Well life is ticking along just nicely now. We had our 2 month anniversary last week and can't believe how settled we are in such a short time. I'm finding it really hard to get to grips with the Christmas thing. I know it happens at the same time each year but it is just so different. I went out and bought a tree and decorations last weekend in a bid to make me a bit more festive but it isn't working yet. I do like the idea of solar powered santas and snowmen though - perhaps get ...
flying to singapore to hopefully get our visa granted, within next 10 days. Really hope everything goes Ok. Its so stressful having to leave again after only being here 8 weeks. We just starting to get settled and sorted even though our stuff asn't arrived yet. thats due into port on the 22nd Nov so by time we get back it won't be to long before we get it. I really hope it does boys are now getting really bored with the few things they have and are whinging a lot. Its also stressful on them ...
Once the visa application was in, I managed to distract myself from the wait fairly well with all the mundane things going on around me. The children's school was to amalgamate and become a primary school and there was a change in uniform to be sorted out. I was looking forward to getting rid of my youngest daughter's uniform which was getting rather worse for wear after having had two lots of usage. Then the summer holidays arrived and I expected to be distracted with arranging activities for the ...
Today Ashley's brother lost his 6 month battle with lung cancer .. he was only 45 years old. He leaves behind a wife and 4 children. One of the hardest things we are all trying to come to terms with is that he died of lung cancer, a disease normally associated with smokers but he had never so much as taken a puff of a cigarette in his whole life and nobody in his family had ever smoked either! How cruel is that?? The lessons we should all learn from this tragedgy ...
......what is the appropriate title? I might know by the end of this! Waiting, waiting, waiting! Having bust a gut thinking we would be flying out on 23rd Nov, (having had only 15 weeks to sort everything!) we've done just about all we can......although i confess, i still haven't cleaned all the shoes in the house so they are totally soil free! Can't think why that is....it's been on my to do list for weeks! 'COS IT'S A PANTS JOB! ....LIKE TOTALLY REDECORATING THE HOUSE! ...