Busy Times.....and an Award!

As the Christmas Holidays came to an end it was increasingly obvious that it was time to return to school. I'd exhausted all excuses to get him off screens... and he'd exhausted all excuses to avoid going for a walk or going, well, anywhere. Anything from a pain in his side, or his big toe, to being weak all over  was the usual. By the end of it all I had a pain too. In my backside!

In that vein we headed back into the mad routine of school runs, lunches, uniforms and extra-curricular activities and after just one week it's like we've never done anything else! I was a bit worried about the return to school as sadly, problems still persist. However, I think that my boy is showing his budding maturity and handling it all very well. And to top it all we ended the week really well as he had a play date with a 'new' friend AND received a certificate at weekly assembly, commending him for his hard work. Glorious words to a mother's ears......

Personally it's been a very hectic week as the return to school  coincided with lengthy auditions and call-backs for our teen school musical: Footloose! What a busy, exciting and fulfilling week it has been! We have been blown away by the huge turn-out of some very polite, helpful and talented teenagers who have made our decision-making process very difficult indeed! I will never, EVER hear a bad word said against the 'teenagers of today'. Ever!


 I see busy months and tons of multi-tasking in my immediate future, so I now take this opportunity to do some blogging multi-tasking right now! You see, the fabulously funny and entertaining Lizbeth over at Four Sea Stars has recently given me a blogging award!! It's been a while since I've gotten an award so my huge thanks to Lizbeth for tagging me with the Liebster Award, an award given to up and coming bloggers with less than 200  followers. I feel honoured 'cos I LOVE Lizbeth's blog!

 Here are the rules:

1. Thank the person who gave you the award. DONE!
2. Link back to the Blogger (or Bloggers) who awarded you.Thanks again Lizbeth!!
3. Answer the following questions.  
4. Pass the award out and victimize ten other Bloggers letting them know, of course, that you've nailed them.  Ten?? Seriously??!!

 And here are the questions to be answered:

 Favourite Colour? Yellow, the colour of sunshine and happiness. I very rarely wear it but I do love it. It doesn't necessarily suit my skin tone, nor does it match my hair colour. My highlights are blonde...NOT yellow! For years my WiiBoy called blonde hair 'yellow hair'! When he was very young he pronounced it 'Lellow'! Sooo cute!

Favourite Animal? The wonderfully graceful Deer. I also like the ever graceful swans!

Favourite Number? Seven. Or, as Len Goodman from Strictly Come Dancing might say.... SE-VEN!!


Favourite Drink? Seriously? You mean there are people out there who don't know my favourite drink? Eh..... WINE! And the colour of it don't matter too much either ;-)

Facebook or Twitter? Ooh, now this is tricky. I have many friends on both and I love both for different reasons. Can I plead the 5th on this?? On the grounds that I may seriously incriminate myself and be 'unfollowed' and 'unliked' in droves?? You wouldn't wish that on me, now would you? Especially with me having a BIG birthday looming??

Moving swiftly on....

My Passion? Dance, shows and instilling the love of live musical theatre on the younger generation to keep this genre ALIVE. I've also been known to get passionate about Special Needs and Autism...and about Special Needs Assistants in particular. Oh, and don't get me started on current affairs and the State of our nation!! Guess I'm a multi-faceted, multi-tasking mad and almost pentagenarian woman!!


Giving or Getting Presents? Well, I DO like to give presents. I really like it when I've made the right choice for someone and given them something that I know they'll love. Of course, I really, REALLY like receiving them too. Did I mention that I have a BIG birthday looming????


Favourite Day? Friday. I've always loved Fridays as they herald the end of the working week. Not that it matters now that I'm a SAHM! But now I have FB (facebook) Friday to look forward to ;-) And that's one reason I can't choose between facebook and twitter!! Both do very good Friday nights ;-)

Favourite Flower? Lillies. Beautiful, graceful flowers with a gorgeous scent. Of course I love ANY flowers I'm given as it doesn't happen too often!

 And now it's my turn to pass this lovely award on to some lovely bloggers. here goes...

1. The fabulous Looking for Blue Sky who's writing I adore. She's also my blogger and real life pal who also happens to have a BIG birthday looming this year!
2. The lovely and very interesting Midlife Singlemum who writes an intriguing blog and who also happens to have a BIG birthday looming this year!
3. The lovely Di who tells her story in an up-beat and bubbly manner over at The Bright Side of Life.
4. The also lovely Deb over at Aspie in the family who writes some very interesting and important posts.
5. The fascinating Emma who has moved from Scandinavian Sojourn to Bavarian Sojourn and intrigues us withe her tales!

I look forward to your responses if you choose to do it....absolutely no worries or pressure if you choose not to!

As I've said I have an extremely busy couple of months ahead of me, so my blogging activity will be somewhat curtailed. l will try to visit you all as much as I can and there may be quite a few Wordless Wednesdays and Silent Sunday posts from me in the meantime! Please don't forget me.... I haven't gone away for good you know ;-)

xx