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I've had mild hysterics this afternoon. It resulted in frantic phonecalls to my husband, various engineers, and in the result of nothing else working, my mum who I cried at.

For the past month the freezer has been leaking steadily. Throughout the day there would be a gentle and occasional drip onto the lino (toddler safe!) below. Husband was notified of this and he said, "oh it's probably just a bit blocked, it needs defrosting." I reassured him that I believed it to be more than that, as the freezer is a frost-free model. Well at lunchtime I took The Boy's food out of the freezer and found it was quite as rock-solid as it should be, just as the milk in the fridge wasn't quite as the 3°C symbol on the display was leading me to believe.

Having emptied out all the food in the freezer (which is now currently sat in one of husband's colleagues own freezer, hope they're not having a party!), I was faced with removing the fridge poetry from the front. Either the repairman could fix it or we'd need a new fridge/freezer. If it was the former, it would be in his way, so needed to come off, and I don't need to explain the latter to you.

Problem is that those mini-poems and meandering thoughts have been written over the past nearly two years; since The Boy was born. So actually they're quite significant to us and I can remember when we wrote them. Like the time exhaustion had kicked in as new-parents and we'd discovered the wonders of Starbucks. Or the time that we weren't very impressed with The Boy's Christmas presents so we'd written a little note for nosey people to hint at them.

Either way, I thought I'd share them (click for a closer look).

What's on your fridge?

Movie Meme: Favourite Actress

When we were set the theme of Favourite Actor by Hannah over at MetalMummy a few weeks ago, it was relatively easy for me. I knew straight away who I was going to choose, although I had a few fall back options. Therefore, when the theme of Favourite Actress was set this week, I'm a little unsure as to why I struggled to come up with a name.

Ok, I'm fibbing. I did come up with a name but was worried that she was too conventional. And so I thought and I thunked about who else I could choose. It is a sorry state of affairs that men still outrank women in the film industry, and that I have had to go and Google a list of 'top Hollywood actresses' to double-check that there's not one that I've missed. In my own defense, I can list a fair amount of actresses, but some of them are that simpering female type that I can't stand.

After much internal debate (more like, "sod it, I like her, don't care if no-one else does!") I have resorted to my initial person because I think she's the one that I tend to watch most films of.

 

 

Sandra Bullock

 

 

I know she's conventional and a blockbuster actress, possibly even a little predictable of me, but I like her films. I think she's funny and delivers a good performance in an enjoyable film, with the exception of that God awful Two Weeks Notice and don't even get me started on All About Steve, I had to turn it off.

As with most people I would imagine, she first came to my attention in Speed (phwoargh, Keanu's muscles!) where she was a fiesty livewire. I've watched a fair amount of her films over the year, including Miss Congeniality 2 on the plane in America. I was so cross when they cut the film off 15 minutes from the end. It may have been dire, but I'd invested more than an hour of my life in that film and I wanted to see how it turned out!

Bullock is capable of churning out more than just the comedic performance, as in The Proposal and While You Were Sleeping, and actually can be incredibly endearing with her serious roles. 28 Weeks is a fabulous portrayal of life as a young addict, her out of character role in Crash and the heart-breaking loneliness of The Lake House.

I am vying here with my favourite film from her. Seriously contending for Number One spot is Demolition Man which is in my Top 5 Films of all time; she's young and fiesty, innocent and cheeky. However, in the end I am settling on the nicely predicatable Miss Congeniality because it makes me chuckle every time she falls over in those stomping heels.

You've also got to admire a woman who appears to have it all; successful career, beautiful home, etc. yet adopts a child from her own country (rather than doing the celebrity thing of from another country) and kicks out her cheating hubby. Just goes to show that money doesn't make everything rosie does it?

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Listography: Top 5 Bucket List

Oh that Kate is a twisted one. This week she has offered us a choice of topics, however both are to do with funerals!

This week's Listography theme is '5 Things I Hope People Say About Me At My Funeral'.

Oh my word, what are you supposed to do with that? For someone who lacks self-esteem and as I can't imagine more than seven people at my funeral, I'm going to go with her other option:

If you don't like that one you can write your Top 5 Bucket List , i.e. – things to do before you kick the bucket.

Now that one is much better.

  1. Cruise on the River Nile: Think Agatha Christie but without the murder! I am desperate to do this, visit Abu Simbel, Giza and Luxor.
  2. Enjoy retirement: Personally, I'd like this to start tomorrow but there's the debts, mortgage and pay into the pension fund in order to have the financial security to enjoy retirement.
  3. Win the lottery: Now that would enable the other two things to happen!
  4. Eat in a really expensive, exclusive restaurant: And not have the chef complain about having to cook a vegetarian meal. Not Gordon Ramsey's restaurant then!
  5. Have laughed every day of my long life with my beautiful family.

Short and, hopefully, sweet.

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Weekend (In)Activity

We've had a terrible few days; The Boy is teething again and this time it's bad. Probably the worst it's ever been in all fairness. He is suffering unbelievably; chewing his gums, bright red cheeks, not eating, runny nose, doesn't even want to drink milk, high temperature, screaming in pain at night and not able to sleep easily, and of course the de rigeur nappy situation!

This weekend we had such great plans. Yesterday we were going to sort out the garden; adjusting some steps which are too big for him to manage without falling down, mowing the lawn, trimming the hedge, pegging the washing out and playing. We managed to mow the lawn. The Boy felt terrible and needed constant cuddles or nursing.

Today we were going to go to Margam Park, near Swansea, for the day allowing The Boy his morning nap in the car on the way there. After the most horrendous night's sleep that we have ever had, that idea was scrapped. We managed to nip out to a beautiful country park which trails through woodlands, meadows and ends up on the beach. Unfortunately though The Boy didn't want to get out the pushchair and when he was coaxed out, he wouldn't go back in or walk. The poor thing wouldn't even really play with the football apart from for the inital 30 seconds.

On the way home, we tried to tempt him with his favourite park. Surely the slides and swing would enable him to crack a smile? We managed ten minutes of play before again 'up-py' was the request. The poor little chap is suffering so badly, it breaks my heart. The only thing for it was a trip to Nana and Grandad's; pure magic! He giggled and laughed for the first time all day!

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ShowOff ShowCase: Favourite Photo-Post

As you may have seen me mention, ShowOff ShowCase was only intended to be a 3-week linky, but last weekend I had a fair amount of curiosity as to that weekend's theme. Those lovely people persuaded me to continue with it, which I would like to do if you'll have me, but in an amended format: once a fortnight. Once a month I shall host a SOSC themed The One That Should Have Done Better because I like the title! And then the alternate fornightly weekend I shall choose a different theme. This weekend sees the theme of:

Favourite Photo-Post.

There are a fair few photo linkies out there, I'm certainly not even attempting to emulate them; The Gallery and Silent Sunday are too well-establised and liked (by me included) to copy them. Likewise with the newer FlashBack Friday. This weekend's carousel allows for you to share your most favourite entry into any of these, or a 365 entry, or indeed a general post centred around an adored photo. The added bonus being that if you do choose a Silent Sunday post, you can add text to it in order to explain it further.

I've trawled through my archives and managed to narrow it down to one finally. It's very hard to chose just one photograph of such a gorgeous child such as mine, so I may have taken advantage of my own rules.

Why the hell not? I wrote them after all!

So it's time for you to now link-up please and show off your favourite photo-post. All that I ask is that, if you can, you add the html to your post please in order to link back here and help spread the word about the linky and therefore the other posts.

And don't forget to visit the other blogs!

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