A day at the races...

   

Saturday, 7th April 2012


A fun filled family day at the races at Kempton racecourse... Myself, Duncan, Cameron, Hermione, Anneliese all set for some fun at the races, we also invited along bestie & his family but alas the lovely Claire was working & he thought baby Jamie would not be up for it, so we took along Jason & Ollie with us.


Ollie introduced my children to a new car game that he plays 'Counting Sticks' - basically what Ollie means is counting the supports to bridges over roads (see picture)

The above motorway image (supplied via the modern technologies of Google) has 3 sticks, the highest number of sticks that got counted on our trip was the M25 bridge over the M40 slip road with a whopping 18 sticks!!!


Now being Easter Saturday & a family fun day there was lots going on, FREE face painting, Peppa & George (from Peppa Pig), Horrible Histories, an old fashioned sweetie stall with candy floss machine, a colouring competition table & various other things for the kiddies... They were even handing out little Lindt gold bunnies to all the children all day too =)

 

A selection of pictures of Peppa & George.    

After meeting & greeting with Peppa & George, the adults grabbing a quick coffee & the children getting sweeties from the old fashioned sweet stall, we headed off from the club house down to the picnic area to have our lunch - it was rather chilly to say the least!

The first race was at 1:35 & off we went to place our bets, bestie tried his best to explain the 'placepot' which I got the gist of that it works sort of like an accumulator, our attempts at the 'placepot' failed abysmally as we dipped out at the start with the very first race!

There were 6 more races at Kempton that day, the 2:05, 2:40, 3:15, 3:45, 4:20 & 4:55... Not that I did very well with my pickings at all, but it's the thrill of the race & the fun & excitement I like best!

I did however get a winner in the 4:20 with Eastern Sun at 9/2 & bestie captured me taking my winnings off the legendary celebrity CH4 bookie, Barry Dennis!!!

Collecting my winnings!!!

What a great day it was, here are a few more pictures of the day...

Artistic Horses on display

Walking to the track & the pretty fountains

The 3:15

The 3:45

Procrastinating... What was I going to do?!

As the title suggests today I have been doing such, I did my chores first thing this morning...


Put the washing away, washed my eldest's bedding, bathed the dog, cleaned the kitchen & then I planned to do some blogging while the bedding was in the tumble drier & the 2nd wash load was in the machine - so what did I do I hear you ask?!


I pottered around on Facebook for a little while, arranged to meet my friend Emma in the morning, made a few cups of coffee & then set up a new Neopet!


Now if you haven't heard of Neopets I have no idea where you have been or if you have children but it is a cute little website that has been running for years to my knowledge as I first found it when Cameron was just a baby, May 14th 2002 so almost 10 years ago!

The reason for creating a new Neopet is the simple fact I cannot log in & for whatever strange reason when I request my password I never receive an email to my AOL account where that profile is registered - this is very upsetting as I love my 2 original pets: Battu1a the female Korbat & Blunic0rn the male Uni, I also have 2 Grundo's on that profile too Grund0g (male) & Grund0lyn (female) but I cannot get to any of these pets :(


So now under my hotmail profile, I kicked out the old Neopet I had as I didn't much like the pet I had chosen & thought I would start from scratch, I now have a beautiful male Lupe called Lupiscuous:

Isn't he beautiful???  Now this is a very child friendly site, but juvenile adults can get hours of fun out of this site too, care for your pet, feed your pet go on quests, play games, gain NP (this is Neopian money), you can go to the auction house, bank your cash - there's absolutely everything there!

If you want to create your own Neopet or find out more for your children head to: Neopets

You can add me as a Neo friend too if you like, my used ID is: LyndaJane

A morning for it!

Yes, a morning for blogging... As I've said in my previous couple of blogs, I have a fair few stored up in the blog banks.


I've given up smoking as of 8pm, Thursday 12th April & although I'm not in anyway missing it, I'm missing doing something worth my hands... Now I wasn't a heavy smoker before you take that last statement the wrong way, but it's funny how bored your hands get when you're not using them!


I pretty much got up to date on all my washing yesterday, the house is looking reasonably tidy, our bed was changed Wednesday, the.children's needs have been striped today (yes, the bedding needs washing for the kidlets beds & they need making again) but my friend is not here till gone 1:30pm & I need something to pass the time.


Blog, blog, blogging is the only way... It gives,my hands plenty to do & also keeps my mind active in the process. I fancy a bit of Wii Fit or maybe some Just Dance this morning too - must keep up with the exercise now I'm off the fags!


The end is in sight too... It's Friday 13th & the kidlets are back to school come Monday 16th, it's been great having them off but a normal daily routine needs to be restored now!


Happy Friday Y'all, have a great day & enjoy the blogs!!!

Always something that holds me back!

I'm talking about blogging... I must have almost a dozen blogs or so, now just stored up in my head. I am so busy with everything right now, that there is never enough time however hard I try to get just a few minutes free!


It's one thing after another, there's the house that constantly needs tidying/cleaning, there's never ending washing to be cleaned/dried/sorted/put away, there's 3 adorable kidlets that need feeding/watering/entertaining while on Easter holidays, there's cats/chickens/fish/a dog that also need feeding/watering/care.


The phone has been mental this week, but mainly marketing calls which is so annoying - I just wish landline phones had a decline button like mobiles, it would make life so much simpler!


I've really got to get moving today as my friend is over with her 3 little angels tomorrow... Hopefully the weather will hold & we can take all 6 down Garth Park to run off some energy.


Wish me luck, as I really want to get some of these blogs out of storage before they get lost forever - my mind is not as good as it used to be & there is much fear that the blog material I have will get jumbled up between 2 or 3 blogs, this  will then end up being a very random blog that makes NO sense at all!


Mind your would you notice any difference in my blogs?! Lol

On a roll...

Yes, I'm most definitely on a roll... Not a white roll, brown roll, toilet roll or drum roll, but a blog roll!


The blogs are flowing abundantly, but that's because I've had a few stored up for some days & as a tightly coiled spring my blogs have bounced out & sprung to life!


So far this is the fourth today, I have another for this blog, one for my cake blog & another installment for my fairy blog, that if I manage to get them all done will bring me up to seven blogs in one day - impressive huh?!


Or do I just write a load of shite?! You decide & let me know via the comments to this blog please??? Not that it'll stop me writing as I actually quite enjoy it!


Blogger extremist - is it an addiction, obsession, compulsion?! Either way in my eyes it's all good & I personally think more people should blog, gets it all out there & hopefully brings enjoyment to others in the process =)

Well, I suppose I'd better get on with the next blog to continue my roll... Actually I may even have another blog up my sleeve for here come to think of it, that'll make it 8!

Spring has Sprung..... Boing!

What a glorious few days we've had, we saw the clocks leap forward an hour at 01:00 Sunday morning taking us into British Summertime & the weather has been truly amazing since Saturday!


On Saturday I had a wonderful day at Alton Towers minus the children... Now some may view this as cruel, but quite frankly adults need time out too! So while the children went to Blenheim Palace with the grandparents, we went to Alton Towers for the 1st time this season.


Recommendations if you've not been: Nemesis, Rita, Air, Thirteen & Sonic Spinball are my top five musts!


Others to enjoy: Oblivion, Duel, Runaway Minetrain, Charlie n Chocolate Factory & The Blade.


Avoid at all costs: Newest attraction 'Nemesis Sub-Terra' - what absolute waste of money, queue time & energy... I won't say anymore in case you do want to try it, but OMG it's seriously shocking in a bad way! Utter rubbish in my opinion.


Now I don't particularly like water rides unless it is a radically hot dat with no breeze at all... It has to be tropical for me to entertain going on them or absolutely pissing it down! But if you like them try these out: Ripsaw, The Flame, Congo River Rapids & Battle Galleons.


If you get chance to go without your children, I recommend a walk round the gardens too... They're beautiful & very peaceful.


Now on with the rest of the blog, spring is a lovely time of year... There's new life all around, blossoms on trees, buds on plants, lambs in fields, chicks in nests, new life is everywhere!


As I walked up my street yesterday I took in all springs beauty, the perfectly blue skies, the pretty cherry blossoms, the magnolia trees & all the beautiful plants in my own back garden... So much colour & vibrancy about, it just makes you feel so happy & puts a spring in your step.


Today I saw new life in progress too: at the back end of my garden two loved up frogs, linked tightly together (it astounded me that the female could still hop around whilst the male clung tightly to her back) isn't nature wonderful?!


Long may this glorious weather continue, even if at the moment it's a little chilly in the mornings... By midday (latest) it's absolutely wonderful =)


          
   

It's just NuTs!!!!!

Quite frankly roasted salted nuts should not be messed with in my honest opinion... It's just plain NUTS to mess with them!


Now dry roasted peanuts are acceptable, there's something about them but they have to be KP nuts... No other brand will do. The hot peanuts they do in pubs, Sahara's hot nuts, are a peanut encrusted in a crisp shell which has an exotic blend of spices that give them a little kick are acceptable too - they don't smell so pleasant, but they actually taste rather nice indeed!


I love Marmite but Marmite cashews are rather random, so best avoided - Marmite perhaps in most cases shouldn't be messed with either, I must say Marmite cheddar is amazing though... So much so the mini snack cheeses in this range are to die for, I'd even go so far as to say they're orgasmic!
Now stupidly in Tesco the other day I got over excited by my love of most things foody that contain lemon & coriander, I spotted on the nut shelf a new product... lemon & coriander cashews, so I thought oooh they sound nice let's try them!

HUGE mistake!!! What was I thinking?! They were not the nutty gorgeously tasty jumbo salted cashews that I love... 

They were a randomly tasting drab cashew, not a patch on the old faithfuls & I was soarly disappointed in them "/


Needless to say these cheeky rogues that tried to tempt my taste buds, will not be entering my basket, trolley, house or mouth EVER again!!!!!


The only other way I like to eat cashews is if they're in a chicken, pineapple & cashew dish from the Chinese takeaway - moto of this story, stick to what you know & don't deviate for gimmicky alternatives!


Now my bestie will not appreciate this blog so much due to his nut allergy, so here's a little tribute to him & his love of Eastman's Cheese Balls...


I never ventured by the crisps or maize snacks area so sadly didn't get to investigate if the huge Tesco at Aylesbury still stocked your beloved favourite cheesy snack. However, I still have a packet of the more expensive (but exact same product in Tesco packaging) sat in my cupboard waiting for you - I've included a picture of the said packet, just to tease you!!!