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A NEW ADDITION TO OUR FAMILY

I hope everyone had a very merry christmas and has an equally joyous new year.

Yes, we have a new addition, well two new additions to our family.....

Yes, you guessed.....

the Charlie and Lola DVD Box Set, belonging to the youngest member of our family.

Charlie and Lola are a great addition.  I am having a lazy Christmas Thursday today, no washing, no housework.... no..... well no nothing!!!  So I am sat at the dining room table, doing some computer things and Charlie and Lola are on in the background.  Little one was watching until a little while ago when she disappeared upstairs with big sister.  It did enter my head to go and switch this DVD off and catch up on the news or the sports news, but alas, I hesitated and Charlie and Lola remain in my lounge.

Ian went out for a walk this morning and bought me a lovely selection of flowers to cheer the house up..  thank you. 

I did think this Christmas break would be a little tedious having four days off in total but I suppose it has been a nice rest.  We did venture out on Tuesday to a department store called John Lewis.  You could probably call this a "high end" store with lots of home furnishings, crockery, cutlery, knitting and sewing things, toys etc and quite a nice coffee shop.  It was packed full of ignorant people, of all ages I might add, pushing and shoving, reaching in front of you..... it was well, hellish.....

and finally....... congratulations to the England cricket team on their win down under.....

go to http://www.condemnation2010.blogspot.com/  for more on this.....

IM NOT ASHAMED TO.......

Plug my other blog.  http://www.condemnation2010.blogspot.com/.   Poor old Vince.

MY READERSHIP

Today we found out that Carlos Tevez would be staying at our club, for the foreseeable future anyway.

It is nice to know that Carlos reads my blog.....    

open letter to..... CARLOS TEVEZ

Dear Carlos,

Oh Carlos, what a mess.  You came to training today - I saw you on Sky.  One of the backroom staff was play acting with you - no one else was really bothered....  Look at this,

Sheikh  Mansour - owner, yes Carlos, owner of your employers Manchester City Football Club.  He allowed you to leave your last football club and payed you an emormous amount of money to put the ball in the net once in a while.  You might want to be grateful to this man.

Garry Cook and Khaldoon Al Mubarak - these two have been put in control of the day to day running of Manchester City Football Club.  You dont have to like these two.  You dont have to speak to these two.

Roberto Mancini - this is your first line manager, the Manager of Manchester City Football Club.  This man works out the team tactics, with his team of backroom staff and coaches.  He then tells his players how he wants them to play.  This is his decision and the results are judged to be on his head.  He gave you the captains armband.

This is where you "live"

This is the shirt you should wear with pride

These are your team mates........

These are the people that come a watch you every week, that cheer your every move, little children that idolise you, even though you played for the enemy, you are, sorry were one of us.

This is my partner Ian, a Newcastle supporter from a child, through thick and thin.  He watches City with me, gets very passionate about City - as you can see.

This is the future of our club....

This may be the future of our club - Daniel Alves de Silva.....

GET LOST CARLOS

We have reached the summit..... well sort of

I wonder what Roberto is saying to Avram????  Maybe..... "Chris Hughton will have your job next week"!

Man City have now reached the summit of the Premiership.... well done to all, especially Roberto Mancini who brings a little bit of Italiano to rainy, cold Manchester.

Technology

Since starting my blog, I have become less of a technophobe than I was previously.  In the beginning I didn't even know how to convert a photo on my camera to my blog!!!

Just to share with you, now I very rarely take photo's on my camera and now nearly always take them on my Blackberry.  Blackberry?  Yes, Blackberry - you heard it right.  I now take the photo on the camera, email it to my relevant email account and convert it to the laptop!!!!  Wow, that is such a thing for me.  I even get all my emails on my phone..... I am at last self sufficient.  

MIKE THE CLOWN, MAYBE OR MAYBE NOT?

Depending on your opinion about whether Mike Ashley (owner of Newcastle United Football Club) had good grounds to sack Chris Hughton - the Manager who probably saved Newcastle from the double dip or relegation two seasons on the bounce - will now form part of your opinion as to whether he did the right thing.  You might care or you might not.  Personally I don't really care who manages Newcastle, but I do care that a man who comes over as well rounded, kind, compassionate to players who have problems etc. has ended up without a job...

Mr Ashley has said that he wants a Manager with more experience.....  watch this space.

I love this picture.  I have reproduced it from my lovely daughters blog.  It is well worth a read at http://www.amezzeray.com/.

WELL ITS BEEN A WHILE

I haven't blogged in ages.  I have carried on reading the blogs I follow but to be honest have not really had anything to say until now. 

We are, at the moment, gripped into a cold spell of weather in the UK.  Look at my back garden.....

All the lovely birds that we enjoy in our garden have had to fend for themselves a little more and have found finding food very difficult.  They have needed a little help.

On the inside we are all gearing up for Christmas.  Our little one is three this year so she fully understands the meaning of Christmas....... presents, presents, presents, food, chocolate.

As far as I am concerned, I am busy with the girls, putting decorations up, dressing the tree and generally making the house look lovely for christmas.  I am also having success in rearing another round of flowers on my orchids.  They are lovely.

this one is a particular favourite of mine, simply beautiful.

My little one decided that as it was cold outside she would wear her hat all day... literally, even in front of a lovely warm glowing fire, she also decided she would wear her dolls bib, perhaps she is trying to tell me she in hungry!