Monday 23 February 2015

Lazy Days Pass in a Haze

Aha it rhymes x'D oh god I'm so easily pleased, it's tragic haha

A quick update, after a couple of stern worded emails to Sprog's nursery (amidst a couple of argumentative replies! The bloody cheek!), they accepted that I wasn't going to give in to more than 4 weeks' notice, so she now finishes at that nursery on 19th March (she tried to change it to 5 weeks (27th March) being the end of term AFTER stating they're happy to accept 19th as her end date!)

Well, since the Rents got back Friday, we got dropped home by mummy, then I think everyone in the world had an early night! God we were knackered! Lol Saturday was spent in spells of recumbency! Yet even so, the kitchen was somehow cleaned and a couple of others chores were completed. I still felt pretty lousy for being lazy, I always do after the way my laziness spiralled out of control, along with my mood and emotions and everything else for that matter (I refer you to this and this...). Yet, I need to remember how productive I have been the last few days, as I did also stay up until 1am Sunday morning uploading things to eBay and Gumtree (feel free to browse and maybe even purchase, it's the same items on both sites!).

Feeling a little knackered (Just a bit....) and slow and in dire need of coffee, I eventually get up out of bed, as dragged by Sprog! To be fair, she did let me snooze for half an hour while she played a little bit! Can't complain, though it was only 8 when I got up..... 9 would have been much more alleviating.... Just saying, Sprog.... I can read this to her..... Lol such a shame really, I so had my heart set on blitzing my whole flat on Sunday..... Mind you, I still managed to get a fair bit done, despite it all.... Well I hoovered and moved some mess around my room x'D haha I need to get my act together so bad Dx lol I'm getting there now to be fair! Had a lovely day spending quality time with Sprog though! Thanks to Vicky @ SMA creating the #SomethingFun hashtag for Lent, we did lots of lovely things, such as snuggles on the sofa watching tv and dvds, we had a little tea party for lunch, we played with some play dough, and played with some jigsaws!

 Twigs in Tree Fu Tom is voiced by David Tennant.... *swoooon*

Sprog was doing some sort of stretching whilst eating an apple, we're very health conscious here.... Whilst sat on the sofa..... ;-)

 I'm so so proud of this chick, she just finished this jigsaw with a tiny bit of help from me! :')

 A spot of crafty play dough, I made some sweetcorn! x'D

 Posh chicken sandwiches and salad for out tea party lunch, served on my special serving plate!
 The cheeky monkey nicked one of my sammiches after eating all of her own while I went to make the tea quickly!!! I'm still chuckling while I write this x'D

 Sprog did these little bits all on her own after lunch while I was cleaning up!!!! :')


Had a splendid relaxing evening last night though, as I finally made myself start reading The Hunger Games! I knew I would love it, I've missed reading so much! I haven't sat and read a novel since I was at uni in like 1st year! Or maybe the summer between 2nd and 3rd year, I can't remember.... Lol either way, it's been a very long time! One thing I will comment though is that I hope the author changed the editor, there's so many spelling and grammatical errors! I should become an editor I think..... Not that my writing is much better though. x'D lol

However, I still ended up staying up until midnight! I felt once again rather groggy this morning..... I must say though, even the last week, I've managed to not be very snappy and grumpy in the mornings anymore like I used to be! I used to be such a dragon last year after I stayed up until really late! I will most certainly going to bed as soon as I've finished writing this though, I'm knackered! Still, had another splendid day with Sprog, I didn't take her nursery today, after the fiasco and drama of last week... Ha! Did some more tea party ness and sofa tv snuggles hehe then we just played with her toys for a bit, hid under the duvet and stuff, was fun :) despite all the attention, she still couldn't get over the fact I needed to cook dinner so couldn't be glued to her still.... Again. :\ She was very tired though! Yet she still made a bit of a fuss going to bed! Oh gosh, last night she was a right cow, I got royally toddler'd!!! Lol

Well tomorrow is Tuesday, we know what that means, right? I love that Sprog sees her dad on Tuesdays, I can say "see you next Tuesday", or.... "c u next Tuesday"...... Teeheeheehee x'D we don't have to meet him until 1ish tomorrow now though as he has to go to an antenatal appointment with his fiancee...... I'll leave you with that one..... =] of which I think the plan is for me to hang out and go cinema to see Shaun The Sheep with him and Sprog..... Of course I'll keep you updated! Lol x'D lol consorting with the enemy hahaha

Anywho, I really must go to bed now! I'm yawning my head off, I'll end up looking like the Canadians from South Park..... I'm so glad there are apparently no Canadians that seem to read my blog...... Lol 

Nighty night xxxx

P.S. Oh, here's my nails by my friend F =]





F airbrushing my nails! It's a fairly new experience for both of us!

 Et voila! :')

Friday 20 February 2015

Can't Think Of A Good Title...

Wow what a BUSY week it has been! I'm exhausted! It's been a fabulous week though, so I'm not really complaining! :D hehe

So after Monday, Tuesday was a little bit of a mad rush, as dropped Sprog with her dad, then went to my friend's house (we'll call her F) as she needed to do her nail art coursework on me (I'm a model! LOL!!!) and she wanted to see my Scentsty products (shameless plug teehee). Straight from picking Sprog back up, we went to The Rents' house for dinner and to take over charge of the house for a few days with my sister. My dad took some paintings to the Red Barn gallery in Penrith as they are exhibiting his work for the whole of March and April! :D

Wednesday was an absolutely fabulous day! I lost 2.5lbs at SW this week, and I'm absolutely chuffed! :') then so the antics began! The gorgeous Lullsbud came to visit with her lovely little sprog, and we had the biggest binge on food ever :S woopsie, we went for McDonalds for lunch, then we went cinema to see Peppa Pig and the Golden Boots, we both had nachos as well as our Sprogs' popcorn..... woops..... hehehe then we came back to my Rents' house, and they ended up staying for dinner and we had Pizza Hut Dx hehe

Needless to say, I've felt pretty shit since then.....

Yesterday was very tiring, we had to wake up at Sparrow's fart to take Sprog to nursery, then F picked me up to go back to hers for more nail work :D my nails look lush, she used her airbrush for almost the first time ever, and I've never had airbrushed nails before! Not gonna lie, the pink and black fade looks lush! :D thanks again F! ^_^

When I picked Sprog up, I went and spoke to the admin lady (should have spoke to management) to verbally give Sprog's notice in, to be told it's 3 months notice, not 4 weeks like the FIS had told me!!! Went straight on the phone to FIS, who rang the nursery manager who said it changed from 4 weeks to 3 months for funded placements by way of a signed newsletter! Also, when I've picked Sprog up twice this week, she's been out to play in the rain!!?! She's just got over a cold and comjunctivitis virus!!! So to say the least, even if it means she can't start a new nursery until the spring, she sure as hell won't be going back to her current nursery for very long.....

As for my first Scentsy order, we managed to rack up a bill of £350!!!! That's immense! Looking froward to receiving that order...... My poor little flat will be even more full of boxes.... I must start listing crap on ebay....

Well, I'd better go do some tidying before the rents get back..... Hehehe

Over and out xXx
 

Monday 16 February 2015

The Phoenix Doth Rise!

Ok! So last time, a brief intro, I felt pretty shit about a few things (see here....), then the next day, things made a quick turn around, mum likes my Scentsy stuff and has put an order in, and have since felt very positive (see here.....)!

So since Thursday (my last post!), life has been pretty hectic! I rearranged my party for the Saturday, so spent the Friday baking a truck load of cake and cupcakes (Brooklyn Blackout cakes as recreated by Hummingbird High and some banana cupcakes with dark chocolate ganache). By some work of a miracle, I have hardly touched any of this stuff (emphasis on hardly....) but to blow my own trumpet, they were a bit tasty..... Hehe :-p I was pretty much, to put it nicely, patting my shanties about the party, after the dismal flops that had happened thrice previously..... I was up until 1am Saturday morning, baking.... My aunt had rung the night before to say she wasn't going to be able to make it again, as she'd had so much to deal with, which she had! But still, to say the least, I was quite stressed and feeling very doubtful!

Then we come to Saturday, some how, I was up at 8ish, trying to get all final prep done in terms of a bit of housework, etc (after copious amounts of coffee....). All morning I was feeling pretty crap really, I didn't know who was definitely coming, I still hadn't had a great deal of responses from anyone on Facebook, and my phone was still at my parent's house. Thankfully, mum rang that morning so agreed to bring my phone round before they went food shopping, yet still didn't get many definitive answers from anyone! But then my day started getting better and better, or comparatively so! My aunt rang and confirmed her attendance after all! She arrived early to help me finish set up and to also keep Sprog in check, I managed to whip round the shop to pick up extra things for icing the cakes, then guests began arriving! Three of my neighbours were first (of course!), then about 45 minutes later, one of my mum's friends arrived! I honestly wasn't expecting her! Then about half an hour later still, my best guy mate and his girlfriend turned up! So so happy!

[Shameless plug of my business here!]

I know I can always count on this mate, he's been there during some really hard times when others have been really shit! Especially on my birthdays! Remember when he took Sprog and me shopping for party food??

Saturday night was fabulous! I then also had another friend visit after Sprog had gone to bed, we spent the evening drinking our usual tipple- a brew! Watching Burke & Hare, smelling Scentsy, and then doing our nails! x'D love it!

 Yes..... That is pink and glittery.... I am not ashamed!!!!

Sunday was spent practically in recumbency..... What?? I deserved it!!!! Hehe 

All in all, since the party, I have ended up accumulating £250 worth of orders, and still counting!!! I'm so excited :') hehe

Today, Sprog went back to nursery after a long time spent away with conjunctivitis (eurgh!), loved spending all that time with her though! And then after mum and I picked her up from nursery in town, we went to view a new nursery which is just over the road from me! And instantly I decided I'm going to start sending her there! :)

My finale piece of excitement today was when I found a really old DVD of my school show in year 10! And it works in my laptop!!! So excited :') Is it a bit sad I'm watching it right now.....? x'D love it haha I played Audrey.... We did Little Shop of Horrors :') 

My next mission is to find out how to rip the disk so I can keep it safe on my hard drive, and share with anyone who cares to see it x'D 

Getting right in to this blogging malarkey now, all thanks to Vicky! =D thanks love =D also joined a blog hop thanks to her ^_^ 

Nighty night xXx

Thursday 12 February 2015

From The Ashes

By some work of a miracle, not only have I somehow managed to come bouncing back, but I've also thenceforth been spring-boarded forward! 

After my rather miserable entry last night, I found that my film project idea that I had quite a few months ago now could actually go ahead in to production! Also had a couple extra ideas for tweaks and such like, but still very much in need of work! All it needs is a little help from some friends....

Also had a couple of heart to hearts with a few good friends <3 <3 <3

During one said heart to heart, my dad rang to let me know that I didn't need to stay over tonight to watch Loki tomorrow! I love Loki to bits, but I can't even begin to explain the immense amount of relief I felt! Weight lifted! Still went round for dinner though, and had a most splendid evening! The male sibling even showed up (and went and sat in the dog house..... teehee x'D). When mummy dropped us home, she came up for a quick coffee, and showed her what Scentsy is about, and she was totally won over when she saw that "it's not just candles"! She sniffed her way through my tester pots and found one she really liked, saw a couple of warmers she likes and smelt my laundry that I'd used my Washer Whiffs in, and ordered one of each! :') And after she quizzed me on how the business and financial side of it works as well, she was quite happy for me that I've signed up for it :'D I'm so excited! Hehehe

Also today, I've had a pretty nice day with Sprog, got a bit of housework done whilst also spending lots of time having cuddles and snuggles on the sofa, on the whole quite a nondescript, unremarkable day, but highly pleasant all the same! 

 Sprog's antics today.....

Will be going to bed in a much better mood tonight than I have for nearly the last week! :) 

Nighty night xXx

Wednesday 11 February 2015

Back To The Future.....

Ok, so I joined Scentsy last Monday- firstly, I absolutely LOVE the products! The fragrances smell absolutely devine! And the warmer units or gorgeous and ornamental! ^_^ I love the way they work as well, I'm a total home fragrance convert, I'm never buying a scented candle EVER again! And I have had some real interest in the products, from people who I hope will become my lovely clients!

Of course, launching any business venture is very tough! And so I seem to have forgotten about the fact that I seem to be capable of suffering from social anxiety..... Organise a launch party! BAM!!! BAM BAM BAM!!!! I'm really struggling again! Organising people can be challenging at the best of times, and I just don't seem to have a knack for it, I honestly don't know what it is! Bad judgement of when people will be free? The way I've written the event on Facebook and stuff? Not advertised it as exciting enough? Or maybe *social anxiety hits....* maybe people hate you, you're annoying, you moan too much, you're boring, I could go on and on..... 

I wish I had the guts to say to people I don't give a shit, to feel like I don't care as much as I do... But I can't. I can't bare to think I've upset someone and made them feel as low and unwanted as much as I've felt! I can't do it, even if I dislike someone, I still can't tell them to do one! Maybe that does make me false, makes me exactly like the people that I've had to force myself to move on from, yet continuing to be a hypocrite myself? 

Another thing that has brought me to write this post tonight is some thing that have been said to me about my parenting skills recently, telling me I need to be more strict, stop being so polite and patient, to basically "shut her down". But again, I can't do it. I shudder to think that she'll grow up to be exactly like me, unable to voice herself when she needs to stand up for herself, or when she needs to make a point in disagreement, but to instead stand there quietly and feel "shut down", feeling like she's not allowed to argue back, maybe even go and sit somewhere by herself, in her room, crying alone. Feeling like she's not allowed to be herself because she feels too self conscious that she's being "too weird", or feel like other peoples' opinions have to rule the way she behaves. Of course there are ways to behave in particular places etc, but it's when she's around peers in what should be a relaxed environment; I hope that she can feel confident enough to be herself, that she doesn't have to pretend to be someone or something else, just to please everyone else.

*sigh* so I also put on half a pound this week in SW, which didn't come as much surprise, seeing as I probably haven't eaten enough good stuff this week, and then on Monday I ate all but 1 cookie from a pack of bake-at-home Betty Crocker chocolate chip cookies.... And yet here I am right now, sat writing a whingey blog post whilst begging a friend to come round and bring some ice cream to eat with a bag of Cadbury's Marvellous Creations mixture with Oreos....

Well, I'm gonna go now, I've gone on enough, hopefully next time I'll have nicer things to report (such as my final attempt of a launch party on Saturday afternoon actually going well.....) lol I know, I can dream! x'D 

[Edit in] Many thanks to Vicky at Single Mother Ahoy for sharing my posts! Check her blog, she's a pro!

Laterz, haterz lol

xXx

Sunday 1 February 2015

Swings And Roundabouts

OMG I know! It's a revelation! Another post already :-O hehehe

It's been a rather busy since Thursday when I last posted!

Sprog and I went to stay at the Rent's house Thursday after a painfully lazy day indoors as we were needed to look after Loki the puppy from early on Friday morning while Dad was round Nan's doing some decorating all day :) Loki is absolutely gorgeous,and so funny, and such a typical puppy :') very naughty! Hahahaha bless him :') we got to have a naughty McDonalds for dinner on Friday night too, as the Rents came back late :p teehee 

Friday night I did my food shop online, and bought the whole of Asda! And had it delivered too! Not sure how I fit it all in my kitchen though.....


So we came home after a maybe slightly uncomfortable albeit enjoyable 2 nights away (sooooo glad to be back in my own bed last night!) to remember that I'd left my rucksack at the Rent's house x_X mnngghhhh thankfully I don't desperately need anything in there, well.... except maybe my bank cards.... lol although the Rents did buy us a couple of lovely bright pink plastic drawer units to sort out Sprog's ridiculously overflowing toybox! I filled an entire black bag of her old toys today, and shall be flogging them on eBay soon..... :) hehehe look for my eBay and Facebook selling pages entitled Selling Sprogs Stuff ^_^

So that brings us to today! My lovely Aunty J and Uncle A gave me their big tv today so I don't have to use the dismally small thing my parents lent me (don't get me wrong, I am still immensely grateful! I'm just gutted I couldn't afford to buy myself one!) Just got to wait for it to be set up on either the wall or a stand now..... :) hehe eeee can't wait ^_^ I also spent the whole day sorting bits out, mainly Sprog's toys!!! Although her toybox is still full, but of just teddies!!!! Bwaaaa Dx and now with the "new" TV, I want to have another big move around of the lounge! That's twice in 6 months now! Crazy stuff!

Well, as the time is now getting on and I think I've rambled myself out, I'm off for a nice shath (bath shower type thing...... basically a shower sat in the tub as I have to make do with the shower attachment which doesn't go upwards....) #firstworldproblems..... hehehe

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