Blog 10

Oooh get me, into double figures blogwise :o)

Baby update, both mother and baby allowed home today and doing well :o)

Did anyone watch the London Marathon last Sunday? It amazes me the amount of people taking part every year, each one with their own personal reason for taking part. For the elite runners its about setting new records, personal bests to beat and qualifying for other competitions like the Olympics. For other runners its about proving to themselves they can do it, others to represent their running clubs. They should be proud of themselves for achieving this, but to me its the ordinary runners taking part that I admire the most. People who decide to run this gruelling 26 miles to raise money for their chosen charity. Some never ran more than a few miles before, other have never attempted running a few yards let alone a marathon. For whatever reason these people put themselves through the pain and exhaustion, finishing the race for themselves and raising money. I take my hat off to them. The only ones that I can't get my head around are the one who dress up in fancy dress. Why? Surely its hard enough without the extra heat these costumes create? There was one man who had a frame shaped like a pylon and he said it weighed the same as a bag of cement. I mean you wouldn't walk 26miles carrying a bag of cement would you?

On a sad note, somebody died taking part in this year's marathon, such a shame, she was so close to completing it too. Heartfelt sympathy to her family. :o(

Woke up this morning to torrential rain pounding on the window....forgotten what it sounded like lol. I love listening to the rain and, oddly....which describes me lol....I like....correction, I used to like....walking in the rain. Call me odd....I can see you trying not to smile at that :o)....but I used to like sitting by the sea in the rain or by a lake. The water looks sooo different in the rain, especially a lake, you can almost say that the rain dances on the the surface.....get me, poetic or what lol. I don't do much walking these days but maybe one day I will take another long walk in the rain.

My granddaughter has decided that she wants a guinea pig. Fair play, she has done her homework before hand, checking on prices of cages, water bottles, bedding, food and treats, and general care. She is saving up her money to pay for everything herself bless.... :o) watch this space for updates :o)

My phone is still being a pain, I've tried everything my nice tech help has suggested, and a few of my own....but....absolutely nothing...nada....zilch....dim byd!!! :o( Oh, well I'll just have to make do with it, until my numbers come up on the lottery....mind you it would help if I bought some tickets, eh? ;o) Still talking of technical things....my lapi is running a bit faster now. I spent some time giving it tlc this evening, disk clean up, defrag, antivirus scan, deleting browsing history....wow I sound like I know what I'm talking about ha ha, .let's just say I've had a patient(ish), good teacher over some time....diolch blod :o)

Is anyone playing this new app called DrawSomething? It's fun to play, it's like the programme Win, Lose or Draw. Don't know if anybody remembers it, basically there were two teams, and each team took it in turns to guess what one member drew on the flip chart....oops I'm digressing again....anyway that's what it's like. The only drawback is that sometimes it takes ages to load....well mine does....and you don't know if anyone is playing the game until it says play next to their name. So even though it has the basis for a good game it lets itself down because of the timing and the loading problem. I expect I'll still use it, but not as often as I did when I first downloaded it.

Well peeps that's your lot for this one :o)

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Bye Bye for now....

Keep safe and happy xxxx

Blog 9

Well at last I can happily say that my gorgeous new grandson has arrived well and healthy!
I can only half-heartedly apologise to all you non-baby fans but for at least this chapter I am going to gush and goo about the little man :o)  He finally arrived yesterday and he is gorgeous! Of course I am slightly biased but I defy any one not to think, aww, when they see a baby. He weighed in at 6lb 4oz the exact same weight as his dad, my youngest. Unfortunately I haven't seen him in the flesh yet but I can't wait. Loads of snuggles and cuddles await this little bundle from his nain. In his picture he has his father's mouth, what we say in welsh a 'ceg sws'... lol :o). Do you know I really love babies, the only problem....though some wouldn't call it a problem....is that babies always fall asleep whilst they have snuggles from me. I can only assume that they feel safe and awfully comfy lol :o)  My daughter in law is going to be the only female in their family seeing as the little one has two big brothers....well big, as in older than him lol :o) Lots of smiley faces in this bit I know, but I haven't had much to smile about lately so I'm making the most of it. Wish I was living closer to them so I could spend more time spoiling him and the rest of my grandkids. Funnily enough when my children were small and my mother used to spoil them, I used to tell her off and she always said: "It's a nain's prerogative to spoil the grandchildren. You'll see for yourself one of these days". She was soooo right! Scary, I agree with my mam :-s .... lol
Oh, I have been knitting....yes knitting....lol I haven't knitted in years, but so far I have finished a shawl and three quarters of a cardigan and a knitted waistcoat! Not sure how the last two will look like as I am about to do the neckband which involves picking up stitches....I have no problem in dropping them lol.
Well, I'll keep you updated to his progress and all of them....:o)

So the Grand National. What did you think of it, eh? Can you feel a rant coming on? It is the longest and most gruelling of the racing season. The jumps are more rigid than normal steeplechases and some are different heights either side. Some racing pundits say that if they were to lower the jumps then the race would become faster and more dangerous. How can they justify that, given the injuries received as it is now. I say that they should lower the fences and allow fewer horses to compete. One of the biggest problems occur when you have such a tight bunch of horses at the jumps leaving no leeway if a jockey becomes unseated or a horse falls, leading to carnage. Once again there were serious injuries with a jockey breaking his leg and two horses having to be destroyed. Jockeys are trained to roll into a ball and not move until they safely can, because 90% of the time a horse will do its utmost to avoid trampling on you. Unfortunately in cases like this it has no choice. Yes the owners feel sad at the loss of such a valuable animal, especially a winning stallion, the potential stud fees etc, but at the end of the day, that commodity is insured. The only time organisers will consider changing this race is....God forbid.... a jockey is killed. Don't get me wrong, I've got nothing against  competitive horse riding.... being a groom was my chosen career....it's just the Grand National.
Let me know your thoughts and whether you agree/disagree with me :o)

You might be interested to know that my lovely hard working phone has relapsed to being an annoyingly frustrating mind-numbing worthless piece of rubbish!!!! Yep its on the blink again :o(

Well my mind doesn't want to focus at the moment so I'll leave......oooh, talking of which there was something else I wanted to share with you. :o) My mind! I think it's slowly turning to mush.....seriously, I'm not joking....take for example the other day right. I was doing my knitting....I know I still can't believe it....anyway there I was counting my stitches....44,45,46,47....erm....erm....three times I had to start from the beginning before I realised 48 was next :o) Go on laugh, I am, I think it's hilarious! Add to that the fact that I forget words in mid sentence, there's not much hope for me no? :o)

Anyway for now bye bye....mind you it's actually time to say night night, ha ha :o)

Night night and bye for now...
Keep safe and happy peeps
:o) xxxxx