Temporarily disabled

I love Easter as I love the idea of new life and a new beginning. I am off to church later as it seems such an important day to actually attend church. We should show our appreciation of the sacrifice made by Jesus and the fact that he came back from the dead, confirming the life everlasting. When I think of mum I like to think she is still with me and watching over me....dad too! I look forward with hope at Easter time. I am sure that is the message of Easter.

I also love daffodils and tulips, two of the most beautiful flowers in the world. They are so short lived as they are only out in profusion for a few weeks. They do not last in a vase either as I have found I needed to replace mine in the lounge before the week is up. At the moment I have daffs in thr lounge, tulips in the kitchen and a big assortment of chrysanthemums and carnations in the lounge. With my indoor plants in the doorway to the balcony and my wonderful tubs on the balcony it feels like I am living in a garden! Who cares about a garden when you can have it indoors. The one thing I miss is my garden but I know I could not cope well with the maintenance these days. But I do miss my waterfall and fish pond. We have communal gardens here but it is not the same.

The weather continues to be good. All those people who spent a fortune going abroad need not have bothered as we are having a warm and sunny Easter in good old Blighty! Nikki is cooking a turkey today and no doubt we shall all have a good family day, which is what it is all about. I love my family so much and feel blessed that my kids have turned out to be such loving sensitive people.I will no doubt talk to the boys today and wish them a happy easter. I know Andy and Cara will be happy with Jack staying with them and their imminent visit to the Big Apple! Matt and Tien do not have Tilly as she has gone away with her mum. I expect they are relaxing and catching up on the busy lives they lead.

I had a good day yesterday as Liz came over about 3.30pm and we went into Southport shopping. I did not go with anything in mind but once in M&S I get tempted. I used to have a store card which I had to get rid of as I was forever buying clothes from there. It was much too easy with a store card to run up large debts. Also the APR rate is extortionate. Anyway true to form I managed to buy some gym clothes for my exercise in the gym and a new top!! We went in there to find Liz a new pair of reasonably priced jeans. Needless to say she walked out with no jeans and a couple of Easter eggs for her kids....I walked out with yet more clothes!!

When we got back Nikki and the boys were here. She had let herself in as she has a key. The boys were settled down watching Sponge Bob, one of the dvds I bought for them. They had brought back a Macdonald to eat here. This had been demolished before we arrived! Nikki had been all day in Worden Park with the boys. This is the park we found out where I used to live in Leyland. She had asked me to go with her but I had already made arrangements with Liz. Rob had refused to go....great dad he is. She said she felt like a single mum as all the dads were there playing football with their sons and helping them on the zip wire and slides. He spent the day relaxing in a long bath, had a sleep and took the dog for a long walk. He said he needed time to himself to relax! What about Nikki when does she get the time to relax? Oh it is maddening, it really upsets me. He is such a selfish man.

After Nikki had gone I warmed up the quiche, put in the baked potatoes and made the salad. We sat down to a great meal after we had downed a couple of glasses of Bristol cream sherry! Then we sat down to watch Stepmom a film with julia Roberts and Susan Sarandon....a real tear jerker! I stayed awake for the first hour but then guess what I fell asleep and was woken up by Liz saying I ought to go now!! It was 11 o'clock not 2 in the morning! What a fool...I cannot seem to keep awake past 10pm these days! It must be the early mornings as I was up at 6am again today...on a Sunday!

I seem to be doomed with my Swatch watch. The battery went and I had trouble finding a jeweller who did the batteries. Now I woke to find my watch on the pillow and the strap has broken. I will have to go and find someone to repair it as I cannot go away on Tuesday without my watch.

I am listening to Rick Wakeman's lovely compositions on Aled's show. He is a fantastic pianist. I used to teach his kids as he lived on the Isle of Man and I went to the same church as him. That was a Baptist church and Rick was big in this church often singing and playing piano during the Service. I am not sure whether he still lives there but he used to talk about how he gave up drink and drugs from his pop band days. He was an inspiration to the young people and is a great evangelist. It was great to hear his music again.

Well must go and finish off the filing away of bills etc. I started this yesterday and I have now shredded all the past bills and bank statements. I got very worried when I saw a programme on tv about people stealing your identity from your rubbish bins. Old paper work which contained bank account details was enough for criminals to clear out your bank account. I have worked hard and long for my money, no-one is going to snatch it away from me! So I am queen of the Shredders these days!

Must go and get some brekkers now. I think it will be the usual crumpets with marmite and banana. Once again for your advice regarding my journal. I am investigating how to start a new one. I will of course invite my good friends from aol to read it. In the mean time ther will be no more intimate details of my sons' lives. Happy Easter Day to you all and may God bless every one of you.

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• #9 Comment from funnyface0s0 
  10/04/07 10:40 | Permalink

  Hi Connie ....Hope you had a good Easter.  It sounds like a good idea to turn your blog private, although what i sometimes do is to add to it after it has been posted (as i always save a copy) so that really private things are only there for my eyes - if you get my meaning.
  Luv Jayne x
• #8 Comment from nedmoh 
  09/04/07 09:22 | Permalink

  Hi Connie after reading your journal yesterday morning I decided to go to Church and enjoyed the service very much .Glad Nikki has you to look out for her ,enjoy the rest of Easter.......Love Jeanx
• #7 Comment from tellsg 
  09/04/07 00:01 | Permalink

  Dear Connie, I am a bit like you, getting up early and then nodding off early evening! I completely missed the end of Dr Who last night and woke up at 6 am on the sofa.  Luckily, I managed to get back to sleep for a couple more hours.  Paul was glad to get the bed to himself and I think he sneaked off and left me there on purpose.  Nikki's husband sounds like he is missing a lot of the boys' fun, at least she is a good hands on mum and so are you, she must have learned a lot from you.  At least she doesn't stop herself getting out and about.  Your dinner tonight sounded tasty.  Hope you manage to get a new watch tomorrow in time for your trip away.  Hugs, Terry x
• #6 Comment from lindachapmanuk 
  08/04/07 23:47 | Permalink

  Hi Connie! don't faint! I got here! It sounds like you had a lovely day yesterday, but no wonder you were so tired! I keep meaning to get a shredder, I think it's very wise to do that...I have never had crumpets with marmite, I must try that! lol Linda xx
• #5 Comment from faircolleen 
  08/04/07 20:39 | Permalink

  Happy Easter Connie. . .thank goodness Nikki has got you.