So, I went to a local family friendly bingo evening at the Community Centre last night with Dave and the girls.  Freya who is 11 wasn't all that keen on the idea but Isabella was looking forward to it.  When we arrived, there was only one table available - and I thought our time keeping tonight was something to be proud of - nope, apparently not, we were the last ones to arrive, again....  We made our way to said table with all eyes on us as we squeezed past 'pushed out' chairs with our bags and coats in hand - damn it was hot in there!  I was just getting hotter - you know that feeling whe

Don't get me started on dog poo???!!  I have a thing for it and it's not a good thing!!  Sometimes it just seems to be everywhere.  I dislike, actually dislike is not a strong enough word to describe my utter lack of passion for the matter...

An interesting time in our household last night with bed swapping and anxiety ?.  The evening was going well.  We watched a bit of T.V together and then Freya took herself off to her bedroom which isn’t abnormal but then, I heard the door slam – clearly she was not a happy bunny….  I left it a few minutes and then went up to see what the problem was.  Freya must have heard me coming up the stairs as she shouted out “Don’t come in here!”  She sounded upset so I tried to speak to her through the door.  After a little chat, she let me in and we had a hug.  My poor baby was feeling anxious but

I was really looking forward to going to KFC tonight with Dave and the girls for our mini Valentine's celebration together - I hadn't had one in far too long!  Unfortunately the service was rather disappointing to say the least.... The food was delicious as always though ?

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Happy Valentine's Day!

So I woke up this morning and NOTHING!!!!  I was NOT impressed with David at all!!!  I tried to pretend like I wasn't bothered - even though as I stated yesterday that I smashed my mobile phone screen while buying HIM a card!  Yes, we did say that we wouldn't really do anything for Valentine's Day this year (money is a bit on the tight side at the moment...) but not even a card, really!?!

I did it, I only went and did it.....  I dropped my phone today in 'Card Factory'....  It made an almighty crash as it bounced around the floor, eventually landing face down, right on its screen?.  A kind lady picked it up for me whilst I was trying to put my purchases onto the counter to free up a hand to pick it up myself.  I must have looked like an incompetent air head.  She gave me that sympathy look as she saw the distraught look on my face and probably also because of my stupidity of practically throwing my phone across the floor, I mean, who forgets that they have their phone tucked

Right, well I'm off out to meet a friend shortly ?  I haven't seen this friend Jessica, for a good few months so I am looking forward to seeing her and her daughter Annie.  I am taking my 11 year old daughter too - they have got a lot of catching up to do as well.  It is interesting though how we sometimes feel about our friends and it can be all too easy to lose contact, sometimes through life just being busy or they may have done something to upset us or that we disagree with.  Sometimes though, we can lose friends  through misunderstandings.  This is what nearly happened with Jessica....

We all know that bullying exists and we don't like it.  It appears that some schools seem to deal with it better than others.  Is it though, that some schools have lower levels of bullying or no bullying at all, due to the social status of the children attending the schools?  Are schools in areas of middle/upper class pupils less likely to encounter bullying here?  Or is bullying rife in all schools, irrespective of social class and it is indeed 'how the school deals with bullying' that needs addressing in order to deter bullies?

Remember, remember the 5th of November.....  We did fireworks in the garden at home this year with friends and family and enjoyed scrumptious food that tickled our tastebuds ?  It was an interesting night that started off calmly....  The bonfire ?