Oh Boy, our house has been quaranteened again, yes Darcy has caught a cold, the kind where she sits and whimpers, and lets snot run down one nostril, before wiping it across her face..... nice !! oh and she has nappy rash !!
Yep, last nite was a barnstormer, Darcy you best not get too used to sleeping in our bed, the big cot is coming into our room for you. you can spread out, ( as much as a grow bag allows )!!
mind you we are proud of you, my sister bought her a rocking Giraffe, which Darcy likes, but was unsure what to do with, until we rocked her on it, and she kinda realised it had the action of a swing !!, now she rocks by herself, and loves it !!
situation on the car radio, well i can't afford to get a new radio, or fix it, so as I shopped in a supermarket at 6.30 before work i bought a battery radio for the car !! £8 you can't go wrong ! and the reception is great too !!!
Hopefully the weather will hold, the house needs another lick of paint !! Looks like another busy weekend...
Hope you all have a decent weekend too !!
Friday, 6 June 2008
Thursday, 5 June 2008
Neden, money, cars...
The mystery of Miden , Niden, Neden has been solved !!
Jayne has a 1950's Italian doll, which Darcy likes to look at, and hold, when we change her nappy, and she calls her, Neden !! Ta-da !!
Last nite I thought i'd put some effort into making Darcy some food, so i made stew, Darcy's with "baby stock" seperate to mine and Jayne's...
Darcy was so not impressed by this, though after 30 minutes, she managed to eat more than half a bowl. it was a case of.. " I want daddy's food " though it looked the same ! .... sometimes you just can not win !!
The long running debate, of whether we get to keep the Sky Tv is still running !! I see some benifits, but really we need to get some kind of broadband deal.... for this i need an injection of cash, and what with the car not getting any younger , and the rising prices of fuel lately, things need to be thought out. things can not continue as they are, there has to be changes somewhere along the lines, Plus the car radio has died this week, i can not pick up any FM radio, so it is back to the retro tape player........ oh boy the week just keeps amazing me !!
On a lighter note the Dahlia's are getting stronger and growing fast ! photo's to follow !!
back to the money thinking !
Jayne has a 1950's Italian doll, which Darcy likes to look at, and hold, when we change her nappy, and she calls her, Neden !! Ta-da !!
Last nite I thought i'd put some effort into making Darcy some food, so i made stew, Darcy's with "baby stock" seperate to mine and Jayne's...
Darcy was so not impressed by this, though after 30 minutes, she managed to eat more than half a bowl. it was a case of.. " I want daddy's food " though it looked the same ! .... sometimes you just can not win !!
The long running debate, of whether we get to keep the Sky Tv is still running !! I see some benifits, but really we need to get some kind of broadband deal.... for this i need an injection of cash, and what with the car not getting any younger , and the rising prices of fuel lately, things need to be thought out. things can not continue as they are, there has to be changes somewhere along the lines, Plus the car radio has died this week, i can not pick up any FM radio, so it is back to the retro tape player........ oh boy the week just keeps amazing me !!
On a lighter note the Dahlia's are getting stronger and growing fast ! photo's to follow !!
back to the money thinking !
Wednesday, 4 June 2008
I am a blog-a-holic, and my name is....
Dear Me,
I have now spent 2 days trying to get this page up and running, sorry crawling, with help from others, ( thanks to Veronica ) etc, and it feels like i am starting over! it is something that i realise must occur, it hurts me, to start over, i had a vibe going, a good vibe, now it feels like i am a very little fish in a gulf stream, ( Nemo in Finding Nemo ! )
Darcy is a star, a shining star in my world, that never diminishes, or wanes, she never ceases to amaze me, though she is 1 now, she learns a new skill every day, sometimes i wish i could learn a new skill every day, a little something new, to carry with me, to the next day, to aid me in my quest, " what is my quest ?? " life and answers i guess !! Happiness ?? i d o not know. I work to live , not live to work !! that i realise !!
Darcy now sings Miden, Niden Neden, what does this mean, i say to her..... " where is the Niden Neden?? " and she just points in a general 180 degrees range !!! what is is ?? oh well i suppose we well find out in due course !!
more witterings, and thoughts tomorrow i guess, just need to find some people to read this !!
I have now spent 2 days trying to get this page up and running, sorry crawling, with help from others, ( thanks to Veronica ) etc, and it feels like i am starting over! it is something that i realise must occur, it hurts me, to start over, i had a vibe going, a good vibe, now it feels like i am a very little fish in a gulf stream, ( Nemo in Finding Nemo ! )
Darcy is a star, a shining star in my world, that never diminishes, or wanes, she never ceases to amaze me, though she is 1 now, she learns a new skill every day, sometimes i wish i could learn a new skill every day, a little something new, to carry with me, to the next day, to aid me in my quest, " what is my quest ?? " life and answers i guess !! Happiness ?? i d o not know. I work to live , not live to work !! that i realise !!
Darcy now sings Miden, Niden Neden, what does this mean, i say to her..... " where is the Niden Neden?? " and she just points in a general 180 degrees range !!! what is is ?? oh well i suppose we well find out in due course !!
more witterings, and thoughts tomorrow i guess, just need to find some people to read this !!
Tuesday, 3 June 2008
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 !
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 !
Friday, 22 February 2008
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.
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.
Friday, 18 January 2008
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!
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!
Friday, 21 December 2007
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..
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..
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