My Life Accordng To...

Rebecca from 'Mum of a Premature Baby' has tagged me in 'My Life According To...

I love music so I was very excited to get involved :) The idea is to only use the song titles from ONE artist to answer each question and then you have to tag 5 people so that they can give it a go.

I thought long and hard about which artist to choose and I have decided to go with one of my old favourites... The Beatles

So here it is, My life according to The Beatles.

1. Are you Male or Female?
Woman

2. Describe Yourself?
Can't buy me love

3. How do you feel?
I want to hold your hand 


4. Describe where you currently live
The long and winding road

5. If you could go anywhere?
Penny Lane

6. Your best friend is?
Lady Madonna

7. Your partner is?
Teddy Boy

8. What's the weather like?
Here comes the sun

9. Favourite time of day?
A hard days night

10. If your life was a book, what would it be called?
Here, there and everywhere

11. What is life to you?
Ticket to ride

12. Your last relationship?
Don't bother me

13. Your current relationship?
A crazy little thing called love

14. You fear?
8 days a week

15. How would I like to die?
Like Dreamers Do

16. What is the best advice you have to give?
Come Together

17. Thought for the day?
Let it be

18. My Motto?
All you need is love.


Bonus Questions 

1.  Your Favourite form of Transport?
Yellow Submarine

2. How I feel?
With a little help from my friends


3. Your favourite colour is?
Strawberry Fields Forever

4. If you could change your name, it would be?
Eleanor Rigby

I nominate:

1) Andrea @ All You Need Is Love (And Cake)
2) Carly @ Mummy And The Chunks
3) Mummy S @ Little Guys Mummy
4) Hannah @ Cupcake Mumma
5) Louise @ The Grumpasaurs Blog


 

Lets try this again...

So here I am again... I haven't blogged for almost three months. Not sure why really? I think its a combination of things, 1) Sometimes I just feel I don't have the time to blog, 2) I don't feel that blogging comes naturally to me and 3) I don't always know what to blog about? All this aside there is a little something inside me that WANTS to blog. Not for anyone else, but for myself. I love reading other people's blogs, in particular parenting ones, the stories they tell and the memories they hold is amazing. I would love to create a space that in a few years time I could share with my daughter, somewhere she can soak in all the memories herself. So here we go again... I'm back... for how long? well that's anyones guess really but for now I am here :) xxx

Stage Fright?

After reading lots of other blogs I finally decided last year that I would give one ago for myself. I loved the idea of having somewhere that was mine where I could write down all the ramblings and general drivel that runs around in my head most days. I also wanted somewhere I could record my babies milestones, keep photos and generally save our families memories. It sounds pretty simple right? Only since starting my blog I've had what can only be described as stage fright perhaps? I've struggled to open up and write what I really want to write, I'm not even sure why to be honest? Part of me has been worried that someone I know may stumble across my blog but then so what if they do?

 

So after thinking about it today I have decided to take the leap and would like to introduce myself properly. My name is Katie, i'm a wifey to a boy called Ben and mummy to a toddler called Gracie. I also have a cheeky dog and a naughty cat.

 

This is Gracie, the girl who stole my heart and gave more meaning to the phrase 'love at first sight' than I could ever imagine. I still can't believe that this little, peaceful newborn is now my all walking, all talking, temper tantrum throwing toddler, everyone told me to cherish the first few weeks / months, I was told time and time again that time flies and you know what I never believed them and now i'm sat here making plans for her second birthday.

 

 

 

 

And this is a photo of our little family, the picture is a few months old now and was taken just before Gracie's first birthday, but I like it :)

 



Phew, that wasn't so bad was it? Thanks for reading and I look forward to posting more! xx



 

The Liebster Award :)

As you will see from my previous post I haven't blogged for a few weeks, well last weekend I logged onto my blog and my twitter account just out of curiosity if nothing else and the first thing I saw was that I had been awarded this lovely award by the even lovelier Mojo @ Wonderments.

I have to say that this came at just the right time and as a believer of fate, I felt that by receiving this award it was a sign that I should get back into blogging. So here I am! I followed this link from the Wonderments blog to learn more about the award.

So what are the rules?

• List 11 facts about yourself.
• Answer the 11 questions given to you.
• Create 11 new questions for the bloggers that you have nominated for the award.
• Choose 5 bloggers with 200 or less followers to nominate.
• Go to each bloggers page and let them know about the award.

11 facts about me:

1. I passed my driving test on my 18th birthday.

2. I spent a summer working on a camp in America.

3. I applied for university in 2009 and didn't tell anyone about it until I had a place (I graduated last year).

4. I crack my fingers :-/

5. In 2010 my wedding was cancelled 2 nights before it was due to take place due to the mass amount of snow we had. Instead we got married 6 weeks later.

6. I fell pregnant while at uni and was in lecturers upto the day before I gave birth.

7. I named my first car Gary.

8. I am super broody.

9. I am DESPERATE to know how he met their mother. (This will only make sense to how I met your mother fans.)

10. I used to love horse riding.

11. I have met Paddy McGuiness twice.

Mojo's Questions

1. Where is the one place you would recommend visiting?

Florida, my husband and I went here in 2008 with friends and it was simply amazing, it has something for everyone, good food, water parks, theme parks, space centre, shopping malls... the list is endless! we went for two weeks and even with cramming activities we know there is still so much more to see. We hope to go back once bubs is older.

2. Who is your favourite band/singer/music?

I am going to cop out of this question a little as I can not choose just one artist. I love listening to a variety of music and this is usually determined by my mood at the time, just some of my faves are the Beatles, Adele, Girls Aloud, Eva Cassidy, Michael Buble.

3. If you could go on a night out with 3 people alive or dead who would you choose?

Ok slightly cheating as one, they are characters as opposed to 'real' people and two, there is four of them but I think I would have to have a girls night out, complete with cocktails and dancing with Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda from Sex and the City!

4. What is your proudest moment?

Probably a predictable answer but giving birth to my beautiful little baby - and a non mummy related proud moment is graduating.

5. What 3 course dinner would you order if money was no object?

I am probably the most boring and un imaginative person but I would just love a platter for starter with gougons, breaded mushrooms, stuff potato skins etc, followed by sizzling hot chicken fajitas and rounded off with a good old fashioned slab of warm chocolate fudge cake and ice cream.

6. If you could go back in time, which era would you like to live in?

I think for this I would choose the 1950's where petticoats were in fashion and dancing was all the rage! I would also like to experience a time pre technology. I sometimes feel the development in technology has become somewhat instrusive for example if someone can't get hold of me on my house phone, they will ring my mobile, if I don't answer my mobile, they will send a text, or maybe they will email me, facebook me, tweet me perhaps?

7. What is your favourite movie?

Like music I have various favourites dependent on what mood I am in that day. Some of my faves are Sex and the city, Alot like love, Grease, Mamma Mia, Twilight, Across the Universe and more recently I have been reintroduced to the classic Disney Films :)

8. When did you last laugh so much it hurt and what happened to make you laugh so much?

This was earlier today when my husband was telling me a story about an 'angry bird' that was out to get him. I would share the story with you but I am pretty sure it will be a case of 'Oh you had to be there'.

9. What lifts your mood when or if you're ever feeling a bit fed up?

Seeing my happy, smiley, cheery little girl.

10. What is your guilty pleasure?

Nights in! Long gone are the days where I used to out to the early hours now its all about the PJ's, blanket, hot water bottle, lots of choc and tv.

11. If you were animal, what would you be?

I would have to say a cat (not one that kills birds and mice though) but one who went on super exciting adventures and then lounged around the house undisturbed. (I'm basing this on my cats life)

My Questions

1. How did you come up with the name for your blog?

2. If you could give your children one piece of advice what would it be?

3. What song has the most significance to you and why?

4. What three things would you like to achieve in the next 10 years?

5. What is your favourite time of year?

6. Do you drive, and if yes how many times did it take for you to pass your test?

7. What's your favourite way to relax?

8. Do you prefer baths or showers?

9. What was your favourite TV show as child?

10. If you had a theme tune to your life what would it be?

11. What is your favourite take away?

Ok, now for my nominations... Although I think the likely hood is that the following blogs do have more than 200 followers but thats because they are so awesome!

Keri-Anne at Gingerlillytea.  This is gorgeous blog filled with stories of Keri-Anne's two 'fairies' and their adventures, there is also baking, photography, dreamy days and lots more.

Mummy S at Litlle Guys Mummy who started her blog around a similar time to me and truly deserves more followers over there.

Leyla at This Day I Love who is a mummy to two lovely little girlies and blogs about the things that she loves each day.

Lisa at Hollybobbs whose blog I have only recently started following but wish I had found sooner. Go and follow Lisa and her little family.

Rachel at Mummykindness whose blog encourages us all to be kind to one another and to ourselves.

Back to blogging...

So I haven't blogged for a few weeks, infact I didn't realise just how long it had been until I looked yesterday! I guess the blogging community can be a little daunting, don't get me wrong everyone I have spoken to has been lovely and I really enjoy reading other people's blogs but I never really realised how much of a techno-phobe I was and feel a tad out of my depth, there is a lot I don't know or understand, simple things really like adding a 'button' to my blog, getting the layout just right, linking up with other blogs etc however I am sure over time I will get the hang of it. I really want my blog to work, not just for others but for myself as I want it to be somewhere I can store memories and look back on months / years to come.

 

So what have I been upto while away from the computer? Well I think the biggest and probably the most obvious  thing is Christmas - It was such a wonderful time, not only the build up but also the day itself. On Christmas Eve we had our 'cosy box' this is something that I started doing once we had our daughter and would love for it to become a family tradition. Basically the box is filled with treats and also 'essentials' in order for us to prepare for Santa's arrival and includes such things as a plate and mug, carrots, mince pies, reindeer food, magic santa key, plus lots more!

 

 

Then came the new year, my husband and I went to a friends house where they had a BBQ, sounds like complete madness but it was actually a lovely night, rounded off by sending lanterns up into the sky. So far in 2013 my little family has begun a financial overall, we are trying to live the life of thrift and go by the moto of do we need this or do we want it? So far we seem to be managing and have made signifanct cutbacks and savings but I won't bore you with that just now... Also it was our second wedding anniversary, I have to say that 2 years seems to have flown by! and then more recently we have had the snow dayyyys! Our little troublemaker absolutley loved the snow and every morning checked the window and would then say 'coat, boots, walk'

 

I think that pretty much brings us up to speed, so for now I will leave you with our little Snowman Stan :)

 

 

Tag, Your IT... A Christmas Meme :)

I have been tagged by the Lovely Leyla over at This Day I Love to take part in a Christmas Meme. I am super excited about doing this as A) Its my first ever tag!! and B) I absolutley LOVE Christmas!! So let's getting cracking...

 

1. What is your favourite thing about Christmas?

 

For me there isn't a particular 'thing' that I like, but the whole season in general - I love going into shops or driving in my car and hearing Christmas songs play and I love walking down the street and seeing all the pretty twinkly lights on the houses. There is a happy / festive atmosphere in the air and people generally appear to have woken up on the merry side of the bed!

 

I now also have my little girl which has put a completely different meaning into Christmas for me... I love to make new traditions with her, I love seeing her face when she sees the 'pretties' as she calls them (Christmas Lights) I love watching her laugh and dance to the Christmas songs that I used to laugh and dance to when I was younger, I love that she believes... :)

 

2. What is your favourite make up look for the season?

 

I don't really wear make up and when I do I tend to enrol a friend to do it for me as I am just rubbish! I do however like to keep it pretty natural.

3. Real or Fake tree?

I always say I would love a real tree however my house is pretty teeny tiny and I don't think I would have the space to put one so we have a fake tree. I used to have a lovely pre lit one and then I got a kitten who decided to climb up the tree, knock the tree, sleep in the tree, fall out the tree and break all the branches on the way down... so now I have an ordinary green tree! Me and hubs have said we may look for a pre lit one in January sales for next year!

4. Giving or Receiving presents?

Definitley prefer to give, I start my Christmas shopping wayyyyy early as one, it helps to spread the cost and two (and most importantly) it gives me plenty of time to buy things that I know people with love / use / appreciate and joy. I will search high and low to find the 'perfect' gift.

5. What is your favourite Christmas film?

I absolutley love, ELF - Its SSSSSAAAAAAAAANNNNNNTTTTTAAAAA :) (To anyone who has ever seen it that should make sense? To anyone who has not then go and watch it immediatley!)

6. What is your favourite Christmas food?

 

Chocolate... now I know Chocolate isn't really a 'Christmas' food but Christmas seems to be only time of year where its perfectly justifiable to demolish half a tin of celebrations, eat the full contents of a selection box to yourself or complete a full terry's chocolate orange... Serioulsy no one batters an eye lid... after all it is Christmas and in January you will diet, eat fruit, exercise, drink plenty of water, start taking vitamins (or at least thats what I tell myself each year) so why not make the most of it...

 

That's it from me - I will now be tagging

Mum in a hurry
Crazy with twins
Wonderments
SAHDandProud (feel free to skip Q2 lol)
Mum2babyinsomniac

Merry Christmas!

Oh and here is my cat in the middle of my old pretty tree...