Ok ... maybe a weird subject to restart blogging with but ..... I just lurve his music !!!!!!

I have spent the past 3 hours surfing the internet trying to get tickets to any one of his UK tour dates, i've even gone so far as Dublin and France ... NOTHING !!!! ... his tickets sell out before they are even released for sale !!!!! 

This man is a legend, his lyrics rock - to me anyways and hubs ... I so wanted to arrange tickets for a concert as a mega surprise !  I guess that's just not going to happen as I can't afford the price of the platingum *sp*  tickets for Liverpool (£350+)

Yeah I know most of you will think 'wtf is she on ... this is music to commit suicide to' ... lmao !!! ... try listening ? ... Imma watching a program I taped that is a dedication to his life, huge stars are paying him compliment ... go figure ! 

In some ways Leonard Cohen is the greatest comic of the 20th century - he's not a light entertainment kind of a guy, but, there is a profound wit - you only have to listen to his lyrics !!!!  That said, there is a simplicity to his songs that you won't find anywhere else !

I wish I could get hold of bloody tickets for one of his concerts .... arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

This  man is soooo beyond cool, I just wanna be there at one of his concerts.

I am even beyond worrying about the cost - that's how bad I wanna surprise Paul !!!!!!

OK done with this now ... just gonna go to bed and  pine .... lmao ...

Take care all xxx

OK, I know I don't blog much, but hell ... there is so much spam on my blog that it makes me not want to !!!!

I don't even check comments anymore *sorry* .... My blog sucks !!!!

I have so much to say but .... don't want over 100 Spam comments to plough through any more !!

I so want to use this, it's my escape, but, given all the spam right now I am 'out' on this !!!

I need to find me some quiet time !

Take care xx

Lots happened, mostly good, some bad ... Too much to catch up on between blogs .... LOL

Saturday I met up with my best friend from School (please don't ask me how many year ago ... lol ... Waaaaaaay too many to remember !!)

I didn't want to go ... She called me on Sunday last week, a half hour after I had said to my Daughter that I was going to make an excuse and call it off !!! ... Of course, the phone call threw me and when she said I can't wait until next weekend, I replied ... Oh me too .... SHIT and double SHIT !!!!!  I must state tho that talking on the phone was like we were still at school ... there was NO awkwardness ... we just chatted  ... well hell at least that bodes well.

My Old School best friend is gay, now that doesn't phase me in the slightest - why would it ? .... what did ... was also meeting her partner of 6 years !!!!

As I'm getting ready to go out on Saturday afternoon, just about to blow dry my hair ( a rare event nowadays ! ) Jemma (My gorgeous Daughter turns up and bursts into my bedroom ) .... Hey Mum, I've come to pick up Aimee (Youngest Grand daughter who we'd babysat for the night before ) Oh, she says .... You're going to meet 'S' arent' you ... I say yes and attempt a smile .... lol .... Then I throw in ... You wanna come ?

She laughs and says ... Mum I haven't even showered yet today and you're meeting up with them in an hour ... I call out, No, it's 2 hrs as she shuts the door .... then a milisecond later she pokes her head back around and says ... REALLY ??? ... You think Dad and the Boys will babysit Aimee some more .... LOL~

I could kiss her !!!!

Finally we set off .... yes I'm nervous, hell this was my best friend ever from school, we were joined at the hip and shared everything, even Parents ... I thought hers were better than mine and vice versa .... LOL

We took totally different paths of life, but it seems we have both suceeded in our choices :) - Ok maybe this is a statement I should make later on, but, hell this is all still so fresh in my memory .... lol

We haven't a clue where we are going, Hubs is dropping us off as Saturday afternoon in the City + Parking just don't gel ... so I'm making the most of his generosity !!

We  find the place by chance, hubs happens to look down a sidestreet as he is driving past, luckily it's a one way system so we turn up the next street and he drops us off outside - I see them sitting in the window, I'd recognise S anywhere !!!! She hasn't changed a bit (Bitch - why does she look so much younger than me even tho she is 3mths older!)

We greet and sit down and .... OMG there is NO pause in conversation, it just flows .... I love S's partner ... she is a Real Lady and we feel so comfortable, it's as if the years have just dropped back !!!!

I think by this time we are all happy to be there (considering I was such a woos to begin with !!! - Just a coward to go back in time is what it all boiled down to and how much I have changed in the past 6+ years, but thats something I need to deal with !)

Suffice to say, S ordered a btl of champagne and 4 glasses later in the afternoon and we toasted friendships past and revived - Jemma was in awe of both of them, I loved S and J - I think they loved us ... LOL .... I know they thought Jemma was Lush .... she's such a brilliant girl but, I'm predjudiced there !!!!

We went on to have another bottle of champagne between us all ... then Jemma had to leave as she had arranged to go out that night ... Hubs came down to pick her up and take her home whilst dropping Aimee off and picking up her 'step' cousin at the same time, whilst this is going on, J and I decided that it really was time to make a move back home ... they live a fair distance away and had come down on the train ... I sorta agreed with her as S was way on the way to 'wasted' ... ROFL

As I put the phone down to hubs ... S's brother turns up with his son .... OMFG .... He is so not what I remember him as when we were kids !!!!!!

D is a MAN now .... lol ... Despite S telling me 100 times + ( ok slight exaggeration there !! ) what do you think of my Brother, isn't he a big boy now ... ROFL ... Yes ... I have to agree with her !!!!

Whilst S hasn't changed at all, in looks or personality, she is the same best friend I have missed all these years .... OMG  ... D is .... WOW .... so different !!!!!  I am still speechless on that one ... although .... he was very caring over her and insisted she text him when she made it home .... that meant a lot to me.

OK ... For those of you who aren't aware of the whole situation, this won't make sense .... but tough .... it's not my story to tell ..... and I don't even want to .... I'm just happy with the outcome  :)

I just want to blog what a great afternoon/evening I really had !!!!

Hubs arrived to pick me up and deposit S and J to the train station but, by that time D and H had turned up and of course I didn't want to leave so he came in for a drink with us all and brough Jack (Youngest son), the bouncer on the door agreed to turn a blind eye to his underage ... lol as we had promised that the total time inside would be short ... Thanks D for asking him :)

ONce we finally headed home, hubs asked me if I wanted a drink at home ... Imma like .... emmmm .... I've been drinking champagne .... I can't mix that now !!!!

Bless him, he stopped and got us a bottle of Moet .... he loves champagne too ... so a good night was had by all as a perfect finish to a perfect day .... hehehe

Then ......

Tonight ... my FIL calls up as he does every Sunday ... Jemma and the girls were here, so it was noisy, he spoke to Jack (who answered the phone, and then Daniel to talk about his college and his apprentiship *sp (plumbing runs in the family !) then talked to Hubs just for long enough to say, call me back when it's less noisy .... both girls were crying for being so tired .... a whole other story ...... LOL

Hubs called him back once we'd finished Dinner to be told, I'm eating now will call you in a minute ... lol

FIL called back and is never on the phone for long, but was talking to hubs about boilers etc, I called out, send him my love when I caught Hubs eye at one stage .....

Once they finished their conversation on boilers and other plumbing stuffs (boring !!) ... hubs handed the phone to me saying Dad's asked for you .....

Oh Ok .... LOL .... I can't hear, so as we finally have a cordless phone I go sit on the stairs with it ... I have a great conversation with my FIL, covering present stuffs and his recent holiday in Texas with a Family Friend .... I can't wait to see his pics of that and hear all his story's ... He finishe's up saying .... Why have you been avoiding me - I am normally dishing up dinner when he calls - I say I haven't been !!! ... Why ??? .... He says .... I can talk to you .... I can say what I want' .... talking to you is like talking to T (His daughter, my SIL - or J, The Family friend he has just stayed with for 4 weeks in Texas !!!!!)

OK, now i'm actually speechless !!!!!

I say thank you and when he apologises for questioning me about my 'hot flushes' lol .... I say DON'T !!!!   Why would he want to apologise to me for asking me a question ???

I am left with a warm comfy feeling as we say goodbye .... I have been talking on the phone, on the stairs ... LOL for over a half hour !!!!!   Only to be told .... I feel I can say anything too you , just as I can T (his Daughter, My SIL who I respect and admire and J the Family Friend who I know of, but haven't seen since I brought Jemma home from hospital as a newborn almost 22 years back and has since moved to Texas) - no mention of S the SIL I dislike with a passion who's shadow I've always thought I lived in !!!!!!!

My life is on an upturn .... I have friends I love, new and old .... (S and J - I love you both heaps) I have Family that I thought I would never fit in with who suddenly I am a part of .... I guess I always was, I just never realised, or .... I chose not to realise until now ....

I also have a Mother whom I love .... I'm not even going to go threre on this post ... lol ...  suffice to say ... there is a lot more to say ....

I guess that leads to the brother I hate ... but I want to keep this positive so I'm not even going there !!!!

I really am amazed at what has happened this weekend.

I short, I have found a Friend and a Family ... both of which I didn't think I had ... my confidence has taken a flight of fancy !!!!!
 
Chelle xxx

Jemma (My Daughter) called me this morning and said, Mum you wanna come up the Mall with me .... Considering I had been up until 5am and she was calling me at half nine, I said a big fat NO and told her I wanted to go on sleeping .... lol

She cajoled, pleaded, even begged and Imma saying NO !!!

My Mum is ill and I have to go over and take her food, she's not able to cook right now, I also have to do a major grocery shop ... I have nothing ironed to wear, I have no shoes that are comfy enough for me to go 'shopping' in, it's too cold for flip flops now ...  Hell, I have NOTHING to wear ... I'm finally losing weight again and everything I have is either too small or too big !

Enough excuses yet ????

She hung up the phone saying, well I'm catching a bus up to yours in a bit ....

I thought yeah ok ... I'm not getting up and turned over ... of course I'm way beyond sleep by now .... so I just laid there, pulled back one curtain so I can see out the window and just daydreamed .... lol

Then I think ... Oh shit ... I am sure that is Leah I can hear !!!!!

Yup ... 2mins later the door goes ... Jack answers it ... and I hear 'My girls' ... Leah is already coming upstairs saying ... Find Nanny .... lol

She flies through my bedroom door and launches herself at me, wellies and all !!  Screaming ... Wake up Nanny ... Leah (or Eah as she tends to call herself ) is coming .... lol

Jemma follows her up, Aimee on one hip, hand on the other saying ... You coming shopping now !!!!!

Imma like .... GO AWAY ... lol ..... I sooooo do not want to go shopping (contrary to popular belief !!!!)

I eventually peel myself from my comfy and warm bed and get in the shower, paste on some make up to at least look half awake and try to dry my hair into some form of order !

Come downstairs to be met with a fresh cup of tea and an egg sammie ... lol ... God this girl is good !!!!  She has even ironed my clothes !!!!

Ok, enough of the spaniel eyes and creeping ... I'll take you ... first I have to go shop for meals for my Mum and take them over to her !!!

It's way past lunchtime by the time we are all finally ready to go ... girls fed and coats back on, Leah's wellies ... OK, I am going to buy this child a pair of winter shoes ... LOL ... perhaps get Aimee her first pair too !   I call Paul (Hubs) to see what time he's coming home, to find he's already on his way ... I tell him I'm taking Jemma to the Mall and he wants to come too - OK ... I always knew my hubby was sorta crazy !!!!

I tell him I'll go do my bits for Mum and then come home again to pick him up !

It's later than we expect by the time we finally get back home and for once, Paul is changed and ready ... LOL

So off we trot ... on the shopping trip that I soooo don't wanna make !!!!   Already my boots are too high and killing my ankles ... my belt is way too tight on the jeans that are too loose for me, but if I make it less tight they start slipping down - they are too low cut for me so in order to make them stay up when standing I have to have my belt pulled really tight, this is ok until I sit ... then it cuts me in half, my belly hangs over and I feel soo ...... ROFL ... well you could hardly say attractive !!!!!

I bag the buggy to push as we get there because I find it easier to walk whilst pushing it ... Leah starts off really good and is standing on the front like the little angel she really isn't !

We hit the kids shoe shop first and get Leah her new shoes which are actually boots and she refuses to take them off ... lol ... no biggie ... she looks pretty in them so she can wear them  .... Aimee is fast asleep by this time so we can't even get her feet measured acurately ... We decide to shop a bit then come back.

Jemma is going out tomorrow night with a friend and as it's halloween they are going dressed as cats ... You really don't wanna know what they are gonna be almost wearing !!!! But her mission is to get some black french knickers (not lacy or see through) and some little black vest tops.  Easy ... You'd think !!!!

We spend ages traipsing in and out of shops looking for her items ... I am slowly losing the will to live ... my boots which looked so good with my jeans in the mirror in my bedroom are seriously making me wonder why I ever bought them !  My jeans, despite the belt, have slipped so low that Imma thinking ... OMG why didn't I wear more concealing underwear !!!! ... I am so hot, but can't take off my coat because of the ever prodruding belly over the consistantly slipping jeans !!!!!!

What am I doing here ?????

Then I finally get to wander through shops that I Want to be in ... LOL

Normally they have nothing I like, nothing I desire, just everything I wish I could wear ... sound familiar ???

Tonight ... OMG ... I want everything !!! ... Jemma has to come into the changing room with me ... I have way too many items to try .... lol

Tonight I went on the shopping spree i've wished for in an age !!!!

I actually felt pretty in so many of the outfits I tried ... Paul, as usual indulged and spoiled me and when I dithered over which he told me to take both ! - God I love this man !!!! ... No honestly ... I really do !!!!!!!

Believe me when I say my mood swings are really ugly when I'm shopping !!!!!

Paul just stands there and even dares to tell me the truth !!! ... If he thinks something doesn't look right he WILL tell me ... lol

Tonight, he constantly said ... Oh I love that ... get it !!!!!

Now, seriously ... HOW could you not love this man ?

Joking aside ... I really do love you Paul - You make me feel good about myself ... something that requires a specialist .... Thank you Babe, You're one hell of a husband and this is just a small part of the things that make you special to me xxxxxx

Suffice to say ... I got home with heaps of new clothes and a new handbag ... NO shoes I hasten to say ... LOL ... not through want of looking either ... I just couldn't see anything that jumped out at me .... plenty I liked ... but little I actually had to have .... lol

Got home and did the fashion show .... love all the tops I got ... the cardi, i'm still not sure about, despite Jemma and Paul saying how much they liked it .... and the 3prs of jeans I bought all have to go back tomorrow to be exchanged for the smaller size .... WOOT !!!!

I thought loose was comfy when I tried them on and refused to try a smaller size, the fact I was hot and stressed didn't even come into the equation ... by the time I got home and was cooler and less stressed I realised just how much too big they actually were, there is comfy and stupid .... lol .... I guess I picked stupid because I was so hot and they didn't stick to me !!!

So whilst my ego has a boost when I take them back tomorrow for a the next size down .. my 'reality check' tells me - Just listen to what you are being told - it will save you a return trip !!!!!!!

All said and done, I actually enjoyed my shopping trip. 

We went back and got Aimee's feet measured once she had woken up and despite the fact she screamed and cried the whole way through it, she's got her first pair of shoes .... of course she just hates them, but she can't figure out how to take them off, pulling just doesn't work ... ROFL !!!!

She'll learn to love them, just like all us women do .... *snorts*

I also managed to sneak in a surprise chrissy pressy for Jemma ... An eye makeup set which I really coveted myself !!! ... of course I couldn't manage to keep in secret and showed her .... she's staying here tonight and has spent the past 3hrs testing out the different colours on her eyes ... of course I gave it to her already ..... I am such a pushover !!!!!!

Now I really need to get to bed as I have so much to do tomorrow and have an old friend coming for dinner who is really dear to my heart :)

It's Halloween too so I also need to remember to go buy some sweets ..... LOL

Take care all ........
Chelle xx 

OK .....

Yesterday I get up, do my housework (which i've continued to do since we finished decorating .... WOOT - I'm on a roll !!)

Make all the phone calls that Paul's told me I have to do today ... lol - Yeah I wrote them all down.   I go move the car, so that it's outside the house, then when Daniel comes home from work after sorting out his college placement (At last !) I get him to go down the local shop and get me fresh veg and potatoes ready to cook dinner with :)

All good.

Sighs happily.

Reach for my mobile phone which I have put somewhere and can't find ... finally find it ...and OMG I have a text message from Jack at 8am !!! ... It's now 3.30pm !!!!

I open and read ... he says ....

Mum ... Have you seen the car ... someone's hit it overnight !!!!!

Imma like ... WTF ???? as I rush and grab keys calling Daniel to come with me !  Turns out, the drivers side front wheel arch has a huge dent in it ... complete with pretty red paint on the deep scratch (My car is a deep grey colour)  I look across to where we had been parked and ... Surprise surprise there is a RED car parked next to where it WAS !!!!

Both Daniel and I rush over to look ... and sure enough this car is dented and scratched to hell ... could I find the colour of my car ... well hell yeah in about 100 different places ... can I prove they hit my car .... A big fat NO !!!!!

So I'm left with phoning the insureance company and a hefty £250 excess .... because this car is so new ... I only want it repaired by the Audi Dealer we bought it from, that's no biggie the insureance company will authorise that, what they won't to tho ... is pay for a courtesy car from them as they are not on their list of approved garages !!!! ... Basically Audi charge too much for a courtesy car !   So I guess once I get the car in to be checked and an estimate given, I can phone the insurers and be without a car for days whilst it is repaired ... our guess is a new wing and a respray ... so expensive !!!  Lets just hope it doesn't take long !

On a lighter note .....

I had Aimee today ... and overnight .... ROFL ... she's not my ideal choice of Grandkids to have overnight as she's cutting teeth faster than the minute hand of a clock moves !

On her first birthday she had ONE tooth ... I used to call her my lil gummi bear ... ROFL !

Now is she ever making up for lost time !!!!!

Jemma dropped her off about 5pm ... after attending her step- cousins 9th birthday, fancy dress party ... of course ... Aimee and Leah had to attend as lil witches .... LOL ... This close to Halloween - what else ?

I bought their outfits way back when halloween costumes first appeared in the shops ... prolly the begining of the summer ... LOL !

I don't have pics of Leah just yet as she didn't stay with me tonight, but I do have pics of my Lil Computer Witch ..... ROFL ... we have a low shelf on our computer desk (soon to be replaced) and that shelf is just the right size for a 1yr old to sit on .... *snorts*

Isn't she an angel :)

Makes all the bad things turn good !!!!

Lots to say, just not enough time to type it all !!

Hugs to all .... Chelle xxx