Synchronization of Us

NaBloPoMo Day 22

Another day and another letter, yesterday was so frustrating - both girls were actually napping for what felt like the first time in months and i was so looking forward to sitting and relaxing for a while and catching up with blog posts (now about 250 behind). Of course not long after Rebecca went down some silly religious lady came to the door and wouldn’t leave - Eilidh’s bedroom is right next to the door so of course the talking woke her up. I just *cried* and was actually quite mean to the poor lady, yelling and slamming the door in her face - i feel bad now but gosh i was just so upset at the time.
Im really hoping Rebecca will nap today, she was up at 6am so its a maybe but was down later last night (8pm) so she really could do with it. Guess i better get on with the Os

Origami - I have barely done this in years but there was a brief period during my childhood when i loved it. When about 12/13 my best friend at the time got a origami book and we used to love spending hours trying to do the sometimes impossible seeming objects. I remember when we first started and was reading instructions such as “Valley fold” and got it into our head that the book was written for someone called Valley and she was being told to fold the paper!!!!!!!!!! The innocence of youth.

Oranges - I can take or leave them for the most part, its the peeling and trying to eat them that bugs me to messy. That was different during my pregnancy with Rebecca when for a short period i craved them like crazy, but they had to be COLD - as in just out the freezer . I also really love Orange juice but can only drink it in small amounts or it gives me mouth ulcers

One Tree Hill - After Dawsons Creek probably my fave (non si-fi) teen drama ever. I love these type of shows for the most part and even though these days spend alot of the time picking silly holes in it ( i mean for those who watch Hailey had the baby and what a couple of days later was out dancing and up to all sorts). Looking forward to its January return

NaBloPoMo Day 21

Im getting a little bored of the ABCs and im sure everybody is to - but i cannot just leave it be, it would bug me forever so im going to try and actually get through them a little quicker

Naps - Anyone reading this blog can easily see that it is something im thinking about just now, If you had asked me a few months back if Rebecca would be given up napping soon i would of laughed in a your crazy way, i honestly believed she would still be napping for years to come. It is nice not to be dragging myself out of bed at 5am every morning but i really miss getting to sit and relax for a while during the day , it does mean when mornings such as today when she wakes up early (5.40am) im automatically in a good mood. Hopefully get to catch up with some blog posts during naptime today

Nana - What the girls call my mum, MIL is Gran and the girls also call my gran , gran although we normally refer to her as either GG or Great Gran to stop confusion. Growing up my mums parents were always Nana and Papa and my dads Gran and Granpa.
When Courtney came along my parents wanted to be Nana and Granpa but for some reason she wouldn’t/couldn’t say Granpa and would call him daddy all the time. Of course this embarrassed everybody but someone suggested going for Papa and she was happy calling him that.

Nigel - For most of you this is properly just a boys name, here in Scotland yes its also a name but is mostly used to refer to someone with no friends. Such as that boy is a Nigel or i went out for a walk by myself and felt like a Nigel

Nachos - Who doest love these? Mmm could so go a big plate with bean, Jalapeno Peppers, Sour Cream, Salsa topped with gated cheese. Wouldn’t that be a lovely lunch?

Nip/Tuck - Thoughts i was not going to be able to find an N show there, how great is this show? I have just loved it since the first season but it was during the whole Ava storyline in season to that i really started to get it. Cannot wait for a new season to start

On a side note - what the heck is up with Rebecca lately she is eating me out of house and home and this is a girl who never eats. She has already made her way through 2 bananas, 3 plums,an apple and is currently eating her second bowl of cereal (which for some reason she got naked for) - Got to love two year olds.

NaBloPoMo Day 20

Is this cheating? Its been a busy day so just a few quick pics. Mind you have just finished watching the latest episode of Heroes - have i mentioned before how much i LOVE this show. I’m so bummed about the writers strike, in some ways its not affecting me that much for the moment as alot of the shows don’t start here till next year - Ugly Betty and Heroes (which we cheat with and download) are the only ones that it will happen with.

Well on with the shots -

Stealing Daddies Dinner

NaBloPoMo Day 19

Im so not feeling this today, i have been up most of the night feeling unwell. I was so cold unless i stayed still then started burning up , i don’t think there is one part of me that does’t hurt just now. I guess its one of the worst things about motherhood, there is no sick days and nothing i can do other that go about my normal life.
Part of my does get annoyed at DH, if he was feeling like this he would of taken the day off and lazed about for how many days it took to get better but im expected to be superwomen and just act like normal. Sorry a little vent for the day

Maureen - The name of my lovely mummy, its actually Maureen Ann and she much prefers being called that . Just don’t ever call her Mo .

Motherhood / Marriage - I was never the type of girl who spent all her time wishing for these things, i spent years telling anyone who would listen that i didn’t ever want to get married or have children. Part of me did mean it but another bigger part of me honestly believed i would never find someone who wanted to marry me , that children would just now be part of my life. Gosh how things changed.

Melrose Place - I think this goes down as like my fave show ever, i was obsessed by it. I would tape and re watch each episode obsessively , memorise lines and even wrote a novel based on it. I live and breathed this show for a while. The funny thing was i never got to see the last few seasons as it never aired here, about 3 years ago i brought the whole thing on DVD and have still not watched them.

Macaroni and Cheese - The perfect easy meal to make, the only problem is i don’t like it. Im funny when it comes to cheese sauce. Mind you mac and cheese is something i always have in the freezer, normally once a month or so i make up a big batch and freeze the leftovers. Always a quick relatively healthy meal (i always make with frozen veg to) on hand

ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NaBloPoMo Day 18

Yes i know how terribly big headed of me to do an interview with myself, but i have been wanting to write about my blogging journey for a while now. I planned to do it for my 100th post but that came and went, so i said for my 200th - that was a few posts ago but figured better late than never. Would love to hear how others went about the journey, either answer the questions of just write your own

How long have you been blogging? - It will 1 year next February

How did you start blogging? - I was aware of blogging but never really had any interest in it, if someone pointed out a blog post i would read it but that was about it. The first blog i started to read on a regular basic was Lisanne’s ,we were pregnant with due dates only a week apart and both had one year olds at home. I loved reading her posts and always felt i knew exactly how she felt, around the end of her pregnancy i ended up checking it a few times each day waiting to hear of her daughters birth (yes Lisanne i was your stalker then) . I guess it was not long after Eilidh was born that i started thinking about it, for some reason i could only find blogger and thought the other blogging sights you had to pay for and blogger HATED ME . I tried to sign up every couple of weeks but it never worked, eventually i managed to do it on DHs computer but still couldn’t post on mine. Eventually i found a way to do it (cannot remember exactly now, but it involved going through a few different pages and clicking on different login stuff) and i managed to finally start my own blog.

How did you start reading blogs? - It started with Lisanne’s as said above and a few friends who started up around the same time as me (Hi Raine and Christina). Now and then i would notice someone on an online group had there own blog and start to check that out to. Then i heard of Google reader and all hell broke loose. I loved how i could subscribe to the blogs and not spend ages going from one page to another and now i cannot stop reading other peoples blogs

What blogs do you read? - I currently have 79 subscriptions in my Google reader, i will put my blogroll back up after this post so you can have a look. If your not added in it it either means 1) i have somehow missed you sorry or 2) Im not reading your blog, but i would probably love to be - so for either way leave me a comment so i can start reading more .

How do find new blogs to read - In one of three ways normally
1 - When someone i “know” (normally through an online group) sets one up or already has one
2 - When someone leaves a comment on my blog i normally check out there page
3 - Through other peoples blogroll / links .

What do you look for in a blog - The blogs i read are 99% parenting blogs, and they all have at least one child under age 3. Its not that i don’t like reading other peoples blogs but i feel i can relate to the writers of these blogs in someway.

How did you come up with the name for your blog - Rather a boring story, when i actually managed to sign up i just looked around the room and saw a book of DHs about Synchronization (always the physics student) and tried that - it was taken so just added the “as us” and Synchronization Of Us was born. I actually kinda like it now , i do feel im always trying to get everything in my life in sync

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NaBloPoMo Day 17

Day 17 and i have so far managed to stay in the game, surely the next few should be just as easy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Both girls are napping and for the first time in days i get to sit relax and just maybe catch up on blog posts - over 200 i want to reply to just waiting for me.

So its L today

Laura - Hi thats me , I have never really liked my name and wanted to be something more exotic and different sounding - Taylor, Rhyleigh and Sydney were some of the names i used to dream of changing mine to. These days im not actually that bothered , its the name my parents choose for me so im just embracing it.

Language - I don’t speak anything but English but i do love the idea . We learnt German for 2 years in primary school (hence the trip to Germany) but when in moved to High school the only choice we had for the first few years was French. I really love the idea of kids starting from 4/5 or younger, i just think i was to old and found it to hard to pick up.
There are also the differences in the English language, there are so many words that mean something different here than they do in the US. You guys use pacis and diapers, your baby sleeps in a crib and goes out in a stroller, we use dummies and nappies and sleep in a cot and go out in a pram. There are many others such as
“Fag” - For us that means cigarette, not well you know. If anyone ever meets me and i use that term im not being mean just asking for a cigarette (mind you asking for one would be strange as i don’t smoke)
“Fanny” - Again for us we use this for the front rather than back (if that makes sense)its also a rather crude term to use , i spent many years wondering why children tv shows would use such crude sentences such as “i hurt my fanny” . The penny dropped a few years back and i felt awful silly. Can anyone else think of some other differences?

Love - I think its well known how much i love my girls, but im also crazy about DH. He was my first real love and hopefully the last, before him i thought i had been in love but nothing compared to how i felt for him. There is a song by Alan Jackson called It must be love that i had to listen to over and over in those days, even now i just have to put the song back and i am over come with memories and all the reasons why i love my husband

Liver - Now it one way i have never actually tried liver and doubt i ever will, its just now something i want to try. Now talking about live Pate and its a different story, i just love that stuff. I craved it all through both pregnancies (its not allowed when pregnant) and it was one of the first things i had when my girls were born

Lois and Clark - I loved this version of the superman story, even now i still enjoy watching the odd episode. I remember when it was be repeated around 10am in the morning and i actually took the day of college to watch the big reveal episode. I loved Dean Cain in those days.

Now that i have my computer back again (if anyone is interested i managed to install another version of Windows over the one i already had, that let me backup the stuff i needed and then i done a full format) .

So yesterday my baby turned one, its incredible difficult just looking back and believe its been a year since i first help her in my arms. On the other hand it seems like we have always been a family of 4. I know i went over it many times on this blog but it still amazes me how much i love her, she is so special and bright and does something new every day. She does so much than sometimes i forget she is still a baby , again words fail me but i just want to say Happy Birthday Baby girl , may the next year bring as many wonderful moments as the first.
If anyone is interested and missed it first time re-live the pregnancy here
and here

Oh they were also both weighed yesterday, Rebecca is now 24.5lbs and Eilidh is 18lbs 15oz . I know i have small children

NaBloPoMo Day 16

Wahhhhhhhhhh my baby is one, now how the hell did that happen? Of course she celebrates by keeping me up all night AGAIN . Well getting there in fixing my computer, so unstable but all i care about is getting the pictures then i can format it. Hopefully tonight i will be able to do the whole Happy Birthday posts thing properly (with Pics :))

Karaoke - Now im not a singer, cannot hold a tune in the slightest but can still enjoy a good sing along.For a while in my early teens there was a kids Karaoke night at a local pub that was a must go to for my friends and i , i would even somehow join in (have no idea how i got the courage without drink) . Now a days thanks to a discovery that we get free karaoke videos on the tv i love putting them on and having a dance and singing along with the girls. Great exercise and great fun

Knots Landing - I LOVE that show, i never cared for Dallas much and only slightly enjoyed Dynasty but how i adored Knots Landing and have watched the series from beginning to end so many times (and yes im aware it started before i was even born). Even now i still check for it on the tv schedule in the hope it will air again, can never get enough of it.

Ok thats it all the Ks from me, its 9.37 normally naptime but neither girls are going to nap yet (never got up till just before 9) and im wanting to do something with my computers.

NaBloPoMo Day 15

Im sure i read somewhere that as part of NaBloPoMo the posts must be of some quality not just a hi to busy/sick/tired to post sort of thing.

Today is not a good day, Eilidh was up half the night coughing and screaming, Rebecca is not for napping and the best thing my computer has gone and crashed on me. My stupid recovery disk does not have a repair option so its wipe or nothing, of course i managed to transfer the party pictures over last night so i would lose all of them. Today is going to be spent trying every option to recover without losing everything.

So thats , that - quick post as don’t know if i will have a computer to use tonight and don’t want to miss a day.

And oh yeah MY BABY IS ONE TODAY xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Love you Eilidh