My Little Lauren is one today!!!!! I can't believe it. Time has passed by so fast.
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Sunday, July 09, 2006
ABCs of Me
A - Age
35. A big ol' 35. Funny thing is I don't feel old. I've always had a young outlook on life. I hope I feel the same when I'm 65!
B - Books
I love reading. Horror, thriller, serial killer type books. Real life crimes like the Manson murders or fictions by authors like Martina Cole and Patricia Cornwell.
C - Caitlin
My first born, my love and my life.
D - Dream Destination
Maldives. Since before I met Ivan, I've always wanted to visit the Maldives. I use to dream that I'd honeymoon here but alas it was not to be! I've made him promise to take me for a special anniversary!
E - Exercise
Something I need to do more off! Caitlin asked me yesterday if I had a baby in my belly! When I said no, she said "oh, it's just fat then"
F - Friends
I don't have many friends in real life but I've made many special friends online who I will treasure for ever.
G - Greens
I don't eat enough veg. I've only recently started eating salads.
H - Hairdressers
I love going to the hairdressers. I love playing around with my cut and colour as often as I can afford!
I - Ivan
My soulmate, my husband, my best friend.
J - Junk Food
Hate to admit it but I'm an addict. I could live without McD's, Burger King & KFC but now without pizza, garlic bread, Chinese and Indian food.
K - Kylen
I hope & pray every day that this little angel pulls through. She is constantly in my thoughts.
L - Lauren
Little Lauren. My angle. Can't believe she will be 1 on Tuesday. Where does the time go?
M - Mommaville
My favourite website.
N - Nails
The only time I've had nice long, well looked after nails was when I was pregnant both times. Otherwise they are a mess!
O - Online
I could spend hours at a time online. Best invention ever. Ivan doesn't get it (until he discovered eBay this week and bought a load of The Who stuff!).
P - Parents
I love me parents to bits. I wouldn't be where I was today or who I am today if it wasn't for their love and encouragement.
Q - Qualities
Best quality would be my outgoing personality. I'm a people person and love meeting new people. Worst quality would be my lack of patients. I'm sort of a 'if it's quicker to do yourself' type of person and it can sometimes lead to a short fuse!
R - Ring
Engagement ring. I never seen it coming. We'd been together so long. Christmas morning 1999, I just wasn't expecting it. Ivan had given me a gift box with beautiful earring in it. Later when he give me another gift box, I immediately thought 'matching something'. When I opened the box and seen the ring he had picked all by himself, I cried.
S - Scrapbooking
My new addiction. There are not enough hours in the week!
T - TV Shows
My favourite shows are ER, Holby City, casualty (all hospital dramas!). Lost, CSI, The sopranos.
U - useless Info
I can touch my nose with my tongue. I auditioned for an American film and got shortlisted. I love to dance. I hate eating cheese but love it melted on pizza etc.
V - Vatican
I went on a trip to Italy with the school and we met the Pope. I love the Vatican City. I'd love to go back.
W - Work
I've worked, full time, for the same company for the last 14 years. I never thought I'd stay there that long. Now I don't ever think I'll leave.
X - X-Ray
When I was little I closed my thumb in a car door. I got it xrayed and they said it wasn't broken. A few weeks later I was still in pain. We went to a different hospital and it was xrayed again. It was broke in 3 places!
Y - Yesterday
I visited mum & dad and we had a little party for Lauren. If was great. My mum, dad, brother, two sisters and two nieces were there. The girls love getting together.
Z - Zodiac sign
Aries. Aries belongs to a group of Zodiac signs which astrologers call fire signs. By this they mean that people born under these signs remind them of a warm, bright, crackling fire. They have a fiery, impulsive quality. They tend to be outgoing and sometimes have hot tempers, but they forgive easily as well. They are optimistic and rarely remain sad for long. Me to a T!
35. A big ol' 35. Funny thing is I don't feel old. I've always had a young outlook on life. I hope I feel the same when I'm 65!
B - Books
I love reading. Horror, thriller, serial killer type books. Real life crimes like the Manson murders or fictions by authors like Martina Cole and Patricia Cornwell.
C - Caitlin
My first born, my love and my life.
D - Dream Destination
Maldives. Since before I met Ivan, I've always wanted to visit the Maldives. I use to dream that I'd honeymoon here but alas it was not to be! I've made him promise to take me for a special anniversary!
E - Exercise
Something I need to do more off! Caitlin asked me yesterday if I had a baby in my belly! When I said no, she said "oh, it's just fat then"
F - Friends
I don't have many friends in real life but I've made many special friends online who I will treasure for ever.
G - Greens
I don't eat enough veg. I've only recently started eating salads.
H - Hairdressers
I love going to the hairdressers. I love playing around with my cut and colour as often as I can afford!
I - Ivan
My soulmate, my husband, my best friend.
J - Junk Food
Hate to admit it but I'm an addict. I could live without McD's, Burger King & KFC but now without pizza, garlic bread, Chinese and Indian food.
K - Kylen
I hope & pray every day that this little angel pulls through. She is constantly in my thoughts.
L - Lauren
Little Lauren. My angle. Can't believe she will be 1 on Tuesday. Where does the time go?
M - Mommaville
My favourite website.
N - Nails
The only time I've had nice long, well looked after nails was when I was pregnant both times. Otherwise they are a mess!
O - Online
I could spend hours at a time online. Best invention ever. Ivan doesn't get it (until he discovered eBay this week and bought a load of The Who stuff!).
P - Parents
I love me parents to bits. I wouldn't be where I was today or who I am today if it wasn't for their love and encouragement.
Q - Qualities
Best quality would be my outgoing personality. I'm a people person and love meeting new people. Worst quality would be my lack of patients. I'm sort of a 'if it's quicker to do yourself' type of person and it can sometimes lead to a short fuse!
R - Ring
Engagement ring. I never seen it coming. We'd been together so long. Christmas morning 1999, I just wasn't expecting it. Ivan had given me a gift box with beautiful earring in it. Later when he give me another gift box, I immediately thought 'matching something'. When I opened the box and seen the ring he had picked all by himself, I cried.
S - Scrapbooking
My new addiction. There are not enough hours in the week!
T - TV Shows
My favourite shows are ER, Holby City, casualty (all hospital dramas!). Lost, CSI, The sopranos.
U - useless Info
I can touch my nose with my tongue. I auditioned for an American film and got shortlisted. I love to dance. I hate eating cheese but love it melted on pizza etc.
V - Vatican
I went on a trip to Italy with the school and we met the Pope. I love the Vatican City. I'd love to go back.
W - Work
I've worked, full time, for the same company for the last 14 years. I never thought I'd stay there that long. Now I don't ever think I'll leave.
X - X-Ray
When I was little I closed my thumb in a car door. I got it xrayed and they said it wasn't broken. A few weeks later I was still in pain. We went to a different hospital and it was xrayed again. It was broke in 3 places!
Y - Yesterday
I visited mum & dad and we had a little party for Lauren. If was great. My mum, dad, brother, two sisters and two nieces were there. The girls love getting together.
Z - Zodiac sign
Aries. Aries belongs to a group of Zodiac signs which astrologers call fire signs. By this they mean that people born under these signs remind them of a warm, bright, crackling fire. They have a fiery, impulsive quality. They tend to be outgoing and sometimes have hot tempers, but they forgive easily as well. They are optimistic and rarely remain sad for long. Me to a T!
Saturday, June 10, 2006
Sunday, May 21, 2006
Guess who’s back, back again? Lorraine’s back, tell a friend!
I can’t believe how long it’s been since I last posted. I have a lot of catching up to do and I don’t know where to start. So I’ll just ramble. Feel free to ask questions at the end, if I haven’t covered anything or you’d like a further update …
It took a long while for me to adjust being back at work. I felt very paranoid (still do at times) and felt that I had been demoted in some way. But over the last few weeks things have settled down and I’m enjoying being back.
I have totally fell off the Weight Loss train and I’m trying desperately to get back on. I’m at my heaviest I’ve been in a long while. I really need to start journaling what I eat and how much I exercise. I really need to get started, pronto.
Home life is hard some times. Really more to do with being under pressure at work and learning how to juggle everything in my life at the minute. At the start I was Little Miss Organised, then I let things slip because I was unhappy at work and now I think I’ve got a grip on everything again.
I’m still on my Happy Pills. I did try to come off them by myself. Bad Idea! They help me balance everything out and make me not beat up on myself so much.
Lauren has 8 teeth and has just started crawling. She has been rolling around like a Commando for weeks now and getting into everything. Her sleeping is a lot better. Usually sleeping through, maybe only waking once for her dummy.
Caitlin is doing so well. She recognises lots of numbers and letters. She can write 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 very well. She loves doing ‘homework’ and reading (or being read too).
That will do for now! It's a start anyway, lol.
It took a long while for me to adjust being back at work. I felt very paranoid (still do at times) and felt that I had been demoted in some way. But over the last few weeks things have settled down and I’m enjoying being back.
I have totally fell off the Weight Loss train and I’m trying desperately to get back on. I’m at my heaviest I’ve been in a long while. I really need to start journaling what I eat and how much I exercise. I really need to get started, pronto.
Home life is hard some times. Really more to do with being under pressure at work and learning how to juggle everything in my life at the minute. At the start I was Little Miss Organised, then I let things slip because I was unhappy at work and now I think I’ve got a grip on everything again.
I’m still on my Happy Pills. I did try to come off them by myself. Bad Idea! They help me balance everything out and make me not beat up on myself so much.
Lauren has 8 teeth and has just started crawling. She has been rolling around like a Commando for weeks now and getting into everything. Her sleeping is a lot better. Usually sleeping through, maybe only waking once for her dummy.
Caitlin is doing so well. She recognises lots of numbers and letters. She can write 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 very well. She loves doing ‘homework’ and reading (or being read too).
That will do for now! It's a start anyway, lol.
Saturday, February 18, 2006
Two embarrassing stories from my flights to/from London …
Outward flight to London
Everything was going great. Lauren was loving all the attention and just after take off, I gave her a bottle. She fell asleep until landing!
We got into the airport and I went to the change Lauren and go to the toilet. Only then I noticed that AF (which had been and gone earlier in the week) had decided to put in an appearance. Now, I don’t know if it was due to the sudden change in cabin air pressure but I do know it should not have happened!
My pad was as much use as a chocolate teapot and I had leaked onto my pants and trousers! Then I dropped my only tampon on a dirty wet floor (don’t worry I left it and went to buy new ones!) and when I went to flush, I had picked the only toilet that was flooding!!!!!!!!
Talk. About. Embarrassed. I swear I wanted to get on the next plane home ……..
Return flight to Belfast
Everything was going great. Lauren was loving all the attention and just after take off, I gave her a bottle. She fell asleep until landing!
Mid-flight I felt a drip on my head, then another and another. I looked up and MILK was dripping down from the over head compartment!
Again, I don’t know if it was due to the sudden change in cabin air pressure but I do know it should not have happened! One of Lauren’s bottles had sprung a leak!
All I could to, being belted into the seat with a sleeping baby on top of me, was put my hand up and will it to stop. The some hunky guy in the next aisle seat came to my rescue. He lifted out my baby bag and the got a load of napkins and cleaned up the mess.
I.Have.Never.Been.So.Embarrassed (except for above incident)
Everything was going great. Lauren was loving all the attention and just after take off, I gave her a bottle. She fell asleep until landing!
We got into the airport and I went to the change Lauren and go to the toilet. Only then I noticed that AF (which had been and gone earlier in the week) had decided to put in an appearance. Now, I don’t know if it was due to the sudden change in cabin air pressure but I do know it should not have happened!
My pad was as much use as a chocolate teapot and I had leaked onto my pants and trousers! Then I dropped my only tampon on a dirty wet floor (don’t worry I left it and went to buy new ones!) and when I went to flush, I had picked the only toilet that was flooding!!!!!!!!
Talk. About. Embarrassed. I swear I wanted to get on the next plane home ……..
Return flight to Belfast
Everything was going great. Lauren was loving all the attention and just after take off, I gave her a bottle. She fell asleep until landing!
Mid-flight I felt a drip on my head, then another and another. I looked up and MILK was dripping down from the over head compartment!
Again, I don’t know if it was due to the sudden change in cabin air pressure but I do know it should not have happened! One of Lauren’s bottles had sprung a leak!
All I could to, being belted into the seat with a sleeping baby on top of me, was put my hand up and will it to stop. The some hunky guy in the next aisle seat came to my rescue. He lifted out my baby bag and the got a load of napkins and cleaned up the mess.
I.Have.Never.Been.So.Embarrassed (except for above incident)
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
I had a fantastic time in London on Saturday. We just hung around the South Bank. This is a group shot with Big Ben in the background. Going left to right, standing, we have Charlene, Kati, Corey, Ross, Me, Linda and Sonny hiding! In the pushchairs we have, left to right, Taryn, Oliver, India (standing), Georgia, Lauren and Leo.
Friday, February 10, 2006
Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat, where have you been?
I've been to London to visit the Queen!
Well, lots of lovely ladies and their babies.
Lauren and I are off to London to meet up with some friends I met online via Mommaville.com
I am so excited to be getting the chance to catch up with this group again and to be meeting some new faces too!
I'm a little sad that Caitlin can't be with us but the cost of the flight was just too much, no child reductions on the fare! I first visited in July'04, with Caitlin ~ so it's only right that Lauren gets a turn now.
Can't wait.
Well, lots of lovely ladies and their babies.
Lauren and I are off to London to meet up with some friends I met online via Mommaville.com
I am so excited to be getting the chance to catch up with this group again and to be meeting some new faces too!
I'm a little sad that Caitlin can't be with us but the cost of the flight was just too much, no child reductions on the fare! I first visited in July'04, with Caitlin ~ so it's only right that Lauren gets a turn now.
Can't wait.
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