Things to be grateful for.

I've had an awful week for a variety of reasons. But rather than a self pitying, depressing post I thought I'd look on the bright side...

so here we are. The yin and yang of emotional stress..
things to be grateful for.

I have little money - but the money I do have is under my control

I have debts - but it's manageable and not causing me a problem

I'm up to my eyeballs in work - but it means I have a job and I enjoy it

My girls are really stressing me out of late - but they're healthy, happy and loved

My exhusband is STILL treating me like shit - but I'll soon have a decree absolute lol

My house is a shittip - but I have my own house to actually have mess in

My car needs repairs doing to it - but it gets me from A to B and is my biggest asset

My heart has been broken more times than I care to think about - but at least I have known what it is to love someone so much it hurts

Most men I have known have been bastards at least part of the time - but my boyfriend loves me and shows it

I don't have many close friends - but the ones I have MORE than make up for it

I don't get chance to play bass as much as I would like - but at least I have a talent

I'm overemotional most of the time - but at least I'm brave enough to show emotion

and most of all...

My life has been very very hard - but I've still come out the other side to tell the tale smiling.


It's just sometimes we forget.

My Summer 2009 Essentials

In a concept stolen from a fellow mummy blogger….

My summer 2009 essentials.

Brick wall
To bang my head against when shit keeps hitting the fan....


Festivals!!
This year I’ll have been to Download (whole weekend) Sonipshere (praying on no unfortunate tragedy which prevents me going on Sunday… *gets on knees and prays*
Festivals create a ‘mini holiday’ away from anything and everything. Time away to yourself to go and have fun with your friends. Download for me this year was my first and the perfect example of a much needed and brilliantly timed holiday. After the chaos and stress of the previous months to get away and enjoy myself literally saved my sanity. As much as I don’t need a holiday in the same respect that I did before download, Sonisphere is going to be fab, even if I am only going for the Sunday, and I can’t wait :D
Good music, good friends and a mini holiday.. what more could you ask for to protect your fragile sanity? :D


Xbox 360

For all those miserable, rainy, grim, grey, soggy and boring days. Current favourite games are:
FEAR 2 (restarted after finishing FEAR :D)
FEAR (recently finished)
Worms: Armageddon
Beautiful Katamari (for the kids and the BF, before you ask *shudder*)
Guitar Hero: Metallica
Left4Dead (which I don’t actually own.. D’oh!)
The Simpsons game (co-op with the BF)



DVDs
To prevent mother going insane in the membrane, also on those miserable, rainy, grim, grey, soggy and boring days.
Demonites’ current favourites..
Wall-E
Bolt
Charlie and the motherfucking chocolate factory
Barnyard



Tissues
In preparation for Demonite 1’s first day at school.. D-day Sept 8th……blub!!




Bottomless bank account
To fund aforementioned activites, and more specifically, Demonite 1’s school uniform for D-day…