Going back to my roots

Long, long ago, I used to be known as "Original man pant. Not as bad as it sounds, it just just meant....., hmm, not really sure.

That was before I had a child and mistakenly put motherhood before being a wife and partner. Also being slightly heavier than I would like did not help as I took to hiding all the time. Not quite sure that the error of my ways ever fully dawned on me but now my husband is back from a 2 week trip and I fully intend to return to my ashewo days, happily married of course.

The answer for us was the break, I realised that in almost 5 years, we have not been apart for this long. Not good. I think we should do breaks a bit more often. I found I had more time to pray, set a good routine for Lopes and sort out my eating. Last 2 days were rubbish as I had teenagers in the house and foolishly decided to eat with them. This was sorted when I put them in charge of my food. My niece promptly grabbed my cornetto and tossed it in the bin!

Anyway, discovered this programme on channel five called, How to have sex after marriage. It's on Wednesdays at 9pm. Very good eye opener. Cringed when I could identify with some issues but good to see in black and white. Also picked up some new tricks. hehe :)

Paraphrasing an old mantra, My new mantra is "I must, I must, I must improve my lust! So my newly discovered frequent blogging might not be as frequent :))

Be Magnified

One of my favourite song of all time. Keeps playing in the background of my mind and has been coming to the fore lately.





Fred Hammond ft. Radical For Christ - Be Magnified

Have taken the lyrics off pronto. Copyright. Yikes.

Children, children everywhere

Today I have 5 children including mine in the house. They will all be here till Sunday afternoon at least. This I see as patience training. To everyone out there who has more than one child, I salute you.

They are all family and so Lopes has refused to go to nursery today so she can have great fun being the youngest child in the house. The oldest is about 15 years old so I don't really have to do much.

They sure can eat loads and Mr Tesco should be weaving his way in the delivery van to me any moment, which is great as I have already run out of milk and bread. I used to wonder what all the fuss was about when people complained that having children was expensive but now with older children around, I can totally appreciate that.

I now have to share my new toy but they have learnt much more than I have about the wii and they have only played with it for about an hour. I have now created a Kemi mii, a little me, which follows me across all the games. The things you can do. I have made the mii a little on the tubby side so it is quite true to life. Alas there were no extra features to give her backside the Kemi (J Lo eat your heart out) treatment. Did I mention that I was a boxing champion?? All that hidden aggression. Laila Ali, watch out!

Off to make some chocolate milkshake and some fairy cakes. Ahhhhh. I promise not to eat any.

And...

We got a letter on Saturday morning offering Lopes a place at the school.

I have a God who never fails....

So one school down, two to go. Other assessments are in January, so I can stop the weird dreams for a while now.

Had a lazy Sunday. Woke up tired as Lopes decided she wanted to join me at around 3am and I was having none of it. Drifted off around 4am with her still muttering "mummy" from her room. Felt so bad but it had to be done.

A friend dropped by to say hello and stayed till evening. Such bliss. Just chilling and playing on the wii. I think I should get a bonus from Nintendo every time I talk about it. Very addictive.

Getting ready for another week. Off work for the week and DH is back in 7 days. Yippee!!

Ps. Diet still going well. Intend to be extra strict this week

2 weeks off!

2 posts in one day, talk about making up for lost time!

My husband is away to Nigeria for two weeks and a few things have become very clear. As much as I rant and rave when we have our spats, I cannot cope as a single parent. Lopes pines for her dad and draws pictures of him all the time. Also I can't sleep well and keep checking to see if Lopes is fine. Help, need to sleep. Also sleep with one of DH's tshirts on my pillow so I cam smell him. How sad is that!!!!

We should have gone with him as that was the plan but packing for home and being home frankly scares me. Will leave that for another post. Anyway my mum was here and only left last week so no great hurry to go home.

I do love the time off and have lost 3kgs already with the diet and my new toy. A nintendo wii. I always wanted one and thought it would be great for exercise so DH got me one before he left. I am sure the neighbours think I am a bit loopy. All that hopping around like a demented rabbit. I am a pretty good boxer too :) If you ever wanted one and needed convincing, GET ONE NOW. UK stock levels are almost non existent.

Oh and the other thing that has become clear, I am too old not to be able to drive. So North Londoners, stay home most evenings and on Saturday mornings. I will be the one either at the front of a long line of traffic or will be the road-rager shaking her fists out of the window as I try out my Lewis Hamilton moves!

Happy Birthday Gramps

Today my grandfather, ZMN, would have been 100 years old. He called my sisters and I, his grandees. His favourite phrase, which has become my motto was "And this too shall pass"

I remember the last time I saw him about 5 years ago. He had lost his sight due to glaucoma and was a bit forgetful. He did remember to ask why we were all wasting time and not married! As a parting comment, he said we should not be sad if we this was the last time we saw him as he was definitely going to a better place. I believe that.

So from one Grandee to an amazing Gramps, Happy birthday.

Can I have my blogging job back please

Not fair, used to blog a bit more frequently than this and even managed to read a few blogs. Now all I do is read blogs on my phone and silly T Mobile content lock stops me from leaving comments. Long time again!! I am sure you are tired of that phrase.

So what have I been up to?

Well Mama Kemi came for her surgery. All went well, we thank God. They are going back home this week :))

Lopylicious, aka Lopes has been doing well. We are getting her ready for 4+ assessments to start school next September, I am sure my friends are thinking of leaving the country. We had one assessment this morning and my dream last night went thus....

My sister was taking us to the assessment which happened to be in my Old School, Maryhill in Ibadan. (The assessment is for a school in North London) She then decided to take the scenic route and we ended up in Spain at the running of the bulls by which time my sister had disappeared and I was left with her 2 daughters and Lopes. The we realised we were lost and needed to get to the 11am appointment. It was 10.52am and our driver, Mr Basiru who incidentally has been with us since I was 3 years old, turned up to take us to the appointment. We then realised that we were in Peckham and had 8 minutes to get to the school. I phone DH in tears and then woke up. Someone please interpret and tell me I am not mad yet but only slowly getting there!! No I have not been to Spain or Peckham!

I am back on the weight loss band wagon. Have a wager to lose a stone and trying to get there. Was going to get a Nintendo wii and use that for exercise but I left that too late. None in the shops. Even have an online stock checker checking as we speak. Missed one from an online shop today. Will have to settle for old fashioned jumping up and down in an inelegant fashion.

Apart from that, all well at home. Dh is great, Work is boring, need to leave but looking to get serious in January after all Lopes assessments are over.

So how have you all been? Form an orderly line to leave your comments. Would be surprised if I get one. Go on, you know you want to :)