OK Then

According to the counter at the side I seem to have had over 11,000 readers in the last couple of days. That counter said around the 200 mark on monday. Think something may be amok there as I am just a boring housewife writing a boring blog which my husband thinks is sad so no way would that many people visit. The counters must be playing up.

Learning something every day update:

Monday 7th September was to expect the unexpected and never take things for granted.

Tuesday 8th September was that it is still as emotional when your 3rd child starts high school as when your first two start.

Wednesday 9th September was relearning that the first few days of term are very tiring for the kids and tantrums are inevitable

Today - 10th September is learning that, since my 3 day delivery dryer that was ordered on friday still hasn't arrived, then the glorious sunshine we have been having the last few days should be embraced and put to good use with hanging the washing out.

Get On With It

Carrying on with learning something every day - 5th September was a lesson about take aways. They either turn up or they don't and saturday was a day for our pizza to stay at the shop and a lesson learnt that we won't be using that particular outlet again.

Lesson for 6th September is that plodding on with really boring knitting means satisfaction at the end of it. Having got through the monotony of countless boring rows is an achievement for me because I generally just give up and it goes to the frog pond. This is another term for ripping out all the stitches.

This was my lesson for yesterday. I have been doing a pair of socks which has 2 pattern rows repeated for what seems like forever. The only part that made it slightly interesting was the striping of the yarn. However, I carried on with it and I now have a completed pair of socks.

I have done the first 4 layouts for the Learn Something New Every Day class. No front cover yet. I've used a Love Elsie house shaped album I had.

Things I Can And Can't Repair

I learnt a couple of new things yesterday.

Firstly, according to the veterinary nurse at her jab booster appointment yesterday, Daisy is chunky and we need to keep a very close eye on her weight. Her weight was 28kg which is on the top of average for a 1 year old labrador. Probably due to not as many walks during the school summer holidays, a week at the kennels eating and not running around the house as she normally does. I really need to measure her food and not use a gram more than she should have. I have been doing this though and she isn't fed treats and titbits all day. Must check it again. This is something I can repair though through responsible ownership.

Personally I don't think she looks chunky. This photo shows off her profile a bit clearer and she definitely has a waistline plus her ribs can be felt easily.

One thing I can't repair is my tumble dryer. I bought a new thermostat for my poorly ickle machine but it was having none of it and promptly blew up. A new one is on order and hopefully *fingers crossed* it will be here in 3 working days. I was amazed how technology has changed in the 4 years since I bought my old one. Apparently now they can sense how dry your clothes are and stop as soon as they are either iron dry????, cupboard dry????, hanger dry or bone dry. I have no idea what iron dry means - ready to iron so still a bit damp, cupboard dry I am assuming must mean they are dry and ready to put away in a cupboard ie bed linens, towels etc. This is the one I have gone for.

So my lessons learnt on Friday 4th September are that my dog is chunky and needs to lose a bit of weight and that repairing an appliance is not always the better option. Oh and that technology changes rapidly.

Lessons Learnt

My lesson learnt for 2nd September is that boys are so much easier to shop with for school shoes than girls. I must admit I was very tempted to get my phone out and take a pic of the 'diva' near us in the shop surrounded by piles of boxes of shoes and none were 'right'. My boys didn't care as long as they fit and they were school shoes. Hush Puppies are a fab alternative to Clarks as they fit them and won't sell shoes for kids to you unless they are fitted properly by one of their staff.

Lesson learnt today (3rd September) is that our new hospital is opening at the beginning of the year and walking past it this morning I found out where the new emergency department is going to be situated. Always handy to know especially when you have kids.

I also learnt that an umbrella is useless in the wind and that loose paving stones are mud hazards that spray mud all over your shoes and jeans. Not a good look when you are just about to go see the paediatrician.

Learn Something New Everyday

I have signed up for a scrapbook class in the hope of getting myself a big kick up the backside into actually doing some scrapping for a change instead of just looking at it.

The class is Learn Something New Every Day by Shimelle.

The general idea is to learn something new about yourself/your surroundings every day.

My learning yesterday was something I wasn't really expecting. A broken teenager's brace over the weekend meant a phone call to the dental hospital yesterday morning after the bank holiday. Having no car this week meant having to use public transport and our legs. I absolutely hate buses, they are smelly, stomach churning and for some reason despite the sun blazing through the window they had the heating on yesterday making it even worse. (yes I'm a snob).

What I wasn't expecting though was how often they run and how refreshing it was to walk the distance to the hospital instead of just getting out of the car and walking 5 minutes to the appointment. The walk seemed to take forever in the hot sun but yes I enjoyed it.

Coming back was like a different season - the heavens opened, the winds were bordering on gale force and it was thundering and lightening. Despite not having raincoats for any of us and getting soaked and blown about I actually enjoyed the walk back to the bus station. Even the bus didn't seem that bad.

Pic taken with my phone while I was walking so very blurry.

My lesson for yesterday was not to rely on using the car all the time and the alternatives can be pleasant if you allow them to be.