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I won’t lie this post is mostly quite depressing so move along if you’re feeling fragile or already depressed. I don’t do it often here but it’s time for an almighty self indulgent moan.
I feel utterly exhausted and terribly sorry for myself and those around me. It’s been a rollercoaster of a year. Every 31st December my husband and I stand together watching fireworks and wonder what the year might hold for us, on 31st December 2009 I said that I thought 2009 was going to be …

I hope our flight attendant does this on Friday (thanks, Englishmum)

Baking again, must be some kind of record for us, but how could we resist English Mum’s Chocolate and Peanut Butter Brownies. Answer: we couldn’t, although you should ignore her serving suggestions and go straight for good vanilla ice cream as an accompaniment

It’s the old favourite, helper’s perks an all that!

Erin’s ‘special’ smile.

On the beach at North Berwick, hair a bit windswept and not too wonderful

We were invited to a little birthday party at Scrambles soft play which is inside the Ratho Climbing Centre. The soft play is quite small, but perfectly performed with three slides and a miniature climbing wall. There’s also a little coffee shop, which was serving drinks and light snacks.

The climbing wall is seriously impressive and incorporates some real wall, that and the glass roof creates an inside/outside feel.
Someone told me that it’s Edinburgh Leisure’s biggest loss maker which isn’t so good. The prices are very …

It’s not often I fancy doing these meme things, but I was just kinda in the mood for it today.
8 Things I’m Looking Forward To:
Thursday 18th June
Being with Erin and Alex in Orlando and Disney World
A (hopefully) hot summer full of eating al fresco
Erin starting nursery
Starting my Business Studies course with the Open University
Our free trip to Butlins in October
Christmas, Erin’s three, nuff said
Getting my HNC in April 2010

8 Things I Did Yesterday:
Started packing for holidays
Made a papier mache train with Erin
Deep cleaned the bathroom
Blogged
Watched Charlie and Lola with Erin
Played …

We’ve been indulging in some al fresco dining since we acquired some garden furniture, Scotland has been unusually mild and we’ve had a few scorchios. This is another of my uber simple ‘adapted’ recipes.
Ingredients
For the chicken;
Chicken fillets or breasts
Egg
Tbsp Cornflour
Sesame Seeds
For the noodles;
Egg noodles
1 Carrot
3 Spring Onions
Beansprouts
Sesame Oil
Soy Sauce
Sweet Chilli Dipping Sauce – Pre-bought, or make you own (surprisingly tasty).
1. Beat egg white and cornflour until smooth.
2. Coat chicken in egg and coat in sesame seeds, shallow fry and leave on some kitchen towel to let excess …

Erin loves dancing. I promised her last year that we’d start a dance class in the village along from us. Many months of her reminding her playgroup teachers (every day) that she still hadn’t been to dancing was seriously threatening my reputation as a decent mother, so I decided to give her a shot at highland dancing instead, the class is in our own village so no excuses about not having the car, it’s only a five minute walk.
I dug out the leotard with her name on it …

The final video for the weekend, this time a short clip of Goofy in the SpectroMagic Parade. Enjoy! (I’m off to pack now, the excitement is beyond fever pitch)

This is a short clip of Mickey Mouse at the SpectroMagic Parade in Magic Kingdom, we had VIP seats for this one so the view is much better. The lady at the end of our row (clapping and waving) was disabled but at one point (not caught on film, unfortunately) actually leapt up in sheer excitement, very funny!

The first of three videos I have for you this weekend, yes, I am like the person that invites you to watch their holiday slideshow Don’t be falling asleep now….or sneaking away. In this clip you see Tinkerbell flying through the air and a short bit of the firework display, unfortunately the Cinderella Castle is obscured by some trees.