Not child related….. May 26, 2008
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But just an experience I wanted to share with everyone.
I have just had the great honour of spending a weekend listening to the teachings of His Holiness The dalai Lama.
NEVER have I had such a humbling, awe inspiring day in my entire Life.
Karl bought me tickets for a series of talks he’s been holding in Nottingham this weekend for christmas and I asked my Mum if she wanted to come. Obviously she jumped at the chance, Who wouldnt????/??
I have to admit, I was a little concerend that the weekend would be about buddhism, something I know very little about, I was very pleasantly surprised that one of the first things he said was that he was a simple monk, nothing speacial and that no-one should expect any pearls of wisdom or mystical powers. lol. He also said that we should not convert to buddhism, but follow the faith of our culture…..
Hving listened to him all I can say is that it was completely awe inspring! An experience I will NEVER EVER forget!!!!!!!
Its been a lifetime ambition of mine to hear him or even see him as a speck in the distance lol, I can honestly say, even if Karl spent thousands looking for another present for me he couldnt buy anything anywhere near as thoughtful as this if he tried. It was awesome! The whole vibe (no Im not going hippy on you, but its 1am and I cant think of a better description lol) in the arena was really friendly, there were people of all colours, races, sexes and relgions mixing together and talking, everyone was smiling and there was a real mood of anticipation.
Religion didnt even enter into it, he spoke about how to ensure you live a happy life (Basically, treat others well and dont get angry about things you cannot change) and how to live ethically.
absolutly awesome!
BUT as I say, its 1am, Im beyond knackered and I cant concentrae anymore other than to say, I hav never heard anyone who has been through so much and yet be so humble, compassionate, loving and awe inspiring in my entire life, and doubtless I will ever hear anything like it again!
Another (not so) quick update…. May 15, 2008
Posted by Nemma in Day to day stuff, fun.Tags: children, credit crunch, Family, glue ear, kids, update, work
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Thought I had better update you on whats been going on here….
Having a good day today. Had an email through yesterday offering us discounted tickets to Playhouse disney live in nottingham. VERY discounted tickets, a quarter of the price to be exact!!!!
Instead of them being £20 each, they are just a fiver! So in effect, you buy one ticket, get three free lol.
Madness!
Anyway, we’re booked to go see it the day after Jacks birthday (Good timing eh?) for the 5pm showing.
I honeslty dont know who’s more excited, Me because of seeing the kids faces, or the kids becasue they are going to see Handy Manny etc etc
Anyway, enough with the smug faces…
Its suddenly dawned on me Ive not updated this for ages properly and need a post to catch up
Jack went for a hearing test again yesterday. He suffers from glue ear (Too much fluid in his ear canal) He did very well and for the first time really understood what they were asking him. He played the “games” well, did what he was told and even had them all giggling at his reactions. He let the doctor check his ear and didnt flinch once! (A huge improvment from last time) I think it helped that I had been pretending to be a doctor looking in his ears before we went in, and explained what would happen beforehand.
Apparantly his hearing is “adequate” but if it stays at the level it is at the minute WILL need some sort of intervention. Something to drain the fluid from his ears. Im guessing gromits. It could affect his learning ability in school as he struggles hearing things when theres a background noise. We are goin back in four months time to test again, as he has a cold at the minute, and then we will see what happens.
The positive thing is, that now something actually seems to be happening about it. His speech has improved 200% recently, he actually holds conversations with us rather than just talking gobbldygook.
Another positive thing is that I have regular hours at work, I can budget better, and I can plan my time and the kids routine more. I also am able to take them with me for half an hour till Karl can pick them up after work.
Jacks started pre school one afternoon a week and is settling in really well. He whinges a little bit when we leave, but by the time we’re walking round the outside of the building he’s off and playing with whatever toys are out that week (I can see him through the window). He actually asked to go this week and wasnt impressed when I said he had to wait a few hours!!!!
Lukes clingyness is wearing off a little bit. He still wants me if he’s tired or hungry, but he’s trusting a few more people now. Before, he would sit on my knee for the first half an hour of visiting anyone, including my mum and dad, and Karls Mum and Stepdad. Now he’s happy annough to run off and play at theier house straight away and will even follow certain friends around. I cant wait till he starts pre school, its going to be difficult I think because he wont like me not being there to start with, but hopefully he should soon settle.
Our house is almost ready for selling though thank god so we can move out of this shitty area and hopefully move somewhere that world war three isnt starting every two minutes! Im desparate to move in some way, but am wondering wether we should hang on because of this supposed credit crunch dropping house prices….
Other than that, not much to report really…. Ive been busy trying to find stuff to decorate the rooms with for thier party. I spent about two hours last night making bloody invitations!!!!!
(They do look good though!)
Old Pictures…. May 13, 2008
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I finally got round to sticking an old memory card I found into the cmputer. On it are some really old photo’s of the kids. Some really nice ones and a couple of funny ones….
Thought I’d share!
It always suprises me how little luke has actually changed. Jack looks completely different now to when he was abpout 6 months old. Lukes face still looks almost identical!
Picture update…. May 13, 2008
Posted by Nemma in Day to day stuff, Family, Kids having fun, fun, update.Tags: children playing, Family, jack, Luke, nemma, sun, update, weather
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Been so busy recently its unreal.
Cant really do a full update but here are some recent pics.
You can get the general gist of whats been going on from them.
Went to Mum and Dads van last week for a couple of days. Karl stayed at home and me and the kids went with a friend and her little girl.
Other than that not much to tell really. Weathers been gorgeous so we’ve been out and about as much as possible. The kids are virtually living in thier UV sunsuits. So much easier than having to try and wrestle them to put sun tan cream on every hour or so!
The Pictures of Jack and his grandad were taken while they were testing out the new wii fitness board. Jack wanted to join in so he had a “Jack Board” made from an argos catalogue! lol. He thought it was brilliant because he could do the same as Grandad!
