April 2012
39 posts
seeing things differently
wow so yesterday was interesting. it very nearly didn’t happen, that’s right i nearly said
“i’d rather be poorly sighted, get me out of here!”
it was all going well, i got to the clinic in plenty of time and filled in numerous pieces paper work. i met the surgeon, who was a lovely lovely chap and he made me feel really relaxed. he gave my eyes the final check over and ok’d me for the procedure....
the fear
oh my lord in under 6 hours my eyeballs are being lasered. what am i doing? feeling a little bit sick about it right now. fuck. lasers opening my eyes having a poke around then lasering the heck out of them. what? do i really need to be doing this? i look alright in glasses, shall i keep the glasses? oh lord someone slap me. this has taken 10 years to get to this point and now i am seriously...
quick half
so this evening, all was normal apart from the sun was shining, i know the sun shining, shhhh, don’t want to jinx it, but it was so bright it almost blinded me. anyway. i arrived at nursery to collect ronnie. he told me about his day and how he was growing dinosaurs in a fish bowl, that he doesn’t like pre-school yogurt and that tomorrow is spots birthday party, not in the nursery room, just in...
grateful
i’m grateful for many things in life, i am a pretty lucky lady. however i don’t often get to say how grateful i am. so today i’m going say out loud four things that i am truly grateful for.
my parents
they supported me through my choices and could clearly see the future far ahead of me. when many laughed that i wanted to study textiles my parents encouraged me even more. with their support i...
blog it for babies
today my saturday was dedicated to getting a greater understanding on how i can use something that i do a hobby to help babies and families in places far from my own home and in far far less fortunate situations than my own.
i attended the creating connections – blogger and vlogger conference 2012, organised by save the children to share with us their latest global project, build it for babies.
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this evenings conversation
ronnie : mummy what you doing?
hpmcq : i’m just going to the toilet rooster, won’t be a mo
ronnie : ok you tell me when you finished and i’ll come wipe your bottom
choca choo choo
well i guess the easter weekend had to come to an end at some point
we’ve done lots
we watched pirates in 3d, played in the park, wondered when naughty friday is, eaten our body weight in barbecued prawns, make some new artwork for the teapot, drank booze and a little more booze, eaten dinner at the savoy, got home past midnight, spent time with the in-laws and scoffed fabulous amounts of...
easter for idiots
we’ve scooted round the park
swung on the swings
slid down the slide, sitting, laying, backwards and sideways
gone round and round on the roundabout
ronnie is sitting on my lap by the gates of the park and we are scoffing a 99 with a flake
ronnie : what day is it today mummy?
hpmcq : it’s friday
ronnie : why am i not at pre-school?
hpmcq : because today is a holiday,...
david john mott
my first boyfriend
the first person i truly loved, aside of my family of course
i met david when we were both 15. i always called him david, most called him dave or motty, but i not me it was always david
he went to st martins and i the ursuline convent
these two schools didn’t really mix as a whole, actually no other schools in brentwood really mixed with the ursuline girls, i think they...
an unexpected day
how blooming gorgeous was today?
i had been dreading today. oliver had to head into to work for the day and the weather forecast had said it was going to be, well a little shit really and mostly grey. filled with dread of one of those cabin fever days, i had thoughts that maybe a trip to the cinema would be called for.
errrrrrrr nope cancel that, we awoke to clear blue skies and the sun was...
