I've been really excited about Toy Story 3 coming out and had decided ages ago that I would take all the children to see it at the cinema on my birthday evening (I thought that was the release date but it seems to be out earlier than that). Just gone to the cinema website to book it and they are only showing it in 3D here in Crewe ( Read more... )

The children have gone down to Tim's parents' house with him and will be back with me on Monday. The house is unnaturally quiet! I will soon be resorting to talking to myself again ( Read more... )

Alice in Wonderland last night was fantastic! I smuggled in my M&Ms, but bought a cinema coke and really enjoyed it; I haven't drunk Coke for ages so it was a real treat. I loved the film and loved the 3D effects too. And also loved the fact that I left the cinema (on foot) at 10.56pm and walked through my front door just as the town clock struck ( Read more... )

Woke up this morning with a horrible migraine which was partly my own fault - it's the time of the month when I normally get them anyway, but I added to that by not having enough sleep the whole week, doing too much, and then eating loads of ice cream late last night and then getting in a too-hot bath - all things which by themselves would be ( Read more... )

I didn't sleep well last night; went to bed late and then woke in the night incredibly thirsty and with hot feet! I ended up making myself a cup of tea at ten to four ( Read more... )

I know I'm not really posting at the moment, there's a lot going on and blogging is way down the list - but I wanted to remember these two, totally unrelated, snippets so here they are ( Read more... )