Secret Post Club -April

I would like to say a big thank you to Ruth at My Other Secret Life for last months Secret Post Clubs parcel.

She sent me all the way from America a handmade quilted postcard and some lovely bath fizzer's which I'm looking forward to trying out! 


Thank you Ruth!

New Mummy Needs You

Something amazing has happened, I've made the short list for the MAD awards (Mum and Dad blog awards) which is sponsored by Butlins 


I'm up for Best MAD Baby Blog which is sponsored by Tiny Talk , I'm so excited and very grateful to all that nominated me. I'm up against four great blogs, Young and Younger  , Mellow Mummy , Babyrambles and Muddling Along Mummy. 

Now I need your votes to win, so If you think I deserve to win then please vote for me. the only promise I can make is whether you vote for me or not I will keep on blogging because I love it (though winning an award would be lovely).


All you need to do is pop over to the MADs site, click on Vote and that will take you to the voting form. Each category has a drop down box and you just choose the one you want to vote for. 


If you're are not sure about who to vote for, have a look at the finalist page and you can have a good look at all the finalist by award.


Voting is open for a month, so you've got time to have a read of all the other great blogs on there.  


I'm thanking you in advance


NM X 

The Gallery - My Secret Garden

The subject on this week Gallery, is paint a picture  the world we live in inspired by Secret Britain.

I thought I'd share my Secret Garden. If you look at my garden as a whole, its a complete mess, its so bad I'm not sharing a picture of it, I am truly ashamed.

However there are little pieces of my garden that are lovely

My garden is green all year long thanks to these.

The bluebells first made a surprise appearance last year. 

Ivy is not everyone's cup of tea, but I think it improves my back fence 

We have a little plastic green house, we're growing beans, parsley, thyme, salad leaves & sunflowers in there.

Our Marigolds we're growing from seed

Strawberry Plants

My Rosemary plant, which is my favourite herb.

My Garden may look a mess at first glance but hidden away are some precious plants. 

NM x 

The Soundtrack To My Week

Its been a strange week this week, lots of highs and lows.


This video cheered me up no end on Tuesday after my bad new, I hope you enjoy....


Sue Sylvester from Glee doing Madonna's Vogue

I'm Scared

I’m scared I’m a bad mother

I’m scared I’ll turn into mine

I’m scared people with laugh

I’m scared they won’t read it

I’m scared I won’t reach my full potential

I’m scared I already have

I’m scared you won’t love me forever

I’m scared you will

I’m scared I’m not enough

I’m scared I’m too much

I’m scared I’ll fail

I’m scared I’ll succeed


I'm scared to be heard
I'm scared I'll be ignored

I’m scared to try

I’m scared what will happen if I don’t

I’m scared I’ll disappoint you

I’m scared I all ready do

I’m scared to let go

I’m scared if I don’t let go what will happen

I’m scared I will always be bitter

I’m scared to forgive

I’m scared that you might leave me

I’m scared that I won’t stay

I’m scared to cry

I’m scared to laugh

I’m scared of what might be inside me

I’m scared I can’t let it out

I’m scared every minute of every day. 

This was written for Josie's Writing Workshop, I choose prompt 5. Pick an emotion that best represents your state of mind right now and write creatively on that theme.

Portrait

This weeks theme on the Gallery is Portrait, this was really hard.


I haven't had time to take a picture and its hard finding a picture of BG I haven't already shared with you guys. There is a gorgeous one of BG and my dad but he's not keen on his picture being on my blog, so here is one of me.


You may have seen this if you follow me on Twitter as its my current avatar. It was taken on my first girls night out after BG was born and yes I'm wearing a tiara. 

NM X 

Gutted

This wasn't the post I was planning for today, I was finally getting around to the meme's I had been tagged to do, however it all changed this afternoon.


Me and BG went to the park after lunch and when we got back there was a message on the answer phone. It was from the local college to say my Creative Writing course I should have been starting on Thursday has been cancelled due to lack of interest.


I'm completely and utterly gutted. 


NM X