Build a tower from paper and tape was the assignment for each pupil in 5M, build it as tall as you can and the tallest wins…but it must stand up to wind (produced by Mrs Merson wafting a piece of cardboard)
Well apparently Lincoln was able to build a tower almost as tall as himself with a base strong enough to support his tower and ‘rockability’ so that although it swayed in the wind it did not fall over it remained upright after leaning! An ingenious design and meant that it ticked both boxes tall and sturdy but most of all….it beat his mate George Cragg’s effort!
I think they have a friendly rivalry in everything they do but are very good friends too when you watch them interact at Cricket on Friday nights you can tell they are great buddy’s but I think Lincoln sees George as the one to beat because generally if you beat him you will probably be the winner?
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New couchlooking good but we were struggling for a place to put stuff like drinks etc so we decided to put a shelf behind the sofa slightly lower than the rear cushion. We bought 2 pieces of oak to match the mantle which I installed this weekend
Yep, unfortunately after 83 days last night after doing so well for so long I dropped the ball, my concentration wained I was distracted and I failed I succumbed.
Luckily I only succumbed to tiredness I forgot to blog something I’d done since 13th November and last night I went to bed I also didn’t clean my teeth another routine I done twice a day religiously for 83 days but thats streak’s gone too
Well I nearly forgot to blog again tonight but it’s 22:53 and I am back on the bike and a new streak has begun!
Reagan and Mommy were laying in bed and apparently Reagan said “You can’t get Covid for 6 months after having it”
I was in the bathroom all heard was Lincoln say “6 months my balls…!”
Slightly taken aback I stopped brushing my teeth and said “I BEG your pardon?”
As I poked my head around the door Mommy and Reagan were rolling around laughing their heads off while Lincoln was laid on the floor with a shocked look on his face waiting to find out how mad I was he then made it even funnier by saying in an inquisitive kind of way “Let me rephrase that 6 months my butt?”
We all laughed including Lincoln when he realised I wasn’t mad hahaha
We don’t want to think of our own mortality it’s a frightening thought but it’s one that will come to us all in the end, and we are better off not knowing when that end will be in my opinion? We hope it’s old age that gets us maybe reading the telegram from the queen having a heart attack after dancing because you’re tripping from the space cake you got for your birthday but that doesn’t happen does it?
Auntie Karen was diagnosed with cancer yesterday which is devastating news if it’s you because you are made to face your mortality and it will take a lot to get her head around the news and also uncle Karl too because it affects him almost as much as it affects Karen mentally I just said to Karl they need the facts first because their thoughts will just be focusing on the word ‘cancer’ and it’s worse connotations but once they know what type it is and what she can do to fight it they can focus on something positive, hopefully! I dearly hope they get some positive news and find the strength to fight it!
Having seen my dad suffer when a routine heart operation went wrong and how long it has taken for him to regain a quality of life worth living from that day when we were told how very poorly he was and were given an opportunity to say goodbye just in case there was not a good outcome to the two operations he was about to under go to save his life, and I had to come to terms with possibly not having a dad, but they did miracles and he survived but it made me realise he was getting older and won’t be around forever…
Then there was the call I got from Karl the morning my mum had not woken up and to get round to her house as soon as possible, as I followed the paramedics up the stairs I didn’t know what to expect but saw mum unconscious and obviously very poorly then during a Covid pandemic where hospitals were a no go area being allowed in to see her that night and be told that if she does not improve that night then a decision will need to be made and to say what you want to say to her now just in case. Seeing Karl Karen Helen and Andy outside the hospital that night and explaining that mum is very poorly and to go and be with her but only two at a time we knew how bad it was! Luckily she improved enough to go to Stoke to be treated and the aneurisms sorted out and amazingly once that was done she made a miraculous recovery but it has taken over a year to get back to as close to how she was before the episode but again I had to come to terms with not having a mum she was getting older and she won’t be around forever…
15 years ago today my whole world caved in when I came home to find Von had passed away and that was an education on how devastating to all concerned losing someone special is and made me realise how fragile life is and that it is not forever and tomorrow is not guaranteed so you have to live your life and be happy! I am not saying I am better prepared for losing a loved one but I am sure that wringing every last drop out of this life for as long as you can do it, and fighting hard to live no matter what is absolutely what you should do!
The end of dry January was the 80th day of sobriety today, and numbers like that are great to see “milestones” if you will? I never end a sentence like that but just fancied it tonight lol I have found it pretty easy now my routine has changed to not drinking but I do have thoughts of drinking mostly a glass of red wine with a meal and could I live the rest of my life never washing a nice steak down with a nice drop of red and the answer would be no….?
When I am stressed I miss turning to alcohol to relieve it, even though I know it is wrong way to deal with stress but stress is my achilleas heal yet I am sat here drinking Camomile & Honey tea even though it’s a pretty stressful day finding out that Auntie Karen has been diagnosed with cancer…(I will blog about Karen when I hear more details)
So 13th Feb will be 3 months 21st Feb will be 100 and 28th will be our 13th wedding anniversary.
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Lincoln’s conversation at teatime tonight was “If you could travel back in time when would you travel to?” and we had some fun with it but it got me thinking about Mommy’s and my answer compared to Reagan’s and Lincoln’s and it made me realise they have not lost anybody significant in their short lives.
Reagan would go back to Medieval times because she is learning about that at school, Lincoln would go back to when Shakespeare’s plays were being performed and watch him.
Mommy would go back to her grandparents in Wyoming and see them again a specific moment when they drove up to the house and her Grandma would be standing outside the house waiting smiling. I think because they figured so much in her childhood it was easy for her to pick that time and especially because today was the 23rd anniversary of her Grandma’s passing. I know the times Jamie spent at her Grandparents were treasured times because she talks about them often and always in a way that she wishes she could go back and experience those feelings again.
Norma and Harold Miller (Pam’s Parents)
I asked if I would be allowed to take other people with me when I travelled back in time, Lincoln informed me that I could, so I chose to travel back to a Christmas when all my Grandparents would come to our house. These Christmas’s are great memories from my childhood and I would love to take my family back to meet all of them and I know they’d all love to meet Reagan Lincoln and my American wife I can only imagine what they would think of them I am sure they would love them and the feelings would be reciprocated!
The photos above are moments in time and although the faces might not look happy they were such happy times, great memories and definitely times I would love to revisit if time travel was possible.
Photo1 Nan Hilda (My Dads Mum), Auntie Agnes, Auntie Elsie, Gran Garner (My Mums Mum), Nan Nell
Photo2 Grandad, Me, Gran Garner, Auntie Elsie, Nan Hilda, Nan Poole (Nan Hildas Mum), Uncle Frank (My Mums Brother) Grandad Garner (My Mums Dad), Karl
Tonight Mommy asked if he’d done his homework and the silence that followed answered the question followed by the frustrated “I’ll do it now” confirmed it. He was caught doing his homework on Wednesday morning the day it was due so we had a talk and agreed no X-Box if that ever happened again. I say agreed, I agreed and he accepted. He is actually a good studious kid but the X-Box can take precedence over everything if we let so tonight I asked him to go get his homework and sit with us and do it with me, which he did but a quick check of question 2 a maths question was wrong so I asked him to slow down and take his time and he was doing big multiplications easily once he did, proving to me that he is as clever as I think he is!
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The Broncos have hired a new head coach and tonight I watched George Paton introduce Nathaniel Hackett as the 18th Head Coach in franchise history and I am very excited about the appointment having suffered some lacklustre years since SuperBowl 50 he has already brought some excitement and enthusiasm which has been missing with Vance and Vic at the helm.
The introduction reminded me in so many ways about my courting of Jamie like when George Paton was saying he wanted to see how Nathaniel acted when visiting Denver like I watched Jamie when she first visited Middlewich see we were meant to be lol he also was asked why they decided not to continue with anymore second interviews just like me….. no no wait not me doing second interviews for a wife…Jamie was the only candidate….what I meant was for schools when we saw Middlewich Primary School right this has gone all wrong I am going to change the subject lol
Anyway Reagan and Lincoln did a movie night including tickets for seats on the new sofa VIP snack boxes with contents chosen by ticking them off menus they’d made and ambient lighting plus Vue Cinema trailers The film was Encanto and the night was a really good family night and I thoroughly enjoyed it
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Looking forward to the weekend for many reasons non more so than wanting to get the skirtings finished in the living room but as always there is lots of things in the way to stop me cracking on like the cold tap in the bath broken and needs sorting Lincoln has gymnastics etc but it will all get done no matter what. My aim is by Sunday night to have the skirting ready to paint but we’ll see….?
Big news though Lincoln’s voice is changing and we are not sure why! Does he have a bit of a cold that’s laying heavy on his chest causing bronchial congestion that needs monitoring because it could easily turn in to pneumonia or are his balls dropping
He’s 10 I hope it’s the first scenario FFS, the lady fairy has not visited Reagan yet and she’s only 11 I can’t take both of them growing up so fast they need to stay kids as long as they can and I keep telling them so!
