14.09.10 - Congratulations!

First...sorry sorry sorry for not posting the winner as promised yesterday - bows head in slight embarrassment then quickly says..... . my excuses I have aplenty!!

• Battery flat in camera so could not take action photos of draw until this morning

• short staffed at work, so instead of having Monday morning at home I had to work all day!! 

• When I finally managed to get home last night - I had to cut Eldest's hair and deal with all the tearful emotion that goes with losing his long emo style hair for a more shorter (but still longish) style. All this angst so the science teacher will let him use the Bunsen burners!! Oh the cruelty....... 

So - without any further ado (notice preliminary waffle please, this is being done to allow the battery more charging time!)

With great pleasure, I can now present the draw proceedings

The names just prior to being placed into Youngest's 'Darth Vader' Head

Darth Vader showing interest in the proceedings

Youngest dipping his hand into Darth Vader 

I now would like to reveal the winner to my first blogiversary is................

Colouritgreen!!

Congratulations :)

The little birds posing on bleached drift wood

They now hop into their surprise 'travel case' ready to wing their way down to their new home.

Thank you to all who entered, you all said such lovely things and again I am amazed at the fact people read my waffle and have the time of day to comment or laugh or to cry with me,

thank you all very much!

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Weekend round up - well as revealed last week, we went of on an almost spontaneous weekend jolly - can't be to-oo spontaneous as we have to arrange for fur and feather sitting and we have a delightful friend who happily watches the animals for us in exchange for Himself cleaning her chimney - Oh I do like this system of barter! Any way I digress...

As the end of Friday evening surgery finishes, I gallop out in a most unladylike fashion to be met by a car full of exited boys (x 3 - I included Himself). As I throw open the car door to leap in I am met with the most heavenly scent of fish and chips - ooh, a road trip AND food heh - this can't be bad!

Barring the enormously long serpentine traffic jam at St Asaph, the roads flow smoothly. I manage to get a goodly amount of crochet done when.....

Is there any tea in the flask says a hopeful Himself

Why not I think, traffic is at a standstill and the troops are getting restless - the fish and chips a dim and distant memory - yes, lets have a brew.

With a bit of careful manoeuvring of wool and hooks,  I set up the mugs, chuck in tea bags, sugar and pour out hot water and milk. Stir, stir, sip, sip - pass the cooler sweeter teas to the boys, pass the hotter mug to Himself. He slurps appreciatively loudly as I set up my mug, stir, add milk, close flask and put it away in the basket. We sit, quietly, looking at the red beads of brake light flowing down the hill and fade into the  far distance. The boys, tea gone quietly chatting, Himself passes back his mug, empty.  Sigh, I tentatively sip my steaming tea, this might be a while....when suddenly the traffic starts to move, Himself launches into action and gets into gear and judders the car. JUDDERS the car........ JUDDERS the CAR while I was STILL nursing PIPING HOT TEA!

I howl my annoyance then immediately follow it with a screech of pain as a tsunami wave of tea launches out of my mug and cascades across my lap. I hurl, as best I can, the crochet aside hoping that in the dark I have managed to save it from the flood. My legs are stinging hot and the car seat horribly wet. I can feel tea running down my calf and dripping on the carpet.There is tea running down my arm as I hold the now nearly half empty mug aloft.

I know, even in the dark, that Himself dare not look at me and firmly fixes his gaze at the now stationery traffic..... 

umm, it's slowed down again, oops - heh sorry - hmm he says. 

Still not looking at me as I stare crossly at his profile. 

At least we've finished our brews he offers helpfully.................... 

aaaAAARRRGH!!

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