GO to the rescue, sort of....

My knight in shining armour came to pick me up from the station because, "it's not safe you walking around Manchester on your own" (he knows me well). Nobody told knighty or me that the station had two pigging exits! We spent an hour trying to find one another.  As my phone battery had died we couldn't communicate either.  I ended up walking around Manchester, talking to random strangers asking for directions, looking for a pay phone, borrowing their mobiles.  Finally after I accosted a passionate couple about whether there was a second exit he pulled up in front of me.  At least we know for next time....

Happy Birthday Papichen

So good to see papichen able to enjoy retirement after last years accident.  After years of working for others it's now time for him and Mamilein to have some fun together.

Hope you have a wonderful day full of fun and laughter and a chocolate or two.

Happy Birthday Papichen xxx

I am proud

I am a Soldiers daughter, and a Soldiers daughter is someone, who at one point in their life, left their family and friends to move around the country and abroad to support their father as he served his country. Regardless of personal political views, it is an honour to support those who serve their country, and there are way too many people in this country who no longer remember that fact. I am so proud of my papichen and all of the people he served with.

Happy Birthday Ginger One

To my wonderful Hubby on his Birthday

Sometimes I am absent minded.

Sometimes I'm kind of cross.

Sometimes I do make out as if I think I am the boss.

Sometimes I shop too much and you get kind of worried.

Sometimes I'm just plain stubborn, if I think I'm being hurried.

Sometimes I act the Diva, sometimes I'm nutty too...

But there is one thing that I always am an that's in love with you!

Happy Birthday xxx

Happy Birthday Ginger One

To my wonderful Hubby on his Birthday

Sometimes I am absent minded.

Sometimes I'm kind of cross.

Sometimes I do make out as if I think I am the boss.

Sometimes I shop too much and you get kind of worried.

Sometimes I'm just plain stubborn, if I think I'm being hurried.

Sometimes I act the Diva, sometimes I'm nutty too...

But there is one thing that I always am an that's in love with you!

Happy Birthday xxx

That's a Cake?

I got a message from Mrs F asking me if GO was working at the weekend.  He was, I replied, curiosity piqued.  She was going to the international cake show in the Birmingham NEC and wondered if I wanted to join her.

 Why not?  I had always love EXPO's, and the freebies.  

I booked my train (it was the Oxford train) and settled down for the journey.  That was when I had my Home Alone moment, I ha left my iphone 4 at home.  Intake it with me to use to take photos as it has a mahoosive memory, unlike my 5C which takes lovely photos but after two it's full. Pants!!  If have to be careful and not take too many photos (if only I knew what I was about to see).

The exhibition hall was split into three sections and with our tickets we had access to the craft, christmas and cake exhibitions. 

I won't take many photos I thought, then I saw the cakes...

Adoption Forms

We answered the big questions on the adoption form on the way to Blackpool, I kept them as i thought they would make a lovely memory.

Why are you considering adoption at this point in your life?

GO: because I have now come to a point in my life where I have travelled the world, met lots of interesting people and have settled with someone I want to raise a family with.  

MrsM: I have always known that I wanted to adopt at some point in my life.  I knew I would never be able to conceive naturally and IVF is not something I wanted to do.  Why waste time and resources on a procedure that has no guaranty of success.  I spent my twenties travelling and finding out who I was as a person.  In my thirties I met Stuart an fell in love.  Now as I enter my forties the time is right for us to start and raise a family together.

Have you had any particular experience in our life that would.....

G.O. I travelled around Australia for a year.  I drove around on my own, I picked up people who travelled with me and some have become life Lon friends.

MrsM: as a forces child every 2/3 years I would leave the school/friends/places that had become a big part of my life and be expected to star again somewhere new.

  

This was part of my everyday life and at the time I thought nothing of it but looking back now I see that it was quite traumatic to leave what was familiar and have to start all over again.

What qualities do you think you can bring to adoption?

G.O I am a calm and considered person.  I don't make any rash decisions.

Honest, responsible, trustworthy, fun loving.

MrsM:  smart, positive, creative, determined, caring, adaptable

Happy Halloween - Be careful out there

I finally got to see the loominayshuns

After weeks and weeks of pester power GO and I finally got to go and see the Blackpool Illuminations.  We have both been watching the news (me at home him at the garage, long story) and had seen the piece about a light festival opening at the weekend.

We decided to set off mid afternoon, which meant that after we had found somewhere to eat it would be nice and dark.  Perfect conditions for a light display.

It was wonderful, we took a tour of Blackpool town centre and saw lots of unusual light displays.  Yoko Ono had a few exhibition pieces dotted around including one that was a pyramid of crystals.  In the crypt of The SacredHeart Church was a light covered coffin.

We saw a ballet projected onto the side of the Tower building.  We followed the trail through the town, to the winter gardens, to the train station and to not very salubrious parts of town.  It was great, not quite what I had expected but as a lover of all things twinkly and light, I had a wonderful time.

And to top it all of GO drove us home through the loominayshuns.