Bonanza....I had a great time at bonanza, I did 3 great art classes and met some old friends and had some nice hugs off them...so thanks girlies. I went mad in the shopping hall and thoroughly enjoyed it. I'm glad I didn't wear a badge in the end coz I really coudnt have coped with lots of people coming up to me, the only time I lost it was when I saw the ambulance men.



I finally bought The De Vinci Code on Thursday, I'm not really into thrillers but I devoured it in 5 hours and it was absolutely fantastic...think I can feel an effing dare coming on! Talking of effing dares....heres my effort for last weeks theme...it makes me mad.

I'm not really looking forward to the next few weeks...Wedding anniversary...Fathers day and Andrews birthday all loom

well that was a quick week!
as I was saying last week....Sunday was one of the worst days of my life...I never imagined that the box would be so small or that it would be made of cardboard....I felt awful that it wasn't a wooden box. I totally lost it and I even ended up with soil smeared across my face...think I was having an eastenders moment. What I really didn't expect that it would put me back so many weeks. I made Andrews brothers and sister a small book in a tin with photos through the years.
I started this hours ago and there's no way I'll finish before I go to bed....so bonanaza will have to be tomorrow

drat...just spent ages updating and somehow managed to loose it all....will try again tomorrow

I took this photo today for the challenge on the pad....i know its a dandelion but it was the best one i took all day!!

The last couple of days ive spent hours trying to sort out tax and benefit issues...hopefully the respective departments will have my information...well i'm keeping my fingers and toes crossed!

It is hard shattering a childs innocence.
Raena came home with a letter stating that the nurse was coming to school to discuss body changes, menstruation and hygiene....but if you didnt want them to attend then to let them know. Of course she didnt want to go and didnt understand what the letter was about so i had to explain it to her in simple terms....she was horrified. "blood...you know i dont like blood" was her exclamation....then to make matters worse
....i had to tell her that her dad had actually been cremated and that we were going to bury the ashes on sunday...she just sat there with tears rolling down her face saying that she didnt want to go.
bless her little heart i felt so sorry for her...to have shattered one illusion was bad enough but to shatter two it was just heartbreaking fror both of us.