Not a lot happening

Mr Messy came downstairs with Little Prince this morning allowing me to have a lovely lie in :-) LMS is jealous as she had to get up early to go to an early morning showing of Clone Wars with her friends! Its been out for so long now that they only have one showing per day, and its early!! Me and Drama Teen got some more of her room sorted out, and filled the car up with rubbish ready to go to the tip. I was on my way to the tip, when I saw my Best Friend "Mad Cat Lady" waving madly at me and driving towards our house, so I turned round and went home to see her. Its the first time I've seen her since she looked after the kittens while we were away, and since her birthday last week. She and her Hubby went to Dublin for her birthday, and of course bought Little Prince a pressie - they spoil him!! Anyway I gave her her "thank you" present and her birthday present. She squeaked lots over her Crocs mobile phone holder, with Minnie Mouse widget!! I told her she would get her proper birthday present while we were in Disney and then had to almost gag Little Prince who was desperate to tell her!

Mr Messy was out dropping Drama Teen at the cinema, where she would stay all afternoon with her friends watching two films and going to McDonalds in between. Once he got home we set off for another of our friends so that Mr Messy could show them the photos he took of their daughter and sons a few weeks ago. They absolutely loved the photos, even the teenage daughter who had been convinced she wouldn't look good - she looked stunning :-) We called at Burger King on the way home as Little Prince was convinced he was going to die of starvation if he had to wait a moment longer to eat!!

When we got home I had to set straight off to pick Drama Teen back up again. I misjudged the length of the drive there and sat in the car waiting for about 20 minutes. When Drama Teen finally emerged she stood looking round while I flashed my lights at her for ages, before she rang me up wondering where I was!!! We gave one of her friends a lift home, before finally setting off home ourselves.

I'd had a message from LMS to ring my Mum earlier, and this was the first chance I'd had. Apparently my Dad's prostate is enlarged, and until that has shrunk and his waterworks are back in working order, he can't come home. So, disappointingly, he won't be allowed to come home tomorrow :-( They are hoping he will be discharged on Tuesday instead, fingers crossed he's well enough by then.

Finished the dreaded nametapes :-)

Usually I leave sewing nametapes into school uniforms until the very last minute, sometimes even the morning the kids are due back at school!! But I deciced that this time would be different and buckled down to it and got them all done and dusted tonight :-) Yeah :-)

Almost Time for School Again!

We went out fairly early (for us) this morning, to get the last bits that Drama Teen and Little Prince need for restarting school next week. I was amazed at how easy it was!! Drama Teen only needed new school trousers and she found some that both she and I approved of, and that fitted beautifully in only the SECOND shop we looked at!!! She and Mr Messy then went to a stationers to get some more bits, while I took Little Prince to Clarks for a shoe check. Of course he needed new shoes and was desperate to get the ones with the cars in again!! I whinged to the sales lad about what a rip off they were, and how the car fell apart in minutes last year and he was sympathetic but still managed to find them in Little Prince's size!! Oh well at least I know the shoes fit and are hard wearing!! We visited the local art gallery and cafe for lunch and had a look at the art after eating. It was a display from an artist who is inspired by art from the region of the world that is in Little Prince's background, so that was fascinating to look at.
When we got home I sprayed the shoes with three coats of the shoe protector and then with the magic shoe polish! Hopefully that will keep them looking smart for longer than a day, which would be another minor miracle as Little Prince is a boisterous boy and is hard on his clothes!!

In the afternoon me and Drama Teen sorted out one of her cupboards in her bedroom and have filled another couple of bags of stuff to either send to the charity shop or to the tip. Only the rest of her room to sort out now!! Its going to take forever!!!! But one day we will see the floor!!!

Quick catch up the rest of the week!

We were all very tired, well all except Little Prince!! So we haven't done too much since we got back from our hols. We had our hair cut on Sat 23rd August, and arranged to have Drama Teen's hair permanently dyed by our hairdresser before she starts back at school.
Afrika-Afrika
We went to see this show and it was absolutely amazing! I had booked us tickets in a box, right up next to the stage, so we had a fabulous view. The tickets also meant that we were served an African buffet before the show, and African desserts in the interval - yum yum :-) And both Drama Teen and Little Prince got a t-shirt too. If the show comes on anywhere near you GO AND SEE IT!! It was just wonderful from the stomach-churning antics of the contortionists, to the spectacular pole gymnastics, to the highly entertaining unicycle basketball!! I'm so glad we went :-)

We've had various car troubles and LMS's little rover ended up in the garage needing a new timing belt and other engine bits! So I had to hire a car (nice little Polo) to enable me to get over to visit Dad in hospital. He had his bypass operation, which ended up being a triple bypass, on Tuesday. I've since visited him and he looks very well, especially compared to some of the other VERY ill looking people on his ward. He was only kept in ICU for about 24 hours, and then the High Dependency ward for a day, before being transfered back to the ordinary Cardiac Ward (while I was visiting with Baby Sis) and they expect him to be discharged home early next week :-) Which is an amazing recovery and I'm so happy and relieved :-)

LMS went to an Anime themed party, wearing a dress from China, via Ebay, that looked gorgeous and fitted her like a glove. She put the photos on her usual social networking site, and won't allow me or her Dad to see them - I dread to think!!!

Little Prince restarted his swimming lessons today, and had a great time splashing around in the pool. He told me he knew what his teacher looked like - she has brown hair and wears a swimsuit!!

As far as I know that is all catched up and up to date - hopefully I'll get back into the habit of blogging each day and not get behind again. Now I'm not jetlagged or worried sick over my Dad I'm sure I'll manage it :-)

Home at Last :-)

We travelled back to Mum's house by bus, something neither of us are particularly used to lol. When we got to Mum's house, the key (that Baby Sis had apparently left for us) didn't work!! And Mum had already left to go and visit Dad in hospital!! We were locked out, in the rain, with no coats!! We decided to walk round to see my other sister who lives nearby. It was lovely to catch up with her and her kids, and to see how her house is coming on, after they had a plumbing disaster! After chatting for ages, her Hubby took us back to Mum's, armed with their key to Mum's house! Just as we were getting out of the car, I saw Mr Messy parking ready to come and pick us up. Fab timing :-) It was so nice to finally get home and sleep in my own bed :-) Not that I slept much, as my body refused to switch over to England time very quickly!!

Yet more catching up!

Home At Last
We travelled back to Mum's house by bus, something neither of us are particularly used to lol. When we got to Mum's house, the key (that Baby Sis had apparently left for us) didn't work!! And Mum had already left to go and visit Dad in hospital!! We were locked out, in the rain, with no coats!! We decided to walk round to see my other sister who lives nearby. It was lovely to catch up with her and her kids, and to see how her house is coming on, after they had a plumbing disaster! After chatting for ages, her Hubby took us back to Mum's, armed with their key to Mum's house! Just as we were getting out of the car, I saw Mr Messy parking ready to come and pick us up. Fab timing :-) It was so nice to finally get home and sleep in my own bed :-) Not that I slept much, as my body refused to switch over to England time very quickly!!

More catching up

Visiting Dad

After spending some time at Mum's (and chatting with Aunt and Uncle from Oz) Mr Messy took Little Prince and LMS home. Me and Drama Teen stayed at Mum's house and then me and Baby Sis went to hospital to visit Dad. It was so good to see him, he was looking so well (considering lol) and way better than the other ill looking men in the ward! He was his typical self, rolling his eyes and complaining about the man in the bed opposite who kept ringing his bell to get the nurse's attention. He can be such a b*tch lol.

Overnight at Baby Sis's House

That evening me and Drama Teen stayed with Baby Sis at her house. We had to go to the supermarket to buy undies and pyjamas for me and Drama Teen as we couldn't face trying to find what we needed in all the suitcase!! We also had to get ourselves some English choccies and pringles lol. Baby Sis and her fiance made us a lovely tea of bolognaise, which is what Drama Teen had requested. We were very tired and I went to bed at around 7.30pm, Drama Teen stayed up later, but I was fast asleep so don't know when she went to bed!! I woke up at 2am and couldn't get back to sleep, so spent a few hours sat in bed in the dark (didn't want to disturb anyone) listening to my iPod and eating my Pringles!! I did eventually get back to sleep, but was so tired in the morning when my alarm went off. Not as tired as Drama Teen who almost cried and said she wanted to stay in bed (the sofa!) and wasn't bothered about having her brace removed!!

Adventures on Public Transport

Once I finally persuaded Drama Teen to wake up we started to search for some breakfast! In vain!! Baby Sis did apologise later, but it had just been payday and they hadn't had time to shop!! We ate American Smarties for breakfast!! We followed the instructions on the note Baby Sis left and managed to get the right bus to the city centre. The bus driver had a problem with his ticket machine, and started pulling reams and reams of paper out, we sat at the bus stop for about 15 minutes and were worried that we wouldn't get to the orthodontist in time. Luckily whatever the problem was got sorted out and we made it in time. Finding the next bus turned out to be a problem, as the bus Baby Sis told us didn't exist! Eventually we found the right bus and got to the orthodontist, what a journey when you're jetlagged!!

Bye Bye Brace FOREVER

We spent ages with the orthodontist as she had to remove Drama Teen's lower brace (which sounds better than bottom brace lol) and take an impression to make a new upper retainer, as she lost the old one at her Summer Camp!!! I wasn't too pleased when I found out that I had to pay to replace it either!! And she has been told to take really good care of the new one!! Anyway she was thrilled to bits to finally (after 3-4 years) have her brace taken off :-) And she looks stunning :-) Well she always does look stunning, but now she's even more stunning :-) When our appointment had finished Drama Teen gave her orthodontist a t-shirt she'd bought for her in America. Her orthodontist is Norwegian, and the town's sports team is X Vikings - so it was perfect :-) We couldn't believe how excited the orthodontist got, she ran into the receptionist's office to show them too lol.
When we got out of the hospital I took a photo of Drama Teen with my camera, and then asked her to send it to her Dad and sister, as I'm useless at mobile phone technology and don't know how to do it!! She duly sent it off to the number marked "Dad's Mobile" lol. Her Grandad was thrilled to see the picture lol.
More later...