Brothers and Sisters

I really ned to get back in the swing of things and blogging regularly but something always seems to get in the way always work! To be honest couldnt really think of what to blog about so decided to blog about my brother and sister as we recieved some fab news tonight. We used to fight like cat and dog but it is amazing how things change.

When my dad died my brother became the man of the house and has always been like a dad to me and Larnie. Which when we were younger would drive us incredibly mad but not anymore. He joined the army when he was 18 and with him being away so much it has made me so much closer to him. He went on a tour to Afghanistan in october and has been there for almost 7 months. I am pleased to say he landed on british soil this afternoon safe and sound. Minus his fractured leg after a building collapsed on him 3 weeks ago and they offered to fly him home but Paul being Paul said he wanted to come home with the lads. They say soldiers are fighting for their queen and country, yet in their minds they are fighting for their regiment and their mates. I am so proud to call him my brother and my hero.

My sister Larnie and incredibly close more so since Paul moved away. We are off to London on tuesday night for her birthday as she is 18 on thursday which is scary. She is mad about horses and has a months trial for an apprenteship as a groom in oxfordshire so she will be moving away too. I don't want to be an only child lol but once i am driving my mum and i are going to drive down once a month or so to see her. Larnie also used to be my dancing partner when we were growing up for exams and presentations i was devestated when she gave it up.

Well it has been a bit of a weird blog but I am feeln kind of like that. So happy Paul is home but at the same time majorly fed up of work. But i'll get over it.

Westlife Week part 2

Wow feels like ages since i wrote my last blog and the first part of this. Was ill a few weeks ago and last week working yet more overtime which is all my life seems to consist of at the moment lol. Anyway here we go.

Thursday

St paddys day but after all the excitment and what have you we decided to stay in today and have a chilled out day. Some how ended up in the loft and searching through bxes. It is amazing what you find. We also found a lot of old photos so sat looking and having a good laugh at those. We decided to go to town for lunch and on the way home passed the irish pub. Donna asked for some balloons but the bouncer said no she was gutted lol. Came back and chilled with a Westlife dvd and took some daft pictures.

Friday
Friday came around far to quick and it was time for Donna to go home. I took her back to the bus station at lunchtime then headed home. I felt kind of lost as she had been there all week. So I went home and packed ready for glasgow.

Saturday
It was finally the day, the day for Glasgow. I got to the station about 20 mins before my train was due and sat on the platform. Was just about to start reading my book but there was a commotion as two lads had been trying to jump the train so got a bit of drama lol. There was a couple with a gorgeous little boy who kept coming over saying 'hiya'. He was adorable and his dad was like oh he is such a little flirt awww lol. Then a very fit man in a kilt walked past bit of eye candy lol. Unfortunatley when on the train he was on another carraige gutted lol. The train journey went over quite fast had my book and ipod for company. When i got off the train met Louise and we went for lunch. After lunch we headed for our hotel, checked in got changed then headed out again to meet up with Nic. Hadnt seen her for almost a year so was nice to see her again. We had a wonder around glasgow then headed up to the SECC or should i say the SE double C as it was named by Nic lol. We stood outside waiting for the rest of the girls to arrive. It was a quick hello, a few hugs and a quick catch up before we headed in to the arena. We sat and watched Glenn Cal then when Wonderland started my step sis (works there) came over so it was like a little reunion with her. I deserted Louise and went over the other side of the arena to see my nice who i hadnt seen since my brothers weddin. My sis gave me a set list then told me to shout of Louise to come over. We ended up standing at the barrier at the side of the stage watching Wonderland with Kevin lol. We said hi and left it at that. Was quite amusing as people were trying to come over and ask him for a pic and he said no! Once the girls were finished their set we sayed at the barrier and they come out to do a signing. We had a lovely chat with them all especialy Sharon who told us the girls still had our irish flag from Cawdor castle :). They were lovely th most down to earth girls. They also signed a dvd and post card and had pics.

The lads as always were on top form. The block we were sat in was on an angle but we had a great view. Took a couple of pictues but more videos of the speeches. It was nice not watching the concert through a camera lol. The lads were bouncing so when it came to Nicky's speech there was a lot of banter about the upcoming cup final. And for us it was mon the gers and yu they won lol. There was one point where Shane almsot fell off the stae wa hilarious. There was also 8 empty seats on the front row so the lads chose 8 people to come down and sit there. It turned out to be the longest speech ever lol. On the gurder the banter continued they were even singing oh Donna we know your name lol. Just before the encore we seent he people who were sitting next to our mate move so me and Louise ran over my sister stood and watched us lol. When they came back on Kian's face was pricless he was so confused so we all waved at him he laughed and waved back. The concert ended far to quick and it was a quick goodbye to the girls and my sis and time to head back to the hotel. Sunday and time to go home. I have always said i feel so at home in Ireand and tbh i do in Scotland too i think it's because i have family there too.

To sum it all up, i had a fab week off work and laughed the whole time. Cant imagine doing it all without the girls so thanks Louise, Donna and Rachael. Not to menrion the Westlife lads and Wonderland. I have one more thing to say, roll on Hailton lol.

Westlife Week

Well i have eventualy got around to writting this blog. It has been almost two weeks since my Westlife week shall we call it lol. I had the full week off work and Westlife three times in one week plus lots of time with my girls what more could i ask for?

Monday
My first day off the monday, my friend travelled down from Scotland. She left Glasgow in the snow and arrived to sunshine to say she was shocked is an understatment lol. As she is a big fan of shopping we decided to had to metro centre. Ended up in Nandos for food and i highly reccomend the chocolate chesse cake it was delicious lol. Anyhoo we went shopping for an outfit but instead tried on lots of hats, and held random pieces of cloths againt our body and generaly laughing and taking the mick out of the bizzare fashions. We got home, changed and off to the arena. We were second block back on the floor but had a fantastic view. Only Glen Cal supported that night but he had the arena singing along. The lads were absoloutly amazing. We danced, screamed and sang from start to end. When the flew over on the gurder, we got lots of smiles and waves. I had also made a banner as it was Louise's 21st birthday. Nicky gave us the humbs up, Shane looked at me, i pointed to louise and he mouthed happy birthday. I have never seen her so quiet in all the time i have known her lol. By the time we got home we were bouncing off the walls then fell in to bed extremly happy.

Tuesday

On the tuesday i had to say goodbye to Louise as she left the sun and headed back in to the snow. I met up with my best friend Donna, dropped her stuff off at my house and headed out to meet our other friend at the arena as we had presents for Wonderland. I also got to meet Emer who i have been talking to for ages on twitter so was nice to finaly meet a she is lovely. We spent a little bit of time at the back of the arena. We seen all of Westlife arrive and Wonderland but they were not allowed to stop. The presents we had were easter eggs which were in girft bags. We had to hide them under our coats to sneak them in! Glen once again had the full arena singing along. Wonderland had everyone up on their feet and dancing along. Their version of rolling in the deep was fantastic. They also seemed to really love our banners too. Often enough the second night in newcastle is always less full and the back of the arena is curtained off. The lads were on top from and the arena was twice as loud even though there was less. We were 4th row and what a view (closest i have been in my hometown). When it came to Nicky's speech he had read quite a few banners out and was about to stop. He came towards ours, read Kian on my mates then stoped. He read mine out instead. The full arena laughed then went quiet all you could hear was me screaming :O. His response to my banner was i like that one. It said 'Nicky is that a microphone in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me?'. After that he gave us so much inteaction which made our night. By the time we got home i sprawled out on the floor and was tempted to stay there. We could hardly speak when we arrived home.

Wednesday

No westlife that day. So a well needed lie in. Needless to say we didnt roll outta bed until 10. Would have been later, but i had a driving lesson. When i came home from my driving lesson we decided to head in to town to get some pictures printed. They look so much better printed. Donna had a lovely one of Shane and Kian (Kian grabbing his crotch) printed. The man in the shop looked rather mortified which had us in hysterics laughing at him. Was tempted to say something but thought best to stay quiet. We picked Nathan and Annaleece up from school that night and Annaleece enjoyed looking through all our pictures. Yup you guessed it she loves Westlife.

Right i am gonna stop now and right about the rest of the week and glasgow in a new blog as there is lots more pics. x



Zumba

Wow it feels like so long ago since i done a blog. The past two weeks have been crazy so hardly had time to turn around. I will try and get my bog wrote about my Westlife week at some point this week but no promises lol.

Anyway to stick to the title Zumba. The newest craze you may want to refer to it as. I have been wanting to do it for ages and could not find one at a suitable time or place as i dont drive yet. However, a new class has started at the community centre around the corner from where i live. When i first started dancing thats where we used to go. I went for an hour tonight and i really enjoyed it. They say it burns off 500-600 calories in an hour and well i can see why. It is a lot of fun and anyone can do it. There was women of all ages there. If you cannot keep up it does not matter you can do it your own way. A lot of the things including stretches were a lot of the things i have done at some point with dancing so really benefited me.

If anyone is considering going to Zumba i say go for it wheather you go on your own or with a friend you are guarente to have fun, laugh and have a good work out.

A~Z of Me (pinched from Lucy)

York

York it is such a beautiful city with so much history about it. Been there many time and love the place. Also just spent last weekend there. However did not get to see much of the city more of the pubs.

We met at 10 on saturday and the drinking began. I am not really in to drinking and don't usualy drink very much if i am honest. This weekend though was different i completely lost track of how much i drank and was drunk by 3 i was mortified lol. We stayed at lovely hotel called the Five Lions. The rooms were very spacious but the bed was a tad uncomfortable. We did get freaked out a little later on as Leanne went to the toilet and pulled the door but it was locked. The door did not have a lock on it. When she shouted the door is locked then pulled it again it was open. Later on we took a picture and there is an obe of a doorway. Well they do say it is the most haunted city in the UK. Anyways, once we had dropped our stuff off we headed out for food and went to Yates the food was lovely and the cocktails were even nicer lol. After leaving there on our way back to the hotel we decided to stop off in an Irish pub and i felt so at home. As for the staff slow was not the word. We had a drink in there and headed back to our hotel to get changed and ready to hit the town.

We went back in to town and started a mini bar crawl. By this time i had sobbered up so decided to just have a few drinks. We eventualy ended up in Flares and danced the night away. There was a group of girls stood beside us on a hen night. The dj put Westlife on apparently they had asked for it. He aid there was westlife fans in and i had to laugh. But hey ho we were all jumping around and dancing to 'when your looking like that' I was in my element lol. Some of usgave up just after midnight headed back to our hotel and fell in to bed lol.

Sunday morning came and no hangover result :D. We decided to head off in to town and get some lunch. After lunch me and a few others decided to go to York Dungeon it was scary but really enjoyed it. Was not as good as London Dungeon tho. We eventualy headed back to the train station and almost ended up on the wrong train. There was two trains heading to newcastle five mins apart. The train we got on was the wrong one but on the platform we should have been getting our train on. Faye was convinced they had double booked our seats. Somehow i guessed not as it was the quiet coach on the train. Once we realised and got off everyone was laughing at us. Eventualy got home about 5 and got straight in to my pjs.

All in all it was a fab weekend which we laughed from start to end.

Added a few pics but for anyone who if friends with me on facebook there is loads more if your interested.

March-Fun Times

Well another month has passed us by. Can't believe how fast this year is going already. Must admit though i am so pleased it is march and march can go very slow lol. I went to see Boyzone last night, then i have Westife three times in one week :O :D. I also have time off work so i am also looking foward to meeting up with friends.

I spent the day with friends yesterday so it was nice to have a good catch up. The concert last night was fantastic. I'll be honest i was kind of nervous and excited at the same time. It was very weird watching them as a four piece but it felt like steo was there. I told msel i wasnt going to cry and i managed well when they were doing the tribute, however when they stated singing Gave It All Away, the flood gates opened. As their was B stage where we were sat, they walked past us so my mum was over the moon and we shook their hands i was in complet shock. Got some pics but lighting was a bit pants but i shall post a few anyways. Wonderland were the only support act and they were fab my mum is now a fan lol.

Me and Donna

Me and Michelle

One thing i have'nt metioned, is driving. I have been wanting  stat my driving lessons for ages now and well i have finaly taken the plunge as it were and i start on Monday :D. My uncle has been telling me his car is going on the drive and is staying there. Well that may be so but as my mum put it, i may just take to it like a duck to water.

I did say march is a busy month and it continues. I am off to York on sauday with some of the girls from  work which i am very excited about i am sure there will be plenty of cocktails involved this time with no risk of falling in the snow like when we wenti dec :O.

And to end this blog before i go on all night, i got some fantastic news today, one of the girls one i am very close to at work, is pregnant so celebrations all round.