knock those moth balls off !!!

Due to work having stopped access to a popular social website, to which i blog, i have returned to this site.
The urge to blog is immense.

Darcy was one last Thursday. ONE I can not believe that the year has passed so quickly, she has changed so much so fast, that i have had this strange sense of my own mortality since she was born, and the need to take photos, store memories, etc etc, time is short, and passes by faster as we get older.

I had family down for 4 days, and the need to cater for them, and then the extra 14 people for darcy's party proved pretty stressful, as it happened all passed off pretty well,

Congrats to Jayne for doing the Race for Life on Sunday, however she got food poisoning afterwards from some dodgy chicken.... she is getting better now.

If anyone knows the translation for Niden Neden from baby language to english, please let me know, all Darcy sings at the moment is Niden Neden Niden Neden, over and over again ....

It's good to blog again !

family, and days to remember

“This is the time to remember
Cause it will not last forever
These are the days to hold onto
‘cause we won’t, although we’ll want to “

The great Billy Joel… This is the time.

This weekend Darcy gets dedicated at our local church. As a kid in Sheffield, CofE, baptised then Sunday school, then at around 11 yrs old we all got confirmed. The church we go to now is a little more laid back, in that you are dedicated as a baby, then when it is right for you, your decision, not a tradition, you are baptised, I like that.

Jayne and I were thinking small, until the family gets involved, so I have about 10 people from Sheffield coming down. Jayne has four also (not from Sheffield), plus friends etc,

This is hopefully one of those days to remember, I do not get to see my family as often as I liked, and it’s always good to get together. As I get older I feel a more real sense of mortality, people get older, my family is close to 5 hours drive away, these are days to look forward to, and yet remember.

It’s also a day, that makes me more aware how important my role as a father is. All I can do is take influences from my father, and friends who are dads, and try and work through it, there is no manual! I have a responsibility to do my best for Darcy. Ok I can not tell what to do or think, though I guess there will times when I hope that she will listen !!! but I can guide her, and try to be a good role model. This will be the first of many days, first birthday….first day at school….etc, I am lucky that family will be there also to see it.

choices

Choices

The health visitor said “ If it was a choice between eating lumpy food or puree, or whether Darcy is drinking enough milk? I would go for the Lumpy or puree food choice as being more important !! She reckons all babies have times when they drink more milk than others, but with food they need to be eating as close to grown up food as quickly as possibly (7 months) as this can cause faddy eating in later life !!


When I was a kid I had the choice of wearing the red or blue t-shirt. I guess the choice of eating meat ( or more to the point not liking the taste of it) was mine also… ( I must point out here Darcy eats, meat and fish in her food ).

Later I had choices on which university I went to ( ok not true in the end, I went through clearing) I had the choice to drink, the choice to smoke or do drugs, the choice to believe in God. The freedom to choose is a powerful gift, and one that affects our lives everyday.

I know someone who has a relative who is dying. They have a choice to tell them the real time scale of life remaining, or not. What kind of choice is that.

Choices have got all “grown up” and tough all of a sudden !

Before Darcy I had easy decisions like “shall I go out Saturday night?” Or where shall Jayne And I go on Holiday this year. now things are alot different!

blah blah odds and sods

Thought i'd add this..

not sure whether these blogs will continue, whether i can commit the time , or just get readers.. xmas period is upon us, a time to reflect and take stock, myspace brought me to the beauty of blogging, and there strangley seems to be a bigger community out on there, i need to spend more time on this site, if it is to continue...... or get comments, if anyone wants me to continue on here send a message, or ideas to help spread the word ....

if you do read... Happy christmas and a great new year !! see you soon on here or Myspace..

pc discs and a rat

One of the ads on MySpace was for PC WORLD (other shops also available)
The add was for PC discs!!

Made me think a little

I voted for Labour the last 2 or 3 elections
I put my faith and trust in them,
But they kinda let me down a little with the computer discs…thing.

Not that they alone can not look after discs ohhhh no

3 discs = 25 million names of people claiming child benefit = missing

1 disc = Norwich union 15,000 names = missing

1 disc = dvla Northern Ireland drivers info = missing

1 hardrive = dvla 3 million learner driver names and info, missing in Iowa!!

All the above in the last 3 weeks

Is it too much to send a courier, and not just drop it in the post…??

We put our trust in these people, our lives, info etc; surely security should mean a bit more??!!


On a quirckier note the BBC reported this morning that a rat the size of a cat had been found in the jungle….

It has a long tail, long rodent teeth, and “ratty” fur….

Yep that’ll be a rat then!!!

music revolution

Here’s something I meant to blog a long time ago.

Maybe I was waiting for it to be done by someone else,
Maybe it WAS done by someone else??

There is a revolution going on ..

A Sheffield music revolution.

This may seem strange to some, some may have missed it..
I was always an indie ( true indie, Madchester kid at heart, not this awful pap these days )

The true Sheffield music success started with Joe Cocker, and of course, Tony Christie..

We make our way, picking through Black Lace “AGADOO” … Human League, and Def Leppard, kinda wilderness years…

Upto the early 90’s Pulp…. Babybird… Longpigs… Various vegetables.

But now Sheffield is back on the map..!!

Richard Hawley…
Arctic Monkeys…
Milburn…
Rev. & the Makers…
The Jives
Jarvis Cocker is still knocking around…

Come the revolution !!

Liverpool, and Manchester have always had strong music roots, but now is the time to recognise a city that deserves music recognition !

Boxing day

Driving home for Christmas.


(Chris Rea ringing in my ears)
Or he will be in a couple of weeks when I go home
It’s only 200 miles, 4/5 hours in the car with a stop.
This year we take Darcypops to see the extended family, and a dress maker, as Darcy is flower girl, at my sister’s wedding next August.

Darcy = needs food = needs changing = more car stops.

I had hoped to make it home in time for boxing day, but it maybe later, the reason for boxing day is the fact we get to see the Sword dancing, then go to the pub. ( Yes we English are strange, and have odd traditions) but it is the traditions that make us who we are.!!

http://www.grenosword.f9.co.uk/

try this link , hope it works, it explains a lot !!

Mind you football in the afternoon is also a tradition so I am doublely sad to miss boxing day !!


Currently listening to Led Zeppelin, Remastered.