christmas

After Christmas
Fat and bloated we sit
Amongst discarded packaging
Of toys, already forgotten
And chocolate from selection packs
Piled high
Too much for even greedy mouths
To consume

And still we drink with festive cheer
The dregs of whisky
And sparkling wine
Its sparkle depleted


And eat
The sausage rolls
We cannot waste

But where is the renewal of our spiritual joy?
The human warmth
The tears of gratitude for a single toy
Forever loved
A precious gift
And not a moments diversion
Until a newer, sharper thrill
Arrives to take our eye

After Christmas
We wait
And hope the coming year
Will bring us the renewal we crave
Our hopes and aspirations reborn
Our resolve for better lives
Reaffirmed in resolutions
For the coming joyous year.


Monday, December 26, 2005

A lovely day


You know, in the end, after all the usual chaos, we had a pretty  good christmas day. I actually got some beautiful presents this year - a gorgeous jacket, new coat, gold necklace and bracelet, silver ring, new Oasis CD, Les Miserable DVD. Tony (my partner) Mum and the kids were made up with their pressies too especially my son, who got a new 60 GB Ipod. It is fantastic. I wonder if they`ll come down in price by next year? I wouldnt mind one myself.
The twins naturally got loads and loads of toys - Evie , having a bit of a thing about My Little Pony, seemed to love her toy ponies best. Ellie was mad about her Cinderella doll and the wooden bunk beds Mum got them to sleep in. I wont go on any more, cos I`ll only bore you - thats if your still reading - but suffice to say, we all had a good day.
Hope you all had an equally good time. And best wishes to you all, once again. X

Sunday, December 25, 2005

Merry Christmas

A hectic christmas Eve! Shopping! Wrapping! Cooking! Not much fun really.........
But it was nice going to church! We went to the christingle service and it was lovely. Especially when they turned out all the lights in the church and everyone sang Away in a Manger in the candle light. All the children looked so sweet and Dolly and Molly were gorgeous in their christmas coats and hats.
I hope you all have a lovely day tomorrow.
Take it easy


Thursday, December 22, 2005

Martin Cooper - seven failed marriages thanks to Liverpool FC


A man called Martin Cooper has just seen the failure of his seventh marriage thanks to his obsessive devotion to Liverpool FC. His wives, Rosemary, Patricia, Barbara, Rosemary no. 2, Carol, Davina and Tina all eventually got sick of being relegated to second place by Martin. Mr. Cooper, who lives in Cambridge, also named his son (with Davina) with all eleven members of the 1986 first team squad. Fantastic!
At the age of 57, he is also a contender for Radio Five Live`s, Britain`s most obsessive fan. Martin, who is also honorary chairman of the Cambridgeshire Reds, the Liverpool fans group he co-founded 15 years ago, will now be Walking Alone.

Finally the end of term

Finally, the end of term is here. The kids are getting excited as christmas is getting so close - well the little ones are - son is 14 now and doesnt believe in Santa anymore. LOL. Just have to break the news to T now! Anyway, Dolly had to go for her weekly speech therapy in the local hospital, so missed most of her last morning. The therapist said she`s doing well, but I cant see it myself. She has DiGeorge Syndrome (or VCFS) and has palate issues. But basically she cant talk - or at least cant make many legible words, although her understanding is good. Today we worked on the sounds "Pe", "Pa" and "poo", said in a whisper with her tongue pushed out. She struggles with this but the ST tries to make it into a game.

We managed to get her back to school for her last hour and picked the excited twins up at 1.00pm, clutching lots of mysterious bits of paper, sweets and choocolates. We stopped off on the way home to give the lovely lollipop man, Dave, a predictable box of Roses. He seemed really pleased. What a nice man he is - always shows concern when Dolly goes in for operations.
Son arrived back some time later, after an end of term celebration at Pizza Hut with his mates. Even T was home early from work today - off on a booze up with his football mates, round town. So no jumping out of bed early in the morning. Think I`ll luxuriate in my comfy bed until the monsters come running in sometime in the morning. MMMMmmmmmmm!

Monday, December 19, 2005

A bit of retail Therapy

I`ve been indulging in a bit of retail therapy today. Fantastic! A good day in town wandering around the shops - AND - picked my own christmas present from my partner. Well, at least you get what you really want that way. So, I chose a gorgeous jacket from Lewis` and a knitted coat with a fur collar from Principals. Now - I just need an opportuntity to get out to wear them.
So, I`m back home now - feet up - very self-satisfied. I think I`ve bought all my presents now - most of my cards done - I`ve a few more to make though - AND - I`ve even done some wrapping. Pretty good going for the most unorganised person in the universe. This Christmas lark is a doddle - Hmmmm. Shouldnt have said that. I`ll probably burn the turkey now.
One blot on the horizon though - the washing machine broke last night!!!!!! I dont understand it cos we only got it in May, and its a goodun` - obviously not that good though! The man is supposed to be coming out on Thurday morning, so lets hope he does. What to do about the mounds of washing in the mean-time!

Sunday, December 18, 2005

Command Santa - this is brilliant

I came across this link and thought I`d share it. You might have seen it already seen it already, but if not, take a look. You can make Santa do what ever you like!
Well, within reason

http://humor.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.santasez.sig%2Dad.com

Thursday, December 15, 2005

The Great Christmas Card Debate

Yes -this was the great debate between my mother and myself today.
It all started innocently enough when Dennis, the bald fellow next door but two, a man in his sixties, popped a christmas card through my mother`s letterbox.
Now, the aforementioned card, was of the flimsy, paper variety, with a very attractive picture of a badger on the front. Well, my mother thought it was a skunk, but I assured her that I didnt think they made christmas cards with skunks on them. My mother`s main beef with the card however, was not the skunk, but the fact that the christmas card was cheap and nasty, and in her opinion - the type of card one send someone is the measure of esteem that is felt for that person. In other words - if you only send nice cards to people that you like. But in this day and age, good quality cards can be purchased pretty cheaply in multi-packs and in her opinion, there is no need to send anyone a skunky card.
However - my argument was that perhaps Dennis sends everyone cheap, flimsy cards, and its probably nothing personal. After all, not everyone sets such great store in cards. In fact, as I pointed out, my uncle never sends anyone a card as its firmly against his principles . My mother`s answer to this was that she`d rather have no card at all that a cheap, paper card.
When I returned to my house later - I live next door to my mother - I was astonished to see skunky blue-tacked to the centre of the living room mirror.
Ha ha ha ha! Very funny mother!

Liverpool FC Wins Again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Liverpool FC wins again - Eleven games in a row now I believe. Things are looking good. Heres a little snippet from the Liverpool Echo..............

Big in Japan
Dec 15 2005
By Chris Bascombe in Yokohama, Liverpool Echo


LIVERPOOL stand within 90 minutes of world domination - after sweeping Costa Rican champions Deportiva Saprissa aside in today's World Club Championships semi-final in Yokohama.
Peter Crouch struck twice with a Steven Gerrard scorcher in between, as the Reds triumphed 3-0.
And the clean sheet means Rafa Benitez's side has now claimed a new club record of 11 successive shut-outs.
The Reds will now meet the Brazilians, Sao Paulo, in Sunday's final in Tokyo.
Liverpool made the best possible start after just three minutes, when Crouch took Djibril Cisse's knockdown from a John Arne Riise cross and struck a classy half-volley into the corner of the net.
Gerrard rapped in the second after 32 minutes, again from a Riise cross, then Crouch broke clear to sweep the ball past the Costa Rican keeper in the 58th minute.
With the game won, Benitez shuffled his pack, but the Reds still managed to preserve another recordbreaking clean sheet.


Liverpool 3, Deportivo Saprissa 0

Good Ay!

Anyhow - back to my action packed, glittering life (Not!)

Today, I trotted round the neighbourhood with my Mothers cards - and did a bit more wrapping before picking up the twins from school. The twinnies, incidently were dressed in their sparkling best - party clothes - no jeans and t-shirts for my girls. Certainly not - it has to be shiny, glittery and totally unsuitable, and as a helpless mum, powerless against the forces of 5 year old -em - I tend to go with the flow! Know what I mean! Tonight, I`m busy blogging and of course it Little Britain Night, plus the excellent Worst week of my life. Anyone watch this - is so toe curlingly, cringingly funny!



Wednesday, December 14, 2005

Eleven Days to go..................................

Only 11 days to go to chrimbo now - cant believe it. Its been a hectic few days - hav`nt even had time to update this blog. But not much of interest to relay. I`ve been busy making christmas cards, then writing and delivering them. And of course, frantically buying presents - and even wrapping a few!!!! AND, I`ve had my hair cut - its now in a nice, neat, blonde bob just above the shoulders. Doesn`t look too bad, even if I say so myself. Now, I just need to lose a bit of weight, which obviously, I`ll leave until January now. Well - you cant diet over christmas, can you? Ridiculous!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow - John Lydon`s on the British Comedy Awards - and isnt he strange! He`s just brought a tooth on stage wrapped in an old sock. And he`s just announced that our lovely Paul O` Grady has won personality of the year. Nice one Paul!

On a more serious note, theres been a big explosion in an adhesives factory in Liverpool - yesterday morning. Tragically, one man has been killed and two badly burned.

Sunday, December 11, 2005

Explosion In London






What a terrible thing to happen! There has been a huge explosion in London, an accident in a gas depot I believe. Lots of people have been evacuated from there homes. I`m just glad there doesnt appear to have been any loss of life that I`ve heard of anyway!

Ellie and Evie with the geese - 05


Ellie and Evie with the geese - 05
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Me with the Tin Man 05


Carol and Tin Man 05

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Me and mother in Stanley Arms - 05


Carol and Evelyn - Stanley Arms - 05
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God its Cold! - Scarborough - 05


We`re here. Where`s Dr. Who - Scarborough Aug 05


Son at Rice Lane City FARM - 05


Phil at Rice Lane City FARM - 05

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