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so random things today, Husband is off, I'm going shopping later, we're up early again, it is absolutely freezing and I'm currently watching the cramp twins on cartoon network with my two smallest children. My new knitting project is coming along nicely, I'm doing a bolero for my daughter. The back is almost done i started it yesterday.

On a new note: I hate this time of year, people should only be able to buy fireworks if they have a permit, these permits should be priced at 100 pounds a piece, which would pretty much make it that only the big displays would buy them, not every tom, dick and harry off the street. There would be no-one setting off fireworks in there back gardens upsetting the neighbors animals, children couldn't buy them and do injury's to themselves, other people or animals, it would make this whole time of year better and safer for everyone i think. I mean for goddess sake i went into tesco yesterday, they're selling them buy one get one free as if they were frickin' groceries. Tesco aren't the only offenders though our co-op and quite a few others are just as bad.

The first snow...

Yesterday we had our first snow, not just a little mind you, it was coming down in enormous flakes and quite sharply. The only thing that kept it from sticking was because previously it had been raining and the temperature had not dropped enough to turn the wet ground into icy ground.

Snow in October? Hopefully this is not a portent of things to come. Half term is going along quite nicely/ quickly it will soon be time for the children to be back at school, only 4 more days, not that I'm counting.

Henry the hedgehog...........

I am the caretaker of 6 cats, 4 kids, 2 dogs, 1 rabbit, 1 husband, and now 1 hedgehog.
Yep that's right a hedgehog. I'm thinking that with numbers like these it officially makes me the resident estate crazy lady. I'm following in my mothers footsteps she used to keep silky hens in her shed, she was the crazy chicken lady of Newstead. Lol.

My dog found him/her in the garden and tried to eat it, (my dog is not exactly smart), every time he went to pick it up it spiked his tongue, but he wouldn't stop, until i went out to see what all the fuss and yelping were about. I had a hedgehog covered in bloody slobber and a dog with a pierced tongue. The hedgehog was fine, he's currently living in my recycling box eating my cats cat food until we're sure he's ok. We're putting him in the woods at the back of our house tomorrow, he seems no worse for wear for his ordeal. However the dog is mopey and nursing a sore tongue, will he have learnt from this ? Probably not, he's not the sharpest knife in the drawer.

Moon magic

the moon full date was the 14th of October but this morning when i got up it was beautiful, i looked outside and the garden was awash in silver. At first i thought that it had snowed in the night the glow was so ethereal. Seeing as though i didn't really celebrate two days ago, while my children and the rest of the world slept, i sat in my garden amongst the silver moonlight with my big fluffy cat and my two wild dogs, i lit my silver candle rubbed with sage, and i thanked the god and goddess for my blessings. Although sometimes with the hustle and bustle of my daily life i forget and sometimes things get a little stressed, this morning i took stock and realized that i really do have a lot of things to be thankful for. (not least the car going through it's mot first time; my apologies my goddess in future i will have faith!)

things to do............

.............and places to go, it's my hubby's day off today and as per usual these days are crammed with things to do, They tend to build up in the week when I'm alone as my toddler is a terror, at least when the other half of my partnership is at home he can occupy smallest and i can get stuff done.
We have to take the car for it's mot today although it's not due until next week it gives us a week or so to get the work it needs done on it, it would be too optimistic to think it was going to pass straight away no car we have had ever has, I may as well pray for a washing fairy to come in and do my household washing every night while I'm in bed.

Trust me the latter scenario is more likely.

Why?

Why does middle t insist on getting up so early? Right now he's lying in front of the fire ASLEEP. Yep you read it right he's asleep, he got me out of a nice warm bed to come down stairs and go to sleep. Funny little bugger. We are currently watching Quest on cartoon network for those of you sans kiddie crew he's a mercenary who hates everything. So to paraphrase him

mornings?........I hate mornings!