Forgetting to be thankful ...

I didn't quite forget last week ... I just looked at it and couldn't be bothered. I'd be eternally grateful if I could be bothered about things in general more often.

So right now I'm grateful that the day is over. I'm grateful that Erin sent me such lovely photos of Hannah and Sophie that I can nearly forget that I'm not there. I'm grateful that my parents miss me if we don't talk for a week. I'm grateful that my lovely high school friend cooked an amazing brunch for the girls and I on Saturday. I'm grateful that I finally have an excuse to go to Legoland (on my half-birthday no less!). I'm grateful that I thought of something for a friend that she considered to be "a lovely idea". I'm grateful for the beautiful writing of John Steinbeck.

I'm grateful for the knowledge that so much love exists in my life & the lives of my friends in so many different ways. It may not always be the variety I'm yearning for at the time, but it's always there. Not everyone has that luxury.

More gratitude ...

I've gotta work out how this is going to work ... it's going to be quite dull if I post every day. Perhaps a weekly summary of all the things in my life I have to be thankful for.

I should be grateful, for my health as well as being grateful for my health.

Let's start with an obvious one - I'm grateful that I have lots of friends having babies that they can send me pictures of ... perhaps more appropriately ...

I'm grateful to have friends who are happy to share the joys in their life so openly with me.

Baby Carrot!!

But of course, the renewed interest in blogging was inspired by another much anticipated arrival ...

Sophie Isabelle Patten arrived on July 3rd at 2.40pm ... less than 9 hours after I'd gotten off the phone to her sneaky mother!

Most startlingly, Sophie has become a facebook baby with Aunty Mitch and Aunty Meg announcing her arrival to the world before mummy and daddy had a chance! But the beauty of facebook is that even before it hits 2.40pm in the UK, I can already see photos!

My indignant phone call was interrupted by the arrival to the hospital of big sister Hannah so I've got no idea what size Sophie is, or if she's anywhere near as long as her sister was ...

Ern, Ads, Hannah and all the family seem completely besotted ... but I'm beyond excited and feeling terribly homesick all of a sudden!

Baby Gonzo arrives!!!

June 20th finally saw the arrival of Benjamin Luke Williams ... after a marathon pregnancy and labour!

Clever little Ben has already sent me his first telegram, email and text message so I'm expecting great things!!!

Karen & Lee are both very proud parents and from the last phone call I had, little Benjamin seems to have a very good set of lungs!!

The ABC of Me

Age: 29

Bed size: Double

Chore you hate: Ironing Shirts

Dogs names: No room for dogs! I always lovely the name Henry though.

Essential start to your day item: Strong Milky Coffee

Favorite color: Red

Gold or Silver: White Gold

Height: 165cm ???

Instruments you play: Piano, Clarinet, Flugel Horn (I tried Bassoon, Sax & Flute too)

Job title: Resourcing & Recruitment Assistant (Not PA!!)

Kid(s): Not quite yet ...

Living arrangements: Sharing with a brilliant flatmate in Clapham Junction, London

Mum's name: Barbara

Nicknames: Lots ... Liz, Lizzie, Lizbeth, Dizzie, Ethel, Peaches, Pfaff, Pfuffle

Overnight hospital stay other than birth: Never

Pet Peeve: I just love peeves in general

Quote from a movie: "We'll never survive." "Nonsense. You're only saying that because no one ever has."

Right or left handed: Right

Siblings: Nowt

Time you wake up: Alarm goes at 5.30 and I move sometime around 6.50

Underwear: Usually clean

Vegetable you dislike: Can tomato be a vegetable? I hate it enough!

Why you run late: I just don't know. I'm consistently 10 mins late.

X-rays you've had: Teeth, teeth, teeth, teeth, a few more teeth, Ankle, Finger

Yummy food you make: Where to start ... sticky date pudding, cheesecake, banana cake, cookies ...

Zoo favorite: Elephants

No excuses ...

I've just been a bad blogger.

Lots has happened ... including Jackie & Siggy's fabulous Hawaiian wedding and a two month visit from Mum & Dad!!

Ah well ... I'll get back to it soon. I've got t'internet at home now so perhaps I'll be better.

The sky bears had a pillow fight ...

Just found the funniest poem ...

Oh, it snowed last night

It snowed last night.

The sky bears had a pillow fight,

Tore up all the clouds in sight,

tossed down all the feathers white.

Oh, it snowed last night,

It snowed last night.

And snow it did! Still is and it's lovely (apart from the hour long trudge from Waterloo because there's no public transport ... and the fact that half the company is having a duvet day!)

Reminded me why I love walking to work in the mornings!