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Was alright, nothing special, went round to a mates on Friday night, i owed him a few beers for a favour he had done....yes the old washing machine is finally out the kitchen. Came home went to bed full of intentions to watch BRONSON i had borrowed but i never got as far as press play i was out cold. Told Trintrin i was stauing in bed til CB came home on Sunday and apart from a walk p to asda for a few supplys thats where i stayed, ok i got up to do the A&A daily quiz...i will get my name on the top 5 this month. done other things like chuck stuff in the washing machine and hammered the tumble dryer as it's just to cold to get a mass of clothes dried in the airing cupboard. Washed all the covers from the suite, so glad i did'nt put them back on as CB dropped her coffee (decaff) over the suite this morning. Oh had a phone call from the ex MIL on saturday night, were going down for new year, but it's a secret, CB does'nt know and neither does Auntie, i know ex MIL will spill the beans even though we saud to keep it hush, hope she does'nt it will be a nice surprise for Auntie. I am all sorted for this one, the week before i will smoke different cigs so i can't speak due to a horrendous sore throat nah only kiddin, ex MIL current b/f will be there too so i'm sre her attitude will be very diferent. He's from Glasgow and knows her family who still live there so fingers crossed i won't have to listen to bitching this time round. Very frosty this morning, infact you would think a drop of snow had came down as the garden is just white and very cold. Sk is very blue, will reserve judgement til later on that one.

1. With Friday the 13th on the horizon, do you have any superstitions?
I always buy heather from gypsys

2. Have you any phobias?
Spiders but only indoors

3. Do you believe in ghosts?
Oh erm not sure, had a weird experience after my Granny died

4. Do you believe in UFO's?
We are not alone

5. If you could reincarnate, what would you come back as?
A gay man, there gorgeous and well dressed

6. Do you believe in past lives?
We were put back here to make up for past mistakes

7. Have you a lucky number?
Yes 8

8. Have you ever had your fortune told?
Tarot cards, never again whats for me wont go past me

9. Do you believe in Karma?
Got to be daft not to

10. Has conventional religion had it's day?
There all cults

Gladd to say that it was another good one apart from that she is not confident in her maths, i knew that anyway so no disappointment, bring on parents night

I mentioned in my last post about a sculpture, after wadding through google and flickr and i found these pics, would'nt mind going back again just to read everything that is on the wall. The sculture is a celebration of women and democracy its called....TRAVELLING THE DISTANCE. I thought it was neat

Well CB is away to school with her award under her arm and a few pics that we printed off last night. Sorry to bore you all but i am one proud mammy and just want to share our day with you all.
Arrived at the Parliemnt building, not sure how as my directions werent listened to as the satnav was on but after going round in circles for the umpteenth time i wsa asked where the hell is it. So we gets there and there's no parking so CB and me jumped out the car and left my Mum and her partner to figure out where to park. We entered the building and had to go through securtiy, then i remembered what happened to the parliment on the 5th of november and thought yeah i don't mind being frisked on this occasion. We made our way past the visitors desk and straight to the MSP appointment desk. felt really nervous so golly knows what was going through CB's mind. We were directed to a waiting area full of peeps all dressed in fancy suits, The MSP's secretery cam edown and met us and took us back to securtiy to get the behind the scenes passes. Then it was off to the debating chambers. for Ministers question time. I'll be honest i did'nt have a scoob what was happening apart from alot of Msp's arguing, banging tables and shouting but it was really interesting watching them squirm to get out of answering questions head on. We were met after the question time by Margaret the secretery and took to the offices where CB was getting her award. Oh i should say that when we were waiting to be met my mum and side kick came into the visitors centre for a nose about and they were taken aside and asked if they would like to be taken upstairs after we left to see CB getting her award, so it was a nice surprise for cb and i to see them and a nice surprise for them too. The leader of the Labour Prty came down Iain Grey and took Brooke aside told her how proud he was of her and i started bubbling like a 2 year old. He gave a wee speech infront of a dozen or so staff members gave CB a huge hug and wished us all well. Cathie Cragie was brilliant, with her then excused herself as she had to go back for debating time. Margaret then took us round a tour of the buildings, we went into the presiding officers building and we were told the history of it. Yeah i know the Prlie is only 6 years old but they incorporated some Dukes house into it, cant remember the dukes name, told us how the room we were standing in was haunted, he had a son who was mad and one night they couldnt find the son, so they scoured the house and finally found him in the kitchen sitting infront of the fire with his servant on a scewer getting roasted above the open fire, so now the servant haunts the room. We cam eout of there and got told about various things like where the design for the floors beams etc came from, all very interesting facts but my mum turned round and said very bluntly. it is nice inside but it looks an eyesore outside and you can't justify to me the 400 million it cost to build, Mummsie is very straight to the point kinda girl. Then off to the debating chambers before the MSP's returned for round 2, CB got to sit in Alex Salmonds seat and we were told again about the materials used and how it all works, why there are 2 clocks and the amount of time each person is allowed to talk for etc. I knwo you are all getting bored by now, that's if youve got this far but it was very intre4sting. We left the chambers and went to another part of the building again getting told about various features where they came from why they were there, one of the things i really liked and i will have to google this is a sculptur eon a wall, over a hundered women were asked to right down a short sentence and the sculptor crafted marble in the womens hand writing, some of the sentences were hilarious one that stands out was "my my friend comes round for tea i don't know wheter to get the silver out or lock it away" We finished our tour and thanked Margeret for making the day wonderful. Gave CB some spends so she could go into the gift shop, we now have new decorations for the christmas tree a load of edinburger rock and keyrings. It really was a great day and i am full of information about wood, marble, granite and other features within the Scottish Parlie buildings.
CB had an abosoloutly fantabulous time and was overwhelmed by it all. I have never seen her stuck for words or as shy as she was but she was so well behaved and well spoken that i am so proud of her for what she done for me all those months ago that lead us to be there yesterday.

carebear was also up half the night, unfortunatly i was up for the first half and she for the other. Doc told me that the spray can take a few days to kick in, im not even sure if she's on the right medicine as it says on the bottle not to take if under 18 erm she's 9 so i'm waiting on the doc phoning me back to reassure me that it's fine. Doc also told us that with the anoids (i think thats what there called) being swollen the nose will keep producing mucas to clear the block but the anoids will continue to swell as the mucas irritates them. All night it's been snort and sniff to the point she was being sick with it. Were going into the debating chamber tomorow and i have read the rules about behaviour whilst there, no talking no bags no NOISE, can just see Alec Salmond looking up into the public gallery now and telling the security guard to remove the child with the sniffy nose. Bless her wee cotton socks, her dad was/is the same, he used to sleep sitting up, bit like the elephant man..oh if only her dad would remove the pillows for a night of lying down. Carebear says the spray smells like play do so i sprayed some on the back of my hand, it reminded me of speed with that sharp cats pee smell, lol no wonder i was up half the night iwas speeding out my tree.
She also says she is now ok about the new little cousin she is going to get but the other cousin will always be her favorite, she also wishes that the baby would either be born earlier or that if sil had to have another baby then she would prefer it if it was next year she fell pregnant, i was really confussed about this, it's all to do with the holiday and wedding in Greece next summer, she explained that sil and brother wouldnt be there as the baby wil be to young to travel therefore she will be stuck with my mum and her partner for 2 weeks on her peapod. Asked her how she would feel if i was to have another, she told me straight faced and very serious "mum you need a man for that and you havent got one, unless your name is Mary then it's not going to happen" Kids are great at getting straight to the point.

CB has bright blue eyes but they definetly turned a deep shade of green earlier after a phone call from my mum telling me that i was to become an auntie again. A joyous occasion you would think but the wee barras nose was pt right out of place. I thought she would have been delighted as she is close to my brother and sil. Finally got to the bottom of it, she will have to share her Granny with another child, Now my brother doesnt exactly live round the corner, tr down the m73 and then the m6 to Bradford. We on the other hand live about 4 streets away from my Mum. Tried to reassure her that granny has enough love to share between the 3 of them. Thank goodness i will bear no more children as i think she would probably murder me in my sleep.
This kinda spured feeling deep inside of me, one i havent spoke to my brother since february and i would back down and he's as stubborn as me so he wont back down so thats a bit of a brick wal hit. Seriously if we were to have a staring out competition we would need medical treatment as we would rather sew our eye lids open then cave in. Secondly this will now be my fathers 6th grandchild, and he has'nt seen any of them in over 6 years +, the youngest he has never seen, not even sure if he knows about her. I wil never forgive my dad for what he done to CB, i'm older so i don't really care anymore what he done to me or any other adult within our little clan but he blanked CB when she was 3 after she ran up to him in tescos with her tiny arms held out for a hug. Ignore me by all means, ignore my daughter and i will never let it be forgotton. So the last few hours have been spent thinking about the old trout. He's in his 70's now, no idea where he lives or even if he's alive, i dread the day i get a call saying he's no longer on this earth as i aint paying for no funeral, would'nt even waste a pound in a cheap shop buying plastic flowers for him.
Need to get a more reliable source for the internet, neighbour was out all night and must have turned off his connection, i havent been staying up all night waiting on the light going on, i just simply could'nt sleep, not complaining the radio is rather good at this time of the morning with the exposure show so lots of new random bands to look out for.

Was at the docs this morning with CB as her anoids are swollen and she can't breathe properly, just trying to get an appointment was hard enough, the receptionist kept asking if it was a cold or flu, i think she could hear CB in the background snortung and sniffing but after reassuring her for the best part of 5 ins she finally caved in and gave a time. Got the nasel spray and more creams for her ezema then off to the chemist. Was a 30 min wait so we decided to go a wee strool about the shopping centre to find her an outfit for Thursday. I don't normally ask for help in shops but the woman was busying herself around us, the kids section is next to the door and we kept setting off the alarm so to put her mind at ease that i was'nt ging to blag the clothes i told her my daughter needed something smart but casual as she is going to a special appointment oon Thursday. They had CB in the fitting rooms and kept bringing up nice outfits, in the end she had 3 assistants running after her. Fashion show in Next it certainly was, They were even going out the back of the shop and getting stuff that should'nt be on sale yet. In the end CB settled for a black dress with some colour in the skirt part, a pair of black leggings , a black shrug and black full length coat. Was only 66 pound and the coat will do her over winter and new year and the dress can be worn again at all the christmas partys so the overal price was'nt to bad. They did'nt have sohoes she wanted so we went into dunnes and the ones she picked were reduced to 4 quid. Can honestly say she looks gorgeous in her outfit and it's not ott. The girls in NEXT were great and i think CB could easily turn into a diva now with everyone running about after her every needs

The steam has finally blew the lid of this little pot, MARTiN-RAVINGLOON, before you start another post or comment on anothers post slating the scottish down to the ground take a long hard look at yourself, i would love in fact i invite you up to Glasgow, i will pay for you to come and stay in a hotel overnight so you can verbally spout your insults to anyone who cares to listen.

Oh yeah and i will also phone you an ambulance or even the undertakers when your ugly little coupon gets splatterd across Sauchiehal street