tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52807907400919614032022-12-27T23:04:32.224+00:00moors-mummyMoors-Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10327016020795600785noreply@blogger.comBlogger265125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280790740091961403.post-84359477026065376722014-02-03T21:38:00.002+00:002014-02-03T21:39:34.997+00:00New Blogplease find me at <a href="http://www.dartmoor-diaries.blogspot.co.uk/">www.dartmoor-diaries.blogspot.co.uk</a>Moors-Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10327016020795600785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280790740091961403.post-86262783767813698662013-08-14T20:31:00.000+01:002013-08-14T20:31:38.590+01:00New BeginningsA lot of change.....<br /><br />and a lot more to come.......<br /><br /><br />Things are going to be very different around here from September.<br /><br />I no longer have a job.......<br /><br />No income.....<br /><br />No money......<br /><br />I have registered for supply work but........<br /><br />the pay is crap........<br /><br />and I don't really want to do it........<br /><br />I have set up a tutoring business...........<br /><br />Westcountry Tutors (.co.uk!!!!)<br /><br />I will be home a lot more......<br /><br />counting the pennies............<br /><br />making things last............<br /><br />Things are changing..............<br /><br />We are making a vege patch..............<br /><br />space for a greenhouse............<br /><br />and we are going to see how much we can save...........<br /><br />by shopping locally...............<br /><br />in our beautiful town..................<br /><br />Things need to change...............<br /><br />I need to get better.................<br /><br />Take time to look after myself...................<br /><br />and get my RA controlled..................<br /><br />The blog will be changing too...................<br /><br />A new focus..................<br /><br />A new direction......................<br /><br />but still the same old me!<br /><br /><br />But first the Moors family has two wonderful weeks holiday in France..............................<br /><br />and I can't wait!<br /><br />Moors-Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10327016020795600785noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280790740091961403.post-90701286105546827652013-08-14T20:25:00.000+01:002013-08-14T20:25:12.995+01:00Book Review - Someone to Watch Over Me by Madeleine Reiss<img alt="Someone to Watch Over Me" height="200" src="http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1367338412l/17874179.jpg" width="131" /> Another debut novel, and it has to be said another fantastic read.<br /><br />When I first picked this book up and turned it over to read the blurb, my heart sank. I find stories about parents losing their children heart wrenching and this one was no exception. It was one of many give to me for my birthday in July, a physical book, something I haven't read in a while, but the feeling of holding a nook that I once vowed never to lose, was back, held in my hands and I hated it. The reason, the pain it caused in my thumbs and wrists, holding a book isn't the same when you have RA!<br /><br />The Blurb from Goodreads:-<br /><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.600000381469727px; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;">She closed her eyes and he was gone - who is watching him now?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.600000381469727px; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.600000381469727px; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.600000381469727px; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;">When Carrie’s five-year old son, Charlie, disappeared on a Norfolk beach, her world was destroyed. Now, three years on, her marriage crushed by grief and the uncertainty around Charlie’s fate, Carrie keeps herself distracted by running a local gift shop. Persuaded by her mother to visit a medium, Carrie is initially sceptical, but is blown away when he appears to reveal something about Charlie’s disappearance; something that nobody could ever have known except herself.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.600000381469727px; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.600000381469727px; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.600000381469727px; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;">Single mum, Molly, is worried about her young son, Max. Naturally a sensitive child, Max has been having more of his little ‘accidents’ at school and has recently starting talking again to his imaginary friend.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.600000381469727px; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.600000381469727px; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.600000381469727px; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;">Reluctant to tell his teachers, Molly knows that Max’s problems stem from his very real anxieties about his father – a violent and unstable man – who they are now in hiding from.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.600000381469727px; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.600000381469727px; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.600000381469727px; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;">Carrie is desperate to learn the truth about Charlie’s disappearance and Molly will do anything to protect Max from danger. Little do the women know that their worlds are about to converge – and both of them will have to face the thing they fear the most. But will the truth destroy them or will love be their saviour?</span><br /><br />The story was fantastic. It follows the lives of two women, Carrie and Molly. Carrie loses her son Charlie on a day out at the beach, never to been seen again and the story follows Carrie in the years after Charlie's disappearance. Molly has her son Max with her throughout the book, their lives totally different from Carrie's but you know that there is some connection between them and the author makes this clear at the same time as holding out the real reason. This is a superbly written book, that crosses many genres of literature within itself but the real story is one that has you on the edge of your seat till the very end. I finished ready this at the weekend at the beach house. Everyone else had gone to bed but I just couldn't put it down so stayed up to the early hours until I had finished it, and I was so glad that I did.<br /><br />Another 5 star rating from me on Goodreads - Elly WillettMoors-Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10327016020795600785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280790740091961403.post-77614700366770241642013-07-15T19:02:00.001+01:002013-07-15T19:02:23.321+01:00Book Review - The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img 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/> The Night Circus.......an intriguing title, a beautiful illustration on the front cover and some fab reviews online, both in Amazon and on Goodreads. I thought this one sounded interesting.........</div><br /><br /><div style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></div><div style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></div><div style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></div><div style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></div><div style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></div><div style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></div><div style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></div><div style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></div><div style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></div><div style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.600000381469727px; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.600000381469727px; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.600000381469727px; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.600000381469727px; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;">The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.600000381469727px; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;">Le Cirque des Rêves</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.600000381469727px; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;">, and it is only open at night. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 15.19886302947998px;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.600000381469727px; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.600000381469727px; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;">But behind the scenes, a fierce competition is underway—a duel between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood expressly for this purpose by their mercurial instructors. </span>Unbeknownst<span style="font-size: 13.600000381469727px; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"> to them, this is a game in which only one can be left standing, and the circus is but the stage for a remarkable battle of imagination and will. Despite themselves, however, Celia and Marco tumble headfirst into love—a deep, magical love that makes the lights flicker and the room grow warm whenever they so much as brush hands.</span><span style="font-size: 13.600000381469727px; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"> </span></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 15.19886302947998px;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.600000381469727px; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.600000381469727px; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;">True love or not, the game must play out, and the fates of everyone involved, from the cast of extraordinary circus performers to the patrons, hang in the balance, suspended as precariously as the daring acrobats overhead.</span><span style="font-size: 13.600000381469727px; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"> </span></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 15.19886302947998px;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.600000381469727px; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.600000381469727px; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;">Written in rich, seductive prose, this spell-casting novel is a feast for the senses and the heart.</span><a class="actionLinkLite" href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9361589-the-night-circus#" style="color: #215625; font-family: arial, verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">(less)</a></div></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Well that's what was written in Goodreads and it did indeed entice me into trying this book, but I will admit I struggled from the start.</div><div style="text-align: left;">I found the story hard to get into, slow paced and just too long to get to anything in particular. Whereas most books I get into quickly even after a few days of attempting to read this one it just did nothing for me and in the end I made the decision to abandon it, knowing that if I didn't it would sit unread and I would then struggle to get into another one. I am sure if i was to persevere then it would probably get better and the story would develop well but it didn't grasp me enough to get that far!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">It is probably one that I will attempt again in the future.....but it would be interesting to see what anyone else thought of this book!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">My star rating on Goodreads was a 1!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Moors-Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10327016020795600785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280790740091961403.post-28694732795056530332013-07-07T20:55:00.001+01:002013-07-07T20:55:28.367+01:00Where does time go?It amazes me sometimes when I look at them, and when I realise how quickly they seem to grow.<br /><br />We are currently at different stages, with the little two. Worm has moved up to Butterfly at Nursery, now with Monkey. And Monkey is getting ready to start big school.<br /><br />We had our home visit last week. Monkey was a little shy, and put on his silly voice for his teacher and TA. But at the end of the day he is so ready to start. He is full of excitement and asks regularly if he can wear his school shorts. He has a visit with nursery on the Tuesday (9th July) and he can't wait, his uniform is here ready and waiting for him to wear to school for a hour and a half!!<br /><br />He really is a point where he could start tomorrow and he wouldn't care in the slightest, however, I think our problem lies with Worm, who seems to think that now he is with Monkey at nursery, he will also be going to big school. When Monkey's teacher and TA were here, Worm's response to everything was "Me too". I know come September when he realises that it is just him going to nursery it will hit and the tears will flow, they do love being together.<br /><br />Beanie has been looking at secondary schools. We visited the community college at Callington a couple of weeks ago, which was really good, lots for him to do and try and he came away really positive. This week he has visited the boys grammar school and he loved that too (which pleased mummy) so we are now at a point of starting to think about tutoring him for the 11+, something I will do myself. I am glad that he liked it as it is our preferred school but the choice had to be his!!<br /><br />We are all looking forward to the holidays, they boys don't finish until the 24th, but I'm done in on the 19th!! Yippeee! It is also my birthday this week, (lunch with girlies planned) and there still seems like there is loads left to do before we break up........<br />..................................................................................and lets hope this weather continues! :)<br /><br /><br />Moors-Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10327016020795600785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280790740091961403.post-47876664628068057402013-06-20T17:28:00.001+01:002013-06-20T17:28:03.591+01:00Book Review - One Cold Night by Katia Lief<br /><div style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img src="https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRFuM4liPKa5bYaD8h5aGvogx18xhpXpyqbsWnud-wn9qWiMenC" /></div><br /><br /><div style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></div><br />I started it on Sunday - I finished it on Monday. That good, I couldn't put it down.<br /><br />I had never heard of Katia Lief. I discovered her in the Kobo bookstore, a bargain at 98p. Something caught my attention (the cover again), this time mysterious, dark yet inviting.<br /><br />I downloaded it.<br /><br />To be honest my genre of literature has rapidly turned to chick lit, there was a time when I read anything and everything, but lately I hadn't moved from my new found comfort zone.<br /><br />The story is about Susan and Dave, Susan is a chocolate shop/factory owner and Dave a detective in the police. They live in New York with Susan's adopted sister, Lisa, who 15 years her junior had come to live with them to attend a singing/drama school in the city.<br /><br />A happy go lucky life until......One Cold Night.<br /><br />Lisa wants to find her birth parents and Susan offers a revelation (predictable from the onset) and from then on the story changes and moves fast, drawing you in. Lisa vanishes and the story then follows the detectives and Susan and Dave as they piece together what has happened to her. Dave becomes immersed in the case, due to not having solved a similar one exactly 12 months previous to this one. Exactly the same, a girl similar in age and features to Lisa taken from very near her own doorstep. You know there is a link between the two girls but the authors telling of this story is fantastic and it really does have you wanting to find out exactly what has happened to Lisa and the girl before her and to find out whether Lisa and her survive. There are a few clues, a trail of blood and a footprint but Dave knows if this case is going the same way as the previous one, then their time is limited before something dreadful happens to her. Even at the end when the outcome is found there are still twists and turns in this story up to the very end that weren't predictable and really had me on the edge of my seat.<br /><br />It is again another book that is beautifully written and describes the scenes and characters really well, making it feel like you know these places and people.<br /><br />I really don't want to give this story away, but I will definitely be reading more of this authors books and this is definitely one to be read!<br /><br />Another 5 Star book on Goodreads from me!<br /><br /><br />Moors-Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10327016020795600785noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280790740091961403.post-79212291216476568032013-06-17T22:15:00.002+01:002013-06-17T22:15:45.481+01:00Book Review - The Love of My Life by Louise Douglas.<br /><div style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="The Love of My Life" src="http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1331511195l/2914988.jpg" /></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.600000381469727px; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;">"I miss him with every breath and heartbeat. He should have been my happy ending. Instead, he is the sad beginning to my story."</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.600000381469727px; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-size: 13.600000381469727px; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-size: 13.600000381469727px; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;">When I started to read this book my instant impression was that it wasn't going to be that great. You know when you read the first chapter and it doesn't really do anything for you.....that! But once I had given it a bit more time the story actually drew me in.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-size: 13.600000381469727px; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-size: 13.600000381469727px; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;">It tells the story of Olivia, who has recently become the widow of Luca. I think one of the reasons my heart wasn't with it to begin with, is that it is one of those books that jumps every chapter from past to present and that usually throws me. But after reading a few more chapters I got it! and the story develops well, one chater the past the nest the present.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-size: 13.600000381469727px; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-size: 13.600000381469727px; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;">Olivia and Luca grew up together in their small town, Olivia working in Luca's parent's restaurant in the summer months and their friendship develops but Luca 's mother has plans for him to marry someone else, and in the end he elopes to London with Olivia. Olivia becomes the one at fault in the eyes of Luca's family and when Luca is tragically killed, Olivia makes the decision to return to their home town, where no one is pleased to see her.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-size: 13.600000381469727px; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-size: 13.600000381469727px; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;">There are parts of this story that are very predicatble, but there is also something about the way that it is written that makes you want to read on. Olivia quickly realises that she and Marc, Luca's twin share their greif and start an affair that has drastic consequences and shows certain moments of similarity between Olivia and Luca's life. Even though they both know the affair is purely based on grief, the results are heart breaking for Olivia.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-size: 13.600000381469727px; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-size: 13.600000381469727px; line-height: 15.199999809265137px;">Louise Douglas writes in a sensitive and beautiful way, and this is again a first class debut novel. I gave this book 4 stars on Goodreads.</span></span>Moors-Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10327016020795600785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280790740091961403.post-9135445369960234482013-06-16T20:33:00.003+01:002013-06-16T20:33:42.839+01:00Family Life update...Things have been really hectic, sometimes painful, and some things have been really testing and have upset me beyond belief.<br /><br />There will be a lot of change in the moors household in the next few months, and even though the 'hell' is still on going at the moment, I know that come September things will all be for the better and that life will move on - as it should do. I know I will be more positive once things are all organised and prepared and I will tell you all about it one day, but now just isn't the time.<br /><br />The boys are fine, fantastic, annoying, tiring, so nothing really new there!!<br /><br />Beanie is reaching the end of term and the school year and the tiredness shows. His moods are more frequent, his attitude turning and his ability to focus and concentrate is lacking... he needs the summer holidays.<br /><br />Monkey is getting ready to leave nursery and to take the next step and start big school. He has a place at the same school as Beanie who will be in year 5 this September. Monkey is so excited asking if he can wear his uniform every day and tonight he has signed his school agreement, writing his name beautifully on the form! I can't believe how quickly the time has gone, he will be the oldest in his class and will be 5 on his first day. We have a home visit in a couple of weeks (better get tidying!!) and then a few afternoon visits in July to look forward too. Oh and his best friend will be going with him so he is overjoyed.<br /><br />Worm, is Worm..... last week we had an amazing week. Hitting 3 has changed him (slightly) and for every night last week he slept right through. It all went pear shaped this weekend with him waking again but it can't go on forever - well that's what I keep telling myself anyway. He unfortunately thinks that because he has now moved up to 'Butterflies't nursery with Monkey that he too is going to big school in September. I think we may have a few problems then but hopefully he will make some new friends at nursery and not just play with his brother.<br /><br />Health wise, I haven't been too bad, my fingers are the worst at the moment but it is mainly when carrying things. Yesterday I was on the go all day and felt awful this morning and the fatigue hit again but with moors-daddy working I have been with the boys all day today too, so fingers crossed I get a good night tonight and catch up on some sleep that is desperately needed.<br /><br />I've just finished another book and started another too, so review will be up in the next couple of days if not sooner!<br /><br />Moors-Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10327016020795600785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280790740091961403.post-25186637182475269572013-06-07T20:59:00.000+01:002013-06-07T21:01:50.636+01:00Book Review - The Snow Child by Eowyn IveyOkay so two things first, I apologize that it has taken me a bit longer than I said it would and secondly how ever many times I say this authors name to myself, my pronounciation of it is always different!! I have no idea how to say it, I'll see if I can find out how it should be said!<br /><br />Found it - <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.818181991577148px; line-height: 15.994318008422852px; text-align: center;">AYE-oh-win EYE-vee. There that tells you!</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.818181991577148px; line-height: 15.994318008422852px; text-align: center;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.818181991577148px; line-height: 15.994318008422852px; text-align: center;">Here is a bit about the author taken from <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4823432.Eowyn_Ivey" target="_blank">Goodreads</a></span><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Eowyn LeMay Ivey was raised in Alaska and continues to live there with her husband and two daughters. She received her BA in journalism and minor in creative writing through the honors program at Western Washington University, studied creative nonfiction at the University of Alaska Anchorage graduate program, and worked for nearly 10 years as an award-winning reporter at the Frontiersman newspaper. This is her first novel.</span><br /><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Learn more:</span><br /><a href="http://www.eowynivey.com/" itemprop="url" style="background-color: white; color: #666600; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;" target="_blank">http://www.eowynivey.com/</a><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/people/Eowyn-Ivey/100002354117696" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; color: #666600; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;">Facebook</a><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Blog: </span><a href="http://lettersfromalaska.wordpress.com/author/eowynivey/" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; color: #666600; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;">Letters from Alaska</a><br /><br />So the book.<br /><br />I have to admit a lot of my book choices are based on the cover and the cover of this book on Kobo, drew my attention straight away. The simplicity of it, but also the girl and the fox, I was instantly intrigued and so downloaded it. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a 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/></a></div><br />When I read that it was based on a Russian fairytale, I really didn't know what to expect, again a bit of curiousness crept in and when I started to read this book, it grabbed me and didn't let me go.<br /><br /><br /><br />Set in the 1920's (though it could easily have been any time in my mind), the story is based on the relationship of Jack and Mabel, the two main characters and follows them as they start a new life in Alaska, building their homestead. The authors descriptions of both characters are very good, giving you a real insight into their relationship and their feelings for each other (strained) and the land on which they are now living (bleak). The days are pretty monotonous to start with, Jack out working the land and Mabel in the homestead. They have moved there to get away from past memories of losing a child and wanting to start afresh even though they are now middle aged. Darkness plays a key part in this novel, the short darken days in which they live, the darkness of the loss of their child and the wanting of another. The weather is also key, winters after winter of snow, and it is in this snow that Jack and Mabel create a child that comes to life. At first you think that the child (Faina) is in Mabel's imagination and it is not until one day when Jack follows the child into the mountains and discovers her father's body that you realise she is real. The story follows their lives, winter after winter, the girl vanishing each spring but returning with the first snow.<br />Parts of the novel are predictable and as you read it you start to wish for things to happen so that Jack and Mabel get their child and even though in a sense they do, there is also a lot of descriptive writing that just takes you with it and compels you to read on to find out who Faina really is and what happens to Jack and Mabel and their new life in Alaska.<br />I won't give too much away about the end of the story but all I will say is that this is Eowyn Ivey's debut novel and it is by far one of the most beautifully written books I have read in a long time. The ending although it didn't surprise me left me with some questions and I was really upset when the story ended, purely because it was such an easy and lovely story to read.<br />I can not wait for any subsequent books by this author because if this is what she can offer on her first attempt then the next one should be truly magnificent.<br /><br />I gave this book 5 Stars on Goodreads and I would recommend it, an easy to read book, beautifully written, a fantasy and the descriptions of the Alaskan winters fill your imagination in a way I could not ever have imagined.Moors-Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10327016020795600785noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280790740091961403.post-54375786832109669582013-05-31T20:57:00.000+01:002013-05-31T20:57:00.204+01:00Books, books and more books.Well this is something I have been meaning to do for a long time but to be honest since having my first child nearly 10 years ago (that alone is a scary thought in itself), I have lost my passion for books and reading.<br />Before I had children I used to be 'a book a week girl', I would read in bed at night and in the morning at the weekend, those were the days when I could stay in bed till lunch time curled up with a novel.<br />Days that are long gone and forgotten but in my heart I wanted to get back to reading, wanted to find the time to do it.<br />Unfortunately and I am quite ashamed to admit this, but it was last summer that I started to rediscover my love of reading, the bit I am ashamed to admit is that it was The Fifty Shades trilogy that rekindled my love but on a Kobo! I was bought a Kobo for my birthday and wondering what all the hype was about I downloaded the trilogy. To be honest I wasn't overly impressed by the books,I definitely understand the hype, but really is that the best fiction we can find?! I remember little from them apart from I found mistakes in all three!! (I should be a proof reader!) but having previously thought I would never part from a physical book I had found a new love - my Kobo. Mine is the old wifi version, and I have to admit as great as is it I would love a touch screen one. We bought Beanie one as his bookcase was over flowing and his Mini is so nice and much easier to work!<br />Since then I have read many books, I am on <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/13557287-elly" target="_blank">Goodreads</a> so if you too are a bookworm pop over and add me so I can see what everyone else is getting their noses into.<br />And as my health is up and down at the moment I seem to be finding more and more time to read. So I plan to review what I am reading so that you too can read (or not) books that I love!<br /><br />My first review, coming in a few days, will be 'The Snow Child' by Eowyn Ivey.<br /><br />Moors-Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10327016020795600785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280790740091961403.post-8401135515323187222013-05-25T20:46:00.004+01:002013-05-25T20:46:59.889+01:00Been away awhile but I am still here......I have been away.... not literally but I just haven't had the energy or will to blog.<br /><br />Lots of things have happened.... lots of things have changed..... or are going to change and part of me is unsure of how I feel about it.<br /><br />My Rheumatoid Arthritis is still affecting me every day. Somewhere there will be pain, in my fingers, wrists, knees or my shoulders which have given me a lot of pain in the last couple of months. My doctor has been great and I now have co-codamol to take as and when I need it, to add to my collection of other medications. I am still waiting for my follow up appointment with the consultant but knowing the good old NHS I could be waiting for some time!<br /><br />The boys are all fine. Beanie is off at his first ever cub camp. He went last night at 6:30pm and was dropped off in a field, a bit apprehensive but quietly excited especially as moors-daddy had given him far too many sweets to take with him. We pick him up on Monday at 2pm and hopefully he will return home, shower and go straight to bed!! Having heard from other parents that they don't stop all weekend, don't sleep and are exhausted! Fingers crossed Beanie is too!<br /><br />The little two are missing him especially Monkey who has shed tears today because Beanie isn't here to play with him.<br /><br />By biggest problem has been my work, if I never had to go back it would be a good thing. I no longer have any feelings for that place. They have treated me so badly and I am being forced (bullied) into taking voluntary redundancy. I will take the money and run but I will tell them exactly what I think about them when I go. So I now have the prospect of no job, no money, which at the moment we can't afford. I guess I can do supply but that is something that I really don't want to do, if I have too, I think I will be doing key stage 2 instead of secondary. I am also going to do some private tuition. The only good thing is that I will be home to take Monkey to his first day at school in September.<br /><br />In amongst all this, I have made the effort to start reading again. Something I did a lot of before I had the boys, but I can count the number of books I have read since having them on one hand. In the last few months I have read more than I have in all those years, so I intend to write some reviews for some of my favourite ones. So keep reading.......<br /><br />So that's what's going on in the moors household. We have a birthday on Tuesday, it's hard to believe that Worm is going to be 3. It goes so quickly, time just seems to fly. <br /><br />I hope I can get back to my blog, to start doing it justice again. But I guess only time will tell...!Moors-Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10327016020795600785noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280790740091961403.post-39981080250069923102013-03-14T14:27:00.003+00:002013-03-14T14:27:59.731+00:00Our Daily Dog Walk!Every day.......<br /><br />It takes me a good 20 minutes to get out of the door.<br /><br />But every day the dog has to be walked.<br /><br />And whilst I'm off work, it has been me and the boys that have done it more often than not.<br /><br />Wellies on, waterproofs on, gloves on.<br /><br />And off we go.<br /><br />Usually each walk is uneventful, following the same route. Not too long, not too short.<br /><br />Yesterday was a little different.<br /><br />They didn't wear their waterproofs, it was dry....<br /><br />The sun was shining....<br /><br />We went to the leaf pile, they were piled high, up past their wellies.<br /><br />They kicked, threw and laid in them, mummy pushing them back down as they tried to stand up.<br /><br />How they laughed.<br /><br />We went on an adventure, through the Gorse, down the sheep tracks...winding this way and that.<br /><br />And then, Worm saw 'The Gate'.....<br /><br />The gate that leads to Great Grannies.<br /><br />And that was it.<br /><br />The mother of all tantrums.<br /><br />He threw himself on the floor, in the mud, rolled around screaming, legs flailing!<br /><br />Mud all down his coat, his trousers, everywhere.<br /><br />Tears down his face.<br /><br />I tried to pick him up, but he raises his arms so he slides down through my grip, raises his legs so he falls to the ground.<br /><br />Under my arm he went, kicking his wellies off as we marched.<br /><br />He wriggled out of my grasp. My strength, limited, my grip weak. Putting him down, he refused to stand or walk. He sat in the mud, crying, telling me to go through the gate.<br /><br />I walked ahead, hoping he would panic and follow, but all I got was Monkey shouting at me, "Don't leave him, I love Worm."<br /><br />Half an hour we battled.<br /><br />Half an hour of lifting, putting him down, letting him get on with it, sat in the mud, screaming and crying.<br /><br />We got home, just before the rain. He was marched down the road, knowing there was no hope of going back, in his socks, Monkey carrying his wellies.<br /><br />I stripped the muddy clothes off him in the porch, another pile of washing.<br /><br />And then like Butter wouldn't melt, he went and sat on the sofa and started singing Twinkle Twinkle in that lovely angelic voice!!<br /><br />Moors-Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10327016020795600785noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280790740091961403.post-82054050400342446032013-03-06T20:07:00.002+00:002013-03-06T20:07:35.281+00:00World Book Day - love it or hate it?<div style="text-align: center;">I have to say that every year that Beanie has been in school </div><div style="text-align: center;">the pupils have been expected to dress up for World Book Day,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and every year it fills me with fear!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Usually because I have forgotten all about it until the last minute </div><div style="text-align: center;">and we have no idea what to go as, </div><div style="text-align: center;">have no time to make an outfit, </div><div style="text-align: center;">or to be perfectly honest</div><div style="text-align: center;"> - just can't be bothered.</div><div style="text-align: center;">So far we have gone as Moonface from The Faraway Tree, </div><div style="text-align: center;">normal clothes and a mask made from </div><div style="text-align: center;">cardboard by drawing around a dinner plate!</div><div style="text-align: center;">The children from The Wishing Chair, with his 'girlfriend', </div><div style="text-align: center;">who had decorated a small child's chair and put wings on it </div><div style="text-align: center;">and Beanie just turned up in normal clothes!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Julian from The Famous Five.....normal clothes.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Are you seeing a pattern.....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Last year I think we totally forgot and he just went as himself.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And this year, we have put some thought into it, </div><div style="text-align: center;">well I asked him what he wanted to go as and he didn't know. </div><div style="text-align: center;">He is reading the Anthony Horowitz books about Alex Rider,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and so we suggested that. </div><div style="text-align: center;">A bit of research on Google and we have come up with......</div><div style="text-align: center;">black jeans,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> a white PE t-shirt, </div><div style="text-align: center;">a black shirt with red stripes, </div><div style="text-align: center;">black school shoes and a couple of gadgets. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Beanie has informed me that he has a yo-yo and a key ring,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> so we have added them too. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I don't know how accurate it is but it will do!</div><div style="text-align: center;">It at least beats all the fairy/princess dresses </div><div style="text-align: center;">and Spiderman/ Batman costumes </div><div style="text-align: center;">from all the other parents who can't be bothered!</div><div style="text-align: center;">So do you love it or hate it?........................</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh and next year I will have to come up with two costumes </div><div style="text-align: center;">as Monkey will be at school too!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Better start planning now!</div><br />Moors-Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10327016020795600785noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280790740091961403.post-50889105212340467702013-02-24T21:26:00.000+00:002013-02-24T21:26:19.358+00:00Feeling like 'poo'"Mummy, 'Monkey' just called me poo!"<br /><br />To be fair at this point today I had already had enough.<br /><br />"Go and call him poo back!"<br /><br />"'Monkey', you know you just called me poo, well you're poo too!"<br /><br />That has been my day today.<br /><br />Moors-daddy worked nights last night (and again tonight), and so in my attempts to keep the boys quiet and from not waking him, (in which I failed badly), they were playing, on the computers, in their bedrooms and in the garden. None of which worked. Beanie wouldn't help Monkey on Bin Weevils, Worm wanted to just be with Beanie and when Beanie and Monkey were playing Lego in Beanie's room, Worm wasn't allowed in, so stood outside screaming. I retrieved him from the landing four times, whilst he did the turning rigid and lifting the arms up, making it impossible to hold him. Marched him back downstairs for him to escape and return back upstairs.<br /><br />Eventually moors-daddy woke and beckoned all 3 to his bed side. I think this was after I threatened to walk out. Beanie wasn't impressed.<br /><br />Yep, mummy was having a bad day.<br /><br />A bad nights sleep last night, I had forgotten to take my medication, and aching hands and wrists all day. By the time I came to prepare lunch, cutting vegetables brought tears to my eyes.<br /><br />By the time moors-daddy woke and came downstairs he could see how unhappy I was.<br /><br />It's always the little things that get to me, and when they get to me they really get to me. Today was one of those days.<br /><br />And then moors-daddy dropped a bomb shell.<br /><br />In six weeks time it will be our tenth wedding anniversary. Two years ago we spent the weekend in Paris, this summer we are all going to <a href="http://www.gocampfrance.co.uk/" target="_blank">France</a> for a fortnight, and so I wasn't expecting anything for our anniversary but....<br /><br />we are off to Spain for three nights, just me and moors-daddy. I can't remember exactly where but three nights without the boys and heat (20C, hoping that will help the joints!), m-d said we could go to Barcelona for a day but to be honest I would be quite happy just sat on the beach with my book for the whole time!<br /><br />Excited and can't wait!Moors-Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10327016020795600785noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280790740091961403.post-60892132650249240412013-02-12T21:08:00.000+00:002013-02-12T21:08:32.375+00:00Remembering some and praying for others.My title should have changed.....<br /><div><br /></div><div>Life is so short..............</div><div><br /></div><div>When you enter the blogging community you never know what lies ahead. You become part of people's lives and they become part of yours. Even if you don't really know them and them you.</div><div><br /></div><div>But you follow their stories, you laugh with them, share their memories, you cry with them.</div><div><br /></div><div>These last ten days my eyes have cried a lot. The flood gates were opened and I have watched and read as stories unfolded in front of me. Grateful that my life is content and happy, my children and my husband by my side.</div><div><br /></div><div>It started with Jennie's tragic story of Matilda Mae, a family in mourning for their beautiful brown eyed baby girl. Nine months old and taken in her sleep. </div><div><br /></div><div>Every parents worst feeling, thought and emotion.<br /><br />As I read Jennie's story, I felt an unnerving need to have my boys near me, cuddling them and kissing them, smelling them, checking them, making sure they are okay. As I read Jennie's story the tears have rolled down my cheeks, time and time again.<br /><br />And yet in her blog posts and tweets, I see a determined and strong lady who knows what she has to do, and from her posts and tweets I know that the journey ahead for her, her husband and the twins, will be extremely hard at times, but they will get through it -stronger as a family. She will never be forgotten and will remain in their hearts forever.<br /><br />I cannot ever imagine having to plan the funeral of a child, no parent should ever have to but the reality is - it happens. I hope Jennie, David, William and Esther know how many people are there with them at this sad time and even though so many of us won't be there at Matilda Mae's funeral on March 7th, we will be thinking of them all and holding them in our thoughts and prayers. A beautiful baby girl, taken way too early.<br /><br />Rest in Peace Matilda Mae.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rU2xDZ83Cx4/URqtNeykAUI/AAAAAAAABds/4eYgQd2lOEI/s1600/M-M.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rU2xDZ83Cx4/URqtNeykAUI/AAAAAAAABds/4eYgQd2lOEI/s320/M-M.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And then another community I am associated with was hit by another tragedy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On Saturday there was a horrific accident at G- Live in Guildford. The tour manager of <a href="http://portisaacsfishermansfriends.com/" target="_blank">Fisherman's Friends</a> was killed and one of the singers seriously injured.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Another shock.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I work at a school in North Cornwall, Port Isaac is in our catchment, a small close knit community. The singer injured, the husband of one of my colleagues.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Last night, Monday he lost his fight.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Another one gone too soon.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Rest in Peace Trevor.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I guess our prayers weren't answered!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /></div>Moors-Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10327016020795600785noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280790740091961403.post-88498371763198402532013-02-10T16:27:00.003+00:002013-02-10T16:34:13.795+00:00Monkey's latest achievement.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></div><br /><br />Well, the boy has done it!<br /><br />Done what?<br /><br /><br />Monkey at 4 years and 5 months old has finally given up nappies for good. 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/></a></div>He's been dry in the day for over a year, but night time was causing us big problems.<br /><br />He would wear a nappy to bed with his pjs over the top and in the morning the nappy, pjs and bed would all be wet. Sometimes it was every now and again, other times it would be every night. The little boys bedroom smelling of wee! Me constantly stripping the bedding, changing it for it to get wet again the next night.<br /><br />Last week I bought him a reward chart, a smiley face for every dry night. On Tuesday he went to Granny and Grandad's as normal and granny had hinted that she might let him try without a nappy. At bedtime, he made the decision for her and told her he didn't want to wear it.<br />He was dry in the morning. He did it again at Granny's on Wednesday night, so when he returned home on Thursday we could not take a step backwards, so the nappy hasn't been back on.<br /><br />We had a moment on Friday night, where he woke up saying he'd wet, but in actual fact had just had a little dribble and then got up and went to the toilet, i changed his pjs as the inside was only a tiny bit damp and he didn't want them back on, but they really weren't that bad. He has made huge steps, and I was beginning to worry that he would never achieve this so am so glad that he has done it in his own time.<br /><br />Next to work on is Worm, still fascinated by the others standing at the toilet, but showing no interest in the potty what so ever!Moors-Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10327016020795600785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280790740091961403.post-33317715821530723342013-02-02T21:39:00.001+00:002013-02-02T21:39:25.110+00:00RA - First Consultant Appointment<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda'; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;">This is a copy of the post from my other blog RA-adventures, but just thought I'd let you know what is happening and where I am.</span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda'; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;">Elly xx</span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda'; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda'; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda'; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;">Well that's it.</span><br style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda'; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;" /><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda'; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;">I haven't written this straight after my appointment as I needed to get my head around it and what it all means.</span><br style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda'; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;" /><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda'; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;">My appointment was last week, the 23rd.</span><br style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda'; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;" /><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda'; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;">I went in with a relatively open mind. Not expecting a lot.</span><br style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda'; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;" /><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda'; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;">I had written every thing down as so many people have said too.</span><br style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda'; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;" /><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda'; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;">When I first got there I was sent down to a little room to have my height, weight, BMI and urine tested.</span><br style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda'; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;" /><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda'; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;">Then I went into see the consultant.</span><br style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda'; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;" /><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda'; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;">His first question (words) to me were What can I do to help you? Which if I am honest annoyed me a bit. Surely he should know, he should have some knowledge of why I was there. Never the less, I started to explain, using the notes I had made, what has been happening and my immediate reaction as I spoke was that he couldn't care less. I was liking him less and less. He listened, kind of, his eyes all over the place, and then when I had finished he asked to examine me. I was told to undress, taking off my jeans, boots and socks.</span><br style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda'; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;" /><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda'; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;">He then started to push and prod all o my joints in turn. Moving my shoulder to it's limit, which isn't far at the moment and then working his way all over my body, pushing here and there, seeing what hurts and what didn't. Some places didn't hurt at first but after he had moved them and manipulated them they did the second time he touched them.</span><br style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda'; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;" /><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda'; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;">I really hadn't expected to get any sort of diagnosis, but really just expected him to examine me, do more tests and some x-rays etc, which he did do.</span><br style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda'; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;" /><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda'; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;">Before I went and had more blood taken and went for x-rays, he sat me down and told me what he thought.</span><br style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda'; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;" /><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda'; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;">Inflammatory arthritis /possibly rheumatoid and /or Fibromyalgia. Not what I expected at all.</span><br style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda'; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;" /><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda'; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;">He has put me on amitriptyline, 10mg for the first week and then increasing the dose by 10mg each week up to 50mg if needed. I am upping the dose to 20mg tonight as for the last few nights I haven't slept well, but the shoulder pain has decreased and isn't waking me at night as much as it was. I am still experiencing pain elsewhere, mainly in my right foot lately but the NSAID's do seem to help get me through my day at work at least. As for the fatigue, it's still bad, I still nap everyday and still then feel knackered and hubby has had to wake me to tell me to go to bed, after falling asleep on the sofa for the last few nights!</span></span>Moors-Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10327016020795600785noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280790740091961403.post-78354363310032675112013-01-29T14:00:00.002+00:002013-01-29T14:01:33.391+00:00Baker Days Letterbox Valentine Cake - Review.<div style="text-align: center;">I was approached by the lovely ladies at Baker Days about whether I'd like to review one of their Letterbox Valentine Cakes.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">When I first read that they would send me a cake in the post, part of me laughed and part of me was intrigued at how they would go about it.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And the fact there was free cake was an absolute bonus! I love Cake. I love baking, but my cakes just aren't the same. I have to admit I love shop bought birthday cakes, vanilla sponge and butter cream, my idea of cake heaven. So I had a look at their <a href="http://www.bakerdays.com/" target="_blank">website</a>...</div><div style="text-align: center;">They make lovely looking cakes, in a variety of sizes from the Letterbox (3-4 portions) size right up to big party cakes(10-50 portions) (that, obviously can't be put through the letterbox!). They also make cupcakes.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I loved the look of them all, the designs very different, from driving test cakes to thank you teacher, and they can be personalised to your requirements.</div><div style="text-align: center;">So of course I agreed!</div><div style="text-align: center;">We had to select our design and personalisation from the Valentine's Day cake collection.</div><div style="text-align: center;">We chose the "Love Birds" design and had it personalised with moors-daddy's name! Moors-daddy and I never really celebrate Valentine's Day so we thought it would be a bit of fun from me and the boys! Here is the design picture from the <a href="http://www.bakerdays.com/categories/personalised/valentinescakes" target="_blank">Baker Days website.</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="527" border="0" src="http://www.bakerdays.com/assets/site/img/cakes/products/medium/527.jpg" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">On the website once you have chosen your design, you can then go onto choose the type of cake you want, from sponge,and for an extra charge carrot, fruit and double chocolate chip, they also do a gluten free version, which I was very impressed with, as gluten free cakes are hard to find. I wasn't really fussed which one I got except from the fruit cake as I can't stand them!!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Then we waited, and when I came home from work one day there on my door mat sat a little white box addressed to me!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-I1jXJ4MoxRI/UQfQgUZ1anI/AAAAAAAABbU/RAc7M1Yl01E/s1600/P1190413.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-I1jXJ4MoxRI/UQfQgUZ1anI/AAAAAAAABbU/RAc7M1Yl01E/s320/P1190413.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">At first I wondered what it was, what had I ordered that I hadn't told hubby about and then I opened it.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I was really impressed with the packaging. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Inside the box was a tin with 'Just for You' embossed on it, a card, a leaflet and a small packet of 'Love Hearts'.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yzYDq11TI1w/UQfQjrDqmOI/AAAAAAAABbk/sV3GGfa78Ak/s1600/P1190414.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yzYDq11TI1w/UQfQjrDqmOI/AAAAAAAABbk/sV3GGfa78Ak/s320/P1190414.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"> And inside the tin, the cake!</span></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XT58756f1Yk/UQfQiaIjXTI/AAAAAAAABbc/BQxX485sfQs/s1600/P1190415.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XT58756f1Yk/UQfQiaIjXTI/AAAAAAAABbc/BQxX485sfQs/s320/P1190415.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;">To get the cake out there is a paper tab that you pull, and out pops the cake.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ckybVvtib2o/UQfQjwYRPFI/AAAAAAAABbo/esmuzPmA4_w/s1600/P1190416.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ckybVvtib2o/UQfQjwYRPFI/AAAAAAAABbo/esmuzPmA4_w/s320/P1190416.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"> At first I wasn't sure what type of cake I had received but on the underneath of the cake is a label telling you what it is and what is in it! It also states allergy information and best before date (not that it was going to last that long!)</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GGBIwEc_x7k/UQfQmCCKpQI/AAAAAAAABb8/DxDk-rd6gVU/s1600/P1190418.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GGBIwEc_x7k/UQfQmCCKpQI/AAAAAAAABb8/DxDk-rd6gVU/s320/P1190418.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I like the tin, here a close up of the writing on it. I like this little added extra because as a Valentine's Day present the thought is lovely, but the cake won't last! The tin then becomes your keepsake (and if like me, you are bound to find something to put in it!)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eX3z9Oo94XE/UQfQmDY9JuI/AAAAAAAABcA/fRMZj_HG_IA/s1600/P1190420.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eX3z9Oo94XE/UQfQmDY9JuI/AAAAAAAABcA/fRMZj_HG_IA/s320/P1190420.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The design on the cake and the personalisation were very good. We had the cake personalised with just moors-daddy's real name but you can have whatever you want. (Within reason).<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-m1P9fiJWLVU/UQfQ-DqtsAI/AAAAAAAABcU/O3wAHoEka20/s1600/P1230421.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-m1P9fiJWLVU/UQfQ-DqtsAI/AAAAAAAABcU/O3wAHoEka20/s320/P1230421.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And now for the most important part, what did it taste like....</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">well let's just say it didn't last long. The Madeira sponge was light and fluffy, the Butter cream on the bottom to attach it to the card and a thin layer below the icing was delightful and the icing was perfect.</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was yummy!!</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Letterbox cake cut easily into four portions, </div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">though it could have quite easily been just one!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7jXolRPNMe0/UQfQm8cKODI/AAAAAAAABcM/E6FpegDv-tU/s1600/P1230423.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7jXolRPNMe0/UQfQm8cKODI/AAAAAAAABcM/E6FpegDv-tU/s320/P1230423.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And as I said it really didn't last long, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I could easily have eaten it all with a cup of coffee in hand!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Having received this cake from Baker Days, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I would truly recommend it as something</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> a little different for Valentine's day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am also eyeing up the Mother's Day letterbox cakes, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">which I think would be great little presents for both </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">my mum and the mother in law from the boys!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Remember they do a variety of cakes, from cupcakes to party cakes and the website is well worth a look.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.bakerdays.com/">www.bakerdays.com</a> </div><br /><br /><br />Moors-Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10327016020795600785noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280790740091961403.post-1963167195274010152013-01-18T18:43:00.000+00:002013-01-18T18:43:07.634+00:00Snow!I didn't think we would get any, all the weather forecasts showed it missing our side of Devon.<br />But when Worm woke at 4:30 this morning I had a sneaky peek out of the window, and it was white. I could see it coming down but it looked slushy and wet and I returned to bed, thinking that by the time I got up at 6am it would be all gone.<br />How wrong was I?<br />When the alarm went off I got out and instead of getting straight in the shower, i went downstairs and pulled back the lounger curtains. It was still white and I could see in the street lights that it was still falling.<br />I text my work colleague to see what it was like there- nothing!<br />I had to make the decision. The road was white, the gritters had not been up and my journey of through Tavistock and across the moor just wasn't going to happen.<br />I called in, possibly the only one affected by it!<br />The boys woke up excited by it all. Though Monkey till changed his mind as he realised he would have to walk to nursery. We left early, the boys well wrapped, Worm staying at home with moors-daddy. Beanie had on his waterproof trousers, wellies, coat, hat, scarf and gloves and Monkey had on his all in one waterproofs, his coat on over the top, hat and gloves. His excitement changed as we started walking, the snow, turning to slush and getting slippery. His cheeks, rosy and his hands cold, even with his gloves on. We dropped Beanie off, after watching his best friend, his mum and two sisters slide down their road and then Monkey and I carried on to nursery. The walk took me in total just over an hour, and when I returned my legs were cold and my ears hurting from the cold.<br />We then had to take the dog for his walk. Worm was at home and has never experienced snow before. Last time we had any, he was 6 months and we didn't take him out. This time he was going! Unlike Monkey who has never really liked it, (I can remember it well when he was about 2, taking him up and him refusing to put his feet down and let his wellies touch the snow!) Worm loved it, picked it up, threw it at us, lay it in, threw snow for the dog to chase, even falling in it didn't bother him!! As for the dog, our nearly 8 year old becomes a puppy again, tearing around in it, rolling in it, catching snowballs and chasing them as they roll in the snow!<br />I tried to get some pictures with my phone, but moors-daddy threw a snowball at me, some of it landed on my phone and it instantly died. I have since resuscitated it and so here are a few I got before the weather got the better of it!<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Unybt0lOkMA/UPmXdlFpOlI/AAAAAAAABas/U5BxBseKc70/s1600/Snow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Unybt0lOkMA/UPmXdlFpOlI/AAAAAAAABas/U5BxBseKc70/s320/Snow.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">all pictures copyright of moors-mummy</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Moors-Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10327016020795600785noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280790740091961403.post-29356255973247435882013-01-12T13:53:00.002+00:002013-01-12T13:53:36.889+00:00Saturday is Caption Day!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just add your caption to the picture </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">below and then pop over to </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mammasaurus.co.uk/" target="_blank">Mammasaurus</a> and check out </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the others for this week.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-n8IGBsV_nF8/UPFp5UBDlLI/AAAAAAAABXU/CQmDaQgGjAY/s1600/IMG-20130112-00725.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-n8IGBsV_nF8/UPFp5UBDlLI/AAAAAAAABXU/CQmDaQgGjAY/s320/IMG-20130112-00725.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mammasaurus.co.uk/" target="_blank"><img src="http://mammasaurus.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/sat.jpg" /></a></div>Moors-Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10327016020795600785noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280790740091961403.post-25148434320196666922013-01-08T22:15:00.000+00:002013-01-08T22:15:06.863+00:00LurgyI have finally succumbed. Beanie got it on the last day of term. He was sent home. (He must have been bad to be sent home on the last day of term). His symptoms, headache, sore throat, stiff neck, swollen glands. He lost his voice on Christmas Eve. Christmas Day was quieter than normal!! He didn't want to eat but forced two brussel sprouts and then asked to lie down! Monkey and Worm experienced coughs and lots of snot and a bit of fever but nothing as bad as their big brother, who was still exceptionally pale on New Years Day! Me, well I thought I too had missed it all, a bit of a snivel over the festivities but nothing that really got to me. That is until Saturday, we took the boys to their swimming lesson, I was very hot in the pool, and didn't fancy joining moors-daddy for a fry up! When we returned home, I started shivering and then sweating. I put myself to bed in the afternoon, fever in full flow! Sunday the same, unable now to swallow too, stiff neck and headache joining in. I called work to say I wouldn't be back. I am feeling better, loving the Lemsip but still not 100%, so am not in again tomorrow.<br />It seems however that a lot of people have had or are experiencing this now!<br />So lets hope 2013 improves and all the bugs go away quickly!Moors-Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10327016020795600785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280790740091961403.post-7229984580509924392013-01-01T23:32:00.001+00:002013-01-01T23:32:36.328+00:00Happy New Year A quick post today to wish you all a very happy new year and that I hope that it is full of surprises and good fortune. I know I don't need to look back at last year resolutions to know that I think I failed on all of them. So this year I am not really going to make any. All I will say is that after the tragic death of Kerry @MultipleMummy, my resolution is quite simply to appreciate what I have, to make the most of my boys, to enjoy what we do together and to spend as much time with them as I can. You never know what lies ahead.<br />My thoughts and prayers are with Kerry's family and friends, an inspiring person and an inspirational blog. (One of the first I ever read).<br />xxxMoors-Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10327016020795600785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280790740091961403.post-24542262690286739222012-12-30T00:00:00.000+00:002012-12-30T00:00:00.149+00:00Silent Sunday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HsujWS7ILAk/UN96sUOfe9I/AAAAAAAABWo/zIpMU79YdzU/s1600/PC290399.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HsujWS7ILAk/UN96sUOfe9I/AAAAAAAABWo/zIpMU79YdzU/s320/PC290399.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">inspired by</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mochabeaniemummy.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Cd2XyiAxe1I/T9PUAuCtopI/AAAAAAAABGQ/scWA62KIeYI/s1600/Silent-Sunday-Badge-SMALL-1.jpg" /></a></div><br />Moors-Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10327016020795600785noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280790740091961403.post-27239545207961205592012-12-29T23:09:00.001+00:002012-12-29T23:09:25.978+00:00Water BabyI will start by hoping that you have all survived Christmas, better than we have here. All 3 boys and myself have been unwell, with a variety of things. Monkey and Worm started it all off with Hand foot and mouth, which then turned into coughs and colds. Beanie was sent home on the last day of term with swollen glands and a sore throat, which has progressed to another snot fest, cough and sleepless nights. And I have just snivelled a bit!<br /><br />The title today is about Worm, my water phobic boy!<br /><br />Well I say water phobic, if you put him on the beach, he is first in, clothes and all, he loves the sea, the waves, the pools. But at home it's a different kettle of fish.<br /><br />Put him in the bathroom and he screams, runs away, turn on the tap on the bath and it's a full blown tantrum. It got to the point where bathing him was just too stressful and so.....I didn't. He'd have the occasional strip wash but that would be it, too stressful for both of us. And then it got to the point where he was just so dirty, that something had to be done. If I am honest, I don't have the energy to battle him and bathe him on my own, it takes everything out of me in every way. But I knew we had to combat this.<br />So this Christmas holiday has been a battle for both of us, with his baths and with his sleep. But mummy is winning. (I won't say 'won' yet just in case!)<br /><br />We started off with him watching the other two in the bath, letting him get his clothes wet as he splashed and played. We tried to get him in with one of them but NO cue tantrum!<br />So next day we (that's moors-daddy too) ran about an inch of water and played, splashed etc etc, but No cue tantrum! We then emptied all the toys out of the toy box and put a small amount of water in there. He eventually got in and played, getting me and MD wet. He wasn't there long but it was progress. A few days later we tried the bath again, an inch of water. He allowed us to put him in, he played, splashed and threw wets toys at us and laughed. The water did not go over his ankles, he wouldn't sit down, but again progress.<br />The next time he watched Beanie and tried to climb in fully clothes, I stripped him off and got him in (deeper water) and again he played and splashed but wouldn't sit down. A bit more progress. A bit more confident.<br />The next one, a little less water and he washed himself with his hungry caterpillar sponge, still stood up!!<br />Today a break though. Both Beanie and Monkey had been bathed beforehand. He had watched and splashed water over most of the bathroom. He let me put him in. He stood up and played and then I asked if he could put his knees in, he did, and then I asked if he could sit in it and yes he did that too. He played with the jug and his sponge. He washed himself and splashed and stayed in there for quite some time. PROGRESS. He even pulled the plug and sat there until all the water had gone!<br />Now we just have to work on hair washing!!<br /><br />As for his sleeping, this holiday my baby has become a big boy. Not once has he fallen asleep on the sofa. Every night he has gone up to his bed, brushed his teeth and snuggled down. I have sat with him most nights, but tonight I have walked out and left him awake and I have heard nothing. He still wakes in the night, usually now just once, and some times he finds his own way up to us and others he just has a sip of milk, rolls over and goes straight back to sleep. I haven't sat on the bedroom floor at all, let alone for an hour and a half. My baby is finally growing up!<br /><br />Moors-Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10327016020795600785noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280790740091961403.post-90518160401864222562012-12-16T23:15:00.003+00:002012-12-16T23:15:46.032+00:00Birthdays and ChristmasToday was Beanie's ninth birthday and I have spent the day building Lego. Last night we had 15 children for a pizza and movie party which started off quite manic but calmed once they were watching Ice Age 4. Beanie had one friend stay the night, both sleeping in the spare bed, asleep at 10pm and up at half seven. Where do they get their energy?<br />As for Christmas, this year I am struggling a bit. I don't feel at all festive and even with the decorations up and the excitement growing within the boys, I am struggling to find the energy or motivation. Moors daddy has Christmas eve and day off this year (the first time in a while) and so I sincerely hope that I find a little Christmas spirit soon. I think just general ill health (RA) and the fatigue that accompanies it is just making everything a little harder this year!Moors-Mummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10327016020795600785noreply@blogger.com0