#R2BC - The New Year Edition

Happy New Year!  I hope you all had a good Christmas and New Year.  Mine was a fairly quiet one, as I've written about in my last post.

After some fantastic news yesterday, I am starting off the year in a very cheerful mood, so, without further ado, here are my Reason's to be Cheerful this week:

• I GOT THE JOB!!!  I got the phone call at 7.30pm last night.  I was beginning to think that I didn't get it, then out of the blue, the phone call came through!  I am so stupidly excited.  I have been offered a permanent position within the HR department of the theme park at which I was working at last year.  I start on the 14th January, so I'm now in the mad panic of trying to find childcare for the boys!
• It's a New Year, so new year, new start and all that.  I am determined to make this year a happier year, to beat my depression and to enjoy it more.
• I have set up a Goodreads challenge to read 50 books by the end of 2013.  I am hoping to smash this target and in doing so, hopefully that will also keep me off facebook so much, as I feel that I spend way too much time on there.  I have also joined in with Mama Owls #50Books2013 linky with this and set up a brand new blog dedicated to my book challenge.

I think, for the time being, that is it for this week.  What have you got to be cheerful for this week?

Jackie. x

Reasons to be Cheerful #R2BC

I can't believe it's that time of the week already!  Where has the week gone!  This week the R2BC linky is taking place over at Pressies by Pebbles, so why not pop by and say hello.

This week has been a fairly good week.  We've had one or two meltdowns with Aled, but on the whole it's not been too bad.  My reasons for being cheerful this week are:

• I got a call yesterday about the job that I went for just over a week ago.  I have been asked to attend a second interview. :-)  I am really excited about this and fingers crossed things go well for me!
• I know I put this down last week, but I am really really looking forward to the Christmas meal on Saturday with my mummy friends!
• I get my Ann Summers kit tonight and will be hosting my own party tomorrow night.  I'm really hoping some people turn up!  It's not looking good on the RSVP's at the moment!

Well, that's me for this week!

Jackie.x 

Reasons to be Cheerful (#R2BC)

This week R2BC is being hosted by the lovely Kat over at KatAPillar while Michelle is in Belarus helping out with Operation Christmas Child.  Please pop by and say hello to her!

It seems every time I do a R2BC post recently, it's on the back of a bad one!  As you may have seen from my last post, it's been a bit of a bad week with Aled, resulting in one of my neighbours knocking on my door due to his tantrum!

I also haven't heard back from the job interview I attended on Wednesday, although my mum things that I am being a little impatient on that! lol.

My reasons for being cheerful this week are:

• I should be getting my Ann Summers kit this week.  I am quite excited about this, although I've not yet got any parties booked in!
• We made a couple of sales today at a Christmas Fair with my other business Craft EE's.  It was a very quiet event today, so we're glad we managed to get a couple of sales from it. 
• I know this should really be kept until next weeks R2BC, but I am really excited about my Christmas meal with some 'mummy' friends of mine.  One thing I really missed with being a SAHM last year was having a Christmas do, so I was really pleased to be invited to this one.
• Christmas is only 2 weeks away! :-)  The tree has been up a week already and I have been having fun making paper decorations from my Usborne Christmas Decorations Book. 
• This little guy that I made this week.  How can he not make you cheerful!!

Jackie. x

Reasons to be Cheerful #R2BC

Two posts in one day, aren't you lucky! lol.  As you can probably tell from my last post, things have been a bit crap round here recently.  Along with everything going on with PJ, my car broke on our way home on Tuesday and it's going to cost me £170 to fix.  I also managed to burn my lip while cooking the dinner last night (don't ask!!!), so I need to remind myself of the good things that are going on!

Here are my reasons for this week:

• I have had my hair cut (lots), coloured and my unibrow and moustache waxed over the course of this week.  I have let myself go somewhat for the last few months and have decided to try to find 'me' again.  This little bit of grooming has made me feel loads better.
• We have taken the first step to getting PJ the help he needs to get better. 
• It's almost December, so the Christmas tree and decorations will be going up this weekend.  Always a magical time I think.
• We are going to a Family Quiz Night tomorrow, run by our local Scout Group.  PJ will also be collecting his Chief Scout Gold Award on the night...proud mummy alert. :-)
• Next week both Aled and Noah will be doing their Christmas concerts.  Aled has been showing us his dance moves and it looks like there will be some Gangham style moves!!
• I have a job interview next Wednesday.  I've had so many knock backs jobwise recently that I'm trying not to get my hopes up too much, but keep your fingers crossed for me!
• It was payday yesterday....always a good reason to be cheerful! 

Jackie. x

Reasons to be Cheerful (#R2BC)

It's been quite a while since I've taken part in this linky.  This week it is being hosted by Becky at Lakes Single Mum while Michelle is promoting the #OneMums campaign in which she travelled over to Ethiopia and met some remarkable people.

As you can probably tell from my last couple of posts, I'm feeling pretty rubbish at the moment and struggling with the boys behaviour.  This is why I have decided to take part on R2BC this week, to remind myself of the good things that going on.

• Next week my hubby is off work for the whole week.  Whilst this might not mean that the school runs will be much better, it does mean that I won't be tackling them on my own.
• Next Tuesday, my sister has offered to take a day off work so that she can pick the boys up from school so that me and hubby can have a day to ourselves.  I am really looking forward to it.  We're going to take advantage of my staff pass and head off to Thorpe Park for the day, where hubby will try to persuade me to go on all of the big rides!
• Despite Noah's tantrums getting worse, Aled's behaviour is getting much better and his meltdowns are nowhere near as bad as they were a year ago.
• Lastly, half term is getting closer.  I can't wait for a whole week of no school runs!

Well, that's me for this week.  Why not check out the linky below for other bloggers reasons to be cheerful this week. 

Jackie. x

Reason to Be Cheerful (#R2BC)

Well, it's that time of the week again and I have survived one more week of the school holidays! Yay! This coming week is a bit of an exciting week for us, so here are this weeks Reason's to Be Cheerful:

Picture from www.coolest-birthday-cakes.com

• Sunday is Noah's 3rd birthday!!  I can't believe that he's going to be 3 and starts nursery in two weeks!  Time has flown by so quickly, he will no longer be my little baby. :-(
• Of course, birthdays mean cakes.  Noah has asked for a dinosaur cake again this year, so I am going to attempt to make one like the one on the right there.  Wish me luck!!
• Birthdays also mean days out.  I am really hoping that the weather report is lying at the moment and really the weekend is going to be hot and sunny.
• The weekend off work.  Since starting my weekend job, I have made sure to book the birthday weekends off.  So a whole weekend off work, yippee.  :-)
• And of course, it's a Bank Holiday weekend, so even more time to relax.
• Today is Aled's last speech therapy appointment, so next week we can do what we like, when we like. :-)
• We had a great time at our play date yesterday at the park and had a nice picnic and fingers crossed, we will be having another play date again tomorrow.
• I got my first two sponsors for the Race for Life that I am taking part in in October.  The link is there on the right if you would like to sponsor me. ;-)

Well, that's me for this week.  What are your Reason's to be Cheerful this week?

Jackie. x