food glorious food

Son no. 2 has just come into the front room armed with four fruit yoghurts, two caramel ones and a spoon. Obviously breakfast of porridge was not enough for him.

had to share

today is the first day of 2009 that I have been able to hang washing out on the line, in dry and positively warm conditions! yes, I am that excited about it (oh dear).

Favourites

My favourite colour is white. I love white walls, white vases, white clothes, white nappies (fresh off the washing line), white socks, white cushions, white bed linen (alas not yet in this house, but one day).

My favourite day of the week is Thursday. There's still enough of the week left to get excited about tomorrow being Friday and then the impending weekend, but most of the week gone to make me happy.

My favourite number is 7. I'm not entirely sure why, but I've always like the sound of the word seven.

My favourite animal is a cat, they're pedantic and cranky, but heaps of fun. I miss my cat.

My favourite time of the day is between the hours of 10.00am and noon, as Monday to Friday that's usually when son no.2 is having a nap and the other three are in school, Mister H is at work leaving just myself and the dogs to either savour the peace or have music playing in the background which makes all the laundry/housework/blogging (delete as applicable) an easier task.

My favourite car that I have owned was a 1983 Datsun Cherry (in Cherry Red). It's name was Marvin, after the ubiquitous Martian. I loved that car.

My favourite place in the world is South Africa. If I could lift and move my house and family in one easy go it would be to there. I love the sounds, sights, peoples, smells, languages of Africa as a whole but SA is my favourite. I love their patriotism, their all encompassing love of rugby and sports in general, their laid back attitude to life, their absolute joy of family and friends and spending time with them. I love a thick SA accent, Mister H has lost his somewhat over the years although it does come back with a vengeance when he speaks to relatives on the phone.

My favourite pieces of jewellery are my wedding, engagement and eternity rings. 9ct gold and sparkly diamonds, I cannot help but smile every time I catch sight of them.

My favourite book is To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee. I was 13 years old when I first read this book (at school) and fell in love with all the characters immediately. I named my jack russell Scout after the character in the book.

My favourite film - this is a tie between Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (yes, really!) and The Green Mile.

My favourite song of all time - again, a tie between Blue Monday by New Order (love love love) and Insomnia by Faithless (quite possibly the greatest "dance" track ever).

I don't have a favourite tv show as I don't watch enough tv to warrant one. I did however used to love Saturday Morning Swap Shop with Noel, Cheggers and Posh Paws when I was younger, and Wilo The Wisp voiced by the late, great Kenneth Williams.

Anybody care to share their favourites?

Definitions & Departures

excited
adjective
feeling very happy and enthusiastic:
Are you getting excited about your holiday?

I kid you not, the first example of the word excited underneath was wholly appropriate this morning. My answer would be "well, yes".

My only negative? leaving the children (albeit in the safe and loving hands of my mother) and knowing that for a few moments after leaving home en route to Heathrow, I will be a blubbering wreck. I have already apologised to Mr H for this momentary, and completely necessary, lapse in excitement.

So lovely souls happily scribing away in blogland, adieu.....I will beseige you with details of the trip upon return.

tag....

I've been tagged by Emma

“Open the 6th picture folder on your computer, open the 6th photo and blog it. Write something about it. Then tag 6 more people to do the same”

The sixth folder in the picture folder on my computer is Amsterdam 2006 - when Mr H and I had a long weekend away from the children. I loved and loathed Amsterdam at the same time, loved the architecture, the canals, the bridges, the history; loathed the hustle and bustle, the tacky souvenir shops, the Euro (!). It was a glorious weekend weatherwise, we ate well, drank well, slept well and had a good time just being together and enjoying each other's company whilst being adults and not just mama and daddy.

The picture is of our hotel room, you can't see the bathroom but it was fabulous, all glass enclosed, just perfect after a hot shower to draw a smiley face on the steamed up walls.

Since then we've been to Budapest for a long weekend, and next week we're off to Vietnam for 10 days - you may wonder, why go off without your children? I love my children more than could ever have been possibly imagined, but sometimes, just sometimes, you need to have a break from being a mama and a daddy and rediscover just who you are without them.

(Although saying that, I do have plans for a summer holiday this year......)

So I tag tequilamonkey, Sarah, Julia, Suse, Lynn and Amanda (if any of them have the time - it took me three days to do mine!!!)

she's a little on the strange looking side

but daughter no.2 was extremely proud of her snowgirl yesterday

The view this morning

from the front room window