i should be sorting out my life, but felt the need to listen to this!!
Wednesday 27 February 2008
busy week or so
since our exciting episode at the hospital now 10 days ago, thing just havent slowed down.
tuesday paul made me an emergency appt with the doctor (urgh urgh urgh didnt wanna go) about a lump in my armpit, doctor found another 2 in my right breast and i was refered for an emergency appt at the breast clinic. he and edz went back later that day, he for results of an xray on his lumpy knee and edz for check up on her ears. she had ear infections in both ears a few weeks ago and he put her on antihistamines (which she didnt take, just cut wheat and dairy out of her diet as i have done for years when she gets this) and her ears were clear. during the day i had the weekend of washing to catch up on and try to sort my house a bit!
wednesday we went to see eli and dan and toby and luca in guildford, which was luffly as we havent seen them since september when they had 3 of the children when we went to ireland, since then eli has fallen with child again and is looking a total goddess! paul wasnt feeling very well, coming down with stinking cold, so was dosed up with various cold and flu meds to get through the day. as always there was great food and great company, so he didnt mind too much ;o) all the children were cuddling the chicken, sweetie, as did i. she is just the cutest thing! sitting on shoulders and even letting beau and luca (both not yet 3) carry her around without too much protest. even though we dont see them often enough, it always seems like it was only last week that we did!
thursday and we went to tonis for lunch and sparks and edz were spending the night. cue very excited sparks as it was his first sleep over ever! toni total spoils my kids rotten, she got in cake for breakfast! we had our usual lunch of cheeses and cold meats and crackers and afternoon of talking and laughing, she always knows how to make a good day :o) i also managed to get my ticket for my trip to manchester and was told that i need not reserve a seat as it wouldnt be that busy. the hospital also rang and gave me an appt for monday morning. eekkkk that was quick!!
it was a quiet night, with only 3 of my kids at home that night, so we went out for dinner, only to sainsbos, but needed to get enough food for paul to last the weekend, and i would go shopping monday after my return.
friday, paul had a few hours work to do, river and chase did some chores whilst i sorted out my stuff for my trip. we had been planning to go for coffee in town, but the traffic was hideous so we went straight to the station and got coffee and cake there before catching the train.
that journey was reminicent of illegal cattle transport, or broiler chickens. people were packed into the carriages and in the corridors. lucklily only delayed by about 15 mins, which, on a 5 hour journey, wasnt too bad.
was met at manchester piccadilly by manda, whom i havent seen since we were 11, so, erm, many years ago!! she hasnt really changed a bit! the whole weekend we never really ran out of anything to talk about, between reminising about our families, our summers together, people that we know in ireland, to stories of her work, her grandparents, my kids, our lives, everything.
she took me over to see hinge and bracket, her grandparents, which was the main reason i went up there. bracket had a stomach cancer removed a short time ago and hinge is still smoking 100 fags a day and holding court. they now live with mandas mum, pat, so spent our time between there and their old house, where manda lives. a couple of hours was spent with bracket sat in the wicker laundry bin and me on a computer chair, talking about my fear of these lumps, she said i was allowed to worry, but not be scared. she had both removed 25 years ago, it doesnt worry her at all, said there was worse things that then big C.
also spent mucho time talking about ireland and now has me planning a month over there for the summer with the children. hinge and bracket will be there for most of august and end of july, so planning similar. hopefully catch up with my friend lisa in northern ireland too. paul can fly back and work and then return to bring us home. maybe even manda could come over and stop with us, that would be so much fun!
went out for dinner on sat'd night to a local pub, dog and partridge, which was nice. saw bracket eat more than she has eaten in the last month and only smoke 2 fags in the hour and half we were out!! hinge got to watch the whole of the ireland scotland rugby match in peace, made his day i think ;o) bracket also lost her lower dentures, but i think they are in someones pocket waiting to give them a fright ;o) tis the sorta thing she would do!!
sunday morning and manda friend Jackie popped back up (she had been over for a few hours friday night) which was great, she is a blast! and we all went up to pats to say goodbyes and pick up my care package, easter eggs for my kids, box of heros, bottle of whiskey and some cake, i went for a short walk with tilly (mandas niece) and popped in to see mandas aunt maureen. i dont think we had met before, but it was like i'd known her for ever. she reminded me a lot of her grandmother, whom i knew well in ireland and with whom she used to live when she was a child. she also knew my grandparents and the house that they owned.
after tears and promises of meeting up again soon, manda and jackie took my back to the station and deposited me on a train that was more packed than the one i arrived on, and only got worse! at birminham people were banging on the windows of the carriages shouting at people to move up, which they couldnt as there as no room!! it also broke down for nearly an hour near leamington spa. so the 5 hour journey was a 6 hour journey. i had a banging head ache and a smokers cough (even tho i dont smoke anymore!) and couldnt read my book as the words kept moving around.
paul and the kids met me at the station and turns out they had all had this coldy fluey thing whilst i was away (damn, i wasnt there to look after them, what a shame!) but it appeared that i was coming down with it (that'll teach me for being smug about it!). all were chuffed with their gifts too :o)
monday, nic picked up beau, took others to school and went straight to the hospital. after much poking and prodding, it was decided that it is all within the normal range, but have an open access for 6 months should they get any bigger or more of them. cue huge sigh of relief and paul tell me i have another appt in the morning with the doc re the stomach thing i have been at the out of hours doc/blue lighted to hospital over 4 times in the last year or so.
spent the rest of the day at nics sorting out her puter, which i think i made a little difference, but was planning on getting rocky over to do the rest on tuesday.
woke tuesday morning with a tight chest, coughing, sneezing, banging headache, dizzy, unable to see out of my right eye properly. oh yes i have this coldy/fluey thing and it aint nice. went to doctors and i am being booked for gastric camera thing to see what is going on and then possibly camera the other way. aarrrrgghhhh!!! this is why i have been avoiding it all for so many years, i dont want cameras.
rest of day was spent on the sofa under a blanket watching trashy tv with beau playing with sparks, who was also suffering with this cold, only not quite so much as he made out when he was sposed to be getting ready for school!!
today, bit better, taken lots of pain killers as i have to get cars and do work and stuff. beginning with getting beau ready so she can go off with nic when i have got the car from moordown, pick me up again from the unit to get more cars from christchurch. also gotta find time to get some shopping in too! there is nothing to feed my 5000 for dinner!! eekkkkk
tuesday paul made me an emergency appt with the doctor (urgh urgh urgh didnt wanna go) about a lump in my armpit, doctor found another 2 in my right breast and i was refered for an emergency appt at the breast clinic. he and edz went back later that day, he for results of an xray on his lumpy knee and edz for check up on her ears. she had ear infections in both ears a few weeks ago and he put her on antihistamines (which she didnt take, just cut wheat and dairy out of her diet as i have done for years when she gets this) and her ears were clear. during the day i had the weekend of washing to catch up on and try to sort my house a bit!
wednesday we went to see eli and dan and toby and luca in guildford, which was luffly as we havent seen them since september when they had 3 of the children when we went to ireland, since then eli has fallen with child again and is looking a total goddess! paul wasnt feeling very well, coming down with stinking cold, so was dosed up with various cold and flu meds to get through the day. as always there was great food and great company, so he didnt mind too much ;o) all the children were cuddling the chicken, sweetie, as did i. she is just the cutest thing! sitting on shoulders and even letting beau and luca (both not yet 3) carry her around without too much protest. even though we dont see them often enough, it always seems like it was only last week that we did!
thursday and we went to tonis for lunch and sparks and edz were spending the night. cue very excited sparks as it was his first sleep over ever! toni total spoils my kids rotten, she got in cake for breakfast! we had our usual lunch of cheeses and cold meats and crackers and afternoon of talking and laughing, she always knows how to make a good day :o) i also managed to get my ticket for my trip to manchester and was told that i need not reserve a seat as it wouldnt be that busy. the hospital also rang and gave me an appt for monday morning. eekkkk that was quick!!
it was a quiet night, with only 3 of my kids at home that night, so we went out for dinner, only to sainsbos, but needed to get enough food for paul to last the weekend, and i would go shopping monday after my return.
friday, paul had a few hours work to do, river and chase did some chores whilst i sorted out my stuff for my trip. we had been planning to go for coffee in town, but the traffic was hideous so we went straight to the station and got coffee and cake there before catching the train.
that journey was reminicent of illegal cattle transport, or broiler chickens. people were packed into the carriages and in the corridors. lucklily only delayed by about 15 mins, which, on a 5 hour journey, wasnt too bad.
was met at manchester piccadilly by manda, whom i havent seen since we were 11, so, erm, many years ago!! she hasnt really changed a bit! the whole weekend we never really ran out of anything to talk about, between reminising about our families, our summers together, people that we know in ireland, to stories of her work, her grandparents, my kids, our lives, everything.
she took me over to see hinge and bracket, her grandparents, which was the main reason i went up there. bracket had a stomach cancer removed a short time ago and hinge is still smoking 100 fags a day and holding court. they now live with mandas mum, pat, so spent our time between there and their old house, where manda lives. a couple of hours was spent with bracket sat in the wicker laundry bin and me on a computer chair, talking about my fear of these lumps, she said i was allowed to worry, but not be scared. she had both removed 25 years ago, it doesnt worry her at all, said there was worse things that then big C.
also spent mucho time talking about ireland and now has me planning a month over there for the summer with the children. hinge and bracket will be there for most of august and end of july, so planning similar. hopefully catch up with my friend lisa in northern ireland too. paul can fly back and work and then return to bring us home. maybe even manda could come over and stop with us, that would be so much fun!
went out for dinner on sat'd night to a local pub, dog and partridge, which was nice. saw bracket eat more than she has eaten in the last month and only smoke 2 fags in the hour and half we were out!! hinge got to watch the whole of the ireland scotland rugby match in peace, made his day i think ;o) bracket also lost her lower dentures, but i think they are in someones pocket waiting to give them a fright ;o) tis the sorta thing she would do!!
sunday morning and manda friend Jackie popped back up (she had been over for a few hours friday night) which was great, she is a blast! and we all went up to pats to say goodbyes and pick up my care package, easter eggs for my kids, box of heros, bottle of whiskey and some cake, i went for a short walk with tilly (mandas niece) and popped in to see mandas aunt maureen. i dont think we had met before, but it was like i'd known her for ever. she reminded me a lot of her grandmother, whom i knew well in ireland and with whom she used to live when she was a child. she also knew my grandparents and the house that they owned.
after tears and promises of meeting up again soon, manda and jackie took my back to the station and deposited me on a train that was more packed than the one i arrived on, and only got worse! at birminham people were banging on the windows of the carriages shouting at people to move up, which they couldnt as there as no room!! it also broke down for nearly an hour near leamington spa. so the 5 hour journey was a 6 hour journey. i had a banging head ache and a smokers cough (even tho i dont smoke anymore!) and couldnt read my book as the words kept moving around.
paul and the kids met me at the station and turns out they had all had this coldy fluey thing whilst i was away (damn, i wasnt there to look after them, what a shame!) but it appeared that i was coming down with it (that'll teach me for being smug about it!). all were chuffed with their gifts too :o)
monday, nic picked up beau, took others to school and went straight to the hospital. after much poking and prodding, it was decided that it is all within the normal range, but have an open access for 6 months should they get any bigger or more of them. cue huge sigh of relief and paul tell me i have another appt in the morning with the doc re the stomach thing i have been at the out of hours doc/blue lighted to hospital over 4 times in the last year or so.
spent the rest of the day at nics sorting out her puter, which i think i made a little difference, but was planning on getting rocky over to do the rest on tuesday.
woke tuesday morning with a tight chest, coughing, sneezing, banging headache, dizzy, unable to see out of my right eye properly. oh yes i have this coldy/fluey thing and it aint nice. went to doctors and i am being booked for gastric camera thing to see what is going on and then possibly camera the other way. aarrrrgghhhh!!! this is why i have been avoiding it all for so many years, i dont want cameras.
rest of day was spent on the sofa under a blanket watching trashy tv with beau playing with sparks, who was also suffering with this cold, only not quite so much as he made out when he was sposed to be getting ready for school!!
today, bit better, taken lots of pain killers as i have to get cars and do work and stuff. beginning with getting beau ready so she can go off with nic when i have got the car from moordown, pick me up again from the unit to get more cars from christchurch. also gotta find time to get some shopping in too! there is nothing to feed my 5000 for dinner!! eekkkkk
Tuesday 19 February 2008
what a weekend!!
i decided i would be mega organised and sort out everything, plan stuff for everyday of the half term, it is the first half term the kids have had and i wanted to make it fun and busy.
we had friends due over for dinner on sunday, monday friends from swimming coming over for lunch and friends from our home ed group over for tea, today we were off to weymouth to see my late grandads girlfriend. none of it happened.
at the beginning the fridge was empty and i needed to get to the supermarket, river came with me and paul was going to clean out the fridge and clean the bathroom whilst i was out. river and i went to the cafe in sainsbos for coffee and cake and bumped into the mother of children river and eden went to school with when they were at their other school before home ed and this new school. we had a chat, exchanged numbers and promised of catching up next school break. then went off to do the weeks shopping.
had roast chicken planned and found 2 free range chooks, meant that i could make stock and then risotto for tea when we go back from weymouth today. got loads of salady stuff and jacket spuds and soups for meals yesterday and thursday after we had been to my friend tonis' for lunch.
i had written a list and got everything on it except my flaked chillis i need for my grinder, even stuff for me minus wheat to try and get rid of this swelling.
got to the till, chatting with the lady putting my stuff through about my plans of cleaning, cooking, feeding the 5000 and packing up my stuff into my bags, when river comes over with his phone, said it was his friend james' dad, it was paul, he said
"something has happened to beau, you have to get out of the shop now, she is unconcious."
i said something about sorry, something had happened to my little girl and ran.
trying really hard not to think about why or what had happened and not taking risks, but still driving too fast and making it in just about 4 mins.
when i got into my close, there was ambulance car, ambulance, paul and james dad steve by ambulance and paul crying, steve was white.
i jumped out without turning off engine (which river did i'm told) leaving car in the middle of the road, and ran to ambulance, steve saying "she is ok" and my tiny lil beau is laying on the stretcher with a tube in her mouth sucking stuff out, lines in her feet and blood running down her leg where they couldnt get a line in. paul was hysterical, in hindsight i should have let him in the ambulance to the hospital as he was a state, but i couldnt leave her. after a couple, maybe 5 mins at the most it was time to move her to A & E.
we blue lighted horn blaring driver swearing to poole hossy, she was moving and whinging, but very sleepily, not concious at all really. paul was there within a minute of us arriving. they let us stay. she had her clothes cut off and had heaters to warm her up.
i hear to story as paul retells it, he had been cleaning the bathroom upstairs, beau was watching harry potter (again) with ty on the sofa, there were kids in the garden, kids in the playroom, james and cam were here from 2 doors down. james said to chase something was wrong with beau in the kitchen, chase pulled her to bottom of stairs where she calls paul, who is on phone to rocky, he drops phone (turns out rocky heard all of the following until pauls phone was used again) and turns beau, who is now starting to turn blue, upside down and does gentle back slaps. runs outside to call for help from someone, one of the kids go and grab steve and ambulance is phoned, ty also phoned ambulance, penny (steves mum) comes up too, she ends up talking through steve what ambulance control is telling her, they move the food to one side and get air into her, but it is too tight to get out and she is having some gentle stomach compressions too as per what ambulance control were saying, this is all on the front grass/muddy area.
my kids and cam are inside my house and james (10) watched it all, all he could remember was recovery position, but that was needed, and he was there to help should anyone need him to grab something or anything, i dont think he realises what a help he really was. paul thought that she had gone, steve was telling him they were not going to let her go and all kinda thing. not only was steve working on beau, but also trying hard to keep paul from completely loosing the plot!
ambulance arrives, ambulance car arrives, they aspirate what they can (which turns out to be a fair bit of wafer thin chicken FOR THE CATS!) as i arrive.
another line in for getting some fluids in, the one in her foot is used for taking blood, she is put on O2, her pupils are dilated, contracting slowly and she in unresponsive. she has xrays and she becomes figity so i get on the gurney to keep her in one place and warm. xrays are showing swelling and that is normal for her situation. they really want her to wake up. she isnt planning on it. she also was making some weird noises with her throat so they are keeping options open as to whether they were going to get a camera down her throat under a general anesthetic and has a nebuliser with adrenaline in for about 20mins. the team of 10 goes down to 3, and eventually we are moved to high dependancy unit of the childrens ward. she is on oxygen, a drip with glucose, has a pulse ox in her toe, 3 sticky pads for heart rate, breathing and soemthing else that i cant remember, and a bp cuff. all i can think is she looks so small.
she starts to come around about 6pm, wants a cuddle and a drink and a wee (which she doesnt do) the pediatrician does some neurological tests which are all fine. the noise from her throat isnt so pronounced and as she stull needs some O2 they want to keep her in over night. i went home to get changed and see the kids and stuart who had come to take over from nicci who had taken over from a traumatised steve, all ok here except my kids pushing their luck, nothing new there!
i went back and paul came home to get changed and then came back with some KFC (grumble grumble moan - i wanted burger king) and stayed until about 1am, she had been awake for a couple of hours and had a wee in the potty, some weetabix and begged for some chippies (er no) after paul left, i dropped off to sleep holding her hand, the monitors kept waking her up and someone else was admitted to the next bed, which worried her a little so i got up and slept with her in the very small uncomfortable bed, which was lovely, she cuddled me and i her for the next few hours whilst we both slept on and off.
in the morning, she was fairly bright, the monitors and O2 has been stopped during the night, monitors kept waking her and o2 levels were stable at 95/96%. paul got there about 8am and the doctors came around soon after. they wanted a radiologist to look at the xrays, which they did around 4.30pm, and we spent a boring day waiting for this to happen, i got in an hours kip with her on her bed again and she had all her tubes and sticky stuff taken off.
follow up is xray in a few weeks to review and take it from there.
popped into tesco at the end of the road and steves wife, sharon, was on the lottery till just inside the door and she rushed over to me, leaving her till, shouting at her pal that *this* was *the* little girl! tears flowed, hugs all around. beau got steve a card with a flower and some flowers, red ones, coz she thought he would like them, all her own choices, also she got stuart some dog chews to give missy, coz (and i quote) "missy will love stuart for giving her them and that will make stuart a happy stuart".
after we got home, we popped down to steve, as i know he had been going out of his mind with worry, she gave him his flowers and card and wasnt at all the shy little girl she had been with sharon and everyone else that she knows that she saw more of than him, she just looked at him.
so there we have it, my little girl has an angel that lives in our street!! what steve did meant that the ambulance crew was working with a heartbeat ultimately. thank you doesnt even come close to covering it.
we had friends due over for dinner on sunday, monday friends from swimming coming over for lunch and friends from our home ed group over for tea, today we were off to weymouth to see my late grandads girlfriend. none of it happened.
at the beginning the fridge was empty and i needed to get to the supermarket, river came with me and paul was going to clean out the fridge and clean the bathroom whilst i was out. river and i went to the cafe in sainsbos for coffee and cake and bumped into the mother of children river and eden went to school with when they were at their other school before home ed and this new school. we had a chat, exchanged numbers and promised of catching up next school break. then went off to do the weeks shopping.
had roast chicken planned and found 2 free range chooks, meant that i could make stock and then risotto for tea when we go back from weymouth today. got loads of salady stuff and jacket spuds and soups for meals yesterday and thursday after we had been to my friend tonis' for lunch.
i had written a list and got everything on it except my flaked chillis i need for my grinder, even stuff for me minus wheat to try and get rid of this swelling.
got to the till, chatting with the lady putting my stuff through about my plans of cleaning, cooking, feeding the 5000 and packing up my stuff into my bags, when river comes over with his phone, said it was his friend james' dad, it was paul, he said
"something has happened to beau, you have to get out of the shop now, she is unconcious."
i said something about sorry, something had happened to my little girl and ran.
trying really hard not to think about why or what had happened and not taking risks, but still driving too fast and making it in just about 4 mins.
when i got into my close, there was ambulance car, ambulance, paul and james dad steve by ambulance and paul crying, steve was white.
i jumped out without turning off engine (which river did i'm told) leaving car in the middle of the road, and ran to ambulance, steve saying "she is ok" and my tiny lil beau is laying on the stretcher with a tube in her mouth sucking stuff out, lines in her feet and blood running down her leg where they couldnt get a line in. paul was hysterical, in hindsight i should have let him in the ambulance to the hospital as he was a state, but i couldnt leave her. after a couple, maybe 5 mins at the most it was time to move her to A & E.
we blue lighted horn blaring driver swearing to poole hossy, she was moving and whinging, but very sleepily, not concious at all really. paul was there within a minute of us arriving. they let us stay. she had her clothes cut off and had heaters to warm her up.
i hear to story as paul retells it, he had been cleaning the bathroom upstairs, beau was watching harry potter (again) with ty on the sofa, there were kids in the garden, kids in the playroom, james and cam were here from 2 doors down. james said to chase something was wrong with beau in the kitchen, chase pulled her to bottom of stairs where she calls paul, who is on phone to rocky, he drops phone (turns out rocky heard all of the following until pauls phone was used again) and turns beau, who is now starting to turn blue, upside down and does gentle back slaps. runs outside to call for help from someone, one of the kids go and grab steve and ambulance is phoned, ty also phoned ambulance, penny (steves mum) comes up too, she ends up talking through steve what ambulance control is telling her, they move the food to one side and get air into her, but it is too tight to get out and she is having some gentle stomach compressions too as per what ambulance control were saying, this is all on the front grass/muddy area.
my kids and cam are inside my house and james (10) watched it all, all he could remember was recovery position, but that was needed, and he was there to help should anyone need him to grab something or anything, i dont think he realises what a help he really was. paul thought that she had gone, steve was telling him they were not going to let her go and all kinda thing. not only was steve working on beau, but also trying hard to keep paul from completely loosing the plot!
ambulance arrives, ambulance car arrives, they aspirate what they can (which turns out to be a fair bit of wafer thin chicken FOR THE CATS!) as i arrive.
another line in for getting some fluids in, the one in her foot is used for taking blood, she is put on O2, her pupils are dilated, contracting slowly and she in unresponsive. she has xrays and she becomes figity so i get on the gurney to keep her in one place and warm. xrays are showing swelling and that is normal for her situation. they really want her to wake up. she isnt planning on it. she also was making some weird noises with her throat so they are keeping options open as to whether they were going to get a camera down her throat under a general anesthetic and has a nebuliser with adrenaline in for about 20mins. the team of 10 goes down to 3, and eventually we are moved to high dependancy unit of the childrens ward. she is on oxygen, a drip with glucose, has a pulse ox in her toe, 3 sticky pads for heart rate, breathing and soemthing else that i cant remember, and a bp cuff. all i can think is she looks so small.
she starts to come around about 6pm, wants a cuddle and a drink and a wee (which she doesnt do) the pediatrician does some neurological tests which are all fine. the noise from her throat isnt so pronounced and as she stull needs some O2 they want to keep her in over night. i went home to get changed and see the kids and stuart who had come to take over from nicci who had taken over from a traumatised steve, all ok here except my kids pushing their luck, nothing new there!
i went back and paul came home to get changed and then came back with some KFC (grumble grumble moan - i wanted burger king) and stayed until about 1am, she had been awake for a couple of hours and had a wee in the potty, some weetabix and begged for some chippies (er no) after paul left, i dropped off to sleep holding her hand, the monitors kept waking her up and someone else was admitted to the next bed, which worried her a little so i got up and slept with her in the very small uncomfortable bed, which was lovely, she cuddled me and i her for the next few hours whilst we both slept on and off.
in the morning, she was fairly bright, the monitors and O2 has been stopped during the night, monitors kept waking her and o2 levels were stable at 95/96%. paul got there about 8am and the doctors came around soon after. they wanted a radiologist to look at the xrays, which they did around 4.30pm, and we spent a boring day waiting for this to happen, i got in an hours kip with her on her bed again and she had all her tubes and sticky stuff taken off.
follow up is xray in a few weeks to review and take it from there.
popped into tesco at the end of the road and steves wife, sharon, was on the lottery till just inside the door and she rushed over to me, leaving her till, shouting at her pal that *this* was *the* little girl! tears flowed, hugs all around. beau got steve a card with a flower and some flowers, red ones, coz she thought he would like them, all her own choices, also she got stuart some dog chews to give missy, coz (and i quote) "missy will love stuart for giving her them and that will make stuart a happy stuart".
after we got home, we popped down to steve, as i know he had been going out of his mind with worry, she gave him his flowers and card and wasnt at all the shy little girl she had been with sharon and everyone else that she knows that she saw more of than him, she just looked at him.
so there we have it, my little girl has an angel that lives in our street!! what steve did meant that the ambulance crew was working with a heartbeat ultimately. thank you doesnt even come close to covering it.
Wednesday 13 February 2008
i should be taking my kids to school
but instead i am doing stoopid quizes to see my chance of surviving a zombie apocalypse, thanks willowtrees!! ;o)
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Tuesday 12 February 2008
Sunday 10 February 2008
a dream or two
for the 2nd time, i have dreamt that there are wolves on my late grandfathers property in ireland.
the first dream, it was a white she wolf that spoke to me, gave me comfort and really strong maternal guidance. she spoke to me of my cubs that she felt protective of too. i've never had a *thing* for wolves as i do dragons and cats and cattle, but then i havent known any. i remember, not long after, going to longlet safari park, driving through the wolf enclosure and seeing the alpha female, i could just tell it was her and how aware she was of us, that there were children there. she eminated such a strong vibe that i recognised that feeling being so alike the one coming from this wolf in the dream. afterwards i asked my grandad what was at the house that shouldnt be there and what was under the house, as the wolf had told me that there was something under there that shouldnt be. turns out the house was built on a huge rock and some of it can be seen by the french doors. mental! the house is over 200 years old! and what shouldnt be there, pinemartens!! very rare in northern europe, only a few pockets of them are left in parts of ireland and scotland. spooky huh?
anyways, last night, again i dreamt of going home (for that house and its land will forever be my home, no matter who owns it or lives there, they will share it with my heart) and as i walked up the drive (a tradition of mine, i always walk the drive when i first get there) i saw a wolf and her youn cubs, 5 of them, and 3 older cubs from her last litter, 2 females and 1 male. this time neither she nor they were white, but grey, and they didnt speak, just i was hyper aware of them and they of me. not in a threatening way though. paul, in my dream, suggested that we take one of the cubs, as i thought about it for the spilt second, she shot me a glance that begged me not to take one, he said it would be something i could keep from the house, but i couldnt and wouldnt do it to the wolf. when i told him this, one of the young bitches came and stood by me, allowed me to stroke her and walked away and we left.
i have no idea what they mean, but wanted to get it down before it got filed in my memory banks again!
oh and i have a new business!! i now own a window cleaning round!! and i have an employee!! pmsl
amor mundi
the first dream, it was a white she wolf that spoke to me, gave me comfort and really strong maternal guidance. she spoke to me of my cubs that she felt protective of too. i've never had a *thing* for wolves as i do dragons and cats and cattle, but then i havent known any. i remember, not long after, going to longlet safari park, driving through the wolf enclosure and seeing the alpha female, i could just tell it was her and how aware she was of us, that there were children there. she eminated such a strong vibe that i recognised that feeling being so alike the one coming from this wolf in the dream. afterwards i asked my grandad what was at the house that shouldnt be there and what was under the house, as the wolf had told me that there was something under there that shouldnt be. turns out the house was built on a huge rock and some of it can be seen by the french doors. mental! the house is over 200 years old! and what shouldnt be there, pinemartens!! very rare in northern europe, only a few pockets of them are left in parts of ireland and scotland. spooky huh?
anyways, last night, again i dreamt of going home (for that house and its land will forever be my home, no matter who owns it or lives there, they will share it with my heart) and as i walked up the drive (a tradition of mine, i always walk the drive when i first get there) i saw a wolf and her youn cubs, 5 of them, and 3 older cubs from her last litter, 2 females and 1 male. this time neither she nor they were white, but grey, and they didnt speak, just i was hyper aware of them and they of me. not in a threatening way though. paul, in my dream, suggested that we take one of the cubs, as i thought about it for the spilt second, she shot me a glance that begged me not to take one, he said it would be something i could keep from the house, but i couldnt and wouldnt do it to the wolf. when i told him this, one of the young bitches came and stood by me, allowed me to stroke her and walked away and we left.
i have no idea what they mean, but wanted to get it down before it got filed in my memory banks again!
oh and i have a new business!! i now own a window cleaning round!! and i have an employee!! pmsl
amor mundi
Saturday 9 February 2008
i know the joys ....
of friday night at poole hospital A and E department! oh yes i do and let me tell you it is pants!
no 1 son, river, went to tackle or some such a football at lunch yesterday, got pushed over, twisted his foot badly and, because of his bravado and love for christine, insisted on going to KFC (kids for christ - scuse me whilst i shudder violently) and christines house for dinner, not returning until gone 9pm by which time said foot was swollen and he had very limited movement. so exectutive decision was made to take him to casualty. paul had been at the tattooists yesterday morning, so wasnt too keen on having his open wound exposed to the goddess only knows what superbugs they have there.
i can safely say that half those people should have either been at home in bed or gone to D-Doc (the out of hours doc service) but thought they would present at A&E to clog up the system and generally pissing people off! some chap had been waiting to be transfered from bournemouth hossy via ambulance since 4.30pm (this was as we arrived at 10pm) to see the orthopeadic surgeon and was advised to get a lift in the end! when we left at just gone midnight he was still in chairs, looking spaced out on the oramorph, feeling sick as he had had nothing to eat since early afternoon and been taking antibiotics!!! he hadnt seen ANYONE!!
to make a long story boring, we sat waiting, river has this wonderful talent of looking really ill and pasty when tired so they did think he may have broken his foot from looking at him, as he was knackered. he got seen at just around 11.20, xrayed at 11.30 and told it wasnt broken at midnight and told to rest it for 24 hours and then gently exercise, no sport or bike riding for a week.
personally speaking, i believe he has broken a small bone, i've done the same myself and seen the xrays, but this morning after it being strapped up and elevated all night and hot bath this morning, he is out playing with his mates.
3 hours of my life wasted on bloody hospitals when i could have been at home working on business plans!
in other waffling, went out for luffly lunch with my friend lucinda, who is 18 weeks preggy!! yay!! baby due right near our birthdays, hers is day after mine! talking her into a homebirth and possibly being a doula of sorts for her, if nothing else i can fuss and make tea for m/w's kevin and reassure her from the pov of a mother of 5 child, 3 of whom were homebirths and attended the birth of my neice where the m/w didnt make it and i scooped said neice from the loo floor where she was born and she took first breaths in my arms. we had long chats about the future and she is a dynamic lady with lots of ideas and plans and some include (or she would like the to) us, paul and me. has given me a kick up the arse to see that things really can and have to turn around!
i have a year before we have to be out of here, it is a good house, big enough etc etc but rented and rented is dead money, just like interest only morgages. so in the next 10 months we have to get together a good enough deposit, we have to find somewhere and sort a morgage and move out this time next year.
easy!
lmao!!!
thing is pauls businesses, www.21stcenturytints.com , can and should be earning us loads a money, but we need to organise and prioritise and expand and everything. realise the potential and all that.
so given paul a reality check on that and a couple of other things, things he just carried on with regardless of what i said and did in the past weeks which has pissed me off. he now see the errors of his ways i hope!
right tis gone 12 and i'm not dressed, he will be home from work soon so i better think about it i spose.
amor mundi
no 1 son, river, went to tackle or some such a football at lunch yesterday, got pushed over, twisted his foot badly and, because of his bravado and love for christine, insisted on going to KFC (kids for christ - scuse me whilst i shudder violently) and christines house for dinner, not returning until gone 9pm by which time said foot was swollen and he had very limited movement. so exectutive decision was made to take him to casualty. paul had been at the tattooists yesterday morning, so wasnt too keen on having his open wound exposed to the goddess only knows what superbugs they have there.
i can safely say that half those people should have either been at home in bed or gone to D-Doc (the out of hours doc service) but thought they would present at A&E to clog up the system and generally pissing people off! some chap had been waiting to be transfered from bournemouth hossy via ambulance since 4.30pm (this was as we arrived at 10pm) to see the orthopeadic surgeon and was advised to get a lift in the end! when we left at just gone midnight he was still in chairs, looking spaced out on the oramorph, feeling sick as he had had nothing to eat since early afternoon and been taking antibiotics!!! he hadnt seen ANYONE!!
to make a long story boring, we sat waiting, river has this wonderful talent of looking really ill and pasty when tired so they did think he may have broken his foot from looking at him, as he was knackered. he got seen at just around 11.20, xrayed at 11.30 and told it wasnt broken at midnight and told to rest it for 24 hours and then gently exercise, no sport or bike riding for a week.
personally speaking, i believe he has broken a small bone, i've done the same myself and seen the xrays, but this morning after it being strapped up and elevated all night and hot bath this morning, he is out playing with his mates.
3 hours of my life wasted on bloody hospitals when i could have been at home working on business plans!
in other waffling, went out for luffly lunch with my friend lucinda, who is 18 weeks preggy!! yay!! baby due right near our birthdays, hers is day after mine! talking her into a homebirth and possibly being a doula of sorts for her, if nothing else i can fuss and make tea for m/w's kevin and reassure her from the pov of a mother of 5 child, 3 of whom were homebirths and attended the birth of my neice where the m/w didnt make it and i scooped said neice from the loo floor where she was born and she took first breaths in my arms. we had long chats about the future and she is a dynamic lady with lots of ideas and plans and some include (or she would like the to) us, paul and me. has given me a kick up the arse to see that things really can and have to turn around!
i have a year before we have to be out of here, it is a good house, big enough etc etc but rented and rented is dead money, just like interest only morgages. so in the next 10 months we have to get together a good enough deposit, we have to find somewhere and sort a morgage and move out this time next year.
easy!
lmao!!!
thing is pauls businesses, www.21stcenturytints.com , can and should be earning us loads a money, but we need to organise and prioritise and expand and everything. realise the potential and all that.
so given paul a reality check on that and a couple of other things, things he just carried on with regardless of what i said and did in the past weeks which has pissed me off. he now see the errors of his ways i hope!
right tis gone 12 and i'm not dressed, he will be home from work soon so i better think about it i spose.
amor mundi
Wednesday 6 February 2008
what a strange one!
started the morning off with a sweet kiss as my husband rushed out the door whilst it was still dark, as i lay there i heard others stirring, so thought i'd move too. the noise was made by no 1 daughter and she was delighted at my suggestion of vanilla porriage, so i got on and made that and she woke the rest of the house.
paul got back just after 7am and ate the rest of the vanilla oatyness whilst i booted up my beloved mac.
after they all were dressed and washed and breakfasted and out of the house i set about making my juice, todays was green.
3 kiwi
1/3 pinapple
2 apples
1/4 lime
2 sticks celery
1/3 cucumber
and 2 avocados purreed
made up about pint and half and i drank that whilst chatting with my dear swollen friend (due to allergic reaction, usually she is a stick!) for about an hour until the land line rang.
it was my dear dear stephen want me to go visit, which is unheard of mostly. usually it is me giving him hassle. yesterday when i phoned him he dropped him mobile in the dishwater (whoops) and he phoned me to ask me over, only i got cornered on the phone by my grandads girlfriend, to whom i chatted for around an hour. by then it was nearly 10pm and i couldnt be arsed to go out.
so anyways, beau and i dressed and popped over steves (him from the review smelling of yak shit) where beau and i listened to music and him talking about his programs that go wayyyyy over my head. beau wanted to see steves dad, johnny, so we went to look for him. didnt have to go far, he was in the kitchen.
after a quick chat, steve wanted to get outta the house and we went in search of dennis. i havent seen dennis for about 7 years, so was nice to catch up, eventually, after looking for his yard, breaking steves glasses, finding the yard, but not him, then searching for his house, finding it and what a tip (sorry dennis, but you know i am anal! lol). beau was totally spoilt, carton of juice, bag of crisps, some biscuits, a fromage frais and a lollypop. he told me how his brother that used to live at my flat was clean, which made my day!
brought steve back to swap cars, get kids, dropped steve home again. as we pulled in, his lil bro JP was there, who was a little surprised to see steve with me and looking such a state!
now home and havent had any juice for lunch, just a banana.
so going to cook tea and make something for myself. that cottage cheese and stuff was so nice i might have that with some salad leaves, got some rocket and watercress in the fridge!
oh and 12stone 2oz on the scales!!
paul got back just after 7am and ate the rest of the vanilla oatyness whilst i booted up my beloved mac.
after they all were dressed and washed and breakfasted and out of the house i set about making my juice, todays was green.
3 kiwi
1/3 pinapple
2 apples
1/4 lime
2 sticks celery
1/3 cucumber
and 2 avocados purreed
made up about pint and half and i drank that whilst chatting with my dear swollen friend (due to allergic reaction, usually she is a stick!) for about an hour until the land line rang.
it was my dear dear stephen want me to go visit, which is unheard of mostly. usually it is me giving him hassle. yesterday when i phoned him he dropped him mobile in the dishwater (whoops) and he phoned me to ask me over, only i got cornered on the phone by my grandads girlfriend, to whom i chatted for around an hour. by then it was nearly 10pm and i couldnt be arsed to go out.
so anyways, beau and i dressed and popped over steves (him from the review smelling of yak shit) where beau and i listened to music and him talking about his programs that go wayyyyy over my head. beau wanted to see steves dad, johnny, so we went to look for him. didnt have to go far, he was in the kitchen.
after a quick chat, steve wanted to get outta the house and we went in search of dennis. i havent seen dennis for about 7 years, so was nice to catch up, eventually, after looking for his yard, breaking steves glasses, finding the yard, but not him, then searching for his house, finding it and what a tip (sorry dennis, but you know i am anal! lol). beau was totally spoilt, carton of juice, bag of crisps, some biscuits, a fromage frais and a lollypop. he told me how his brother that used to live at my flat was clean, which made my day!
brought steve back to swap cars, get kids, dropped steve home again. as we pulled in, his lil bro JP was there, who was a little surprised to see steve with me and looking such a state!
now home and havent had any juice for lunch, just a banana.
so going to cook tea and make something for myself. that cottage cheese and stuff was so nice i might have that with some salad leaves, got some rocket and watercress in the fridge!
oh and 12stone 2oz on the scales!!
Tuesday 5 February 2008
i gave in
and had cottage cheese for lunch, with onion, tomatoes and cucumber and chilli flakes, dear gods it was divine!!
chilli should be compulsory for everything! jam tarts to coffee!!
had chilli, honey and choclit chip icecream once, that was gorg and i've never seen it again, bit like hedgehog crisps, anyone remember them?
chilli should be compulsory for everything! jam tarts to coffee!!
had chilli, honey and choclit chip icecream once, that was gorg and i've never seen it again, bit like hedgehog crisps, anyone remember them?
woohoo!!
8 miles on the bike!
legs wobbly and a good strong coffee would go down a treat, but i must resist! i must!
legs wobbly and a good strong coffee would go down a treat, but i must resist! i must!
today
have had 1/2 pint of hot water and lemon, and making my way through my pint and 1/4 of juice
2 banana and 1 mango purreed
3 carrots
1 apple
2 oranges
also had a couple of tumaric tabs, they are a brilliant antioxidant and digestive regulator or summick, they are good, i know that ;o)
need to finish that, do some housework and get on the bike.
exciting stuff huh?
2 banana and 1 mango purreed
3 carrots
1 apple
2 oranges
also had a couple of tumaric tabs, they are a brilliant antioxidant and digestive regulator or summick, they are good, i know that ;o)
need to finish that, do some housework and get on the bike.
exciting stuff huh?
Monday 4 February 2008
on to no 2
on my second juice of the day
2 avocados (purreed)
2 apples
1 lime
2 sticks celery
1/2 cucumber
3 kiwi
1/3 pineapple
all comes out at around pint and half of juice.
and washing it down with a pint of water.
this juice is quite tart, but i feel the need for green, tomorrow will do more orange and red fruits.
i feel quite bloated now!! lol
2 avocados (purreed)
2 apples
1 lime
2 sticks celery
1/2 cucumber
3 kiwi
1/3 pineapple
all comes out at around pint and half of juice.
and washing it down with a pint of water.
this juice is quite tart, but i feel the need for green, tomorrow will do more orange and red fruits.
i feel quite bloated now!! lol
diet blah
new eating plan starts today!
i weighed in at 12stone 5lb this morning and so far have had
1 pint water
1 pint of freshly juiced juice - 2 apples, 3 oranges, 1 1/2 kiwi, 2 bananas (purreed) and 1/8 melon
and cycled 5 miles on the bike.
need to shower, drink more water and go to b&q and get a bucket for the water change my fish are crying out for.
oh and a mountain of washing, clean the house and get kids from school.
planning on 2 more pints of juice, some nuts if i feel the need to masticate. kids and paul are having soup and garlic bread for tea, needs to be a quick tea as we dont get back from swimming until late and i dont wanna be preparing food and i will then want to eat it!
wanna get down to 11 stone for march. thats the plan, but my target weight is 11 1/2 stone. that will be 4 stone that i have lost since this time last year. but 11 stone would be great!!
also need to get the mini trampoline out of the garage, if i can find it.
shower first tho ;o)
amor mundi
i weighed in at 12stone 5lb this morning and so far have had
1 pint water
1 pint of freshly juiced juice - 2 apples, 3 oranges, 1 1/2 kiwi, 2 bananas (purreed) and 1/8 melon
and cycled 5 miles on the bike.
need to shower, drink more water and go to b&q and get a bucket for the water change my fish are crying out for.
oh and a mountain of washing, clean the house and get kids from school.
planning on 2 more pints of juice, some nuts if i feel the need to masticate. kids and paul are having soup and garlic bread for tea, needs to be a quick tea as we dont get back from swimming until late and i dont wanna be preparing food and i will then want to eat it!
wanna get down to 11 stone for march. thats the plan, but my target weight is 11 1/2 stone. that will be 4 stone that i have lost since this time last year. but 11 stone would be great!!
also need to get the mini trampoline out of the garage, if i can find it.
shower first tho ;o)
amor mundi
Sunday 3 February 2008
due to popular demand
nick harpers myspace
www.myspace.com/harperspace
website
www.harperspace.com (sorry it wont let me add the hyperlink thang)
and a fan site from a certain reader of mine blog aka paula ;o)
www.houseofharper.co.uk
echo gave him good write up too, obviously not as good as mine, but, well, ya know how it is ;o)
http://devel.bournemouthecho.co.uk/whatson/leisure/reviews/display.var.2014442.0.a_harper_domination.php
'til next time
amor mundi
www.myspace.com/harperspace
website
www.harperspace.com (sorry it wont let me add the hyperlink thang)
and a fan site from a certain reader of mine blog aka paula ;o)
www.houseofharper.co.uk
echo gave him good write up too, obviously not as good as mine, but, well, ya know how it is ;o)
http://devel.bournemouthecho.co.uk/whatson/leisure/reviews/display.var.2014442.0.a_harper_domination.php
'til next time
amor mundi
Friday 1 February 2008
editted version
with little help from ms harper PR linn :)
thank you lovely!!
Nick Harper, Mr Kyps, January 31
It’s a cold January night outside, but inside Mr Kyps’s the evening’s opening act, Fearne, set things off to a good start. A local band I had never heard of (which means nothing, I don’t get out much!) but they had never heard of Nick (cue loud gasp from a member of the audience now writing a certain review), they were actually quite good, even if it was past their bed time (but they really did all look they were only just out of junior school! Sorry guys!).
But it was Mr Harper that the majority of the capacity-packed crowd were here to see. Nick was, as always, entertaining, enlightened, political and passionate about what he does. This gig kicked off the new tour coming down to ground level after his recent record-breaking gig at 18,500 feet up Mt Everest, which he performed at for the Love Hope Strength Foundation. He may have mentioned it once or twice….
Starting off the set with No Truth Up In The Mountains, but after his recent trip to the great mountains in Nepal, I think he found a truth or two of his own. If nothing else, he now knows the smell of yak's sh*t and was reminded of it at Mr Kyps, but I think it was something to do with my best mate Steve who was sat in-front of him. We were treated to Harper classics such as Aeroplane and his worthy rendition of Guitar Man, alonsgside songs from his last two albums - By By Rocket Comes Fire, Treasure Island, and Field Of The Cloth Of Gold, A tear-jerking Imaginary Friend really stole the show, before being followed by the more upbeat and humorous Monty Python, Galaxy Song.
Nick once again mixes original material with good humour and a strong message, and has the unique ability to engender the same passion from his audience. He shared tales of his journey up the mountain and back, over looking Everest Base Camp, how much it meant to him to be part of such an expedition, tales of gastric explosions and happy children playing with grass balls, Sherpas with one shoe and his million dollar boots (ok maybe not that much). Reminders of how lucky we and our children are.
.
Of course, a Nick Harper gig wouldn’t be complete without a string break, and sure enough that came in the sublime Love Is Music/Headless sequed medley.
Finishing off the night with Blue Sky Thinking, not just his first single which was released last year, but also his first iTunes number 1.
Going to see Nick Harper is always more than just a live gig, it is an educational experience; a night of triggered memories and new ones. Everyone takes more away with them than just memories of some guy playing his guitar. Nick is always much much more. Here's hoping he enjoyed his return to Mr Kyps as much as we enjoyed him being here!
thank you lovely!!
Nick Harper, Mr Kyps, January 31
It’s a cold January night outside, but inside Mr Kyps’s the evening’s opening act, Fearne, set things off to a good start. A local band I had never heard of (which means nothing, I don’t get out much!) but they had never heard of Nick (cue loud gasp from a member of the audience now writing a certain review), they were actually quite good, even if it was past their bed time (but they really did all look they were only just out of junior school! Sorry guys!).
But it was Mr Harper that the majority of the capacity-packed crowd were here to see. Nick was, as always, entertaining, enlightened, political and passionate about what he does. This gig kicked off the new tour coming down to ground level after his recent record-breaking gig at 18,500 feet up Mt Everest, which he performed at for the Love Hope Strength Foundation. He may have mentioned it once or twice….
Starting off the set with No Truth Up In The Mountains, but after his recent trip to the great mountains in Nepal, I think he found a truth or two of his own. If nothing else, he now knows the smell of yak's sh*t and was reminded of it at Mr Kyps, but I think it was something to do with my best mate Steve who was sat in-front of him. We were treated to Harper classics such as Aeroplane and his worthy rendition of Guitar Man, alonsgside songs from his last two albums - By By Rocket Comes Fire, Treasure Island, and Field Of The Cloth Of Gold, A tear-jerking Imaginary Friend really stole the show, before being followed by the more upbeat and humorous Monty Python, Galaxy Song.
Nick once again mixes original material with good humour and a strong message, and has the unique ability to engender the same passion from his audience. He shared tales of his journey up the mountain and back, over looking Everest Base Camp, how much it meant to him to be part of such an expedition, tales of gastric explosions and happy children playing with grass balls, Sherpas with one shoe and his million dollar boots (ok maybe not that much). Reminders of how lucky we and our children are.
.
Of course, a Nick Harper gig wouldn’t be complete without a string break, and sure enough that came in the sublime Love Is Music/Headless sequed medley.
Finishing off the night with Blue Sky Thinking, not just his first single which was released last year, but also his first iTunes number 1.
Going to see Nick Harper is always more than just a live gig, it is an educational experience; a night of triggered memories and new ones. Everyone takes more away with them than just memories of some guy playing his guitar. Nick is always much much more. Here's hoping he enjoyed his return to Mr Kyps as much as we enjoyed him being here!
nick harper at mr kyps!!
first draft of potential review.
The warm up gig, Fearne, are a local band I had never heard of (which means nothing, I don’t get out much!) but they had never heard of Nick (cue loud gasp from a member of the audience now writing a certain review), they were actually quite good, even if it was past their bed time (but they really did all look they were only just out of junior school! Sorry guys!). The lead singer, Alex (oh the invincible power of google!) is a talented guy, but seriously dude, we didn’t need to see your belly!! I really felt the need to dress this guy!! But that is just my maternal instinct taking over. I fought the urge and he is still wearing his own clothes. Nick, the bass, bore a striking resemblance to Justin Timberlake, a 13 year old Justin though and with more talent! The drummer, Tom, looked a little nauseous, but he fought it, I think he might have been catching a look at the lovely Alex' belly too. Or just had a dodgy bag of chips on the way over. He did manage to bang away at the right spots too. Won me over at the end with a song called Green eyeshadow, as i am a green eyeshadow fan. So all in all pretty good and at the end of the night, not who we were there to see, but not bad enough to have heard people say they were pants ;o)
Nick was, as always, entertaining, enlightened, political and passionate about what he does. This gig kicked off the new tour, his last gig having been a record breaking attempt for the highest gig in the world, for the Love Hope Strength Foundation in Nepal. he may have mentioned it once or twice.
Started his set off with No Truth Up In The Mountains, but after his recent trip to the great mountains, the Himalayas, in Nepal (not just Poole! not my joke, but worthy of repeating, I thought ..... ok, maybe you had to have been there!) I think he found a truth or two of his own. If nothing else, he now knows the smell of yak's sh*t and was reminded of it at Mr Kyps, but I think it was something to do with my best mate Steve who was sat in-front of him.We had Aeroplane, Real Life, Guitar man, By By Rocket Comes Fire, Treasure Island, Three Magpies, Simple, Field Of The Cloth Of Gold, and a tear jerking Imaginary Friend followed by the Galaxy Song. Reminding us how short life is, and how small we are in the greater scheme of things, but with just a small effort, we can all make a difference.
Nick once again mixes original material with good humor and a strong message. Many people don’t know about the Williamson Tunnels, they don‘t understand the plight of these people in Nepal that don’t have the access to medicines that could save their lives when all else has failed. Hospitals unable to sustain themselves forcing people to go further afield for their treatment than their local hospital, sometimes at the cost of their life-savings and lives. He makes his audience passionate about this stuff too!
He shared tales of his journey up the mountain and back, over looking everest base camp, how much it meant to him to be part of such an expedition, tales of gastric explosions and happy children playing with grass balls, Sherpas with one shoe and his million dollar boots (ok maybe not that much). Reminders of how lucky we are and our children. They raised $500,000 in the record breaking gig! amazing! Kudos to you all!!
Love is music/Headless with a string break suitably impressed both the people I had brought with me, just as much as those of us who have seen it before. His style wasn’t really their kinda thing, but its good to try new things and his energy and humor put smiles on both their faces, next time I'll have at least one of them buying cd's ;o)
Personal favorite of the night was Field of the cloth of gold, for some reason, altho i've only heard this track live once or twice before, it plays in my head over and over! But then i am a bit odd. all to change as i bought miracles for beginners so can bore my whole family with it playing endlessly until one of them breaks my speakers (which could happen if I manage to be annoying enough).
He finished off with Blue Sky Thinking, his first single which i believe reached no 1 in ITunes for sons of singer/songwriters starting with H first name Nick born in June ;o) It is a great song.
Going to see Nick Harper is always more than just a live gig, it is an educational experience, it is a night of triggered memories and new ones. Everyone takes more away with them than just memories of some guy playing his guitar, Nick is always much much more. Here's hoping he enjoyed playing in n'Poole as much as we enjoyed him being here!
Did I mention he is a joint world record holder for the worlds highest gig? It was in Nepal in October for the Love Hope Strength Foundation, think he said about it, maybe??
The warm up gig, Fearne, are a local band I had never heard of (which means nothing, I don’t get out much!) but they had never heard of Nick (cue loud gasp from a member of the audience now writing a certain review), they were actually quite good, even if it was past their bed time (but they really did all look they were only just out of junior school! Sorry guys!). The lead singer, Alex (oh the invincible power of google!) is a talented guy, but seriously dude, we didn’t need to see your belly!! I really felt the need to dress this guy!! But that is just my maternal instinct taking over. I fought the urge and he is still wearing his own clothes. Nick, the bass, bore a striking resemblance to Justin Timberlake, a 13 year old Justin though and with more talent! The drummer, Tom, looked a little nauseous, but he fought it, I think he might have been catching a look at the lovely Alex' belly too. Or just had a dodgy bag of chips on the way over. He did manage to bang away at the right spots too. Won me over at the end with a song called Green eyeshadow, as i am a green eyeshadow fan. So all in all pretty good and at the end of the night, not who we were there to see, but not bad enough to have heard people say they were pants ;o)
Nick was, as always, entertaining, enlightened, political and passionate about what he does. This gig kicked off the new tour, his last gig having been a record breaking attempt for the highest gig in the world, for the Love Hope Strength Foundation in Nepal. he may have mentioned it once or twice.
Started his set off with No Truth Up In The Mountains, but after his recent trip to the great mountains, the Himalayas, in Nepal (not just Poole! not my joke, but worthy of repeating, I thought ..... ok, maybe you had to have been there!) I think he found a truth or two of his own. If nothing else, he now knows the smell of yak's sh*t and was reminded of it at Mr Kyps, but I think it was something to do with my best mate Steve who was sat in-front of him.We had Aeroplane, Real Life, Guitar man, By By Rocket Comes Fire, Treasure Island, Three Magpies, Simple, Field Of The Cloth Of Gold, and a tear jerking Imaginary Friend followed by the Galaxy Song. Reminding us how short life is, and how small we are in the greater scheme of things, but with just a small effort, we can all make a difference.
Nick once again mixes original material with good humor and a strong message. Many people don’t know about the Williamson Tunnels, they don‘t understand the plight of these people in Nepal that don’t have the access to medicines that could save their lives when all else has failed. Hospitals unable to sustain themselves forcing people to go further afield for their treatment than their local hospital, sometimes at the cost of their life-savings and lives. He makes his audience passionate about this stuff too!
He shared tales of his journey up the mountain and back, over looking everest base camp, how much it meant to him to be part of such an expedition, tales of gastric explosions and happy children playing with grass balls, Sherpas with one shoe and his million dollar boots (ok maybe not that much). Reminders of how lucky we are and our children. They raised $500,000 in the record breaking gig! amazing! Kudos to you all!!
Love is music/Headless with a string break suitably impressed both the people I had brought with me, just as much as those of us who have seen it before. His style wasn’t really their kinda thing, but its good to try new things and his energy and humor put smiles on both their faces, next time I'll have at least one of them buying cd's ;o)
Personal favorite of the night was Field of the cloth of gold, for some reason, altho i've only heard this track live once or twice before, it plays in my head over and over! But then i am a bit odd. all to change as i bought miracles for beginners so can bore my whole family with it playing endlessly until one of them breaks my speakers (which could happen if I manage to be annoying enough).
He finished off with Blue Sky Thinking, his first single which i believe reached no 1 in ITunes for sons of singer/songwriters starting with H first name Nick born in June ;o) It is a great song.
Going to see Nick Harper is always more than just a live gig, it is an educational experience, it is a night of triggered memories and new ones. Everyone takes more away with them than just memories of some guy playing his guitar, Nick is always much much more. Here's hoping he enjoyed playing in n'Poole as much as we enjoyed him being here!
Did I mention he is a joint world record holder for the worlds highest gig? It was in Nepal in October for the Love Hope Strength Foundation, think he said about it, maybe??
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