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  1. Cakie

    Banana Suprise!

    By Cakie,

    Tonight I went out to get basic provisions, fruit, milk and wine So I bought a punnet of peaches, a bag of apples and some bananas. I picked some bananas that didn't look too ripe and looked into the box. There was a strange green/yellow coloured object next to some bananas. I looked a bit more closely and realised it was a dead frog. It looked quite fancy, green, black and yellow. I mentioned to the checkout guy that he might want to remove this frog and they went and recovered it and what it's fate was after that I don't know Just goes to show you need to to keep your eyes peeled
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    Holiday

    By Cakie,

    Just got back from a break at Centerparcs, Longleat.
    Never been before but it was brilliant. We took our bikes and hired a trailer for Princess Tbags, who loved being in it, she was like lady muck being ferried about
    We were lucky with the weather as it kept dry and quiet sunny. Me and Mr Loo snuck out one night (MIL was babysitting) and went swimming in the dark. It was pretty scary going down the flumes in the dark but the rapids were fun if a bit chilly.
    Me and MIL had a Three steps to Heaven spa treatment, which was a back and neck massage, followed by a facial. I wanted a Belgium chocolate wrap but thought better of it
    Overall, it's been a brilliant holiday and worth the money. I even stayed off the internet for 5 days :lol:
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    More House Viewings

    By Cakie,

    Much as I like people coming to view our house (and hopefully buy it) I hate having to tidy up Hubbie reckons it's loads better than any houses we have viewed in the past and that's before I tidy up but I just want it to sell
    Today was a 2nd viewing and, finger's crossed, they both seemed to like it (Wife came round by herself 1st time)
    Other than cleaning the house, I don't feel I've done very much in the last week or so :unsure:
    Went to Gloucester on Saturday. I've been briefly a month or so ago but previously it was 23 years when I last went :blink: I remember and reckognise one of the main streets there, although it is now pedestrianised. On Saturday we walked near a square I remembered, in my memory it had water features and looked really lovely. We turned the corner and my heart sank It was all run down and they were digging all the water features up. It's amazing how a place can go so downhill
    Anyway, moving on to Devon soon (hopefully) and pictures like this help warm my depressed heart :wub:
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    Bladdered (Or Not)

    By Cakie,

    Well I had a my Gall Bladder out on Wednesday. Apparently it's the thing that causes problems when you are fat and fourty. I would like to point out that I am neither :nonono:The operation was ok but my breathing and heart rate got a bit too low and they couldn't wake me up so had to give me adrenalin to bring me round. That and the anethetic in my blood has meant my head's been a bit all over the place the last few days (some would hardly notice the difference ) I've got four very fetching holes in my stomach now and a lot of bruising externally and internally. So I just need to take it easy and not be tempted to clean the house.
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    Busy Time

    By Cakie,

    Well what a busy time I've had since my last entry
    MiniLoo has arrive but yet to be given an official name. We are deliberating two different ones but have to decide which is to be the first and second name
    Most of the time she is very quiet but she has some moments of mega shreaks Girls seem very different to boys and I don't remember little fella being quite so scary
    She has mild jaundice but nothing to worry about, apart from a slight dodgy looking tan
    We were brave today and got the pram out to go for our first walk into town. Seems like we are a bit of a celebrity in the village, as quite a few people mentioned that we were in the paper yesterday
    We are off to Cirencester tomorrow so that Milo can buy his little sister a belated xmas pressie and his sis can buy him one
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    Hurrah

    By Cakie,

    After a stressful few weeks, we have managed to get another buyer for the house
    They have a small chain, so hopefully it shouldn't be too painful this time The bonus is that their offer is higher than the previous people, so we will have a bit more money to play with B)
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    Simple pleasures

    By Cakie,

    Yesterday we went to see the house that, hopefully, we are buying :blush:
    The last 2 times we saw it was when it was being rented out and what a state but yesterday it had been professionally cleaned and looked fab It need a bit of redecoration (bright pink/red walls ) but still has the Edwardian character
    The best bit about it is that it's 15 mins walk from the sea and I can see the sea from my bedroom window
    We went down to the front and spent 30mins dodging waves Little fella was screaming with laughter and it just made me think.....what a simple but fantastic pleasure we are about to embark on
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    Devon

    By Cakie,

    Escaping Cheltenham tomorrow :unsure:
    Off down to Devon to check out various possible locations to move to. It's strange yet again as I have never been to the area before (except the other week before hubbie accepted the job)
    Princess Tilly has given me a very hard weekend but I hope we are turning the corner now and the future is full of smiles
    Oh and Religion according to a 4 year old (no offence to anyone who is religious)
    "what are you doing Milo?"
    "I'm trying to do a cross on your head"
    "why"
    "because that's what the other's do" (at nursery)
    "oh, ok"
    "It's because Jesus did it, then he got mad and ponged himself up in the air onto the big red cross"
    "oh, ok"
    My appologies for the lack of response but I just didn't know quite what to say <_<
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    Flowers

    By Cakie,

    Today I bought Mr Loo some Sunflowers................he was a bit unsure as to how to accept the gift

    I just wanted to bring a bit of sunshine into his life
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    Muffin Removal

    By Cakie,

    Having been shamed by a recent story of weight loss by a fellow NW member and seeing how good he looked for it, made me think I need to trim up a bit So this weekend I bought a rowing machine. As Mr Loo said "the best thing in a gym is a rowing machine as it exercises so many different muscle groups" So far so good, I have discovered a tempo mode, which means I have to keep to the beeps as I watch telly
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    New Year

    By Cakie,

    Well hello 2009, I hope that it starts a more settled time dispite the current financial climate.

    The last two/three years have been a bit up in the air with moving/having Princess Tbags/contracting. I hope that my new job can allow me to progress but with the ability to keep a work/life balance which has been missing for a while

    I don't do New Year's resolutions as they are usually broken on the first day but will try to be more sociable and improve my baking skills

    I'm hoping that the models will be kind and give me a bit of the white stuff I have been starved of since we came down to Devon

    My only New Year's ambition is to give people more hugs and keep more in contact with people
  12. Cakie

    Sad News

    By Cakie,

    I found out tonight that my grandma, who was 99 last friday, passed away last night :unsure:
    My dad's mother, she was soooooo lovely. A spirited woman but always had time for people
    I saw her just over a week ago when she saw Tilly-Bea for the first time. She was over the moon but still made a fuss of Milo to make sure he did not feel left out
    I'm sad I will not see her again but know that to be half the person she was would be a fantastic achievement
    A toast - To my grandma, the most loving,down to earth person I have ever known <_<
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    Easter Stuff

    By Cakie,

    Blimey, been a while since I posted

    Well since New Year I have hugged more people and kept sort of incontact

    We are having a few foreign students to stay (one at a time) , it helps pay the bills and the kids love finding out about different countries.

    My hayfever is a nightmare at the mo, with my eyes really suffering this year

    Looking forward to going camping at the end of May and then some weekends during the summer
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    Pre Xmas

    By Cakie,

    Mr Loo is usually in charge at work but tonight he had to deal with Mrs Loo and the packing frenzy. I was on par with Gordon Ramsay ordering him to write yet another gift tag
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    Too Honest

    By Cakie,

    Today we had to escape the house for 2 viewings (both by the same people ) so off we went to Tesco to top up the Milk stocks etc.
    Bought little fella some vitamin tablets (his eating habits at the mo leave a little to be desired ) and he shook them around the store happy as Larry.
    At the checkout I chose a chap who looked really bored. To be fair he was very nice.....a bit too nice He was very nice but then I realised that he could infact be my son, which made me quite depressed
    Anyway, distraction over, little fella shook his vitamins at me as we were about to leave He had held on to them , so I had go back and pay for them. I apologised for my son's attempt at shoplifting to which the woman said I was too honest and most would have just walked out and not come back.
    When we returned from holiday I discovered that we had accidently taken one of their towels Hubbie has told me I am NOT allowed to post it back to them but I am racked with guilt everytime I open the airing cupboard
    I'm too honest B)
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    Busy, Busy

    By Cakie,

    Been pretty busy the last few weeks trying to sort out little fella's bedroom after the builder fixed his wall. It was damaged by a roof leak last year and was long overdue for sorting out. This meant we had to remove the wallpaper in the rest of the room. Doubt it had been touched since 1905 when it was built, so we had wallpaper archeology discovering layer after layer of "interesting" wallpaper We had a grand re-opening tonight, complete with cutting the [s]ribbon[/s] toilet paper into his room. He was very impressed Kids xmas lists now run into pages and yet they argue of a balloon
  17. Cakie

    First Dress

    By Cakie,

    I was very naughty today and bought Princess Tilly a dress and little pink tights :unsure:
    I know babies should wear babygrows for the first few months but she needs one dress for special occasions <_< The dress is far too big, even though it's a 0-3 months and the tights look like Nora Battie's
    We are going up North to see my Grandma, who had a bad fall last week and is in a lot of pain and I thought we would cheer her up :blink: She loves Milo to bits and I just know she will fall in love with Tilly
    Here is a picture of Milo with his little sister in her new dress (he's not got lipstick on, he's got sore lips from the weather :blink: )
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    Sales

    By Cakie,

    We were brave and went to Bristol on Monday in search of Ikea, baby stuff and flat screen TVs
    I was pleasantly supprised that Ikea was virtually empty We bought a bit of stuff, shelves etc.
    We also bought some bits for Merv, change mat etc but have yet to buy a cot (can't decided between a cot and cotbed) but not to worry as Merv will sleep in the carrycot bit of the pram for the first few weeks.
    Then went to look at the "bargins" in the twinkling metropolis of Currys/Comet etc. We have been looking to replace our aging TV and hoped that the LCD TVs would be greatly reduced after xmas but no joy, they were pretty much the same price Having got back home, I've now found them loads cheaper on the internet so I think we will order one
    Little fella went to play with one of his school mates yesterday, which made me realise what a fantastically well behaved young chap I have Also made me feel a bit stingy as to what we spent on presents, they had tons and tons of stuff, must have cost £100s But having said that, they were just wrecking half of it
    Taking things easy at the moment, I'm starting to feel really slow and huge at the mo, so taking people's advice and putting my feet up when I can
  20. Cakie

    Sad Birthday

    By Cakie,

    Today has been a bit of a sad birthday, for the first time ever I have had no pressies to open
    Got some Next vouchers from mum-in-law but nothing else
    Hubbie is out of the country but promises to buy me an ipod in Duty free for my birthday
    The good thing was that little people have been very well behaved today and were both in bed for 6.30pm :unsure: Tilly Bea even smiled and gurgled for me
    Piccies are of Tilly smiling (sort of <_< ) and hubbie's flowers
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    Bye Bye Baby......tooth

    By Cakie,

    Well this morning I said goodbye to my last remaining baby tooth For some reason my second tooth never came through and I've been hanging onto this one as long as possible but alas it has been condemed and removed this morning *sniff*

    The dentist was impressed that I managed to keep it for so long. I have it in a "Fairy tooth" envelope the dentist gave me and shall see what the tooth fairy brings tonight. Personally I think it should be worth more as it is rarer but Mr Loo reckons it's worth less as it's not in the best of conditions.

    Been busy trying to get ready for Xmas. Trying to work out the logistics of getting pressies to different family members. Other people at work are fretting as they haven't sent out their cards and I haven't even thought about it

    Little people were happy to open their advent calendars this morning but Princess Tbags has not got the idea that you only open one a day
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    Rollercoaster

    By Cakie,

    I feel like I'm on a very long rollercoaster, sometimes up, sometimes down
    I try to be jolly and think we will soon sell our house and then we can look for something down in Devon. Then I get on a downer cos I have to pay £75 excess for a new windscreen :unsure:
    I know it's only money and that's not what gets me, it's just one bad thing after another at times
    I think my hormones are getting back to usual after having Tilly, my hair is starting to fall out in great handfuls (when you are pregnant you don't produce one of the hormones which make your hair naturally fall out, hence lovely thick hair)
    Things will get better, especialy when the sun starts shining a bit more. I should be thankful I have two lovely kids and a wonderful hubbie
    Rant over :unsure:
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    Windy night

    By Cakie,

    Last night was pretty wild (weather wise)
    This morning I decided to go down to the seafront to see what it was like down there
    I now realise I need a waterproof camera
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    Sick house

    By Cakie,

    Well the last few days have been pretty tiring. Little fella has had a sick bug and Princess Tilly also had a brief sicky spell. The result is that me and the washing machine are rather tired at the mo :blush:
    Mr Loo has man flu, so it's laugh a minute in our house
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    Mothers!!!

    By Cakie,

    Finally we have the house to ourselves
    My mum came down to "help out" when I came out of hospital. She was waiting at the door when we got back :unsure:
    I've always had 'issues' with my mum, who seems to take pleasure the negative side of life I won't go into detail but she was not at all helpful and ended up winding me up to the point I had to leave the house a couple of times to calm down <_<
    I managed to get her to go back home yesterday and all she did was complain to my brother that I would not let her help out :blink: :blink: :blink: (she didn't lift a finger ) It could have been worse, as she was intending to stay for 2 to 3 weeks I found out
    Anyway, she is no longer here and we can now concentrate on being a family and enjoying our children
    We have decided that MiniLoo is to have the official name Matilda Phoebe but she is know to us a Tilly-Bea or Princess Tilly :wub:
    She is pretty well behaved and when she gets rid of her "stork bites" on her eyes, I will post a piccie
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