Life on the other side

Well, here we are, new year, and I am trying to get back to normal!!!, or what I would like normal to be….

The pre christmas buildup and actual event was, challenging this year…. on top of that my net book suffered death by a glass of milk at the hands of the now nearly 3-year-old…. hence the lack of blogging therapy….

but let me update you, so LP’s work was pressured so he was out of the picture right up till the week before christmas, and then he fell quite spectacularly ill and was in bed for 5 days right up till christmas day.

we were supposed to be going to LP’s Mum’s for christmas day along with SIL and family, a proper family get together with MIL would have both her children and all 3 grandchildren….. but we managed about 2 hours with LP swaying and looking a sort of grey green colour so it was a bit of an anti climax! and I even forgot it had been and gone a few days later!

But when all is said and done Alpha had a great time, he had a mini kitchen which sits nicely in the corner of the main kitchen and he can help me cook… I think it is now better equipped then our main kitchen.

New Year was actually one of the bast I have ever had I think, the last few years LP has had gigs and I have been pregnant and about to pop on 2 of them so anything was going to be good really…… LP and I put the kids to bed and watched TV and drank Long Vodkas…. a drink I learned about when I was 20 and worked on a show at Edinburgh Festival ( another day another Post!)

anyway, shot of vodka, shot of lime cordial, dash of Angostura bitters and lots of ice topped up with lemonade or soda… I would recommend them….. the night ended with a shot of absinth, not the best idea but the bottle has been lurking at the back of the cupboard for a while now and LP had never tried it… it’s actually worse than I remember but the last time I had it was in an underground bar in Prague and not a half-finished kitchen in Nottingham….. rose tinted specials I think!

Anyway, New Year over…New Years Day, we tried Xmas mark 2 with LP’s Mum and had a nice time then it was home decs down,, 1st wave of operation get rid of Christmas tree needles before Iona eats them all…… (there is still a long way to go, they get everywhere!)

So here I am filling in the calendar for 2010… and planning how much weight I am going to lose while eating a piece of cheese, and that I am going to remember everybody birthdays and send cards this year, and get the paperwork in order and learn to drive and so on and so on, same old intentions, but I really should do less writing down and more actual doing…..

Oh yeh and on christmas morning I asked LP to marry me and he said yes!