Just a little prick

Do you believe in miracle cures?

I have always been very skeptical about things that promise to cure you from all pain, I tend to always go for "Doctor knows best" As I mentioned in a earlier blog I have been suffering from very bad sciatica since just before Christmas and have been having to have my pain killers increased on a regular basis, but when you have 2 young kids spending your day drowsy from strong pain killers isn't an ideal solution. A couple of weeks ago I was talking to one of my fellow choir members about my problem as I knew she had back troubles as well. She suggested that I come down to her house one night to meet her daughter who was a physiotherapist at our local hospital, I went down a few days later. She got me to do a few exercises and then to lie up on her table while she carried out some movements on my legs, so far so good. Then she told me that my right leg was 1 inch shorter than my left leg and that my pelvis on my right side was out of position and that a new technique that she had learned would put it back in the right place in 5 minutes....wow! I then had 15 minutes of acupuncture,very freaky, especially when she told me I could get up if I wanted but to be aware I had needles in my back, my foot and my knee! No thanks I'll just lie very still! It is truly amazing I am almost completely off my painkillers, I am still having the very odd twinge but that is only to be expected because the nerve was trapped for so long. Definitely a miracle cure for me! I can't believe how normal I am feeling, the permanent bad mood from being in so much pain is gone and my sleep is not be disturb every night plus I can start having a social drink again which is very convenient because we are away with friends for the Easter weekend...hurrah!

Apprentice in the making

I know what I am going to get my daughter for her birthday...a ton of building sand! Just goes to show you how happy kids are with the simple things...just a pity it's so messy!!

A work in progress

My back garden and my drive are all getting redone this week and it is literally like walking onto a building site every time I open my back door(picture taken tonight) We have been assured that it will be all finished by Thursday but going by the mess I am a wee bit skeptical. I am not really bothered because AJ is enthralled by the builders and spends most of the day watching them out of the windows...it's great! She has even been telling the builders how she is not going to school....ever! So the man in charge tried to tell her that if she didn't go to school for her mummy then she would have to come and work for him every day....So she told him that was fine! Although I don't think that I can get steel toe-capped boots for someone that small and they wouldn't get any work out of her because she would be to busy playing with the builders sand....which she has already tried to do!

Houston we have a problem!

We have a problem...well 2 problems! AJ and I went to our local school on Monday to meet her new Nursery Teachers and for us mums to fill in some forms and to find out all about the new nursery and how the first week is going to work for the children. First problem is the new children haven't to start nursery now until the 23rd April so that is another 7 sleeps onto my original total, not really that much a problem as the only thing I had planned for that week was to watch Jeremy Kyle instead of cbeebies! Second problem and this is the big one... AJ is point blank refusing to go! It all started when all of us mums were ask to go into the next room to get all of our information whilst the children played with the two other nursery teachers. We were separated only by one door that had a glass panel and was totally see through and AJ lasted a huge 60 seconds before she started freaking out, so she ushered in and the meeting continued. We were told that all children had to be settled in gently over a period of a week, time slowly increasing each day and most other mums there started complaining about having to stay for more than one day when the head teacher looked directly at me and said "do not worry we have a parents room where you will be able to have a coffee!" I think they know I'll be there for the duration! However none of this really matters for as I said earlier AJ is refusing to go and will not under any circumstance discuss it with anyone if we ask her how was school we simply get "don't like it....not going" and even when I dared to suggest that I thought the teachers were very nice I got a curt " no I don't think so" My hubby is now suggesting(I hope he is joking) that maybe I should start looking into home schooling.....Help!!!

Happy Mothers Day!

Just in case you all think I have possibly forgotten Mothers Day and that I am using my blog to save my skin then you are wrong...my card is all written, the presents in a lovely gift bag and my mum got her flowers today. But I would just like to say a big thank you to my mum who is always there to help me out, with anything from babysitting...to lending a hand with my ironing...for making my dinner most Sundays and for being the most generous and lovely person! P.S. can you have the girls next weekend?!?!?!?

Terrible 2's...3's...???

Does anyone have Super Nannies phone number? I do ask this in all seriousness because this week I have seriously considered putting AJ up for auction on EBAY. I am getting quite worried now because everyone that I have spoken to that knows our family keeps remarking about how much AJ reminds them of my younger sister. She used to get up to all sorts and because I was 5 years older I can remember watching in horror at her exploits for example, cutting her hair...locking my mother out of the house...painting an entire bedroom from carpet to furniture with white emulsion...tipping over her wardrobe, this was all from the early age of 2!! AJ is following in her Auntie's footsteps with great gusto!! I mentioned in an earlier entry that I was getting a new living room carpet on Monday, so whilst poor mummy was slogging away getting her living back to normal AJ was amusing herself up the stairs. Playing with her toys you maybe thinking...watching a video...colouring in...no...nothing is ever that simple with AJ. My darling child was amusing herself with a large tub of Sudocream(very white, very thick, very greasy and very hard to get off!) It was everywhere...all over her...all over my new stair carpet...all over my mirrored wardrobes...all over my bed(and for good measure she had added 500 cotton buds)..all over the back of my bedroom door and in turn all over her daddy's dressing gown...are you getting the picture? I was gobsmacked and in all honesty didn't know what to do first, so I put her in the bath and phoned my mum..."go into another room and count to 20" was her advice. So I did this but to be honest it was more like 50! It took me at least 10 minutes to remove all traces of the cream off of her and another good half hour to clean it off of everything else that she had smeared it on. It's actually amazing about how much damage a 3 year old can do in about 15 minutes. I am now quite terrified to leave her on her on because on top of the cream incident this week she has so far locked herself in my mum and dads toilet and tried to drink perfume and then today she poured a bottle of her dads aftershave down the sink and then she ripped up every page out of her big sisters favourite notepad! So highest bidder wins or any suggestions or anyone with some spare baby Valium please get in touch!!

Welcome Ruby

This is my friends new baby who was born today. Ruby is only 8 hours old in this picture and is gorgeous although she has already thrown up on me! I can't believe she is here I spoke to her mum (mid contraction) at 1.30 today just before she left for the hospital and 2 hours later here she is and another few hours on and she is already home! Welcome to the world Ruby! Love Auntie Alice x