spur of the moment!

We were at a family wedding at the beginning of the month and there was professional photographers there so myself, Steven and the in-laws got some photos done :)

Steven and myself

Rob and Stacey

Angela, Dave, me, Stacey, Danni,
Jason, Rob, Loella, Steven and Chris

a little bump photo

Angela and Dave

Danni and Jason

eeeeeep exciting times

Steven and I are expecting a little girl!! Sorry I havent been able to get to a computer since Steven started playing FF again.

She generally is a wiggle bum and definitely takes after her dad! He hates photos of himself so her photos arent that great :'( but she is happy and healthy and at the end of the day isnt that all that matters? 

news time children!

Yes that was a sneaky line from Three Dog from GNR radio from the wasteland but pffft!
I have some exciting news! The Simpson household is going from two to three! we're having a baby! Typically it happens when you put it on the back burner but hell we're still super psyched!!

 

Ive been meaning to post this for ages, were now 17wks and I've got pretty big, pretty fast! once I can get to a computer I will pop up some pictures of the scan my bump and baby related things! 

On the up and up

This hasn't been the awesome year I expected it to be.

To start the year off my friend Ste commited suicide, he obviously wasnt happy but he was a strong minded prankster and there would have been no changing his mind. He will be wherever causing utter havoc though :)

I thought things were picking up as I went from bank staff with autistic adults to full time at a care home near my home. It didnt have the best reputation but I had enough faith in my skills to help improve their reputation. WELL dear readers that balls'd up. I witnessed abuse and it was not only my responsibility to the residents but under national law I have to report it. 2 members of staff were suspended and the next week I was let go. What added insult to injury was the day they chose to do it was the funeral of another friend who commited suicide. I thought that was incredibly vindictive and downright cruel. They had prevented me from going and then let me go the same day. Excuse my french but bastards! Their reason for letting me go was due to having too many days off sick. This was actually more crap as my great nana died and I was struggling in the last few months of her life. I took 2 half days which they classed as full days and it could have been compassionate leave. They didnt want to let me go to her funeral either. The day after they let me go though I got my job back as bank with autistic adults with the prospect of a permenant full time job.

So yeah my nana died, I was devastated I took solace knowing she had wanted to go. Also that I saw her a few days before, which with my other grandparents I couldnt do.

Then we found out Josh hung himself in a field across the street from me. That was hard for everyone as most of us saw him in the says leading up to it and he seemed ok. He will be playing LOUD music and get rat arsed with Ste as they did in life.

I celebrated being married for a year to the most amazing man in the world. He puts up with alot from me and he is definitely my last jigsaw piece.

2 of my good friends had babies recently. Jasmine Dana and Leonnard Noah.

We have a mini break to Edinburgh coming up soon for Stevens birthday and to see the german christmas market. With a few of Stevens mates from work and my brother.

Im sure as I try to stay positive things will pick up even more.

25/30 dead dining!

If I could eat with someone from history, who would I choose? What would I eat and why?

This is actually quite hard as there are so many people I would eat with that has passed away.

I think I would go for someone famous rather then friends and family purely because I have too many questions for those Ive known and loved. But out of them I would want to meet my dads sister who passed when he was a teenager, my grandad and his dad, my grandad so I can tell him how much I love him and how hard his illness affected me and how he has changed my life, his dad as he died just after my nanna and grandad got together.Last but not least, Ste and Josh my friends that committed suicide I would ask them why and was it what they really wanted, and I would let them know how they are always in our thoughts and our friends group lost the two biggest comedians going and we will never be the same again.

I have always been drawn to one woman in history and not many people know who she is. Lady Jane Grey was queen of England before she was killed by Bloody Mary aka Mary I. She died at the age of 16/17 she was married too. She refused to name her husband as king but gave him the title of duke. So she was pretty up on girl power! She didnt agree with hunting as she preferred arts and crafts and reading. I would talk to her about her studies and why she felt constricted by them due to her parents, as I went through the same with my dad. I would ask her about being Queen of England albeit a short time. Why she chose not to have her husband as king. 

I would take her to a quaint bistro as a contrast to the feasts she may have been used to. We would have croissants and hot chocolate and just natter away.

24/30 family

This one seems a bit confusing to me. Compare the dynamics of my family from childhood to how it is now.

Well as a kid my family was close, we would eat meals together go for camping holidays with my cousins (there's a lot of us), every Friday night we would have tea at my grandparents. at Christmas and new year we would alternate whether we had dinner at our house or our grandparents.

Now I very rarely see my parents or my Nanna. Except my Nanna I don't even really hear from them. Unless I get in touch with them. I only see my nephew if I go round to my parents on a day he is there. My brother I only hear about cos Steven works with him. Even my in laws who I see more than my own family are the same they do a lot more as a family but its a case of we go to them or we invite them for tea. Not that I mind I like having people round for tea.