I'm Gene Hunt. Your DCI. And it's 1973. Nearly dinner time. I'm 'aving hoops

You have just got to love Life on Mars ....This has got to be one of my favourites TV series in most recent years ...

I just love it ...When it first came to our screens I watched the first episode and thought yes this FAB  ..and then for some reason I didn't get to watch the rest ..

Then , EXCELLENT , in came the beauty of catch up ...and browsing through it one day i happened to see that they were showing both series one and two ..so as i am one of these people who hate having to wait for the next weeks episodes this was like seeing a twenty quid note appear before my eyes LOL ... i sat myself down for a Life On Mars marathon.

WOW !!!! Life On Mars totally blew me away ...

Ive since watched it over and over ..and it just gets better and better  ...There is so much to observe .On first viewing you do miss an awful lot ...if not certain things within the story but the amazing music that accompanies it.
As a stand alone TV series its very good , the humour is superb ..but with the added bonus of a great soundtrack it totally finishes it off .A great trip down memory lane for us 1970's kids ..

Admittedly I was little during the 70's but i remember LOTS about it ...and when i sit down to watch this its like being catapulted like Sam Tyler straight back in time ...

Although the majority of it is  politically incorrect its  refreshing to watch something that shows us how mad this world we live in has become .Life on Mars  is exactly the right mix of how i would like to see our country now.Now that is wishful thinking
isnt it ?

Daily Mail Comments ......

Before discovering the beauty of the blog I was an avid reader (and still am to an extent) of all things celebrity gossip and I've never been one to shy away from adding my 2 pence worth on the comments section ...

This being said the Daily Mail has had to be the hardest one that I've had to crack ...There have been so many (in my opinion ) great put down comments written by me worthy of being printed but alas plenty have been a no show ...up until recently that is

For some reason this week  I have had a record breaking amount of comments published this week ...Why i ask myself is this week so different from the rest ? Its only when i take a look at all the other comments i realise its because my opinion is that of the majority ..

However when I expressed an opinion that was a bit off the cuff these comments amazingly didn't get printed ...it honestly makes you think is there really such a thing as freedom of speech ????

Because of this blatant manipulation of the "Daily Mail censorship police" i have decided to start my very own  celebrity slag off section .This will  run alongside the tabloids on a daily basis  and it will be here ill be able to  swear, say what i like whether it offends or not, and the beauty of it is it will always be published AND i wont even get red arrowed ..hurrah !!!! :) LOL

Bargaining Bribery and Lies ..All in the name of Food

Mealtimes in our house are always abit stressy ...Honey our munchkin has always been a good eater but has the concentration of a goldfish when it comes to sitting and eating ....

Ive taken to giving her a meal at around 2 ish because lucky for us Honey absolutely loves her sleepy night nights ..and come 6.30 she is almost begging to go to bed ...

So trying to get food inside her has to be done earlier on in the daytime ...Breakfast nearly always consists of toast with either Jam or just butter ..followed by dry cereal ...which nearly always ends up all over the front room floor (much to my annoyance)

Breakfast time is easy ....i can prepare it in seconds and leave her to it ..but when it comes to mealtimes i am always racking my brains as to what to give her ..ham sandwiches , cheese sandwiches  and when i am feeling politically correct endless amounts of square cut (and peeled mind) cucumber (just how the  toddler clubs prepare it)  fruit, crisps, grapes ,cheese and apple but after a while even this cornucopia wowness of food seems dull and boring to a toddler and eventually it leads to "NO I DON'T WANT IT " or "I WANT CHOCOLATE"

So imagine my delight when i suggested to honey "how about  chicken and noodles" (spotted in the  £1 dinner section in Iceland) and  she agreed to it... HURRAH!!

So far so good ..the first battle was won ...shes agreed to have it ...now we get home ..

"mum i want ice cream"

here comes bargaining no.1 - "Honey you can have ice cream after you have eaten your chicken and noodles " ...

next .....

"mum i want my chicken and noodles now "

 I'm thinking this really  is good ,she really does want it shes even asking for it what a  result .

First  lie  coming up "OK Honey, just a sec , its cooking at the moment wont be long promise "

 I look on the packet ..oh no! 4 Min's for that bit then 6 Min's for that bit ... does it mean put that bit in for 4 Min's and then the other bit for 2 making it a total of 6 Min's? or do you put that bit in for 4 and then ......oh bugger WHAT DOES IT MEAN !!!!! ..ill do it like that first so it totals 6 Min's ....

Meanwhile

"mum ..wheres my chicken and noodles ?"

Lie no.2 "its on its way wont be long"

4 Min's later ping!!! check ..OK that looks cooked so now i have to add these for another 2 Min's right to make it a total of six ...

In the meantime I'm tidying away and i catch a glimpse of the outer box of the chicken and noodles ...cooks in ten minutes .....hm mm i think to myself ..that must be for like a really inferior rubbish microwave that takes 3 years to heat a bowl of soup not like our state of the art Tesco microwave ...

"mum ..wheres my chicken noodles ?"

Lie no.3 "nearly done honey " PING !! check contents of the microwave ....SHIT !!! its still frozen it was meant to go in for 10 Min's ....OK shove it back in for a further 4 Min's ...

"mum i want my noodles i want my noodles "

Lie no. 4 "OK honey yes on a second now then its done"

"can i have chocolate"

Now bargaining "no Honey chocolate after noodles "

All of a sudden there is a huge explosion from the microwave ...I'm dreading what is going to bestow my eyes when i open it ..because i really don't want to be cleaning it...but to my utter amazement the noodle packet was what had exploded and fantastically presented itself on the plate without me having to wear asbestos gloves and attack it with a pair of scissors yet another result today.

"mum wheres my noodles , can i have ice cream please ?"

"Its done now honey but you will have to wait till its cooled down"

"but mum i want it now..." , " can i have some ice cream"  by now i am really starting to think cheese and ham sandwiches are my best friends

"no Honey , Ice cream after chicken and noodles "

"and chocolate mum "

Lie no.5 "yes and chocolate honey "

Eventually it cools down ....it gets adorned onto another plate ..one that is designed specifically for a child ..in the hope it will make the child look at it more interestingly because it has chickens on it ...hm mm!!!

Now fun begins ....

" mum i don't want it "

"c'mon Honey try some"

"NO"

" just a bit "

"NO"

At this stage I'm eyeing up the washing up and thinking maybe if i leave her to it she will miraculously eat it

so off i trot to the sink ....i turn and look and BINGO!! i see her picking through the noodles hooking out some chicken and eating it ...then off she goes off her chair wondering around ...then back to the chair ..has another pick then wonders around ...so I'm thinking ok shes not sitting still but at least shes eating " turn my back to the sink ..next thing...

 " MUM I've finished " i look round and theres honey by my side cartoon chicken plate in hand and smile on face

 " can i have some ice cream now ? "

Bribery No.1 "if you have 5 mouthfuls of this Honey then you can have ice cream "

"hhhmmm ...OK "

 I'm thinking ...OK this is working

first mouth goes in ....great ...shes eating it ...then off she gets off the chair has a wander about back she comes ...mouth still full ...secretly tries to spit out ...

this scenario carries on till eventually i do get 5 VERY full mouthfuls down my daughters throat ...but after all this i am left thinking ...i reckon ill just stick with the sandwiches in future ...LOL ....

Oh by the way i didn't forget the ice cream heaven forbid

I've Finished ..Hurrah !!!!!!

Quest For Fashion .....and Food

Yesterday was husbands birthday ..he is 35 years old to be precise ...He got the obligatory socks from the munchkin and the usual huge oversized toblerone ...which after eating 2 triangles of you feel throughly sick

As usual the next directory got a severe hammering in the quest for fashion.. ordering 3  of everything just in case  i got the wrong size for  ...

You see my husband is tall ,in fact very tall and up untill a few years ago he was very slim too but as the years have gone on he has got a medium sized huggable paunch that although i find adorable (because sickenly true i find everything adorable about him ) he however hates ...

I feel a certain sense of responsibilty towards this happening to him because you see when i met him it was almost flat ...but after many years of my cooking and over indulgences in "choccy night nights" its grown abit ..only about 2 inches but none the less it has grown ...

I'm not a secret feeder I promise ..but i love to see people eat and enjoy food ...there is nothing worse than seeing someone push food around their plate and take two mouthfuls of lettuce and lean back and say "phew im stuffed"...

So what im trying to say is  i want to apologise to my gorgeous hubby for helping him gain the extra poundage ..but i would also like him to know that in my eyes he is still and always will be the best thing since sliced bread on 2 legs, and i feel exactly the same way about him as i did when we first met ..awwwwww xxx




 

Wrestling with the Bin

Why is it such a simple thing as a household bin can create so much violence in a person ...
Let me explain ...We have in our house a bin ..Its just a normal looking bin thats grey in colour and circular in shape It stands about a metre and a half from the ground ....However I HATE THIS BIN ..this bin pisses me off in every opportunity it can ..i swear it knows when i am about to put a dirty nappy or some other such waste into it ..Its lid suddenly becomes super difficult to slide open ...and then when it does it falls off ..then it wont slide shut when you put it back together again ..When you try to change the bin bag it seems to suck the black waste sacks back inside it not letting go ...Today I found myself swearing at it and giving it a bloody good kickin ...and guess what ..now the lid wont fit on it at all ..GREAT .....
this is the bastard... ours is the dark grey little shit on the left

Double Rainbow Guy ......I Just Love this man

Now I've discovered how easy it is to post vids in blogs i simply MUST have this in .. ...In fact going back to my planking blog ..when i said i could'nt remember the last time i laughed so much  ..i can now ..it was when i saw this ....

If this guy hasn't been taking magic mushrooms or isn't tripping his nuts off then he must just be high on life ... i love these people  apart from having a wonderful husband and  children they make living all the worthwhile
Such joy over a rainbow you have to love it for the sheer Lunacy of it

"ITS JUST SO INTENSE  .....WHAT DOES IT MEAAANNNNN"

LOLOLOLOLOLOL

Planking !!! LOL

Hubby came home from work the other night and informed me of a brand new craze thats sweeping the nation ...He said "check out planking on Ebay Netty Noo " To which i replied " Planking ? what on earth is that ?" So off I went fired up the ol' lappy logged on to trusty you tube and searched for planking  ....well what wonders did bestow my eyes ...the most hysterically funny pictures EVER my eyes were soon full with tears of laughter.. not to mention i almost peed myself as well ..I have'nt laughed so much since well can't remember ...

For those of you that are'nt familiar with "planking" i shall try to describe it as best i can ...Basically all you have to do is lie face down with your arms striaght by your sides very still ..but you have to do this whilst in the most ridiculous of places ...eg; on top of a police car ..or up a tree..or even on a road sign ...

Above is a pic of my little munchkin planking on the back of the sofa ...LOL ..if you want a good laugh check out this video ...

very silly 

HA HA !!

Success at last ....

It would appear I needed to put just a few more spaces between my Ebay pic and my post ....

That was it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Only took me like half the bloody day ..jeez .....

Irritating formatting of blog pages

Since deciding to do a blog I have spent the best part of a day trying to remove the horrible white background from my previous post .... this is irritating , boring and quiet frankly fucking up my page and if this one decides to do it i will scream ...(not too loudly though as every other normal person in this house is in bed stacking up the Z'zzz)

Oh well here goes ..fingers crossed ..lol

Hurrah!!! ..its fine ...now why the bloody hell wont the other one change ....*fumes in silence*