I think I blinked and missed the weekend. It's Sunday night, I am in bed on the laptop and I realise that I have just lost the last couple of days and I have no idea where they have disappeared to!
Friday morning was spent cooking for my business event on the saturday, I was collected at 1.30 to get over to another Town to dress rehearse a production I was in. Then it was the performance that very same evening (total sell-out and it was amazing!), got home about 2330hrs, finished the cooking for the next day and got to bed at 0200hrs!
Saturday morning saw me running round, loading the car and making sure we had everything. Did my event, which was really, really popular and made me some money - thank go because it was the first one and I was scared no one was going to turn up.
The Hubstacle was fantabulous and gave me alot of help, and I really don't know what I would do without him.
We then went straight off to a birthday party that Aardvark and Rhino had been invited to. Once home from that and the children went to bed, I unloaded the car, sorted out all the boxes, made dinner and it was bedtime again.
Today has been a round of a bit of everything really and it just melted into the ether called my weekend.
Sunday 13 March 2011
Thursday 10 March 2011
Fanny Fables!
Tomorrow sees me perform, with the help of some other laydees, The Vagina Monologues. The whole production is meant to be rehearsed as little as possible and that is probably a very good thing, because apart from knowing one of girls, I have never met any of the others nor have I ever been to any rehearsals!
Hmmm, I am now wondering if this is going to hinder me in any sense at all.
The Theatre capacity is 108, I have just heard that 70 tickets have been sold. This means that 70 people have parted with their hard-earned cash to sit through an hour and a half of a bunch of women, who are on their stage debut,talking about the lady under-carriage all night!
I have a feeling that its going to be a flippin' blast of a night! We have swanky T-Shirts, so we will be just fantabulous!
Hmmm, I am now wondering if this is going to hinder me in any sense at all.
The Theatre capacity is 108, I have just heard that 70 tickets have been sold. This means that 70 people have parted with their hard-earned cash to sit through an hour and a half of a bunch of women, who are on their stage debut,talking about the lady under-carriage all night!
I have a feeling that its going to be a flippin' blast of a night! We have swanky T-Shirts, so we will be just fantabulous!
Tuesday 8 March 2011
Time Is Running Out
OK, so here is the thing.... Once again, I have left myself up the creek without a paddle and have..... Once again, taken on far too much to be humanely possible. Before I have a good old rant - check ok what I have got going on!
Its Show week for the musical I am in in 2 weeks and I have yet to find 5 costumes and accessories - thank god I know my lines, but we have a tonne of rehearsals in between time.
I have another Theatre appearance to make on Friday night, dress rehearsal from 3pm.
I am doing my first Moonwalk training session on Friday morning
First Pop Along Party on saturday, I have to finish getting the activities, catering, advertising and administration of it done.
Next Uni assignment due Show week and I haven't done any study for it yet apart from reading three pages of the book.
Zumba, Slimming World, Ballet (not me obviously!), Nursery runs (this is the journey, not some kind of bowel affliction), parties to take the children to, shopping to be done, meals to cook, washing to be done, ironing to tackle, playing with the children, beds to make, stuff to tidy,, stuff to remember, events to organise, phone calls to make. Birthdays to remember, a husband to direct.
Parties booked up for the rest of the month and nearly all of April.
Boots keep sending me these great photo offers, but I don't have the time to go through mine in order to get in before the rediculously short time frame.
I am impulsive and I don't seem to be able to say no at the moment!
Please stop the world. I want to get off for an hour so I can get organised!
Its Show week for the musical I am in in 2 weeks and I have yet to find 5 costumes and accessories - thank god I know my lines, but we have a tonne of rehearsals in between time.
I have another Theatre appearance to make on Friday night, dress rehearsal from 3pm.
I am doing my first Moonwalk training session on Friday morning
First Pop Along Party on saturday, I have to finish getting the activities, catering, advertising and administration of it done.
Next Uni assignment due Show week and I haven't done any study for it yet apart from reading three pages of the book.
Zumba, Slimming World, Ballet (not me obviously!), Nursery runs (this is the journey, not some kind of bowel affliction), parties to take the children to, shopping to be done, meals to cook, washing to be done, ironing to tackle, playing with the children, beds to make, stuff to tidy,, stuff to remember, events to organise, phone calls to make. Birthdays to remember, a husband to direct.
Parties booked up for the rest of the month and nearly all of April.
Boots keep sending me these great photo offers, but I don't have the time to go through mine in order to get in before the rediculously short time frame.
I am impulsive and I don't seem to be able to say no at the moment!
Please stop the world. I want to get off for an hour so I can get organised!
Friday 4 March 2011
Edinburgh Moonwalk
I must be absolutely barmy, but I am actually considering doing the Full Moon, Moonwalk in June. Not June 2012, but June in bloomin' 2011 - Yes indeedy, this year or in 3 months to be precise!
I did consider doing it last year when someone I knew walked the walk, but as usual I have been putting it off and not thinking about it - i.e I was too lazy.
However, someone advertised for a partner/training buddy in order for them to do it and I stupidly put my hand up from the back of the classroom without knowing what the question was or even thinking about the implications.
We are talking about me, about the most totally unfit person on the planet, training towards walking a marathon, overnight, in Edinburgh, in my Bra....... well, I just don't know what to even say about that!
So, I am meeting my partner to be in Morrisons Cafe on Tuesday, we shall probably have a fry up, maybe even a cream cake whilst discussing the finer points of....
WALKING A BLOODY MARATHON, AT NIGHT, IN OUR BRAS!
Did I just say that again? The more I say it, the more totally insane it sounds.
Why - oh - Why - oh - Why?
I did consider doing it last year when someone I knew walked the walk, but as usual I have been putting it off and not thinking about it - i.e I was too lazy.
However, someone advertised for a partner/training buddy in order for them to do it and I stupidly put my hand up from the back of the classroom without knowing what the question was or even thinking about the implications.
We are talking about me, about the most totally unfit person on the planet, training towards walking a marathon, overnight, in Edinburgh, in my Bra....... well, I just don't know what to even say about that!
So, I am meeting my partner to be in Morrisons Cafe on Tuesday, we shall probably have a fry up, maybe even a cream cake whilst discussing the finer points of....
WALKING A BLOODY MARATHON, AT NIGHT, IN OUR BRAS!
Did I just say that again? The more I say it, the more totally insane it sounds.
Why - oh - Why - oh - Why?
The Surprise Find
The Hubstacle went off, rather heavy-hearted yesterday afternoon to perform the lovely job of cleaning out the pig feeders. It is not a pretty task by any stretch of the imagination and he totally 'pen and inks' when he returns.
Yes I make him strip off at the door, before he sets foot in the house! Mortifying for him, but totally necessary for me as eau de pig dung tends to put people off coming to visit!
Anyhow, when clearing out the dregs and muck, something caught the eye of the chap working with him and guess what?
IT WAS HIS WEDDING RING THAT HE LOST BACK IN JANUARY!!!!!!!
The Hubstacle was so amazed that he rang me. I am so thrilled, the odds of that happening were tiny and we are very very lucky indeed.
Cake was sent along as a token of deep gratitude and the ring has now gone off for re-sizing!
Yes I make him strip off at the door, before he sets foot in the house! Mortifying for him, but totally necessary for me as eau de pig dung tends to put people off coming to visit!
Anyhow, when clearing out the dregs and muck, something caught the eye of the chap working with him and guess what?
IT WAS HIS WEDDING RING THAT HE LOST BACK IN JANUARY!!!!!!!
The Hubstacle was so amazed that he rang me. I am so thrilled, the odds of that happening were tiny and we are very very lucky indeed.
Cake was sent along as a token of deep gratitude and the ring has now gone off for re-sizing!
Thursday 3 March 2011
Gone But Not Forgotten!
I can't believe that it has been so long since I last posted - madness because I don't even know where the time has gone and that is a scary thought in itself!
The issue has been that my business has taken on in a bit of a bananas way. I have been taking bookings left right and centre and am fully booked for March and April (apart from the Bank Holiday weekend and I don't really want to do anything then).
In addition to this I have been organising various events and doing all of the promotional material for that. My degree course has started again, its 3 weeks until opening night for Singin' In The Rain which I am in. I have also been roped in to doing the Vagina Monologues next week.
Now someone has asked me to train for the Edinburgh Moonwalk (June) with them, all this with running a house and garden, looking after two little children and trying to grab some time with my husband!
The conclusion that many will reach is that I clearly do too much and need to cut down. But the truth is that I like being busy, I always perform better under pressure of some sort and I think that this certainly stems from being in the Police for many years.
I am not Super Mum and I often make mistakes, I don't try and pretend that I can cope when I can't and sometimes a meltdown is on the cards when everything falls about my ears.
The one thing I am sure of though is that if things need to be culled because my family are suffering, then I have no hesitation in cutting stuff out.
Right, dinner for children, daughter off to ballet in an hour!
The issue has been that my business has taken on in a bit of a bananas way. I have been taking bookings left right and centre and am fully booked for March and April (apart from the Bank Holiday weekend and I don't really want to do anything then).
In addition to this I have been organising various events and doing all of the promotional material for that. My degree course has started again, its 3 weeks until opening night for Singin' In The Rain which I am in. I have also been roped in to doing the Vagina Monologues next week.
Now someone has asked me to train for the Edinburgh Moonwalk (June) with them, all this with running a house and garden, looking after two little children and trying to grab some time with my husband!
The conclusion that many will reach is that I clearly do too much and need to cut down. But the truth is that I like being busy, I always perform better under pressure of some sort and I think that this certainly stems from being in the Police for many years.
I am not Super Mum and I often make mistakes, I don't try and pretend that I can cope when I can't and sometimes a meltdown is on the cards when everything falls about my ears.
The one thing I am sure of though is that if things need to be culled because my family are suffering, then I have no hesitation in cutting stuff out.
Right, dinner for children, daughter off to ballet in an hour!
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