Yesterday, Meghan woke me up shouting ‘Mummy!’ at 8.45AM. I told her I was coming and next thing I know its 9.15AM. I’d fallen back to sleep. I very rarely do that and its only when I’m really, really tired. Meghan was playing in her cot quietly when I went in to see her. I felt awful but I didn’t even know I’d done it. All day I just couldn’t get going and when I put Meghan back to bed later on in the afternoon, I needed to have another sleep. I set my alarm so I only slept for thirty minutes and even though I felt slightly better, I was still really tired.

I’m not too bad today but I still can’t get going properly. I don’t know whats wrong with me being so tired. I’m thinking its probably my diet as I’ve not been eating too well recently. I’m trying to get back on track with my healthy eating but I’m not doing so well. Its either that or I need a system memory upgrade, haha. If its because I’m getting older than god help me in ten years time!

Our weekly family swim has been postponed for another week. Last week all four of us were ill but this week its just Emelye thats still ill. Her cough is worse than last week and she’s still full of a cold so there’s no point making her worse by going swimming. Hopefully we can go next week because I’ve missed going the past two weeks. Instead, we’re going into town to swap the coat I bought for Emelye for the smaller size. I thought the one I got her would fit but its really too big. I was going to leave it until tomorrow but it gives us all something to do today rather than just sitting in. I think we’re going to go to Pizza Hut for lunch too and maybe head over to Borders for a book each too. Not that I don’t have enough already but you can never have enough books.

I thought I had found the perfect theme – this one – and it won’t even work properly. The header is all messed up but hopefully, the owner said they will be making a newer version soon so fingers crossed its very soon. I love this theme. Its the right colours I wanted and its very easy to change around which I love. I love the fact that Twitter updates and Flickr are integrated into the theme. Only thats the actual problem with the theme… One of these days, I will actually make something of my own. Honest.

The internet is boring me to death at the moment. Since I don’t have any of my favourites, I’m running out of things to do. Obviously, there are the websites that I visit constantly but once I’ve looked at those, what else can I do? I was sat here last night refreshing the same pages over and over because I didn’t know what else to do. I can’t even do any paid blogs because PPP isn’t giving me much at the moment. My Real Rank has gone down by about 500 which is disappointing but I’m hoping to build it back up again.

I’ve been thinking about my new book giveaway but I can’t think which book I want to use. I have a few ideas but nothing definite yet. I do have a plan for a trilogy to give away but I need more people participating before I can afford to pay out that much. Anyway, the next book contest will be around the first week in June and I think I will make it last a little longer than it did last time.

Since the internet is boring me to tears, I’m going to go and read my book. I have 120 pages left so I’m hoping to get it finished in the next couple of days.

You ever notice how if you have like six bottles on wine in your fridge, you get looked on as an alcoholic? Have twenty bottles of wine in your wine racks and your sophisticated. Or just an intellectual alcoholic. One of them.

Edit: Just checked the theme in Internet Explorer and it looks perfect. I need to figure out whats wrong.

Now seriously, Chris Weitz already killed my favourite book EVER and now, they are going to kill My Sister’s Keeper. Why do they do it? Why can’t people think their own stories up? Why do the authors ALLOW their books to be destroyed? Jodi Picoult, was has become of you? BOOKS SHOULD STAY BOOKS! Except Lord of the Rings because that was awesome.

*head desk repeatedly*

(You totally know I’m going to watch it and then write a four page essay on how terrible it is.)

From 6.30PM until 7.10PM I just didn’t stop. I had to wash the dishes, make Meghan’s bottle, bath her, dress her, read her a story, brush her teeth and get her in bed. Phew, it was hard work but the BMT from Subway waiting for me downstairs was worth the rushing around . I feel rather sick now though… It was worth it!

I forgot to mention that I finished The Girls a couple of days ago. I really enjoyed it. I thought there was something missing but I couldn’t tell you what it was. I started on The Interpretation of Murder but I couldn’t get into it. I did give myself a chance with it, reading around 80 pages but it just wasn’t happening. There seemed to be a lot of description of things that didn’t need to be in there. I may give it another chance at some point but not right now. I took it back to the library along with the other books I’d already read and I came home with The Death List by Paul Johnston. Four chapters into it and I’m hooked. I was planning on reading Nineteen Minutes (yes I know I say that after every book I’ve finished) but I thought I would give this a chance. Its about author Matt Wells who is suffering from writers block. He recieves emails from a fan on a regular basis who turn from that innocent fan to a killer. It gets right into it at the very beginning so your not left waiting for chapter upon chapter for something to happen. I can’t wait to read more tonight. I’m trying to get Alex to read it after me because I know he’ll enjoy it. He’s not much of a reader (as in the only thing he reads is his drum magazine) but I’m trying my best!

Alex is doing some overtime tomorrow while he has the chance. Meghan and I are off to my parents house for lunch and then to my Nana and Grandad’s later in the afternoon. Three of my cousins from Australia are over in the UK at the moment and they are going down to my nana’s to see them for a while. I have never met anyone by my auntie and uncle (they are actually great auntie’s and uncle’s) so I’m quite excited.

Anyway, I’m off to watch the rest of Britian’s Got Talent. I love this show.

Today has been rather boring considering the eventful morning we had with Meghan, haha. We pretty much didn’t do anything. Just split the time between being in the garden and being inside. I’ve tried to stay away from the internet and I’ve been reading more instead. The Girls is quite good and I only have around 100 pages left so I’m hoping to get it finished by Friday. Did I tell you that I cried on the first chapter? Yes, I do cry at books now thanks to all those mummy hormones that we’re released during pregnancy that never went away but on the first chapter? Thats ridiculous. It was extremely sad though (something to do with babies dying – thats a good one to set me off isn’t it?) so I’ll let myself off this time. I’ve not cried again since so I’m doing okay.

The book is about two conjoined twins who are writing their autobiography – well Rose is and she’s urging Ruby to write some of it too. Rose is really interested in reading and writing and its really got me thinking its about time I started on my book. The only problem with it, is that I cannot find a subject. I have too many half arsed different ideas running round my head and nothing solid enough to start on. I’ll do it one day. I think I was born to write a book. Even just one.

I want to be a writer but earlier I had to look up the word franchise. How stupid am I? I need to buy a dictionary.

Well you know how I’ve been going on about how lovely it is and how I’m really enjoying it? Well, I’m getting rather sick of the heat now. Yesterday it hit 29ºC. Now that is TOO hot. Us British people are not used to temperature’s of that sort. When it got to 20°C last week, that was hot enough. Meghan’s not coping very well with the heat. She’s sweating constantly which then makes her itch and makes her a moody baby. I put her in bed at 7PM like I always do last night and by 8.30PM she still wasn’t asleep and she was crying for me. I went upstairs and her vest was soaked. I stripped her off to just her nappy and she eventually got to sleep. I can’t open her bedroom window as it makes her door slam but I had both back windows open. Hopefully its not as warm today. At least I was able to wear my dress yesterday .

You know what I find really funny? When people are walking round talking to other people on their Bluetooth headset. Every single time I see someone doing it, I think they are talking to themselves and get quite worried until I see the headset. Whats better is when someone has hands free in their car and when you walk past the car, a business man (they’re usually usually all business men) are talking to nothing very loudly. My dad’s one of those.

Amy stayed last night so I’m trying to stay downstairs for as long as I can before I go upstairs to get a shower. Meghan knows she’s here so as soon as we get upstairs, she’ll start shouting her name. I think we might go to the library today, just for something to do. I’m not going to get anymore books out but Meghan needs some new ones. I’ve read all the ones she’s got and I’m getting a bit sick of them now. The Girls is good but I’m reading it pretty slowly. I gave around 200 pages left but I’ve only read just over 100. I think I might try and get a good amount of pages read today. If I get myself off here all day, I could easily read around 50 pages. Nineteen Minutes is still giving me evil looks because I haven’t read it yet.

Yesterday I decided that I wanted a to make my own WordPress theme. Thats fine and everything apart from the fact that I just can’t do it. No matter how hard I try, I can never get it to look like I want it to. Plus I don’t know exactly what I want. I have two different designs that I would like but I can’t decide which one I actually want over all. I want either something like Zoot’s or something like Manda’s. Its so frustrating not being able to actually make something that I want. Its not like I have the time to sit here all day trying to figure it out too. Maybe one day I will figure it out. Until then, I’ll just have to stick with pre-mades.

Alex is finally off work today. He’s just finished his long week (Thursday-Saturday, Sunday off, Monday-Wednesday) and I’m so glad. He’s off work now until Monday and I’m looking forward to spending all that time with him. He’s still in bed at the moment and we have Emelye until 7PM tonight and then overnight tomorrow night so Sunday is our only full day together. I hope the weather’s nice so we can do something. Its going to rain on Friday but hopefully the good weather comes back after that.

I finished reading My Swordhand is Singing yesterday night. It was okay. It wasn’t the best book I’ve ever read. It was just a bit slow for me and the story took a while to get going. Plus there’s not much you can write about in only 194 pages. I’ve got my bookmark in The Girls by Lori Lansens but I haven’t started it yet.

I saw Jenn mention medigap in a blog the other day. I had to look it up to see what it was. I didn’t know there was something like that available. It makes me happy to be living in a country with the NHS so I don’t have to worry about health insurance.

The weather is once again absolutely beautiful. I really want to get out today and do something but I have no idea what to do. Everything that I want to do is only accessible via car, which I don’t have. I rang my mum earlier and asked her to let me know if she’s going anywhere because I want to go with her. I don’t want to be stuck in the house on such a gorgeous day. I wish Alex was off work so we could go for a big walk together and take Meghan to the park. There’s nothing stopping me doing it on my own but I’d rather Alex be with me.

I really need to just go and get my provisional license so I can start my driving lessons. I keep saying it but then I don’t do anything about it. Money’s a bit tight at the moment though so its something I need to save for. Its not just passing your test and buying a car you need money for. You need to buy tax, auto insurance, the MOT and then petrol on top of that. Its an expensive thing owning a car but I can’t wait to have one.

My tattoo has been driving me mental for the past three days or so. Its so itchy and then when I scratch it (by rubbing it, don’t worry I’m not picking everything off!) it hurts. I’m hoping it fully heals in the next couple of days because I’m going to chop my whole arm off if it doesn’t stop itching. It doesn’t look to attractive at the moment either because its all flaky with the scabs coming off. What a lovely photo for you all! Haha.

I finished P.S. I Love You yesterday morning. I did enjoy it but I thought a part near the end was a bit rubbish. I’m now reading My Swordhand is Singing by Marcus Sedgwick. Its some teen vampire novel. I’m only on the third chapter but its not too bad. There are only 200 pages so I should have it finished by the weekend. I think I might start Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult after this one. I’ve been wanting to read it since I bought it. It looks so good.

I started watching 27 Dresses last night and I really love it. It has that stupid humor that I love – some of things I would say and do. I got to around an hour and a half but then Amy had to go home (she was with me last night) and as soon as she left, Alex came home from band practice so I didn’t manage to finish it. I’m hoping to watch the rest tonight. If Alex goes straight to bed after work, which I think he probably will, then I’ll definitely watch it. If not, I’ll probably have to wait until Thursday night. I also have P.S. I Love You to watch. I’m not expecting it to be as good as the book so I really want to watch it.

(Enter my contest! )

I’m finally getting into P.S. I Love You. I can’t put it down now. I’m reading at any chance I get. I was thinking earlier that what I love about books is that I lose myself in it and nothing else seems to matter. But then again, I don’t like that fact that it does that to me. When I’m really into a book, its all I can think about and all I want to do is read. Plus the housework gets ignored and I can’t be bothered with cooking anything! I’m okay tonight though as Emelye has had a Sunday dinner at Alex’s Grandma’s house and she put some out for Meghan too so thats what she’s having for her dinner. Me and Alex can just have something out of the oven or I’ll give Alex some money to get a takeaway while he’s at practice and I’ll just have whatever we have in. I’m hoping to get it finished in the next couple of days anyway so I can get back to normality! I think I’m getting through it so quickly because its such an easy read. I’m used to books that you really have to read to understand. Its nice to have a bit of a change.

Alex and I were watching a program yesterday on MTV1 (I’m not telling you which one because I’m embarrassed to say that I watch it!) and this woman bought her husband a Ferrari. He was “Oooh”ing and “Aaah”ing over it and I really don’t like them. I’d much rather have a Cadillac. They’re so much prettier. On Cribs they are always going on about their Cadillac grills but just a regular old Cadillac with its normal grill will do me!

By the way, I’ve only had six entries to my contest so make sure you enter before it closes! You still have eight days left but if your like me, you’ll forget about it until its too late!

I’m not enjoying PS I Love You very much at the moment. Its just totally not my type of book. I like the story behind it but I don’t like the way it is written. I remember when I was at school, we had to write a short story for English and when my teacher read it, she told me there was too much speech in it. I never really got what she meant and I was pretty annoyed with her for saying it wasn’t very good. Reading this book, I totally understand what she means. I like lots of description of places and people but PS I Love You is just full of speech. I’m not going to stop reading it but I don’t think I will be reading another of Cecelia Ahern’s books after this.

I got four books out from the library today. I haven’t had any out for a while so I thought I would just get a couple. Two of them are teen books so they won’t take me very long to get through. I can’t wait to get started on Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult though to be honest.

I was thinking earlier, last year on my 21st birthday I got loads of jewelry. I hardly ever get any but I got some lovely earrings and two necklaces last year. I didn’t get any this year. I missed it! Maybe I’ll ask for some for Christmas.