Head to the library to register Katie for the summer reading challenge, Team Read. Book her in for the activity session at the end of next month but without checking my diary so I've probably double booked myself - nothing new there!
With last night's screaming fit still ringing in my ears I pick up a book which "guarantees you a better behaved child in four weeks" but short of swapping her on Freecycle or something I don't fancy my chances! Katie reminds me of Kevin and Perry now so God help me when she really is a teenager!
Arranged to go and stay with my mum for a few days next month which gives me the chance to catch up with some old friends - I don't go home very often, mainly because I have a love/hate relationship with my mum and the further apart we are the better.
Katie wants to see The Fox and The Child film but Andy doesn't think it will be suitable so I ring him at lunchtime to tell him I've seen the trailer and it looks ok to me....despite it being 1pm I wake him up - suppose I should let him off, he is working nights at the moment. She wants to see Kung Fu Panda too but I doubt she'd sit still for a whole movie so better to rent it on DVD methinks. Andy has already seen Kung Fu Panda - he went with his latest squeeze the other week - a strange choice of film in my opinion but then the last time I went to the cinema was to see Jingle All The Way which was a hugely cheesy Christmas movie with Arnie in it and that was probably about 1995!
Kirsty came round with her youngest this afternoon and while we sat outside putting the world to rights the girls played on their Nintendo DSs - what is the plural of Nintendo DS?! Sara was out doing some gardening and wanted to borrow the entire contents of my shed to help her or so it seemed. Apparently she was weeding but most of what she dug up was poppies and cornflowers so the thistles have survived to live another day!
Washed Katie's hair with strawberry shampoo and cherry conditioner then washed her with some devine strawberry milkshake soap from Honeyz - www.honeyzbathproducts.co.uk - so both she and the bathroom smell like a fruit salad.....could smell of worse things I suppose.
Tomorrow we are meeting some friends for coffee and because we've just got back from holiday I need to remember to take the presents we bought with us. Kirsty has already had hers but Glyn has got a slice of sticky toffee soap cake (Honeyz again!) and a stick of diabetic rock for her husband Steve. For once I haven't bought Steve anything rude!
I've got such a huge pile of ironing to do tonight that it is beginning to resemble Mount Everest but both Katie and I are in danger of having nothing to wear so I simply must get it done - I hate ironing and putting it off just makes it worse when I finally do get round to doing it.
Time to get Katie ready for bed now, just time to swap a few double entendres with my old friend Clive who I've known since forever or at least thats how it feels sometimes. He's my total opposite in everything except playing with words......and now he'll have something to say because he's had a mention on here!
