The communal count
Number of new things tried 2 - I tried making notes for month in numbers but I still wasn't quicker! (I have also wasted 5 days trying to get the photos off our camera from G's 40th but was thwarted but our super duper security software). We have also started a cleaning routine which is giving us a much nicer, cleaner house :) while it is working well for me W is not so sure, last week he said, "I don't like Tuesday and Friday because of preschool, I don't like Wednesday because of swimming and I don't like Monday because I don't like dusting!" I have looked at lots of planners and ideas for organising 2014 on blogs, it is funny because although I would like a new planner and love the look of some of them I work on an academic year and September is my month for new diaries and new resolutions.
Bread - a new thing for us is not eating so much bread in our house so we only buy little loaves for the children. They cost 80p :)
My numbers..
20+ the number of times I have pulled the sofa out to find the marbles for the marble run W got for Christmas. It is a really cool toy and we have had lots of fun building towers and runs but I am starting to wonder if it was a good idea for Santa to bring marbles to a house with wooden floors! "Watch out runaway marble!" is the soundtrack to my days.
8 new families we met at our HD family day in January, it was so nice to meet other people in real life that are experiencing the same things we are living through. It was lovely to see W meeting another child with a Mr Burp and also seeing how well the older children coped. We are hoping to have a longer family day in the summer somewhere on the coast as we are all treated in Southampton. It was so special to do something nice and not medical connected with HD.
17 hours late - our online shopping delivery! Waitrose had a January promotion and were offering a free bottle of champagne for each online delivery, I think this was too much for our local branch and we waited a LONG time for our food! I was so cross but when the guy came to deliver he was really young and everyone had been shouting at him so I just felt sorry for him and couldn't be angry at all! We ended up with lots of voucher for another shop and the champagne so it worked out ok in the end.
Something with 3 noughts! The final bill for Gerard's AMAZING 40th birthday party. We have been to lots of 40ths in the last few years and the incredible thing is they have all been totally different and all fabulous in their own way. G had arranged a really sophisticated dinner in a lovely hotel, we had a private dining room overlooking the Thames and delicious food matched to perfect wines by the sommelier. We had a very raucous family end of the table which ended up with Paul and Kim singing Meatloaf in the bar!
My month in numbers is the brilliant idea of Julie Kirk, find out more on her blog notes on paper.
