Dressing Up!

Cowgirls!

For those of you who know me well enough, I don't need much excuse to dress up!

Recently the Guide Unit I help run took part in the local Gala Day dressed up as Cowgirls. Me I went that wee bit further and was a cow-girl! The picture will explain all!

Cow-girl!

Next was my friend who as a principal in another Gala Day held a Pop Idol party to celebrate. My daughter went as Shania Twain I was Mia doing Lady Marmalade out of Moulin Rouge! The picture tells the story!

Sad News.

Well where do I start my friend and mentor Nikki's husband died Tuesday. David was such a lovely gentle man and at 39 was far too young to be taken. I can't begin to imagine how Nikki and Kris are feeling. Just hope they both know I am thinking of them and am here if or when they need me. They are both fortunate to have a super family around them and a great circle of friends.

Open Evening

Come buy our cakes!
My Stars!

As some of you know I help run a Guide Unit and it was the turn of my older girls to hold an open evening - what stars! They had put loads of effort into it and in the end they reaped the rewards. Satisfying when you see them transform from girls to young ladies and come out of their shells.

Turkey - been there, done that got the T-Shirt!

Turkey - a view of our pool with swim up bar

Our long walk to the beach from the bar!

A sneek preview - more to follow! Too tired.

Peter Sightseeing!

Jean working out!

A view from the Windmills down to our resort!

The Windmill!

Countdown again!

Well only 5 sleeps till our Turkey trip. Looking forward to some warm sun, having my meals prepared for me - no dishes and chilling for a whole week. Running about daft trying to organise everything and everyone - why do we do it - coz we love it really!

My daughter is off to Ascot with her boyfriend and family soon too. Can't wait to see the pictures I have seen the outfits and think everyone will look lovely. Proud mum again!

Just booked my seat for my Christmas Shopping Trip! Every year I go down south with my Mum-in-law and meet up with my sisters-in-law and have a shopping trip to do our christmas shopping at the end of November. We are away for 2 nights and have a ball. We meet on the Friday night and catch up and a few drinks, up early on the Saturday morning on a bus to Leeds to do the shopping, stopping off at a few establishments to refresh us back by bus and have another overnight down there and travel up on the Sunday via a lovely garden centre to get our bacon butties - all in all a lovely weekend can't wait.

Intrepid Traveller

Well we are off again! Decided to book another late deal this time to Turkey somewhere I thought I would never holiday but going there soon for a week to recharge the batteries. Busy trying to get fit enough to jump into a bikini and not feel like a beached whale!

Work is becoming more of a challenge but taking as it comes and glad to still be in a job. Guides are getting a bit easier and delegation is a wonderful thing. With plenty support the unit should go from strength to strength.

Talking of challenges a colleague wants to do a sponsored cycle so I am bringing my bike out of mothballs and having it serviced and off we shall go! Never been saddle sore but suspect I may well be after this but looking forward to it.

Well off to ceilidh dancing which is due to finish for the summer.

Spring has Sprung!

Well the weather has improved feels like we are coming out of the dark winter months!

No news on the job front yet but I am ever hopeful. Guiding still remains a challenge. Looking forward to Easter when I get a long weekend.

Can't believe that's nearly my daughter's first year as a student nearly up - where did the time go! Looking forward to helping my step-daughter arrange her wedding if she ever gets organised for those of you who know me you will know I am finding it hard being patient!

Madness Returns!

Me in my multi-coloured outfit playing air guitar!

Tuesday is guiding night - was short staffed and as a certain someone was coming to our Smartie Party thought I would ask them to make up the numbers for leaders - Boy was that a mistake - LOL - you know who you are and it was really fun honestly!

We were all to arrive wearing the colour from a box of smarties and everyone turned up dressed in their favourite colour - me I went for the whole box of colours. Pink wig, yellow earrings, brown top, purple necker, blue trousers, orange belt, red socks and green trainers. The patrol running the event did well and had a lucky dip with shredded paper and the aforementioned person who made up the numbers - made the most mess - paper was spread everywhere it turned in to a paper fight! The girls enjoyed themselves and what fun tidying up!

Me in the snow shower of shredded paper!

Little Miss Innocent - Not!

She is back in two weeks time but I will be better prepared this time!

Update

Since my last post we as a family have invested in a Wii - boy is it great fun but my arms are aching from playing.

The girls preparing for their Walk!

Been on a sponsored walk with some of my guides for part of their BP Challenge was quite a challenge for me too. My legs have been aching ever since! Anyway off swimming so that should ease the strain.

Work is still as bad as ever but the days fly by - never a dull moment. It's my granddaughter's 7th birthday today seems like only yesterday she was a babe in arms. March is one of those months were there seems to be a birthday every other day or some sort of celebration.

The 3 Girls in my life!

Stressed!

Well its been a while since my last post and can't say life has got any easier. Job is hetic just all of a sudden the workload has doubled just as they had decided to try me in another role! Case of too many redundancies I fear spreading the rest of us too thin. Still hankering after a change but can only do this myself. Diet going ok but suddenly my body has decided to age! Finding this hard to accept but not giving in that easy.

Guides has improved and I feel more at ease for the meantime. I have a good set of leaders so we shall get there - just ask me next year if I am still here!

My wonderful husband has been a non-smoker for over four months now so am proud of him. My daughter started her placement in her course and finding it hard work but rewarding sooooo proud of her too.

Challenge!

OMG! Last night was my night from hell with my Guides - one of those nights where nothing was going right but have put it down to experience and boy am I going to learn from it and now realise how much I don't know.

Still job hunting but to no avail one horoscope I read in the New Year suggested it would be October before a career move materialised - not sure I am that patient but we shall have to wait and see.

Another Holiday!

Yes we have booked another holiday. Peter and I are going to Majorca at the beginning of October. We are going to the North of the island which we believe is the more sedate side! We have managed to get a good deal in a hotel half board - yipee I don't need to cook so now we will have to get in shape. Have already started last week I was at 3 classes at the leisure centre, once to the gym and attended my ceilidh dance class and a ceilidh so exercise is definitely on the up. Just need to get the eating into shape and hey presto in 3 months time I will be a new woman!

Have been uploading some pictures of our NZ trip for you all to have a look at. Enjoy!

Been at Head Office this last week and next helping out in the Cashroom - a new experience!

2009 - New Year ahead

Well another year dawns and this year it will be different! The title of a book I got from a friend and lets hope this is the case. A search is on for a new job although I already have one in that I am now Guider in Charge of the Guide Unit I was lucky enough to help out at last year. This is a paper exercise only but have already found out that entails a whole lot more - a challenge but I have a good team with me so time will tell.

My daughter continues to bloom and is turning out to be a lovely young lady and a friend too.

I already count my blessings.