Happy 2014. What is your Resolution?

Happy New Year to all you Pretty Plonkers.

I am having an awesome holiday at home and spending some good quality time with my family and friends. 

I wish you all a wonderful year ahead and I just know this is going to be a good year.  I have made a few resolutions...I normally don't, but the 14kg that I managed to shred two years ago have crept back on.  Mrs Fatty is back but she has focus to do it all again.  Thank you to Dr Dukan.

I have decided to get back on the wagon with regards to my abysmal relationship with food.  It's a love / hate relationship that has to be reeled in and harnessed.  It's like a wild animal that needs to be tamed and controlled.  I'm getting real, Bitches!

So, as of yesterday my Dukan journey has been resumed and is sincerely underway.  I'd say wish me luck but I don't need luck - only a healthy balanced diet and regular exercise.

Did you make any New Year's resolutions?

Tell me about yours.

Daft Days Are Over... Time For Blogmanay

Happy Hogmanay, beautiful Plonkers.

Get yer kilts oot, us Scots sure know how to party!

Hogmanay is the Scottish celebration of New Years Eve and can sometimes last for days. It is believed the Scots inherited the celebration of Hogmanay from the Vikings and their celebration of the shortest day. I think today Hogmanay is a good excuse to have a wee dram (Johnny Walker whisky) and munch down on shortbread and stovies*

In our house Hogmanay traditions were the taking out the ashes from the fire and making sure all your debts are cleared with friends before "The Bells" at midnight. The kids got to stay up until midnight partying with the adults so there was great excitement and competitions of who could stay up the latest. I never frikken won!

Immediately after midnight, it was tradition to join crossed hands with everyone in our house and sing Robert Burns' "Auld Lang Syne" in yer best drunken slur. It was also traditional to welcome any guests, friends or strangers into your home with warm hospitality and a kiss.

We used to wait for the "First Footing" (that is the first foot in the door after midnight) usually a male, dark and should bring a lump of coal. We would wish them "Lang May Yer Lum Reek!", which means may you live long and well. In other words, Prosperity. The lump of coal meaning that if you can afford coal, you can make fire, to cook and to keep warm.

Mum would make her homemade shortbread by the pokefull and serve whisky and black bun. A guid ol' sing-song by everyone into the wee hours of the morning.

Och aye, Hogmonay was big in oor wee hoose. Dead Brilliant!

Lang May Yer Lum Reek, Plonkers!

Happy 2013 may it be the best one yet.




Link up with XmasDolly for Monday Music Moves Me. Today's theme is this year's best songs or post the rockin-est song you know.  Jack's record has been nominated for three Grammy's Album of the Year for Blunderbuss, Best Rock Album and Best Rock Song of the Year for "Freedom at 21".  Here is my favourite song from the record.





*Stovies is made by boiling potatoes and onions together and serving it seasoned with butter and a little corned beef.

Happy New Year!

Happy 2009!

New Year was very quiet this year. We went to Mandy's place.

The youngsters played computer games in the office, I swam with the girls, the ladies first watched Kaylin playing with her tea set and then I realised that we should do something to either keep us awake or keep us entertained.

We hauled out the board game 30 seconds and had a real good giggle. The men swam and then go the poker table out. We stayed up until midnight (it was a stretch) and toasted everyone with champagne at midnight.

(Norman I won't forget your Batman cape, Liz your flapping fried chicken wings and "making it Russian". Ellen you made me giggle at your four legged stripey cat and when I totally lost it Mandy making fun of my snorting when I laughed....I hope Irene and Natasha enjoyed it too = they seemed to take it very seriously...)

Here's some pix:

A lovely pix of Piet in the Pool The guys playing Poker (Megan assisting)

The guys fooling around in the pool

The girls and Norman playing 30 seconds around the famous dining room table - a brilliant laff.

Megan and Piet playing computer games in the office

The girls passed out next to me on the dining room floor at about 10pm

KK being silly earlier on in the day

KK performing her silly face tricks while we watched her play with her new Barbie Tea Set.

Natasha. Is she drinking again??

Mandy talking to KK

Wouter. Is that a ring on his left hand? Hmmmmmmm